Double Feature Disaster in the Atlantic On April 14 1912 the greatest ship of the time and man's monument to the technological achievement the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic would sail into the lexicon of history. At 11:46 p.m. aboard ship the lookout signaled to the bridge and reported an iceberg right ahead. Within moments the Titanic struck ice and foundered in just over 2 hours. 2 223 souls were aboard. Only 706 would survive. Countless lives would be forever changed by the disaster. Indeed the trajedy touched the hearts of people around the world. No other historical event would inspire as many literary and cinematic treatments on the subject. This historical presentation was produced in 1929 and is the first feature sound film of the disaster. The Titanic Chronicles The Titanic Chronicles was an attempt to understand what happened to the Titanic the American government held a series of hearings to investigate the disaster. These hearings were filled with eyewitness accounts that detailed every minute of that terrifying night and they represented several different points of view. The U.S. Senate hearings were opened to the public and they were held in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The hearings were chaired by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan. Senator Smith's mission was simple: find out what had gone wrong and to discover the truth. This program is a reenactment of the most striking and revealing moments from the actual hearings. The testimony you will hear comes the closest to the truth as to why the R.M.S. Titanic now lies on the bottom of the North Atlantic.
The adventures of brave little pig Wilbur and Charlotte the friendly spider...
Renowned as one of the great Mahler interpreters of our age Bernard Haitink conducted a now-legendary Mahler cycle with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the early 1990s. This DVD offers a powerful record of this memorable undertaking bringing together the composer's ground-breaking First Symphony (the Titan) with its mighty successor the Resurrection Symphony.
For their third annual May 1 European Concert commemorating the date that the orchestra was founded, the Berlin Philharmonic chose to perform in the Royal Albert Hall in London under Bernard Haitink. Haitink was then the music director at Covent Garden, and he brings an operatic intensity to their first item, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture. He characterises it brilliantly, with stirring religious solemnity for Friar Lawrence's music and fiery explosions in the fight sequence. Frank Peter Zimmerman then gives a forthright, heavily late-romantic reading of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 which might not be to everyone's taste, but which seems somehow appropriate in the Victorian splendour of the hall. The Rite of Spring allows the orchestra to show off its star woodwind players, who cope with the score's taxing wind writing with polished brilliance. The opening sounds fantastic, and Haitink tailors the tempo to the boomy acoustic so that not a detail is lost. It's a performance literally dripping with energy: you can see the sweat pouring off the players as they dig into the piece's meatier moments. Overall, this is an excellent concert from an orchestra on top form. On the DVD: European Concert, 1993 includes a 28-minute documentary in German about the Albert Hall, and the Berlin Philharmonic's visits to the UK. There's fascinating substantial footage of Furtwängler conducting the orchestra in London, and a long interview with Haitink in which he discusses his relationship with the BP. There are subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.--Warwick Thomson
Detective story featuring Father Brown a Roman Catholic priest who must recover paintings stolen by a master thief.
Dida Diafat a French born boxing champion plays Ryan a rebellious punk whose time in prison is about to come to an end. During his time behind bars he was taught the deadly art of Thai boxing by fellow con Jean. The action hurtles between Paris and Bangkok as Ryan battles various fighting champions all competing to take him down and claim the title. Along the way he meets Kim Jean's long lost daughter who takes a shine to him and a variety of ruffians and criminals who threaten to derail his commitment to the sport. A gripping true-life story that follows the rise of a jailbird thug to world renowned boxer 'Chok Dee' is an action-packed fight fest where throwing in the towel is not an option.
