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DAILY MAIL

7 DVDs - The ROMANCE COLLECTION

Starting Saturday 13th to Friday 19th February

Daily voucher redemption at Tesco, WHSmith or Eason stores

OR Collect FOUR TOKENS or MASTHEADS for the SEND AWAY OFFER at £5.99 P&P

Love Story (1970) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066011/

Nominated for seven Academy Awards this classic film follows the story of two students from very different backgrounds who share a chemistry they cannot deny and a love they cannot ignore. Soon they put their hearts on the line for each other.


An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084434/

Recognised as one of Hollywood's greatest romances, this film tells the story of a loner (Richard Gere) who enters Navy flight school to become a pilot and falls in love with one of the local girls, played by Debra Winger.


Shirley Valentine (1989) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098319/

In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing Shirley Valentine, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams.


Terms of Endearment (1983) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086425/

Terms of Endearment dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable, insightful story of two captivating people, mother and daughter, unforgettably played by Shirley MacLaine with Jack Nicholson as a boozy, womanizing former astronaut.


Frankie and Johnny (1991) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101912/

Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer light up the screen in this captivating romantic comedy. After a series of hurtful relationships, the last thing Frankie is looking for is a new man…until Pacino's outgoing ex-con comes looking for her.


Barefoot in the Park (1967) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061385/

Adapted from a hit Broadway play, it's the story of a conservative young lawyer and his off-the-wall bride who dedicates her life to the pursuit of fun. As the honeymoon comes to an end, the marriage turns to comical discord.


Sliding Doors (1998) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120148/

In this delightful romantic commedy, Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen who slides between parallel storylines showing what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment.

barneydog

In this weekends Telegraph's there will be 2 Richard Burton films,

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Starring Richard Burton, Oskar Werner and Warren Mitchell
Directed by Martin Ritt
When a fellow British agent is killed at Checkpoint Charlie right before his eyes, British agent Alec Leamas decides to take on one last assignment, to take down an East German spy named Mundt. This mission may well prove to be his final one.



Becket
Starring Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud
Directed by Peter Glenville
King Henry II enters Canterbury Cathedral to do penance at the tomb of his former friend, Thomas Becket, reminiscing on where it all went wrong. A violently emotional drama that probes the changing relationship between two close friends, who become deadly enemies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/7222661/Two-free-Richard-Burton-films-inside-this-weekend.html

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The Mail on Sunday - Sunday February 28.

Classical Superstars CD

14 pieces from the greatest operas sung by world-famous artists including Lesley Garrett, Angela Gheorghiu, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, all accompanied by the sensational musicians of renowned orchestras.
Many of the tracks have been made famous through their inclusion in films and in television advertisements.


The track listing includes:

1. Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici (Brindisi) from La Traviata

Taken from La Traviata – the famous opera by Giuseppe Verdi. A beautiful and dramatic score. Verdi touches on a daring and even distasteful contemporary subject dramatizing the unwholesome love between Violetta and Alfredo. With soaring melodies and a sensual waltztime rhythm Verdi plays out the emotive nature of the opera in emphatic and compelling fashion. The song can be heard in the most recent film adaptation of Midsummer Nights Dream.

2. Un Bel Dì Vedremo from Madama Butterfly

Made famous by the film Fatal Attraction. Madame Butterfly is one of the most loved Operas in the collection. The Opera focuses around the unfailing love of an abandoned Japanese girl (Madame Butterfly) for her American husband and the hope that he’ll one day return to her and her son. Part of Un Bel Di Vedremo was also sung when Midori Ito lit the Olympic Flame at Nagana in 1998.

3. Votre Toast Je Peux Vous Le Rendre (Toreador Song) from Carmen

One of the most popular Operas of all time, ‘Carmen’ by Georges Bizet was the first opera of its type to present real characters and emotions on stage. For its time, its realism shocked and alienated audiences, Carmen was perhaps of the most dramatic and powerful Operas of its time.

4. Una Furtiva Lagrima from L'Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love'

Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore was first performed in 1832. Heard in the 1985 film ‘Prizzi’s Honour’, it is Donizett’s most frequently performed Opera. L’Elisir d’amore is one of the Operas more charming melodramas, it deals with the ups and downs of the romance between Nemorino and his capricious girlfriend Adina.

5. Largo Al Factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Heard in the movie Mrs Doubtfire, Il barbiere di Siviglia is often noted as one of the most difficult baritone arias to perform, Rossin’s Barber of Seville tells the tale of the joys and stresses of being the most in-demand barber of Seville. Like Mozart, Rossini drew upon plays by the French writer Beaumarchais, producing a true masterpiece.

