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127 Hours From Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, 127 Hours is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah. With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive.28 Days Later A powerful virus is unl..
127 Hours: From Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, 127 Hours is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah. With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive.28 Days Later: A powerful virus is u..
2001: A Space Odyssey: The most awesome, beautiful and mentally stimulating science-fiction film of all time (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Clockwork Orange: Future world neo-punk Malcolm McDowell becomes the guinea pig for a government cure of his tendency toward "the old untraviolence." The Shining: In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King's novel, Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain..
Academy Award Winners Joel and Ethan Coen have been writing, directing, editing and producing some of the most original films to come out of Hollywood. This box set contains six of their most unique and imaginative classics, including their most recent hit, A Serious Man. Re-visit characters like The Dude (Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski) and Linda and Chad (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading) as they are swept up in c..
Out of StockAbout Time: At the age of 21, Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father: all the men in his family have the ability to relive their past. He can revisit any moment in his life to try things differently until he gets them perfectly right. He decides to use his special new gift to win the heart of the beautiful Mary, but finds that the course of true love can be hilariously difficult - even with the ability to try, try and try..
The deadpan wit of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki has made him a cult sensation. This collector's edition features digitally remastered presentation of three of his most acclaimed features. Drifting Clouds: Among Kaurismaki's finest films, 'Drifting Clouds' follows the dwindling fortunes of restaurant hostess Ilona and her tram driver husband Lauri, who find themselves unemployed at the same time. Embarking on an unforgiving search f..
Aki Kaurismaki's deadpan, ironic and idiosyncratic films have established him as one of modern European cinema's most accomplished filmmakers. This box set presents four of his remarkable and highly acclaimed features. Crime and Punishment: Kaurismaki's first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen, a slaughterhouse worker and former law student, who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with t..
The Theo Angelopoulos Collection - Volume 2 (5 Films) DVDDistinctive, beautiful and poetic, the films of Theo Angelopoulos examine the history of modern Greece from a social and political perspective. Fluidly interweaving the past and present, they explore the stories of characters whose lives are shaped by the forces of history. This second DVD volume spans more than a decade of filmmaking and includes the films Angelopoulos refers t..
Saboteur Shadow of a Doubt Rope Rear Window The Trouble With Harry The Man Who Knew Too Much Vertigo Psycho The Birds Marnie Torn Curtain Topaz Frenzy Family Plot..
Dial M For Murder Originally shot in 3D, Alfred Hitchcock's screen version of Fredrick Knott's stage hit casts Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as points of a romantic triangle. She loves Cummings; her husband (Milland) plots her murder. But when he dials a Mayfair exchange to set the plot in motion, his right number gets the wrong answer!North by Northwest Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the forth and..
North by Northwest: Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is not a spy. And he's certainly no murderer. Nevertheless, Thornhill's a wanted man: enemy agents want him dead, the police want him arrested, and a cool, mysterious blonde (Eva Marie Saint) just plain wants him. A victim of mistaken identity, Thornhill can't afford to make any mistakes of his own - so he embarks on a death-defying run for his life. Relentlessly pursued by plane, train a..
Volume 2 Includes 7 Masterpieces By Alfred Hitchcock The Master Of Suspense: The Birds Vertigo Frenzy Topaz Marnie Torn Curtain Family PlotSpecial Features Original Trailers And Feature Commentaries By Cast, Crew, Film Historian And Critics & Much More!..
Rear Window When professional photographer J.B. "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events that lead to one ..
Volume 1 includes 7 masterpieces by Alfred Hitchcock the master of suspensePsycho Rope Saboteur Rear Window Shadow Of A Doubt The Trouble With Harry The Man Who Knew Too MuchSpecial Features Including Hours Of Bonus Features, Original Trailers And Feature Commentaries By Cast, Crew, Film Historian And Critics & Much More!..
Out of StockUniversally recognised as the Master of Suspense, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock directed some of cinema's most thrilling and ubforgettable classics. The House of Hitchcock features 18 iconic films from the acclaimed director's illustrious career including Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo and North by Northwest, plus a range of limited edition extras including blueprints of the infamous Psycho House, original storyboards from som..
