Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Beowulf & Grendel tells the bloody tale of the warrior Beowulf s battle with Grendel a great & murderous troll In this thoroughly updated version of the seminal Anglo Saxon poem the battle-scarred Norse hero Beowulf (Gerard Butler
- King Leonidas in 300) leads a troop of warriors across the sea to help an old friend King Hrothgar (Stellan Skarsgard
- Pirates Of The Caribbean Dead Man s Chest) whose kingdom is being ravaged by the marauding troll Grendel (Ingvar Sigurdsson) However Beowulf s attempts to fight the troll are thwarted when Grendel refuses to engage him in battle When Beowulf meets Selma (Sarah Polley) a mysterious & sensual witch his understanding of revenge is further complicated Beowulf & Grendel powerfully entwines themes of vengeance loyalty & mercy stripping away the mask of the hero myth leaving a raw & tangled tale that rings true today

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& For a long while Beowulf leaned on the blood-stained sword; his heart was pounding A man with the strength of thirty! Slayer of Grendel & slayer of the sea-wolf! A hero without equal in this middle-world!& The story of Beowulf was written down as an epic poem in Anglo-Saxon England It recounts the heroic struggles of one man against supernatural monsters Kevin Crossley-Holland&s retelling unleashes the excitement in this tale of the triumph of good over evil while unforgettable illustrations from Charles Keeping capture every brooding moment & explosive episode This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping&s illustrations & a striking new cover ...

Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English unparalleled in its epic grandeur & scope It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf & of his battles first with the monster Grendel who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar then with Grendel&s avenging mother & finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland Through its blend of myth & history Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men & supernatural forces live side by side & it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world " Alexander&s translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious & faithful & communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning & reaches fidelity of implication May it go on to another half-million copies"
- Tom Shippey Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of English
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This is the classic story written over a thousand years ago & retold for children ready to tackle longer & more complex stories Fearsome monsters stalk the moors of ancient Denmark murdering anyone they catch But then a warrior comes from overseas His name is Beowulf He kills monsters Each scene is atmospherically brought to life with Victor Tavares& illustrations Part of the Usborne Reading Programme is developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton ...

Set in a magical era veiled by the mists of time replete with heroes & monsters adventure & valor gold & glory one exceptional man emerges to save an ancient Danish kingdom from annihilation by an ungodly creature After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel Beowulf (Ray Winstone) incurs the undying wrath of the beast&s ruthlessly seductive mother (Angelina Jolie) who will use any means possible to ensure revenge The ensuing epic battle resonates throughout the ages immortalizing the name of Beowulf Languages English Castilian Spanish French German Italian Subtitles English Brazilian Portuguese Castilian Spanish Complex Chinese Danish Dutch Finnish French German Italian Korean Latin Spanish Norwegian Portuguese Swedish Approx Run Time 115 Mins Special Features Directors cut
- featuring extended footage Reading Between The Lines The Making of Beowulf The Origins of Beowulf Beowulf&s Beast of Burden Art of Beowulf Deleted Scenes
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Beowulf Legends Terror at Heorot is a fast-paced & exciting card-drafting game for 2 to 5 players Players take on the roles of loyal Thanes to the good King Hrothgar carousing in the vast & fabulous Mead Hall of Heorot but powerless to defeat the the terrible monster Grendel who nightly attacks their feasting — until a fearless warrior from Geatland arrives to save them a hero named Beowulf The game takes place over four rounds each representing one night of feasting During the feasts players draft cards to collect valuable gold coins & healing balms receive the honour of Heorot & sing songs to the glory of Hrothgar in the hope of being rewarded with one of his gifts At the end of each feast the next Grendel & Feast cards are revealed to determine who Grendel attacks inflicting &scratches& on one or more of the players After the fourth feast Beowulf arrives & defeats the monster Grendel & Hrothgar rewards Beowulf for finally ridding Heorot of Grendel’s terror but Beowulf is generous & shares these gifts with the players who he considers to be the most honourable But before the true hero of Heorot can be celebrated the player who suffered the most at Grendel’s terrible hand is laid to rest by his comrades & his gold coins buried with him The surviving player with the most gold coins is celebrated as a true hero of the Danes — by Beowulf Hrothgar & everyone at Heorot! ...

The epic Anglo-Saxon legend is brilliantly recreated by an award-winning authorillustrator team In fifth-century Denmark a murderous monster stalks the night & only the great prince of the Geats has the strength & courage to defeat him Beowulf&s terrifying quest to destroy Grendel the foul fiend a hideous sea-hag & a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literature Artfully retold & magnificently illustrated this companion volume to Sir Gawain & the Green Knight is made instantly accessible to children by a formidable children&s book partnership ...

SANTIAGO GARCIA & DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf which has endured for a thousand years inspired an epic poem become a foundational piece of English literature & influenced generations of authors from JRR Tolkien & Seamus Heaney to a multitude of Hollywood screenwriters BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark & Sweden A monster Grendel has arrived in the kingdom of the Danes devouring its men & women for over a decade until Beowulf arrives to save them GARCIA & RUBIN faithfully follow the original story for a new version that is neither revisionist nor postmodern but captures the tone & important details of the poem translating its potent epic resonance & melancholy into a contemporary comic that isn&t standard swords & sorcery or heroic fantasy fare but rather an ancient story with a modern perspective that remains respectful of the source material ...

In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend Beowulf the renowned children's historical fiction writer Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests against Grendel the man-wolf against the hideous sea-hag & most courageous of all
- his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake
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Composed towards the end of the first millennium the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics & a classic of European literature In his new translation Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true line by line to the original poem & an expression in its language & music of something fundamental to his own creative gift The poem is about encountering the monstrous defeating it & then having to live on physically & psychically exposed in that exhausted aftermath It is not hard to draw parallels between this story & the history of the twentieth century nor can Heaney&s Beowulf fail to be read partly in the light of his Northern Irish upbringing But it also transcends such considerations telling us psychological & spiritual truths that are permanent & liberating ...