6. Thy Hand Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth from Dido and Aeneas

Written by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas was his only fully completed opera. First performed in 1689, the story is based on book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid and narrates the love story of Dido Queen of Carthage, and Trojan Prince Aeneas.

7. Grand March from Aida

Often associated with royal recessions and ceremonies, Grand March is taken from Act 2 of Verdi’s Aida. The aria is unparalleled in its splendour and virtuoso and is often cited as one of the most trilling scenes in all opera.

8. Soave Sia Il Vento from Così fan tutte

Così fan tutte meaning ‘All women behave that way’ tells of three sailors bets on the fidelity of each others fianc!es whilst they are away. They form a plan, in which they say they have been called away to war, they sail away only to return disguised to try and seduce each others partners. Soave Sia Il Vento (May the breeze be gentle) is sung by the three sailors as they set out to sea, it is also featured in the movie Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

9. E Lucevan Le Stelle from Tosca

Tosca has appeared in Opera America’s top twenty most performed operas in North America. The final act opens with the character Cavaradossi, a painter, to be executed at dawn. Spending his final night alive, he writes a letter and becomes overwhelmed with the memories of his much loved Tosca.

10. Va Pensiero Sull' Ali Dorate (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco

Nabucco, thought by many as Verdi’s earliest successful opera, relates to us the story of the Hebrew Slaves, having been taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar. The Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves sadly recollect images and thoughts of their homeland from which they were taken.

11. La Donna È Mobile from Rigoletto

La Donna È Mobile meaning ‘Woman is fickle’ plays a comic irony when sung by character Duke of Mantua who himself is fickle with women. In this particular aria the Duke justifies his fickleness declaring that ‘Woman is fickle, but he who does not taste love can never be truly happy.’

12. Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi... Celeste Aida from Aida

This aria, sung by character Radamès, tells of the young warriors hopes to become the leader of the Egyptian army to fight against the Ethiopians. Returning victorius, he muses, will surely win over his secret love Aida, an Ethiopian slave.

13. Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci

Vesti la Guibba, known popularly in English as On With The Motley. This is an aria sung by the character Canio, a clown, who has just recently learnt that his wife has a lover. He sings of the cruel irony, whilst applying his make-up, of having to perform and make people laugh whilst inside his heart is broken.

14. Non Più Andrai from The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro is one of Mozart’s most famed comedy operas. Sung by the character Figaro, Non Più Andrai is an aria mocking and warning Cherubino about army life. Figaro explains that it won’t be easy for Cherubino after having fallen in love with the Countess Almaviva, to whom he is Page.

If you want to you can buy Classical Superstars Part Two for just £3.50.
HERE >>> http://www.csc.webfulfilment.com/

Potsdamerplatz

True Crime Documentary DVDs free with this week's Daily Record including serial killers Peter Tobin and Bible John.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpfeP0ToYv4

(available only in Scotland I'm afraid from Tesco)

jontyjuno

Hi !
Next Sundays Mail on Sunday (21st March 2010) will give away the free DVD of 'Heavens Fall'

JAG

He's become one of Hollywood’s hottest properties following the huge success of The Hurt Locker, which scooped six Oscars last week.
And next weekend The Mail on Sunday brings you the chance to see another brilliant performance by Hurt Locker star Anthony Mackie.
Heavens Fall is a powerful story set in 1933 that follows the difficulties of New York attorney Sam Leibowitz, played by Oscar winner Timothy Hutton.

He journeys into the Deep South to defend nine young black men charged with rape.

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FREE - this weekend - TWO DVDs

INSIDE The DAILY TELEGRAPH - Saturday March 20th & The SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - March 21st



Sleepy Hollow (1999) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/

starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien
Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee

Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a man who must confront the legend of the axe-wielding headless horseman in order to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci).

Set in 1799, Sleepy Hollow is based on Washington Irving’s classic tale The Legend of Sleep Hollow.
Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, Tim Burton’s Oscar-winning film mixes horror, fantasy and romance, and features an extraordinary cast of characters who dabble in the supernatural.


What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108550/

starring Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliet Lewis, Mary SteenburgenMary, Kate Schellhardt, John C. Reilly

In the fictional town of Endora, a young Gilbert Grape struggles with the responsibilities and frustrations of his small town life: his overweight mother, his autistic brother, his married lover and the arrival of a new shopping mall that might make him unemployed.

