The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, both then and now. From its inception in the sixteen cancelled airborne operations during August, we will chart the problems, many of which were ignored by men desperate to get into battle, the compromises and mistakes that pitched lightly armed and ill equipped paratroopers and glider infantry into an unequal struggle against an SS panzer troops. We follow the eight mile route that 2 Para took to reach the bridge at Arnhem, slipping through the German defences.
One of Jim Henson's finest hours was the Storyteller series that first aired on HBO in 1987. As with his other non-Muppet tales Henson fills the screen with wonderful creatures that have a wisp of J.R.R. Tolkein fantasy. Directed by Anthony Minghella of The English Patient he takes us through the fantasy of recognizable European folk/fairy tales with narration by the Storyteller played wonderfully by John Hurt. From the Creators of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth This anthology series features both human actors and creations from Jim Henson's Creature Shop in this retelling of classic folk tales fables and legends. Aided by his cynical dog Hurt narrates fascinating tales that combine humor intrigue and magic. These timeless tales feature such stars as Miranda Richardson (Spider Sleepy Hollow) Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Rings) Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) Gabrielle Anwar (Scent of a Woman) Jennifer Saunders (TV's Absolutely Fabulous) Jane Horrocks (Little Voice) and Jonathan Pryce (Stigmata). *Contains Five Spellbinding Episodes: -Hans My Hedgehog -Fearnot -A Story Short -The Luck Child -The Soldier & Death
In the year 878 AD Alfred, King of Wessex, faced the fourth and most serious attempt by the devious Viking chieftain Guthram to seize the last remaining Saxon kingdom. Thwarted in their conventional attempts in 871, 876 and 878 AD, the Vikings 'stole away' from their base in Gloucester and descended on Alfred's court while they were celebrating Twelfth Night on the borders of wintery Wessex at Chippenham. Alfred escaped but was driven into hiding in the Somerset Marshes, while the Vikings fanned across Wessex. All seemed to be over for Alfred and the Saxons!
In an early performance Liam Neeson plays Brother Sebastian a man questioning his faith and his role in life. He befriends a small boy named Owen who has had a troubled life. When Sebastian's father dies and leaves the estate to him he takes the money and runs away with young Owen.
They're back for more!Princess Fiona's parents invite their daughter and her new husband Shrek to her homeland of Far Far Away in order to celebrate their marriage. However, there's more than meets the eye in this fairytale kingdom and Shrek & Fiona are about to stumble into some rather awkward social situations!Featuring an all-star cast providing the voices and a whole host of classic new characters in the enchanting Shrek story, this is one animated film for all the family that you'll want to watch again and again!
They're back for more!Princess Fiona's parents invite their daughter and her new husband Shrek to her homeland of Far Far Away in order to celebrate their marriage. However, there's more than meets the eye in this fairytale kingdom and Shrek & Fiona are about to stumble into some rather awkward social situations!Featuring an all-star cast providing the voices and a whole host of classic new characters in the enchanting Shrek story, this is one animated film for all the family that you'll want to watch again and again!
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'A night with Lou Reed' is an intimate visual record of Reed's legendary sold out performance at The Bottom Line in New York City 1983. For Reed whose career began in Greenwich Village when he founded the Velvet Underground this was a homecoming concert. His work qualifies him as a father of the New Wave and he has since been credited with ""inventing the seventies"". Here we see Lou Reed together with the most musically articulate band he has ever assembled. TRACK LISTING:
From Henry Selick, the visionary Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on Neil Gaiman's best selling book, comes this spectacular stop-motion animated adventure! Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate, better, version of her life on the other side... When this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, and her other parents - including her Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) - try to keep her forever, Coraline must use her resourcefulness determination and bravery to escape this perilous world - and save her family.
Frannie Benedetto and her nine-year-old son now have a new name new home and a safer life. Safe that is from Detective Bobby Benedetto Frannie's husband and Robert's father who has mistreated his wife and who is not aware of their whereabouts. Their life goes smoothly until Robert has questions that must be answered and he rings his father. Soon Bobby is hunting down his family...
John Hurt stars as 'The Storyteller' here narrating four tales: The True Bride The Three Ravens Sapsorrow and The Heartless Giant.
