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Mrs Lowry & son [videorecording] by Gray, Debbie(Producer),film producer.; Hesford, Martyn,screenwriter.; Noble, Adrian,1950-film director.(CARDINAL)884482; Redgrave, Vanessa,1937-actor.(CARDINAL)759249; Spall, Timothy,1957-actor.(CARDINAL)532049; Cleopatra Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Exchange (Firm),production company.; Genesius Pictures,production company.; IPG Media,production company.; Library Films,production company.; Little Film Company,production company.; Moya Productions,production company.;
Music, Craig Armstrong ; editor, Chris Gill ; director of photography, Josep M Civit.Timothy Spall, Vanessa Redgrave.Beloved British artist L.S. Lowry lived all his life with his overbearing mother Elizabeth. Bedridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, while never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.Not rated.DVD, all regions; wide screen; 5.1 surround or stereo.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Lowry, Laurence Stephen, 1887-1976; Artists; Mothers and sons; Painters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The old curiosity shop [videorecording] / by Benson, Andrew.(CARDINAL)213922; Cranstoun, Tony.; Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Old curiosity shop.; Greenhalgh, Peter.; Hesford, Martyn.; Jacobi, Derek.; Jones, Toby,1967-; McKeon, Stephen.; Percival, Brian.; Vavasseur, Sophie,1992-; Wanamaker, Zoë.; 2 entertain (Firm)(CARDINAL)326915; BBC Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)270800; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.(CARDINAL)132222; Carnival Films (Great Britain); Ingenious Broadcasting (Firm); PBS Video.(CARDINAL)159566; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259;
Music, Stephen McKeon ; editor, Tony Cranstoun ; director of photography, Peter Greenhalgh.Derek Jacobi, Toby Jones, Sophie Vavasseur, Zoë Wanamaker.Originally broadcast on the BBC in 2007.Nell Trent lives with her doting grandfather in his London shop. It is a magical place, filled from wall to wall with treasures. Grandfather keeps his nocturnal gambling activities a secret from Nell. He borrows heavily from the evil, profiteering loan shark Daniel Quilp. When Grandfather gambles away what little money they possess, Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of their beloved shop. It seems Nell and Grandfather are left only with the option to escape. They fall in with a number of colourful characters, some vilainous and some affectionate. They are on the run from Quilp and his band of misguided money seekers, including Nell's own brother Freddie and his gulible friend Dick Swiveller.DVD; Dolby digital stereo., DVD 9 ; 16:9 enhanced ; NTSC.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brothers; Compulsive gamblers; Curiosities and wonders; Grandparent and child; Usury;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Nicholas Nickleby (digital video recording. [videorecording] by Whittaker, Stephen,1947-2003.;
Originally broadcast on television in 2001./Based on the novel by Charles Dickens./Directed by Stephen Whittaker from an adaptation by Martyn HesfordWidescreen./Not rated./1 videodesc (200 mins.)/The adventures of a Victorian schoolmaster, deprived of his rightful fortune and forced to join a band of traveling entertainers
Subjects: MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES. DVD. VICTORIAN DRAMA.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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