As a young guide for Sunshine Tours Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant if humdrum life -- until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome The woman he gradually comes to realise was his family's beloved servant many years ago in his native town of Ruffano He returns to his birthplace & once there finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother Aldo shot down in flames in '43 Over five hundred years before the sinister Duke Claudio known as The Falcon lived his twisted brutal life preying on the people of Ruffano But now it is the twentieth century & the town seems to have forgotten its violent history But have things really changed? The parallels between the past & present become ever more evident ...

This delightful novel describes the post-war summer of 1946
- & follows the growing-up of three young women in the months between
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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 In a gripping tale of courage resourcefulness & determination the consequences of a plane crash strip bare the morals of the survivors The pilot of the doomed aircraft Frank Towns (James Stewart) is an aviator of the old school used to seat-of-the-pants flying distrustful of new technology With his navigator Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) he is piloting a cargo-cum-passenger plane high above the Arabian desert when a powerful sandstorm rises from below Trusting his instincts Frank decides to fly through & above the storm; a risky move which leads to the starboard engine overheating & catching fire shortly followed by the demise of the port engine Without power the plane begins a long dive towards the ground a sequence memorably intercut with the opening credits before impacting messily Staggering from the wreckage the living find themselves deep within the Arabian desert far off their original flight plan & with little hope of rescue Two of their number were killed instantly while a third (a young oil-worker) has been gravely wounded
- right from this beginning the crosses of the dead loom over those left alive Frank blames himself bitterly for this tragedy (correctly so from an objective perspective) but still tries to exert some authority over the rabble & provide reassurance Since they have enough water for about ten days according to Dr Renaud (Christian Marquand) & plenty of dates as food Frank & Lew spin the yarn that they will surely be found by search aircraft Meanwhile a pecking order emerges among the men (a mix of oil-workers soldiers technical personnel & the aircrew) with the more learnedrespected exerting control over the manual workers As time passes the situation becomes increasingly bleak & Captain Harris (Peter Finch) decides to march to the nearest oasis with Sgt Watson (Ronald Fraser) who is less than keen on the idea In fact Sgt Watson manages to fake a sprained ankle just to get out of the desert trip (a move symptomatic of his hatred of the military) & his superior leaves with another passenger Unfortunately another survivor Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine) is so deranged that he staggers after the departed pair Frank is still so wracked with guilt that he goes after Cobb risking his own life in the brutal midday heat & fails once again in his task Just when the situation looks irretrievably lost Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger) comes up with an audacious idea
- why not build a smaller plane from the debris of the first? Initially he is ridiculed both for being German & for having such a crackpot scheme but attitudes change slightly when he reveals that he is actually an aircraft designer Once again there is hope no matter how slim that they won&t become vulture food
- just as long as the struggle for control between Frank & Heinrich doesn&t destroy the entire enterprise Actors James Stewart Richard Attenborough Peter Finch Hardy Kruger Ernest Borgnine Ian Bannen Ronald Fraser Christian Marquand Dan Duryea & George Kennedy Director Robert Aldrich Certificate PGYear 1965 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; French
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 2 hours & 16 minutes (approx)



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The Flinstones meet the superstars of the WWE in this feature-length animation After losing his family&s holiday fund Fred Flinstone (voice of Jeff Bergman) decides to raise his own by putting on a showstopping wrestling spectacle To help bring in the crowds the creative promoter recruits some of the wrestling world&s biggest stars including John Cenastone (John Cena) Mr Mc Magma (Vince Mc Mahon) & The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) & throws his best friend Barney Rubble (Kevin Michael Richardson) in the ring with them ...

Folk-art meets the Stone Age in Jim Shore&s new collection featuring the beloved characters from Hanna Barbera&s The Flintstones Unique variations should be expected as product is hand painted Item is packed in a branded craft box Not a toy or children&s product Intended for adults only The Flintstones by Jim Shore Sculptures have the effect of being carved from wood Decorated with folk art motifs Hand painted resin Gift box ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A perfect alchemy of adult humour outlandish plots & childish pranks The Flintstones offered cartoon characters that over time appear even more human & multidimensional than many of their live-action TV situation comedy counterparts But the biggest ongoing series treat
- the one that hooks each new generation
- is the sight gag of dinosaurs performing as "modern" appliances
- from lawnmowers to airplanes to vacuum cleaners to garbage disposals All 32 episodes of Season two Certificate Not Rated Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages French English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles English Spanish French Duration 828 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 The Flintstones in Rock Vegas sees best pals Fred (Mark Addy) & Barney (Stephen Baldwin) downing tools at Bedrock Mining Company to woo Wilma (Kristen Johnston) & Betty (Jane Krakowski) during a long vacation in Rock Vegas All goes well until Fred&s gambling addiction gets the better of him & he is framed for stealing Wilma&s prized pearl necklace by love rival Chip Rockerfeller (Thomas Gibson) who oozes malice out of every prehistoric pore Meanwhile Wilma&s high fallutin mother Pearl (Joan Collins taking over from Elizabeth Taylor) thinks that Fred is too downmarket for her daughter & does everything within her power to push Wilma & Chip together Actors Mark Addy Stephen Baldwin Kristen Johnston Jane Krakowski Joan Collins Thomas Gibson Harvey Korman & Alan Cumming Director Brian Levant Certificate PGYear 2000 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages German Subtitles English ; Czech ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock In a nation divided by prejudice everyone must take a side When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone & penniless on the shore of the Ohio she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river Her creativity & needlework skills quickly become invaluable & she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors She finds friends & possibly the promise of more But cruising the border between the Confederate South & the 'free' North is fraught with danger For the sake of a debt that must be repaid May is compelled to transport secret passengers under cover of darkness across the river & on along the underground railroad But as May's secrets become harder to keep she learns she must endanger those now dear to her & to save the lives of others she must risk her own A gloriously involving & powerful read for fans of Gone With The Wind & Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway ...

' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock In a nation divided by prejudice everyone must take a side When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone & penniless on the shore of the Ohio she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river Her creativity & needlework skills quickly become invaluable & she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors She finds friends & possibly the promise of more But cruising the border between the Confederate South & the 'free' North is fraught with danger For the sake of a debt that must be repaid May is compelled to transport secret passengers under cover of darkness across the river & on along the underground railroad But as May's secrets become harder to keep she learns she must endanger those now dear to her & to save the lives of others she must risk her own A gloriously involving & powerful read for fans of Gone With The Wind & Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway ...

' Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar author of The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock' An engaging story with lovely detail & moments of comedy' Daily Mail Ohio 1838 368 pages Conway Martha ...