"Amidst the humour, the innocent savagery and sometimes sad and yet mainly
joyous evocation of those times when children were loved and given far more
latitude than ever since, I hope the reader will find this novel to be both
educational and enjoyable. Perhaps they will recognize something of themselves
, for all human beings carry similar emotions within them, when a child... Peter
Vaughan Williams. DEDICATIONS To my beloved mother ..."
Once a Villain (Compact Disc) by PeterVaughan Published 2016 by Fantom Films Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-78196-164-3, ISBN: 1-78196-164-6
"Anfang der 70er-Jahre kam einer von Sam Peckinpahs umstrittensten Filmen in einem folgenschweren Moment in die Kinos. Straw Dogs lief mit Dirty Harry und Uhrwerk Orange im gleichen Monat an und lieferte damit die Steilvorlage für eine verbissen geführte Debatte um Gewalt im Kino. Basierend auf einer wenig bekannten britischen Romanvorlage spielt Dustin Hoffman einen belesenen, amerikanischen Mathematiker, der sich mit seiner jungen Brau ..."
"Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of Isandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is ..."
"As can be clearly seen from the care lavished on these six BBC adaptions of Charles Dickens' novels, the British love their Dickens! And why not--Dickens is ideally suited to television, with his elaborate but vigorous plots, each a compendium of comically odious personalities (and one or two nice folk, just to keep things from getting too awful). Actors dig into these meaty roles with zeal, delighting in the hairpin turns from macabre ..."
"This DVD enhances what is a very complicated Dickens plot and brings the reader of the work--which I also was--into a more sure state of focus on what is important in understanding the work. This DVD was watched one time only and is in near new condition which I have called vey good here."
"One of the best mystery tales of all time, The Moonstone, based on Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel, is the story of a stolen Hindu diamond that makes its way into the care of Franklin Blake (Greg Wise of Sense and Sensibility). Acting as executor of the estate of the late Colonel John Herncastle (Terrence Hardiman), Franklin is obliged to deliver the diamond, called the Moonstone, to Herncastle's niece, Rachel Verinder (Keeley Hawes of Tippi ..."
"From the critically-acclaimed director of Notting Hill and the Academy Award-nominated writer of My Beautiful Laundrette comes a sensual tale of lust, jealousy and self-discovery. After her husband dies, May (Ann Reid), a shy suburban housewife, moves to London to be near her grown children and their families. Quite unexpectedly, she becomes attracted to Darren (Daniel Craig, Tomb Raider), a handsome carpenter half her age who is curren ..."
"The movies have their share of gray-haired men romancing young women, but the spectacle of a sexual relationship between an old woman and a young man is still exotic enough for The Mother to startle audiences. Newly widowed Anne Reid, sixtyish, finds herself disenchanted with her indifferent children, and drawn to a studly handyman (Daniel Craig, from Sylvia). The observant directorial hand of Roger Michell guides them through some brut ..."
"Directed by Silvio Narizzano (Georgy Girl Loot) and produced by Hammer Films the infamous British studio known for Gothic horror classics DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! stars the legendary Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat TV's "Batman") in her final film performance. She plays the psychotic Mrs. Trefoile a demented mother who terrorizes and imprisons her dead son's fianc e Pat (Stefanie Powers TV's "Hart to Hart" Stagecoach) to avenge her son's tragi ..."
"According to critic Pauline Kael Straw Dogs was "the first American film that is a fascist work of art". Sam Peckinpah's only film shot in Britain is adapted from a novel by Gordon M Williams called The Siege of Trencher's Farm which Peckinpah described as a "lousy book with one good action-adventure sequence". The setting is Cornwall, where mild-mannered US academic David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) has bought a house with his young Englis ..."
"Bill Murray, Catherine Hicks. A World War I survivor returns from the bloody battlefields a changed man in this inspiring adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel. Embarking on an expedition to discover the meaning of his life, he finds that enlightenment is no easy thing to obtain. 1984/color/129 min/PG-13/widescreen. "
"England 1921. The serenity of a small country town is about to be shattered by a shockiing revelation about one of its leading citizens. A family will be ruined. A private matter will become a case of great public interest. Life seems good for Major Herbert Armstrong. he is a respected solicitor with a country estate the love of his three children and a dvout pride in both his life and his garden. But every landscape has its challenges ..."
"Not to be confused with the 2002 Matt Damon big-screen version, this adaptation of The Bourne Identity is a 1988 two-part TV miniseries based on the Robert Ludlum paperback bestseller. "How can I find out who I am if I've been turned into another person?", cries amnesiac Richard Chamberlain, fished out of the sea by drunken doc Denholm Elliott, who patches him up and discovers a Swiss bank account number sewn into his thigh. Coming to b ..."
"Oscar(r)-winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (Howards End) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths - as he serves his master, Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (The Servant). Darlington, like many ..."
"One of the best mystery tales of all time, The Moonstone, based on Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel, is the story of a stolen Hindu diamond that makes its way into the care of Franklin Blake (Greg Wise of Sense and Sensibility). Acting as executor of the estate of the late Colonel John Herncastle (Terrence Hardiman), Franklin is obliged to deliver the diamond, called the Moonstone, to Herncastle's niece, Rachel Verinder (Keeley Hawes of Tippi ..."