British cinema collection : [videorecording (DVD)] 8 acclaimed films.
British cinema collection : [videorecording (DVD)] 8 acclaimed films.
Publication Date
:
2012
Physical Description
:
2 videodiscs (810 min.)
Subject Term
:
Biographical films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre
:
Feature films.
Additional Contributors
:
Downey, Robert, 1965-
Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937-
Firth, Colin, 1960-
Grant, Hugh, 1960-
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Dafoe, Willem.
Contents
:
Restoration -- Ideal husband -- Month by the lake -- My life so far -- Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain -- Sweet revenge -- Her majesty, Mrs. Brown -- Tom & Viv.
Performer
:
Robert Downey, Jr. (Restoration) ; Cate Blanchett (An ideal husband) ; Vanessa Redgrave (A month by the lake) ; Colin Firth (My life so far) ; Hugh Grant (The englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain) ; Her majesty, Mrs. Brown (Judi Dench) ; Tom & Viv (Willem Dafoe)
Summary
:
Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless.
An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past.
A month by the lake: At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor.
My life so far: Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child, but with the arrival of his sexy French aunt, Heloise, Fraser enters a truly eye-opening summer of discovery.
The englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain: A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain-a prized local landmark-to be a "hill".
Sweet revenge: A depressed businessman and a quirky aristocrat save each other's lives and then plot a devilish retalliation against those who drove them to the edge.
Her majesty, Mrs. Brown : John Brown is a lowly servant who looks after Queen Victoria's horses. Yet when circumstances bring them together, the result is a passionate friendship.
Tom & Viv : A passionately rendered story about writer T.S. Eliot's turbulent relationship with his first wife, Vivienne.
Language
:
English
General Note
:
DVD.
Rated PG-13.
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