Angie Harmon (TV's 'Law & Order') and Joel Gretsch (The Legend of Bagger Vance) star in this chilling suspense thriller. After losing their mother and father in a tragic accident teenager Abby Snow and her younger brother Ethan find a new home with Eve (Harmon) and Raymond Goode (Gretsch). Moving into their adoptive parents' remote mansion however the siblings come to the shocking realization that the Goodes are not exactly what they seem and the Snows' dream of love and security
A film starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Year of production 1938 Rereleased by Granada Ventures Limited
Protestant cleric Jean Barnery (Berling) when he divorces his severe wife after falling in love with Pauline (Beart) the independent-minded niece of an upper-crust parishioner. Heir to a porcelain factory in Limoges Jean gives his fortune to his ex-wife to assuage his guilt over the divorce. Living idyllically in Switzerland with Pauline duty calls: ignoring the wishes of his new wife his family asks him to return to Limoges to run the business. His new responsibilities as well as
Accused of murders she did not commit a woman fights desperately to prove her innocence and hold her family together in this gripping true story of passion and betrayal. Joyce Lukesic seems to have it all: luxurious lifestyle loving husband terrific children. But a triple mafia-style murder brings this secure world of privilege to an abrupt end as an ambitious state investigator links Joyce to the crimess. Despite her pleas of innocence she is brought to trial. Her dream life now a living nightmare Joyce finds herself incarcerated alongside hardened criminals - and unable to trust even those closest to her. Somehow she must find the inner strength to survive the ordeal take on a hostile justice system and reunite her shattered family. Based on a true story...
A young soldier returns home with an older woman on his arm and announces that she is his wife. His mother bitterly disapproves of the relationship and the marriage soon fails. Before the divorce the young man is brutally murdered and his mother convinced of his wife's guilt embarks on a crusade to see justice done...
Bernard Haitink conducts Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley in an interpretation of Bizet's Carmen. Maria Ewing's electric portrayal of the gypsy Carmen is one of the finest in recent memory. Her dark alluring looks and feline grace are exactly suited to playing the hot-blooded Spanish temptress who charms men with her sensuous wild spirit. Peter Hall's production filmed in 1985 reveals Bizet's opera as a torid drama of passion blood and squalor with sets by John Bury that capture the earthy warmth of Spain in an unglamorised view of the factory girls of Seville. Barry McCauley is a thrilling Don Jose Micaela is sung by Marie McLaughlin with Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arthaus present another in the Glyndebourne classic opera series this time the long-awaited 1977 production of Don Giovanni directed by Sir Peter Hall.Don Giovanni represents a force of nature without conscience and sense of responsibility. His sole aim in life is to win the female he has just fallen in love with. Therefore all the people around him become his victims. Not able to own up to his crimes he is dragged down to hell.Sir Peter Hall has long been associated with Glyndebourne having directed there since 1970. His production of Mozart's tragic 'opera of all operas' as E.T.A. Hoffman once called it for the 1977 Glyndebourne seasons has received universal praise - a high accolade for such an original production. Celebrated baritone and Glyndebourne favourite Benjamin Luxon perfectly embodies the unconscionable seducer Don Giovanni - although he nearly didn't appear after injuring himself during rehearsals jumping from a balcony as stage directions instructed.
Opera in two acts from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1975. Sung in Italian.
BIRGIT NILSSON:TurandotTannhauserMacbethGEORGE LONDON:OtelloFRANCO CORELLI AND LISA DELLA CASA:ToscaRENATA TEBALDI:ToscaAdriana LecouvreurCavalleria RusticanaLa GiocondaGIUSEPPE DI STEFANO AND TERESA STRATASManonREGINA RESNIK AND ROBERT MERRILL:CarmenNICOLAI GEDDA AND GIORGIO TOZI:The Cartered BridePHYLLIS CURTIN NICOLAI GEDDA AND THEODOR UPPMAN:Die FlaudermausTERESA BERGANZA:La CenerentolaANNA MOFFO AND GEORGE LONDON:Don GiovanniANNA MOFFO:La TraviataRICHARD TUCKER AND ROBERT MERRILLLa Forza del DestinoLEONTYNE PRICE:La Forza del DestinoIl TrovatoreAdriana Lecouvreur
The owner of a small-town junkyard offers a cash reward to whoever can kill the uninvited alien, who is hiding in her barn. Every wacko within 100 miles turns out and, before long, the junkyard becomes a warzone.
