With narrators including Richard Briers and Helena Bonham Carter these magical adventures combine the inspirational music of the great composers with delightful animation. The 'Children's Classical Collection' DVD contains 3 of Tschaikovsky's most famous works in ""Swan Lake "" ""Sleeping Beauty "" and ""The Nutcraker"" plus Mozart's ""Toy Symphony"" and Prokofiev's ""Peter and The Wolf.""
Coppélia is Delibes fairy-tale ballet of 1870, here presented in a production based on the Royal Ballet's 1954 version with designs by Osbert Lancaster and choreography by the company's founder Ninette de Valois. In a small European town Dr Coppélius (Luke Heydon) makes life-sized mechanical dolls. The whimsical tale unfolds as Swanilda (Leanne Benjamin) suspects that her fiancée Franz (Carlos Acosta) is falling in love with the enigmatic Coppélia (Leana Palmer). Everything is suitably magical, from the beautiful sets and costumes to the gorgeously melodic score. There is a sense of romantic playfulness throughout, and of course almost two hours of wonderful dancing, making this a treat to place beside Swan Lake and Giselle. Given live on 19 February 2000, this was the first live full-length ballet from Royal Opera House to be broadcast since 1968.On the DVD: Fortunately the DVD proves an object lesson in how to present ballet on the digital format. There is an introduction by Deborah Dull, principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet, a short but interesting profile of designer Osbert Lancaster, and a nine-minute film "Covent Garden Tales--The Ballet Moves" which gives a look behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet's new home. For a live production, the 16:9 anamorphically enhanced widescreen picture is simply superb, with excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. With even the special features delivered with 16:9 anamorphic enhancement this is a high-quality production in every respect. Encoded for regions two and four. --Gary S Dalkin
Cliff pays tribute to the music of five decades and features an appearance from Hank Marvin. Tracklist: Move It / Living Doll / Rock Around The Clock / Be Bop A Lula / When / Elvis Presley medley: Teddy Bear; All Shook Up; Jailhouse Rock / I Believe / The Young Ones / I'm In Love With You / Needles And Pins / She Loves You / Apache / I'm Nearly Famous / Miss You Nights / Bright Eyes / We Don't Talk Anymore / Don't Cry For Me Argentina / Sci Fi / I Just Don't Have The Heart / Medley: Some People; A Little In Love; Remember Me / It's In Every One Of Us / Mistletoe And Wine / Riders In The Sky / Can't Keep This Feeling In / Nessun Dorma (with Russell Watson) / I Do Not Love You Isabella / Everything I Do (I Do It For You) / Vita Mia / Lucy / Human Work Of Art / Saviour's Day / Millennium Prayer
Step through the stargate with SG-1 a team of soldiers and scientists as they travel instantaneously to other planets to explore forge alliances defuse crises establish trade investigate ancient mysteries and defend Earth from such hostile forces as the Goa'uld and the Replicators. Episodes comprise: 15. Ethon 16. On The Grid 17. The Scourge
Zany comedy with slapstick humour set in mafia America during the 30's. Two men a wrestler and an ice cream seller are mistaken for killers by the mafia sorriso. The mafia want Gemma to get Spencer to agree to throw a wrestling match. Spencer doesn't waste time in making them realise their big mistake....
This new teen comedy is a contemporary reworking of the classic
Nanny McPhee (Dir. Kirk Jones 2005): Emma Thompson whose first screenplay won the 1995 Oscar for Sense and Sensibility returns to screenwriting with Nanny McPhee a motion picture adaptation of the ""Nurse Matilda"" books by Christianna Brand. Thompson the only person to have won Oscars for both acting and writing also plays the title role in Nanny McPhee opposite Colin Firth Kelly Macdonald and - in her first role for the big screen in two decades - Angela Lansbury. In this dark and witty fable Thompson portrays a person of unsettling appearance and magical powers who enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown (Firth) and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children led by the oldest boy Simon (Love Actually's Thomas Sangster) have managed to drive away 17 previous nannies and are certain that they will have no trouble with this one. But as Nanny McPhee takes control they begin to notice that their vile behavior now leads swiftly and magically to rather startling consequences. Her influence also extends to the family's deeper problems including Mr. Brown's sudden and seemingly inexplicable attempts to find a new wife; an announcement by the domineering Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) that she intends to take one of the children away; and the sad and secret longings of their scullery maid Evangeline (Kelly Macdonald). As the children's behavior begins to change Nanny McPhee's arresting face and frame appear to change as well creating even more questions about this mysterious stranger whom the children and their father have come to love. Peter Pan (Dir. P.J. Hogan 2003): Re-discover the timeless story of Peter Pan as you've never seen it before and be swept off your feet to a Neverland you'd never dreamt possible. Join the boy who wouldn't grow up and Wendy the girl who is told she has to in their adventure against Captain Hook and his pirate crew. Follow Tinker Bell the Lost Boys giant crocodiles and other fantastic creatures to a world where anything is possible and where dreams and imagination have a power all of their own.
A young actress becomes totally obsessed with the part she is playing and before long art and reality start to blur. Based on a song by Leonard Cohen (which is used in the film).
An indecent proposal too tempting to resist. A young married couple Jed and Sally are struggling to survive. They head to Las Vegas hoping their luck would change. They win more money than they dared dream of but Jed returns to the casino alone to gamble - and loses their win. He is propositioned by the club owner; a night of sex in return for money....
House On The Haunted Hill
Mexico City 1940. Communist parades are celebrating May day. In a hotel room near Zocalo Square there are two people who are destined to play a major part in the events leading to the assassination of Leon Trotsky the ageing idealist and 'dedicated Marxist and atheist' banished from Russia by Josef Stalin who has been given sanctuary by the Mexican Government - Frank Jacson travelling on a Canadian passport who claims to be a Belgian in Mexico avoiding national service and Gita Samuels a one-time translator.
Three young urban skaters with ambitions to make it to the World Championships hear that World Champion skater Tony Hawk is scouting for new talent in Sydney. With no idea of how they are going to get there they decide to set off on the adventure of a lifetime...
Outrunning the past to save the future... Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is a jazz saxophonist whose life is permanently changed when he is hit by a stray bullet. After his recovery Izzy stumbles across the body of a stranger and winds up with the murdered man's briefcase. Inside is a mysterious stone which leads himito Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino). Together they discover the power of the stone and the threat of those who want it as the story takes a dark and surprising turn into
The oldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by an Indian tribe. Battling all odds her brother searches for the tribe and along the way convinces an old drunken prospector to help him find her. They eventually locate the tribe and to win back his sister's freedom he must risk his own life by passing the test of Crooked Sky a test in which he may die to save his sister from the executioner's arrow.
Nazi spies steal a shortwave transmitter to send secret messages to a Japanese submarine. They also need to recruit an engineer to enable them to complete their mission...
Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast in Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational staging of Puccini's great operatic thriller. Stars Catherine Malfitano as Tosca Bryn Terfel as Scarpia and Richard Margison as Cavaradossi. Bryn Terfel plays the 'tough guy' in contrast to many of his other stage characters which makes this Tosca immediately stand out as unusual from others. Outstanding orchestral performance with Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.
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