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Academy-Award winning actress Renee Zellweger (COLD MOUNTAIN) stars as the best-selling children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter in the biopic MISS POTTER. Set in Victorian England, the film follows Potter's life, from a little girl with a wild imagination and a fascination for woodland animals to an independent young woman in pursuit of a career in illustration and storytelling, despite the urging of her domineering mother to follow in her footsteps in high society. After struggling to find...
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Miss Potter
(Drama) The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
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Biographical Feature DVD - The true story of the woman who created some of the most beloved characters in children's literature comes to the screen in this drama leavened with elements of comedy and romance. Beatrix Potter (Rene Zellweger) is a imaginative but gently eccentric woman living in the socially and intellectually confining circumstances of Victorian England. Potter's wealthy parents are eager for her to marry a successful man and settle down, but she has ideas of her own, and has been writing and illustrating a series of stories for children centered around a character she calls Peter Rabbit. Potter's efforts to find a publisher for her stories prove difficult, but in time she finds a firm who agrees to give her book a chance, and Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor) is put in charge of the project. While Warne is new to the publishing game, he believes Potter has great talent and potential, and throws himself into the work with enthusiasm. A strong personal bond grows between Potter and Warne, and in time
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A sheltered but talented young woman, Beatrix Potter has delighted generations with her beloved children
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usually leaves warehouse in 2 - 3 full bus. days. - ( details )
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Miss Potter'ın günlük hayatın monotonluğundan ve sınırlayıcılığından tek kaçış yolu olağanüstü hayal gücü ve çizim yeteneğiydi. Çocuklar için yazdığı kitapların yayınlanmasıyla; hayatında ilk defa başarı, bağımsızlık ve onun için en umulmadık şey olan aşkla tanışarak yepyeni bir dünyaya adım attı. Richard Maltby, Jr Miss Potter'ı önce, başrolünde Renée Zellweger ve Ewan McGregor'un oynadığı bir filmin senaryosu olarak yazdı. Yazar, Beatrix Potter'ın aşk, yaratıcılık ve başarıyla şekillenen yaşamöyküsünü...
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Description: Academy-Award winning actress Renee Zellweger (COLD MOUNTAIN) stars as the best-selling children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter in the biopic MISS POTTER. Set in Victorian England, the film follows Potter's life, from a little girl with a wild imagination and a fascination for woodland animals to an independent young woman in pursuit of a career in illustration and storytelling, despite the urging of her domineering mother to follow in her footsteps in high society. After struggling...
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The Royal Ballet brings Beatrix Potter's lovable animal tales to life. Pigs ham it up in a pas de deux, Jeremy Fisher leapfrogs with amphibian grace, and Pesky Peter Rabbit raids the cabbage patch. Jemima Puddleduck, Miss Tiggywinkle, Cunning Foxall these and more make this a ballet no child should miss! Choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, with music by John Lanchberry. 90 min. DVD
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Zellweger tries to make up for these deficiencies with a performance that bubbles over with coy mannerisms, squinty-eyed grimaces and outlandish "period" precision in her studied gestures. The actress has been playing Brits for so long that the accent is no bother, but a bit of her native Texas creeps into the exaggerated affectations. In a contemporary movie, you would assume such a character is on drugs.The true Brits fare better. Ewan McGregor strikes the right balance between turn-of-the-20th...
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The Making of Harry Potter DVD - MWT-00-082-D
Harry Potter fans (and there are lots of you), don't miss this presentation. Find out how this break-out book was discovered and how it made its meteoric rise to the top of the NY Times bestseller list -- a first for a children's hardcover book. A special update about the July release of the newest installment -- which had the largest first printing ever of any book!
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Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams (Enchanted) and Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand star in this charming comedy about finding a new life and a new love, all in one day. When Miss Pettigrew (McDormand) stumbles upon the chance to become the new "social secretary" to glamorous high-society singer and actress Delysia Lafosse (Adams), she seizes the opportunity despite being totally out of her element. Swept up into the glamorous whirl of high society, it’s all Miss Pettigrew can do to keep up...
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Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
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Zellweger tries to make up for these deficiencies with a performance that bubbles over with coy mannerisms, squinty-eyed grimaces and outlandish "period" precision in her studied gestures. The actress has been playing Brits for so long that the accent is no bother, but a bit of her native Texas creeps into the exaggerated affectations. In a contemporary movie, you would assume such a character is on drugs.The true Brits fare better. Ewan McGregor strikes the right balance between turn-of-the-20th...
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Harry Potter fans (and there are lots of you), dont miss this presentation. Find out how this break-out book was discovered and how it made its meteoric rise to the top of the NY Times bestseller list - a first for a childrens hardcover book. A special update about the July release of the newest installment -- which had the largest first printing ever of any book!
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