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Icon and Hoyts Presentations at Australian International Movie Convention

Icon and Hoyts Presentations at Australian International Movie Convention

This past week Australia’s cinema operators were given the chance to view the upcoming slate offered by the major film distributors in Australia. Two of those distributors were Hoyts and Icon who are responsible for filling your screens with the best independent films from abroad. Here’s a look at what impressed at their presentation.

Fair Game, a drama/thriller, being brought to your cinemas by Hoyts tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Palme. Directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn Fair Game is something that needs to be seen to be believed. I got to see the film, in full, and the story is incredible and almost sounds made up. I’ll have a review up soon, but Fair Game came out of nowhere and really impressed as a tense political thriller with some great performances. Fair Game will be released in November 2010.

Hoyts line up featured quite a few films I didn’t even know were in production. Another such film was The Warrior’s Way a genre blending martial arts/western from director Sngmoo Lee and starring Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston and Kate Bosworth. The extended trailer showed off some ridiculously cool visuals and fight scenes as the swordsman Yang is forced to flee to the West after being labeled an outcast by his clan. He arrives in a tormented carnival town that lives in fear of a local gang called the Hell Riders. There’s a scene in the trailer where ninja assassins and gun totting Hell Riders are duking it out in an orgy of violence and mayhem. It looked amazing. Rush and Huston also seemed to be having a lot of fun with their roles, Rush plays the town drunk and Huston the diabolical leader of the Hell Riders. The Warrior’s Way will be released in November 2010.

Two films that didn’t have any footage shown, but still sound promising from Hoyts are Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers (3D) and Chuck Russell’s Arabian Nights (3D). Both films are drawing from good source material (Arabian Nights deals with stories from 1001 Arabian Nights) and contain good casts (Anthony Hopkins for Arabian Nights and Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz and Matthew Mcfadyen for The Three Musketeers). Both films will be using 3D but I’m more interested in seeing how Russell’s Arabian Nights turns out as its fantasy/fable setting can allow for a more interesting visual experience.

Icon has four films coming out in the next 12-18 months that, after attending the AIMC, are now firmly on my radar. RED, based on Warren Ellis’s DC Comics series, and Matt Reeves Westernization of the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In were already two films I’d been keeping my eye on. Everything I saw of RED at AIMC just made me love it even more. There was an extended trailer that highlighted both the humor and the action that will be the focus of this film, starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman, about retired CIA operatives who are forced to confront the agency that used to employ them. There’s also just something about Helen Mirren with a machinegun that just seems oh so right. While the idea of RED has always impressed me my interest in Reeves Let Me In only came from the outrage the director of the Swedish version unleashed when he heard about the project. Icon was able to show two clips from the film that made me rethink my interest in the film. I can’t go into specifics, but to fans of the book and the original the clips showed that the relationship between the two young leads will still play an important role in the film and also that it will be as scary as hell, like I don’t want to go outside in the dark alone scary. In particular the second clip showed that Reeves has his finger firmly on the pulse when it comes to building tension and suspense, which will really help a film like this. Let Me In is released on October 14th 2010 in Australia while RED is released October 28th.

Going from what I was already interested in to the films I didn’t really know much about Icon had some interesting thrillers and a comedy that appear worthy of a watch. The films, The Killer Inside Me, Buried and Wild Target, have already debuted at some festival across the world in the lead up to their theatrical release. Casey Affleck looks brilliant as the psychotic deputy sheriff Lou Ford in The Killer Inside Me. The film drew considerable outrage for its portrayal of harsh violence against women and looks to be a powerful, unsettling film from Michael Winterbottom a director who isn’t afraid to push the boundaries. I’m interested to see whether there will be some substance to go along with the outrage. I was lucky enough to see Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds, so I won’t go into too much detail as the review should be posted soon, but Rodrigo Cortes’s film about a man trapped in a box underground is certainly a challenging piece of cinema that will divide audiences due to the risks Cortes takes. The final film from the independents that interested me was the British comedy Wild Target. Starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint the film focuses of Nighy, a successful assassin, who is contracted in to kill Blunt’s character after she double-crosses a powerful businessman in a deal. Instead of killing her Nighy has a change of heart and now they are on the run from a rival assassin who is brought in to finish the job. I saw the first 12 minutes for this film and it was hilarious in that absurd way that many British comedies are. In these first minutes we are introduced to Nighy’s character a ridiculously efficient hitman who is actually continuing on the family business. There is a hilarious scene with Nighy’s mother on his birthday and we are also introduced to Blunt’s con artist character. These opening minutes set-up the lead characters and the plot very well and they definitely left me wanting to see more. The Killer Inside Me will be released August 26th, Buried October 7th and Wild Target November 11th.

Hoyts and Icon look t have an impressive and varied slate of independent films set for release in the near future and their offerings were just the tip of the iceberg at the Australian International Movie Convention.

 
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Dimension Data Learning Solutions helps students caught by Excom closure

Dimension Data Learning Solutions helps students caught by Excom closure

Sydney, Australia – 25 August 2010: Dimension Data Learning Solutions (DDLS) announced today that students affected by the closure of Excom, will have the opportunity to complete their courses at no charge.  The offer applies to those students that are mid way through their course who can provide their Excom course confirmation and courseware.

DDLS General Manager, David Gage commented: “We will be ramping up our training schedule and will be looking to employ additional instructors to fill the hole left by Excom’s departure from the market.  It’s important that as a company we show compassion and respect for the students who have been caught out by the closure of Excom and we intend to assist them as much as possible.”

Students will be able to review DDLS course schedules to determine the most appropriate course to join at any of DDLS’s learning centres located around Australia.

DDLS offers authorised training courses for an extensive range of vendors including Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, Apple, Checkpoint, VMware, Encase, Novell, Red Hat Linux, IBM Lotus, and other leading technologies. It also offers courses on PRINCE2® and ITIL® processes, Project Management and Business Analysis.

Affected students can call DDLS on 1800 U-LEARN (1800 853 276).

 
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SUCK – Available to own & rent on Blu-ray & DVD from September 29 2010

Be prepared to take a journey down a highway of hell in SUCK a rock’n’roll vampire spoof about a down and out
band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal. With a stellar rock star cast including Alice Cooper, Moby and Iggy Pop, plus stars Malcom McDowell and Dave

Foley, this vampire comedy will rock your socks off when it arrives on Blu-ray and DVD. During a road trip, The Winner’s humdrum image radically changes when their bass player disappears one night with a hip vampire. She emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild. As the band members succumb, one by one, to blood lust, their “gimmick” launches them into the limelight.

If you loved Shaun of the Dead or Anvil: The Story of Anvil, or you are dying to see the two combined, SUCK is
the film for you!

SUCK DVD/BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES:

• Documentary, including 43-minutes of never-before-seen footage + exclusive behind-the-scenes
footage

CAST:
• Alice Cooper (Welcome to My Nightmare, Brutal Planet)
• Iggy Pop (The Stooges, Fun House, Raw Power)
• Moby (Play, 18, Wait for Me)
• Jessica Pare (Wicker Park, Hot Tub Time Machine)
Price: DVD SRP $34.95
BD SRP $39.95
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Classification: MA15+
Duration: 92 minutes!

 
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EA and Klei Entertainment Unsheathe Shank Today

Take Your Best Stab at Revenge on PlayStation Network on August 24 and Xbox Live Arcade on August 25

Australian & New Zealand, Aug 25, 2010 — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and award-winning independent development studio Klei Entertainment announced that the highly anticipated downloadable 2D action game Shank, will be available for download on PlayStation(R)Network beginning today, August 25 and on Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade on August 26. With its blend of classic side-scrolling action gameplay and stylized animation set against a modern-Western canvas, Shank tells a bloody story of revenge, penned by award-winning game writer Marianne Krawczyk.

“Our goal with Shank was to create a game that pays homage to the classic 2D brawler, while seeing how far we could push it by melding it with our own pulp-fiction influences,” said Jamie Cheng, CEO of Klei Entertainment. “At the end of a long road that began as an indie dream in 2009, we’ve finally shipped a visually striking, cinematic brawler.”

“With Shank, Jamie Cheng, Jeff Agala, and the team at Klei Entertainment have delivered the game analog of the black comedy symphony of violence dominating today’s indie film circuit,” said Jamil Moledina, Outreach Director at EA Partners. “This exquisitely bloody game conjures memories of the best arcade brawlers of the late 1980s, while delivering the production values and pitch perfect controls of a modern high definition blockbuster masterpiece.”

Shank tells a classic story of gangland betrayal through a violent, pulp-fiction lens. Gamers play as Shank, getting their hands bloody as they uncover the secrets of Shank’s past and the reasons he is hell-bent on revenge. With a deep and intuitive combat system, players unleash a tremendous number of creative combinations as they take down waves of enemies standing in their path. Shank also features a special co-operative campaign, designed to be played with a friend locally, which tells the backstory of the revenge plot. This prequel mission allows players to play as Shank or his partner-in-crime Falcone, with deadly double-team moves and gameplay that encourages teamwork.

Shank is one of the most highly anticipated downloadable game releases of this summer, having been nominated for Excellence in Visual Arts by the Independent Games Festival, as well as multiple “Best of E3” awards, including “Best Action Game” from IGN.com and “Best Downloadable Game” from GameTrailers.com. Shank is available for download now on the PlayStation Network for $19.95AU/ NZ$24.90, and August 25, 2010 on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points. Shank is rated “M” for mature by the ESRB. For more information on Shank, please visit www.shankgame.com and follow the development team at www.twitter.com/klei and at www.facebook.com/shankgame.

 
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BlackBerry Australia and New Zealand AppAlert

BlackBerry Australia and New Zealand AppAlert The BlackBerry F1 app receives data from the Formula One Management’s Technical Facility at the race track, and provides you with the same information supplied to teams at each Grand Prix in real-time.

Are you a Formula1 fan? Download the FREE BlackBerry F1 app and feel like you are part of the action!

Keen to prepare for the race? Check out the season calendar and race timetables and learn about the drivers including their names, numbers and positions.

Think you can predict the winners? Stay ahead of the curve and monitor track conditions including air temperature, humidity, air pressure and wind speed/direction.

Want to feel like you are trackside? Real-time race updates keep you fully informed of what’s happening lap by lap, including who’s overtaking who on the track.

Dreaming of being a champion? Be one with the winners as the scoreboard provides championship standings and results for practice, qualifying and race laps.

Download this app from BlackBerry App World today!

Note: the app will run for one Grand Prix weekend but will then ask you to register on Formula1.com to continue using the app for the current F1 season. This app is compatible with all BlackBerry smartphones with a trackpad or trackball.

Images are available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/spectrum261/BlackBerryApps# 
Download BlackBerry App World directly to your BlackBerry smartphone by visiting www.blackberry.com/appworld or mobile.blackberry.com.
For more information about BlackBerry App World: http://au.blackberry.com/services/appworld/

 
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Australia takes third place in regional Seagate Precious Memories competition

Australia takes third place in regional Seagate Precious Memories competition

Australian journalist John Westwood has won third place in the video category of the 2010 Seagate Precious Memories regional competition for journalists and bloggers.  Westwood’s video “I guess it’s up to us” is a poignant composition about the future sustainability of Australia’s environment. Westwood had previously won second place in the video category of the 2008 Seagate Precious Memories regional competition.

Malaysia dominated the 2010 Precious Memories competition overall, securing three awards across the photo and video categories while Taiwan and China shared the remaining two places.

The Seagate Precious Memories competition invited entrants from nine Asia Pacific countries to capture precious moments from their lives, highlighting the importance of storage back-up for protecting their memories. The regional phase of the competition included 49 winning entries drawn from individual country Precious Memories competitions conducted in July.  Regional judges included celebrities, videographers, photographers and representatives of Seagate International.

The winners – and all the entries – can be viewed online at www.seagatememories.com/au

The full list of regional winners:

PHOTO CATEGORY WINNERS

1st – Chuan Chen – “English National Ballet – Swan Lake” – Taiwan

2nd – Huat Beng Chuah– “Smile…” – Malaysia

3rd – Hongyan Chen– “Camel Bell in the Desert” – China

 

VIDEO CATEGORY WINNERS

1st – Nigel Sia – “My Precious Memories” – Malaysia

2nd – Yvonne Yi Ling Yong– “When Friends Gather” – Malaysia

3rd  – John Westwood – “I guess it’s up to us” – Australia

From protecting treasured family photos and personal video collections to developing next-generation consumer electronics devices and large enterprise networks, Seagate delivers advanced digital storage solutions to meet the needs of today’s consumers and tomorrow’s applications.

 
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Doctor Who Console GAMES TO DEBUT ON NINTENDO DS AND Wii

MATT SMITH AND KAREN GILLAN WILL FEATURE IN DOCTOR WHO: EVACUATION EARTH ON NINTENDO DS AND DOCTOR WHO: RETURN TO EARTH ON Wii  

LONDON, 24th August 2010 – The world’s longest running science fiction TV series Doctor Who will be brought to life on Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ this winter by game developer Asylum Entertainment and global distributor Koch Media.

Licensed by BBC Worldwide and based on the top-rated television series starring the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, and his Companion Amy Pond played by Karen Gillan – Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for Nintendo DS and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for Wii will hit retailers in the UK, Australia and selected territories across Europe. As Koch Media’s exclusive Australian partner – QVS will be the exclusive distributor for Australia/NZ territory.

Inspired by the Doctor’s adventures across time and space, Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth and Doctor Who: Return to Earth have been carefully developed to capture the imagination of Doctor Who fans and will enable the entire family to become the Doctor and Companion Amy in stories written with the Doctor Who production team.

Simon Bailey, Managing Director of Asylum Entertainment comments: “We are incredibly excited to be collaborating with BBC Worldwide on these two new games.  It is our firm belief that the franchise has massive potential on the Nintendo DS and Wii formats and it’s an honour to be bringing Doctor Who video games to the show’s huge fan base.”

 
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New Logitech Media Combo MK200 Puts the Things You

New Logitech Media Combo MK200 Puts the Things You

Do Most Right at Your Fingertips

 

Keyboard-and-Mouse Combo Pairs One-Touch Controls for Instant Access to Media and the Internet with Ergonomic Design

 

SYDNEY, Aust. —25th August, 2010 — Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) introduced the Logitech® Media Combo MK200, a mouse-and-keyboard combination designed to deliver comfort and convenience in one sleek package. The combo includes a keyboard that features one-touch controls for the computer activities you use most and a high-definition optical mouse.

The Media Combo MK200 keyboard lets you instantly play, pause and adjust or mute the volume on your music and movies with one touch. Additional buttons let you launch frequently accessed tools such as e-mail, the Internet or your calculator. You can even put your computer to sleep with one touch of a button.

The keyboard is also built to last with a spill-resistant design and durable keys that can withstand up to 5 million keystrokes, and sturdy, adjustable tilt legs with stay-put rubber feet. 

The mouse included in the Media Combo MK200 offers smooth, accurate tracking and an ambidextrous shape that feels good hour after hour.

Setting up the MK200 is simple. Just plug your keyboard and mouse into USB ports on your desktop, laptop or netbook computer and start using them. Even the one-touch controls work right out of the box.

Pricing and Availability

The Logitech Media Combo MK200 will be available in Australia from early September 2010 for a recommended retail price of $39.95. 

About Logitech

Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech’s combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).

To keep up-to-date with the latest Logitech Australia news

Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LogitechAustralia or follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/logitech_au.

 
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RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone in Australia

New addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve series is fast, easy-to-use, richly-featured and BlackBerry 6 ready

Tuesday 24 August – Sydney, Australia – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G, an exciting addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, in Australia. Designed to provide the growing number of smartphone purchasers with a distinctly powerful, approachable and affordable choice, the BlackBerry Curve 3G supports high-speed 3G (HSDPA) networks around the world and provides users with powerful communications features to connect with colleagues, family and friends.

“The BlackBerry Curve series has been very popular in Australia and we are excited to extend the series with the new BlackBerry Curve 3G,” said Adele Beachley, Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, Research In Motion. “The new BlackBerry Curve 3G is both powerful and user-friendly, providing a smart choice for the growing number of first-time smartphone buyers who are looking for a better way to stay connected in their personal and work lives.”

The BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone features a comfortable full-QWERTY keyboard for fast, accurate typing, optical trackpad for fluid navigation, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as dedicated media keys, so music lovers can easily access their tunes while on the go. The new smartphone also features a camera that can record video and a microSD/SDHC slot that supports up to 32 GB memory cards for media storage. Support for 3G networks makes browsing faster, streaming music smoother, and gives users the ability to talk on the phone while they browse the web, instant message with BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) or share their location with friends on popular social networking sites.

The BlackBerry Curve 3G ships with BlackBerry® 5 and is BlackBerry® 6 ready. BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system for BlackBerry® smartphones that retains the trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh and engaging experience that is both powerful and easy to use. BlackBerry 6 is expected to be available for the BlackBerry Curve 3G, subject to carrier certifications, in the coming months.

Pricing and Availability
The new BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone (model 9300) will be available in Optus and Vodafone stores at the beginning of September and at 3 stores from October. Please check with carriers for in-store dates and pricing.
For more information about the new BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone visit www.blackberry.com/curve3G . For more information about BlackBerry 6, visit www.blackberry.com/6.

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About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organisations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

 
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SBS DVD Highlights | October 2010

OCTOBER 2010

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SBS DVD HIGHLIGHTS

OCTOBER 2010

Welcome to the October 2010 SBS DVD Highlights Newsletter.

This month we step back in time with AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS and discover that while the Europeans’ motives when they set sail to the ‘New World’ were economic, political and religious, their true legacy was largely biological; moving forward a few hundred years we meet the Lancaster bomber and the brave men who flew and fought with her during World War II in LANCASTER AT WAR; we pay tribute to the legacy of the British steam train, with A FEAST OF STEAM and TITANS OF STEAM, featuring the legendary Flying Scotsman; and finally we take an intimate look at one of Australia’s brightest culinary stars in TETSUYA’S PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.

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AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS

Did you know that there were no apples or peaches in the Americas before Columbus? Or that settlers in the Americas could hardly navigate their boats because the water was so laden with fish? These fascinating facts and many more are revealed in AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS, a documentary that sheds a different light on the history of the Americas.

History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story – when Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there and America wasn’t exactly a ‘New World’, but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways.

Release date: 13th October

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LANCASTER AT WAR

LANCASTER AT WAR tells the story of the Avro Lancaster and its part in the bombing campaign of World War II Germany, a campaign that remains highly controversial to this day. The Lancaster became the mainstay of a long, savage campaign to cripple the Third Reich and bring Germany to its knees. This grim battle, fought in the night skies over Germany, resulted in the deaths of over 55,000 aircrew and thousands more in the cities and towns that came under attack.

This beautifully made documentary incorporates archive and feature film material along with vivid, moving recollections from surviving Lancaster aircrew. Their exclusive interviews bring home the dreadful reality of taking part, night after relentless night, in missions where the odds of survival were slim. LANCASTER AT WAR will not only appeal to those with an interest in military aviation, but to all who appreciate the spirit, resolution, stamina and courage of ordinary people.

Release date: 13th October

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A FEAST OF STEAM

We’re going full steam ahead with classic trains this month! A FEAST OF STEAM is an incredible and unique tribute to the preserved British steam locomotives, including the Great Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway.

Providing plenty of action for any fan of the mighty steam train there are British Rail locomotives, as well as scores of examples from the time of the pre-nationalised railways, narrow gauge, industrial and British Rail standard classes.

Release date: 13th October

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TITANS OF STEAM (INCLUDING THE FLYING SCOTSMAN)

All aboard! The special aura and excitement of the steam age will always be remembered. For almost 40 years the Great Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway, the Southern Railway and British Rail turned out hundreds of powerful and pioneering locomotives.

TITANS OF STEAM looks at those which survived, and have since found a new lease of life on preserved railways all over Britain. Incredible footage in this documentary shows preserved locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway including ‘The Flying Scotsman’ and ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ – a must for any history lover!

Release date: 13th October

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TETSUYA’S PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

We should all count our lucky stars that, as a 22-year-old Japanese immigrant with little money, no professional skills and no English, fate dictated Tetsuya Wakuda’s first job in Australia would be as a kitchen hand in a Sydney restaurant. From that accidental beginning, Tetsuya has chartered a course that has taken him to the top of fine cuisine around the world.

TETSUYA’S PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE takes an intimate look at one of Australia’s brightest culinary stars. Not only do we hear from his internationally renowned colleagues including Ferran Adria from El Bulli in Spain, Heston Blumenthal from Fat Duck in the UK and Richard Geoffroy, Chef du Cave at Dom Perignon, but from his first friends and mentors in Oz, who helped him through a nervous beginning to become the man he is today.

TETSUYA’S PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE also features over 80 minutes of extended interviews with food industry veterans and colleagues, including Heston Blumenthal, as well as selection of Tetsuya’s video recipes.

Release date: 13th October

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:

www.madman.com.au/sbs