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Ray / Genius - A Night For Ray Charles

Includes Ray (2004) and Genius: A Night For Ray Charles. Ray - A musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Director Hackford and his producing partner, Stuart Benjamin, spent the last 15 years developing this story with Ray Charles. What follows is a well defined portrait of an artist who turned his personal encounters with darkness into a burning light. The story of Ray - that of an impoverished, blind child of the segregated South who went on to break down social and artistic barriers and change the history of American music - is the quintessentially American story of a man's fight to control his own destiny. The film follows the most volatile period of his career, starting from the moment the young, black, blind teenager courageously boards a Florida bus all alone and heads across the United States to hone his art in the happening Seattle jazz scene. It covers his early struggles to be treated fairly and find his own path, to his discovery by Atlantic Records and subsequent meteoric rise to global fame, to his battles with addiction and his torrid love affairs. Jamie Foxx won best Actor In A Leading Role at the Bafta Awards (R) 2005 and the film also won an award for Sound. At the Academy Awards 2005, Jamie Foxx won an Oscar (R) for best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role and the film won an award for Achievement In Sound Mixing. Genius: A Night For Ray Charles - A tribute concert celebration of the life and music of Ray Charles. Presented by Quincy Jones, Morgan Freeman, Regina King and Jamie Foxx. Tracklist includes: Elton John (with Mary J. Blige) - Right Time Is The Right Time, Usher - Georgia On My Mind, Stevie Wonder - I've Got A Woman, Norah Jones - Drown In My Own Tears, Jamie Cullum - Hallelujah I Love Her So, Reba McEntire - I Can't Stop Loving You, B.B. King And Billy Preston - Sinner's Prayer, Elton John - Born To Lose, Al Green - What I'd Say, Kenny Chesney - You Don't Know Me, Billy Preston - Unchain My Heart, Mary J. Blige - Come Rain Or Come Shine and Ray Charles - America The Beautiful.

Norman Granz - Clark Terry

Clark Terry has been described as 'possessor of the happiest sound in jazz'. A veteran of Duke Ellington's orchestra, he began to perform as a soloist in the sixties and established a reputation as one of the great teachers of jazz music, which continues to the present day. In this typically exhilarating performance from 1977 he is joined by an all star band including Oscar Peterson, Ronnie Scott, Niels Pedersen, Joe Pass, Bobby Durham and Milt Jackson. Tracklist: Minor Blues, Pennies From Heaven, Samba De Orfeo, God Bless The Child, Sweethearts On Parade and Donna Lee.

Merchant Of Four Seasons, The

Set in 1950s Germany, a young man, Hans, decides to set up in business as a fruitseller. His family at first surprise him by not giving him any encouragement, but surprise soon turns to frustration and embarrassment as the people he cares about start making his life more and more complicated. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Downfall

Set in Berlin 1945, the film retells the final days of the Second World War as recorded in the diaries of Adolf Hitler's private secretary, Traudl Junge, while barricaded with Hitler and his closest confidents in the Fuehrer's secret bunker. This unprecedented and controversial insider's perspective is a gripping insight into the madness and desperation of Hitler in the final hours of the war as the Russian Army closes a ring around Berlin. Received an Oscar (R) nomination for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards 2005.

Amazon

Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX (R) experience and celebrate the beauty, vitality and wonder of this magical rain forest, which is disappearing at an alarming rate. Filmmakers overcame many difficulties to photograph this rarely seen tropical landscape and present it with all the visual power associated with IMAX. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt, this unique collaboration between an American scientist and a tribal shaman on a mission to find rare medicinal plants will amaze and astound you.