"Actor: Garko"

• The Complete Sartana Collection | Blu Ray | (28/10/2019) from £42.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name spawned imitations, variations and shameless rip-offs keen to emulate his success at the box office. Within months of A Fistful of Dollars' release, Giuliano Gemma was playing Ringo, who was then followed by Franco Nero's Django, Tony Anthony's The Stranger and Gianni Garko's Sartana each providing their own twist on the Eastwood antihero, and each of them then subject to their own spate of unofficial sequels, spoofs and cash-ins. Sartana tapped into more than just his Spaghetti Western predecessors a mysterious figure, he has a spectral quality, aided by his Count Dracula-like cloak which also nods towards comic strip figure Mandrake the Magician, with whom he shares a penchant for card tricks. He takes pride in his appearance unlike the Eastwood's dusty wanderer or Nero's mud-caked drifter. And there's a dose of James Bond too in his fondness for gadgetry and the droll sense of humour. Unsurprisingly, this unique figure in the genre was treated to four official follow-ups. The Complete Sartana collects all five films, presented here in brand-new restorations: If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, in which George Hilton replaced Garko in the lead role. Special Edition Contents: Brand-new 2K restoration of If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death from original film materials, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Brand-new 2K restorations of I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay and Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming from original camera negatives, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Original Italian and English soundtracks on all five films Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Audio commentary on If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike Siegel Audio commentaries on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Have a Good Funeral My Friend Sartana Will Pay by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke Gianfranco Parolini on If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer-director Light the Fuse: Sartana's Casting, a video essay guide to many familiar faces in the Sartana films by Jonathan Bygraves Sal Borgese on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the actor Ernesto Gastaldi on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the writer Sartana Shoots First, a brand-new interview with George Hilton on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin Erika Blanc on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor - Tony Askin on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor - Roberto Dell'Acqua on Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, a brand-new interview with the actor Sartana Lives, an archive featurette on Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming featuring interviews with actor Gianni Garko and director Giuliano Carnimeo Galleries of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive for all five films Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

• Waterloo | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sergei Bondarchuk directs this 1970s drama starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer. After his abdication Napoleon Bonaparte (Steiger) is exiled to the island of Elba. However, he escapes to be reunited with his generals and troops and mounts a last desperate bid for power at the Battle of Waterloo. He has, however, reckoned without the British forces led by Arthur Welsley the Duke of Wellington (Plummer), who has just returned from a successful campaign in Spain.

• Waterloo | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £7.74   |  Saving you £-1.75 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A film that will never be equalled for its spectacle and dramatic power" says the stirring trailer on this otherwise sparsely featured DVD. Taking the story of the Napoleonic Wars to Bonapartes final defeat, Waterloo is an unofficial continuation to director Sergei Bondarchuks own 70mm super-epic War and Peace (1968). The climactic battle of Waterloo is shown in the second half of the film and re-enacted with such stunning realism by a cast of around 20,000 extras that it looks like documentary footage from history itself (some 20 years later, Gettysburg, 1993, did the same for the American Civil War). Those who hailed the groundbreaking impact of Saving Private Ryan should see Bondarchuks films, as for sheer scale and intensity--if not bloodiness--they make Spielbergs hit look like an amateur video. Without ever attempting a French accent, Rod Steiger makes a commanding Napoleon, Christopher Plummer a worthy adversary as Wellington, while the supporting cast led by Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins and Virginia McKenna is excellent. The DVD transfer is richly detailed and clear, though the print itself could have done with just a little restoration. Though dated, Abel Glances Napoleon (1928) remains definitive for many, perhaps explaining why Stanley Kubrick eventually abandoned his planned Napoleon film, instead making the 18th Century period epic Barry Lyndon (1974). --Gary S.Dalkin

• Waterloo (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/10/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Waterloo is the 1970 epic period war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by legendary producer Dino De Laurentis. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. Starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France, and Jack Hawkins all contribute fine portraits of great men against a magnificent backdrop of battle and bloodshed.

• Waterloo - Special Edition (LIMITED TO 5,000 COPIES) | Blu Ray | (14/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  First time on Blu-Ray in the UK. Waterloo is the 1970 epic period war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by legendary producer Dino De Laurentis. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. Starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France, and Jack Hawkins all contribute fine portraits of great men against a magnificent backdrop of battle and bloodshed.

