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• The Facts of Murder | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspector Ingravallo has been called to a Roman apartment building to investigate a robbery. Once there he questions the tenants but soon realises something is amiss. As the investigation progresses a simple robbery leads to a murder case... Directed by and starring Pietro Germi (The Railroad Man) as the growling Inspector, The Facts of Murder was loosely adapted from celebrated author Carlo Emilio Gadda's novel and is shot with inky shadows reminiscent of film noir, while the mystery element prefigures the giallo. Featuring a cast of wonderful supporting actors including Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl) and Claudio Gora (Il sorpasso), the film won multiple awards at Italian institutions including the Golden Globe for Best Film.Inspector Ingravallo has been called to a Roman apartment building to investigate a robbery. Once there he questions the tenants but soon realises something is amiss. As the investigation progresses a simple robbery leads to a murder case... Directed by and starring Pietro Germi (The Railroad Man) as the growling Inspector, The Facts of Murder was loosely adapted from celebrated author Carlo Emilio Gadda's novel and is shot with inky shadows reminiscent of film noir, while the mystery element prefigures the giallo. Featuring a cast of wonderful supporting actors including Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl) and Claudio Gora (Il sorpasso), the film won multiple awards at Italian institutions including the Golden Globe for Best Film.

• Escape To Athena | Blu Ray | (23/06/2008) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A battle of action and wits in a World War II prison camp where the Fuhrer's scheme for looting a treasure-laden island off Greece is under way. Prisoners of war labour under the eye of the camp's Austrian Commandment Major Otto Hecht as they dig up priceless Greek art. Zeno the island's resistance leader and his woman Eleana scheme to defeat the occupiers. Zeno and his men clash with the Germans to save the lives of condemned prisoners and try to locate a submarine oil supply depot. If the Germans are to be defeated they must also seek and dismantle the communications equipment on Mount Athens which promises a blaze of action...

• Fitzcarraldo (DVD) | DVD | (19/01/2015) from £8.60   |  Saving you £9.39 (109.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  FITZCARRALDO (DVD) A film by Werner Herzog One of Werner Herzog's most acclaimed and audacious films, Fitzcarraldo tells the incredible story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (played by Herzog regular Klaus Kinski), an opera-loving fortune hunter who dreams of bringing opera (specifically Caruso) to a remote trading post on the heart of the Peruvian jungle. With the help of the beautiful Madam Molly (Claudia Cardinale), his loyal crew, and an indigenous tribe, Fitzcarraldo journeys up the rivers.

• Blindfold (Dual Format) | Blu Ray | (18/09/2017) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Behind the blindfold is the greatest security trap ever devised! For the first time on Blu-Ray in the UK comes Blindfold, a 1966 American motion picture by Universal Pictures, starring Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale and Jack Warden, that was based on Lucille Fletcher's 1960 novel of the same name. It was the last film directed by Philip Dunne, a successful Hollywood screenwriter of pictures such as How Green Was My Valley and The Robe. The soundtrack was created produced by the legendary Lalo Schiffrin. Dr. Bartholomew Snow, a psychiatrist, is treating a man with emotional problems who, it turns out, is a brilliant scientist being pursued by different international powers and their operatives. Snow soon finds himself caught in the middle and out of desperation; he falls in with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Vicky Vincenti. But is she helping him, or is she yet another sinister figure out to manipulate him?

• The Iron Mountain | DVD | (19/01/2015) from £8.45   |  Saving you £6.54 (77.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As war rages across Europe, the once idyllic Alpines of the Italy-Austria border will become host to one of the most brutal battles the Twentieth Century will see. When he is drafted to fight for his country, young Andreas (William Moseley - The Chronicles of Narnia) is torn from his love, Francesca. With the front line cutting through the mighty Dolomite mountains, neighbours become enemies, families are divided, and lovers are separated. If he is to return to Francesca, Andreas must survive both the bloodiest war the world has ever seen and the extreme perils of the mountain.

