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The Devil Dared Me To
The Devil Dared Me To follows the story of daredevil stuntman Randy Cambell and his quest to follow in his late father's footsteps and become New Zealand's greatest daredevil stuntman. Ever since growing up as a young boy on a remote New Zealand sheep-farm Randy has dreamed of performing the ultimate daredevil stunt: jumping across Cook Strait in a rocket car. It is this dream that sends him on his quest from the South Island sheep farm to the bright lights of Auckland city. Along the way Randy teams up with the traveling misfit stunt-team the Timaru Hellriders is employed by mentor-turned nemesis stunt co-ordinator Dick Johansonson and meets the love of his life the one-legged cunning stunt babe Tracy Tragedy Jones.
Gangs
Ross Kemp travels the world, gaining an incredible insight into the lives of highly dangerous criminals. In his close encounters with society's underbelly, he endures several near-death experiences, including being shot at in El Salvador and set fire to in Russia. Across the world millions of people are members of street gangs. In groups they fight, stab, rob, rape and murder anyone who isn't one of their own. And when rival gangs meet - what you get is warfare. Ross Kemp infiltrates these groups of criminals to discover who they are, what makes them tick and what the law is doing to curb their criminal activity. On his harrowing journey he: • meets murderous members of the Number gang in Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town • crosses paths with Maori criminals in New Zealand • gets shot at in Rio • is set on fire as an initiation test for Russian Neo-Nazis Ross Kemp manages to get close to the world's most violent street gangs: he's streetwise enough to earn their trust and get them to confide their innermost secrets. It's a wild ride - and not for the faint hearted.
The Warrior's Way
A $45 million USA-New Zealand co-production from producers Barrie M. Osbourne (Lord of the Rings) Lee Joo-ick (Battle Of Wits) and Michael Peyser (Speed 2). This effects-heavy English-language fantasy actioner stars Jang Dong Gun (The Promise) Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) and Geoffrey Rush (Pirates Of The Caribbean). The world’s greatest swordsman abandons his warrior clan to start a new life in the American Badlands in The Warrior’s Way a visually dazzling modern martial arts adventure with stunningly choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts. In an original gorgeously realised journey into a mythical past writer and director Sngmoo Lee seamlessly marries the cinematic traditions of East and West. Korean superstar Jang Dong Gun Kate Bosworth Danny Huston and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush star in this epic story of revenge and redemption. Yang (Jang Dong Gun) must betray his clan to save his final enemy – a young baby girl. He travels from Asia to a dying gold rush town in the American West where he goes into hiding by working as a lowly laundryman. Yang attempts to put his past behind him while befriending the local eccentrics of the once-thriving town the fiery tempered knife-thrower Lynne (Bosworth) and Ron (Rush) the town drunk with a secret past. When Lynne is threatened by a gang led by a Colonel (Danny Huston) Yang comes out of hiding to protect her and the town with his sword skills and finds himself forced to face the past he was hoping to put behind him.
Sweet chariot
This title tells the story of the competition from the opening ceremony to the presentation of the Cup, with details of every game played and photographs of all the action on and off the field. Mission accomplished. England?s performances may not always have been the most eye-catching and the nerves of their supporters were barely left intact by the end of the tournament, but in the end it was acknowledged by all that the best team in the world won rugby?s ultimate prize: the Webb Ellis Trophy.;Inspired by Martin Johnson?s leadership and Jonny Wilkinson?s boot, and masterminded by Clive Woodward, England were always going to be the team to beat. South Africa, Samoa, Wales, France and Australia all threatened to upset the favourites but this was a battle-hardened, resilient and totally professional England team that never lost confidence in its own ability.;In a tournament hailed as the best ever, minnows like Uruguay and Georgia and emerging rugby nations such as Canada and Japan all played their part alongside the giants of the game. Both Wales and Scotland exceeded expectations, battling hard against England and Australia in their respective quarter-finals, while France and New Zealand both promised much but ultimately failed to deliver. Then, after the Wallabies? victory over New Zealand, the whole of Australia came alive as the tournament moved towards the ?dream final? ? Australia versus England.;Sweet Chariot is the complete record of an unforgettable tournament, written by many of the game?s leading writers and broadcasters and illustrated by a team of top sports photographers. This is the perfect souvenir of Rugby World Cup 2003, a book which will rekindle memories for the millions who followed the matches on radio and television and the thousands who travelled to Australia to watch the drama unfold.
