Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Fast-paced biopic documenting the life of one of the most colourful Americans of the 20th century Howard Hughes Leonardo Di Caprio plays Hughes the son of a Texan inventor who dies & leaves him with a small fortune Hughes moves to Los Angeles to become a Hollywood film producer & produces such classics as & Hell&s Angels& & The Front Page& & & Flying Leathernecks& He also becomes involved in the aviation industry designing new planes setting air speed records & flying around the world risking his life testing aircraft As his ideas become bolder his approach becomes more eccentric & he gains many powerful enemies ...

Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR is a lavish spectacle of a motion picture that harks back to Hollywood's Golden Era in telling the story of Howard Hughes one of 20th-century America's most pioneering & influential figures Starring Leonardo Di Caprio as the eccentric billionaire Scorsese's biopic concentrates on Hughes's life between the 1920s & '40s when he made some of his most striking contributions to both the film & aviation industries At only 25 years of age Hughes directed the most expensive film ever made up to that point HELL'S ANGELS (1930) which Scorsese gleefully recreates here in all its sprawling audacious glory At the same time he became known as an unabashed playboy bedding the likes of Jean Harlow (singer Gwen Stefani) Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) & Katherine Hepburn (a brilliant Cate Blanchett) In the mid-'30s he turned his attention to the aviation industry where he quickly became a world-renowned celebrity for shattering speed & distance records He also continued to test the limits of flight technology building bigger faster & stronger aircrafts All the while he struggled with an obsessive-compulsive mental disorder that sent him into a full-fledged tailspin after a near-fatal plane crash The film concludes with Hughes being called to the Senate in '47 to defend himself against nefarious Senator Owen Brewster (Alan Alda) who accused Hughes of taking money from the United States government during wartime Stunningly photographed by Robert Richardson Scorsese's nearly three-hour drama features an impassioned performance by Di Caprio who is also credited as an executive producer Although she appears in less than a third of the film Blanchett delivers a performance that cements her status as one of the finest actresses ever to appear on the big screen ...

The Aviator 21cm This adventurous little snowy owl is prepared to take flight with leather aviation helmet goggles binoculars & boots he's planned for every eventuality The white owl's yellow eyes stare off to the side with razor focus You'll notice the leather straps that bound his trusty binoculars to his back This little chap can certainly provide you with a birds eye view This steampunk inspired figurine is cast in the finest resin before being painstakingly h&-painted this item will look great on any bookshelf or mantel ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Fast-paced biopic documenting the life of one of the most colourful Americans of the 20th century Howard Hughes Leonardo Di Caprio plays Hughes the son of a Texan inventor who dies & leaves him with a small fortune Hughes moves to Los Angeles to become a Hollywood film producer & produces such classics as & Hell&s Angels& & The Front Page& & & Flying Leathernecks& He also becomes involved in the aviation industry designing new planes setting air speed records & flying around the world risking his life testing aircraft As his ideas become bolder his approach becomes more eccentric & he gains many powerful enemies ...

Rich in invention psychological truth & sheer entertainment the five short novels that comprise The Avignon Quintet form one of the key works of an undisputed modern master' Another constellation of Mediterranean mysteries & memories This time it is not Alexandria but Avignon the old kingdom of the Popes the capital of the ancient South of France the heart of legendary Provence The evocation of all of this is superb Our old guide bleu in vintage form' The Times ...

The Awakened Fate Ultimatum PS3 set several years after a certain revolution came to pass & the powerful Satanael was defeated the devils were still dominant in their constant war against the angels Meanwhile a certain Celestia was resorting to guerilla warfare to survive They focused on researching a way to create a " God" to use as their ultimate weapon against the devils After creating the " Fate Awakening Crystal" which can turn a human into a God the angels could only wait for the day they found someone who was compatible with it One day in the Human World a boy is attacked by a group of devils on his way home from school He is stabbed through the heart but as he is dying he gets saved by a mysterious girl & wakes up in an unknown location-Celestia As if guided by the Fate Awakening Crystal that is implanted in his chest he finds himself thrust into the middle of a war between angels & devils With his newly awakened powers he must choose how best to use them & ultimately which of the two new girls in his life he will be able to save Sequel to The Guided Fate Paradox ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics I would give up the unessential; I would give my money I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself' Heralded as one of the first instances of feminist literature & rejected at its time of publication by the literary set on grounds of moral distaste Kate Chopin's The Awakening caused consternation in 1899 Constrained & confined by the limitations surrounding marriage & motherhood in the late 1800s Edna Pontellier begins to challenge the notion of femininity through her thoughts & actions Questioning her love for her husband & opening herself up to the possibilities of other men & a life outside of societal convention leads to a gradual awakening of her desires Chopin's fascinating exploration of one woman challenging the expectation that surrounds her is powerful daring & ultimately tragic in its conclusions ...

Over one long languid summer Edna Pontellier fettered by marriage & motherhood becomes acquainted with Robert Lebrun As the days shorten & the temperature drops Edna succumbs to Robert's devotion But as her desire grows so too does her discontentment
- with the role society has forced her to play & with the bonds that hold her fast
- & her world begins to unravel with devastating consequences The Awakening is widely regarded as one of the forerunners of feminist literature alongside Tolstoy's Anna Karenina & Flaubert's Madame Bovary First published in the United States in 1899 this radical novel sent shockwaves through American society & continues to speak to readers over a hundred years later This tender brilliant & seductive novel is as beautifully written as it is politically engaging

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This is the first paperback edition to bring out in one volume Kate Chopin's extraordinary novel The Awakening (1899) along with the complete text of her two collections of short stories Bayou Folk (1894) & A Night in Acadie (1897) & twelve uncollected tales The Awakening is a strikingly modern evocative story of self-discovery & female emancipation set in the sensuous environment of Southern Louisiana where the young Edna Pontellier reclaims her own individuality refusing to be defined by her roles of wife & mother Chopin's stories are brilliantly observed compassionate & often humorous alert to the foibles weaknesses & small triumphs of her characters Overshadowed by the relatively recent fame of The Awakening they contain some of the best work of this remarkably original author ...

Nick Murphy gothic horror feature-debut The Awakening is set in the post-World War I England of 1921
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