Nothing was too dangerous for Dave. He had the fastest skateboard. He climbed the highest trees. He did the most daring wheelies on his mountain bike. Everyone said Don't do that Dave! It's much too dangerous! But Dave took no notice. He did it anyway. This DVD in the Little Monsters series also features episodes with Sulky Sue Ticklish Timmy Grown-Up Gabby TV Trevor and Rude Roger.
Five great films based on true stories in one amazing value box set! Queenie From humble beginnings in the slums of Calcutta to the lofty heights of Hollywood fame and fortune Queenie achieves a triumph she never imagined. But dark secrets from her past and jealous rivalries threaten to destroy her. Based on the novel by Michael Korda. Courage Marianna's son's life is being ravaged by his dependency on heroin and cocaine. Her husband is angry skeptical and confused. With her back to the wall Marianna vows to take desperate measures to save her crumbling home. Aided by a hotshot drug agent she fights her way through a life-threatening battle in the New York City underworld. Forgotten Sins A small God-fearing community is torn apart by accusations of Satanic rituals sexual abuse torture and murder. True Stories Ann lives fast and loose in the lap of luxury after the death of her wealthy parents. Her life is turned upside down when her younger brother commits suicide after a devastating love affair. Now Ann is determined that his former girlfriend will stand trial for murder. Conspiracy Of Love A young girl and her grandfather are torn apart by the divorce of her parents. She finally makes a stand for herself which lays the groundwork for mending the fractured ties.
Dramma giocoso in due atti K588 in two acts.Recorded live at The Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg August 1983.
Treasure Planet, a pet project of Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker, is an ambitious animation hybrid (traditional animation combined with elaborate CGI backgrounds). It was the subject of numerous in-studio battles, but Disney office politics and a poor public reception shouldn't distract one from its many admirable qualities, not the least being its overall fidelity to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island. Curiously revamped as a sci-fi adventure with space-faring galleons, flintlock ray guns and extreme-sports attitude, it caters to a young audience for whom Stevenson's adventure is an undiscovered treasure, revving up the material with arcade-game excitements. It's entertaining, for what it is, and kids will surely enjoy it. Maybe next time, however, Disney will follow its own legacy and properly adapt Stevenson (as they did with their 1950 live-action classic) for a new, and hopefully receptive, generation. --Jeff Shannon
An All-Star Tribute To Steinway
After losing his job a young man holes up in a ramshackle hotel where after being terrorised his mind begins to run riot and turns to a bloody revenge against those he perceives to have slighted him...
Sentenced to 23 years: he won't accept a day of it! This is the incredible true story of John McVicar - a man who took on the entire prison system and refused to surrender. Roger Daltrey gives a powerful performance as McVicar in a film that is shocking brutal and full of gritty violent realism. The film strongly depicts the brutal aspects of British prison life and follows McVicar into his eventual rehabilitation.
Carnal Knowledge: One of the most controversial movies of its time this thought-provoking (Leonard Maltin) comedy-drama from legendary director Mike Nichols is a funny yet poignant look at relationships as seen through the eyes of two friends over a 20-year period. Superbly crafted by playwright Jules Feiffer Carnal Knowledge is brimming with touching insights sexy banter and powerful performances by three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson Ann-Margaret Candice Bergen and pop music icon Arthur Garfunkel. Jonathan (Nicholson) and Sandy (Garfunkel) are college roommates who share an endless fascination - and obsession - with women. As time goes by their relentless pursuit for the joys of the flesh becomes more competitive. And more damaging. Soon Jonathan and Sandy's lives become a vicious circle of girls booze and unfulfillment and they realize only too late that in the war of the sexes they are their own worst enemy... The Graduate: In his first major film role Dustin Hoffman plays an ultra-na''ve college graduate who's seduced by a middle-aged woman played by the scintillating Anne Bancroft and then falls in love with her daughter. With the sharpest of scripts and a perfect soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel this film was deservedly nominated for 6 Oscars and won Nichols an Academy Award for Best Director. The Elephant Man: David Lynch creator of Twin Peaks and acclaimed director of 'Eraserhead' 'Blue Velvet' and 'Wild At Heart' directs this bizarre but true story of courage and human dignity. John Hurt gives the performance of a lifetime as John Merrick the worst freak known to Victorian medical science a man whose body is hideously distorted into a grotesque parody of an elephant. Rescued from a travelling freak show by Sir Frederick Treves Merrick gradually reveals himself to be a strangely sweet and gentle man remarkably unembittered by the degradation and torment he suffered at the circus. Beautifully shot by Freddie Francis and with an excellent supporting cast including Sir John Gielgud Anne Bancroft and Dame Wendy Hiller 'The Elephant Man' is a compelling moving and enchanting story. The film was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor.
30 years on from their inception David Coverdale's Whitesnake are still going strong! With some of the best performances from an explosive career this must have DVD also includes a wealth of rare interviews with Coverdale bassist Neil Murray archive footage of Deep Purple and a crack team of experts adding their industry insights.
