Orson Welles
Formats
Description
There's an evil new force in the universe. A monster planet that devours everything in its path. And it's heading for the small planet of Cybertron where a unique race of transforming robots continue to fight a civil war... a war between good and evil that has raged for millions of years. The evil Decepticon Transformers, led by the maniacal Megatron, have sworn to crush their enemies, the Autobots. To this end, they have relentlessly pursued them...
4) H.G. Wells
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Adaptations of eight stories by H.G. Wells, including The War of the Worlds and The Illustrated Man, illustrated by a variety of artists.
5) Shōgun
Pub. Date
1980.
Description
The story of a shipwrecked English navigator who becomes a samurai during a struggle for power by a Shogun and the Emperor in feudal Japan.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Follows the life of Moses as he fulfills his destiny as leader of the Hebrews; a young shepherd named David battles the giant Goliath; Joseph frees himself from oppression and becomes an important member of the Pharoah's court; the final days of Jesus are seen through the eyes of two of his disciples; after watching Jesus face his death, a non-believer finds his faith; follows the crucifixion of Jesus; as Martin Luther struggles with the Catholic...
Pub. Date
[2007], c1966
Description
Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
12) David & Goliath
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
The classic Bible story of a young man who single handedly defeats the giant with his sling shot.
Description
... shows a rather different side of Moses, the Stone Age and the Roman Empire - in which Brooks is a stand-up philosopher playing Caesar's Palace. Next, the truth is finally told about the Spanish Inquisition in a splashy production number featuring song-and-dance monks and swimming nuns ... It's history as you've never known it - completely irreverent and positively hilarious. -- Container.
14) Citizen Kane
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy recluse, dies in his castle-like estate, Xanadu. The dying word on the lips of the newspaper tycoon who dominated four decades of American life is "Rosebud." A newsreel...
15) It's All True
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Welles' ambitious film project in Brazil for the United States' anti-Nazi "Good Neighbor Policy" was shelved by RKO. This documentary features the story of the film's making and unmaking and features undiscovered footage.
19) King of kings
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
The story of the life of Christ, describing certain events that took place between Romans and Jews and setting the political background for the life of Christ, and the personalities and ideas of the New Testament.