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Flags Of Our Fathers R1 USA £12
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" Thematically ambitious and emotionally complex, Clint Eastwood's Flags
of Our Fathers is an intimate epic with much to say about war and the
nature of heroism in America. Based on the non-fiction bestseller by
James Bradley (with Ron Powers), and adapted by Million Dollar Baby
screenwriter Paul Haggis (Jarhead screenwriter William Broyles Jr. wrote
an earlier draft that was abandoned when Eastwood signed on to direct),
this isn't so much a conventional war movie as it is a thought-provoking
meditation on our collective need for heroes, even at the expense of
those we deem heroic. In telling the story of the six men (five Marines,
one Navy medic) who raised the American flag of victory on the
battle-ravaged Japanese island of Iwo Jima on February 23rd, 1945,
Eastwood takes us deep into the horror of war (in painstakingly
authentic Iwo Jima battle scenes) while emphasizing how three of the
surviving flag-raisers (played by Adam Beach, Ryan Phillippe, and Jesse
Bradford) became reluctant celebrities and resentful pawns in a
wartime publicity campaign after their flag-raising was immortalized
by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the most famous
photograph in military history.
As the surviving flag-raisers reluctantly play their public roles as
"the heroes of Iwo Jima" during an exhausting (but clearly necessary)
wartime bond rally tour, Flags of Our Fathers evolves into a pointed
study of battlefield valor and misplaced idolatry, incorporating subtle
comment on the bogus nature of celebrity, the trauma of battle, and the
true meaning of heroism in wartime. Wisely avoiding any direct parallels
to contemporary history, Eastwood allows us to draw our own conclusions
about the Iwo Jima flag-raisers and how their postwar histories (both
noble and tragic) simultaneously illustrate the hazards of exploited
celebrity and society's genuine need for admirable role models during
times of national crisis. Flags of Our Fathers defies the expectations
of those seeking a more straightforward war-action drama, but it's
richly satisfying, impeccably crafted film that manages to be genuinely
patriotic (in celebrating the camaraderie of soldiers in battle) while
dramatizing the ultimate futility of war. Eastwood's follow-up film,
Letters from Iwo Jima, examines the Iwo Jima conflict from the Japanese
perspective. "
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Northern Exposure: Complete First & Second Seasons R1 £22
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" Northern Exposure - The Complete First Season
Whether it's a snowy nude sprint down Main Street, the mysterious
appearance of a long-lost relative, or the improbable death of yet
another of Maggie's boyfriends, life's never dull in the remote hamlet
of Cicely, Alaska. Colorful characters and quirky plots propelled
Northern Exposure into the hearts of millions of viewers, earning the
CBS "dramedy" series seven Emmy awards between its 1990 debut and its
demise six seasons later. In season 1, we meet Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob
Morrow), an urban New York yuppie who consents to four years of rural
servitude after Alaska pays his medical-school tuition. Joel's
fish-out-of-water adventures drive the show, but it's the quirky
ensemble of characters--Chris, the DJ/philosopher (John Corbett),
Holling, the bartender (John Cullum), Maurice, the town patriarch (Barry
Corbin), Ed, the filmmaker (Darren E. Burrows), and Maggie, the bush
pilot (Janine Turner), among others-that keeps the series consistently
entertaining. The town develops its own offbeat personality as well, a
Mayberry-meets-Twin-Peaks blend of Native mysticism, Aurora
Borealis-induced dreams, unlikely tales of long-lost family members, and
rumors of a Bigfoot-like creature known simply as "Adam." Northern
Exposure provides a utopian escape--a place where life is interesting
but never dangerous, everyone's insightful, the mystical becomes real,
and nobody's burdened with a mundane 9-to-6 desk job. Cicely is a
delightful place to visit, even if it's only for an hour at a time. A
mid-season replacement, season 1 consists of just eight episodes on two
DVDs. Each episode includes 5-10 minutes of outtakes and deleted scenes.
Northern Exposure - The Complete Second Season
The colorful cast of characters from Cicely, Alaska, returns for a new
set of adventures in Northern Exposure: The Complete Second Season.
While much of the first season was devoted to establishing the plot,
each of the seven episodes in season 2 helps us to know the offbeat
ensemble of Cicely residents a little better. Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob
Morrow), the New York urbanite stationed in small-town Alaska to pay off
his medical-school tuition, still complains constantly about his
assignment, but it's clear the town's growing on him when he passes up
an opportunity to return home (if only temporarily). We learn from town
patriarch Maurice (Barry Corbin) that retired astronauts have groupies,
and when a beautiful woman steals the voice of DJ "Chris in the Morning"
(John Corbett), it's no huge surprise when the long-deceased spirit of
"One Who Waits" provides Chris with an ancient Indian cure.