Australia: Visionary director Baz luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) brings us Australia an epic and unforgettable tale of love, war and passion in a beautiful but unforgiving land. This spectacular action adventure is set in the wilds of the Australian outback at the beginning of the 1940s. England aristocrat Lady Ashley (Oscar winner Nicole Kidman) must save her newly inherited cattle ranch from a dangerous rival businessman. Fo..
Australia: Visionary director Baz Luhrman brings us Australia, an epic and unforgettable tale of love, war and passion in a beautiful but unforgiving land. This spectacular action adventure is set in the wilds of the Australian outback at the beginning of the 1940s. English aristocrat Lady Ashley (Oscar Winner Nicole Kidman) must save her newly inherited cattle ranch from a dangerous rival businessman. Forced to drive her stock north to..
Considered by many to be the greatest living filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman has conceived and wrought the most intense and moving studies of the human condition. He has demonstarted more convincingly than anyone else the extraordinary power of the motion picture to go soul-deep and galaxy-wide, to give us revelation as well as spectatcle, to put us in touch with our most intimate and least-confessed feelings. His work can be linked to many o..
Avanti: In this hilarious, lighthearted comedy from acclaimed writer/director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (The Apartment), a wealthy American discovers romance and the meaning of avanti while in Italy. Nominated for six Golden Globes - winning one - this delightful film as enchanting as the Wilder-Diamond/Jack Lemmon classics Some Like It Hot and Irma La Douce! American businessman Wendell Armbruster (Lemmon) is summon..
The Apartment: Winner of five 1960 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Apartment is legendary director Billy Wilder at his most scathing and satirical best. With audio commentary from film producer and AFI member Bruce Block and two featurettes-including a loving tribute to actor Jack Lemmon-this special Collector's Edition is your chance to own one of "the finest comedies Hollywood has turned out" (Newsweek)! C.C. Baxter (Lemmo..
Cinema’s original enfant terrible, Jean-Luc Godard was one of the leaders of the French New Wave, a key influence on American cinema of the 1970s and one of the few true auteurs still making movies. A maverick force from the beginning, when his debut film Breathless (1959) tore up the cinematic rulebook, Godard has continued to inspire and challenge moviegoers throughout a career that spans more than four decades. This essential collect..
Gran Torino Korean war vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski doesn’t much like how his life or his neighbourhood has turned out. Especially the people next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force Walt to defend those neighbours against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear.Flags Of Our Fathers For 70 000 marines who fought with bombs blasting and guns blazing, the bloody battle for Iwo Jima was more tha..
Gran Torino: Korean War vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) doesn’t much like how his life or his neighbourhood has turned out. Especially the people next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force Walt to defend those neighbours against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear.Flags Of Our Fathers: For 70,000 marines who fought with the bombs blasting and guns blazing, the bloody battle for..
TRUE GRIT: True Grit is a powerful story of vengeance and valour set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn (Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges), a one-eyed, trigger-h..
From the early stages of his career across five decades to his final film, Fritz Lang built a trilogy of paranoiac thrillers focused on an entity who began as a criminal mastermind, and progressed into something more amorphous: fear itself, embodied only by a name Dr. Mabuse. For the first time on home video, all three of Fritz Lang's Mabuse films have been collected for one package, in their complete and restored forms. 1: Dr. Mabuse, ..
DELICATESSEN: In a distant, apocalyptic future where grain is used as currency and meat has become a rare commodity. Dominique Pinon (Diva) plays an unemployed clown who finds work as a maintenance man in a squalid apartment block situated above a butcher's shop. Having fallen in love with the owner's daughter, he soon discovers the sinister truth behind the ominous landlord's unsavoury intentions. With its iconic, surreal imagery, gal..
Dune: Travel to a time and place beyond your imagination with this theatrical edition of David Lynch's epic sci-fi adventure Dune. Kyle Maclachlan heads an all-star cast (Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Virginia Madsen, Max Von Sydow, Sting) as Paul Atreides, an intergalactic warrior who leads his people into battle against the dreaded Harkonnens for control of the desert planet Arrakis, and it's most valuable asset: the spice Melange. Bas..
