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Battery Saver
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F70110 When plugged into your vehicle's cigarette lighter, the Koolatron 12V Battery Saver senses when your vehicle voltage drops below 11 volts. The Battery Saver then shuts off the current to all accessories plugged in, preventing further drainage. It will reconnect automatically when you start your vehicle. The 12 V Battery Saver gives you peace of mind by ensuring you will always be able to start your vehicle. Features: -Battery saver. -Prevents drainage of your car battery. -Automatically stops power current to all 12v accessories when power dips below 11 volts. -Works in any vehicle with a standard cigarette lighter socket. -Automatically reconnects when you start your vehicle.
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Home Styles 5531-24 Bedford 2-Piece Entertainment Unit, Ebony
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Home Styles 2 PC Entertainment Unit consists of Bedford TV Stand and Bedford Back Panel. Bedford TV Stand in a multi step ebony finish provides lots of storage for electronics and media storage. Constructed of wood solids and engineered woods in a multi step ebony finish. Features two cabinets - each having an adjustable shelf - and an open center compartment with an adjustable shelf. Brushed satin chrome hardware. Accommodates most 60-Inch flat screen TVs. Entertainment Unit Dimensions: 56W x 20D x 26H (inches). Bedford Back Panel in a multi step finish ebony finish works with the Bedford Entertainment Stand providing a polished look. Constructed of woods and engineered woods with a cable access opening. Not suitable to support hanging weight of a flat-screen TV. Back Panel Dimensions: 55W x 20D x 26H (inches)
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JSP Bolero B-60-C & B-60-BP-MK-Flat Panel Home Theater Credenza & Back Panel - 13 Finishes
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The JSP Bolero credenza features a very contemporary design with its large half moon upper top and matching curved middle front doors. This innovative look offers functionality at its best with an oversize center channel speaker enclosure, generous left and right component compartments and plenty of DVD storage behind middle doors. Made of solid birch and two face birch veneer panels, Bolero is offered in beautiful multi-step finishes which highlight the natural beauty and richness of the wood. The quality workmanship on every detail and the solid construction will make this piece of furniture stand the test of time. This set includes the matching back panel for flatscreen televisions which also includes a universal mounting bracket that can support up to a 60'' display.
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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall [Blu-ray]
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Let the spectacle astound you! In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, Cameron Mackintosh produced a unique, spectacular staging of the musical on a scale which had never been seen before. Inspired by the original staging by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne, this lavish, fully-staged production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendor of London's legendary Royal Albert Hall features a cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances. Starring: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson, Barry James, Gareth Snook, Liz Robertson, Wynne Evans, Sergei Polunin Directed by: Nick Morris
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Dream Theater - Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra
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The tenacious odyssey of Dream Theater culminates in one of their finest concerts ever on this magnificent Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour DVD. Just how good is this blazing prog-metal performance, recorded at New York City's radio City Music Hall on April 1, 2006? For starters, it's easy to believe the band's drummer and co-founder, Mike Portnoy, when he ends the nearly three-hour show by saying "this was one of the best nights of our career." Then consider that for one brief but shining moment in mid-September 2006, Score nudged Pink Floyd's Pulse out of the #1 spot on the bestselling music DVD charts, proving without a doubt that DT's loyal fan base was more than willing to elevate the band to an unprecedented level of critical and commercial success. It's a win-win scenario for everyone, because it's obvious, from this performance and the Octivarium CD that spawned it, that Score represents 20 years of bold perseverance, and the sheer power of combined talents against the fickle forces of a music industry that repeatedly tried, and failed, to compromise Dream Theater's unique creative vision. For longtime fans, Score offers an abundance of material that's exclusive to this release, with minimal crossover from previous Dream Theater DVDs. "The Spirit Carries On" is a natural highlight, and James LaBrie's vocals are as pristine here as they are throughout the entire concert. But there can be little doubt that this gig will be best remembered for the flawless performances of the DT epics "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence," "Octivarium," and a jaw-dropping encore rendition of "Metropolis," all spectacularly accompanied by the Octivarium Orchestra under the baton of arranger and conductor Jamshied Sharifi. These massive arrangements have been beautifully mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital or equally crisp PCM stereo, and each member of Dream Theater is given ample opportunity to demonstrate their virtuoso skills, including several transcendent solos by guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (the latter proving his mastery of the lap steel guitar, vintage Moog synthesizer and the curiously amazing Continuum Fingerboard). Of course, one must never underestimate the awesome bass foundation laid by John Myung, whose priceless contribution is sonically ever-present, if not always visually apparent. As directed by Portnoy, however, Score is totally focused on the music, gracefully and unobtrusively covering the concert from a variety of visually advantageous angles, and edited (by Chris Osterhus) to follow every beat, transition, and solo with breathtaking precision. All in all, Score is easily on par with Pulse, and arguably surpasses the Floyd DVD in terms of overall performance. It's a godsend for fans, and a perfect introduction for the band's ever-growing audience of new and converted fans. -- Jeff Shannon On the DVD "The Score So Far" is an outstanding documentary that fully chronicles Dream Theater's history from its earliest days (when Portnoy, Petrucci, and Myung met at Boston's Berklee College of Music) to the Radio City concert on April 1, 2006. Personnel changes are candidly addressed (as opposed to some bands, DT don't hide their past difficulties, and credit is always given when due), and the film serves as a tribute to the band's refusal to bow to commercial pressures. (It's no wonder Mike Portnoy feels a gratifying sense of vindication; after 20 years, he and his bandmates fully deserve it.) Also included is the amusing "Octivarium Animation" shown during the concert, and three live performances (from 1993, 2002 and 2005) that further illustrate Dream Theater's ability to refine and/or redefine its sound and image while keeping up with the times. --Jeff Shannon
Dream Theater celebrate their first two decades as progressive rock icons in this concert recorded at Radio City Music Hall. Featuring an overview of their greatest hits (including several performed with a full orchestra), the group thrilled fans with such selections as "The Root of All Evil," "Raise the Knife," "Vacant," the "Octavarium" song cycle, "Metropolis," and more. 180 min. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; bonus performances; "making of" documentary. Two-disc set.
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Broadway and Beyond the Concert Songs
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To lovers of musical theatre around the world, Colm Wilkinson definitely needs no introduction. On stages in London, New York, Toronto and beyond, he has firmly established himself as one of theatre's greatest performers. His definitive portrayal of such leading characters as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" and the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera" has brought the Irish born singer huge critical acclaim, a trophy case crammed with awards, and the adoration of millions of theatregoers.
This is the album his fans have been waiting for. A recording of the songs from his highly successful concert tour. A fantastic mix of Broadway, Pop, Irish Ballads and more, all sung with the passion, emotion and honesty that has made Wilkinson famous.
Track listing:
1. The Music of the Night
2. Tennessee Waltz
3. The Wind Beneath My Wings
4. Bring Him Home
5. This is the Moment
6. Runaway
7. Some Enchanted Evening
8. Country Roads
9. Somewhere
10. Hallelujah
11. The House of the Rising Sun
12. If I Ever Would Leave You
13. Old Man River
14. Whiskey in the Jar
15. Danny Boy
16. Anthem
17. Imagine/Peace Will Come
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A Town Like Alice [VHS]
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Actors: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, Dorothy Alison, Yuki Shimoda
Directors: David Stevens
Writers: Nevil Shute, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Tom Hegarty
Producers: Henry Crawford
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Anchor Bay
VHS Release Date: July 30, 1992
Run Time: 301 minutes
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Moll Flanders (2pc) (Mobile Masterpiece Theatre) [VHS]
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This energetic, sardonic, and richly funny adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic novel is completely unlike what you might expect from genteel Masterpiece Theatre. The heroine, Moll Flanders (Alex Kingston), after being born in prison, wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands (including a roguish highwayman who becomes the love of her life), many lovers (male and female), travels to America and back again, and in general discovers all that is cruel and sweet in life. Kingston tears into her role with gleeful amorality and delicious charm, often turning to the camera with a seductive smile to ask, "What would you do?" This British miniseries is brilliantly written, skillfully directed, and superbly acted all around (with particularly delightful performances by Diana Rigg and Daniel Craig)--in short, among the best of its kind; both a cunning examination of social morés and a hugely entertaining story. Not to be missed. --Bret Fetzer
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Belkin BE112230-08 12-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Telephone and Coaxial Protection
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Vanco 120614X Custom Two-Piece Bulk Cable Wall Plate (Single, White)
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The Vanco Reversible signal cable wall plate provides a clean, attractive looking alternative to signal cable wall entrance/exit points for home theater projects, including flat panel TV installation. The reversible cable cover can either extend from the wall or extend into the wall for tight spaces such as behind the flat panel TV.