But it's the chemistry between Joel and Maggie (Janine Turner) that
really makes the series sizzle. The season is book-ended by a pair of
breakups that leave first Joel, and then Maggie single, clearing the way
for the romance to come in later seasons. The season includes "Spring
Break," one of the best-loved episodes from the series. With the
impending arrival of spring, libidos run amok, a wave of petty crime
hits the town, and the men in town blow off steam au naturale in the
annual "Running of the Bulls." The two-disc set's features on each
episode include deleted scenes and bloopers. "
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Northern Exposure: Complete Fifth Season R1 £25
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" Welcome back to Cicely, Alaska, where whimsy and magical realism are
always in season. While Northern Exposure's heart is as big as all
outdoors, its charms are starting to wear a little thin in its
penultimate season, particularly John Cullum's New Age-y DJ McDreamy,
Chris (one longs for that season 1 episode in which he lost his voice).
But there is compensation in such sweet, unexpected moments as the one
in "A River Doesn't Run Through It," in which bush pilot Maggie
O'Connell (Janine Turner) finds the tape recorder of Dr. Joel Fleishman
(Rob Morrow), who is out in the field, and, missing his voice, sits down
to listen to one of his tapes. The long-awaited thawing of what Joel
calls their "bizarre" relationship is this season's biggest development.
Their efforts to "go out" and be nicer to each other are frustrated by
such nuisances as a dust-mite allergy ("Mite Makes Right"). Another
blessed event is the birth of Shelley's (Cynthia Geary) so-called
"Little Pooper," but not before she freaks at impending motherhood
("Baby Blues") and has a series of laundromat encounters with her future
child at different stages in her life, from Barbie-playing adolescent to
aspiring Dallas Cowboy cheerleader ("Hello, I Love You"). Aspiring young
filmmaker and shaman Ed (Darren E. Burrows) finds himself at a
crossroads in "Rosebud," one of his better episodes, in which he is
charged with organizing a film festival to put Cicely on the map. Peter
Bogdanovich, as himself, regales one and all with his Orson Welles
stories, and encourages Ed to finally make a movie. A quintessential
love-it-or-hate-it Northern Exposure episode is "Mr. Sandman," in which
the Northern Lights cause the residents to swap their dreams. The season
ends on a heartwarming grace note with "Lovers and Madmen," in which
Joel, who has always kept himself aloof from the close-knit community
(in "Rosebud," he resists joining the volunteer fire department), at
last accepts that he has become a "Cicelian," after discovering a frozen
wooly mammoth. Too bad the series couldn't have ended here before
finally jumping the caribou in its last season. "
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Clint Eastwood DVD Collection R2 Boxset £10
" Contains Unforgiven, Pale Rider & Outlaw Josey Wales SE. All are
anamorphic. Can't find a picture online of this boxset (OOP?) it's a WB
set produced in 2002. "
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Left In Darkness R1 £8
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" Her mother died in childbirth, and she always felt responsible for the
tragedy. When her father disappeared, her grandparents raised her. As
she got older, her sense of guilt grew deeper. And on the night of her
21st birthday, Celia (Monica Keena of FREDDY VS. JASON) is drugged,
raped and dies of an accidental overdose at a wild college frat party.
But for some, death is only the beginning: Trapped in a netherworld
between sanctuary and damnation, Celia must now battle the demons
including hordes of horrific Soul Eaters that prowl the Afterlife. Is
the spirit of her recently deceased grandfather (Tim Thomerson of
TRANCERS) trying to lure her to an eternity of suffering? Can her
guardian angel (David Anders of ALIAS ) safely lead her to the other
side? And for a young woman caught in limbo, is there any way to go
towards the light when your soul is LEFT IN DARKNESS? "
Special Features
Glow In The Dark Slipcover
Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
Theatrical Trailer
"Inside the Darkness" (Making of Documentary with Producer Stephen J.
Cannell; Director Steven Monroe; and Actors Monica Keena, David Anders
and Tim Thomerson)
"My 21st Birthday" (Actors, Producer, Director share their 21st birthday
stories)
Also on DVD trailers: "The Garden" "Tooth Fairy" "It Waits" "Room 6"
Director Commentary "In The Trenches" (Director Steven Monroe and Line
Producer John Duffy)
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