| "Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus [2001] (DVD)" |
| "The operetta Die Fledermaus is Johann Strauss' most brilliant and best-known stage work. It's a glittering comedy packed with Viennese music that has become a firm favourite in opera houses all over the world. A top international cast really have a ball in this highly-acclaimed 1984 New Year's Eve performance from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in which Placido Domingo makes a very stylish British conducting debut. Kiri Te Kanawa stars with her celebrated performance as Rosalinde, and the charismatic Austrian baritone Hermann Prey is Eisenstein, one of his trademark roles. The cast also includes Benjamin Luxon as Dr Falke and Hildegarde Heichele as Adele. The magnificent stage designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman recreate all the style and opulence of Viennese society in its golden period before the First World War. This production also features some very surprising celebrity guests at Prince Orlofsky's special gala performance party including comedians Hinge and Bracket, French singer Charles Aznavour and Merle Park and Wayne Eagling in Sir Frederick Ashton's specially choreographed pas de deux. Review ""A New Year's romp"" -- Financial Times""Kiri Te Kanawa a vocally and visually enchanting Rosalinde"" -- Daily Mail Running Time: 176 minutes Region: All Regions Subtitles: German|English|Japanese|Spanish Release Date: 22 Sept. 2003"
Price: 14.99 |
| "John Adams (DVD)" |
| "Acclaimed historical drama, starring Paul Giamatti as John Adams, second President of the United States. With Laura Linney. Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBO's American Splendor) stars in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me, Love Actually) as Adams' devoted wife Abigail. John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin. Set against the backdrop of a nation's stormy birth, this sweeping miniseries is a moving love story, a gripping narrative, and a fascinating study of human nature. Above all, at a time when the nation is increasingly polarised politically, this story celebrates the shared values of liberty and freedom upon which this country was built. Running Time: 481 minutes Region: Region 2 Subtitles: English|Danish|Dutch|Norwegian|Swedish|Finnish Release Date: 2 Feb. 2009"
Price: 15.99 |
| "John Bishop Live: Box Of Laughs [2016] (DVD)" |
| "Includes the following four Live Tours: The Elvis Has Left the Building Tour, Rollercoaster Tour, The Sunshine Tour and Supersonic LIVE The Elvis Has Left the Building Tour John brings his talent for observational humour to DVD for the first time with his critically acclaimed show. Filmed in front of a packed house at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, it shows a man at the top of his game, and illustrates why he has become one of the nation's favourite comedians. Extras: * PORTHCAWL ELVIS FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY * BEHIND-THE-SCENES OFJOHN'S LIVE SHOW * JOHN'S TOUR DIARY Rollercoaster Tour At the end of The Sunshine Tour, John Bishop decided to take some time off the road. However, his family concluded life was better when he was out of the house and so Bishop spent a year jumping out of aeroplanes, visiting Downing Street and taking male grooming to the extreme. Delivered in Bish's signature laid back style in front of a packed out Manchester Arena, the multi-award winning stand up phenomenon is back to tell you all about his Rollercoaster year. Extras: * THE MAKING OF ROLLERCOASTER * Q&A WITH JOHN BISHOP The Sunshine Tour Filmed live at Liverpool's Echo Arena on the hugely successful tour of the same name (which saw John play to over 400,000 people in the arenas of the UK). In this show John shares anecdotes about the ways in which his life has changed because of fame, he confesses to what his kids really think of him and he explains why this is his time in the SUNSHINE. Extras: * BEHIND THE SCENES * MAKING OF NIGHT FEVER & NIGHT FEVER VIDEO * ROYAL ALBERT HALL ADVERTS Supersonic LIVE John Bishop's back! After taking time out to write his autobiography, John limbered up again for his third sell-out national Arena tour, ending with a special one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall. This latest comedy caper by the immensely talented John Bishop was described as ""the funniest two hours you'll have anywhere, anytime soon"" by The Daily Mirror. Extras: * A JOKE TOO FAR * FAN TWITTER Q & A Running Time: 307 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date:21 Nov. 2016"
Price: 4.99 |
| "John Carpenter's Village of the Damned (DVD)" |
| "From the master of suspense, John Carpenter, comes a chilling new version of the sci-fi classic, starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley and Mark Hamill. Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich.After an unseen force invades a quiet costal town, ten woman find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) join forces when the woman simultaneously give birth...and the reign of terror begins!. Also starring Mark Hamill. Running Time: 94 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 27/04/2015"
Price: 7.99 |
| "John Virtue - London (DVD)" |