Out of StockDune: Travel to a time and place beyond your imagination with this theatrical edition of David Lynch's epic sci-fi adventure Dune. Kyle Maclachlan heads an all-star cast (Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Virginia Madsen, Max Von Sydow, Sting) as Paul Atreides, an intergalactic warrior who leads his people into battle against the dreaded Harkonnens for control of the desert planet Arrakis, and it's most valuable asset: the spice Melange. Bas..
The World's End: For Gary King (Simon Pegg) and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost) it was supposed to be the ultimate reunion - one night, five friends, twelve bars. A boozy quest to 'The World's End' pub on which only the strongest will survive. having the time of their lives, they're ready to take on the world...but tonight they might just have to save it. From Edgar Wright, Director of 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz', comes a wildly ente..
Triple bill of early work from celebrated French arthouse director Eric Rohmer. 'Le Signe Du Lion' (1962) is Rohmer's directorial debut - a cautionary tale of an American in Paris (Jess Hahn) who believes himself astrologically privileged. On the promise of a possible upcoming inheritance from a dead aunt, he starts spending money he doesn't have and has to reap the whirlwind when it fails to materialise. 'Le Boulangerie De Monceau' (19..
Prepare to laugh yourself senseless, with this five film fun fest!First up in 'Shallow Hal', Jack Black (School Of Rock) plays Hal, a man who only dates gorgeous ladies. That is, until he's hypnotized by a guru to appreciate 'inner beauty'. A changed man, he dates Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare In Love) - is she his dream girl, or just a larger than life experience?Next up in 'There's Something About Mary', Ted (Ben Stiller,..
Dial M For Murder: Alfred Hitchcock's screen version of Frederick Knott's stage hit Dial M for Murder is a tasty blend of elegance and suspense casting Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as the points of a romantic triangle. Kelly won the New York Film Critics and National Board of Review Best Actress Awards for this and two other acclaimed 1954 performances (Hitchcock's Rear Window and her Oscar-honoured work in The Country G..
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Jean De Florette: French director Claude Berri's stunning adaptation of the acclaimed Marcel Pagnol novel is the winner of numerous international awards and is the world's most popular foreign language film ever. City-dweller Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu) moves his family to the Provence countryside in the 1920s to forge a new life as a farmer. But his proud, cocky neighbouring rival Le Papet (Yves Montand) schemes with his simple..
Out of StockBox set containing two popular French dramas. 'Jean de Florette' (1986) is set in Provence in the 1930s. City-bred hunchback Jean (Gerard Depardieu) brings his family to his mother's old farm with plans for an idyllic life on the land. However, his scheming neighbours, Le Papet (Yves Montand) and Ugoli (Daniel Auteil), covet his farm's little-known water source, and the resulting feud escalates towards tragedy. 'Manon Des Sources' (1986..
After finishing his film Weekend in 1967, Jean-Luc Godard shifted gears to embark on engaging more directly with the radical political movements of the era, and thus create a new kind of film, or, as he eventually put it: new ideas distributed in a new way. This new method in part involved collaborating with the precocious young critic and journalist, Jean-Pierre Gorin. Both as a two-person unit, and as part of the loose collective know..
Born in Paris in WW1, Melville was inspired by American gangster cinema of 1930s and 40s Hollywood, he imbued many his films with a sense of menace and impending peril, creating a sinister underworld to be traversed by his ubiquitous gun-toting hoodlums. Revered and admired by many prolific filmmakers working today such as Quentin Tarantino and Michael Mann, Melville has had a profound and lasting impact on cinema. This set contains six..
The Rock: Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage star in this action-adventure blockbuster. Millions of lives hang in the balance after a military madman seizes control of the island prison Alcatraz and threatens to launch deadly poison gas missiles at San Francisco. With time ticking away, a chemical weapons expert (Nicolas Cage) and a cunning federal prisoner (Sean Connery), who happens to be the only man to have broken out of Alcatraz, must n..
