Gabriel Byrne
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Language
English
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"As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Born to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, he harbored a childhood desire to become a priest. When he was eleven years old, Byrne found himself crossing the Irish Sea to join a seminary in England. Four years later, Byrne had been expelled...
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English
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This documentary charts the mass exodus of 7 million Irish men and women from 19th century Ireland to America. Narrated by Kelly McGillis, this poignant production personalizes the transatlantic journey by focusing on the lives of 8 immigrants. The letters they wrote home to Ireland describing their experiences in America are read by Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and Aidan Quinn.
3) Just A Sigh
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Language
Français
Description
A dreamlike exploration of an inexplicable, overwhelming passion, JUST A SIGH is set in motion when a broke actress (Emmanuelle Devos) who's between stage performances in Calais takes a quick jaunt to Paris for an audition. On the train, she meets an attractive, mysterious Irish stranger (Gabriel Byrne). Intrigued, she follows him into the metropolis and soon finds herself facing the possibility of an entirely new life.
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Language
English
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Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne) has lost his way. In this often humorous, yet warmly poignant story, love and friendship, jealousy and re-discovery, career, family, and friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy) intertwine as Lester navigates the perplexing realities facing so many of us as we pursue dreams and dignity. A film about hanging out, hanging in, and hanging on.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.
Publisher
Weinstein Bros
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half-human and half-vampire, who is preparing to be a guardian at St. Vladimir's Academy. Her destiny is to protect the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires, from the evil, immortal Strigoi vampires.
For smart, strong girls and the guys who like them, 'Vampire Academy' will hit a vein.--LA Weekly
For the target audience.. pure catnip.--New York Daily News
...popcorn escapism as homework.--Entertainment Weekly
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller's Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers' trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney), whose unflappable cool is tested when he begins offering...
9) Carrie Pilby
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little genius goes a long way. Carrie would rather stay in bed than deal with the immoral, sex-obsessed hypocrites who seem to overrun her hometown, New York City. She's sick of trying to be like everybody else. She isn't! She's isolated, friendless, dateless, unemployed, oh...and she's a genius. When her therapist gives her a five-point plan to change her social-outcast status, Carrie takes a hard look at herself...and agrees to try.
10) Ghost ship
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Salvagers discover the Antonia Graza, an Italian luxury liner with a dark secret. The passenger ship has been missing since 1962, floating adrift on the Bering Sea, the salvagers claim the vessel as their own. But the Antonia Graza in not uninhabited. Once towing of the ghost ship towards harbor has begun, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
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English
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In short stories, poems, and monumental novels, James Joyce set out to discover the meaning of his nationality, simultaneously celebrating and ridiculing the history of Ireland in the brilliant style that has made him the most towering figure in the literary landscape of the early 20th century. In this audio, Dublin-born Gabriel Byrne brings to life Joyce's short stories from Dubliners, as well as selections from the brilliant A Portrait of the Artist...
12) I, Anna
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Language
English
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In this neo-noir thriller set in gritty London, a divorcee with possible secrets about a murder begins an affair with the case's insomniac detective.
13) Stigmata
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Language
English
Description
A priest from the Vatican is sent to visit a woman who's showing signs of stigmata (the wounds of Christ). The priest comes to find that the lady is truly possessed by something, and when her rants begin to make sense, the man of the cloth starts to question what he's been preaching in this eerie, thought-provoking horror movie.
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English
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Viewed by his neighbors as a recluse with a mysterious past, cabinet maker Michael McCann has withdrawn from society to lead a solitary, unencumbered life. One fateful winter's night, the beguiling baby daughter of a young mother who has succumbed in the cold and snow wanders into Michael's secluded cabin. As a result, his life changes forever. The strong attachment that immediately develops between Michael and little Mathilda leads the once-morose...
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English
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As World War II draws to a close, a young woman fleeing France gains passage on a troop freighter in exchange for sex. Put ashore, penniless and in Ireland, 18-year-old Bernadette gives birth to an exceptional boy, Frankie Starlight. Through the kindness of Dublin customs officer Jack Kelly (Gabriel Byrne "The Usual Suspects," "Millers Crossing"),Bernadette (Anne Parillaud "Man in the Iron Mask," "La Femme Nikita") is able to raise Frankie (Corban...
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Language
English
Description
In order to take down a notorious London crime lord (Gabriel Byrne), Detective Parker (Rufus Sewell) will do whatever it takes, even if it means breaking the law. When Parker enlists the help of a known criminal, allegiances are blurred and his perfect plan becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse. With twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, All Things To All Men is a thrill ride you won't want to miss!
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Series
Buffalo Girls volume 2
Language
English
Description
A rollicking, fictionalized account of the life of Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, as she cuts a wide swath through the Old West. Based on Larry McMurtry's novel, this story also features Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull and other Western legends.