| "Director Jake Auerbach presents a unique insight into the works of John Virtue. John spent the best part of 20 years as a rural landscape painter. Initially this meant he spent a lot of time in isolation; first in the North of England and then also later in Devon. However, in 2002 the National Gallery came calling and he decided to paint the capital city. That project took over two year to complete. This film follows the artist and includes witnesses like Lord Rothschild and Charlie Gillett. Discs: 1 Run Time: 47mins Cert: E"
Price: 3.99 |
| "John Wayne 3 Film Collection [1948](DVD)" |
| "The AlamoJohn Wayne produces, directs and stars in this larger than life chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history. At the Alamo--a crumbling adobe mission--185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas, only a few miles from the site of the actual battle, The Alamo is a visually stunning celebration of courage and honour. Co-starring Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Chill Wills, and garnering seven Oscar nominations (1960: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Sound (winner), Best Editing, Best Score and Best Song) it is a truly memorable movie spectacle. The Horse SoldiersJohn Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent western director John Ford for this frontier actioner packed with laughter, romance and thrills. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin, this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war, and a powerful, action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident, The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union soldiers who force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station. In command is hard bitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne), a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders on perhaps the most harrowing mission in the war. Red RiverOne of the finest westerns ever made, this monumental, sweeping and powerful masterpiece features impassioned performances, stunning cinematography and adventure on a grand scale. Starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (in his screen debut), Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr., Red River is a hard-hitting, action-packed adventure that captures the grandeur, majesty--and danger--of the wild American West. Wayne gives one of the best performances of his career as Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who'll do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through the treacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he'll risk anything to reach his destination... even his own sanity. Running Time: 332 minutes Region: Region 2 Subtitles: English Release Date: 1 Oct. 2012"
Price: 11.99 |
| "John Wick [2015](DVD)" |
| "Action thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a former hitman who must return to the criminal world he left behind in order to seek revenge. After John Wick (Reeves) refuses to sell his car to Russian gang leader Iosef (Alfie Allen), the gang members break into his home and kill his dog, a gift left to him by his deceased wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan). It turns out that Iosef is the son of Wick's ex-boss Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), head of the Russian mafia in New York. As John attempts to track down and kill Iosef he encounters assassin Ms. Perkins (Adrianne Palicki), who is working for Viggo, and eventually faces his former boss in an ultimate showdown. The cast also includes Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Willem Dafoe. Running Time: 101 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 21 Sept. 2015"
Price: 7.99 |
| "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (DVD)" |
| "The critics are unanimous in describing this third installment of the violent thriller series as ‘easily the best’. Keanu Reeves returns as the stoic hitman. This time, he has a $14million price tag on his head and an army of bounty hunters on his tail. Release Date 16th Sept 2019"
Price: 15.99 |
| "John Wilson's Fishing World Box Set [DVD]" |
| "Angling Times readers voted him the Greatest Angler of All Time, and he recently received an MBE from the Queen. Now John Wilson is back, and on the hunt for the greatest fishing locations around the world. From tremendous Thailand to amazing Arkansas, John is at the top of his game, catching an impressive variety of fish and demonstrating the extensive angling techniques it takes to reel them in. Lake fishing takes a unique range of skills, and John is in Thailand using float, ledger and freeline tactics to bring in some red-tailed catfish, pacu and a striped catfish weighting 60lbs. Hes off to the land of the midnight sun, Norway, fishing the amazing coral reefs for coalfish, wolf fish and cod and he is on the hunt for some whoppers in some of the best spots North America has to offer. John Wilson is one of the UKs most recognized fisherman of more than 50 years. Running Time: 312 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 13 Sept. 2010"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Johnny Cash - A Stash of Cash (CD+DVD)" |
| "No. Discs: Â 2 CDs + DVD"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Johnny Cash Song by Song (DVD)" |
