Charlton Heston
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four American astronauts crashland on an unchartered planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himelf among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall).
Language
English
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Description
To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out...
Language
English
Description
Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From that point forward, Judah's life becomes a quest: a quest to survive...
4) The order
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
A thief of religious artifacts whose archeologist father has found the lost scripture of a mysterious religious order, is mysteriously kidnapped. He finds himself cruising around the twisty streets of Jerusalem, getting into dynamic kickboxing battles while disguised as a Hasidic Jew. With the help of a beautiful Israeli cop, he uncovers a plot within the religious order that leads to secret catacombs beneath the holy city.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor and gets thrown through a portal and crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone, so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. Brent finds mutated humans in the former New York subway system. He discovers a cult of humans that fear the Apes' latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. Tension mounts to a climactic battle between ape...
