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A Bug's Life (1998) #445
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Directed by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton. With Kevin Spacey, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere. A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. Disney |
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Lawn Dogs (1997) #10
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Directed by John Duigan. With Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald. Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn't quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate's lawns, rather than of the girls her own age. Their friendship grows during her visits to his trailer home, but although it is completely innocent it is obvious that it would be unacceptable ... |
| 103 |
The Rainmaker (1997) #136
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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight. An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent Insurance company. |
| 104 |
The Castle (1997) #278
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Directed by Rob Sitch. With Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe. A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion. |
| 105 |
The Three Tenors in Concert (1990) #644
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The Three Tenors in Concert, recorded live in Rome in 1990, holds the distinction in the Guinness Book of World Records (in 2010) of being the best-selling classical album of all time. The concert, held at the Baths of Caracella, took place July 7, 1990, just before the opening of the Soccer World Cup Final. This concert and album, which initiated the Three Tenors phenomenon, had the original purpose of raising funds for the José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation and boosting the career of Carreras, who had only recently recovered from the disease. Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and Carreras take turns singing opera arias, Broadway hits, and traditional Neapolitan songs, but on several tracks, the three tenors sing together. Zubin Mehta accompanies the singers, leading the orchestras of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. See: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-three-tenors-in-concert-mw0001540440 |
| 106 |
Empire of the Sun (1987) #206
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Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers. A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. |
| 107 |
Empire of the Sun (1987) #355
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Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers. A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. |
| 108 |
Empire of the Sun (1987) #540
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Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers. A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Thought to be the best copy. |
| 109 |
The Mission (1986) #12
FILM
Main,Special
Directed by Roland Joffé. With Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn. 18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. Jeremy Irons in a tour de force. |
| 110 |
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) #1572
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Main
2h 3m During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed. |
| 111 |
Wagner (1981) #499
FILM
Main
TV series. With Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, László Gálffi, John Gielgud. A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner's radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times. |
| 112 |
Pinchas Zuckerman & Itzhak Perlman: Grand Duo (I) (1977) #615
DOCUMENTARY-MUSIC
Main
47 mins. Directed by Christopher Nupen for Allegro Films. Itzhak Perlman on stage at the Royal College of Music, London, and Pinchas Zukerman. Two of the world's leading violinists appearing together for the first time. Even though they are very different as artists, in style and in temperament, they greatly enjoy each other's play, and each other's company. They have developed a remarkable relationship. In spite of their differences, they are often mistaken for one another. They were both born in Israel. They both attended the Julliard School courses. And they both won the Leventritt Award (America's top musical prize). They have come to London at the end of an European tour together, a tour that has produced immense enthusiasm wherever they have been. Not since Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern played together in Edinburgh in 1953 have two violinists of this calibre seriously set out to harness their individual talents to the disciplines and the pleasures of playing together. This concert, a last minute addition to this tour, was given in front of an audience of students and musicians, and was filmed for television. |
| 113 |
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) #963
FILM
Main
Directed by Nicolas Roeg. With David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry. Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however. |
| 114 |
The War Lords (1976) #1596
DOCUMENTARY
Special
6 x 30 min lectures by AJP Taylor. 1/6 Mussolini. AJP Taylor looks at Mussolini's career. 2/6 Hitler. AJP Taylor looks at Hitler's career. 3/6 Winston Churchill. AJP Taylor looks at Winston Churchill's role in World War II. 4/6 Stalin. AJP Taylor looks at Stalin's role in the conflict. 5/6 Franklin D Roosevelt. AJP Taylor looks at Franklin D Roosevelt's role in World War II. 6/6 War Lords Anonymous. AJP Taylor looks at Japan's reasons for entering the Second World War. |
| 115 |
The Jungle Book (1967) #432
FILM
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Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. With Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman. Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. Disney |
| 116 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) #526
FILM
Main
Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. |
| 117 |
Lady and the Tramp (1955) #813
FILM-ANIMATION
Main
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. With Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson. The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt. 76 mins. Disney |
| 118 |
Lady and the Tramp (1955) #1029
FILM
Main
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. With Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson. The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt. |
| 119 |
Peter Pan (1953) #1511
FILM-ANIMATION
Disk
1h 17m Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan. |
| 120 |
Singin' in the Rain (1952) #1010
FILM
Main
Directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. With Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen. A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. |
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