Mirren, Helen

The Queen by Stephen Frears ( Visual )
72 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Queen begins with a familiar epigraph "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"--Henry IV, Part II. The action of the film takes place during the week following the death, on August 31, 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. One of its accomplishments, courtesy of adroit use of newsreel and other contemporary footage, is to remind viewers of the deep sadness that surrounded that event. It is also about the divergent and potentially ruinous ways the monarch and Prime Minister Tony Blair responded to the resulting torrent of national grief

A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
70 editions published between 1981 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's play about devilish fairies, bedeviled lovers and tradesmen-actors. Plots intertwine as entangled love affairs, the comical performance of a "play within a play" by the tradesmen of Athens, and the antics in fairyland among King Oberon and his queen Titania produce a bizarre series of entanglements, but all ends happily

National treasure 2 ( Visual )
10 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 2,248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben Gates' great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The page is one of 18 pages missing from Booth's diary. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley from Buckingham Palace to the White House - both places they break into - and even stealing a page from a secret book. But in order to see more from the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. So, Ben kidnaps the president. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore. Now, Ben will have to clear his family's name so they will no longer be linked to the assassination

Excalibur by John Boorman ( Visual )
80 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 2,215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The classic saga of King Arthur and those around him in the Court-- the knights, his Queen, and the wizard Merlin. Focuses on the rise of Christian civilization out of the Dark Ages

Inkheart by Iain Softley ( Visual )
28 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 2,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send interlopers back to their world...and save ours. If ever a task was easier said than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, abetted by friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn"-- Container

As you like it by William Shakespeare ( Visual )
56 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,095 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a dramatization of William Shakespeare's play entitled As you like it

Red by Robert Schwentke ( Visual )
21 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,070 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team; Joe, Marvin, and Victoria, and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy

Legend of the guardians the owls of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky ( Visual )
20 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fledgling barn owl Soren lives in the forest of Tyto with his father Noctus, mother Marella, older brother Kludd, younger sister Eglantine, and their snake nest maid Ms. P. Noctus enjoys telling Soren and Eglantine stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythical group of warrior owls, who once saved all owlkind from the evil "Pure Ones." One night Kludd pushes Soren and they both fall to the ground. They are kidnapped taken to the home to the Pure Ones, and put to work: Soren as a slave, and Kludd as a soldier. The Pure Ones' are laying a trap for their enemies, the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. The Pure Ones storm the Great Tree, and the Guardians lead the owls into battle against them, wherein which Soren and his friends emerge to play pivotal roles

Gosford Park by Robert Altman ( Visual )
27 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Drama set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered

Calendar girls by Nigel Cole ( Visual )
31 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,825 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Chris' best friend Annie loses her husband, Chris derives a scheme to memorialize him. The two women, along with some of their friends - all fiftysomething women - will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular. Based on actual events