| "In Johnny Cash, Song By Song, each episode sets the cultural landscapescene and unravels and reveals the contradictions of this complicated man through the lens of a song. Each song/story provides a calibrated insight into the unparalleled dramaof a life fully lived and a career fully exploited; resilience, fortitude, love,compassion, rebellion and soul-searching. Cash spoke for the condemnedand his redeemer, the downtrodden coal miner, the hopeless romantic, thejunkie and the righteous man. He bucked the system and created his signature persona the Man in Black.The statement was loud and strong: Johnny Cash plays by his own rules. ‚“How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell.There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.?- Johnny Cash Format: DVD Run Time: 114 mins Discs: 1‚ "
Price: 3.99 |
| "Johnny English Strikes Again (DVD)" |
| "Rowan Atkinson returns as the much-loved accidental secret agent. With Ben Miller. Rowan Atkinson's bumbling super spy returns, brought out of retirement as a geography teacher, when a cyber-attack reveals the identity of Britain's undercover agents. He's reunited with assistant Bough (Ben Miller) and sent to the south of France, where he crosses paths with a seductive spy (ex-Bond girl Olga Kurylenko). Release Date 18th Feb 2019"
Price: 17.99 |
| "Johnny Jarvis: The Complete Series (DVD)" |
| "This acclaimed six-part drama superbly captures the mood of late seventies/early eighties Britain, charting the fortunes of two school-leavers trying to find their place in the adult world.Powerfully written by Emmy- and BAFTA-winning Nigel Williams, Johnny Jarvis confronts the major issues of the day unemployment, racial tension, drugs and family breakdown and features memorably gritty performances from Mark Farmer and Ian Sears as the two friends who find their youthful optimism challenged by the harshness of real life.Hackney, 1977. Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton become unlikely friends in their final year at a comprehensive: Jarvis is the class clown, a popular lad with a talent for welding, while Lipton is a bookish dreamer who spends his time fabricating impressive exploits, pondering the future and fantasising about the father hes never met. As they leave school and anxiously embark on an uncertain future, can their friendship survive? Running Time: 300 minutes Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.) Release Date: 6 Nov. 2017"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Johnny Kingdom's Wild Exmoor (DVD)" |
| "The film-maker and photographer 'Johnny Kingdom' follows the wildlife and people of Exmoor National Park through all four seasons, beginning with spring. Johnny sets out in search of a herd of male red deer, meets an old friend who has had an idea about how to film badgers underground, and heads over to Brayford, where he grew up, to open the village spring fair. Johnny then has to leave Exmoor in search of the very rare sight of adders mating and is thrilled when he gets closer to them than he has ever been before. Running Time: 120 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 28 Sept. 2015"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Joint Account: The Complete Collection (DVD)" |
| "Classic BBC sitcom about a couple facing life changes. Hannah Gordon, Peter Egan and John Bird star. Meet the Braithwaites. Belinda and David enjoy a very unconventional marriage. She wears the trousers, working as a respected bank manager and hes a house-husband, which means he takes care of the household, shares coffee mornings and innuendos with their flirty and always present neighbour Louise (Lill Roughley) and volunteers at the Citizens Advice Bureau. Now that the kids have left home, Belinda wants to retire, but David likes things just the way they are, because he doesnt want to give up his cosy, easy lifestyle and get back into the rat race. John Bird stars as Belindas deputy at the bank who firmly believes a womans place is in the home. He makes office life as unpleasant as he can to try and edge her out and take over her office. Will Belinda quit the bank? Will David find a proper job? Will Louise ever have her wicked way with David? Hilarious BBC sitcom classic starring BAFTA winner Peter Egan (Chariots of Fire) and Hannah Gordon (Upstairs, Downstairs / My Wife Next Door). Directed by Mike Stephens (The Brittas Empire / Allo Allo) Written by Don Webb (Byker Grove) The series ran for two seasons, comprising of 16 episodes in total. Release Date: 5th September 2016 Year of production: 1989 Director: Mike Stephens Cat No: 166440 Barcode: 5019322664406 Certification: 12 Format: DVD"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Joker (DVD)" |
| "Arthur Fleck, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured society. Directed by Todd Phillips. “A mesmerising lead performance gives Todd Phillips’s divisive reimagining of the comic villain raw power. FOUR STARS” – Guardian A clown-for-hire by day, Arthur Fleck aspires to be a stand-up comic at night but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study. Release Date 10th Feb 2020"
Price: 17.99 |
| "Jonathan (DVD)" |
