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![Gattaca [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ENCH779DL._SL75_.jpg)
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- Gattaca [VHS]
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Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognized as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show , depicts a near-future society in which one's personal and professional destiny is determined by one's genes. In this society, "Valids" (genetically engineered) qualify for positions at prestigious corporations, such as Gattaca, which grooms its most qualified employees for space exploration. "In-Valids" (naturally born), such as the film's protagonist, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), are deemed genetically flawed and subsequently fated to low-level occupations in a genetically caste society. With the help of a disabled "Valid" (Jude Law), Vincent subverts his society's social and biological barriers to pursue his dream of space travel; any random mistake--and an ongoing murder investigation at Gattaca--could reveal his plot. Part thriller, part futuristic drama and cautionary tale, Gattaca establishes its social structure so convincingly that the entire scenario is chillingly believable. With Uma Thurman as the woman who loves Vincent and identifies with his struggle, Gattaca is both stylish and smart, while Jude Law's performance lends the film a note of tragic and heartfelt humanity. --Jeff Shannon
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![Charlie Chaplin: Great Dictator [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71J4N8JPWYL._SL75_.gif)
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- Charlie Chaplin: Great Dictator [VHS]
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Since Adolf Hitler had the audacity to borrow his mustache from the most famous celebrity in the world--Charlie Chaplin--it meant Hitler was fair game for Chaplin's comedy. (Strangely, the two men were born within four days of each other.) The Great Dictator , conceived in the late thirties but not released until 1940, when Hitler's war was raging across Europe, is the film that skewered the tyrant. Chaplin plays both Adenoid Hynkel, the power-mad ruler of Tomania, and a humble Jewish barber suffering under the dictator's rule. Paulette Goddard, Chaplin's wife at the time, plays the barber's beloved; and the rotund comedian Jack Oakie turns in a weirdly accurate burlesque of Mussolini, as a bellowing fellow dictator named Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria. Chaplin himself hits one of his highest moments in the amazing sequence where he performs a dance of love with a large inflated globe of the world. Never has the hunger for world domination been more rhapsodically expressed. The slapstick is swift and sharp, but it was not enough for Chaplin. He ends the film with the barber's six-minute speech calling for peace and prophesying a hopeful future for troubled mankind. Some critics have always felt the monologue was out of place, but the lyricism and sheer humanity of it are still stirring. This was the last appearance of Chaplin's Little Tramp character, and not coincidentally it was his first all-talking picture. --Robert Horton
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![Gattaca [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VfE5rU9OL._SL75_.jpg)
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- Gattaca [Blu-ray]
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No Description Available. Genre: Science Fiction Rating: PG13 Release Date: 11-MAR-2008 Media Type: Blu-Ray
- Price : $10.99
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- Gattaca (Special Edition)
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No Description Available. Genre: Science Fiction Rating: PG13 Release Date: 11-MAR-2008 Media Type: DVD
- Price : $14.94
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- In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
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Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one manâs attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon, which was nothing more than a television showâs attempt to create a tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race with ridged foreheads. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. In In The Land of Invented Languages , author Arika Okrent tells the fascinating and highly entertaining history of manâs enduring quest to build a better language. Peopled with charming eccentrics and exasperating megalomaniacs, the land of invented languages is a place where you can recite the Lordâs Prayer in John Wilkinsâs Philosophical Language, say your wedding vows in Loglan, and read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Lojban. A truly original new addition to the booming category of language books, In The Land of Invented Languages will be a must-have on the shelves of all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.
- Price : $17.16
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- Esperanto Learning and Using the International Language
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This introductory textbook begins with an extensive English-language introduction, covering the need for an international language, an overview of Esperanto's history, and the international Esperanto community. A series of brief lessons with exercises follows, concentrating on practical communication and vocabulary. The highlight of the book is a graded reader, which includes history, letters, stories, and poetry (both translated from English and drawn from original Esperanto literature) that gradually introduce more advanced usage and additional vocabulary. The book concludes with an abridged Esperanto-to-English dictionary.
- Price : $15.00
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- LingvoSoft FlashCards 2008 English <-> Esperanto software for Windows
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LingvoSoft FlashCards 2008 software for Windows makes studying and foreign language as easy and enjoyable as it should be. Featuring 5 enjoyable games that make learning fun, they are the most effective way to memorize thousands of new words. Once installed on your desktop or laptop PC you will be set to begin developing your command of a second language in record time. The unique customizable interface allows you to choose from numerous options to make the experience the most comfortable possible including a choice of 5 different display languages as well as full statistical information so you can always track and verify your progress. Incorporating three levels of general vocabulary as well as Business, Computer, Medical, and Legal terminology, LingvoSoft Flashcards feature the language you need to master to be a success. Complete with easy to understand instructions, English Grammar and language information for nearly 40 languages this is a resource that it designed to keep pace with your growing skills. Features: Five learning games: Review It!, Pair It!, Guess It!, Recall It! and Type It! Both directions available (bi-directional) User Dictionaries (Add, Create, Edit) Dictionary and word statistics are available for viewing Language information included for about 40 languages plus English Grammar System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista 16MB free space on the hard disk To make sure this software application will function properly on your unit, please download and test its trial version:
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- Speak! Esperanto
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The world's most popular Esperanto language learning CD-ROM for beginners, used every day by people all over the globe. Its ideal for travellers, business people, students and families. Anyone over 13 years of age will find the disc indispensable for boosting listening, understanding and verbal language skills. The software is such that users have fun while they learn.
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- Rick Braun - Esperanto
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Trumpeter Rick Braun set a record at the 2002 National Smooth Jazz Awards by winning five Smoothies, among them Best Male Artist, Best Album (the #1 contemporary Jazz Kisses In The Rain), Song of the Year (its title cut) and best Brass Player. Now best-seller Braun returns with his most seductive and intimate album yet, Esperanto. Features 10 tracks including the hits 'Green Tomatoes' & the string drenched euro-tinged 'Turquoise'. Warner. 2003.
- Price : $18.98
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- Blade Trinity
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The soundtrack to this motion picture features new music from The RZA (Wu Tang Clan) with Lil' Flip, Ol' Dirty Bastard, WC and E-40, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, The Crystal Method, and much more. There are three editions: regular, clean, and deluxe. The deluxe edition includes a 12-page comic by Takashi Okazaki and a bonus DVD with an animated short, a story board animatic and making-of footage, character designs, Blade Manga art, a weapons gallery, behind the scenes footage of The RZA scoring the film, and more. Exclusive liner notes from director David Goyer. PARENTAL ADVISORY.
- Price : $14.99
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