• The String | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £8.08   |  Saving you £6.91 (46.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Class cultural and sexual differences are explored in this romantic gay drama set in scorching picturesque Tunisia. Tall quiet Malik (Antonin Stahly) a 30-year-old Parisian architect returns to his homeland after the death of his father. He's greeted warmly by his over-bearing petulant mother (Italian icon Claudia Cardinale) and is immediately confronted with her expectation that he stay and get married. This now strange world of his youth his mother's pressure and his barely hidden homosexuality set off anxiety attacks in Malik who finally finds relief when he meets the darkly handsome handyman Balil (Salim Kechiouche Full Speed.) They begin a tentative relationship but Islamic mores a still class conscience society and the ever-presence of his mother threaten their burgeoning love. A forbidden love story as well as a character study of people lost in rapidly changing cultures Le Fil is an engaging insightful and undeniably sexy drama

• Westerns Triple -True Grit (1969), Once Upon a Time in the West, Shane | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £15.16   |  Saving you £0.83 (5.47%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: True Grit: In 1970 John Wayne earned an Academy Award for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when the inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin. Once Upon A Time In The West: Acclaimed director Sergio Leone's monumental epic stars Henry Fonda Jason Robards and Charles Bronson. Fonda in an out-of-character chilling performance plays one of the meanest villains ever to ride the big country in this power sweeping saga of blood and lust. Shane: Director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the archetypal Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations and made Shane one of the timeless classics of American cinema. Based on Jack Schaefer's novel the story brings Alan Ladd a drifter and retired gunfighter to the assistance of a homestead family terrorised by an ageing cattleman and his hired gun. In fighting a last decisive battle Shane sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious moody and atmospheric the film is enhanced by the intense performances of its splendid cast and stunning location photography.

• Four Films From Fellini - La Dolce Vita ; I Vitelloni ; 8 1/2 ; Giuliette Degli Spiriti | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  La Dolce Vita (1960): Marcello Mastroianni plays a playboy reporter on the hunt for scandal amongst Rome's high society in this classic Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Both drawn to and repelled by the decadent lifestyle that provides his living he finds himself torn between his passion for a starlet (Anita Ekberg) and his desire for a Bohemian life like that of his friend (Alain Cuny)... Giuliette Degli Spiriti (1965) I Vitelloni (1953): Five young men linger in post-adolescent limbo dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink women and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini's second solo directorial effort is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay I Vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives. Criterion's DVD also includes an exclusive documentary featuring interviews with late actor Leopoldo Trieste and other actors technicians and scholars; the original trailer and newsreels from the time of the film's release; a collection of stills posters and memorabilia; and more. 8 1/2: (1963) One of the greatest films about film ever made Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastrioanni) is a director whose film -- and life -- is collapsing around him. An early working title for the film was La Bella Confusione (The Beautiful Confusion) and Fellini's masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream a circus and a magic act. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the 1963 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign-Language Film - one of the most written about talked about and imitated movies of all time -- in a beautifully restored new all digital transfer. Disc Two features Fellini's rarely seen first film for television Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969). Produced by Peter Goldfarb this ""imagined documentary"" of Fellini on Fellini is a kaleidoscope of unfinished projects all of which provide a fascinating and candid window into the director's unique and creative process.

• Princess Daisy | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £7.82   |  Saving you £-1.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the Judith Krantz novel which tells the story of a beautiful and spirited daughter of a Russian Prince and an American movie star. This rich and captivating story blends romantic passion with bitter tragedy glittering glamour with dark and dangerous intrigue. The beautiful and elegant Daisy has been scarred by a troubled and traumatic childhood. With a hollywood filmstar mother and exiled Rusian Prince Father her life should have been privileged and perfect but her parent

• Brothers | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-6.97 (-116.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A comedy drama about a group of lads on holiday in Greece who are looking for the simple things in life: sex, sun and getting smashed.

• Criterion Collection: 8 1/2 | Blu Ray | (12/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fitzcarraldo | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Werner Herzog's lengthy 1982 fever dream is typical of the director's passion for boundless experience: the story concerns the title character's determination to open a shipping route over the Amazon as well as build an opera house (worthy of Caruso) at a river trading post. Klaus Kinski (star of Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God) plays the visionary/madman with a spooky dignity, and Herzog--as always--thrills to the mystic possibilities of filming where no one else would even think of placing a camera. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Sword Of Honour | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £22.08   |  Saving you £-12.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Award-winning novelist and screenwriter William Boyd brings Evelyn Waugh's classic trilogy of the Second World War vividly to life in this epic two-part drama starring Daniel Craig Megan Dodds Leslie Phillips Julian Rhind-Tutt Robert Pugh and Katrina Cartlidge. At the heart of the story is one man's heroic quest: Guy Crouchback (Daniel Craig) returns from his self-imposed exile in Italy in 1939 and joins the army to fight for a deep moral cause and reclaim his self-respect following a shattering divorce from society beauty Virginia Troy (Megan Dodds). But as his encounters with the absurd reality of life in the armed forces in his training at Southend-on-Sea and the Isle of Mugg and in his postings to Dakar Alexandria and Crete prove to be more of a challenge than facing the enemy itself. Virginia has also returned to London from America at the start of the war having parted with husband number three. As Britain's fortunes dwindle so do Virginia's until Guy appears to be her only hope. On his return to London she tracks him down. In strong contrast to the darkly comic nature of his military experience his renewed and passionate acquaintance with his dangerously beautiful ex-wife provokes a personal and moral crisis that tests - to the limits - both his love for Virginia and his profound sense of duty. Sword of Honour is both a war story and a love story - as well as a biting satire on the emergence of the world we live in today.