A touching, humorous tale from Lasse Hallstrom that works on many levels and includes an Oscar-nominated performance from Leonardo DiCaprio.

Brothbeard

A new Carly Simon CD in the Mail on Sunday (28/3) - Ten old songs get a makeover and there are two new ones.

Tracks are:

Right Thing To Do; It Happens Every Day; Never Been Gone; Boys In The Trees; Let The River Run; You’re So Vain; You Belong To Me; No Freedom*; That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be; Coming Around Again; Anticipation; Songbird*. (*New songs).

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1259197/Get-Carly-Simons-latest-album-free-weeks-Mail-Sunday.html#ixzz0jGWkMdS1

Brothbeard

A set of 13 DVDs featuring colourised film of the Second World War. Discs can be collected from W H Smith and Tesco in the usual way, starting this Saturday, 17th April.

Disc 1: The Gathering Storm
This film shows how the major powers ignored all the signs and allowed the likes of Mussolini and above all Hitler to begin the course that would lead the world into catastrophe.




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Disc 2: Lightning War
This film focusses on Blitzkrieg, the terrifying military tactic developed by the Nazis which crushes Poland and conquers France within weeks but it also reveals the heroics of the French resistance and the role they played in Dunkirk.


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Disc 3: Britain At Bay
In June 1940, Britain stood alone against the Nazis. This film shows how close Britain came to defeat, as it's exhausted air force struggled to fight off the German Luftwaffe. However, due to errors made by the Germans, Britain was able to regroup.



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Disc 4: Hitler Strikes East
When Hitler expounded his intention to invade Russia his generals looked at him in horrified silence. However, Hitler himself was certain of victory. This film follows the battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, the biggest tank battle in all history.


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Disc 5: Red Sun Rampant
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attach on Pearl Harbour. As the sleeping giant awoke, the war that followed was characterised by major innovations, in particular the emergence of the aircraft carrier as the decisive weapon of the seas.


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Disc 6: The Mediterranean And North Africa
This film tells the extraordinary story of the war in North Africa and features the heroics of the tiny island of Malta as it withstood wave after wave of Nazi assault. It ends with the Allies fighting their way up Italy and Germany in retreat.


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Disc 7: Turning The Tide
This film follows the 'strategic bombing' plans of Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris including the tragedy of Dresden where tens of thousands of orginary German suffered and the Nazis attempts to cut American supply lines to Britain across the Atlantic.


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Disc 8: The Soviet Steamroller
By July 1943, the Nazis were at the mercy of the mighty Soviet war machine. This film follows the Red Army as they slowly push the Germans back out of Russia up through the Ukraine, Poland and the Balkans - this was war on a monster scale.


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Disc 9: Overlord
This film charts the careful planning of the D-Day campaign and the development of specialised equipment needed for the amphibious landings. It also reveals the deception plan that wrong-footed Hitler and how the Americans were very nearly driven off Omaha beach.


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Disc 10: Closing The Ring
The year is 1944 and although the Allies are closing in around Germany, the outcome is still uncertain. This film explores the Allied disaster at Arnhem and the tragedy of the Waraw uprising, when Polish freedom fighters were abandoned to their fate by Stalin.


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Disc 11: The Island War
This film looks at the war of the jungles including Burma where new specialist fighting units - like Ord Wingate's Chindits - slowly pushed back the Japanese despite horrific conditions and savage hand to hand fighting.


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Disc 12: Victory In Europe
This film follows the British and Americans as they cross the Rhine and the Russians as they push through Poland into Germany itself, covering the horrors of the liberation of Belsen and Buchenwald, the carving up of Germany by the allies and the Nuremburg trials.



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Disc 13: Victory In The Pacific
Despite firebombing Tokyo and the loss of 200,000 lives, the Japanese refused to surrender. President Truman had no option but to go nuclear and the fates of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed. The film ends with Japan subdued as their war crimes emerge.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/prmts/article-1266150/Free-World-Ward-II-In-Colour-DVD-collection-reader.html#ixzz0lDFOBFW4

Potsdamerplatz

Cheers Brothbead. As a massive World War II buff and amateur historian, I'm certainly looking forward to those. :beer:


Also a double DVD giveaway in this weekend's Independent:

SATURDAY:

The Machinist (2004)
starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/

SUNDAY:

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364961/


Confirmation and more details below:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/free-dvd-giveaway-of-the-machinist-in-saturdays-independnet-1945955.html