Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) was the first feature-length animation in film history masterminded created by Lotte Reiniger & h&-tinted frame by frame Based on & The Arabian Nights& this classice film tells the epic tale of Prince Achmed who is tricked into mounting a magical flying horse by a wicked sorcerer The horse carries Achmed off on a series of adventures over the course of which he joins forces with a young Aladdin battles ogres & monsters & romances the beautiful Princess Peri Banu Newly mastered to High Definition this This exquisite film is presented with the original Wolfgang Zeller score as well as a newly-created track which combines the Zeller score with a voice over (by actress Penelope Mc Ghie) based on Reiniger&s own telling of the tale Also included in this Dual Format Edition is an extensive selection of Lotte Reiniger&s celebrated animated shorts including The Lost Son Star of Bethlehem The Flying Coffer & the & Dr Dolittle& films (Trip to Africa In Cannibal Land Director Lotte Reiniger Certificate PGYear 1926 Languages Silent Duration 1 hour & 6 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play This wonderfully inventive & incomparably funny Australian film about three drag performers braving the vast rugged outback won the 1994 Academy Award for Costume Design Featuring fabulous & heartfelt performances from Terence Stamp (Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace) Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) & Guy Pearce (Memento) this is "one of the wildest movies ever made" (The New York Observer)! They came They conquered They looked fabulous! With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert Tick (Weaving) Adam (Pearce) & Bernadette (Stamp) each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney Christening their battered pink tour bus " Priscilla" this wickedly funny & high-drama trio heads for the outbackand into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits You go girls! Actors Terence Stamp Hugo Weaving Guy Pearce Bill Hunter Rebel Russell & John Casey Director Stephan Elliott Certificate 15 years & over Year 1994 Languages English
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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 Finally a comedy that will change the way you think the way you feel & most importantly the way you dress This Oscar-Winning (Best Costume) feel-good comedy won the hearts of movie goers partly for its lavish costumes & devotion to Abba but mostly for the great performances of three drag artists who are on the road trip of a lifetime! When Anthony " Tick" Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) is invited to perform in Alice Springs he recruits flamboyant young stud Adam Felicia (Guy Pearce) & the legendary refined Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to join him Mitzi however fails to disclose one important fact to his friends his wife is the one who invited them to Alice Springs With one big secret about to be revealed & another one up his sleeve Mitzi is a little stressed With long hours on the road ahead of them the trio lip-synchs campy songs on the bus creates fabulous costumes & meets a multitude of colourful characters along the way They party with friendly aborigines are confronted by judgmental townspeople who are averse to drag queens & meet Bob (Bill Hunter) a warmhearted mechanic & drag fan who joins them for the last leg of their trip when their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere ...

Hello I'm Raggedy Ann Welcome to my world I'm going to tell you about myself & this book Some grown-ups think I'm just another rag doll with floppy arms & legs who has been nibbled by the mice but they are wrong When the other toys & I are left alone we get up to all sorts of games & adventures Once I nearly got boiled to bits in the washing machine Then I had fun with the kittens & the puppy But best of all one day Marcella's daddy brought home a package with another rag doll in it They called him Raggedy Andy What jolly times we have! What funny games we play! He is now my best friend I'm sure you will enjoy reading this book full of stories about us' ...

This contains the Red Sonja tales from Marvel Feature 1-7 presented in glorious fully re-mastered color These tales are where it all begins & help set the stage for the current Red Sonja series! This is a must have collection of never before reprinted material featuring a cover by Frank Thorne Plus legendary Red Sonja writer & former Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas provides an introduction! ...

A comic-strip retelling of eleven of the best-loved stories about Robin Hood
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Discover the legend of Robin Hood through eleven action-packed adventure stories Outlawed & living in hiding in Sherwood Forest Robin Marian & their band of friends have many adventures keeping one step ahead of the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham & his men Robin Hood is the most daring of heroes & tales of his bravery & cunning have been handed down for hundreds of years In this wonderfully fresh retelling celebrated writer Adrian Mitchell makes these stories both thrilling & funny for today's children
- tracing the life of Robin Hood from mischievous young runaway to legendary hero Brought vividly to life by Emma Chichester Clark whose glowing illustrations superbly recreate the green & leafy world of the forest & all the characters who live there Including Maid Marian Friar Tuck Little John & more This beautiful hardback gift book is fully illustrated throughout with a stunning foiled jacket Discover more classic story collections from Orchard Books Orchard Greek Myths Orchard Aesop's Fables The Greatest Stories Ever Told (featuring King Arthur Sinbad the Sailor & more) Orchard Ballet Stories
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This is a new title in Young Reading Series Two based on the tales of England's most famous outlaw & part of the Usborne Reading Programme It is aimed at children whose reading ability & confidence allows them to tackle longer & more complex stories The outlaw Robin hood is determined to stop the evil Sheriff of Nottingham from bribing his way to becoming King He sets out to steal the Sheriff's treasure
- by winning an archery competition & becoming one the Sheriff's chief guard But when his gang are all captured will Robin be able to save them from the hangman's noose? It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is Principal Lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University
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The adventures of Robin Hood & his band of good-hearted outlaws are vividly brought to life in this action-packed picture strip story The fast-paced plot & Matteo Pincelli's dynamic illustrations are sure to captivate young readers Background information gives added value while renowned comics artist Mike Collins is the Series Consultant Illustrations Full colour throughout ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The ultimate swashbuckler film starring the dashing Errol Flynn in his most famous role is presented for the first time ever on DVD! This painstakingly restored edition of & The Adventures Of Robin Hood& will be presented in Warner Bros& dazzling new " Ultra-Resolution" format which allows today&s viewers to see parts of the images which were never visible before & sharper detail than in conventional Technicolor release prints ...