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1) The Fellowship of the Ring

Author

Tolkien, J.R.R

Series

Lord of the rings volume 1

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Begin your journey into Middle-earth...

The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Sauron, the Dark

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2) The Return of the King

Author

Tolkien, J.R.R

Series

Lord of the rings volume 3

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman.

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3) The Two Towers

Author

Cast, Full

Series

The Lord of the Rings

Publisher

BBC Audio

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

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The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond. Their mission is to reach the Mountain of Fire in Mordor, where the Ruling Ring can be destroyed, but already their campaign is in jeopardy. Gandalf has fallen into an abyss, and Boromir has fatally

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4) The tempest

Publisher

Ambrose Video

Pub. Date

1980.

Language

English

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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. THE TEMPEST is a dramatic romance, weaving fancy and realism into a plot that speaks to audiences today. This timeless stage is set on an enchanted island, where an...

5) Lady Jane

Publisher

Paramount Pictures

Pub. Date

1986.

Language

English

Description

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In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...

6) The Night My Number Came Up

Series

KL studio classics

Publisher

Kino Lorber

Language

English

Formats

DVD, eVideo

Description

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The theory that life is pre-ordained and that dreams are a glimpse into the future prompts Commander Lindsay to relate a dream he has experienced to his fellow dinner guests. The dream involves a Dakota carrying the Air Marshall, an attractive girl, a very important person and five other civilians, who, with a crew of five, number thirteen. The aircraft is lost over the sea, the radio fails, and fuel is running short when, through a break in the clouds,...

7) The taming of the shrew

Series

Columbia classics

Publisher

Columbia TriStar Home Video

Pub. Date

1999, c1967

Language

English

Description

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Katharina, a headstrong, sharp-tongued young beauty is wooed by Petruchio, a smart but seemingly eccentric man. Her father and her sister Bianca want to marry her off, so that the gentle Bianca can wed her love, Lucentio. Kate and Petruchio fight a battle of wills but only one can be triumphant.

8) Middlemarch

Publisher

BBC Video

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

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Based on George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.

9) Barry Lyndon

Series

Criterion collection volume 897

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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"Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling version of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In picaresque detail, Barry Lyndon chronicles the adventures of an incorrigible trickster (Ryan O'Neal) whose opportunism takes him from an Irish farm to the battlefields of the Seven Years' War and the parlors of high society. For the most sumptuously crafted film of...

10) Gandhi

Publisher

Columbia Pictures

Pub. Date

[1982]

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.

11) King Lear

Publisher

Ambrose Video

Pub. Date

1982.

Language

English

Description

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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors.. Intending to divide his realm among his three daughters, the dictatorial Lear commands each give a testimony of her love. But after the gushing of malevolent Goneril...

12) All's Well that Ends Well

Publisher

Ambrose Video

Pub. Date

1981.

Language

English

Description

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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Shakespeare uses one of this favorite devices -- trickery -- in a plot relished by Elizabethan playgoers. The new wife of a young count resorts to chicanery to win...

13) Inspector Morse: Service of all the dead

Publisher

Carlton [distributor]

Pub. Date

[2002], c1992

Language

English

Description

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Helped by the church cleaner, Inspector Morse investigates five ruthless and gruesome killings in and around a quiet country church.

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1) The Fellowship of the Ring

2) The Return of the King

3) The Two Towers

4) The tempest

5) Lady Jane

6) The Night My Number Came Up

7) The taming of the shrew

8) Middlemarch

9) Barry Lyndon

10) Gandhi

11) King Lear

12) All's Well that Ends Well

13) Inspector Morse: Service of all the dead

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