Inspired by the fortunes & misfortunes of the Getty family whose most extraordinary & troubled episode
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Among the file-cards for the living & the dead one
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It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC on 17 June 1972 Bob Woodward a journalist for the Washington Post was called into the office on a Saturday morning to cover the story Carl Bernstein a political reporter on the Post was also assigned They soon learned this was no ordinary burglary Following lead after lead Woodward & Bernstein picked up a trail of money conspiracy & high-level pressure that ultimately led to the doors of the Oval Office Men very close to the President were implicated & then Richard Nixon himself Over a period of months Woodward met secretly with Deep Throat for decades the most famous anonymous source in the history of journalism As he & Bernstein pieced the jigsaw together they produced a series of explosive stories that would not only win the Post a Pulitzer Prize they would bring about the President's scandalous downfall ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN documents this amazing story Taut gripping & fascinating it is a classic of its kind -- the true story of the events that changed the American presidency ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Dustin Hoffman & Robert Redford star in this political thriller about the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein (Hoffman) & Bob Woodward (Redford) aided by the White House mole Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook) thwart Nixon&s attempted cover-up after his agents are caught breaking in to the Watergate complex in 1972 The film won four Academy Awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jason Robards) & Best Writing Screenplay Based On Material from Another Medium & was nominated for another four including Best Picture & Best Director ...

'A uniquely brilliant book told in language as subtly beautiful as its desert setting One of the most important pieces of American writing of our time' Stephen Amidon Sunday Times John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins Befriending a third boy on the way they find a country beyond their imagining barren & beautiful rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood All the Pretty Horses is an acknowledged masterpiece from Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac Mc Carthy & a grand love story a novel about childhood passing along with innocence & a vanished American age Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss it is a magnificent parable of responsibility revenge & survival ...

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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'A moving humane funny portrait of two very different boys discovering what connects us all' Kiran Milwood Hargrave author of The Girl of Ink & Stars It's amazing! Such a bold idea to have a character like Dan you pulled it off brilliantly' Ross Welford author of Time Travelling with a Hamster 'I loved it' Lisa Thompson author of The Goldfish Boy There are two sides to every story Dan is angry Nothing has been the same since his big brother left & he's taking it out on the nearest & weakest target Alex Alex is struggling His severe OCD makes it hard for him to leave the house especially when Dan & his gang are waiting for him at school Then the boys' mums arrange for them to meet up & finish building the raft that Dan started with his brother Two enemies stuck together for the whole of the school holidays
- what could possibly go wrong? Praise for ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG 'A touching funny gripping read that tackles important issues in a sensitive & thoroughly enjoyable way Highly recommended' Stuart Robinson author of If Ever I Fall 'A timely story of courage & reminder of what we all share' Christopher Edge author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright ' Powerful & warm this will linger long in the mind' Guardian ' Moving beautifully written & intensely emotional' Lancashire Evening Post ' When they say not to be missed this is the kind of book they mean' Minerva Reads Praise for THE BUBBLE BOY Poignant hopeful & heartbreaking' Fiona Noble
- Children's Editor The Bookseller ' Deeply moving & utterly gripping Stewart Foster carries off an astonishing feat of storytelling in this exceptional book' Julia Eccleshare lovereadingcouk A gripping & deeply moving book' Jamila Gavin author of Coram Boy ' One thing we know about good books is their amazing ability to inspire empathy in the reader; to explore ideas & viewpoints that arise from experiences that are out of our own realm The Bubble Boy does this with warmth quirkiness & a light-hearted touch' Guardian

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