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• Amadeus | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The satirical sensibilities of writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) were ideally matched in this Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Shaffer's hit play about the rivalry between two composers in the court of Austrian Emperor Joseph II--official royal composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), and the younger but superior prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). The conceit is absolutely delicious: Salieri secretly loathes Mozart's crude and bratty personality but is astounded by the beauty of his music. That's the heart of Salieri's torment--although he's in a unique position to recognise and cultivate both Mozart's talent and career, he's also consumed with envy and insecurity in the face of such genius. That such magnificent music should come from such a vulgar little creature strikes Salieri as one of God's cruellest jokes, and it drives him insane. Amadeus creates peculiar and delightful contrasts between the impeccably re-created details of its lavish period setting and the jarring (but humorously refreshing and unstuffy) modern tone of its dialogue and performances--all of which serve to remind us that these were people before they became enshrined in historical and artistic legend. Jeffrey Jones, best-known as Ferris Bueller's principal, is particularly wonderful as the bumbling emperor (with the voice of a modern mid-level businessman). The film's eight Oscars include statuettes for Best Director Forman, Best Actor Abraham (Hulce was also nominated), Best Screenplay and Best Picture. --Jim Emerson Note: this region two DVD is a "flipper" with a break between sides A and B.

• Amadeus | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Amadeus triumphs as gripping human drama sumptuous period epic glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - and as the winner of eight 1984 Academy Awards including Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz) Actor (F. Murray Abraham) Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Peter Shaffer).

• Amadeus -- Director's Cut 2-Disc Special Edition | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A note-perfect cinematic event whose immortality was assured from its opening night, Amadeus is an unlikely candidate for the Director's Cut treatment. Like one of Mozart's operas, the multiple Oscar-winning theatrical version seemed perfectly formed from the outset--ideal casting, costumes, sets, cinematography, lighting, screenplay, music, music, music--so the reinstatement of an extra 20 minutes simply risks adding "too many notes". Yet though this extended cut can hardly be said to improve a picture that needed no improvement, it does at least flesh out a couple of small subplots and shed new light on certain key scenes. Here we learn why Constanze Mozart bears such ill-will towards Salieri when she discovers him at her husband's deathbed: he has insulted and degraded her after she came to him for help. We also see deeper into the reasons why Mozart has no pupils: not only has Salieri poisoned the Emperor's mind against him, but the only promisingly lucrative teaching job he can find ends disastrously when he realises that the master of the house just wants music to quiet his barking dogs. In a humiliating coda to that episode, a drunk and desperate Wolfgang returns later to beg for money only to be coldly rejected. The structure of the picture is otherwise unaltered. On the DVD: Amadeus--The Director's Cut finally accords this masterful work the DVD treatment it deserves. The handsome anamorphic widescreen picture is accompanied by a choice of Dolby 5.1 or Dolby stereo sound options, and it's all contained on one side of the disc (the original single-disc DVD release was that crime against the format, a "flipper"). Director Milos Forman and writer Peter Shaffer provide a chatty though sporadic commentary, but they're obviously still too mesmerised by the movie to do much more than offer the odd anecdote. Disc 2 contains an excellent new hour-long "making of" documentary, with contributions from Forman, Shaffer, Sir Neville Marriner and all the main actors, taking in the scriptwriting, choice of music, casting and problems involved in filming in Communist Czechoslovakia with half the crew and extras working for the Secret Police. --Mark Walker

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• The Funhouse | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Something is alive in the funhouse... Something that has the form of a human but not the face... Something that feeds of the flesh and blood of young innocents... Something that tinight will turn the funhouse into a carnival of terror! Four teens decide to spend a night in the spooky funhouse of a travelling carnival but when they witness a horrific murder by a masked monster they are trapped and their nightmare begins!

• The Funhouse | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Something is alive in The Funhouse! The carnival is a place for fun and laughter but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper's classic video nasty era slasher. Will anyone escape the clutches of the stumbling madman that stalks to sideshow? Is there no end to the carnival barkers chilling sadism? The only way to find out is ascend into the funhouse where the games have no rules and the only prize on offer is a grisly demise. Join us in The Funhouse. So much fun that you’ll never leave...Alive! Special Features: Stunning High Definition transfer of the film from Universal Pictures. Audio commentary with The Funhouse S/FX wizard Craig Reardon and Jeffrey Reddick. Audio commentary with producer Derek Power and genre scholar Howard S. Berger. Audio commentary with Justin Kerswell author of ‘Teenage Wasteland’ and host of the slasher cinema website Hysteria Lives and author Calum Waddell. Stuck in the Funhouse with director Tobe Hooper. Carnage at the Carnival: Tobe Hooper remembers The Funhouse. Miles of Mayhem: Acting in Tobe’s Funhouse with star Miles Chapin.  A Trilogy of Terror: The Make-up Madness of Craig Reardon the S/FX wizard recollects his collaborations with Tobe Hooper;'Eaten Alive' 'Poltergeist' and 'The Funhouse'. Master Class of Horror: Mick Garris the director of Sleepwalkers and The Shining reflects on the crimson-covered career of his longtime colleague Tobe Hooper.  Live Q&A with Tobe Hooper from San Francisco. Never before seen behind the scenes photographs from the collection of Craig Reardon.  Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Rick Melton.  Collector's booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by critic and author Kim Newman.

• The Funhouse | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Something is Alive in the Funhouse!The carnival is a place for fun and laughter, but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires, it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper’s classic video nasty era slasher.Will anyone escape the clutches of the stumbling madman that stalks to sideshow? Is there no end to the carnival barkers chilling sadism? The only way to find out is ascend into the funhouse, where the games have no rules and the only prize on offer is a grisly demise.Join us in The Funhouse. So much fun that you’ll never leave...Alive! Special Features:Every Arrowdrome release includes a reversible sleeve of original artwork and a collector's booklet!Also includes an interview with director Tobe Hooper, Trailer and a collector's booklet by Author Kim Newman.

• The Funhouse | Blu Ray | (18/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Something is alive in The Funhouse! The carnival is a place for fun and laughter but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper's classic video nasty era slasher. Will anyone escape the clutches of the stumbling madman that stalks to sideshow? Is there no end to the carnival barkers chilling sadism? The only way to find out is ascend into the funhouse where the games have no rules and the only prize on offer is a grisly demise. Join us in The Funhouse. So much fun that you'll never leave...Alive!

• When The Party's Over | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £6.75   |  Saving you £-2.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.

• When The Party's Over | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.

• Hollywood DVD Comedy | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). He's cut her body into pieces and has taken them to the Mexican border but he's lost one of her hands! A blind old village woman stumbles upon the hand hits her head and miraculously regains her eyesight. Soon thousands are flocking to the local church to see the hand of the 'Madonna' and miracles are granted to all who ask. But the village priest (David Schwimmer) who is in love with the town hooker (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) senses that the hand's origin is not quite 'virginal'... Combat Academy A wise-cracking hipster and a nerd are sent to a military academy to be straightened out. But the two manage to turn the academy inside out with their comic capers and war games. When The Party's Over It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.

• Amadeus - Classic Collection | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Amadeus triumphs as gripping human drama sumptuous period epic glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - and as the winner of eight 1984 Academy Awards including Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz) Actor (F. Murray Abraham) Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Peter Shaffer). Now in a revitalized digital transfer and including more than 20 minutes of extra scenes not seen on its original release Amadeus remains a screen triumph! Amadeus won 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture Actor Director and Adapted Screenplay. About as close to perfection as movies get. USA Today