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Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: George Rose
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Wilford Leach
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2002-10-22
Running Time: 120 minutes

Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous operatic tale is captured in all its fun and glory in this production, recorded live at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. Kevin Kline sparkles as the swashbuckling and libidinous Pirate King while Linda Ronstadt makes her theatrical debut as the lovely and virginal Mabel. When Mabel and Frederic, a young pirate bound to serve the Pirate King, fall in love, complicati... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy

Starring: Ray McAnally
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2006-03-14
Running Time: 390 minutes

What traits of nature and nurture go into the making of a master of deception? British agent Magnus Pym’s training begins in a chaotic childhood. His charismatic con man father trades secrets for love, bouncing in and out of jail and his son’s life. Schooled at Oxford and mentored by two masters of espionage, Magnus is poised for greatness—except that his mentors are on opposite sides of the... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Steambath (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: José Pérez (II)
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2002-09-24
Running Time: 90 minutes

This unique play presents the afterlife as a steam bath, in which dead souls continue to obsess about the same petty concerns that obsessed them in their lives, until they are cast into a dark void by God, the Puerto Rican attendant (José Pérez). But new arrival Tandy (Bill Bixby) at first refuses to accept what's happened, and when he finally does, he pleads to be allowed to return to his ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Love in a Cold Climate

Starring: John Light
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Running Time: 155 minutes

Based on Nancy Mitford’s beloved novels The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate—part thinly-veiled memoir, part biting satire, and part fascinating window on a vanished way of life—this witty drama from the BBC follows the romantic adventures of three young aristocrats in the decade between the wars.
Starring British acting legends Alan Bates (Gosford Park), ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Sally Lockhart Mysteries - Ruby In the Smoke (Masterpiece Theatre)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2007-04-24
Running Time: 86 minutes

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Persuasion

Starring: Sally Hawkins
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Release Date: 2008-01-15
Running Time: 93 minutes

Jane Austen fans will delight in the sumptuous production design and first-rate acting in the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre version of Persuasion. Sally Hawkins is controlled and moving as Anne Elliot, the quietly heartbroken but sensible heroine who was "persuaded" (read: forced) to turn away her true love but still carries an unseen torch for him. Hawkins's performance is genteel yet s... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Irish R.M. - Complete Series

Starring: Deirdre Donnelly
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2006-08-08
Running Time: 945 minutes

All 18 episodes of the much-loved Masterpiece Theatre series

Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this light-hearted drama series as Major Sinclair Yeates, a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in pre-independence West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, M... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection

Starring: Robin Williams
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Studio: KOCH Vision
Release Date: 2008-09-02
Running Time: 1387 minutes

Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre brings to life twenty-six of the most magical fairy tales of all time. Directed by such masters of cinema as Tim Burton and Francis Ford Coppola, and star-powered by Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mick Jagger, James Earl Jones, Howie Mandel, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and more, this collection is an unparalleled treasury of best-loved tales of e... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Masterpiece Theatre: The Bronte Collection

Starring: Toby Stephens
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Running Time: 342 minutes

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Clarissa

Starring: Saskia Wickham
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2005-08-09
Running Time: 201 minutes

Based on the towering 18th-century novel by Samuel Richardson--the original tale of fatal attraction and the model for all literary dangerous liaisons to come--this acclaimed BBC production features an impressive line-up of stars, including Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Troy, Lady Chatterley), Saskia Wickham (Angels & Insects, Peak Practice), Hermione Norris (Co... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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