• Rocco And His Brothers | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  ""Brilliant and overwhelming... Among the classics of the screen."" -The New York Times In sweeping epic style the award-winning Rocco & His Brothers tells the story of four poor Italian brothers and their mother who leave their country home and move to bustling Milan with hopes of improving their bitter fortune. The family is thrown into chaos when two of the brothers are torn apart by their love for the same woman and their struggles to succeed in a viciously competitive world. Fr

• Princess Daisy | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £20.65   |  Saving you £-14.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the Judith Krantz novel which tells the story of a beautiful and spirited daughter of a Russian Prince and an American movie star. This rich and captivating story blends romantic passion with bitter tragedy glittering glamour with dark and dangerous intrigue. The beautiful and elegant Daisy has been scarred by a troubled and traumatic childhood. With a hollywood filmstar mother and exiled Rusian Prince Father her life should have been privileged and perfect but her parents angrily split after her domineering father's refusal to accept Daisy's brain damaged twin sister and the tragedy is made worse by the death of her Mother in a car accident. Arriving penniless in America Daisy enjoys a meteoric rise to stardom as a fashion supermodel. She's desired by men envied by women and tormented by a guilty secret she has gaurded all her life.

• And Now Ladies And Gentlemen | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Claude Lelouche (A Man And A Woman) continues to examine the more surreal and often dream-like aspects of love in his latest film And Now Ladies And Gentlemen. Starring Jeremy Irons as a jewel thief who falls in love with a jazz singer after arriving in Morocco in an attempt to evade the police the story blurs reality and fantasy and is set against the exotic and mysterious backdrop of North Africa. The dream-like quality of the film lends an engaging and sensuous atmosphere and Ir

• Goodbye & Amen | Blu Ray | (23/06/2025) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Dannahay (Tony Musante, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), a CIA agent stationed in Rome, is preparing to overthrow an African government. But his plan goes wrong when a corrupt colleague starts shooting people from the roof of a hotel, taking an innocent couple hostage. Director Damiano Damiani (How to Kill a Judge) wields expert tension in this gripping espionage thriller, twisting and turning its tight plot to its sensational finale. Featuring a fantastic supporting cast including Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl), John Steiner (The Case is Closed: Forget It) and Wolfango Soldati (The Heroin Busters), Goodbye & Amen is one of the great 1970s Italian action thrill rides, set to a haunting score by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Torso, Keoma). SPECIAL FEATURES New 2023 restoration of the film from the original camera negative presented with Italian and, for the first time on home video, English audio options Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by Eurocrime experts Nathaniel Thompson and Howard Berger (2023) Interview with editor Antonio Siciliano (2023) Archival interview with Wolfango Soldati (2013) New and improved English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio

• Son Of The Pink Panther | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Inspector Clouseau's biggest mistake lives on! Inspector Clouseau is back! Not the original but his illegitimate son... Unfortunatley he's a chip off the old block! Blake Edwards who expertly guided the late Peter Sellers through the most popular comedy series of all time returns after an absence of 10 years with the Italian comedian Roberto Benigni as Clouseau Jr. As the loyal courageous but totally inept young Gendarme sets off in pursuit of the kidnapped Princess Yas

• Raging Angels | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Two musicians are unknowingly drawn into a supernatural scheme which threatens to enslave the earth's mortal population...

• The West Wittering Affair | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-7.24 (-55.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Jamie accepts Kathy's invite to spend a weekend in the country with her and her friend Natasha he never expects to sleep with both of them in one night. Worse still when he seeks out therapeutic help to come to terms with the affair he really didn't expect the therapist to be Natasha's boyfriend! A hilarious story of bed swapping and sadistic revenge of four confused love-hungry Londoners on a weekend country break.