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• Shampoo | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A modish creation teased into life by Warren Beatty, Shampoo was an offbeat Hollywood hit back in 1975. Made after Watergate, it reflects on the hedonism of late-60s Los Angeles with a sad, somewhat cynical eye. Basically a bedroom farce, fuelled by some famously raunchy dialogue, its comedy is nevertheless underlain with melancholy. Screenwriter Robert Towne was inspired by Wycherly's Restoration comedy The Country Wife, wherein a wily fellow convinces friends of his impotence even while he is merrily seducing their wives. Hence, Towne invented handsome Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy (Beatty), who ought to be gay, but emphatically isn't. Shampoo begins on US Election Day, 1968, as Nixon is trouncing McGovern at the polls, and George Roundy is trying to sort his life out. An earnest advocate of sensual pleasure, he beds most of his female clients, from the fretful Jill (Goldie Hawn) to the wealthy Felicia (Lee Grant). Yet George is himself unfulfilled, and imagines that owning his own salon will satisfy him. He asks Felicia's husband Lester (Jack Warden) to back him, but first Lester coerces George into squiring his mistress Jackie (Julie Christie) to a Nixon victory party. Inevitably, Jackie is another of George's girls and, having seduced Felicia's vivacious daughter (Carrie Fisher) earlier that day, George has much to conceal from Lester and Felicia as the evening's festivities unravel. Shampoo shows the 60s turning sour. The characters are rich hippies, superficially liberated but deeply unhappy, and blandly indifferent to the dawning of the Nixon era. The excellent Lee Grant won an Oscar, but Shampoo is Beatty's film. He produced it, had a substantive hand in Towne's script, and deputised the nominal director, Hal Ashby. The film mildly exploits legends of Beatty's real-life sexual prowess, but mainly it embodies his commitment to making thoughtful movies for grown-ups. Richard Kelly

• Shampoo | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Shampoo was billed as a sex comedy when it was first released in 1975, cashing in on the priapic reputation of its leading man and producer Warren Beatty. More than a quarter of a century on, that tag looks somewhat inadequate. Against a background of aimless bed-hopping and power-broking, Shampoo satirises the cultural and political wasteland of late-1960s Beverley Hills society. Ladies who lunch are married to ambitious, unfaithful husbands with mistresses; their daughters are dysfunctional; and the mistresses spend more time with their dogs than their lovers. George, the philandering hairdresser, is the common denominator who services them all. But he has private ambitions and is hustling for investment in his own salon. Beatty's restless performance as the man who can't say "no" is intriguing, waking up suddenly and too late to the chaos and vapidity of his life. The humour is bleak, sharpened by the background of Nixon's ascent to the White House: Shampoo is a cynical by-product of the Watergate scandal. There are good performances from Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn as two of George's leading conquests, and from a pre-Star Wars Carrie Fisher as the teenager who tries to seduce him. But Lee Grant garnered the awards as the embittered wife who finally calls "time". On the DVD: Shampoo is presented in 1:85.1 anamorphic widescreen, replicating the glossy production values of the original theatrical experience. The mono Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is well balanced. There are no extras apart from standard subtitles. --Piers Ford

• Gael Force - Ireland's Finest Musicians In Concert | DVD | (31/10/2008) from £15.94   |  Saving you £-7.95 (-99.50%)   |  RRP £7.99

  For one week in 1997 Dublin's state-of-the-art Point Theatre played host to Gael Force possibly the greatest gathering of Celtic musicians singers and dancers in one venue that the city has yet encountered. This DVD captures the cream of the performances from all of those involved and offers a panoramic view of the best that the Celtic scene has to offer the world. Tracklisting Introduction by Emmylou Harris The Chieftains - The Dublin Reels The Chieftains - Changing Yo

• Various Artists - Rock 'n' Roll Legends | DVD | (16/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Disc 1 Track Listing: 1.Bryan Hyland - The Joker Went Wild 2.The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love 3.Del Shannon - Runaway 4.The Shirelles - Soldier Boy 5.The Coasters - Yakety Yak 6.The Crickets - Peggy Sue 7.The Platters - Only You 8.The Crystals - He's A Rebel 9.Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her 10.The Diamonds - Little Darlin' 11.Joey Dee & The Starliters - Shout 12.Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park 13.Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (Follow The Sun) 14.Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 15.The Coasters - Charlie Brown 16.The Comets - Rock Around The Clock 17.The Platters - Harbour Lights 18.Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 19.The Shirelles - Baby It's You 20.The Original Juniors - Twistin' USA 21.Frankie Ford - Roberta 22.Jack Scott - Goodbye Baby Disc 2 Track Listing: 1.Tommy Roe - Sheila 2.Del Shannon - Handy Man 3.Joey Dee & The Starliters - What Kind Of Love Is This 4.Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 5.Bobby Vee - Devil Or Angel 6.Troy Shondell - This Time 7.Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie 8.Tommy Sands - Teenage Crush 9.Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine 10.Buddy Knox - Party Doll 11.Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion 12.Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave 13.The Coasters - Young Blood 14.The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko 15.Mary Wells - Two Lovers 16.Lenny Welch - Since I Fell For You 17.The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 18.The Jive Five - My True Story 19.The Contours - Do You Love Me 20.The Shirelles - Mama Said 21.Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain Across The Sea 22.Sam Moore - Soul Man Disc 3 Track Listing: 1.The Coasters - That Is Rock 'n' Roll 2.Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack 3.Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt 4.The Tokens - Tonight I Feel Love 5.The Angels - 'Til 6.Lou Christie - Rhapsody In The Rain 7.Mary Wells - What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One 8.Brian Hyland - I'm Afraid To Go Home Tonight 9.The Platters - The Great Pretender 10.Frankie Ford - Alimony 11.Sam Moore - When Something Is Wrong 12.Tommy Roe - Dizzy 13.Roger McGuinn - Mr. Tambourine Man 14.Joey Dee & The Starliters - The Peppermint Twist 15.The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 16.Bobby Lewis - Tossin' & Turnin' 17.Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 18.The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back 19.The Platters - My Prayer 20.The Crickets - That'll Be The Day 21.Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby 22.The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

• Finding Neverland/The Hours | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Finding Neverland: (Dir. Marc Forster) (2004): This is a tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of Peter Pan author James Barrie. Set in London 1904 the film is a fictional account of Barrie's creative struggle to bring Peter Pan to life from his first inspiration up until the play's premiere - a night that will change not only Barrie's own life but the lives of everyone close to him. The Hours: (Dir. Stephen Daldry) (2002): An adaptation of the novel by Michael Cunningham this is the story of three women living in different time periods of the Twentieth Century all linked by a work of literature. In 1923 Virginia Woolf starts to write her novel 'Mrs Dalloway' whilst struggling to cope with depression and mental illness. In 1951 Laura Brown a dissatisfied housewife contemplates her own life after reading 'Mrs Dalloway'. In 2000 editor Clarissa Vaughan struggles to look after her ex-lover Richard Brown who is losing his battle with Aids. Richard nicknames her 'Mrs Dalloway'.