| "onathan is 23; he and his aunt, Martha, work on their farm. Jonathan also devotes himself to looking after his father Burghardt, who has cancer. But his father stubbornly sabotages his son s efforts to care for him. Jonathan finds it increasingly difficult to cope until they hire a young caretaker, Anka, to help. Jonathan and Anka fall in love; her experience of working at a hospice helps Jonathan to gain a new insight into his father s situation. But then Burghardt s long-lost boyhood friend Ron appears on the scene and his health visibly improves. The family sees Ron as an intruder; then Jonathan discovers that, many years ago, his father and Ron were deeply in love. All at once, the faade of cherished family beliefs crumbles and long-repressed secrets come to light. Can Jonathan forgive his father? Running Time: 99 minutes Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.) Release Date: 12 Jun. 2017"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life (DVD)" |
| "An intimate portrait of one of the world's most successful gay adult film stars. The film explores Jonathan Agassi's private life and career in the sex industry and how the two both conflict and blend with each other. Release Date 18th Nov 2019"
Price: 12.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek - Daemon's Roost (DVD)" |
| "Synopsis According to legend, the dark, forbidding edifice of Daemons' Roost was once home to a sorcerer named Jacob Surtees, who harnessed the powers of Hell to subjugate his victims. Living there today is the veteran film director Nathan Clore, whose output of schlock horror movies in the Seventies generated its own brand of terror among cinema audiences. His health now failing, he has summoned home his stepdaughter Alison, to share with her, finally, the dreadful truth about what happened to her family there when she was just a child. Were her mother and sisters really killed by demonic forces? And what is the macabre background to the seemingly impossible death of her husband Stephen's first wife - in a locked room? murder that became known as the Striped Unicorn Affair? The chilling solution to it all is one that will tragically resonate with events in Jonathan Creek's own distant past Region: Region 2 Release Date: 6 Feb. 2017"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek - Series 5 (DVD)" |
| "Jonathan Creek may have left his windmill and the world of professional magic behind, but as he settles down for what ought to be a quiet married life, there are still plenty of bizarre mysteries to tax his unique deductive powers. In the first of three new episodes, as he and his beautiful wife Polly leave the city to move into her deceased parents' sprawling old house in the country, the dust has barely settled when Creek is called upon to investigate a brutal and baffling murder attempt in a West End London theatre. The leading actress in a spooky Gothic musical has been found stabbed, unconscious, and left for dead in an empty dressing room from which no assailant could possibly have escaped. But just as challenging are a number of other ghostly events that begin to occur in the village where Creek and Polly have now made their home ... and which in the weeks to come will provide yet more classic puzzles for the lateral-thinking detective to unravel. Running Time: 174 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 17 Mar. 2014"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek - The Clue of the Savant's Thumb (DVD)" |
| "It's time to dust off the duffle coat as Alan Davies and Sheridan Smith return to star in a brand new Jonathan Creek mystery, involving secret societies, seeming supernatural events at a girls' boarding school and the miraculous disappearance of a body in front of several witnesses. But as Creek and Joey soon discover, there is more to this case than a mere locked-room mystery what is the link with the baffling red rings which appeared on the foreheads of convent schoolgirls in the 1960's, and the horrifying, ghostly death of a student? And what could explain the repeated appearance of St Barnabas himself to the girls? Something supernatural is hiding in the old convent school grounds, but Creek has an inkling that not all is as it seems. Using his powers of deduction and lateral thinking, Creek races against time to uncover a number of intriguing clues which lead him to the unbelievable truth. Can he once again render the impossible, possible? Features a great supporting cast, including Rick Mayall, Joanna Lumley, Sarah Alexander and Nigel Planer. Running Time: 89 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 06/05/2013"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek - The Grinning Man (DVD)" |