From the Glyndebourne Festival Opera a host of leading opera stars perform for HRH The Prince Of Wales. Works include Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro - 'Voi Che Sapete' and Rossini's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - 'Un Voce Poco Fa'.
In a shocking act of domestic terrorism, a deranged veteran detonates a biological weapon inside a crowded Federal Building. His purpose: To expose the government's secret development of a toxic gas that instantly affects the human adrenal system, causing men, women and children to become inhumanly aggressive and violent. Now the virus is spreading. The building is quarantined. And on the upper floors, a small group of uninfected survivors must band together to get out alive. But how do you escape a raging nightmare that cannot be stopped? Jason London (Dazed and Confused), C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders), Alicia Leigh Willis (The L Word), Lochlyn Munro (Charmed), Alexander Mendeluk (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), Robert Carradine and Judd Nelson star in this explosive horror/action thriller where fear is the trigger when madmen unleash THE TERROR EXPERIMENT.
The London Symphony Orchestra, Solti and Perahia in an all-Beethoven performance could hardly be anything but first class. This concert, which took place in 1987 to mark the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Barbican Arts Centre in London, also benefits from Solti's astute programming. Asked that his choice of music should reflect the policy of the venue in offering "variety in unity", the conductor selected the brief but thickly textured Coriolan Overture (splendidly un-ponderous under Solti's baton), the sprightly First Piano Concerto (here handled with kid gloves by Perahia) and the ebullient Seventh Symphony. The latter is marred at the outset by a spot-the-downbeat domino effect from the orchestra but this is swept away after a few bars to allow Solti's usual bravura to carry the concept off superbly, although his energised and convulsive old-school podium style is infuriatingly distracting when exposed to the merciless scrutiny of the cameras. Musically, however, the results are a delight, with some immaculate section playing, notably from the woodwinds. The disc includes a trailer for two other Arthaus releases. --Roger Thomas
Cecilia And Bryn At Glyndebourne.Arias And Duets.
Live at The Jazz Cafe 23rd October 2003.+2 bonus live songs from the 2003 UK Winter Tour.Over an hour's worth of LIVE GRAVY plus:MEET THE BANDIndividual profiles of the world's most dysfunctional drum and bass group.ROADTRIPSBehind-the-scenes footage from the last 12 months on the road including tour bus headspins the joys of soundchecking BBC sessions the KNowledge Drum+Bass Awards and more.ANIMATED VIDEOSThe amazing videos for 'Cum Dancing' and 'Billion Dollar Gravy' by award-winning animators Conkerco.
Crescent City Herald owner Randolph Meredith is a strong advocate of Idaho joining the United States. Fellow citizen and owner of the local stagecoach line Dan Hammond is not however and has Randolph killed in an attempt to quell the pro-union movement. Randolph's sister Barbara takes over at the Herald and also dons a black costume and mask to become 'The Black Whip'. With the help of government agent Vic Gordon The Black Whip thwarts all attempts by Hammond and his henchmen to exe
Opera in Three ActsMusic by Giacomo PucciniLibretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.Complete live performance of June 3 1961.
The owner of a small-town junkyard offers a cash reward to whoever can kill the uninvited alien, who is hiding in her barn. Every wacko within 100 miles turns out and, before long, the junkyard becomes a warzone.
From the grandeur of the Tower of London to high tea at Buckingham Palace London: City of Majesty is an instrumental resource for first time travelers or those studying London's storied past and it unquestionable influence on Western Civilization.
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. Volume 3 contains another selection of four episodes from across the series. "Steel" (episode 122) stars Lee Marvin in a futuristic Richard Matheson story concerning a penniless boxing manager who is forced into the ring when his robot boxer breaks down. Matheson is concerned to illustrate the lengths to which people are forced to go when desperate, but his moral is undermined a little by setting the story in the far future of 1974; Marvin, however, is a magnetic presence. In the tense and tautly written "A Game of Pool" (episode 70), Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) is a boastful pool player who challenges champion "Fats" Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a match in which the stakes are his life. "Walking Distance" is a slice of wistful, semi-autobiographical nostalgia from Serling in which a burned-out media exec returns to the town of his childhood (watch out for a very young Ron Howard as one of the kids). Bernard Herrmann's masterful score for this episode was composed not long after his music for Hitchcock's Vertigo, and has a similar tragi-romantic streak. Finally, "Kick the Can" (episode 86) is the story of the residents of a retirement home who discover (or rediscover) Peter Pan's secret for staying permanently young: it's easy to see why Steven Spielberg decided to adapt this episode for the 1983 movie. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
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