It's Her Turn To Fight Back. Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter (The Piano) stars as Ruby the wife of a coal miner in Harlan County Kentucky. After two senseless deaths the union calls a strike against the mining company. What follows is one of the most violent bitter and notorious union battles in history. With no end to the strike in sight Ruby decides to fight the company her way. Ted Levine (Georgina) and Stellan Skarsgard (Good Will Hunting) also star in this fictional
From Executive producer Eduardo Sanchez (director of The Blair Witch Project Lovely Molly and Exists) this action-packed thrill ride as the loveable wise-cracking Ninjas take on an army of monsters in a small American town to save mankind. Dracula has called upon legendary terror - Werewolf the Mummy Frankenstein and a coven of Witches - to defeat the Ninjas who are fresh from their battles in the recent prequel film Ninjas Vs Vampires. This time the Ninja heroes have supernatural powers of their own to boost their awesome high-kicking Kung Fu skills leading to an epic non-stop showdown. Special Features: 'Making of' Documentary Cast and Director Commentaries Trailer
Hougoumont & D'Erlon's Attack is the second part in the explosive four part series, The Waterloo Collection, which covers the entire Waterloo Campaign from Napoleon's return to France and ensuing battles to his final pursuit and eventual surrender to the British. Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Allies on the ridge of Mont St Jean and the plans of the opposing armies. While the guns of the Grand Battery thundered in the centre, French columns bore down on the Hougoumont chateau and farm complex, which protected Wellington's flank held by the Guards and their German allies. Thus began an epic 'battle within a battle' that sucked away valuable troops from Napoleon's main attack, causing Wellington to declare that 'the battle turned on the closing of the gates at Hougoumont'.
Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier Shan Hackett's 4th British Parachute Brigade. With little information on how 1 Para Brigade's battle went the day before or what faced them on the ground the stage was set for an epic battle. Author John Waddy, veteran company commander in 156 Para Battalion and a team of some of the best Arnhem experts take the viewer to the ground where 4 Para Brigade tangled with the SS troopers of the Hohenstaufen Panzer Division in the woods to the west of Arnhem in what was to be an unequal but heroic battle; the result of a flawed concept and plan.
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 is with out a doubt one of the most significant events in English history. In the aftermath of the battle, King Harold's Saxon England was brutally swept away by the Conqueror to be replaced by Norman Feudalism. With the decisive nature of the battle, it is often forgotten just how narrowly Duke William succeeded. This DVD identifies and examines those turning points in the 1066 Campaign and explains why Harold lost. Not only is Hastings covered in detail but also the first battle of the campaign against Harold Hardrarder's victorious Vikings at Fulford, Williams landing at Pevensy, along with Harold's march north to victory over the Vikings at Stamford Bridge.
Prince Cinders is an outrageously funny twist on the classic fairy tale Cinderella. On the night of Princess Loevlypenny's big party poor Prince Cinders is left home alone by his three mean bossy brothers. While they live it up at the party Cinders is visited by his inept fairy godmother who offers to turn him into a heroic muscleman. Instead she turns him into a big hairy ape! Blissfully unaware Prince Cinders runs off to join the party creating havoc along the way. Based On Babette Cole's Bestselling Book.
Since his return to the Iberian Peninsular in 1809, General Arthur Wellesley (later The Duke of Wellington) had with his small army been a constant thorn in the side of a series of Napoleon's Marshals in Spain, studiously avoiding battles that he could not win and falling back before superior forces to the Lines of Tores Vedras in 1810. By 1812 had forged a successful Anglo Portuguese Army with, however, a string of victories to their credit that included Talevera, Busaco and Funtes de Onoroe. Now Wellesley was ready to take the battle to the French and with the capture of the border fortresses of Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajoz in the winter and early spring he had two routes open for him into the heart of Spain. Supported by Hill's Corps guarding the Tagus crossings and a policy of distraction, which kept the other French Army's in Spain fixed in their areas, the target was Marshall Marmont's Army of Portugal. This army was concentrated around the city of Salamanca but fell back as the Allies approached In a series of manoeuvres, almost like a throw back to the wars of the Ancien Regime Wellesley waited for Marmont to make a mistake. Finally that moment came when Marmont, convinced that Wellesley 'a defensive general', was falling back to Portugal and in his eagerness to cut him off, his line of march became over extended.
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