This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate & the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been convicted of the rape & murder of two young lovers & is awaiting execution Susan Sarandon plays Sister Helen Prejean a nun who has devoted herself to God & to helping the less fortunate Prejean faces a moral crisis as she tries to reconcile her anti-death penalty views with the truth of Poncelet's actions & the pain felt by the victim's families ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by the true story of a nun&s relationship with a condemned man this provocative examination of crime punishment & redemption earned Susan Sarandon the 1995 Oscar for Best Actress & Sean Penn an Oscar nomination for Best Actor Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) a compassionate New Orleans nun is the spiritual advisor to Mathew Poncelet (Penn) a vicious angry & complex murderer awaiting execution Her dedication is to help others like Mathew find salvation But as she attempt to navigate Mathew&s dark soul she encounters a depth of evil that makes her question how far redemption can really go Can she stave off the fateful day of execution long enough to save Mathew or will she discover a truth that will rock the very foundations by which she lives? Actors Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Robert Prosky Raymond Barry R Lee Ermey & Scott Wilson Director Tim Robbins Certificate 15 years & over Year 1995 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Dolby Digital (20) Stereo French ; Spanish Subtitles French ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Hungarian ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour 57 mins (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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This House Is On Fire Destroyer Red Wing Blue Wing I Remember This Place Being Bigger The Same Town Cardinal Am I Breaking Down Danger Weight of the World You Are Out of Control ...

The Dead Man&8217;s Hand has been dealt a new card! The Dead Man&8217;s Hand Skull stares straight ahead a devilish grin still haunting its mouth Covering the skull is a plethora of golden playing cards all facing outwards showing different suits & numbers Cast in the finest resin before being lovingly h&-painted this Skull is stylish yet practical & is the best place to store your winnings Beautifully crafted realistic human skull Decorated with golden Playing Cards Cast in the finest resin Painstakingly h&-painted 15cm ...

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2017 Dead Man's Blues is the gripping historical crime novel from Ray Celestin following on from the events of his debut The Axeman's Jazz winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for Best First Novel 2014 Chicago 1928 In the stifling summer heat three disturbing events take place A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel A white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in the Blackbelt & a famous heiress vanishes without a trace Pinkerton detectives Michael Talbot & Ida Davis are hired to find the missing heiress by the girl's troubled mother But it proves harder than expected to find a face that is known across the city & Ida must elicit the help of her friend Louis Armstrong While the police take little interest in the Blackbelt murder crime scene photographer Jacob Russo can't get the dead man's image out of his head & so he embarks on his own investigation & Dante Sanfelippo
- rum-runner & fixer
- is back in Chicago on the orders of Al Capone who suspects there's a traitor in the ranks & wants Dante to investigate But Dante is struggling with problems of his own as he is forced to return to the city he thought he'd never see again As the three parties edge closer to the truth their paths cross & their lives are threatened But will any of them find the answers they need in the capital of blues booze & corruption?

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Welcome to Dead Man’s Doubloons an action-packed board game in which players take on the role of a legendary pirate ship captain hell-bent on winning the race to endless riches of buried treasure Fragments of treasure maps gold doubloons & precious jewels can all be stolen as can the reputation of rival ships! Once the buried treasure has been dug up ship captains return to their vessels to engage in a final epic battle on the high seas! As the game begins pirate ships skirmish with one another while navigating the reefs surrounding the mysterious island desperately searching for treasure map fragments & pillaging whatever they can Meanwhile the ships& captains & their landing parties follow one of several possible paths leading to the buried treasure discovering additional riches & perilous obstacles along the way Only the savviest of captains will manage to locate & dig up the legendary treasure Having collecting their precious loots the captains return to their vessels to engage in the final battle Defeated vessels become ghost ships with cursed treasure though with careful planning they may still emerge victorious Once the captains have laid waste to their enemies & exhausted their options the game ends & the richest pirate wins! ...

Yo ho ho & a bottle of rum! Available as a part of Nemesis Nows Premium high-quality giftware collection you can drink the dead mans drink from this nautical goblet Rising from a black stem patterned with skulls the body of this piratical goblet is an unfortunate buccaneers skull A gold hoop is still attached to its ear & a red bandanna has a chain of charms hanging down from the top Cast in the finest resin before being painstakingly h&-painted this goblet comes with a removable stainless steel insert for ease of cleaning ...

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing Sir George & Lady Stubbs the hosts of a village fete hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery In good faith Ariadne Oliver the well known crime writer agrees to organise their murder hunt Despite weeks of meticulous planning at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance Instinctively she senses that something sinister is about to happen Beware
- nobody is quite what they seem!
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Collins brings the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie to English language learners Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time & in any language Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1 with a word count of 11000
- 20000 words Each book

Includes:: Full reading of the adapted version available for free online Helpful notes on characters Cultural & historical notes relevant to the plot A glossary of the more difficult words Free online resources for students & teachers atwwwcollinseltcomreaders The plot Poirot receives a phone call from famous crime writer Ariadne Oliver
- she is staying with friends in Devon & she believes a murder is going to take place When Poirot arrives to investigate he can't understand her concerns
- everyone is busy working together to prepare for a village fete Why would anyone be planning a murdersoon Poirot realizes that everything is not as it seems
- but can he act quickly enough to stop the murder being committed? About Collins ELT Readers Collins ELT Readers are divided into 7 levels Level 1
- elementary (A2) Level 2
- pre-intermediate (A2-B1) Level 3
- intermediate (B1) Level 4
- upper- intermediate (B2) Level 5
- upper-intermediate (B2) Level 6
- advanced (C1) Level 7
- advanced (C2) Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys & benefits from their reading experience












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From the ashes of mass destruction Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 911 failed Brighton businessman & ne'er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifeline to shed his debts disappear & reinvent himself in another country Six years later the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman's body in a storm drain in Brighton leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe & into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets & alleys of Brighton Dead Man's Footsteps is the fourth novel in the multi-million copy bestselling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series from number one author Peter James ...