Crossing The Bridge - The Sound Of Istanbul DVD

Advantages: Great chance to relive the magic
Disadvantages: Makes you wish you were there

...No one could imagine at the beginning of 2004/2005 season, one of potential transistion with a new manager and new players, that the beloved Liverpool would make it all the way to Istanbul. One minute we are losing a league game and falling further and further behind in the league, the next we are witnessing some magical and unforgettable games, i.e. Olympiakos, Chelsea? This DVD gives you the chance to relive that rollercoaster season in one night, all the goals and highlights of that road to Istanbul are on there together with some great interviews from the stars of the show, Stevie G, Jamie, etc all give you their accounts of the various games right up to that magical final, and the highlight of dvd. Watch again as we come back from 3-0 down to lift that glorious trophy for a fifth time and feel the hairs on the back of your neck... Read review

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Advantages: Great Walt Disney film, excellent sketches
Disadvantages: None

...This is a Walt Disney film and it shows..... This is a funny film, cross between the Pink Panther and James Bond. The film itself was made in 1981 and is a great comedy for all the family. It follows the hilarious antics of cartoonist, who becomes enlisted by the CIA. The Director Charles Jarrott (Boys In Blue & Anne Of A Thousand Days), has made this film something special. The Story.... A Cartoonist by the name of Woody Wilkins (Michael Crawford) is the inventor of Condorman, who is cartoon character who stands for honesty and American way. His friend Harry (James Hampton) enlists Woodys help to take on an assignment in Istanbul, where some papers are required to be exchanged, the only rule from the Russians - the American must be a civilian. Woody gets to Istanbul and makes the exchange, but not before telling the beautiful Natalia... Read review

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Advantages: a new voice and view
Disadvantages: none

...isn't granted, though, and she's sent back to Turkey, Lotte travels to Istanbul to help her, there she meets Nejat, they don't know that they're looking for the same person, then a horrible accident happens. The story may sound a bit constructed and it *is* constructed, openly so. The film is divided into three parts each beginning with a blank screen and a title informing the spectators of what they are to expect. I was irritated when I saw the titles, on the one hand they killed the suspense but on the other hand they kindled it, a character's death is announced but I couldn't imagine why and how this character would die. The three parts don't follow a chronological order, the same story is told from three different points of view which complement each other, some scenes appear twice and make sense only the second time. Coincidences... Read review

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