UK Film Council
1) Chalet girl
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Pretty tomboy Kim Matthews used to be a champion skateboarder, but now she's stuck in a dead-end job, trying to support her dad. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in one of the most exclusive chalets in the Alps. At first, Kim's baffled by this bizarre new world of posh people, champagne, and skiing, but then she discovers snowboarding, and the chance to win some much-needed prize money at the big end-of-season competition.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail, before finally being released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit's personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the artistic...
5) Sylvia
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Born in Boston, MA, in 1932, Sylvia Plath developed a talent as a writer and published her first poem when she was eight years old. That same year, Plath was forced to confront the unexpected death of her father. In 1950, she began studying at Smith College on a literary scholarship. In 1955, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study in England at Cambridge. There, Plath met Ted Hughes, a respected author. The two fell in love, and married...
6) Another year
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Nick Garrigan has just graduated from medical school in his native Scotland. Seeking a change, he travels to 1970's era Uganda with the vague but well-intentioned notion of providing aid to the impoverished locals. After aiding newly-appointed dictator Idi Amin in a car collision, Amin asks Nick to serve as his personal physician.
Publisher
UK Film Council
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The King's Speech" presents a sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history--as the monumentally awkward Prince Albert, or Bertie, becomes King George VI unexpectedly in 1936 when his older brother Edward VIII abdicates to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. In imperial Britain between the wars, that was problem enough, but Bertie suffered from a chronic stammer that made his public appearances painful for everyone. In an age of...
10) Attack the block
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A gang of tough inner-city kids try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, which turns a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial war zone.
11) Brighton rock
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Pinkie is a desperate youth who is hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organized crime. When a young and very innocent waitress, Rose, stumbles on evidence linking him to a revenge killing, he sets out to seduce her to secure her silence. Special features: a trailer, featurette, behind the scenes, and interviews.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined."--Imdb.
13) Centurion
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
AD 117: The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts led by revenge-hungry Pict Warrior Etain. When the Roman legion is ambushed, the seven surviving Romans pledge to rescue their leader and return to Rome to re-group.
14) Valiant
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Valiant and his feathered friends take to the sky as they work their way into the Royal Air Force during World War II. Together this rag-tag squadron of carrier pigeons engages in aerial adventures at a spitfire pace. From the first bumbling day of basic training through the final feather-raising mission, the flock of friends swoop their way toward victory. Against the odds and an evil German falcon, Valiant is called upon for a very important assignment....
15) Dear Frankie
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A witty and touching tale about a mother's efforts to protect her son from the truth.
16) The history boys
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
17-year-old Griet must work to support her family, so she becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she attracts the master painter's attention. He is commissioned to paint Griet, and the result is one of the greatest paintings ever created.