• The Boss (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/04/2024) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the 1970s the crime film flourished in Italy as the country went through years of political and social unrest, the so-called ˜Years of Lead'. Italian movie producers would capitalise on these times by producing cheap, violent movies about the country's organised crime and corruption, establishing the genre of the poliziotteschi. One of the most celebrated poliziottesco directors was Fernando Di Leo, a director as concerned with telling entertaining stories as he was with creating socially relevant backdrops. In Di Leo's The Boss, Henry Silva plays mob enforcer Nick Lanzetta, who assassinates key members of a rival gang in order to put his boss in a position to seize power. However, one surviving member of the gang, Cocchi (Pier Paolo Capponi, The Cat o' Nine Tails) plots his revenge involving corrupt cop Torri (Gianni Garko, If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death), leading to a bloody series of double-crosses and power plays to find who will ultimately become the boss. Product FeaturesLIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:2020 4K restoration of the original negative, presented in the original Italian version and the shorter English export cut, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UKUncompressed mono PCM audioAudio commentary by critic Rachael NisbetNew interview with Fernando Di Leo biographer Davide PuliciArchival documentary Mafia Stories featuring stars Gianni Garko, Pier Paolo Capponi, producer Armando Novelli and director Fernando Di Leo among others (24 mins)Original trailerImage galleryReversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original postersNew and improved English subtitle translationLimited edition booklet with new writing by Italian crime expert and scholar Giulio Olesen and an archival interview with Di LeoLimited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with limited edition booklet and reversible sleeve

• The Night of the Devils | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Italian genre legend Gianni Garko (Lucio Fulci's The Psychic) stars in this terrifying masterpiece of the macabre, based on Tolstoy's story The Wurdurlak, itself previously adapted in Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. A nameless, mentally ill man (Garko) is found wandering in the woods, his mind lost in a fever dream of gruesome, sexual imagery. After being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the man flashes back to his nightmarish encounter with a backwoods family whose dynasty holds a centuries-old curse, What follows is a night of unrelenting horror. Music by Giorgio Gaslini, composer of scores for films by Dario Argento and Michelangelo Antonioni and special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, known for his effects on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Possession. Atmospheric and gory, The Night of the Devils is a Euro-horror classic not to be missed. Italian genre legend Gianni Garko (Lucio Fulci's The Psychic) stars in this terrifying masterpiece of the macabre, based on Tolstoy's story The Wurdurlak, itself previously adapted in Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. A nameless, mentally ill man (Garko) is found wandering in the woods, his mind lost in a fever dream of gruesome, sexual imagery. After being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the man flashes back to his nightmarish encounter with a backwoods family whose dynasty holds a centuries-old curse, What follows is a night of unrelenting horror. Music by Giorgio Gaslini, composer of scores for films by Dario Argento and Michelangelo Antonioni and special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, known for his effects on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Possession. Atmospheric and gory, The Night of the Devils is a Euro-horror classic not to be missed.

• The Night of the Devils | Blu Ray | (23/10/2023) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Italian genre legend Gianni Garko (Lucio Fulci's The Psychic) stars in this terrifying masterpiece of the macabre, based on Tolstoy's story The Wurdurlak, itself previously adapted in Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. A nameless, mentally ill man (Garko) is found wandering in the woods, his mind lost in a fever dream of gruesome, sexual imagery. After being admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the man flashes back to his nightmarish encounter with a backwoods family whose dynasty holds a centuries-old curse, What follows is a night of unrelenting horror. Music by Giorgio Gaslini, composer of scores for films by Dario Argento and Michelangelo Antonioni and special effects by Carlo Rambaldi, known for his effects on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Possession. Atmospheric and gory, The Night of the Devils is a Euro-horror classic not to be missed. Product Features High Definition digital transfer from the original camera negative presented with Italian and English audio options Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by Alan Jones and Kim Newman The Devils Among Us - Archival interview with actor Gianno Garko The Angel and the Devils - Archival interview with actor Agostina Belli The Child of Darkness - Archival interview with actor Cinzia de Carolis Celestial Light - Archival interview with camera operator Nino Celeste Fear and Jazz - Archival interview with composer Giorgio Gaslini Archival interview with critic and horror expert Chris Alexander Original trailer Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters New and improved English subtitle translation Limited edition booklet with new writing by Rachael Nisbet and archival writing by Chris Alexander Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with limited edition booklet and reversible sleeve