A collection of films from director Joe Wright. In Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Tolstoy's epic novel 'Anna Karenina' (2012), trapped in a loveless marriage and the ongoing fallout of a family crisis, Anna (Keira Knightley) falls uncontrollably in love with charming and affluent bachelor Count Vronsky (Aaron Johnson). But as Anna falters to make a decision about leaving her husband, government official Karenin (Jude Law), Vronsky continu..
The Grapes Of Wrath: Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by the weather and the greed of the banking industry. With little work potential on the horizon of the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family heads for California. The arduous trip and harsh conditions offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face,How Green Was ..
Out of StockCollection of five classic films from the celebrated Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. In 'Ikiru' (1952) a dying man discovers a zest for life and desire to do some good after 30 years of dedicated work for the civil service. When Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), Chief of the Citizen's Section of the Town Hall, finds he has only six months to live he uses his influence to cut through bureaucratic red tape and give the go-ahead to the c..
Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema's greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This highly collectable 4-disc box set highlights his mastery of the crime genre bringing together four of his finest thrillers. Included here is the yakuza gangster drama Drunken Angel (1948); the atmospheric police thriller Stray Dog (1949); the tale of corporate greed and corruption, The Bad S..
Breaking The Waves Anti Christ Melancholia Nymph()maniac Volume I & Volume IISpecial Features Breaking The Waves: Commentary With Lars Von Trier & Anders Refn, Interview With Adrian Rawlins, Casting Tape, Promo Clip, Deleted & Extended Scenes, Excerpts From The Documentary Tranceformer, Trailer, Anti Christ: Nine Featurettes, Cast And Crew Interviews, Commnetray By Lars Von Trier And Prof. Peter Schepelern, Trailer, Melancholia: Five ..
Collection of four films by acclaimed Danish director Lars von Trier. In 'Nymphomaniac - Volumes I and II' (2013), when the well-read and knowledgeable bachelor Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård) finds a beaten and bruised young woman in an alleyway, he takes her home to his flat to tend to her injuries. The woman introduces herself as Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, whose carefree and hedonistic lifestyle has led t..
Out of StockRegarded as one of the great auteurs of modern cinema, Lars Von Trier's reputation as a ground-breaking and highly disciplined director is built on controversial and experimental films, such as The Idiots, Dancer In The Park, and Dogville. However, he shaped his distinctive style with three early projects, collectively known as the E-Trilogy - Element of Crime, the never previously released Epidemic, and Europa, all of which deal with t..
Out of StockBoy Meets Girl: The debut feature film, from Leos Carax which follows the faltering relationship of an aspiring filmmaker and a suicidal young woman. A beautiful blend of black humour and gentle romance that heralded Carax's luminous career. The Night Is Young: Denis Lavant plays Alex, a young punk who becomes involved with a veteran criminal gang plotting to steal a serum that cures a disease that is killing lovers. But when Alex falls..
Collection of films directed by acclaimed French film-maker Leos Carax. The thriller 'The Night is Young' (1986), follows petty thief and street hustler Alex (Denis Lavant) plotting to steal a new miracle cure for an AIDS-like virus on behalf of his gangster friend Marc (Michel Piccoli), attracting the notice of a mysterious American woman who also wants the serum. In 'Holy Motors' (2012), Lavant stars as the man of many identities Mons..
Signs: Signs is the gripping story of an ordinary family as they encounter the possibility that Earth is being invaded by creatures from another planet. When Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family awaken to find a 500-foot crop circle in their backyard, they're told extraterrestrials are responsible. As they watch with growing dread, news reports tell of similar "signs" suddenly appearing all over the world! Don't even blink as razor-s..
Marc Isaac`S Collection - Lift / Travellers / Calais - The LMarc Isaac`S Collection - Lift / Travellers / Calais - The LMarc Isaac`S Collection - Lift / Travellers / Calais - The L..
Hidden: An utterly compelling psychological thriller starring Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche as a couple who are terrorised by the arrival of covertly filmed videos of their home and family life. Desperate to identify of the person responsible, Georges embarks on a rash and impulsive course of action that has shockingly unexpected consequences. Time Of The Wolf: Isabelle Huppert and Beatrice Dalle star in Haneke's nightmarish visio..
