Stefan (Tom Cruise) is determined to leave the sleepy Pennsylvania mining town of Ampipe where he is growing up An exceptional athlete Stef sees football as his ticket out His pursuit of a scholarship however brings him at odds with his combative coach (Craig T Nelson) While rebelling against his coach & the town Stef takes up with Lisa Litski (Lea Thompson) an attractive schoolmate & talented saxophone player Cruise graduated to leading man status with this film one of many early 1980s pictures with strong teen identities His sexy defiant presence carries the film First time director Michael Chapman (cinematographer of TAXI DRIVER & many other films) proves himself especially adept in capturing the intense football sequences ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require aregion B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Originally sold with the provocative tagline & Is 15 too young for a girl? Is one wife enough for one man?& this time-capsule of a film concerns itself with the story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl & forms part of a peculiarly 1960s British wave of films exploring such sensitive subject matter (others included Term of Trial Age of Consent & Three into Two Won&t Go) Starring Olivia Hussey in her first post-Romeo & Juliet role & the inimitable Tom Bell (The L-Shaped Room Prime Suspect) this wonderful slice of British cultural history is one of only a handful of feature films directed by Gerry O& Hara better know for his assistant-director work with such cinema giants as Tony Richardson Carol Reed & Otto Preminger Actors Olivia Hussey Tom Bell Judy Carne John Standing Yootha Joyce Robert Keegan Lesley-Anne Down Marianne Stone Gordon Griffin Edward Higgins Rudolph Walker Oscar James Chloe Franks Gareth Wright & Chrissie Shrimpton Director Gerry O& Hara Certificate PGYear 1971 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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A chance encounter in New York brings two strangers together Liat is an idealistic translation student Hilmi a talented young painter Together they explore the city share fantasies jokes & homemade meals & fall in love There is only one problem Liat is from Israel Hilmi from Palestine Keeping their deepening relationship secret the two lovers build an intimate universe for two in this city far from home But outside reality can only be kept at bay for so long After a tempestuous visit from Hilmi's brother cracks begin to form in the relationship & their points of difference
- Liat's military service Hilmi's hopes for Palestine's future
- threaten to overwhelm their shared present When they return separately to their divided countries Liat & Hilmi must decide whether to keep going or let go A prizewinning bestseller but banned in Israeli schools for its frank & tender depiction of a taboo relationship this is the deeply affecting story of two people trying to bridge one of the most deeply riven borders in the world

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In a storm off the Victorian coast in 1890 a young English girl is shipwrecked & orphaned She is rescued heroically by the only other survivor of the wreck who is feted & rewarded in Melbourne The girl is taken in care by her guardian Uncle Charles who has made a meager fortune from gold & settled at Echuca
- the great Australian inland port on the River Murray His ward is sixteen years old & her name is Philadelphia Gordon She is known as Delie Delie is an energetic & high-spirited girl who wants to paint & not conform She finds it difficult to understand why her aunt Hester a tart & unsmiling woman seeks to impose her ideas of womanhood femininity even good housekeeping on a girl who needs nothing more than the freedom to lead her own life It is her cousin Adam who truly awakens in Delie the feelings of young womanhood Tom the seaman who rescued Delie arrives in Echuca on a paddle steamer he bought with his reward It is the beginning for Delie of a remarkable ten years in her life Her investment of part of her inheritance in the riverboat is without her knowing it the first step towards a turbulent marriage to a riverboat man & indeed to the boats who ply their great trade along the mighty unpredictable & perilous river In a riverboat ceremony Delie marries Brenton Edwards a cavalier riverman who wins & loses the girl on their way to the alter Their years together are as unpredictable as the river & more than once Delie is attracted to bohemian Melbourne & the patronage of Alistair Raeburn the gentleman art critic who falls in love with his protege Yet Delie remains magnetically drawn to Brenton & the river the crew of their paddle-steamer Philadelphia & the river community of Echuca friends like Bessie Griggs a merchant&s daughter & George Blakeney the bluff rival riverboat captain Their community has grown from the 1850&s when it was merely a river crossing established by Henry Hopwood an English convict Mobs of cattle & sheep were driven across the Murray at Echuca on their way to the stockyards at Melbourne Proudly Delie & Brenton race the Philadelphia in dangerously narrow waters & for a wager they cannot afford They dare the Darling River in drought a dash which could go for nearly 1000 miles across outback New South Wales in the hope that rains will wash down from Queensland & allow their escape In tinderbox conditions they survive a fire which all but bankrupts them They have a son in a way many women did at the time on the riverbank in circumstances far removed from Echuca when hardened riverman became midwives Brenton turns against the law to find a way out of their financial maze & the couple part before coming together again Brenton is critically injured in a riverboat accident It inspires Delie to turn her talents towards being a riverboat captain to winning her own Master&s Ticket Actors Sigrid Thornton John Waters John Alansu Kirk Alexander Harold Baigent Roy Baldwin Don Barker Ernie Bourke Don Bridges Nicholas Brown Carol Burns Michael Carman Chantal Contouri Diane Craig Steven Cummins & Lloyd Cunnington Director Pino Amenta & George Miller Certificate PGYear 1983 Languages English Duration 5 hours (approx)