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Sherlock: Season One
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In the wake of Guy Ritchie's reimagining, the BBC puts its own stamp on Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth--and sets him in a London filled with cell phones and laptops. In the pilot, director Paul McGuigan (a keen visual stylist) introduces Sherlock Holmes (Atonement's Benedict Cumberbatch) as a "high-functioning sociopath" and Dr. John Watson (The Office's Martin Freeman) as an army veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder. Through a mutual friend, the two become flatmates at 221B Baker Street (Una Stubbs plays their landlady). Holmes, who consults with Scotland Yard inspector Lestrade (Rupert Graves) on his trickier cases, drafts Watson to assist him. In "Study in Pink," four people commit suicide by poison. When Holmes sets out to establish a link, he falls right into the culprit's clutches. Other cases concern a smuggling operation ("The Blind Banker") and a mad bomber ("The Great Game"). Though he doesn't make a formal entrance until episode three, an infamous figure from Sherlock's future has a hand in each mystery, while the detective's brother, Mycroft (co-creator Mark Gatiss), first appears when he tries to hire Watson for a case of his own, an offer that gives the good doctor pause. Through his job at a medical office, Watson also meets Sarah (Zoe Telford), who becomes his girlfriend. Part of the fun of Jeremy Brett's Holmes (and Agatha Christie's Poirot) came from the period details, so this update takes a little getting used to--as does the occasional mumbled line--but Cumberbatch and Freeman share an enjoyable Odd Couple rapport, marked by flashes of deadpan wit, which compensates for the absence of deerstalker caps (Holmes favors scarves) and journals (Watson maintains a website). Extras include commentary on the finale, the original pilot, and a featurette, in which cocreator Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) notes that Cumberbatch was his only choice for the title role. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Two-disc set includes the pilot, "A Study in Pink," "The Blind Banker," and "The Great Game." 7 2/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurette. **4 episodes on 2 discs. 7 2/3 hrs.**
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Downton Abbey (Original UK Edition)
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Studio: Pbs Release Date: 01/11/2011 Run time: 368 minutes
An addictive blend of suds and social commentary, ITV's Downton Abbey brings a microcosm of Edwardian society together under one roof. Lord Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) and his family live a life of leisure, while a fleet of servants, including butler Carson (Jim Carter), attend to their every need, but two events conspire to shake things up: the sinking of the Titanic, which claims Crawley's heirs, and the return of his valet, Bates (Brendan Coyle). Since Crawley and Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) have three daughters, his distant solicitor cousin, Matthew (Dan Stevens), becomes heir to the estate. With that, the scheming begins, since Thomas the footman (Rob James-Collier) views Bates as an interloper and Crawley's mother, Violet (Maggie Smith), feels the same way about Matthew's mother, Isobel (Penelope Wilton). In the tradition of the BBC's Upstairs Downstairs and Robert Altman's Gosford Park, for which writer-creator Julian Fellowes received an Academy Award, the royals, servants, and middle-class relations struggle to get along. Sniffs uptight maid Miss O'Brien (Siobhan Finneran), "Gentlemen don't work," but that doesn't stop Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) from competing for Matthew's affections. Though it takes awhile to warm up to the tightest-wound characters, most everyone reveals their more vulnerable side before the first season comes to an end, and a new small-screen classic is born. The entire sprawling cast is quite wonderful, particularly Bonneville, Carter, and James-Collier, who provide a fascinating study in contrasts (the latter is downright dastardly). Unlike the version that aired on PBS's Masterpiece Classic, this set offers seven parts rather than four. Extras include a featurette, in which cast and crew discuss the production, and an introduction to Hampshire's Highclere Castle, which doubles for Downton Abbey. The first season was a phenomenon in the United Kingdom, and Fellowes has promised a second season set during World War I. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Coriolanus [Blu-ray]
