Using the stunning South African landscape and jazz tunes of the time, "The World Unseen" explores a system that divides white from black and women from men, but one that might just allow an unexpected love to survive.
Walter Majeski a former TV weatherman lost his young son in a freak snowstorm that Walter failed to forecast. On this day Walter decides it is time to end his life but his own ineptitude keeps getting in the way... A darkly comic Altmanesque look at a day in the life of a suburban American neighbourhood. Joyful Partaking reveals how seemingly small acts of kindness or carelessness can change a life forever.
The Blood Line:Ben Cartwright is forced to kill an old adversary Luke Grayson and must then face his son Todd who swears vengeance against the entire Cartwright clan. The Courtship:Hoss falls in love with widow Helen Layton and brings her home intending to marry her. All are thrilled except Adam who believes she is a chronic gambler.
Tracklisting: Introduction / Ernest Tubb - I Know My Baby Loves Me / Ray Price - You Never Will Be True / Webb Pierce - I'm Falling In Love With You / Jim Reeves - I'm Hurtin' Inside / Marty Robbins - Call Me Up And I'll Come Calling On You / Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman / Ray Price - Run Boy / Webb Pierce - I'm Really Glad You Hurt Me / Ernest Tubb - Two Glasses Joe / Marty Robbins - Please Don't Turn Me Away / Webb Pierce - More And More / Ernest Tubb - Those Lovin' Arms / Ray Price - I Saw My Castles Fall Today / Jim Reeves - My Lips Are Sealed / Ernest Tubb - Will You Be Satisfied That Way? / Chet Atkins - Romances / Marty Robbins - I'm Still In Love With You / Webb Pierce - That Heart Belongs To Me / Ernest Tubb - I'll Never Bother You Again / Webb Pierce - You're Not Mine Anymore / Ernest Tubb - Dear Judge / Chet Atkins - The Picking Waltz / Marty Robbins - Singing The Blues / Webb Pierce - I Don't Care / Jim Reeves - Then I'll Stop Loving You / Ernest Tubb - I'm Gonna Make My Home (A Million Miles From Here) / The River Boys - Breezin' Along With The Wind
Ray Charles is a superstar worldwide. An icon in the music world who has a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame a bronze bust in the Playboy Hall of Fame & has received 15 Grammys the Kennedy Center Honor & 3 National Medals of Arts.
Owen Daybright has taken the rap for his boyhood pal Les Strobie all his life. Now the foreman on Strobie's ranch he is even willing to accept paternity of Strobie's illegitimate child. Daybright continues to make life easy for his friend partly from high motives - to protect Strobie's wife - and partly from habit. He even dodges bullets and doesn't give his friend up for the heel he is until Strobie negotiates to make off with his father's cattle. An unusual adult Western for its
The Pretender: A noble young man rescued by Robin from the Duke of Gloucester's soldiers wants to join his band. The powerful Duke and his daughter ex-Queen Hadwisa are plotting against the King. There is no natural heir to the throne only a Pretender Prince Arthur of Brittany - son of the King's brother. Is this the man Robin has just saved? Rutterkin: Little John intends to elope with Meg of Wickham but their flight is halted by a mysterious mad pig lady who seems to have lost her charges. Lord Edgar uncle to Robin Hood comes to Nottingham to visit the King who is ill. While wandering through Sherwood rounding up pigs Robin encounters his uncle who claims to have been looking for him. It appears that the Earl of Huntingdon - Robin's father - is in great danger. The Time of the Wolf (Parts 1 and 2): King John is raising an army against the Welsh. He orders all the food from the villages to be collected to feed his army. Robin and his band are unwilling to stand by and let their friends starve so they prepare the Wickham villagers for action. Meanwhile at Grimston Abbey an old adversary of Robin's is practising his sorcery in most unusual ways.