A collection of 16 documentaries by Britain's most acclaimed investigative filmmaker, Nick Broomfield. The films are: 'Proud to Be British' (1973), 'Behind the Rent Strike' (1974), 'Tattooed Tears' (1979), 'Soldier Girls' (1981), 'Chicken Ranch' (1982), 'Driving Me Crazy' (1988), 'The Leader, His Driver and His Driver's Wife' (1991), 'Aileen Wuornos - the Selling of a Serial Killer' (1992), 'Aileen - Life and Death of a Serial Killer' (..
For over half a century, the brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani have been making some of the most beautiful and timeless films in all Italian cinema, and this collection showcases some of their greatest achievements. Padre Padrone catapulted them to international fame when it won both the Palme d Or and the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Set in rural Sardinia, it tells the true story of Gavino Ledda, who rose..
This magnificent DVD box set contains four hand picked films from the outstanding, controversial and influential filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. This collection of his most critically acclaimed films is a must own for any genuine film collector. Volver: Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) is visited by the apparition of her mother, who has been haunted by an uresolved family issue since her death. Volver is a film about life in Pedro Almodovar's native..
Out of StockThe Skin I Live In: Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scuples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples we..
After filming the landmark Nosferatu, the silent cinema's master innovator F. W. Murnau demonstrated the reach of his genre versatility with a pair of films that explored the dimensions of the psychodrama and the adventure-programmer. All the Murnau characteristics are present: a vibrant naturalism, exquisite imagery, passages of dreamlike revery, and an atmosphere redolent with romantic longing. In Phantom, an aspiring poet on the verg..
The Early Works of Rainer Werner Fassbinder brings together all of the German director's surviving works from the 1960s plus a documentary portrait examining his earliest days as a filmmaker. In the two short films, The City Tramp and The Little Chaos (heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard's Bande a part), we find Fassbinder in search of an identity. In the two features, Love is Colder Than Death and Katzelmacher, he begins to discover ..
Out of StockMade in quick succession in 1970 and 1971, Beware of a Holy Whore and The Merchant of Four Seasons represent a key stage in the career of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the point at which he matured as a filmmaker and first began to attract an international audience. A fictional recounting of the making of Whity, Fassbinder's take on the American West, Beware of a Holy Whore is a backstage melodrama set in a Spanish seaside hotel. Starring L..
The Wild Bunch - Original Director's Cut Two-Disc Special Edition: "There's never been a greater movie about loyalty among men than this." - Mike Clarke USA Today. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and more saddle up for the roles of a lifetime in the masterpiece that changed filmmaking.Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid - Two-Disc Special Edition: The law vs. the lawless. Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) tracks Billy the Kid (Kris Kristof..
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Raging Bull: Raging Bull is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives and amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt. Vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, the fight sequences are famed for their realism. Violent throughout, this film is a testament to Scorsese’s and De Niro’s skills, creating a thoroughly absorbing..
Ivan's Childhood: A 12-year-old boy named Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout due to his uncanny ability to slip quickly and undetected behind enemy lines. But he has an ulteriour motive – to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the Nazis. Andrei Rublev: Based on the life of a medieval painter, this beautiful cinematic mediation on art, religion, creativity and brutality depicts the titular man's journey through ..
Ivan's Childhood: A 12-year-old boy named Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout due to his ability and undetected behind enemy lines. group who use his diminutive stature and agility to gather intelligence. But he has an ulterior motive - to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the Nazis. Andrei Rublev: Based on the life of a medieval painter, this beautiful cinematic mediation on art, religion, creativity and bru..
2001: A Space Odyssey: A sPace mission that could reveal man's identity is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all - and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed.A Clockwork Orange: A jolting tale of crime and punishment stars Malcolm McDowell as a young neo-punk who becomes the guineau pig for a state-sanctioned cure of his tendency toward "the old ultraviolence."..
Lolita / 1962 Academic Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is obsessed with a blithe teen (Sue Lyon) in a dark comedy from Vladimir Nabokov's novel.2001: A Space Odyssey / 1968 "The most awesome, beautiful and mentally stimulating science-fiction film of all time" (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic).A Clockwork Orange / 1971 Future world neo-punk Malcolm McDowell becomes the guinea pig for a government cure of his tendency toward "..
Collection of seven films directed by Stanley Kubrick and a documentary focused on his career. In 'Lolita' (1962), Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial masterpiece, Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is a fastidious, middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters) he soon becomes obs..
The Killing: When ex-con Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) says he has a plan to make a killing, everybody wants to be in on the action. Especially when the plan is to steal $2 million in a racetrack robbery scheme in which "no one will get hurt." But despite all their careful plotting, Clay and his men have overlooked one thing: Sherry Peatty (Marie Windsor), a money-hungry, double-crossing dame who's planning to make a financial killing ..
Starting with "one of the greatest films about childhood, from anywhere, ever" (Anthony Quinn, The Independent), which kicked off the French New Wave, Franccois Truffaut delivers an indisputable landmark of cinema history – five films, four features and one short, which follow the life of one charming, compelling and unforgettable character. Before anyone else, Truffaut allowed audiences to dip into one character’s life progressively ov..
Starting with "one of the greatest films about childhood, from anywhere, ever" (Anthony Quinn, The Independent), which kicked off the French New Wave, Franccois Truffaut delivers an indisputable landmark of cinema history – five films, four features and one short, which follow the life of one charming, compelling and unforgettable character. Before anyone else, Truffaut allowed audiences to dip into one character’s life progressively ov..
Out of StockCrime And Punishment (1983): Kaurismaki's first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen, a slaughterhouse worker and former law student, who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police. Effectively updating Dostoevsky's great novel to 1980s Helsinki, this remarkably assured debut offers a sharp critique of Finnish society. Calamari Union (1985): The voice of the Finnish Auteur begins ..
Ten films directed by Finnish film-maker Aki Kaurismäki. The collection includes: 'Crime and Punishment' (1983), 'Calamari Union' (1985), 'Shadows in Paradise' (1986), 'Drifting Clouds' (1996), 'Hamlet Goes Business' (1987), 'La Vie de Bohème' (1992), 'Ariel' (1988), 'The Match Factory Girl' (1990), 'Leningrad Cowboys Go America' (1989), 'Total Balalaika Show' (1994), 'Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana' (1994), 'Juha' (1999), 'The Man Wi..
Smart, sharp, witty and always devilishly unpredictable, the rich, multi-layered films of Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan have shown him to be one of the world’s most enticing and engrossing post-modern auteurs. Investigating the complex nature of social and psychological disintegration through black humour, fantasy, tragedy and the pervasive yet intangible presence of the filmic medium itself, his labyrinthine body of work has p..
Smart, sharp, witty and always devilishly unpredictable, the rich, multi-layered films of Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan have shown him to be one of the world’s most enticing and engrossing post-modern auteurs. Investigating the complex nature of social and psychological disintegration through black humour, fantasy, tragedy and the pervasive yet intangible presence of the filmic medium itself, his labyrinthine body of work has p..
After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of "V-cinema" in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibly hopeless task of finding one's place in the world. His first films made specifically for t..
Memento: Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) remembers everything up to the night his wife was brutally raped and murdered. But since then he has suffered from memory loss. He tracks through time to find out why his wife was killed, storing evidence on scraps of paper and tattooing vital clues on his body. Gradually he begins to piece together a chilling jigsaw of deceit and betrayal in reverse as breathtaking twists and surprising turns rapidl..
Academy Award Winners Joel and Ethan Coen have been writing, directing, editing and producing some of the most original films to come out of Hollywood. This box set contains eight of their most unique and imaginative classics, including:Hail, Caesar A Serious Man The Big Lebowski Burn After Reading True Grit No Country for Old Men O Brother Where Art Thou? Intolerable CrueltyThis collection is an endlessly entertaining assembly of t..
