PETER O'TOOLE
1) Supergirl
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Supergirl, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth in search of a missing Krypton power source - a gem that's been made a paperweight. She battles a mad villain and a jealous dark sorceress; the latter for both the orb and the affections of one man.
2) Augustus
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Biography of the Roman emperor Augustus.
3) Stardust
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony wall that sits between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king of Stormhold has sent his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely different purpose, one that involves her...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Hadassah, the young Jewish girl who becomes the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia. Despite her position, Hadassah's life is in danger, as the state has decreed that all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, evens as she seeks to win the heart of the king.
6) Murphy's war
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Murphy wages his own war against a German submarine in the Caribbean during World War II.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.
8) Zulu dawn
Language
English
Description
This story recounts the defeat of the British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army.
9) Coming home
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
England between the wars is the starting place for this epic tale of love, friendship and the discovery of womanhood. Judith Dunbar is left behind at boarding school by her parents and sister, who are posted overseas in the days leading up to World War II. She comes of age in a time of turbulence and danger, but finds comfort in the wealthy Carey-Lewis family, whose estate on the Cornish coast, Nancherrow, becomes her surrogate home.
10) Ratatouille
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, and forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy.
12) Venus
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Maurice is a successful but aging actor who sees something in Jessie, a brash young girl; namely, a potential for humanity which blossoms under his kindness and gentle guidance. For Maurice, something else blossoms as well - romantic love for a girl fifty years younger.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
In the first century A.D., Flavius Silva, commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There, the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazer ben Yair and his people.
14) My favorite year
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Language
English
Description
In 1954, the era of live TV, a hapless production assistant is given the task of keeping his alcoholic film idol out of trouble long enough to appear on the King Kaiser Hour.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Language
English
Description
After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king and new queen are disappointed that their first child...
18) Joan of Arc
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Born to a peasant family, young Joan hears the voices of saints telling her to unite her beseiged nation. At seventeen, she leads one of the greatest campaigns for freedom the world has ever witnessed.
20) Troy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
2-disc widescreen ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior, embodies...