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Persuasion
: :A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds of the Royal Shakespeare Company are the star-crossed lovers Anne and Wentworth whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight yearslater when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is on the verge of bankruptcy Wentworth returns. Will their second chance at love be ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once? Or will the heart ...
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Jane Eyre
:Description:Academy Award(R)-winner William Hurt (1985 Best Actor -- KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN; SMOKE) leads an all-star cast in this story of passion and intrigue! Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is a young woman whose will to overcome a life of hardship leads her into a passionate romance with a handsome -- and mysterious -- gentleman (Hurt). Swept up in the possibility of a happy new life, Jane is shattered when terrible, untold secrets from his past are revealed, threatening to tear her and her lover ...
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Daniel Deronda
: :Daniel Deronda is a sensitive intelligent young man the illegitimate son of an aristocrat haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table sparks fly. But Gwendolen needs money more than passion and the self-centered aristocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive she turns to Daniel for help only to discover his involvement with the young Jewish singer Mirah ...
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Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
: :This animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's delightful children's novel tells the tale of an orphan girl and her friend the BFG (Big Friendly Giant). His nightly routine of catching good dreams and blowing them into children's ears is threatened by bigger meaner giants so he and Sophie embark on an adventure to thwart the bad guys.System Requirements:Running Time 88 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 733961758009 Manufacturer No: AAE-75800 :When a giant silently snatches little Sophie from her orphanage bed and takes her through a vortex ...
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The Impressionists
: :Looking back on his life in 1920 Claude Monet recalls the story of the Impressionist - a movement that shook the foundation of the art world. With his fellow painters Auguste Renior and Frederic Bazille they begin a forty year struggle against the Salon the annual state art exhibition. From meeting his hero Edouard Manet to the death of his wife and his lifelong struggles for success Monet along with his friends and rivals ultimately find the success that hey only dreamed was possible.System ...
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The Forsyte Saga, Series 1
: :Granada Television's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga achieved the seemingly impossible in spring 2002, matching the BBC's 35-year-old black-and-white classic version with a richly cast and superbly directed take on John Galsworthy's first two novels. The success of these six 90-minute episodes proved that despite the current emphasis on miniseries and dramas developed around the hot actor of the moment, our appetite--and attention span--still craves ensemble pieces that are given space and time to develop. It also demonstrates that nothing generates television gold like a ...
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The Forsyte Saga, Series 2
: :Granada Television's powerful adaptation of John Galsworthy's novels about the sprawling, fractious and aristocratic Forsyte family moves into the 1920s with Series Two, based on the author's To Let. The drama shifts to a new generation shouldering the burdensome legacies of an aging Soames (Damian Lewis) and his failed marriage to free-spirited Irene (Gina McKee). The lovely Fleur (Emma Griffiths Malin), Soames's daughter by second wife Annette (Beatriz Batarda), and strapping Jon (Lee Williams), son of Irene and Soames's bohemian cousin, Jolyon (Rupert Graves), develop ...
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Empire
:Description:The epic event of the year comes to DVD in the mini-series EMPIRE. Complete with unrated and extended scenes, EMPIRE is presented for the first time as a seamless feature. The Roman Empire is plunged into chaos when Julius Caesar is assassinated and his power is passed on to his 18-year-old nephew Octavius. With his guardian, former gladiator Tyrannus, Octavius is forced into exile to escape those who wish to sever Caesar's bloodline permanently. Under Tyrannus' tutelage, Octavius prepares to face off against the treacherous ...
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Anna Karenina (2000)
:Description:Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. This famous line commences a refreshingly modern interpretation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina-—an epic tale of love, duty, marriage and infidelity. This richly detailed film charts the tragic romantic triangle formed when the dashing Count Vronsky defies social conventions and falls into forbidden love with Anna, the ignored wife of an aristocrat. Soon, Anna’s children—a son by Alexei and illegitimate daughter by Vronsky—become pawns in Alexei’s game to see that Anna ...
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The Catherine Cookson Collection - Set 2 (The Dwelling Place / The Gambling Man / The Glass Virgin / The Man Who Cried)
:Description:Impassioned tales of love, loss, and redemption, set in the windswept hills, gritty alleyways, and sumptuous estates of 19th- and early 20th-century England. Stars include James Fox, Tracy Whitwell, Ray Stevenson, Robson Green, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Bernard Hill, Nigel Havers, Brendan Coyle, Emily Mortimer, Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root, Kate Buffery, and Daniel Massey. The Dwelling Place Orphaned by the cholera epidemic of 1832, young Cissie Brodie discovers both comfort and cruelty among the villagers of Northumberland. Approx. 152 min. The Gambling Man With ambitions far ...
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