MOVIES- From Sister John Francis Spiekermann

Movie Reels

VIDEOS

ROHR, REV. RICHARD, OFM
Job and the Mystery of Suffering.
(5 Videos)
Acts of the Apostles.
(5 Videos)
Luke.
(5 Videos)

FRONTLINE
From Jesus to Christ.
(4 Videos)

POPE JOHN PAUL II
Vatican Reflections
The Man – His Mission
Gateway to Faith in St. Louis
Pope’s Visit to the U.S. Pope’s
Journey to America
Papal Journey to St. Louis

JUBILEE 2000
A Musical Celebration
From Our Lady of the Snows
(1 Video)

CARMELITES, DC
Women of Compassion
(1 Video)

DEISS, LUCIEN
Eucharist
(1 Video)

MALONEY, REV. GEORGE, SJ
Broken But Loved
Meeting the Living God
(2 Videos)

ANN OF GREEN GABLES
1987/color/99 min./NR
Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth. Artistically filmed amidst the spectacular scenery of Prince Edward Island, Canada, this award-winning movie follows the provocative life drama of Anne Shirley, an endearing orphan, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman.

THE JEWELER’S SHOP
1988/color/88 min./NR
Olivia Hussey, Ben Cross, Burt Lancaster, Cracow, Poland, 1939.
A story by Pope John Paul II. On the eve of World War II, two couples decide to be married. One couple, Andre and Teresa, buy their rings from a jeweler. The mysterious old man tells them about the significance of the rings as symbols of love and everlasting unity. He knows one day his path will cross theirs again.

THE AFRICAN QUEEN
1951/color/105min./NR
Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart.
Two strong personalities combat the elements, the Germans and each other while traveling on a raft through Africa during WW1.

THE GIFT OF LOVE
1978/color/96min./NR
Marie Osmond, Timothy Bottoms, James Woods.
A wealthy orphan is resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of socially acceptable class, until she falls for an impoverished Swiss man. Based on O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi.”

THE VERDICT
1982/color/128min.
Paul Newman as a down-and-out alcoholic attorney who stumbles on one last chance to redeem himself. He is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no one thinks he can win, he courageously decides to refuse a settlement from the hospital.

THE HIDING PLACE
1975/color/147min/PG
Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart. Julie Harris stars in this inspiring, true-life account of a heroic family’s imprisonment in a World War II concentration camp.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
1938/126min./B&W/NR
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore Edward G. Robinson star in this screwball comedy. Arthur is the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls in love with Stewart, the down-to-earth son of a snooty wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families re-discover the simple joys of life.

FLY AWAY HOME
1996/Color/107Min./PG
Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin. The soaring adventure of a 13-year old girl and her estranged father who learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them to fly.


ELLEN FOSTER
1997/color/97Min/PG
Jena Malone, Julie Harris, Ted Levine. An inspiring tale of one determined little girl. After the death of her mother she is left without a real home, so she vows to find the family and the love that she dreams about. Even when she is placed in the care of her wealthy grandmother who ignores her, she does not give up hope. Ellen sets out to change her life and in the process discovers that the true meaning of family is more than being related - it is being loved.

FOXFIRE
1987/color/99Min/PG
Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, John Denver. Love, memories, and change, these are the threads that weave through the life of Annie Nations. Annie has lived her entire life in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But now she is alone Left only with memories of her late husband. When her country-singer son tries to persuade her to move, it becomes a clash of traditional family values with modern day life. Annie must decide to live in her past...or to find a new future.

SEEING RED
1999/color/120Min./NR
Sarah Lancashire. Beautiful and talented, Carol Atkins had fame fortune and a life of luxury. One day while appearing at a charity event, she witnessed the distress of a young child in foster care, and her life changed forever. Carol Atkins revolutionized the fostering system. Her determination to help these children led her to buy and renovate a rambling country house, which she transformed into the house where many children experienced real affection for the first time.