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• Red Corner | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Using a faulty thriller for his soapbox as an outspoken critic of China, a devout follower of the Dalai Lama, and an influential supporter of Tibetan freedom, Richard Gere resorts to the equivalent of propagandistic drama to deliver a heavy-handed message. In other words, Red Corner relies on a dubious strategy to promote political awareness, but director Jon Avnet appeals to the viewer's outrage with such effective urgency that you're likely to forget you're being shamelessly manipulated. Gere plays a downtrodden TV executive who sells syndicated shows on the global market, and during a business trip to China he finds himself framed for the murder of the sexy daughter of a high Chinese official. Once trapped in a legal system in which his innocence will be all but impossible to prove, Gere must rely on a Chinese-appointed lawyer (played by Bai Ling) who first advises him to plead guilty but gradually grows convinced of foul play. Barely attempting to hide its agenda, Red Corner effectively sets the stage for abundant anti-Chinese sentiment, and to be sure, the movie gains powerful momentum with its tale of justice gone awry. It's a serious-minded, high-intensity courtroom drama with noble intentions, but one wonder if it has to be so conspicuously lacking in subtlety. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Mystery of Natalie Wood | DVD | (19/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.37

  Import from The Netherlands with English soundtrack From one day to the next , she was the most beloved child star of America. She was a true superstar , the last of the actresses in the time-honored Hollywood tradition . This detailed film biography of one of the best actresses in Hollywood and antrekkelijkste covers her entire life, her fairytale career , her turbulent life and her mysterious death . In 1943, in Santa Rosa made filming on location. Among the spectators is Natasha Gurdin , the four -year-old daughter of Russian immigrants . At the urging of her energetic mother , Mary ( Alice Krige , Dinotopia ) , she makes a bow to the manufacturer , introduces himself and says, 'I want to be a movie star . "She brings very convincing and it has therefore successfully . She took the name Natalie Wood ( Elizabeth Rice , My Dog Skip) , and when she was seven , the charming girl on its way to become what her mother had always hoped for more precise known worldwide . What was the life of Natalie Wood looks like she closed the door of the studio behind ? The complex , frightening and revealing answer is given in The Mystery of Natalie Wood , based on Natasha , the biography has been a long time. In the list of best-sellers from The New York Times Language : English Subtitles: Dutch Picture: 4:3 Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0