The mystery of the body in motion The surprise of seeing what seems impossible & the pure joyful optimism of it all Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping spinning lifting kicking
- but in the midst of daily life on the beach at a construction site in a library a restaurant a park With each image the reader feels buoyed up eager to see the next bit of magic Photographer Jordan Matter started his Dancers Among Us Project by asking a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company to dance for him in a place where dance is unexpected So dressed in a commuter's suit & tie the dancer flew across a Times Square subway platform & in that image Matter found what he'd been searching for a way to express the feeling of being fully alive in the moment unself-conscious present Organized around themes of work play love exploration dreaming & more Dancers Among Us celebrates life in a way that's fresh surprising original universal There's no photo-shopping here no trampolines no gimmicks no tricks Just a photographer his vision & the serendipity of what happens when the shutter clicks
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the year 1864 Lieutenant John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) requests an assignment to a remote outpost in the American West Spending a lot of time by himself Dunbar falls in love with the frontier & becomes firm friends with the local Lakota Indians Before long he finds himself contravening direct orders when he helps his new friends in their battle against the Pawnee This revisionist western won seven Oscars including one for Best Picture & one for Costner&s direction ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play During the US Civil War an army officer is assigned to the Western frontier Soon after arriving he meets & develops a fascinating relationship with the local Sioux Indians Age Rating 15 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War Lt John Dunbar (Costner) wants to see the American Frontier before it is gone He is assigned to an abandoned fort where a Sioux tribe is his only neighbor Overcoming the language barrier & their mutual fear & distrust Dunbar & the proud Indians gradually become friends Eventually he falls in love with the beautiful Stands With A Fist (Mc Donnell) a white woman raised by the tribe He learns the culture of the Sioux lives with them & even experiences the breathtaking excitement of a buffalo hunt but his knowledge of the fate that will ultimately befall the tribe torments him Finally he is faced with a crucial decision that will cause him to examine his heart & soul before making a heroic choice that determines his destiny Actors Kevin Costner Mary Mc Donnell Graham Greene Wes Studi Rodney A Grant Floyd & Red Crow& Westerman Tantoo Cardinal Robert Pastorelli Charles Rocket Maury Chaykin Jimmy Herman Nathan Lee Chasing Horse & Michael Spears Director Kevin Costner Certificate 15 years & over Year 1990 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSSubtitles English For The Hearing Impaired Duration 2 hours & 53 minutes (approx)
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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 Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War Lt John Dunbar (Costner) wants to see the American Frontier before it is gone He is assigned to an abandoned fort where a Sioux tribe is his only neighbor Overcoming the language barrier & their mutual fear & distrust Dunbar & the proud Indians gradually become friends Eventually he falls in love with the beautiful Stands With A Fist (Mc Donnell) a white woman raised by the tribe He learns the culture of the Sioux lives with them & even experiences the breathtaking excitement of a buffalo hunt but his knowledge of the fate that will ultimately befall the tribe torments him Finally he is faced with a crucial decision that will cause him to examine his heart & soul before making a heroic choice that determines his destiny Actors Kevin Costner Mary Mc Donnell Graham Greene Wes Studi Rodney A Grant Floyd & Red Crow& Westerman Tantoo Cardinal Robert Pastorelli Charles Rocket Maury Chaykin Jimmy Herman Nathan Lee Chasing Horse & Michael Spears Director Kevin Costner Certificate 15 years & over Year 1990 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSSubtitles English For The Hearing Impaired Duration 2 hours & 53 minutes (approx)
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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 This affecting bittersweet tale--adapted from Brian Friel&s semi-autobiographical Tony Award-winning play--examines the emotional lives of the five unmarried Mundy sisters in 1936 rural Ireland In their mutual care is 8-year-old Michael (sweetly understated Darrell Johnston) the illegitimate son of youngest sister Christina (Braveheart&s Catherine Mc Cormack) A voice-over from the adult Michael recalls that significant summer in the month of August during the feast of Lughnasa The bolder town folk dance around a fire to Lugh an ancient god of light Yes this is fiercely Roman Catholic Ireland & Lugh a pagan god but that irony is at the core of the film the hypocrisy of tradition The dramatic change in the richly metaphoric movie comes with the arrival of two men eldest sibling--and only Mundy brother--Jack (Michael Gambon) a priest returning from many years in Africa now addled & Christine&s long-absent lover & Michael&s father the charmingly flighty Gerry (Rhys Ifans) Beautiful music & excellent performances highlight the film which also features gorgeous cinematography of the Irish countryside Meryl Streep is stern eldest sister Kate; Kathy Burke is lively Maggie; Brid Brennan (who appeared in the stage play) is thoughtful caretaker Agnes; & Sophie Thompson is simple sweet Rose It&s a quiet film but one filled with ironic & haunting meaning Dancing at Lughnasa was directed by Circle of Friends Pat O& Connor --NF Mendoza Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe) Number of discs 1 ...

A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother & four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men
- the boy's long-lost father who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco & an elderly uncle who has come home to die after a lifetime in America Although life goes on as before for the boy & five sisters something will happen that will destroy their peaceful existence as they once knew it
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Students & journalists farmers & birdwatchers ex-wives adolescent lovers
- & dancing girls All ordinary people
- or are they?

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' The funniest man I ever saw & the saddest man I ever knew' This is how WC Fields described Bert Williams the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday & someone who counted the King of England & Buster Keaton among his fans Born in the Bahamas he moved to California with his family Too poor to attend Stanford University he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker Together they played lumber camps & mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to 'play the coon' Off-stage Williams was a tall light-skinned man with marked poise & dignity; on-stage he now became a shuffling inept 'nigger' who wore blackface make-up As the new century dawned they were headlining on Broadway But the mask was beginning to overwhelm Williams & he sank into bouts of melancholia & heavy drinking unable to escape the blackface his public demanded ...

The fourth part of the sensational My Struggle series that has been hailed as perhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian) Fresh out of high school Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher He has no interest in the job itself
- or in any other job for that matter his sole aim is to save money & start writing All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer his life takes a darker turn Drinking causes him blackouts his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation & to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students & all the while the shadow of his father looms large
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