Charlton Heston
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
A dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus. Celebrating the extravagant three-ring circus, this classic film from Cecil B. DeMille depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth. Winner of Best Picture and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Cinematography - Color at the **Golden...
Publisher
Random Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1982 Peter Brosnan heard a story about an ancient Egyptian City buried in California. For thirty years he has been fighting to dig it up. In 2012, with funding from an independent "angel," an archaeological excavation of the site finally took place. Because the filmmakers began their work in the 1980's, they were able to capture interviews with many of the people - actors, writers, chariot drivers and extras - who worked with DeMille in 1923. They...
4) Khartoum
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"En 1880, un agitateur musulman qui se surnomme le Mahdi soulève les populations du Soudan. Le gouvernement britannique, à la demande de l'Égype, envoie le général Gordon pour diriger la défense de la ville de Khartoum, mais refuse de dépêcher des troupes. Gordon utilise son prestique personnel de façon à forcer la main à l'Angleterre et des soldats britanniques sont envoyés en Afrique. Khartoum finit par tomber devant les assauts du Mahdi...
5) Ben Hur
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this animated film featuring the voice of Charlton Heston, a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend. When he regains his freedom, he comes back for revenge
6) Counterpoint
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1944, a renowned symphony orchestra is touring the concert halls of Europe. In the middle of a performance, Hitler's soldiers attack the city, capturing the musicians and their director, Lionel Evans (Heston). The group is imprisoned in a castle and escape immediate execution because the commanding officer, General Schiller (Schell), has a passion for music. He orders them to prepare a concert for his Nazi comrades, but Evans dreads what...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
New Orleans is the target for the final thrust of the British in the War of 1812. General Andrew Jackson's (Charlton Heston) dependence on the help of pirate king Jean Lafitte (Yul Brynner) to repel the British is complicated by the Governor's daughter. This spectacular production supervised by Cecil B. DeMille, tells in sweeping action the little-known story of how a pirate turned the tide in America's favor in the War of 1812. Nominated for Best...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The freighter Mary Deare is adrift in stormy seas. All have abandoned ship except for one man-- exhausted first officer Gideon Patch who has taken command. Appearances indicate he's a madman, but Patch isn't a man who relies on appearances.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
In 17th Century Paris young, naïve, and energetic D'Artagnan leaves home to seek his fortune as a swordsman. He soon makes friends with the three musketeers: world-weary Athos, comically arrogant Porthos and chivalric Aramis. Their enemy is aristocratic schemer Cardinal Richelieu, who plots to prove the infidelity of the Queen to King Louis XIII to increase his own power.
11) The big country
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The bold, sweeping tale of a ship's captain who ventures west to find a hotbed of jealousy, hatred and dangerous rivalries. As the reluctant hero is thrust into the maelstrom, he must summon all of his resolve to save not only his own life, but also the life of the woman he loves.
12) Touch of evil
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town.
14) Soylent green
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York in the year 2022, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely on a wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial Soylent Company,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.
16) Hercules
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on earth, Hercules is just an awkward pillar of strength trying to fit in. What he wants most is to impress his father Zeus. When Hercules discovers Hades' sinister plot to take over Mount Olympus, he goes from zero to hero and, with the help of his pals Pegasus and Phil, discovers that real strength comes from the heart!
17) Major Dundee
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this epic tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's household, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom.
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