This tearjerker by Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks is a surprising story about real-life classical pianist David Helfgott, an Australian who rose to international prominence at a very young age in the 1950s and 1960s, and suffered a psychological collapse after enduring years of abuse from his father (Armin Mueller-Stahl). Hicks has three very fine actors portraying Helfgott at different stages of his life, including the adorably wry and goofy Noah Taylor (Flirting), who takes up the character's teen years, and Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, giving a great performance playing the musician as a schizophrenic adult. Despite the Helfgotts' compromised psychological health, Shine is hardly a depressing experience. If anything, the story is really about how long one person's life can take to make glorious sense of itself. Sir John Gielgud, in golden form, plays Helfgott's teacher. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Based on the book by Danielle Steel Bill Grant (John Ritter) is the popular producer of a top TV soap but separated from his ex-wife and two young sons he badly misses family life. Adriane (Polly Draper) is a happily married news executive at the same TV station. But when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant her child-phobic husband deserts her rather than compromise his career with the responsibilities of parenthood. Both alone and lonely Bill and Adriane eventually meet and quic
Based on the book by Danielle Steel Bill Grant (John Ritter) is the popular producer of a top TV soap but separated from his ex-wife and two young sons he badly misses family life. Adriane (Polly Draper) is a happily married news executive at the same TV station. But when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant her child-phobic husband deserts her rather than compromise his career with the responsibilities of parenthood. Both alone and lonely Bill and Adriane eventually meet and quickly become close - their friendship soon deepening into love despite Adriane's pregnancy and inner longing for her husband. Caring and supportive right up to the birth Bill never doubts his love for Adriane though she secretly hopes the baby's arrival may rekindle her marriage. Will Bill's heart be broken again... or will Adriane finaly realise who will make more loving husband and father?
On 29th August 1998 the many faces of the Strawbs reunited to celebrate their 30th anniversary in the grounds of Chiswick House in West London. The concert featured four different line-ups illustrating the bands evolution from intimate folk clubs via the pop charts to stadium rock venues. There were guests appearances from Ric Sanders of Fairport Convention Cathryn Craig from Nashville and Adam Wakeman.Tracks Include; Further Down The Road; Grace Darling; Ringing Down The Years; Beside The Rio Grande; Out In The Cold; Round And Round; Hero And Heroine; Witchwood; A Glimpse Of Heaven; Josephine For Better Or For Worse; Oh How She Changed; New World; Stormy Down; Part Of The Union; The River; Down By The Sea.
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