HBO Video (Firm)
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The dramatized story of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, leaders of the suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. They broke from the mainstream women's rights movement to create a more activist wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever
5) Shadowlands
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Two New Zealander friends experience life, love, friendship, all the usual stuff, while trying to make their lives as a rock band. Unfortunately, they're a rock band that can only schedule a performance at the local aquarium, and they have only one fan
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy Dandridge still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds, she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of Carmen Jones, becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A touching love story with a powerful humanitarian message. Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant, falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's obligations
11) Sweet dreams
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Sweet Dreams is the true story of the legendary Patsy Cline, charting the most dramatic years of her efforts to become a top country singer
12) Near dark
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c1987, 1989
Language
English
Description
A spirited but naive young man becomes involved with a secret clan of savage vampires who prowl the night seeking victims
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In August 1945, the world was transformed in the blink of an eye when American forces dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented and the bombings precipitated the end of World War II. Contains archival footage and stunning photography. Interviews are from both Japanese survivors and the Americans who believed that their involvement would help end a brutal conflict
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tony and Brenda Last and their son, John Andrew, live an idyllic life in the huge Victorian house that is the symbol of Tony's family pride. The chance arrival of a penniless scrounger irrevocably shatters the gentle balance of their lives
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Genoa debacle, the team decides to use caution in reporting a major breaking story. Neal is contacted by an anonymous source in possession of stolen government documents; Sloan looks to solve a takeover puzzle. When the team attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Mac makes an unexpected acquaintance and Will gets a surprise.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Language
English
Description
In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pestilence the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the Heartland of an empire called America. A sweeping epic that focuses on the primordial conflict of good vs. evil, as played out against a pair of vivid and unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival working the American Dustbowl circuit, and an evangelical ministry in California.