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Clark Gable Loretta Young Spencer Tracy David Niven Carole Lombard lead a magnificent cast of characters real & imagined in Adriana Trigiani's new novel set in the rich landscape of 1930s' Los Angeles In this spectacular saga as radiant thrilling & beguiling as Hollywood itself Trigiani takes us back to the golden age of movie-making & into the complex & glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame success
- & love With meticulous beautiful detail she paints a rich landscape where European & American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream to tell stories on the silver screen
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Daddy Penguin has to look after the egg while Mummy is finding fish But he wanders away from the Dad Huddle & he & the egg are whisked up into the air by a gust of wind landing in the Arctic Brave Daddy must find out where he is & how to get home But the Arctic creatures aren't that friendly & he stumbles along in the cold lost until he bumps into a reindeer who takes them to breakfast with the Special Air Navigation Transport Authority Can brave Daddy Penguin & his new little one get all the way home before Mummy returns? If only penguins could fly Framed as a secret story that loving Daddy Penguin only shares with Little One adults & their little ones will love cosying up to read this wintry tale with a warm heart Debi Gliori's Dragon Loves Penguin was shortlisted for the 2015 Red House Children's Book Award while her No Matter What is a perennial favourite with families all over the world ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Till Death Us Do Part&s Warren Mitchell heads an outstanding cast as an ambitious but none-too-bright salesman in this sharply scripted comedy of workplace deviousness & one-upmanship Based on BAFTA nominee David Turner&s 1962 stage hit Semi-Detached All the Way Up is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Fred Midway will do anything to climb to the top of the corporate tree & he&s equally keen to bump up his family&s social status When his aspirations suffer various setbacks Fred even manages to turn a desperate situation to his advantage only to be blackmailed by his son
- a real chip off the old block! Actors Warren Mitchell Elaine Taylor Vanessa Howard Adrienne Posta Richard Briers Bill Fraser Pat Heywood & Kenneth Cranham Director James Mac Taggart Certificate 12 years & over Year 1969 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx)
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Heartfelt funny clever YA fiction to appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson John Green Jennifer Niven & Ava Dellaira Lenny is preparing for the apocalypse Every night she researches vacuum decay designer pathogens that inexplicable sleeping sickness knocking people out in Kazakhstan Not many sixteen-year-olds are this consumed with the end of the world But Lenny needs to have some sense of control Her dad is dying of cancer Her best friend Julian is graduating early & moving three states away She's having to rehearse for a toe-curling interpretive dance show at school & deal with her mum's indefatigable jolliness & smoothie-making in the face of the disaster they are confronting The one thing keeping her hopeful is Dr Rad Ganesh
- her father's oncologist Surely Lenny can win him round to her charms
- & he can save her father? An infectiously funny story with an unforgettable heroine a story about having to learn to let go of what you hold most dear
- & learning to survive


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For fans of Lisa Jewell Holly Seddon & Local Girl Missing All the Wicked Girls is a gripping thriller with a huge heart from an exceptional talent Everyone loves Summer Ryan A model student & musical prodigy she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace Alabama
- especially compared to her troubled sister Raine Then Summer vanishes Raine throws herself into the investigation aided by a most unlikely ally but the closer she gets to the truth the more dangerous her search becomes And perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye 'A very real very rare talent' SARAH HILARY' Wonderful' M R CAREY' Amazing' LISA HALL' Gripping & heartbreaking' DEBORAH O'CONNOR' Phenomenal' JO SPAIN' Stunning' MICHELLE DAVIS' Remarkable' MIKE THOMAS
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In this celebration of our Earth distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look think & ask questions Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference ...