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The definitive Besson handbook.
Congratulations must go to Susan Hayward for writing this wonderful studyof one of the world's greatest directors. This book goes into themarvellous detail that so many leave out. Of particular interest is thestudy of violence, and the 'fear of youth' concept.

The whole book isincredibly well-written and excellently set-out, with colorful and relevantillustrations where necessary. Even the more difficult to grasp conceptsare explained perefectly so as not to alienate the less film-literatereaders. It seems as though Ms. Hayward has a particular affinity for'Leon', which is studied at length, again in a very approachable and yetinsightful manner.

In conclusion, it is fair to say that this book is theperfect springboard into appreciateing the films of Luc Besson, perhaps ofFrench cinema as a whole.

Heartily reccomended. ... Read more

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Deep underground, the Minimoys are waiting . . . for a champion.

Besson's story contains many of the elements of a good, suspenseful children's adventure, but it is often over told, employs an abundance of facile plot solutions, and loses threads and themes in a long, dizzying action-adventure sequence that abruptly ends as "to be continued." Still, it's hard to resist a likeable hero-protagonist, treasure maps, the promise of rubies, and a land of warring tiny people. Let the hype begin! The sequel Arthur and the Forbidden City is due in fall 2005, and Arthur, a computer-animated movie based on the books, is due out in 2006, with Madonna voicing the part of Princess Selenia.(Ages 8 to 12) --Karin Snelson ... Read more

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Buried Treasure
I bought this book as a gift and decided to read it first to make sure it was age appropriate.The book recommends 9 to 12 - that's wrong.I would say 6 to 8 and geared mostly to boys.If you have a child that is afraid of bugs this book will freak them out.Little monster bugs that kill other bugs is not a bedtime story.But for wild man kids who like adventure, treasure and imagination this is a true find.It is one of several, so be aware of that so you may purchase the others.Nothing worse than finishing a book to see - TO BE CONTINUED and not have the continuation.Good for tots - nice read.

I wasn't wild about it
hi well to start this book was okay. I liked the movie better but since there are two books I'll just cover them both in this one review. book #1 Arthur and the minimoys,
It was slow at first then it got good and fun then slow then fun and so on and so on. then it ended bad they just got into the forbidden city. which made me kinda mad that you had to buy the second book to know how it ended. Book #2 Arthur and the forbidden city
This one was better it was never slow and had more action and whithout even knowing it Arthur marrys Selenea! And well the excuses to get out of things were not very good. I liked both books okay well gotta go hope this was helpful Brooke

Good story, easy reading
Arthur and the Minimoys was a decent little story, definitely targeted to a younger crowd (pre-teen) and was a relatively decent read.The whole idea was simple yet very interesting.

I only had two issues with the book.

First, there's a definite issue with relative scale.I'm willing to believe in the tiny Minimoy population that's barely 1/2" tall... but nothing 1/2" tall is going to be able to ride on a mosquito.You have to let some of the scale problems go if you're going to read this.

Second, the book pretty much abruptly ends, blatantly leaving you hanging for the sequel, "Arthur and the Forbidden City."It's almost a prerequisite that you get both books (or the combined book, "Arthur and the Invisibles") or you'll never actually know how the story ends.

Other than that, you'll like it.It's simple and fun.

la la la kaydee p2/r2
Arthur and the Minimoys is an exciting and interesting science fiction book with a bit of a romantic twist. Arthur is a curious ten year old boy whose grandmother's house is about to be bought by the evil storeowner, Davido. That is unless they can pay off their debt. So, arthur sets out on ajourney to find the minimoys, an african tribe who are about 1 inch tall. From the clues Arthur's grandfather left before he disapered- four years ago. I didn't really like this book, but if you like books with a vivid imagination, you will probably like it.

Cool Book by Cristina P2/R2
Arhur, a adventurous and curious 10 year old boy is looking for his Grandfather who has vanished 4 years ago and has never returned.

One day when Arthurs Grandmother is reading him a bedtime story they come across a picture of a little but beautiful girl. Arthur beggs his Grandmother to tell him about this girl who is actually the Minimoy Princess. His Grandfather learned about before he vanished.

During this time, Davido, an evil heartless man, is trying to get Arthur's Grandmother to move out of her house. After many times of turning down Davido, he finally gets a way to run Arthur and his Grandmother out of their house. Arthur's Grandmother hasn't been paying her taxes so he has to move out it 72 hours.

Arthur's Grandfather has left a treasure out in the garden. Arthur and his Grandmother have looked everywhere for it and can't seem to find it.

One day when Arthur is looking at the picture of the beautiful little princess, Selenia, he discovers on the back of the page is a map to the Minimoy land. After a long process to get to The Minimoy Land, Arthur learns that even the smallest people can make the biggest difference. Before he can be happy for to long Arthur, the evil henchman M. The Cursed, is trying to destroy the Minimoy Land.

During the adventure to find the treasure, Selenia and her brother, Beta, explain to Arthur the the Evil M. The Cursed is up to trouble. The questions are will they defeat The Evil M., Will Arthur find his Grandfather, and what will happen next in the story.

Arthur and The Minimoys is a good book. If you like adventure, romance, and creative ideas then this book will be great for you. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Subway (Film, 1985), Léon (Film, 1994), Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'adèle Blanc-Sec, le Cinquième Élément, le Grand Bleu, Jeanne D'arc (Film, 1999), Nikita (Film, 1990), Arthur et Les Minimoys, le Dernier Combat, Angel-A, Atlantis (Film, 1991), L'avant Dernier. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Léon, également intitulé Le Professionnel au Québec, est un film français réalisé par Luc Besson, sorti en 1994, avec Jean Reno et Gary Oldman. C'est le sixième long métrage réalisé par Besson, après Le Dernier Combat (1983) ou encore Le Grand Bleu (1988). Il s'agit, en quelque sorte, d'une suite à Nikita (1990), le précédent film de Besson : Reno y interprétait un personnage similaire à celui de Léon, nommé Victor. Besson considère que Léon est un , en . Ce film marque également la première apparition à l'écran de Natalie Portman, alors âgée de treize ans. Léon retrace la vie d'un tueur à gages du même nom vivant en solitaire à New York. Ce dernier héberge une fillette de douze ans dont la famille a été assassinée pour avoir volé de la cocaïne. Pour venger son petit frère, Mathilda demande à Léon de lui apprendre son « métier ». Le film reçoit un très bon accueil du public, aussi bien aux États-Unis qu'en France. Du côté des critiques professionnelles, l'accueil est plus mitigé mais toujours globalement positif. Léon est un succès populaire puisqu'il attire en France un total de près de 3 500 000 spectateurs lors de son exploitation en salle et aux États-Unis, le film rapporte finalement . Par ailleurs, il a été nommé à sept reprises au César (dont celui du meilleur réalisateur et du meilleur film). Léon (Jean Reno) est un tueur à gages vivant seul au quartier de la Little Italy à New York. La plupart ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Poor product description...
My star rating is based upon the poor product description that Amazon.com has for this movie. I took a chance an ordered this product, but Vasili Rabshtyna is correct in that there are NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES. I'm not sure where Thierry Rabaud purchased his copy but I suspect it wasn't from Amazon.com, at least not the one here in the USA. It looks like the UK Amazon.com has the PAL region 2 encoding version of this product, which does have English subtitles.

So, unless you speak French, DO NOT PURCHACE THIS PRODUCT!

wrong description of the product-no english subtitles
These area very good movies, but the description to this particular product is wrong. If you want to enjoy these movies and don't speak french-don't buy them! Because the movies are in French and yes they are subtitled as described, but subtitled in French!!! I tried to return DVD's back to Amazon, but they say that even though the movie is in French, it is still SUBTITLED so I can understand it and can't return it because of lack in description.

More info please/Plus d'info SVP
Is these DVDs has English subtitles?

My wife is American and doesn't speak Frnach, actually she prefer to read subtitles than listen to a dubbing in French.

Thanks for the info.

Est ce que ces DVDs ont des soustitres en Anglais?

Ma femme est Americaine est ne parle pas Francais, en fait elle prefaire lire des sous titres en Anglais que d'ecouter un doublage en Anglais.
Merci pour ces renseignements.

Thierry

More info please/Plus d'info SVP
Is these DVDs has English subtitles?

My wife is American and doesn't speak Frnach, actually she prefer to read subtitles than listen to a dubbing in French.

Thanks for the info.

Est ce que ces DVDs ont des soustitres en Anglais?

Ma femme est Americaine est ne parle pas Francais, en fait elle prefaire lire des sous titres en Anglais que d'ecouter un doublage en Anglais.
Merci pour ces renseignements.

Thierry

Just for Laughs
While living abroad we purchased these movies. Our older children just loved them. Now I have to buy another set in NTSC. It's full of hilarity even if you don't speak french! Just learn to read subtitles real fast or you will miss the action. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Luc Besson, Serge Gainsbourg, Darius Milhaud, André Hossein, Georges Auric, Germaine Tailleferre, René-Louis Baron, Michel Legrand, Maurice Jarre, Éric Serra, Claude Bolling, Georges Delerue, Bruno Coulais, Vladimir Cosma, René Sylviano, Pierre Bachelet, Alain Goraguer, Philippe Sarde, Francis Lai, Paul Mauriat, Marco Prince, Coline Serreau, Alexandre Desplat, Michel Portal, Pascal Comelade, Cyril Morin, Henri Verdun, Marcel Lattès, Georges Van Parys, Raymond Lefèvre, Jérôme Leroy, Michel Colombier, Jean Wiener, Martial Solal, Para One, Dominique Dalcan, Jean-Philippe Goude, Nicolas Jorelle, Pierre Barouh, Antoine Duhamel, Roger Désormière, Marcel Delannoy, Yarol Poupaud, Marguerite Monnot, Jean Françaix, François de Roubaix, Joseph Kosma, Julien Chirol, Jacques Bondon, André Popp, David Fenech, Michel Magne, Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, Fabrice Aboulker, Jean-Michel Bernard, Didier Vasseur, Alain Clavier, Reinhardt Wagner, Béatrice Thiriet, Yves Baudrier, Philippe Haïm, Serge Perathoner, René Aubry, Carlos D'alessio, Laurent Petitgirard, Marcel Landowski, Éric Demarsan, Pierre Billon, Maurice le Roux, Christophe Héral, Philippe Chany, Baudime Jam, Alex Beaupain, Pierre Papadiamandis, Patrice Moullet, Loïc Dury, Tony Aubin, Tiarko Richepin, Pierre Jansen, Thierry Malet, Alain Jomy, Adolphe Borchard, Pierre-Yves Lenik, Marc Lanjean, Maurice Jaubert, Frédéric Botton, Gérard Calvi, Nicolas Errèra, Frédéric Devanlay, François Rauber, Franck Marchal, Amaury Du Closel, Vincent Scotto, Olivier Florio, Philippe Rombi, Grégoire Hetzel, Bertrand Burgalat, Laurent Levesque, Jean-Michel Defaye, Philippe Eidel, Krishna Levy, Evgueni Galperine, Louis Beydts, Georges Garvarentz, Gréco Casadesus, Henri Betti, Casimir Oberfeld, Christophe M...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Luc Besson, Marion Cotillard, Samy Naceri, Taxi 2, Gérard Krawczyk, Frédéric Diefenthal, Taxi 4, Taxi (Film, 1998), Taxi 3, New York Taxi, Gérard Pirès. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Luc Besson est un réalisateur, producteur et scénariste français, né le 18 mars 1959 à Paris (France). En tant que réalisateur, il s'est démarqué avec les films Le Grand Bleu, Nikita, Léon, Le Cinquième Élément et Jeanne d'Arc. En tant que producteur, il est surtout connu pour la série des films Taxi. C'est la 238 fortune de France en 2009, avec 103 millions d'euros. Luc Besson et Bridget Fonda.Luc Besson passe son enfance auprès de ses parents, instructeurs de plongée sous-marine au Club Méditerranée, entre la Grèce et l'ex-Yougoslavie. Un accident l'empêche de poursuivre la plongée à haut niveau. Il commence dans le cinéma en multipliant les postes d'assistant réalisateur en France et aux États-Unis, avant de mettre en scène son premier long métrage, un film de de science-fiction coécrit avec Pierre Jolivet qui évoque la survie d'êtres humains dans un monde post-apocalyptique. Le Dernier Combat, tourné en CinémaScope et en noir et blanc, lui vaut d'être distingué au Festival d'Avoriaz en 1983 et lui permet de signer un contrat avec la Gaumont pour réaliser deux ans plus tard , interprété notamment par Isabelle Adjani et Christophe Lambert. Récompensé par 3 Césars, ce film impose sa griffe visuelle et donne à voir un univers graphiquement sophistiqué, très proche de la bande-dessinée et du vidéoclip que certains identifient comme le Cinema du look (article en anglais). Fort de ce succès, il entreprend la réalisation d'une œuvre qui lui tient à cœur : Le Grand Bleu. Mal reçue au Festival de Cannes 1988, elle devie...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad. France was the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle Vague, began in the country. It is noted for having a particularly strong film industry, due in part to a certain level of protection afforded it by the French government. It is able to stand up well to competition when compared with the cinema industries of other countries. Characteristics of French cinema include slower plotlines, strong character development, and a deviance from happy or conclusive endings. Apart from its strong indigenous film tradition, France has also been a gathering spot for artists from across Europe and the world. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Léon, the Big Blue, the Fifth Element, Arthur and the Invisibles, the Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc, Nikita, Angel-A, le Dernier Combat. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Fifth Element is a 1997 science fiction film directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. Mostly set during the twenty-third century, the film's central plot involves the survival of humanity, which becomes the duty of a taxicab driver (and former special forces major) named Korben Dallas (Willis) when a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his taxicab. Upon learning of her significance, Korben must join efforts with the girl and a priest (Holm) to recover four mystical stones which are key to defending Earth from an impending attack of pure evil and destruction. Every five thousand years, in conjunction with a planetary alignment, a "Great Evil" appears whose purpose is to destroy all life. In preparation for the next appearance in the 23rd century, a group of aliens called the Mondoshawan (pronounced "Mon-do-SHEE-wan") arrive on Earth in 1914 at an ancient tomb that is being excavated, to extract the only weapon capable of defeating the Great Evil, a collection of four stones representing the classical elements and the eponymous Fifth Element that conjugates the other four into organic life. After taking the weapons, claiming that they are not safe on Earth, as "war is coming", the Mondoshawans present a key to their human confidant, a priest, and tell him to pass the information provoking their mission through future generations in preparation for the Evil's arrival. In 2263, the Great Evil appears and destroys a Federated Army space battleship. When the Mondoshawans attempt t...http://booksllc.net/?id=143809 ... Read more