Bridge Over The River Kwai: Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards. (Dir. David Lean 1957) Das Boot: Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96 one of the famed German U-Boats known as 'The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy... (Dir. Wolfgang Peterson 1981) The Guns Of Navarone: Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Carl Foreman brought Allistar MacLean's best-selling novel to the screen winning nominations for seven Academy Awards in 1961. (Dir. J. Lee Thompson 1961)
A box-set containing these three classic British War Films! Angels One Five (1952): This low-key intelligent Second World War drama attempts to show the reality of service life during the Battle of Britain. Director George More O'Ferrall draws on his first-hand knowledge of the subject gained during wartime RAF service to probe the emotions behind the British stiff upper lip. It was a big hit in its day and is still worth the time now. The Dam Busters (1955): Based on the true story during World War Two in which low level Bombers from England attempt to destory a key German industrial target. With the invention of an ingenious weapon they drop bombs into reservoirs in the Ruhr water system causing destructive floods. Aces High (1976): Based around a young officer who has come straight from school to fight on the Western Front against the Germans. However the regiment he joins of Green Pilots does not have a good life expectancy.
Sally Potter's self-reflective film stars Potter (an actress and the director of Orlando), more or less as herself, learning to tango from master-dancer Pablo Veron and considering making a film called The Tango Lesson. The film that we happen to be watching, however, is concerned largely with the delicious conflict between the politics of tango--the need for one partner, typically the woman, to yield to the other--and the expectations of the film-maker to do things on her own terms. Can Potter simultaneously surrender and control for the duration of this circular project? The question is made more complicated by Veron's desire to be in one of Potter's films--in other words, to follow her lead. Potter may not be Veron's equal on the dance floor, but that isn't the point of this interesting movie and its provocative, internal debate. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Having swept the board at the Academy awards Ben Hur achieved an outstanding feat in film history winning eleven oscars in 1959 including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. After a ten month production schedule and a then massive million budget this 1950''s epic movie has always represented a cinematographic feat that has rarely been bettered.
Six years after the nuke wars reduced the world to rubble and a few bands of wandering survivors one such group stumbles into an abandoned government research facility where the now dead scientists were working on making genetic mutations capable of creating their own amino acids. The group are attacked by one of the leftover experiments who tries to ensure that a horrible fate awaits them...
The Real Story Behind American Gangster This is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Mr Untouchable takes you deep inside the heroin game. With the first hand testimony of the black Godfather himself Nicky Barnes. This is an epic story of business excess greed and revenge. Nicky Barnes was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history. From humble beginnings he came to dominate the heroin distribution business and make himself and his comrades rich beyond their wildest dreams. Trusted and trained by the Italians he set up his own black crime family 'The Council' a formidable drug collective. The film has secured the testimony of Nicky Barnes himself. Barnes has broken the street code and his 23-year silence to tell all in this epic American dream story. We have also interviewed former members of The Council and others in the Barnes drug Collective. This is an inside look at the heroin business from the Kingpin at the top to the dealer and user on the street.
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
Some things are worse than death. Just ask anyone who's been out to the old Mayhew place - if you can find anyone who's ever come back alive. Now where the highway ends terror begins for six college students who've just been involved in a horrible car accident. Stranded the friends seek help at an isolated farmhouse - only to discover a horrifying family secret that they will wish remained as a skeleton in the closet.
Based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story this romantic epic stars Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson as two strangers who meet fall in love and marry in post-war Paris. Taylor represents the Ellswirth family: eccentric and free spending but seemingly always on the brink of bankruptcy. When she is unable to change her ways when married life becomes more difficult...
Intergalactic adventure with an interplanetary resistance group battling for survival against a totalitarian super-power. Roaming a universe of boundless space and restrictive discipline freedom-fighter Blake with the crew of spaceship Liberator is locked in combat with the all-powerful forces of the Federation. Episodes comprise: 1. Aftermath 2. Powerplay 3. Volcano 4. Dawn of the Gods 5. The Harvest of Kairos 6. City at the Edge of the World 7. Children of Auron 8. Rumou
Considered one of the greatest films in the history of cinema, David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia, celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is available fully-restored on Blu-ray and will also be released on a four-disc collector's gift set.
The Butcher
LOLA: Similar to ""Lolita "" this kinetic film chronicles the story of an aging sex book writer (Charles Bronson) and his passion for a 16-year-old seductress and the social pressures that result from their relationship and eventual marriage. THE WITNESS: A man depends on the testimony of a mystery woman to disprove his involvement in a murder and bank robbery. But where is she?
Adapted from Nigel Balchin's famous novel about a military bomb disposal expert 'The Small Back Room' traces the struggles of Sammy Rice a crippled neurotic scientist. Sammy plagued by feelings of inferiority because of his lameness labours to solve the problem of a new type enemy bomb that is causing many casualties. When a close friend and collegue is killed attempting to dismantle one of the bombs Sammy is forced to face his demons take his life in his hands and prove his worth; to the military and himself...
In 1967 Steve Winwood decided to leave the Spencer Davis Group and form his own band - the result was Traffic. This new group gained international success in the late 1960s and early 1970s they are remembered mostly for some memorable and ground-breaking singles and albums that scored high chart placings on both sides of the atlantic. It is without doubt fortunate that Island and Columbia filmed Traffic at the 3000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1972 when the band had just released their definitive album 'John Barleycorn Must Die'. A beautifully shot concert film there are endless camera angles and close-ups of performers from virtually every perspective imaginable - with great shots of band members Steve Winwood Chris White Rebop Kwakubaah and Jim Capaldi. Tracklist: 1. The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys 2. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 3. John Barleycorn 4. Rainmaker 5. Glad 6. Freedom Rider 7. 40000 Headmen 8. Dear Mr Fantasy
Coleman Hawkins, saxophone ténor - George Arvanitas, piano - Jimmy Woode, contrebasse - Kansas Fields, batterie
When brilliant detective Emmett Young starts developing killer headaches he puts it down to stress but a trip to the doctor's reveals another cause. Emmett has a fatal disease. He hires a hitman to kill him only to find out the hospital has made a mistake. Now he has to find his own unknown assassin and solve the biggest murder mystery of his career...his own!!!
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