Discover the world of fine art with the people who made it happen. Arata Isokai: The architect of the Museum of Contemporary Art reveals the motivation of the design of his symbolically imaginative buildings. Eui Kyu Kim: The renowned Korean Artist who creates spiritual canvases that emphasise the curves and contours of the body. Ed Ruscha: Considered to be one of the first modern artists who embraced the impersonality of billboard advertising to philosophise
Hosted by Paul Shaffer. It's the jam session of a lifetime as the three greatest rock 'n' roll piano players in the world share the stage for the first and only time. Filmed at the historic Storyville nightclub in New Orleans Fats Domino And Friends features three performers who virtually defined rock 'n' roll piano in the '50s - the immortal Fats Domino Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles - strutting their stuff individually and collectively and joined onstage by Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood drummer extraordinaire Steve Jordan and music director and host Paul Shaffer. This historic concert contains: Remixed and remastered footage for pristine sound. And 17 songs - every one a classic: Fats Domino: The Fat Man Walking to New Orleans Blueberry Hill Shake Rattle & Roll So Long C.C. Rider and Sentimental Journey Jerry Lee Lewis: (with Ron Wood): I Am What I Am Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin Going On Paul Shaffer Ron Wood and All-Star Band: A Certain Girl Ray Charles (with Paul Shaffer Ron Wood and All-Star Band): I've Got a Woman and Drown in My Own Tears Fats Jerry Lee and Ray (with Wood Shaffer and All-Star Band): The Lewis Boogie Low Down Dog Jambalaya (On the Bayou) and Swanee River Rock (Talkin Bout That River)
The smallest member of The Little family returns in this blockbusting sequel. Alongside fellow family pet Snowbell the cat he sets of on a journey through the streets of New York in search of a missing friend.
The Godfather... Casablanca... Schindler's List... Star Wars... films that altered our way of thinking pushed the boundaries of artisitic skill and entertained millions of movie goers around the world. Demon cop... described as a cult US film it is probably the worst film you will ever see and looks like it was put together in a potting shed lacks any artistic skill and has ""entertained"" seven people to date (six of which are original cast members and the seventh was a lonely Australian with issues). The plot... we think: When a string of unexplained murders hit Colarado Springs the police are puzzled and without a clue as to who or what the murderer might be. A German scientist tries to warn the city about the horrifying menace. It is soon discovered that a police officer (?) has contracted a rare blood disease that periodically transforms him into a demonic beast with an insatiable urge to kill. But does this discovery come too late?
Salsa refers not only to hot sauce but hot music - the exuberant dance music of Latino communities in New York and other cities in the Eastern U.S. as well as Puerto Rico and Cuba. Over the past 25 years salsa has profoundly influenced jazz and pop music while giving a focal point for a colourful distinctively Latin way of walking talking and dancing. From the barrios of New York City to the roots-culture of the Caribbean Salsa captures Latin music in all its joy vitality and improvisational brilliance. Celia Cruz is shown in rehearsal. Charlie Palmieri instructs a class of children in the seminal Latin rhythms - bomba mambo rhumba etc. Tito Puente plays music at a wedding in the Latin community. Ruben Blades demonstrates the ways politics and music can work together. The drumming and singing of Santeria followers shows the influence of African culture and a trip to Puerto Rico establishes the roots of mainland Latin culture. Through it all the rhythms and melodies of salsa provide a vital soundtrack for the emergence of an entire people.
The Art Of Seduction is a feature length trilogy of dramas based on the short works of well-known American authors. It brings together some of Hollywood's top talent. Businessman Martin Meadows (Ray Liotta) returns to his suburban home and confronts his wife Emily (Andie MacDowell) whose drinking is beginning to threaten their children's safety. A Domestic Dilemma based on the story by Carson McCullers is a hard-edged portrayal of one couple's struggle with alcoholism. Directed by Kisti Zea. In the second tale up and coming boxer Eddie Megeffin (Matt Dillon) is pressured by his beautiful young wife Arlene (Kyra Sedgwick) to accept a big payday bout with a championship contender. Although he's not ready Eddie is eager to please Arlene - who has been all but forgotten due to his rigorous training schedule. Will Eddie's sacrifices pay off? Or will Arlene simply Return to Kansas City. Directed by Walter Bernstein. The third story sees the writer Henry (Scott Glenn) befriend Mara (Juliette Binoche) a prostitute. Struck by her mysterious charm and beauty he invites her to dinner and the two are passionately drawn together. Henry offers the kindness Mara has never known but is it too threatening to her pained existence? Mara written by Henry Miller is the touching tale of two lovers whose entire relationship is limited to a single night. Directed by Mike Figgis.
22 Performances featuring: Ernest Tubb Chet Atkins Ray Price Jim Reeves Marty Robbins
Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
This BAFTA nominated series follows the fortunes and feuds of old Billy Fox (Peter Vaughan) and his family in South London. With a superb cast including Ray Winstone and Bernard Hill and shot entirely on location in pubs clubs and streets 'Fox' evokes a strong London atmosphere through a wonderfully tense and involving story. Episodes include: King Billy Arched Fingers For Bach Flat Fingers For Love Pugilism Not Vandalism.
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