Awesome Giants Of Steam - Giants Of Steam / Coronation Scot DVD

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...The "Iron Giant" is a wonderfully told story about a boy who finds agiant metal robot who eats metal.The tale takes place in a New England town during the "Red Scare" of the late 1950's. The boy befriends the giant ironman after saving it from being electrocuted (it tried eating the town's powerstation). The giant's intentions are peaceful but the boy keeps the giant away from the townspeople because he fears they will think that it's a secret weapon from Russia. The director, Brad Bird, has created a film that captures the paranoia that was sweeping our country at that time.The giant is a loveable misfit who cannot understand human nature. The boy, Hogarth, develops a touching relationship with the giant as it tries to discover why it came to earth.The movie is a joy to watch and is a future classic. It makes for excellent family... Read review

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Advantages: Inspirational, moving, entertaining, demands repeated viewings
Disadvantages: Not enough extras on the DVD

...warm inside and satisfied with an amzing movie. By the way, I'm twenty years old. The DVD is identical to the US version, but sadly only has a half-hour documentary and music video as its extras. Still, this is more than some, and the picture and DD 5.1 sound are awesome. Techically, it is up there with the best. Definitely worth renting, but buying is very tempting.... Read review

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...Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam DVD is another exceptionally good TV programme released on DVD that carefully reflects and capture's Fred Dibnah's love of steam and his respect for the engineers who made steam not only a possibility but a living and breathing reality before, during and beyond the Victorian era. As anyone who knows of Fred Dibnah will be able to testify, Fred Dibnah has had a special fascination for all things steam since his childhood growing up in the Northern industrial town of Bolton, Lancashire. In Bolton if cotton was King, the steam must assuredly have been his Queen or consort. Fred's respect was made manifest by the fact that he carefully and expertly restored steam engines not only for himself (his Aveling and Porter traction engine for one) but also for friends and later for commercial clients. Although he did... Read review

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