An epic saga of Israel's early years that Tom Brokaw calls'a riveting novel that picks up where Exodus left off' The first novel in a planned trilogy 416 pages Fletcher Martin ...

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 Promised Land Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts & closed doors Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski & Matt Damon from a story by Dave Eggers Steve has been dispatched to the rural town of Mc Kinley with his sales partner Sue Thomason (Academy Award winner Frances Mc Dormand) The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years & the two consummate sales executives see Mc Kinley&s citizens as likely to accept their company&s offer
- for drilling rights to their properties
- as much-needed relief What seems like an easy job & a short stay for the duo becomes complicated
- professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates (Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook) & personally by Steve&s encounter with Alice (Rosemarie De Witt) When Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) a slick environmental activist arrives suddenly the stakes both personal & professional rise to the boiling point Actors Matt Damon John Krasinski Frances Mc Dormand Rosemarie De Witt & Hal Holbrook Director Gus Van Sant Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Additional Languages German ; Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German ; Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Cantonese ; Latin American Spanish ; Thai ; Traditional Mandarin Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 42 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 Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting Milk) Matt Damon plays Steve Butler an ace corporate salesman who is sent along with his partner Sue Thomason (Frances Mc Dormand) to close a key rural town in his company&s expansion plans With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company&s offer for drilling rights to their properties as much-needed relief What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski) as well as the interest of a local woman (Rosemarie De Witt) Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business & the strength of small-town community converge ...

Tracklist Push & Pull (All The Time) She Takes Me There Otherworldly Pleasures Through The Seasons Dialogue Oppression Golden Child Canfield Drive Better Company Northern Country Scene ...

Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 & dropped out of high school to care for her newborn Now 27 she is the unmarried mother of three & is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods Would she & her children be better off if she had waited to have them & had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years sociologists Kathryn Edin & Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage & family Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage & motherhood mean to these women & provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead ...

This attractive & accessible textbook analyses & examines the policies services & practice skills needed for collaborative effective & equitable work with children 312 pages No ...

A war of wills takes place between two men who want to run the same grocery store in this offbeat comedy from writer & director Steven Conrad Doug (Seann William Scott) is a seemingly ordinary guy who works as the assistant manager of a supermarket near Chicago When the owners of the market announce they're opening a new branch near Doug's neighborhood he applies to become manager of the new store & both he & his wife (Jenna Fischer) assume he's a shoo-in to get the job But Richard (John C Reilly) a gregarious recent hire at the store who has relocated to Illinois from Canada announces he's also applying for the management position & a keen rivalry develops between Doug & Richard even as they strive to act like friends on the surface As the competition grows between the two their personality flaws become increasingly evident -- Doug's short temper Richard's history of drug abuse -- & when Richard's wife (Lili Taylor) leaves him the contest starts taking an uncomfortable turn ...

Enjoy a day exploring a stunning stately home followed by an evening’s entertainment within its grounds Take in the splendour ...

Tracklist A1 Age Of Defiance 313 A2 End Of Sanity 307 B1 Rude Awakening (Live) 408 B2 Another Worldly Device (Live) 331 B3 Cut Rate (Live) 524 ...

Artists Pronoun Label Sleep Well Format Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 A Million Other Things 2 Til Your Legs Give Up 3 Just Cuz You Can't 4 Snowed In There's No One New Around You ...