This 6 DVD set contains the three Mozart operas composed to texts by Da Ponte presented in contemporary stagings by the director Peter Sellars. Sung in the original Italian but relocated to contrasting worlds of late-twentieth-century America Le nozze di Figaro takes place in the ersatz elegance of Fifth Avenue Don Giovanni in the darker streets of brownstone New York and Cosi fan tutte in the chrome-&-neon surroundings of a seaside diner.
Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards
When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy occupied Burma Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure The Bridge on the River Kwai. Spectacularly produced The Bridge on the River Kwai captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actor (Alec Guinness) and Best Director. Even its theme song an old WWI whistling tune the ""Colonel Bogey March"" became
The inventor of a secret weapon and its prototype are abducted leaving the wartime Allies in dire need of assistance. Sherlock Holmes is called and begins to do battle with Professor Moriarty who will later become his arch-enemy...
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