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Actor-director Ralph Fiennes may not appreciate the comparison, but his modern-dress version of Coriolanus sometimes plays like William Shakespeare by way of Fight Club. In this case, Volscian leader Aufidius (Gerald Butler, nicely understated) plays the Tyler Durden role in that his character doubles as a living conscience. Fiennes's bullet-headed, battle-scarred General Caius Martius may be willing to put his life on the line for his people, but he has no interest in actually listening to their concerns, a development that anticipates the Occupy movement. As Rome's food supply dwindles and rioting begins, Martius suspends civil liberties, and heads off to battle against a man he both despises and admires (and Fiennes doesn't shy away from intimations of same-sex attraction). In the script by Gladiator's John Logan, automatic weaponry replaces swords, contributing to an especially visceral Shakespearean adaptation (Hurt Locker cinematographer Barry Ackroyd's handheld camera work reinforces the rough-hewn quality). At home, Martius's wary wife (Jessica Chastain) and proud mother (Vanessa Redgrave) fear for his life, while his most ardent supporter, Senator Menenius (Brian Cox, excellent), defends him against his detractors, like Tribune Sicinius (James Nesbitt). Though successful on the battlefield, the political neophyte--now known as Coriolanus--soon finds himself an exile, eventually aligning with Aufidius, but what looks like a turncoat move proves more complicated. If Martius starts out as a Fiennes villain in the vein of Amon Goeth, he gradually transforms from a monster into a man. Too bad politics favors the less complicated types. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
The classic legend of honor and betrayal has been astonishingly re-imagined in this exhilarating action thriller that wields a profound relevance for today. Caius Martius 'Coriolanus' (star and director Ralph Fiennes) is a feared and revered Roman General, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Rebelling against the power-hungry designs of his manipulative mother (Vanessa Redgrave) and rejected by his own people, Coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from Rome. The banished hero joins forces with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to exact his revenge -- and determine his destiny.
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Argentina is a large producer of films and motion pictures, the local film industry, based mostly in Buenos Aires, produces around 80 feature length films every year. The world's first was released by Quino Crisiani a cartoonist from 1917. This marked the start of a great age of cinema in Buenos Aires in the 1930s to the 1950s with hundreds of productions, which are now highly regarded as classic Spanish films. The industry resulted in actors becoming the first famous actors of Argentina.
A second wave of cinema came in 1980 and has become internationally known, some of the most famous films include, The Official Story, Nine Queens, Man Facing, Southeast and The Secret in Their Eyes are just a few of the award winning films. Although it struggles to compete with Hollywood in popularity, local films are released weekly and followed widely through Argentina. The films tend to be low budget but have earned awards in festivals in Canes and other famous film festivals.
The number of screens to people is one of the highest in Latin America and in Buenos Aires where the viewing per capita is one of the highest in the region. A wave of Argentine directors has been noticed by critics worldwide. Cinema has become a very important part of Argentine culture, numbers of cinema visitors is comparable to that in Europe.
Lalo Schifrin is one of the most famous composers having won awards and Grammys and also produced the Mission:Impossible theme tune.
Buenos Aires has some of the most dramatic and impressive theatres in the world. Teatro Colon for example is a major landmark of the city, and the acoustics of which are regarded as some of the best in the world. The theatre has undergone major reconstruction, to conserve its outstanding features. The main room is plated with gold in a French romantic style as well as having an exciting museum in the entrance. The area with theatre at its heart is Avenida corrientes with fantastic theatre and shows of an international calibre. Often regarded as the street that never sleeps and the birthplace of many successful music and film careers. Teatro General San Martin Located in Corrientes is the place where national events are held.