• Cold Eyes of Fear (Limited Edition 4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Italian genre-film stalwart Enzo G Castellari (Inglorious Bastards), Cold Eyes of Fear (Gli occhi freddi della paura) is a tense and brutal thriller which features an all-star line-up, including Gianni Garko (If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death), Fernando Rey (The French Connection), Giovanna Ralli (What Have They Done to Your Daughters?), and Frank Wolff (Once Upon a Time in the West).When wealthy playboy Peter Flower picks up the beautiful Anna and takes her back to his uncle's house, he and his guest find that their plans for the evening are cut short by the shocking discovery of a corpse and the surprise appearance of a pair of violent criminals.With its vibrant London locations and discordant jazz score - composed by the great Ennio Morricone and performed by the legendary free-improvisation collective, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - this stylish home-invasion thriller is presented in an all-new 4K restoration from the original negative.Product FeaturesBrand-new 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)Original English mono soundtrackAudio commentary with critics and authors David Flint and Adrian J Smith (2023)Directing Fear (2023): legendary director Enzo G Castellari looks back at the production and his experience of working with the actorsAn Italian in London (2023): actor Gianni Garko reflects on his role, and considers the film's place within his careerThe Men in the Editing Room (2023): assistant editor Gianfranco Amicucci recalls a creative collaborationLovely Jon on Ennio Morricone (2023): the DJ and soundtrack enthusiast dissects the film's experimental jazz scoreOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingLimited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Roberto Curti, a career-spanning archival interview with director Enzo G Castellari conducted by Mark Wickum, archival interviews with actors Gianni Garko and Giovanna Ralli, archival news reports on the death of actor Frank Wolff, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film creditsWorld premiere on 4K UHDLimited edition of 10,000 numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and USAll extras subject to change

• Waterloo | Blu Ray | (05/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Cold Eyes of Fear (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Italian genre-film stalwart Enzo G Castellari (Inglorious Bastards), Cold Eyes of Fear (Gli occhi freddi della paura) is a tense and brutal thriller which features an all-star line-up, including Gianni Garko (If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death), Fernando Rey (The French Connection), Giovanna Ralli (What Have They Done to Your Daughters?), and Frank Wolff (Once Upon a Time in the West). When wealthy playboy Peter Flower picks up the beautiful Anna and takes her back to his uncle's house, he and his guest find that their plans for the evening are cut short by the shocking discovery of a corpse and the surprise appearance of a pair of violent criminals. With its vibrant London locations and discordant jazz score - composed by the great Ennio Morricone and performed by the legendary free-improvisation collective, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - this stylish home-invasion thriller is presented in an all-new 4K restoration from the original negative. Product Features Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Original English mono soundtrack Audio commentary with critics and authors David Flint and Adrian J Smith (2023) Directing Fear (2023): legendary director Enzo G Castellari looks back at the production and his experience of working with the actors An Italian in London (2023): actor Gianni Garko reflects on his role, and considers the film's place within his career The Men in the Editing Room (2023): assistant editor Gianfranco Amicucci recalls a creative collaboration Lovely Jon on Ennio Morricone (2023): the DJ and soundtrack enthusiast dissects the film's experimental jazz score Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Roberto Curti, a career-spanning archival interview with director Enzo G Castellari conducted by Mark Wickum, archival interviews with actors Gianni Garko and Giovanna Ralli, archival news reports on the death of actor Frank Wolff, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits Limited edition of 10,000 numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• The Complete Sartana Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (25/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name spawned imitations, variations and shameless rip-offs keen to emulate his success at the box office. Within months of A Fistful of Dollars' release, Giuliano Gemma was playing Ringo, who was then followed by Franco Nero's Django, Tony Anthony's The Stranger and Gianni Garko's Sartana each providing their own twist on the Eastwood antihero, and each of them then subject to their own spate of unofficial sequels, spoofs and cash-ins. Sartana tapped into more than just his Spaghetti Western predecessors a mysterious figure, he has a spectral quality, aided by his Count Dracula-alike cloak which also nods towards comic strip figure Mandrake the Magician, with whom he shares he shares a penchant for card tricks. He takes pride in his appearance unlike the Eastwood's dusty wanderer or Nero's mud-caked drifter. And there's a dose of James Bond too in his fondness for gadgetry and the droll sense of humor. Unsurprisingly, this unique figure in the genre was treated to four official follow-ups. The Complete Sartana collects all five films, presented here in brand-new restorations: If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death, I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, in which George Hilton replaced Garko in the lead role. Features: Limited Edition Blu-ray collection of all five official Sartana films (2500 copies) Brand-new 2K restoration of If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death from original film materials, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Brand-new 2K restorations of I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death, Have a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming, and Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin from original camera negatives, carried out by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Original Italian and English soundtracks on all five films Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack Audio commentary on If You Meet Sartana... Pray for Your Death by filmmaker Mike Siegel Audio commentary on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death by Spaghetti Western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke Gianfranco Parolini on If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer-director Fabio Piccioni on If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death, a brand-new interview with the writer Sal Borgese on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the actor Ernesto Gastaldi on I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death and Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming, two brand-new interviews with the writer Roberto Dell'Acqua on Having a Good Funeral My Friend... Sartana Will Pay, a brand-new interview with the actor Sartana Lives, an archive featurette on Light the Fuse Sartana Is Coming featuring interviews with actor Gianni Garko and director Giuliano Carnimeo Sartana Shoots First, a brand-new interview with George Hilton on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin Erika Blanc on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor Tony Askin on Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, a brand-new interview with the actor Brand-new video essay on the major actors and supporting players in the official Sartana films Galleries of original promotional images from the Mike Siegal Archive for all five films Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and an extensive Spaghetti Western timeline by Howard Hughes

