Amanda Root
1) The BFG
Publisher
Questar Inc
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Sophie, a nine-year-old orphan, is awakened one night by the sound of an owl. Upon peering out her attic window, she is terrified to see a 25-foot-tall giant, who ends up taking Sophie to a faraway land populated by giants and dreams. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sitcom starring Martin Freeman as a newly divorced man searching for meaning in his life. But trying to make sense of your own identity isn't easy when you've got a family like his. The Robinsons aren't related to any of the famous Robinsons. Sugar Ray, Edward G, Smokey or even Anne. No, they're a bog standard, run-of-the-mill family from Wimbledon, South London who have 'done quite well'. All of them, that is, except Ed. He's doing a job that he...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence. This new edition places Mansfield Park in...
4) Summerland
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Tom Courtenay star in this intensely emotional...
5) Persuasion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall,...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
Foyle, a veteran detective is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality of war seep into everyday events.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings, harbor macabre crimes, and eccentric characters that are no match for nice-guy detective Tom Barnaby and his assistants.
11) The BFG
Series
Language
English
Description
One moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by an awesome giant who whisks her away on a magical and funny adventure. When Sophie learns that a monstrous crew of meanies is gobbling up children, she sets out to stop them once and for all, with the help of her new, rather large, friend. The enchanting children's book from author Roald Dahl comes to life in this classic, animated musical feature.
12) The B.F.G
Author
Language
English
Description
Sophie, a nine-year-old orphan, is awakened one night by the sound of an owl. Upon peering out her attic window, she is terrified to see a 25-foot-tall giant, who ends up taking Sophie to a faraway land populated by giants and dreams.
13) Original sin
Publisher
Manufactured and distributed by Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Book publishing has always been a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it's becoming cutthroat.
15) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Bronte's classic story about an orphan who becomes governess of a mansion, and who carries a tormented love for a man named Mr. Rochester.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A powerful historical drama of Queen Victoria and the last Indian King of Punjab. Taken from India as a child, he is brought up in English culture and becomes a protégé of Queen Victoria. The Black Prince begins a lifelong struggle to regain his Kingdom. It takes him on an extraordinary journey across the world.
18) Original sin
Publisher
KOCH Vision
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Book publishing has always been a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it's becoming cutthroat"--Koch Entertainment booklet.