Fight and you may die run and you'll live... at least for a while. And dying in your beds many years from now would you be willin' to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they'll never take... our freedom! Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks King of England (Patrick McGoohan) has captured Scotland's throne and threatens the freedom of all Scottish people as tyrannical policies instituted by the English plague the Scots. Initially Wallace is content to stand by the wayside yearning for the simple life of building a home and raising a family. However when the woman he loves (Catherine McCormack) suffers a cruel fate at the hands of English soldiers Wallace takes a stand against the new rule. With his fierce patriotism and determination he gathers an amateur but passionately rebellious army
This boxset combines two great thriller movies which are based around supernatural occurences. The Forgotten (2004 Dir. Joseph Ruben): A grieving mother Telly Parada is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son's friend who is having the same experience Telly embarks on a mission to
Set in London's Jazz scene of the 1950s this atmospheric modernisation of Othello features a strong cast and appearences by some of the best-known names from the music world.
Mark Kobain worked hard to keep himself off the city streets and concentrated on becoming the National Karate Champion. But an invitation to a class with the masters now finds him the 'prey' for a group of man hunters.
James Stewart and Doris Day star in this exciting Hitchcock suspense yarn complete with murder assassination plots kidnapping and a hair raising climax. Dr Ben Mackenna (Stewart) and his wife Jo (Day) take their ten year old son on holiday to Morocco and get caught up in a web of intrigue when he is kidnapped. They are forced to travel to London to find him which results in a memorable murder sequence at the Royal Albert Hall. 'Que Sera Sera' sung by Doris Day won an Oscar (Best Song 1955).
This DVD contains 5 stories each 25 minutes in length of the following classic fairytales: 'Little Red Riding Hood' 'Tom Thumb' 'Goldilocks And The Three Bears' 'The Princess And The Pea' and 'Rapunzel'.
Love Rites
The legendary Peter Cushing stars in two thrilling big screen adventures of the beloved BBC serial that captured the imagination of the world. A huge hit on release these films remain classic British Sci-Fi movies all self-respecting Dr. Who and sci-fi fans shouldn't be without them attractively packaged with additional high quality film memorabilia. This Classic Collection box set will include: DVD of 'Doctor Who And The Daleks' DVD of 'Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.' two collectible film Senitypes'' (image from the film and 35mm film frame) two original full colour printed theatrical campaign brochures one from each film; plus an in-pack free rolled cinema poster (one sheet) offer of each film.
It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket an idyllic family grocery store in Buck Lake Arizona. But the normal monotony of rounding up shopping carts and settling out the cash drawers is broken at 11:07pm just before closing when a group of masked and armed-to-the-teeth militants invades the store immediately killing several of the employees and shoppers and holding the rest hostage. Though the hostage-takers at first appear to be robbers or terrorists they reveal themselves to be a cadre of rogue scientists that has discovered and tracked an alien infestation to THIS STORE on THIS NIGHT and they are determined to find out which of the survivors are extraterrestrials and end the invasion at any cost.
Blind by day and deadly vampires by night, a beautiful pair of orphaned twins try to conceal their nocturnal habits from the kindly nuns who care for them. Uncertain of their past, the girls only know that they have lived many lives before, always betrayed by their undying thirst for human blood and killed mercilessly before rising from their graves to begin anew.Two Orphan Vampires is a bittersweet blood-sucker from the master of surreal horror, Jean Rollin.
Continuing to combine visuals from imaginative digital animators with a soundtrack by electronic dance music's leading artists and DJs the X-Mix series had by the mid-90s become continental clubland's visual materials of choice. As the series matured the animations began moving from abstraction into stand-alone virtual landscapes. Beyond The Heavens to a mix of classic groovy techno sculpted by the UK's Dave Angel had a futuristic almost sinister atmosphere. It includes crucial tunes by Kenny Larkin Sun Electric Josh Wink Ian Pooley and Dave Angel himself. Digital deserts and industries of the imagination were explored on Wildstyle where the sounds were provided by Munich's DJ Hell - a decade of underground techno and house fashioned into one long mix and including crucial tracks such as Bernard Badie's Can You Feel It Bobby Konder's Let There be House and Phortune's Can You Feel The Bass. The Electric Storm supplied further flights of computer-animated fancy - digital worlds orchestrated to a long morphing mix from The Shamen's Mr C. Both a voyage into virtuality and a journey into the spirit of the beat. 'It's about human evolution' said Mr C.
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