Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Trilogy of films based on the bestselling novels by late Swedish author Stieg Larsson & The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo& (2009) revolves around the mystery of 16-year-old Harriet Vanger (Ewa Froling) who disappeared in 1966 on an island owned by the powerful Vanger family Nearly 40 years later disgraced magazine journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is contacted by Harriet&s uncle powerful industrialist Henrik Vanger (Sven-Bertil Taube) who asks him to write the history of the Vanger family & find out what happened to Harriet Joining forces with a troubled young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) Blomkvist starts to delve into the past of the Vanger family - & unearths a history more sinister & violent than he could ever have imagined In & The Girl Who Played With Fire& (2009) computer hacker & all-round wild child Salander disappears after being framed for the murders of the authors of a meticulously researched expose of the Swedish sex trade Suspecting that Salander is the victim of a set-up Blomkvist sets out to investigate the case & clear her name He soon uncovers some ugly truths that lead him shockingly close to home & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&s Nest& (2009) the final instalment in the trilogy opens with Salander in intensive care after an injury suffered in the previous film As she awaits trial for three murders & one attempted murder Blomkvist goes all out in his attempts to prove her innocence Salander meanwhile plots her own retribution against the people & government agencies who have destroyed her life - some of whom turn out to be far closer to her than she could have imagined Actors Michael Nyqvist Noomi Rapace Lena Endre Peter Haber Sven-Bertil Taube Directors Niels Arden Oplev Daniel Alfredson Writers Nikolaj Arcel Rasmus Heisterberg Jonas Frykberg Ulf Ryberg Producers Soren Staermose Format PALLanguage Swedish Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 3 ...
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on Steig Larsson&s literary phenomenon the trilogy follows the unlikely heroine Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) & journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) first as they unite to solve the case of a missing girl & then as they fight to uncover the truth about Salander&s past A past full of secrets that a mysterious underground Government group would kill to keep hidden Now there&s more to discover with the extended versions of the films featuring 2 hours of never before released feature content available in both original Swedish Language with English subtitles & English Language Audio The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Forty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned & inhabited by the powerful Vanger family There was no corpse no witnesses no evidence Nearly forty years later a journalist by the name of Mikael Blomqvist gets an unusual assignment He&s contacted by Harriet&s uncle Henrik Vanger who wants him to find out what really happened to Harriet Mikael takes on the job with help from mysterious biker girl & computer hacker Lisbeth Salander This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they dig into the sinister past of this family & find out just how far they&re prepared to go to protect themselves - & each other The Girl Who Played With Fire Lisbeth Salander & crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist are once again caught up in a brutal muder investigation Having served his prison sentence Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring When two of his researchers are murdered Salander is framed for the murders & emerges as the police&s chief suspect Unconvinced Blomkvist attempts to track her down & find out the truth But secretive hacker Salander goes on the run & soon stumbles upon secrets of her own past The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets& Nest Under police guard in hospital Lisbeth Salander is charged with murder & awaits the trial that has the country gripped Cut off from all communication with the outside world she must rely on journalist & former lover Mikael Blomkvist to prove her innocence & expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom In his way stands a mysterious group who will go to any lengths to keep the shocking truth of their actions a secret Actors Michael Nyqvist Noomi Rapace Lena Endre Sven-Bertil Taube Peter Haber Peter Andersson Marika Lagercrantz Ingvar Hirdwall Michalis Koutsogiannakis Annika Hallin Yasmine Garbi Georgi Staykov & Mirja Turestedt Director Niels Arden Oplev & Daniel Alfredson Certificate 18 years & over Year 2009 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Swedish - Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English Subtitles English Duration 9 hours & 55 minutes (approx) ...
When Jules Bright hears a knock on the door the last person she expects to find is a detective bringing her the news she's feared for the last three years Amelia Quentin is being released from prison Jules's life is very different now to the one she'd known before Amelia shattered it completely Knowing the girl is coming back she needs to decide what to do Friends & family gather round fearing for Jules's safety They know that justice was never served; every one of them wants to make the Quentin girl pay The question is what will Jules do; & which of them - her or Amelia - has the most to fear? ...
