Henry V:
Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed "Accurate portrayal of medieval warfare."
"Branagh's Henry V is an exciting, original adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the English king who fought France for the possession of Normandy." "Probably The Best Shakespeare Video Available."
Henry V
Mesmer:
..based on the true story of controversial medical pioneer Franz Anton Mesmer. In 18th century Vienna, believing in what he calls "animal magnetism," Mesmer uses magnetic currents and the power of suggestion to treat patients; the medical establishment of the time regards him as a lunatic, so he performs most of his treatments on the poor...
Mesmer
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes: (Aguirre, the Wrath of God):
The 1650-51 expedition of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro (Alejandro Repulles) bogs down in the impenetrable jungles of Peru. As a last-ditch effort to locate treasure, Pizarro orders a party to scout ahead for signs of El Dorado. Traveling by river raft, the explorers are besieged by hostile natives, disease, starvation and treacherous waters. Crazed with greed and mad with power, Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) takes over the enterprise, slaughtering any that oppose him...based on the real-life journals of a priest, Brother Gaspar de Carvajal.
Languages: German and English; Optional English subtitles. DVD
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Roots:
9 Hours 33 Minutes in length. Each of the six two-hour programs in the series on DVD is an enthralling journey into the emotional and physical torments of one of the most shameful times in American history. Amid beatings, rapes, and the forced separation of spouses and families, Roots tells the epic story of a black family's struggle to maintain a solid identity against all odds. The cast is as impressive as the scope of the story.
Roots
Titus:
Adaptation of one of Shakespeare's lesser-known and most controversial plays, Titus Andronicus. Anthony Hopkins stars as Titus, a Roman general who returns home from war with the Goths only to be caught up in an exchange of increasingly outrageous acts of vengeance.... Hopkins gives a virtuoso performance in the lead, careening through a stunning range of pride, deep despair, and outright lunacy. Jessica Lange plays Titus's foe, Tamora, the Goth queen who becomes the Roman empress, with a menacing femininity helped along by her exotically sexy costumes. Titus is a truly wild ride, as the violence ultimately escalates to alarming proportions of rape and mutilation. Titus's final revenge even has some gruesome shades of Hopkins's most famous screen role, Hannibal Lechter. DVD Wide Screen
Titus
The Tower of London (1939):
Stars Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. Rathbone is the main villain here, as the Duke of Glouchester, the deformed second brother of Edward IV (Ian Hunter), whose throne he covets. But before he can place himself on that exalted chair, there are quite a few relatives and pretenders to be rid off. The exiled Prince of Wales (G.P. Huntley) is dispatched during a battle, and his father, the feeble-minded Plantagenet King Henry VI (Miles Mander), who steadfastly refuses to gracefully die of old age, is murdered by Mord. Half-brother Clarence (Vincent Price), meanwhile, is drowned very picturesquely in a vat of Malmsey wine and when Edward IV dies of natural causes, only his two young sons remain. Richard locks them in the Tower. To the horror of Queen Elizabeth (Barbara O'Neil), Glouchester is named their protector -- which of course means that Mord the executioner will be working overtime once again. But the evil duke, now Richard III, has not counted on the heroic John Wyatt (John Sutton), who, by looting the treasury, is able to bring back from exile in France yet another pretender, Henry Tudor (Ralph Forbes). The latter's invasion proves victorious at the famous battle of Bosworth Field and the brutal reign of Richard II, and his executioner, comes to an end.
Tower of London
The Crusades (1935):
The Holy Wars are given the usual overblown Cecil B. DeMille treatment in "The Crusades". It all begins in the 12th-century AD, when Jerusalem falls into the hands of the Saracens, and the Christians are slaughtered or sold into slavery. Romance, action and fine acting in this rarely seen classic. VHS
Crusades
Spartacus
A rousing testament to the unquenchable human thirst for freedom. One of the truly great cinematic spectacles ever filmed with astonishingly intricate period re-creations and large-scale stagings of battle scenes. An epic re-creation of the Slave Revolt led by Spartacus around 50 B.C. Lawrence Olivier, Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis and Charles Laughton give outstanding performances in this intelligently written, Academy Award winning film. Magnificent testimony to love, courage and freedom. A fantastic film epic that has consistently thrilled moviegoers! DVD. Restored in 1991 to its original three-hours-plus length and remastered for a new double-disc DVD Special Edition.
Spartacus
Richard III (1913):
Within a decade of its release, this early screen version of Richard III was believed to have been lost, with no prints surviving, but in 1996 a private film collector discovered a copy. The restored film now has the distinction of being the oldest feature-length motion picture to survive intact and is historically invaluable both as an example of early cinema and as a look at acting and theatrical production techniques of the turn of the century. DVD
0738329018023:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com.
Richard III (1955):
Robust adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, which, as Bruce Eder has written, "was the final, crowning glory of the British studio system and the end of the great cycle of British films aimed at international audiences." Stars Laurence Olivier and Cedric Hardwicke. VHS
Richard III
Biography: Elizabeth I - The Virgin Queen:
Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the life of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.
0733961142013:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com.
Biography: Michelangelo - Artist and Man
This biography successfully documents the extraordinary life of a true renaissance man, and how he was so adept at different artistic mediums.
Biography: Michelangelo - Artist and Man
The Vikings (1958):
Satyricon:
The Mission:
The Land of the Pharaohs (1955):
Barabbas (1962):
Viking Queen:
A Man for All Seasons:
Mohammed: Messenger of God
(1976):
Medieval Warfare: The Wars of the Roses:
Andrei Rublev:
Kings and Queens of England, Vol. 1:
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