| "Jonathan Creek returns in this feature length episode to investigate a series of baffling disappearances in a haunted? room at the top of a large gothic house. Home of stage musician Lance Gessler, the forbidding mansion known as Metropolis' is the site of an intriguing mystery. Over the last seventy years a number of visitors staying overnight in the gloomy old attic room have disappeared without trace When two young women, taking shelter from a raging thunderstorm, spend a night at the mansion, the ominous presence? claims yet another victim. For Jonathan Creek, it seems an ideal chance to return to investigation and a great escape from Adam Klaus and his latest project. Of course, he hasn't yet encountered Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith), a sassy and fearlessly sceptical paranormal investigator, who is determined to find out just what has happened to her friend. As more and more mysteries unravel around the magician and his family, will Jonathan Creek's formidable powers of deduction provide the answers? Or is he about to be eclipsed by the sheer raw intuition of his younger counterpart? Special Features hind the Scenes eleted Scenes Running Time: 120 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 19 Oct. 2009"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek - The Judas Tree (DVD)" |
| "Jonathan Creek is back in another spooky tale, calling upon his friend and sceptic Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith) to investigate a series of sinister and bewildering events at a house called Green Lanterns. When the beautiful young Emily Somerton is recruited to work as an assistant housekeeper to famous crime writer Hugo Dor she discovers the premises are home to a bizarre, unsolved Victorian murder mystery And following the grisly death of her employer's wife Harriet, all the evidence suggests Emily is guilty of the crime. Ghostly visions, death threats she cannot remember writing, and the final, accusing words of the victim herself convince Emily she is losing her mind. And once again it is up to Jonathan Creek to dig deep and look beyond the paranormal for an explanation. Using his powers of analysis and deduction he and Joey find themselves in a race against time as they struggle to make sense of the baffling problem before them. A problem which leads, finally, to the eerie, isolated Judas Tree and a solution more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Running Time: 94 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 12/04/2010"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek Complete Series 1-4 & Christmas Specials Box Set (Re-Packaged) (DVD)" |
| "From the often bizarre pen of One Foot in the Grave writer David Renwick comes the entire first four series of this very popular BBC drama series. Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to another use--solving murders. Together with his journalist sidekick played by Caroline Quentin, and later by Julia Sawalha, Jonathan is called upon to solve a series of what appear to be unsolveable crimes.Series 1: 'the Wrestler's Tomb', 'Jack In The Box', 'the Reconstituted Corpse', 'No Trace of Tracey' and 'the House Of Monkeys' Series 2: 'Danse Macabre', 'time Waits For Norman', 'the Scented Room', 'the Problems At Gallows Gate' and 'Mother Redcap' Series 3: 'the Curious Tale of Mr Spearfish', 'the Eyes of Tiresias', 'the Omega Man', 'Ghost's Forge', 'Miracle in Crooked Lane', 'the Three Gamblers', 'Satan's Chimney'. Series 4: 'the Coonskin Cap', 'Angel Hair', 'the Tailor's Dummy', 'the Seer of the Sands', 'the Chequered Box', 'Gorgons Wood', 'Black Canary' Synopsis From the often bizarre pen of One Foot in the Grave writer David Renwick comes the entire first four series of this very popular BBC drama series . Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to another use--solving murders. Together with his journalist sidekick played by Caroline Quentin, and later by Julia Sawalha, Jonathan is called upon to solve a series of what appear to be unsolveable crimes. Extras include the documentary 'Long Hair and Duffel Coat', a commentary by director Marcus Mortimer and writer David Renwick, Alan Davies' and Caroline Quentin's screen tests and deleted scenes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Running Time: 1500 minutes Region: Region 2 Subtitles: English Release Date: 27 Sept. 2010"
Price: 14.99 |
| "Jonathan Creek The Complete Collection (DVD)" |
| "Alan Davies stars as the scruffy amateur detective and master of illusion. All 32 episodes of the BBC crime drama. Release Date 6th Feb 2017"
Price: 36.99 |
| "Jordskott (DVD)" |
| "Jordskott is a gripping Nordic mystery thriller set in Sweden. Seven years after the disappearance of her daughter Josefine, police investigator Eva is still trying to cope with the grief of her loss. Even though her daughter was said to have drowned, Eva knows in her heart that someone took her child on that fateful day by the Silver lake. When a young boy goes missing in the same forest Eva returns to delve into the dark mystery that haunts her. As she is drawn into the investigation she learns that there are much deeper and darker forces in operation. Eva now faces the toughest of all questions: how far is she willing to go to protect the one she loves? Running Time: 586 minutes Region: Region 2 Subtitles: English Release Date: 17 Aug. 2015"
Price: 18.99 |
| "Jordskott II (DVD)" |
| "Acclaimed Swedish thriller, with a spiritual twist. Seven years after her daughter's disappearance Eva is living in Stockholm. Still grief stricken, she is drawn to a case with ties to her own past. No. Discs: 3 DVDsCert TBCRunning Time: 7 hrs 07Release Date: 8 Jan 2018"
Price: 17.99 |
| "Joseph Losey Box Set (DVD)" |