The Devil Dared Me To
The Devil Dared Me To follows the story of daredevil stuntman Randy Cambell and his quest to follow in his late father's footsteps and become New Zealand's greatest daredevil stuntman. Ever since growing up as a young boy on a remote New Zealand sheep-farm Randy has dreamed of performing the ultimate daredevil stunt: jumping across Cook Strait in a rocket car. It is this dream that sends him on his quest from the South Island sheep farm to the bright lights of Auckland city. Along the way Randy teams up with the traveling misfit stunt-team the Timaru Hellriders is employed by mentor-turned nemesis stunt co-ordinator Dick Johansonson and meets the love of his life the one-legged cunning stunt babe Tracy Tragedy Jones.
Lion Man - Series 2 - Triple Pack
Series 2 of The Lion Man follows the exciting developments at the park as Zion Wildlife Park moves into stage 2 of its expansion plans. Now with the park closed major construction work is underway to provide the animals with amazing new enclosures.Along the way we also follow Craig on his adventures. He travels to South Africa to sort through the red tape to enable him to bring the first ever White Lion to New Zealand. We follow him to Queenstown where he shoots an amazing international commercial with a young lion. We also tag along with Craig as he visits one of the most spiritual big cat havens in the World a monastery in Thailand where monks live in harmony with tigers.
Illusionary Lines
Super 8 is back - bigger better and even more travelled than before. ; ; Join the World Cup circuit and watch your favourite pros behind the scenes and follow their race runs in the unique style that only Super 8 Illusionary Lines can deliver. ; ; Illusionary Lines features racing from all 2006 UCI World Cup Downhill rounds plus the World Championships in Rotorua and World Cup Finals in Schladming. ; ; Then once the dust has settled on the racetrack follow the winners to an isolated and beautiful part of the globe for an insight into their lives and styles. ; ; Illusionary Lines is filmed in Africa Australia Brazil Canada Finland (Arctic Circle) GB Germany New Zealand Spain and Switzerland and features Sam Hill The Athertons Greg Minnaar Mick Hannah Claudio Calouri Nathan Rennie Chris Kovarik Darren Pokoj Matti Lehikoinen Bertold Markolf and many more of the World's fastest riders.
The Warrior's Way
A $45 million USA-New Zealand co-production from producers Barrie M. Osbourne (Lord of the Rings) Lee Joo-ick (Battle Of Wits) and Michael Peyser (Speed 2). This effects-heavy English-language fantasy actioner stars Jang Dong Gun (The Promise) Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) and Geoffrey Rush (Pirates Of The Caribbean). The world’s greatest swordsman abandons his warrior clan to start a new life in the American Badlands in The Warrior’s Way a visually dazzling modern martial arts adventure with stunningly choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts. In an original gorgeously realised journey into a mythical past writer and director Sngmoo Lee seamlessly marries the cinematic traditions of East and West. Korean superstar Jang Dong Gun Kate Bosworth Danny Huston and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush star in this epic story of revenge and redemption. Yang (Jang Dong Gun) must betray his clan to save his final enemy – a young baby girl. He travels from Asia to a dying gold rush town in the American West where he goes into hiding by working as a lowly laundryman. Yang attempts to put his past behind him while befriending the local eccentrics of the once-thriving town the fiery tempered knife-thrower Lynne (Bosworth) and Ron (Rush) the town drunk with a secret past. When Lynne is threatened by a gang led by a Colonel (Danny Huston) Yang comes out of hiding to protect her and the town with his sword skills and finds himself forced to face the past he was hoping to put behind him.
Last Chance to See - In The Footsteps of Douglas Adams
Join zoologist Mark Carwardine and Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as they follow in their great friend Douglas Adams' footsteps, in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals on Earth. Twenty years ago, zoologist Mark Carwardine teamed up with the late Douglas Adams (author of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and together they embarked on a groundbreaking expedition, travelling the globe in search of some of the world's most endangered animals. Now Mark has teamed up with one of Douglas's closest friends - comic genius Stephen Fry - to see how all those animals have been faring in the years since In Last Chance to See, and the accompanying major BBC television series, we follow the unlikely duo on six separate journeys which take them from the steamy jungles of the Amazon to the ice-covered mountain tops of New Zealand and from the edge of a war zone in Central Africa to a sub-tropical paradise in the North Pacific Along the way, they search for some of the weirdest, most remarkable and most troubled creatures on earth: a large, black, sleepy animal easily mistaken for an unusually listless mudbank, a parrot with a song like an unreleased collection of Pink Floyd studio outtakes, a rhino with square lips, a dragon with deadly saliva, an animal roughly the length of a Boeing 737 and the creature most likely to emerge from the cargo doors of a spaceship. A unique insight into the disappearing world around us, this is their hilarious, entertaining, informative and thought-provoking story.