• Black Angel (Senso '45) | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £8.48   |  Saving you £11.51 (135.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Italy - 1945: The war and Fascism is coming to and end. Livia, the wife of a high-ranking ministry official is on her way to Venice in order to meet Helmut Schultz, an SS Lieutenant with whom she is having an affair. During the trip she relives the high points of the torrid sexual abandonment that has shaped her destiny.Once in Venice she finds the city in chaos, but amongst the madness, a surprise awaits Livia... a surprise that sees her personal setbacks reflected in historic and political events.

• Bad Man's River | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £10.23   |  Saving you £-3.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Gina Lollobrigida and James Mason conspire in this superb comedy/western to con the Mexican governmen out of a million dollars. Along the way they employ the services of an apparently hapless gang led by Lee Van Cleef but the Mexican army and assorted revolutionaries have their own ideas about how events will unfold...

• Le Fate Ignoranti | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ozpetek the director of 'Hamam: Turkish Bath' has lived in the melting pot Ostiense district of Rome for 15 years and sets his third film there with considerable observational skill. That's one of the pleasures of his story which has two of Italy's best actors in parts that require the kind of concentration few others could sustain. Antonia is a middle class and happily married wife devastated by her husband's sudden death and further sent into depresssion when she discovers an ol

• Bad Man's River | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bad man's river is the bold and exciting story about four outlaws undertaking the job of blowing up an arsenal in Mexico...

• Dracula Blows His Cool | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  You'll darn near die laughing! It's love at first sight! An ancestor of the famous vampire gets a job as a photographer shooting beautiful fashion models at the family estate. They set out to convert Dracula's castle into a hip vampire disco. Being around so much naked and semi-naked flesh has the expected affect on him and when the castle opens to the unsuspecting public the Count himself decides to put the ""Bite"" on the customers.

• Callas Forever | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  At the beginning of this engrossing story Larry Kelly (the delectable Jeremy Irons) has become a manager of rock bands - much easier to handle he asserts than a temperamental opera star. Managing Maria Callas's late career has left him scorched by the star's brilliant fire. Visiting her palatial Paris apartment Kelly is shocked to find a broken and reclusive Callas humiliated by the deterioration of her voice. Determined to re-ignite her passion and restore her legacy he convinces her to take on an important project: a film of the opera Carmen in which she will lip-sync her own glorious recording of many years previous. Thus begins a reawakening of their former relationship mixing creative passion genius and drive in an incendiary cocktail. The stars are ably supported by a feisty Joan Plowright as their mutually supportive journalist friend newcomer Jay Rodan as Larry's handsome artist boyfriend and a wonderfully steamy performance from sexy Gabriel Garko as the tenor who worships Callas and yearns for his own opportunity for greatness. The special relationship between Callas (a luminous Fanny Ardant reprising her stage portrayal) and her former manager forms the heart of this compelling fictional imagining of the diva's swan song written and directed by the late Callas's friend and colleague Franco Zeffirelli (ROMEO AND JULIET) in a worthy tribute to his legendary friend

• Blood Money: Four Classic Westerns Vol 2 Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £26.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A