Acclaimed director John Frankenheimer's definitive staging of Eugene O'Neill's play. Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece is often referred to as the greatest work of 20th century American theatre centring on a crowd of misfits wastrels anarchists alcoholics prostitutes and barflies drinking away their troubles and making grandiose plans. When Hickey arrives for his yearly drunken bender to celebrate landlord Harry Hope's birthday each character's dreams and aspirations melt away wi
An elite covert operations unit known as the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF) carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure capture or death. Their mission should they choose to accept it is given by the unseen figure known only as the 'Secretary' who instructions are relaid on a tape guaranteed to self-destruct in five seconds... Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot episode 2. Memory 3. Operation Rogosh 4. Old Man Out (Part 1) 5. Old Man Out (Part 2) 6. Odds On Evil 7. Wheels 8. The Ransom 9. A Spool There Was 10. The Carriers 11. Zubrovnik's Ghost 12. Fakeout 13. Elena 14. The Short Tail Spy 15. The Legacy 16. The Reluctant Dragon 17. The Frame 18. The Trial 19. The Diamond 20. The Legend 21. Snowball In Hell 22. The Confession 23. Action! 24. The Train 25. Shock 26. A Cube Of Sugar 27. The Traitor 28. The Psychic
From the novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy who attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lilly is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive...
When Ellie Perkins came across a shed that she has been forbidden to approach she makes a discovery that shall forever change her and lives of those around her. Locked inside is 17 year old Alice Guthrie epileptic and partly deaf imprisoned like a wild animal by her abusive stepfather and ignored by her mother..
Dennis Potter has long been acknowledged as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Though he had considerable successes with the series format (such as The Singing Detective and Casanova) it is generally accepted that his strongest work is the single play of which he did many for both the BBC and ITV. In celebration of both Potter's body of work and the fiftieth anniversary of ITV this collection celebrates three of his most signif
This cult send-up of the pretensions of the American west stars Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston as Jack McKee and Cecil Colson; two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck and chainsaws in their work instead of a lariat. Henry Beige (Slim Pickens) is hired by the recently arrived ranchers to investigate the losses and brings a touch of the old West to the story and the solution of the crime. Rancho Deluxe's script was written by cult author (and sometimes script-writer) Thomas McGu
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination. Special Features: Getting Gilliam Documentary Bonus and Extended Scenes
Join Colonel Jack O'Neill and the SG-1 team as they return for the latest exciting season of Stargate SG-1. Continuing it's blend of sharp wit and cool adventure with award winning special effects Stargate delivers all the action adventure you desire as the crew battle against old foes and face new dangers in amazing but ever more hostile worlds. Episodes comprise: 1. Citizen Joe 2. Moebius (Part 1) 3. Moebius (Part 2)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And The Island Of Misfit Toys - Lovable Ruldolph has overcome his handicap - his bright red nose - to become the most popular Reindeer in the North Pole but a mysterious thief disrupts his happy life. The Toy Taker lures children's toys away with the help of his magic flute and Christmas is threatened when he steals all of Santa's gifts. Annabelle's Wish - A Magical animated adventure based on the legend that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus
Michael McDonald a Doobie Brother and a successful and popular purveyor of blue eyed soul in his own right is the honored performer at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for this tribute concert. Featuring a slew of celebrity guests who sing Michael's signature tunes with him 'A Gathering Of Friends' is a fitting tribute to one of pop's best loved singers.
From the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers (Fargo, True Grit), The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named…The Dude. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski doesn’t want any drama in his life…heck, he can’t even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro, experience the cultural phenomenon of The Dude in the “#1 cult film of all time!” (The Boston Globe). Special Features: The Dudes Life The Dude Abides: The Big Lebowski Ten Years Later Flying Carpets and Bowling Pin Dreams: The Dream Sequences of the Dude Interactive Map Jeff Bridges Photo Book An Exclusive Introduction Making of the Big Lebowski The Lebowski Fest: An Achiever's Story Photo Gallery Scene Companion PIP U-Control: The Music Of The Big Lebowski Mark It Dude PIP Worthy Adversaries: Whats My Line Trivia
Airplane (Dir. Jerry Zucker David Zucker & Jill Abrahams 1980): Voted ""one of the ten funniest movies ever made"" by the American Film Institute Airplane! is a masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy. Featuring Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/ stewardess/ co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars including Robert Stack Lloyd Bridges Peter Graves Leslie Nielsen Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...and more! Their hilarious high jinks spook airplane disaster flicks religious zealots television commercials romantic love...the list whirls by in rapid succession. And the story races from one moment of zany fun to the next! Top Secret (Dir. Jerry Zucker David Zucker & Jill Abrahams 1984): 'Top Secret!' pits American rock star Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) against the dreaded East German High Command. It's a race against time as Nick teams up with Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) to find her father before he can create the ultimate super weapon - the Polaris Mine. Along the way 'Top Secret!' manages to do for war epics and Elvis films what 'Airplane!' did to disaster movies!
Two professional motorcycle racers (a cossetted professional and a hotheaded privateer) competing in the world motorcycle championships find themselves at odds in a more personal type of competition: they both love the same woman...
From the Academy-Award - winning Coen brothers (Fargo, True Grit), The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, white Russians and a guy named... The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life... heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Special Features: Making of the Big Lebowski Introduction by Mortimer Young Jeff Bridges Photography Production Notes
Convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) is offered early release from prison in return for helping the US Treasury Agents track down his former partners-in-crime. Unwilling to cooperate Stewart manages to escape unwittingly playing straight into the T-Men's hands. Directed with style and a documentary feel by Richard Fleischer no-one is quite what they seem. Trapped is superbly lit with crisp intelligent dialogue - a top notch Film Noir with an explosive ending.
Out of the atrocities of the Holocaust came personal stories of survival fathomable only to those who lived them. The Emmy Award - winning OUT OF THE ASHES tells the incredible true story of Dr Gisella Perl who survived the Auschwitz death camp only to encounter fresh horrors when she fled to a new life in America. During immigration proceedings a terrible secret came to light: at Auschwitz she has been forced to work for the notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. A vital question needed answering: in a personal trial of conscience and fate just what had Gisella done to survive?
When Tessa's ex-husband Michael remarries leaving her with two children she takes an immediate dislike to Carolyn. But when Tessa finds out she is terminally ill she decides to give Carolyn another chance...
Step through the Stargate with SG-1 a team of soldiers and scientists as they travel instantaneously to other planets to explore forge alliances defuse crises establish trade investigate ancient mysteries and defend Earth from such hostile forces as the Goa'uld and the Replicators.
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