This feature-length model animation film tells the remarkable story of Pytor a simple woodcutter who falls in love with a princess. When the Tsar of Russia offers his daughter's hand in marriage to anyone who brings him a flying ship Pytor succeeds but not without a whole series of adventures along the way.
The Flemish Opera Symphony Orchestra conducted by Silvio Varviso perform The Manon Lescaut opera in four acts.
Swingtown: Season 1
Intolerance is considered the greatest film of the silent era and may well be the greatest film ever made. It has gained this reputation due to its influence on other filmmakers an influence that has become film grammar itself. The man behind the film D.W. Griffith is the acknowledged master of cinematic storytelling the first American director to elevate the movies to the level of serious art. More than 50 years after Griffith's death there is little question of the brillian
Bizet's powerful opera staged at London's Earls Court in Steven Pimkott's production.
Petrie is having a difficult time preparing for 'the day of the flyers' and important day for all of the flying residents of the Great Valley when all of the young flyers must participate in a very precise flying exhibition to prove that they are ready to fly with the adults. Always a nervous flyer Petrie has even more trouble flying with his sibling in precise group formations-he's more of an independent free-style kind of guy. At the same time a strange newcomer to the Great Valley has Littlefoot and his friends trying to help figure out just exactly what he is. Named Guido he's the strangest looking creature any of the Great Valley creatures has ever seen especially since he's covered with multicolored 'fuzzies' (feathers!) and has never seen another like himself. Cera is having her own troubles as her grumpy Dad and his new mate Tria get ready to welcome a hatchling to the family. All of these issues come together on the night before 'the Day of the Flyers' when Guido starts to figure out what he is inadvertently leading all of the gang on a perilous adventure into the Mysterious Beyond...
An enchanting mix of wintery tales which contains three titles First Snow of Winter Second Star to the Left and The Tale of Jack Frost. This box set is sure to warm even the coldest of hearts. First Snow of Winter: Produced by award-winning Silver Fox Films and winner of a BAFTA award for Best Animation at the 4th British Academy Children's Awards. This endearing tale stars the voices of the late Dermot Morgan (Father Ted) Miriam Margolyes and Sorcha Cusack and tells the s
Emotionally devastating, visually stunning and truly terrifying, a Spanish genre thriller, Hierro depicts one woman's desperate journey into a nightmare vortex of horror and loss.
Annette Bening stars as a West End diva in this tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's.
With more than 600 000 babies born in the UK last year and births showing the highest annual rise in two decades it would be fair to say that we are in the midst of a baby boom! In this unique two-disc DVD set Dr Miriam Stoppard who has published more than 50 books on conception pregnancy birth childcare development and women's health provides a practical guide to having a baby from conceiving through to birth. These two DVDs will prove a vital aid for parents planning the bir
Set in Berlin, film director Nina Bader wants to shoot a movie about love and sex and invites her actor-friends Hans and Marie for screen tests for a couple of days. For Nina love is not necessarily a matter of emotion - she is rather looking for an authentic depiction of sex. The intimate collaboration turns into experiments with film, love and bodies and finally has an impact on the private relationships between the three of them. It seems that the boundaries between acting and reality begin to disappear.At times shocking and explicit, Bedways is without doubt an unforgettable viewing experience.
Amandla! examines the pivotal role music played in South Africa's successful struggle to abolish Apartheid and in particular how lyrics and song became part of then political activism within the country. The film also highlights the inspiratonal fight for freedom where music created an effective underground form of communication within prison boundaries provided a means of expression and united a nation of oppressed citizens.
Gluck: Orphee Et Eurydice (Guidarini)
Theres little doubt that much of what we now take for granted about cinema owes much to the vision of director D W Griffith. Monumental Epics collects five of his most influential silent masterpieces. The Birth of a Nation (1915) is also the birth of the epic film. Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War this provocative film unflinchingly shows the humiliation of Southern culture, the "heroism" of the Ku Klux Klan, and links the Union and Confederacy by a common Aryan birthright. All of which has to be viewed in its period context if it is to be viewed at all. Intolerance (1916) is film-making of epic complexity. Human intolerance is related through a modern tale of wrongful conviction, intercut by three stories from Babylonian, Judean, and French history to point up the issue through the ages. The intricacy of the intercutting is breathtaking even now, but those as confused as the first audiences evidently were can opt to see each story separately. Sensitively tinted, this is Griffith's finest three hours. Broken Blossoms (1919) has Griffith venturing into domestic melodrama. Although there's a clear moral to be drawn from this tale of compassion in the face of ignorance and brutality, neither the over-acting of Lillian Gish and Donald Crisp, nor the vein of sentimentality that creeps into their characters' relationship allow the viewer to forget the period-piece nature of the film. Here an appropriately expressive musical score helps keep viewing at an attentive level. Way Down East (1920) shows Griffith moving from the epic to the personal, though still on a large scale. The combining of old-style melodrama with latter-day female emancipation is tellingly brought off, and