Academy Award Winners Joel and Ethan Coen have been writing, directing, editing and producing some of the most original films to come out of Hollywood. This box set contains eight of their most unique and imaginative classics, including: Hail, Caesar, A Serious Man, The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading, True Grit, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Intolerable Cruelty. This collection is an endlessly entertaining assembl..
Fargo: Nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture this darkly amusing thriller combines a first-rate cast, a dazzling mix of mirth and malice and an unusual kidnapping plot that unravels the Midwest. Jerry (Macy), a small-town car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt...but he's got a plan. He's gonna hire two thugs (Buscemi and Stormare) to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-l..
Out of StockCollection of six features from acclaimed filmmakers the Dardenne brothers. In 'The Kid With a Bike' (2011), an eleven-year-old boy is in search of a family. In an attempt to escape the state-run care home he has ended up in, rebellious pre-teen Cyril Catoul (Thomas Doret) tries without success to track down his deadbeat father; and in the process, he meets small-town hairdresser Samantha (Cécile De France). In 'The Silence of Lorna' (2..
Out of StockDavid Lean was one of the greatest directors of the twentieth century. His masterpieces have captivated generations and his visual flare influenced film makers including Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. A Nick James (Editor, Sight & Sound) enthused, Lean '...made enduringly gripping and entertaining films... every moment counts towards the primacy of thrilling the audience'. The ten films in this stunning Centenary Collection compr..
Unique, controversial, and always original, director David Lynch exploded onto the cinematic landscape in 1977 with Eraserhead. Since then he has provided the world of film with a wealth of unforgettable movie. This box set houses three of his finest works; the affecting, inspirational drama, The Elephant Man, the enigmatic masterpiece Mulholland Drive and the disquieting, surrealist mystery Inland Empire.THE ELEPHANT MAN: John Merric..
From the godfather of the French New Wave comes eight unmissable films, each with their own voice and colour but cut from the same distinctive Truffaut cloth; from the unassailable hallmarks of Jules & Jim and Shoot the Pianist to his final homage to his hero Alfred Hitchcock and the masters of noir with Finally, Sunday.Engross yourself in a world through the lens of one of the most important and influential film-makers to have ever liv..
From the godfather of the French New Wave comes eight unmissable films, each with their own voice and colour but cut from the same distinctive Truffaut cloth; from the unassailable hallmarks of Jules & Jim and Shoot the Pianist to his final homage to his hero Alfred Hitchcock and the masters of noir with Finally, Sunday.Engross yourself in a world through the lens of one of the most important and influential film-makers to have ever liv..
Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's 'Leningrad Cowboys' trilogy. In 'Leningrad Cowboys Go America' (1989), struggling rock 'n' roll band The Leningrad Cowboys quit Siberia, their frozen bass player in the luggage, for a tour of America. Their slave-driving manager secures a car (from director Aki Kaurismaki's American counterpart, cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) and several very bad gigs. The undauntable band are then pursued across the Stat..
Lift To The Scaffold (1958): A self-assured business man murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. The Lovers (1958): Jeanne lives with herson and her detached and often absent husband in a mansion near Dijon. She can't say she is completely happy with life. Until she meets an interesting stranger. Zazie Dans Le Metro (1960): 10-year-old Zazie is dropped off by her mo..
Lift To The Scaffold (1958): A self-assured business man murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. The Lovers (1958): Jeanne lives with herson and her detached and often absent husband in a mansion near Dijon. She can't say she is completely happy with life. Until she meets an interesting stranger. Zazie Dans Le Metro (1960): 10-year-old Zazie is dropped off by her mo..
Young Frankenstein: Mel Brooks' monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley's classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr Frankenstien (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Inga (Teri Garr), he c..
Collection of eleven classic films from influential filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. 'The Battle of the River Plate' (1956) tells the true story of the famous 1939 naval battle. Hans Langsdorff (Peter Finch) is captaining the crack German battleship Graf Spee through the South Atlantic, unaware that a small number of lightweight British battle cruisers are hot on his trail. When the British cruisers manage to trap the p..
Caught On A Train. Perfect Strangers. Shooting The Past. The Lost Prince. Friends And Crocodiles. Gideon's Daughter...