| "Collection of feature films directed by Joseph Losey. In 'the Sleeping Tiger' (1954), a psychiatrist brings a criminal into his home as an experiment in rehabilitation after catching the thief red-handed trying to break into his house. The patient seems to be making progress until the psychiatrist's wife falls in love with him putting his recovery back significantly. During his three years in prison, 'the Criminal' (1960), Johnny Bannion (Stanley Baker), has been devising his next robbery. Once out of prison he pulls off the heist and buries the money, but is arrested before he can tell the rest of the gang of its whereabouts. The gang eventually spring him from jail, but make a mistake that may mean they never see the money at all. 'Eva' (1962) is a psychological drama set in Venice, where a Welsh novelist (Baker) falls in love with a scheming, gold-digging Frenchwoman named Eva (Jeanne Moreau). Realising that Eva will never love him, the novelist marries the beautiful Francesca (Virna Lisi) who in turn loses her will to live when she discovers her husband's secretly harboured desires. In 'the Servant' (1963), spoiled young British aristocrat Tony (James Fox) buys a handsome Georgian townhouse and employs Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) as his manservant. Initially appearing to settle in well to his new position, Barrett soon begins to exert his influence over his master with the overall goal of getting rid of Tony's girlfriend Susan (Wendy Craig) with whom Barrett does not get along. In 'Accident' (1967), two Oxford students, William (Michael York) and Anna (Jacqueline Sassard), crash their car outside their professor Stephen (Bogarde)'s house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous meeting. It transpires that Anna had been having an affair with one of the professor's colleagues, and, in a flashback to a dinner party, it is revealed what part Stephen had to play in the fall-out of the relationship. In 'the Go-Between' (1970), a young teenage boy, Leo (Dominic Guard), is invited to his wealthy school friend Marcus (Richard Gibson)'s family estate and is drawn into a love affair with Marcus's sister, Marian (Julie Christie). As he discovers that Marian is engaged to be married to Hugh (Edward Fox), a viscount of high-standing in the county, Leo doubts his ethics and starts to figure out a way to get out of the affair. In 'Mr. Klein' (1976), while the Nazis are undergoing the deportation of French Jews from occupied France, a Parisian art dealer (Alain Delon) discovers that he has a Jewish counterpart with the same name, for whom he is mistaken... Region: Region 2 Release Date: 6 Oct. 2014"
Price: 33.99 |
| "Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (DVD)" |
| "JOSHUA TREE 1951 follows James Dean (the handsome James Preston) on his first steps to becoming the international icon of youth and rebellion. The film is a series of revealing and sometimes dreamlike vignettes that blend autobiographical and fictionalised elements to present a pivotal moment in a remarkable life.We follow Jimmy Dean during two periods of his life prior to becoming the international star that we all know today. In 1949, he joins UCLA as an acting major, a decision which ultimately estranged him from his father. Whilst there he wrestles with the mental and sexual constraints and boundaries of society and while demonstrating great acting skills he rebels against the system he finds himself within. Whilst in California he also starts to experiment with his sexuality, and finds solace in the beds of both men and women.The film's 'present tense' is in 1951, as Dean drives to the desert of Joshua Tree, California. Along for the ride is The Roommate (Dan Glenn), a struggling actor who lived and loved with Dean whilst at college. The friendship and intimacy he provides gives Dean a sense of security before embarking on his own path. Matthew Mishory presents his first feature; a brutal and honest exploration of Dean's complicated sexuality and formative relationships; JOSHUA TREE, 1951 redefines the boy behind the image for a new generation.Includes short film, DELPHINIUM: A CHILDHOOD PORTRAIT OF DEREK JARMAN Running Time: 93 minutes Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.) Release Date: 13/05/2013"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Joshua [1976] (DVD)" |
| "Gritty vengeance western with a blaxploitation flavour led by cult star of the genre Fred Williamson. A vigilante is on the hunt for the men who killed his mother. Fred Williamson is 'Joshua the Black Rider', a Civil War veteran who returns home to find himself on a new battleground. On the day Joshua returns home from the Civil War, he learns that his mother has been brutally murdered by a gang of white outlaws. No-one is willing to help him track down the murderers, and he embarks on a one-man vengeance mission as a bounty hunter. His intention is not to hand them in and collect the reward. His reward will come when the killing is done. About the Actor Fred Williamson, icon of the blaxploitation genre, also starred in 'Inglorious B#####ds' (1978) and featured in Tarantino's 'From Dusk Til Dawn' (1996) Running Time: 90 minutes Region: Region 2 Release Date: 16 Sept. 2013 Genre: Film Cat No: 135005 Barcode: 5019322350057 No Disc: 1 Certification: 12 Format: DVD"
Price: 2.99 |
