John Pickering

Após alguns anos de um misterioso desaparecimento, o Super-Homem volta a ser visto no planeta Terra. Porém, a situação em Metrópolis está bastante mudada desde que o Homem de Aço deixou o planeta, pois a cidade habituou-se a viver sem ele. Além disto Lois Lane, a sua grande paixão, seguiu a sua vida após o sumiço do herói. Ao mesmo tempo em que terá de se adaptar à nova realidade, ele precisará de enfrentar um antigo inimigo, que planeia acabar com ele de uma vez por todas...

Em um futuro apocalíptico, no ano de 2045, a Terra enfrenta uma crise ecológica, como consequência da poluição e da superpopulação. Entretanto, têm missões interplanetárias à Marte, com o objetivo de produzir algas na primeira etapa de terraformação do planeta vermelho. Doze anos depois, quando a quantidade de oxigênio produzido pelas algas tem uma queda inexplicável, a tripulação da Mars-1 é enviada para verificar o que causou a queda nos níveis de oxigênio e assim continuar a missão de terraformação do planeta vermelho para a futura colonização humana.

All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.

Steve Lucas is a nineteen year old who is filled with the burning resentment of being forced to live in his brother's shadow. His brother Adam, is burdened by his father's desire for glory, and must win The Coolangatta Gold Tri-Aquathon, It is the greatest endurance test of them all: a marathon involving a 20 kilometer beach run, 6 kilometer swim and a 17 kilometer surf ski from Surfers Paradise along the golden arc of beach to Coolangatta and back to the start. The Coolangatta Gold is a story of human endeavor and endurance against overwhelming odds.

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.