Acclaimed as one of the world's finest living filmmakers, the greek director Theo Angelopoulous established his formidable reputation with a highly intelligent body of work that both references ancient myth and examines his native country's turbulent recent history. This box set contains his first four full-length features, including his international breakthrough The Travelling Players, which together are characterised by the poerty of..
IT Came From Beneath The Sea. 20 Million Miles To Earth. The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver.Special Features HD Restorations Of it Came From Beneath The Sea And 20 Million Miles To Earth, 4K Restoration From The Original Camera Negative Of The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver, Original Black And White And Alternative, Authorised Colourised Versions Of it Came From Beneath The Sea and 20 Million Miles To Earth, Mono And 5.1 Surround Sound Audio Options, It ..
The World's End: For Gary King (Simon Pegg) and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost) it was supposed to be the ultimate reunion - one night, five friends, twelve bars. A boozy quest to 'The World's End' pub on which only the strongest will survive. having the time of their lives, they're ready to take on the world...but tonight they might just have to save it. From Edgar Wright, Director of 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz', comes a wildly ente..
Since September 2001, the public every day reads of encroachments on their liberty which are justified in the name of security. David Hare's trilogy, ripped from the headlines, focuses on the internal divisions and arguments which have been raging inside an increasingly controversial intelligence community. Page Eight, Turks & Caicos, and Salting the Battlefield star Bill Nighy as MI5 Officer Johnny Worricker, along with an outstanding ..
Bal: The young boy Yusef's best friend is his father, who supports his family's modest life with the honey he collects from tall trees in the forests of the remote Turkish countryside, Yusuf is a quiet boy, and his mother is concerned for his future. Perhaps he will follow in his father's footsteps, or perhaps school will offer him other opportunities. But the honey crop is failing, and Yusuf's father doesn't return home from the forest..
Out of StockThe three films here give a glimpse of the range of Straub and Huillet - films in German, French and Italian from 1967 to 2003, all adapted from pre-existing texts. They have been described as the greatest of unknown film-makers and their works have never been available on video in the UK before this 2 disc set. Chronicles of Anna Magdalena Bach: Bach's life told from the vantage of his second marriage is the subject of this almost doc..
8 Fun, star-packed and visually splendid movies in stunning Hi-Def.Films Batman Batman Returns Beetlejuice Mars Attacks Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Charlie And The Chocalate Factory Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Tim Burton's Corpse BrideSpecial Features Batman, Commentary By Tim Burton, Featurette On The Set With Bob Kane, Legends Of The Dark Knight: The History Of Batman - The Comic Book Saga As Reinvented And Reinterp..
Batman: DC Comics fearless Gotham City crime-stopper takes on the Joker in the Academy Award-winning blockbuster starring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger.Batman Returns: Gotham City is doubly menaced when the Penguin and Catwoman join forces, Michael Keaton, Danny Devito, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken headline the spectacular sequel.Beetlejuice: Michael Keaton is the name in laughter from the hereafter as ..
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Now digitally restored and remastered with state-of-the-art technology, The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition is deeper, darker and more brilliant than ever, just as Tim Burton originally envisioned it - Blu-ray Disc. Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a ..
Pornostar (1998): A young man gets off the train in the morning and wanders the business districts aimlessly. He runs across some yakuza gangsters, whom he despises, and goes on a killing spree, but soon becomes involved with a subordinate gang. Unchain (2000): Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. His attempt at starting a new life as a civilia..
TRUE GRIT: Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) is determined to avenge her father’s blood by capturing Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn (Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges), a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Academy Award winner Matt Damon) to track the fleeing Chaney. D..
The Theo Angelopoulos Collection - Volume 3 (4 Films) DVDPossessed of a haunting and unique cinematic signature, the extraordinary films of the late Theo Angelopoulos examine contemporary Greek cultural identity through the prism of the country's immense history.This DVD collection presents the final films in his distinguished career, including the Palme d'Or winning 'Eternity and a Day'. Ulysses' Gaze (1995): An epic chronicle of ..
