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  1. Voyage Round My Father, A (2003)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £15.99

    Screen version of John Mortimer’s autobiographical play about an abusive father and his son. Mortimer paints an unexpurgated but affectionate portrait of his highly eccentric lawyer father, Clifford...

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  2. Shipping News, The (2003)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £19.99

    Film based on the novel by Annie Proulx. An inksetter in New York returns with his daughter to his family’s home in a small fishing town in Newfoundland, after a traumatizing experience with her mother who...

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  3. Scrooge (1951) (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £12.99

    A film version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale ' A Christmas Carol’.

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  4. Wuthering Heights (1992) (2003)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £9.99

    Film adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.

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  5. Revenger’s Tragedy (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £19.99

    A feature film adaptation of Middleton’s 1607 play set in a post-apocalyptic Liverpool.

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  6. Cloud-Capped Star, The (2002)

    aka: Meghe Dhaka Tara

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132), £19.99

    A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta ;about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep the afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution...

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  7. River Called Titas, A (2002)

    aka: Titas Ekti Nadir Naam

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 161 minutes), £19.99

    Based on a Bengali novel by Advaita Malla Barman, A RIVER CALLED TITAS was filmed in Ghatak’s home of East Bengal after the independence of Bangladesh. Overwhelmed by the changes in his native land, Ghatak...

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  8. Family Life (2002)

    Subject
    Media studies; Mental Health and Counselling; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 103 minutes), £12.99

    A harrowing drama-documentary account of a teenage girl descending into schizophrenia. The film is an attack on contemporary psychiatric practices and the coldness of middle-class life in Britain.

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  9. Oliver Twist (1948) (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £9.99 £15.99 (special)

    A classic film version of the novel by Charles Dickens, directed by David Lean. The ‘Special Edition’ also includes the 25-minute documentary A PROFILE OF OLIVER TWIST and a theatrical trailer.

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  10. Farewell to Arms, A (1932) (2001)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 79 minutes), £5.99 (Delta) £12.99 (Stonevision) £4.99 (Waterfall) £3.99 (Elstree)

    Based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel about his love affair with nurse Agnes von Kurowsky during World War I.

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