To truly enjoy the cinema and theatre of Buenos Aires you will need to learn Spanish Buenos Aires you will be able to discover the best shows and understand more about the characters. Some of the Spanish schools Buenos Aires can organise your theatre trips to see the sights and shows of Buenos Aires.
LIFTING THE BAN: Celebrating 40 Years Since The End Of Theatre Censorship
We may take for granted now that the arts in this country are prone to relatively little external censorship. However, this has only really been the case since 1968, when the Theatre Act was passed by government to allow for freer artistic expression in British playhouses.
Before this time all play-scripts destined for production were required to be sent to the Lord Chamberlain for his approval. Not technically an instrument of the government but of the monarchy, the Lord Chamberlain's 'readers' had the power to fine, censor or ban outright any play that they deemed unsuitable for public performance.
Famously, the censorship encompassed outlawing nudity, swearing and anything regarded as 'promoting' homosexuality or homosexual acts.
In 1968 however, bowing to much public and artistic pressure, the matter was brought before the House of Lords and the Theatre Act of 1968 was enforced abolishing theatrical censorship.
Key figures in proceedings were the playwright John Osborne and the outspoken critic Kenneth Tynan who both gave evidence at the hearing.
The liberation of theatre came at a time synonymous with cultural revolution. The 1960s, a decade famed for its radical uprooting of social conventions, had already legalised homosexuality and begun to alter the way it viewed casual sex, racial inequality and recreational drug use. What's more, many young playwrights (often grouped together under the banner "The Angry Young Men") where producing thought-provoking works that tested and scrutinised the boundaries of what could and could not pass for 'legitimate' theatre. Great writers like John Osborne, whose play 'Look Back in Anger' is often cited as the quintessential work of the movement, and Harold Pinter were quickly amassing reputations as challenging, and even dangerous, theatrical practitioners.
Of course, in such a turbulent political and cultural climate theatre censorship became completely untenable. The Theatre Act of 1968 was brought in and the American musical Hair opened in the West End just 24 hours later. Featuring scenes containing nudity, drug taking and boasting a stringent anti-Vietnam War message, the show was a complete break from the repression of theatre censorship that preceded it.
Since then, it might be argued, that theatre has 'gone the other way' and now shows little regard for staging any material that might offend. The comedian Peter Cook once quipped: "I don't want to see plays about rape, sodomy and domestic abuse; I can get all that at home." Though, of course, Cook was taking a fairly surrealist swipe at the prevailing middle-class (often hypocritical) sensibilities, perhaps there might be a germ of truth in what he's saying. Namely, just because theatre can show things like rape, sodomy and domestic abuse, should it?
The answer, it would seem, is entirely dictated by an individual play and the motivations and intentions that it possesses. Gratuitously exploiting a subject is not the same as fearlessly addressing it.
A more pressing consideration might be concerned with taking another look at the idea that opened this article, that theatre is prone to little external censorship. Though now there are no legislative restrictions in place to curtail playwrights' artistic vision, other factors may seem to limit theatre in ways not altogether obvious. For example, Margaret Thatcher's government cut public funding to the arts dramatically in the 1980s. Such a financial stranglehold might not have directly censored dramatic material, but it certainly forced many playhouses to stage fewer new plays and even close outright.
In more recent times, when the Birmingham Repertory Theatre staged Behtzi in 2004, the theatre was the scene of angry rioting by a portion of the sikh community that felt the play mocked their faith.
Whether theatre and the arts can ever be totally free to express itself in the way it chooses is debatable, the debt owed to those that ended the formal censorship however is not. Quite simply, without the efforts of people like Osborne and Tynan, the West End might not be the respected home of expressive theatre that it is today.
About the Author
Samantha is a London theatre fanatic and regular West End theatregoer. She writes and researches some of the biggest London shows you can view examples of her work here Buddy Holly: The Buddy Holly Story and Show and Stay.
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Morton and Letts Will Be George and Martha in 'Virginia Woolf' for Steppenwolf; Season Announced
Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago announced its 2010-11 season, to feature three new plays and the classics Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Amy Morton and Tracy Letts, and The Hot L Baltimore directed by Tina Landau.
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