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The Rum Diary (Blu-ray disc)
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, …
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R61
Discovery Miles 610
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Bruce Robinson writes and directs this drama based on the debut
novel of Hunter S. Thompson. Johnny Depp, who also co-produces the
film, stars as burned-out vagrant freelance journalist Paul Kemp,
who leaves his life in New York behind and heads off south to work
for a local newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There he adopts the
debauched, liquor-soaked lifestyle of Hemingway's 'Lost Generation'
and develops an unhealthy obsession with Chenault (Amber Heard),
the beautiful fiancee of shady property developer Sanderson (Aaron
Eckhart).
Franco Zeffirelli directs this version of Shakespeare's romantic
tragedy - breaking with the norm and casting a 17 (Leonard Whiting)
and 15-year-old (Olivia Hussey) to play the lead roles. The filming
took place in Italy, broke another tradition by having nude love
scenes, has a well-known score by Nino Rota (who went on to write
the music for 'The Godfather') and is probably still one of the
most profitable film adaptations of a Shakespeare play. The film
was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won 2 - for Costumes and
Cinematography.
LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like
no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of
history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from
the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. For over a
hundred years, 'the mystery of Jack the Ripper' has been a source
of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of
obsessive theorists, and endless volumes purporting finally to
reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorised Victorian
England. But what if there was never really any 'mystery' at all?
What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately
leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to
look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting
to bring him to justice? In THEY ALL LOVE JACK, the award-winning
film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up
that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to
remain at large. More than twelve years in the writing, this is
much more than a radical reinterpretation of the Jack the Ripper
legend, and an enthralling hunt for the killer. A literary
high-wire act reminiscent of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompson, it is
an expressionistic journey through the cesspools of late-Victorian
society, a phantasmagoria of highly placed villains, hypocrites and
institutionalised corruption. Polemic, forensic investigation,
panoramic portrait of an age, underpinned by deep scholarship and
delivered in Robinson's inimitably vivid and scabrous prose, THEY
ALL LOVE JACK is an absolutely riveting and unique book,
demolishing the theories of generations of self-appointed experts -
the so-called 'Ripperologists' - to make clear, at last, who really
did it; and more importantly, how he managed to get away with it
for so long.
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Withnail and I (Blu-ray disc)
Richard Griffiths, Daragh O'Malley, Richard E. Grant, Noel Johnson, Paul McGann, …
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R312
Discovery Miles 3 120
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Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy starring Richard E. Grant
and Paul McGann. It's the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work
actors, Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann), subsist on a diet of
booze, drugs and fags in their revolting Camden flat. In order to
escape the depressing nexus of visits from their dealer and the
months of untouched washing-up, they escape to the country, with
the intention of getting some R and R at a cottage owned by
Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths). However, things do not
exactly go as planned, Withnail being particularly unsuited to the
quiet social mores of countrypeople. The pair's friendship starts
to become sorely tested amid the vicissitudes of their 'holiday'.
More ominously, uncle Monty appears in person seemingly with
something of an eye for 'I'.
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The Rum Diary (DVD)
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, …
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R110
Discovery Miles 1 100
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Bruce Robinson writes and directs this drama based on the debut
novel of Hunter S. Thompson. Johnny Depp, who also co-produces the
film, stars as burned-out vagrant freelance journalist Paul Kemp,
who leaves his life in New York behind and heads off south to work
for a local newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There he adopts the
debauched, liquor-soaked lifestyle of Hemingway's 'Lost Generation'
and develops an unhealthy obsession with Chenault (Amber Heard),
the beautiful fiancee of shady property developer Sanderson (Aaron
Eckhart).
Running 93 miles from the heathland and forest on the
Norfolk-Suffolk border, via stunning sandy beaches, picturesque
villages and wild, empty salt marsh to the traditional seaside
resort of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast, the Peddars Way and
Norfolk Coast Path is a wonderfully varied and interesting National
Trail. There is the archaeological interest of the Roman road whose
route the trail first follows to the coast, the magnificent
architecture of Norfolk' s characteristic flint churches, and for
birdwatchers an embarrassment of riches, from the rare stone
curlews of Breckland to the marsh harriers sailing above the
reedbeds at the spectacular nature reserves of Titchwell and Cley.
This official guide, published in conjunction with Natural England,
is the only companion you need.
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Private Road (Blu-ray disc)
Bruce Robinson, Susan Penhaligon, Michael Feast, Robert Brown, George Fenton, …
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R373
R198
Discovery Miles 1 980
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British drama which follows the relationship of a young couple.
Author Peter (Bruce Robinson) takes time out from working to move
in with his receptionist girlfriend, Ann (Susan Penhaligon),
against the wishes of her parents. When Ann falls pregnant, Peter
is torn between pursuing his artistic passion of writing and
committing to the domestic lifestyle.
Richard E. Grant plays a successful advertising executive who
cracks up while trying to think up a campaign for a new spot cream.
He then develops a spot himself, which soon enough grows a face and
begins talking to him.
Afrodescendants' position at the lower-end of economic metrics in
the US was reinforced during the Great Recession of 2008-2009.
Social groups in such a position are expected to use all available
resources to improve their plight-including religion. A key
component of the Afrodescendant religious tradition (in and outside
of religious liturgies) is Gospel Music. No question about it,
Gospel Music has been used historically as a motive force for
improving conditions for Afrodescendants. Did Afrodescendants use
Gospel Music to improve their economic condition in response to the
Great Recession? More broadly, what are the discernable effects of
contemporary Gospel Music? THE TRAGEDY OF CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL MUSIC
reflects findings from musical, content, and Probit regression
analysis of contemporary Gospel Music. We find that, while economic
concerns are strongly present in the Gospel Music exchange, the
music is not widely used to motivate improved economic outcomes for
Afrodescendants.
Funny dog and cat cartoons - endorsed by Mort Walker (creator,
"Beetle Bailey"), Glenn McCoy (co-creator, "The Flying McCoys"),
Leigh Rubin (creator, "Rubes"), Brian Basset (creator, "Red &
Rover"), Kevin Fagan (creator, "Drabble"), Fred Travalena
(comedian, impressionist) and other famous humorists.
FUNNY dog & cat cartoons - endorsed by Mort Walker (creator of
'Beetle Bailey'), Glenn McCoy (co-creator of 'The Flying McCoys'),
Leigh Rubin (creator, 'Rubes'), Brian Basset (creator of 'Red &
Rover'), Kevin Fagan (creator, 'Drabble'), Fred Travalena
(comedian, impressionist) and other famous humorists
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