One is from a Northern industrial family one from a Southern plantation family. They're West Point graduates whose tried-and-true loyalty helps them survive the Mexican-American War. But their bond faces sterner tests. The issues dividing North and South can also set friend against friend. John Jakes' bestseller about the pre-Civil War decades thunders to the screen in a lavish six-part miniseries presented by award-winning executive producer David L. Wolper. In all 140 actors num
The Girls' Night of the title refers to Friday night, the one time of escape from the daily grind for longstanding best friends and factory co-workers, Dawn and Jackie. And Friday night means bingo. One evening their dream comes true when Dawn (the cautious, caring one) scoops £100,000, but the savage twist in the tale is that even before she gets the cheque she discovers she has an inoperable brain tumour. Cue Jackie (the spontaneous, irresponsible one) fulfilling Dawn's lifetime ambition with a holiday in Las Vegas ("Come on, we've got an hour to get the plane"). And from then on it's a buddy movie with inescapable resonances of Thelma and Louise, though the difference here is that the protagonists are two ordinary middle-aged women. Brenda Blethyn and Julie Walters are a magical pairing, with both giving mesmerising moving performances (honorary mention should also be made of Cody, the one sympathetic male character in the film, magnificently played by Kris Kristofferson). Though death is ever-present, this is by no means a depressing movie; rather the opposite, in fact, with a remarkably upbeat ending. If there's a message to be found here, it's that even the most apparently ordinary people can be extraordinary given the right circumstances. On the DVD: As well as the original trailer, there is on-location feature
Season Two of the epic saga of the South Carolina Main family and the Pennsylvanian Hazards. In the fateful year 1861 began a war which was to tear America apart and which threatened to destroy the lives of the Hazard and Main clans. Friend fights friend brother stands against brother as the two families once bound by friendship and love are now on opposite sides of the bloody conflict.
Homer's epic poem telling of the siege of Troy by vengeful Greek forces after Helena is taken from them gets the lavish Hollywood treatment with an all-star cast under the direction of the respected Robert Wise.
A fourth volume of adventures with those heroes in a half-shell! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Shredder Strikes (Part One) 2. The Shredder Strikes (Part Two) 3. The Unconvincing Turtle Titan
This box set contains three films featuring the greatest comedy double-acts of all-time! Abbott & Costello - Africa Screams: Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Lewis & Martin - At War With The Army: Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the sam
In an intimate tour of downtown LA, documentary maker Sophie Fiennes profiles charismatic preacher Bishop Noel Jones and his congregation.
BAsed on a novel by Morris West this is a classic American cowboy tale set in Australia's exotic outback with the aborigines pitted against a rancher Lance Dillon because he is on their land. After a renegade Aborigine Mundara kills one of Lance's Brahma bull's and a ranch hand who gets involved Mundara spears the fleeing Lance in the shoulder but does not catch up with him to finish the job. The story of Lance's survival is the focus of the film along with a parallel story of his wife Mary temporarily falling for Lance's opposite Sgt Neil Adams. The characters of the two men and Mundara arew contrasted against a setting of conflict that escalates out of control.
Road To Rio (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1947): To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Direct
JAZZ LEGENDS:This video of Lennie Tristano playing a solo concert in Copenhagen is a unique and priceless document. Not only is the music wondrously beautiful and the piano playing spectacular but the personal nature of this solo performance gives the viewer a chance to experience what it was like to spend some time visiting with Lennie - Lennie Popkin New York June 2000.LENNIE TRISTANO - The Copenhagen Concert (Performed and Recorded on October 31 1965 in The Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall Copenhagen Denmark).Opening Applause - 0:431. DARN THAT DREAM - 4:492. LULLABY OF HE LEAVES 2:473. EXPRESSIONS 3:444. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 5:355. TIVOLI GARDENS SWING 2:466. GHOST OF CHANCE 3:157. IT'S YOU OR NO ONE 3:038. IMAGINATION 5:569. TANGERINE 4:31
He astonished people with his imagination. He shocked people with his genius. He'll mesmerize you with his story....
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