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1) The deer hunter: movie soundtrack

Author

Myers, Stanley

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

None

2) Wish you were here

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Description

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Deals with Lynda, an English teenager, and her struggles to be loved, recognized and be herself. Lynda embarrasses her straight-laced father with her sassy language and her flamboyant sexiness. Eventually she humiliates him by seducing one of his close friends, but only leaves herself more miserable. She finally runs away to a seaside resort only to return to her home, a child-woman in triumph.

3) The deer hunter

Pub. Date

[2005]

Edition

Special edition legacy series.

Language

English

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Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. Shows what happens to friendship and courage under stress.

4) Coup de grâce

Series

Classic collection
Criterion collection volume 192

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

Deutsch

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Set in Latvia in 1919 at the end of the Russian civil war, a Prussian soldier rejects the advances of an aristocratic woman. She retaliates by joining the Bolsheviks.

5) My beautiful laundrette

Series

Criterion collection volume 767

Pub. Date

[2015]

Edition

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Language

English

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An uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis), who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, which dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher's England....

6) Play

Author

Vieaux, Jason

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

None

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Jason Vieaux celebrates two decades of performing by bringing together a collection of works that have become audience favorites during his concerts. A diverse array of works are here including pieces from all over the globe.

7) Classic Williams: romance of the guitar

Author

Williams, John

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

None

8) A murder of quality

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Description

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George Smiley goes to the aid of his former colleague, Ailsa Brimley after she receives a letter from a woman predicting her own murder and naming her husband as the killer. After the woman is found dead, they uncover secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy.

9) The night of the following day

Pub. Date

2004.

Edition

Widescreen format.

Language

English

Description

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Professional criminals successfully kidnap a young girl from her wealthy family, but their plans become undone as they realize there is no trust between them.

10) Dreamchild

Series

Metro Goldwyn Mayer limited edition collection

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Description

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A fantasy based on the true life visit of 80 year-old Alice Liddell Hargreaves, the inspiration for "Alice in Wonderland, " to New York to celebrate the centennial of Lewis Carroll's birth. As Alice observes the developing romance between her traveling companion, Lucy, and a New York reporter, she reflects on her friendship with Lewis Carroll and finds herself haunted by the characters he created that amused her when she was a child.