Breakfast Club (Dir. John Hughes 1985): Without doubt John Hughes' The Breakfast Club is one of the greatest teen movies of all-time if not the best. Without it we might not have witnessed the phenomenal rise of the 'brat pack'; the group of actors synonymous with the teen films of the '80s. They were five teenage students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their High School library. At 7am they had nothing to say but by 4pm they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply the Jock the Brain the Criminal the Princess and the Kook but to each other they would always be the Breakfast Club. The film's title comes from the nickname invented by students and staff for detention at the school attended by the son of one of John Hughes' friends. Thus those who were sent to detention were designated members of ""The Breakfast Club"". Fast Time At Ridgemont High (Dir. Amy Heckerling 1982): Based on the humorous bestselling novel Fast Times at Ridgemont High details the individual struggles of teenagers as they deal with independence success sexuality money maturity school and just making it through the formative year. Features music by The Go-Go's Graham Nash Jim Buffet Stevie Nicks Tom Petty The Cars and Quarterflash. Endless Love (Dir. Franco Zeffirelli 1981): A modern variation on the Romeo and Juliet theme Endless Love features that Oscar-nominated song performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli this timeless romance stars Brooke Shields as Jade who becomes the true love and obsession of the boy next door David. However their young love is so overwhelming that they loose touch with everything else forcing the parents of these star-crossed lovers to try to seperate them with disastrous effects. Now David has to win back their approval but can he do it before they are seperated forever?
Scarface: In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbour was opened and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami... wealth power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name - Scarface! Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Casino: Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice...
People come. People go. Nothing ever happens, one world-weary patron (Lewis Stone) of Berlin's finest hotel comments. Movie audiences knew better. They were witnessing the glorious comings, goings and intersecting stories of a starry array billed as the greatest cast in stage or screen history! Ruined aristocrat John Barrymore. Terminally ill clerk Lionel Barrymore. Ruthless tycoon Wallace Beery. Scheming stenographer Joan Crawford. And disillusioned ballerina Greta Garbo. Teaming them was a masterstroke whose success fostered more star-packed extravaganzas. The radiant film captured the 1931-32 Best Picture Academy Award. What a grand showcase of the allure and style of classic movie-making! Special Features: Commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Mark A. Viera Behind the Story: Short Feature: Checking out: Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Hollywood Premiere of Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Nothing ever happens Behind the Story: Short Feature: Just a word of warning Trailer: Grand Hotel (1932) Trailer: Week-End at The Waldorf (1945)
Opera Highlights is both a visually exciting introduction for new viewers to opera as well as a unique opportunity to see great singers talking to camera before performing some of the roles for which they are famous. This exciting new disc offers us the chance to get an insight into the opinions and motivations of some of the world's greatest opera singers. It presents new recordings and interviews produced especially for this DVD. Highlights include Dame Joan Sutherland singing 'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma conducted by Richard Bonynge and another husband-and-wife pairing Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna singing Donizetti. Tracklist: Marylin Horne: 'Sorge l'irato nembo' from Vivaldi's Orlando furioso (from Pier Luigi Pizzi's San Francisco Opera production conducted by Randall Behr) Dame Ann Murray: 'Nacqui all'affanno' from Rossini's La Cenerentola (from Michael Hampe's production for the Salzburg Festival conducted by Riccardo Chailly) Eva Marton: 'Suicidio!' from Ponchielli's La Gioconda (from the Vienna State Opera production by Filippo Sanjust conducted by Adam Fischer) Dame Joan Sutherland: 'D'amor sull'ali rosee' from Verdi's Il trovatore (from an Opera Australia production by Elijah Moshinsky conducted by Richard Bonynge) 'The Mad Scene' from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (from an Opera Australia production by John Copley conducted by Richard Bonynge) 'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma (from Sandro Sequi's production for Opera Australia conducted by Richard Bonynge) Roberto Alagna: 'Quanto bella quanto cara' & 'Una furtiva lagrima' from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera conducted by Evelino Pido) Angela Gheorghiu: 'Prendi per me sei libero' from from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera conducted by Evelino Pido) Gegam Grigorian: 'La vita inferno all'infelice' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev) Nikolai Putilin: 'Morir! Tremenda cosa!' & 'Urna fatale del mio destino' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev) Galina Gorchakova: 'Son giunta! Grazie o Dio!' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera St. Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev)
Alastair Sim Richard Attenborough Joyce Carey and Fay Compton head an all-star cast in this classic British comedy crime drama set in pre-war London and produced by the acclaimed team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Christmas Eve 1938. The lives of all those living in a rooming house in Dulcimer Street South London are about to change forever. Young Percy Boon (Richard Attenborough) from upstairs takes his first step towards a life of crime.and down-on-his-luck fraudulent medium Henry Squales (Alastair Sim) arrives to take the basement room. The people who live in 10 Dulcimer Street are all very different - but when Percy's criminal career ends in tragedy and he is sent to the gallows they rally together as Londoners to try and get true justice.
Freaky Friday: (Dr. Mark S. Waters) (2003): Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) have one thing in common - they don't relate to each other on anything. Not clothes or men or Anna's passion to be in a rock band. Nothing. Then one night a little mystic mayhem changes their lives and they wake up to the biggest freak-out ever. Tess and Anna are trapped inside each other's body! But Tess' wedding is on Saturday and the two must find a way to switch back - fast! Literally forced to walk in each other's shoes will they gain respect and understanding for the other's point of view? Herbie: Fully Loaded: (Dir. Angela Robinson) (2005): Maggie Peyton the new owner of 'Number 53' puts the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug through its paces on the road to becoming a Nascar competitor. Being a third generation member of a Nascar family racing is in Maggie's blood but she is forbidden from competing by her overprotective father Ray Sr. (Michael Keaton). When Maggie's offered a car as a graduation present she surprisingly ends up with a battered old '63 VW Beetle; but this is no ordinary 'Bug'. As she prepares to leave town for a career at ESPN News Maggie discovers that 'Herbie' has a mind of his own... and an alternate route for her future.
In this years contest riders included Scotty Cranmer Morgan Wade Matt Wilhelm Allan Cooke Ryan Jordan Rob Darden Stephen Murray and many more.
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