Lillian Gish excels as the country girl used and abused by male society, until "rescued" by a farmer of true moral scruples. Unconvinced? Then go straight to the climactic snowstorm and ice floe sequences--Eisenstein et al are inconceivable without this as trailblazer. Abraham Lincoln (1930) marked Griffith's entry into the talkie era. Tautly directed, it offers a historically accurate account of the 16th US President's rise to power and his visionary outlook on American society. Civil War scenes are implied rather than enacted, and its Walter Huston's robust yet understated acting that carries the day, with sterling support from Una Merkel as Ann Rutledge and Hobart Bosworth as General Lee. On the DVD: Stylishly packaged, restoration and digital remastering has been carried out to Eureka's usual high standard, and the 4:3 aspect ratio has commendable clarity. Birth of a Nation has Joseph Carl Breil's original orchestral score and a pithy "making of" film by Russell Merritt. Intolerance contains a useful rolling commentary and a great wurlitzer soundtrack too. Way Down East includes a commentary. Abraham Lincoln also has a commentary, though Hugo Riesenfeld's score often verges on the mawkish. Overall this set is a must for anyone remotely interested in film as a living medium.--Richard Whitehouse
Rupert And The Snowglobe: Fun and adventures with Rupert The Bear and his friends. Features the episodes 'Rupert And The Snowglobe', 'Rupert's Magic Car', 'Rupert And The Weather Machine', 'Rupert And The Oldest Tree', 'Rupert Flies To Chedder Moon' and 'Rupert And The Toy Soldiers' Postman Pat's Magic Christmas: Christmas fun with Postman Pat and his black and white cat, Jess. Features the episodes: 'Postman Pat And The Greendale Rocket' in which the children find Greendale's forgotten train and all the village works hard to get the train back in working order for the opening of the new train station. In 'Postman Pat's Magic Christmas' Postman Pat has so many parcels to deliver in time for Christmas that he is not sure that he can make it in time... First Snow Of Winter: A hopeful tale about a brave little duck named Sean. When he misses the annual migration South for the winter, he is left alone and frightened. He stumbles into a friendship with a humorous friend named 'Voley', and it is their relationship that keeps them alive and optimistic. Frosty The Snowman: Remember when frosty was brought to life by a top hat on Christmas day? Sing along with your family to these memorable songs and relieve the adventures of Frosty and his friends. This original Christmas classic is a must-have for the holidays!
Things Are Gonna Get Hairy! They're cunning. They're stealthy. They're waging a top-secret ultra-high-tech struggle for global domination right under our noses. They're Cats & Dogs! Witness this epic tail of what happens when an eccentric professor (Jeff Goldblum) makes a discovery that could tip the age-old balance of pet power. Now an inexperienced young beagle pup named Lou (voiced by Tobey Maguire) is about to begin the ultimate mission im-paws-ible: to save humanity from a total cat-tastrophe!
Born from an egg on a mountain top The punkiest Monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun To tease the gods and everyone can have some fun.Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic! Monkey a television programme that defies description but we'll give it a go: a bizarre combination of spectacular acrobatics and martial arts; tacky special effects; magic tricks; 70's disco music; hilarious dubbing; crazy storylines; the odd bit of Buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure and an unforgettable theme song. Episodes comprise: Even Monsters Can Be People: When Monkey kills a girl and her elderly parents Tripitaka is left with no choice but to punish him and send him back home to his mountain of fruit and flowers. No one believed Monkey's story that the people he killed were red blue and yellow demons disguised as humans. When the pilgrims later discover that Monkey was telling the truth Tripitaka finds himself in grave danger and wishes he'd never denied the demon's existence. The Country Of Nightmares: On their way to India the pilgrims must pass through the Land of Nightmares inhabited by all the legions of Hell bad demons and wicked spirits. All humans who go there are eaten and all others must take a magic test upon entry to the land. To allow Tripitaka to travel through safely Monkey disguises him as a beautiful longhaired female demon and teaches him some basic magic. Will the King of Bad Dreams see through Tripitaka's disguise? The End Of The Way: Tripitaka and his disciples are just a few days away from reaching India - they can clearly see the Gold Temple of the Thunderclap ahead. The King of All Geological Ages appears and says he'll stop them reaching India. Pigsy finds the king's beautiful wife strangely familiar he knows her from somewhere. The king captures Tripitaka and puts the indestructible Iron Collar of Death on him to choke him to death. This looks like the end for Tripitaka.
Scarface (Dir. Howard Hawks 1932): Generally regarded to be the best - and most brutal - of the classic gangster films the original Scarface tells the story of orginised crime's pinch on the city of Chicago during prohibition. Paul Muni plays Tony Carmonte an ambitious hood with a Napoleonic urge to fight his way to number one gang boss. When the last of the old-style crime bosses is brutally slain down the finger is pointed at Tony and Johnny Loro a rival gangster. However Tony's desire to move up the ladder is about to put him in the firing line of his peers and the police. Produced and directed by the mercurial Howard Hawks Scarface is the movie which established both Paul Muri and his coin flipping aide George Raft as major Hollywood stars. Scarface (Dir. Brian De Palma 1983): Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping cult crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire and makes some ruthless friends and enemies on the way to oblivion...
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