"Contributions from various well-known theatrical personalities who have worked with Alec Guinness are collected here in celebration of the actor's 75th birthday. Franco Zeffirelli, Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Coral Browne are among the celebrities whose reminiscences are included. Ronald Harwood is most famous for his play, "The Dresser" and has edited a similar book on John Gielgud, "The Ages of Gielgud"."
"It's life in the Theater with a capital T in this film adaptation of the London and Broadway hit by Ronald Harwood. Though we see other people, the film is really a duet between Sir (Albert Finney), an aging actor-manager who runs his own theater company, and Norman (Tom Courtenay), his dresser, who gets him into costume and, ultimately, into shape to go onstage each night. Sir is on his last legs; Norman is alternately his cheerleader, ..."
"It's life in the Theater with a capital T in this film adaptation of the London and Broadway hit by Ronald Harwood. Though we see other people, the film is really a duet between Sir (Albert Finney), an aging actor-manager who runs his own theater company, and Norman (Tom Courtenay), his dresser, who gets him into costume and, ultimately, into shape to go onstage each night. Sir is on his last legs; Norman is alternately his cheerleader, ..."
"The Talking Heads monologues were first broadcast on BBC1 in 1988 and 1998. They were critically acclaimed, and won several awards including two BAFTAs. Their popularity led to a series of BBC Radio adaptations, and now all twelve monologues are collected together in this handsome box set. The monologues are: 'A Chip in the Sugar' performed by Alan Bennett; 'A Lady of Letters' performed by Patricia Routledge; 'Bed Among the Lentils' ..."
"Becky Sharp, die Tochter eines englischen Künstlers und einer französischen Sängerin, hat ihre Eltern bereit in jungen Jahren verloren. Sie sehnt sich nach einem glamourösen Leben, welches ihre gesellschaftlicher Stand ihr aber nicht erlaubt. Becky gelingt es, mit Geist, Charme und Sexappeal die feine Gesellschaft Londons Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts zu erobern. Sie wickelt die Männer reihenweise um den Finger und findet schließlich in M ..."
"Reese Witherspoon gives a vibrant, captivating performance as one of the greatest female characters of all time, Becky Sharp, in the new sumptuous and sexy epic from acclaimed director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). It's a dazzling ascent up the social ladder as vivacious Becky schemes and seduces her way to the top - until love and romance threaten to get in the way! Join her daring adventures that prove all is fair in love and war."
"James Wilby (Gosford Park) and Juliet Aubrey (Middlemarch) portray the reluctant royals who became king and queen of England when Edward VIII gave up the throne for the woman he loved, on Bertie & Elizabeth. Albert, Duke of York, called Bertie, married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 after a storybook courtship. Expecting a life of genteel obscurity, they were thrust into the limelight in 1936 when Bertie's older brother, Edward ..."
"The thrilling sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Both had supposedly outlived their usefulness to the Circus, the British Secret Intelligence Service: George Smiley, the retired head of espionage, and General Vladimir, an aging informant who reported to him. When the general walks into a bullet after sending an urgent message to his old handler, the Circus asks Smiley to "tidy things up." But Smiley hears Vladimir’s message as a cal ..."
"Deservedly hailed as one of the best films of 2001, Wit makes it clear why top-ranking talents seek refuge in the quality programming of HBO. Unhindered by box-office pressures, director Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson turn the most unglamorous topic--the physical and psychological ravages of cancer--into an exquisite contemplation of life, learning, and tenacious, richly expressed humanity. In adapting Margaret Edson's compassionate, Pu ..."
"Diese vergnügliche Persiflage auf britische Kostümdramen, die auf großer Literatur basieren, zeigt Kate Beckinsale (Viel Lärm um Nichts) in der Hauptrolle. Sie spielt eine willensstarke junge Frau namens Miss Flora Poste, die sich in den 30er Jahren verwaist und mittellos wiederfindet. Darauf zieht sie zu einigen halb verwilderten Verwandten auf eine Farm, auf der sie sich nur wenig von der Einfachheit der Lebensumstände einschüchtern l ..."
"A film adaptation of the play by Peter Shaffer, Equus stars Richard Burton as Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist who takes on an unusual case: a young stable boy (Peter Firth) who, in frenzy, has blinded six horses. Their sessions reveal that the boy has a quasi-religious fetish for horses and he rides them in the dead of night, experiencing an ecstasy unlike anything Dysart has ever known. Dysart begins to question: Is the pursuit of normal ..."
"Amanda Bynes ist eines der neueren Gesichter aus Hollywoods Traumfabrik. In Was Mädchen wollen spielt sie die 17-jährige Großstadtgöre Daphne aus New York City, die ihr bisheriges Leben schmachtend nach ihrem abwesenden Vater, dem britischen Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth), verbracht hat. Nachdem der politisch aktive Daddy, den Mama (Kelly Preston) in unbeschwerten Jugendtagen in Marokko kennen gelernt hatte, keine Anstalten macht sei ..."
"Amanda Bynes ist eines der neueren Gesichter aus Hollywoods Traumfabrik. In Was Mädchen wollen spielt sie die 17-jährige Großstadtgöre Daphne aus New York City, die ihr bisheriges Leben schmachtend nach ihrem abwesenden Vater, dem britischen Lord Henry Dashwood (Colin Firth), verbracht hat. Nachdem der politisch aktive Daddy, den Mama (Kelly Preston) in unbeschwerten Jugendtagen in Marokko kennen gelernt hatte, keine Anstalten macht sei ..."
"Deservedly hailed as one of the best films of 2001, Wit makes it clear why top-ranking talents seek refuge in the quality programming of HBO. Unhindered by box-office pressures, director Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson turn the most unglamorous topic--the physical and psychological ravages of cancer--into an exquisite contemplation of life, learning, and tenacious, richly expressed humanity. In adapting Margaret Edson's compassionate, Pu ..."
"In a split second, Jack's (Grant) seemingly perfect world comes crashing down around him when his wife dies in childbirth. Suddenly faced with this tragic loss and the demands of single parenthood to his baby girl, Sarah, Jack spontaneously hires a beautiful young American waitress named Amy (Mathis) as a nanny. But Amy, who is unqualified, inexperienced and unsuitable for the job, only complicates matters further when Jack finds himsel ..."
"The damage caused by long-kept secrets lies at the heart of The Lost Language of Cranes. Rose (Eileen Atkins) believes that "keeping certain secrets secret is essential to the general balance of life," but her son Philip (Angus Macfayden) disagrees. He decides to tell his parents that he is gay, and his honesty precipitates a crisis that threatens to tear the family apart. Philip's father Owen (Brian Cox) leads a secret life, hiding his ..."
Cold Comfort Farm(Abridged) (Modern Classics) by Stella Gibbons, EileenAtkins Fita Cassete, 2 Pages, Published 2000 by Penguin Audio Uk Abridged, Audiolivro ISBN-13: 978-0-14-180201-5, ISBN: 0-14-180201-4
"When the sukebind was in bud, the orphaned Flora Poste, expensively, athletically and lengthily educated, descended on her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm. From the fey Elfine to Great Aunt Ada Doom who once saw something nasty in the woodshed, Flora decides to organize their lives"
"Sophisticated to a point, this well-executed wolf-man tale works due to its clever setting and enormous star power. We all know Jack Nicholson can go nuts, but the script makes his character aware of his changes, sometimes for the better, early on. The setting, a publishing house in the middle of a takeover, gives the characters dramatic life before the horror elements kicks in. A senior editor about to get the boot, Nicholson's charact ..."