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Cranford
: :The BBC drama series adapted from Mary Gaskells classic novels of small town gossip secrets and romance. 1842. Cranford a market town in the North West of England is a place governed by etiquette custom and above all an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules but Cranford is on the cusp of change? For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns the arbiter of correctness in Cranford and Matty her demurring sister the ...
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Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre, 2006)
: :After a wretched childhood orphaned Jane Eyre yearns for new experiences. She accepts a governess position at Thornfield Hall where she tutors a lively French girl named Adele. She soon finds herself falling in love with the brooding master of the house - the passionate Mr. Rochester. Jane gradually wins his heart but they must overcome the dark secrets of the past before they can find happiness. When Jane saves Rochester from an eerie fire she begins to suspect that ...
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Wives and Daughters
: :From the team that brought you 'Pride and Prejudice.' Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers the story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson the only daughter of a respected country Doctor.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051267627 Manufacturer No: E2676 :Misguided stepmothers, romantic betrayals, secret marriages--these are not just the makings of modern soap operas; this is what makes the BBC's delightful four-episode miniseries Wives and Daughters come to life. Sweet Molly Gibson (played artfully by Justine ...
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The Elizabeth Gaskell Collection (Wives and Daughters / Cranford / North and South)
: :Three BBC miniseries adapted from Mary Gaskells classic novels. Cranford a market town in the North West of England is a place governed by etiquette custom and above all an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules but Cranford is on the cusp of change? North & South follows Margaret Hale the daughter of a middle-class parson who uproots the family from rural southern England to start a new life ...
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Revolver
: :Director Guy Ritchie (Snatch Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) brings you this no holds barred urban crime-thriller featuring an all-star cast of gangster movie icons including Jason Statham (London Collateral) Ray Liotta (Goodfellas John Q) Vincent Pastore (Made TV s The Sopranos ) and Outkast's Andr Benjamin (Idlewild Four Brothers). Jake Green is a hotshot gambler long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner and has ...
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Dune (Extended Edition)
: :Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto, along with the native inhabitants of the planet Arrakis (Dune), struggle to overthrow the terrible Baron Harkonnen and his family to control the mind-altering spice produced by giant sand worms of Arrakis.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PG13Release Date: 31-JAN-2006Media Type: DVD :Even more than most of David Lynch's deliberately bizarre and idiosyncratic movies, Dune is a 'love-it-or-hate-it' affair. An ambitious, epic, utterly mind-boggling--and, let's admit it, all-out weird--adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel, Dune ...
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Cleopatra
: :Richard Burton Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor star in one of the greatest screen spectacles ever made - the story of the Queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The film is distinguished by superb performances from Burton and Harrison (nominated for an Oscar) but at its center is Elizabeth Taylor in one of the most glamorous roles of her career. Astounding in scope and grandeur the picture won Oscars for cinematography sets ...
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Krull
: :In a fantasy adventure set in a world peopled by creatures of myth and magic a prince embarks on a quest to find the magical Glaive and then rescues his young bride. Colwyn (Ken Marshall) is the leader of a mythical sword-and-sorcery group in pursuit of 'the Beast' that has kidnaped his fiance Lyssa (Lysette Anthony).System Requirements:Running Time: 120 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: PG UPC: 043396058903 Manufacturer No: 05890 :There's something inescapably appealing about this camp 1983 Star Wars-meets-The Lord of the ...
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Onegin
: :Given that for Russians, Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin is sort of like Hamlet, Beowulf, and Lord Byron's Don Juan rolled into one melancholy tale of lost love and ennui among the gentry, it's surprising Russian filmmakers have balked at adapting the film. Having taken a stage production of Hamlet to Russia where it was rapturously received, self-confessed Slavophile actor Ralph Fiennes must have thought he was making reparation when he executive-produced and starred in this faithful adaptation of the film. With ...
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The Libertine
: :Johnny Depp stars as the decadent John Wilmot the second Earl of Rochester. The film follows the Earl s adventures in London from his passionate romance with a young actress to the writing of a scurrilous play which blisteringly and bawdily lampoons the very monarch who commissioned it Charles II leading to the Earl s banishment and eventual downfall.System Requirements:Running Time: 114 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 796019794060 Manufacturer No: 79406 :The beautifully sculpted face of Johnny Depp fits right in ...
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