I Am Not An Animal
I Am Not An Animal : short review
Deep inside the laboratories at Vivi-Sec UK, scientist Mike Simmons runs the top secret Project S - an experiment to create talking animals. The latest attempt (Batch 4) brings together a group of disparate creatures who live in what they believe is a cosy home but is actually a facade created by the lab computers. They have human personalities and names, wear specially designed clothes, speak in a pseudo-intellectual fashion, eat gourmet food, drink fine wines, read books and magazines and generally live like humans in luxury. Their leader, both by size and brain-power, is a horse named Philip Masterson-Bowie, then there's a dog (Winona Matthews), a monkey (Hugh Gape), a mouse (Clare Franchetti), a bird (Mark Andrews) and a cat (Kieron). The animals chat amiably enough and dream of going to 'London', which the computer depicts to them as a 'special place' where they can use their vocal and intellectual talents. Vivi-Sec UK is run by the sinister Mr Bronson, who is singularly unimpressed by the latest batch in Simmons' experiments and orders the animals to be put down. Kieron the cat is vivisected (his head is removed from his body but his brain is kept alive by a machine) and the others manage to escape their fate by the timely intervention of a hapless squad of animal-rights activists who raid the lab but manage to kill many of the animals while liberating them. When the activists realise that they have intelligent, talking animals on board, the shock causes them to crash their van, and Batch 4 escape to the real world... Features six episodes.
West Bromwich Albion - Season Review 2003/2004
Review of the key moments from West Bromich Albion's performances, in the 2003-2004 season. They led the way in Division One for most of the season and provided the fans with plenty of football action to enjoy.
The debut film of director Gregory Hatanaka is a subtle character study focusing on the complex - and ultimately destructive - relationship between Robert (Norman Reedus), an unsuccessful writer leading a dissolute life, and Elizabeth (Kathleen Robertson), one of his ex-lovers, who has since married a once-famous actor.
Esa-Pekka Salonen - In Rehearsal - Debussy
Esa-Pekka Salonen in rehearsal. With a highly acclaimed performance of Mahler's 3rd Symphony Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen acquired worldwide fame at the tender age of 25. Over the following years he not only became the musical head of several festivals, but also guest-conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra London and chief-conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Salonen's appointment as musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1992 is definitely one of the highlights in the career of this amazing musician. Together with the LAP the ambitious Finn realised many great concerts and released some fabulous recordings, mostly with 20th century music repertoire. This program showcases Salonen while rehearsing Claude Debussy's La Mer. There is a special connection between La Mer and the conductor, who is fascinated by the countless sound possibilities of the impressionistic work, and this DVD provides a perfect insight into how he experiments with the score in different performances.
Nicole Bonnet, (Audrey Hepburn), the daughter of a wealthy counterfeit artist finds herself involved in the theft of a fake Cellini Venus from a prestigious museum in Paris. Her father has foolishly lent the item to the museum and later learns that they are planning to check it to see if it is real. She hires a society burglar, Simon Demott (Peter O'Toole), who helps her to steal the piece. Just to complicate the situation, the pair begin to fall in love.
Susan Clarkson finds herself on board a 68-foot yacht, travelling to Vancouver from San Diego, with hot-tempered Matt and crew-member Jason. The tension on board begins to build as Matt becomes jealous of Susan and Jason's friendship. Soon they also face a battle with the elements as a storm suddenly hits...
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