Nick Hornby&s internationally bestselling first novel available as a Penguin Essential for the first time Do you know your desert-island all-time top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does He keeps a list in fact But Laura isn&t on it
- even though she&s just become his latest ex He&s got his life back you see He can just do what he wants when he wants like listen to whatever music he likes look up the girls that are on his list & generally behave as if Laura never mattered But Rob finds he can&t move on He&s stuck in a really deep groove
- & it&s called Laura Soon he&s asking himself some big questions about love about life
- & about why we choose to share ours with the people we do A million-copy bestseller & adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups make-ups & what it is to be in love This astutely observed & wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls & William Boyd & by generations of readers to come & It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way the range of English literature& Independent on Sunday& Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love Funny & wise sweet & true& Independent&A triumphant first novel True to life very funny & moving& Financial Times


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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 From the guys who brought you ´ Grosse Point Blank´ comes the absolutely hilarious ´ High Fidelity´ John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon the owner of a semi-failing record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago He sells music the old-fashioned way on vinyl with his two wacky clerks
- the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) & the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso) But Rob´s business isn&t the only thing in his life that&s floundering
- his needle skips the love groove when his longtime girlfriend Laura (newcomer Iben Hjejle) walks out on him & this forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance the only way he knows how! Actors John Cusack Catherine Zeta-Jones Chris Rehmann Iben Hjejle Jack Black Lisa Bonet Tim Robbins Todd Louiso Lili Taylor Joan Cusack & Ben Carr Director Stephen Frears Certificate 15 years & over Year 2000 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; English for the Hard Of Hearing ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Hebrew ; Greek Duration 1 hour 49 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players



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High Fidelity is Nick Hornby&s hilarious & heart-breaking first novel bestseller Do you know your desert-island all-time top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does He keeps a list in fact But Laura isn&t on it
- even though she&s just become his latest ex He&s got his life back you see He can just do what he wants when he wants like listen to whatever music he likes look up the girls that are on his list & generally behave as if Laura never mattered But Rob finds he can&t move on He&s stuck in a really deep groove
- & it&s called Laura Soon he&s asking himself some big questions about love about life
- & about why we choose to share ours with the people we do A million-copy bestseller & adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups make-ups & what it is to be in love This astutely observed & wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls & William Boyd & by generations of readers to come & It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way the range of English literature& Independent on Sunday& Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love Funny & wise sweet & true& Independent&A triumphant first novel True to life very funny & moving& Financial Times


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