Inspired by true events the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic-a seamless blend of fact & fiction that explores the tragedy's impact & its lasting repercussions on survivors & their descendants Ireland 1912 Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic hoping to find a better life in America For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy the journey is bittersweet Though her future lies in an unknown new place her heart remains in Ireland with Seamus the sweetheart she left behind When disaster strikes Maggie is one of the lucky few passengers in steerage who survives Waking up alone in a New York hospital she vows never to speak of the terror & panic of that terrible night ever again Chicago 1982 Adrift after the death of her father Grace Butler struggles to decide what comes next When her Great Nana Maggie shares the painful secret she harbored for almost a lifetime about the Titanic the revelation gives Grace new direction-and leads her & Maggie to unexpected reunions with those they thought lost long ago ...
September is a twelve-year-old girl Somewhat Grown & Somewhat Heartless & she longs for adventure So when a Green Wind & a Leopard of Little Breezes invite her to Fairyland - well of course she accepts (mightn't you?) When she gets there she finds a land crushed by the iron rule of a villainous Marquess - she soon discovers that she alone holds the key to restoring order As September forges her way through Fairyland with a book-loving dragon & a boy named Saturday by her side she makes many friends & mistakes But while she loses her shadow her shoe & her way she finds adventure courage a rather special Spoon & a lot more besides ...
THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER' This beautifully written darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant & entertain' Daily Mail Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town But the witch in the Forest Xan is in fact a good witch who shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster & a Perfectly Tiny Dragon Xan rescues the children & delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey One year Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic Xan decides she must raise this girl whom she calls Luna as her own As Luna's thirteenth birthday approaches her magic begins to emerge - with dangerous consequences Meanwhile a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby A volcano quiet for centuries rumbles just beneath the earth's surface & the woman with the Tiger's heart is on the prowl The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch's Boy ...
Our world as it once was In August 2014 Farida was like any ordinary teenager enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school However her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began The catastrophe ISIS murdered the men & boys in the village including Farida's father & brother & took the women hostage Farida was one of them She was held in a slave camp in the homes of ISIS members & finally in a desert training camp Continually she struggled resisted & fought against her captors showing unimaginable strength & bravery This is my story Eventually Farida managed to plot her escape & fled into the desert with five young girls in her care but defeating ISIS was just the first step in her journey In this book she tells her remarkable & inspiring story ...
In the kingdom of Fairyl&-Below preparations are underway for the annual Revels but aboveground the creatures of Fairyland are in no mood for a party It has been a long time since young September bid farewell to Fairyland & she is excited to see it again; but upon her return she is shocked to find that her friends have been losing their shadows & therefore their magic to the kingdom of Fairyl&-Below It spells certain disaster & September won't stand for it Determined to make amends she travels down into the underworld where among creatures of ice & moonlight she encounters a face she recognizes all too well Halloween the Hollow Queen Only then does September realize what she must do to save Fairyland from slipping into the mundane world forever Come & join in the Revels with September & her friends But be warned in Fairyl&-Below even the best of friends aren't always what they seem Praise for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Farilyand in a Ship of Her Own Making'A glorious balancing act between modernism & the Victorian Fairy Tale done with heart & wisdom' Neil Gaiman' An Alice in Wonderland for the 21st century So effortless so vivid so funny Every page has a phrase or observation to savour & her characters are wondrous creations' Sunday Telegraph'A charming modern fairytalewith a knowing twinkle in its eye' Telegraph'A whole esoteric world of whimsy - Alice meets the Wizard of Oz meets the Persephone story with a whiff of Narnia' Independent on Sunday' Bundles of imagination & wry wit' Financial Times ...
A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of this atmospheric story of a mixed-race girl's struggle for identity Orphaned & alone young Rachel is taken under the wing of her strict African-American grandmother & moved to a mostly black community where her light brown skin blue eyes & astonishing beauty start to attract a troubling level of attention As the terrible secrets begin to emerge Rachel learns to swallow her grief & construct her own self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White Inspired by the true story of a mother's twisted love The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is a lyrical & poignant journey into loss trauma & the kinship that eventually allows a young girl to face the truth confront the demons she has buried & finally achieve a sense of peace ...
In this final graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson&s international bestseller Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition a bullet wound to her head in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital She&s fighting for her life in more ways than one If & when she recovers she&ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist she will not only have to prove her innocence but also identify & denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable like herself to suffer abuse & violence & on her own she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her & the corrupt government institutions that nearly destroyed her life ...
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