A scruffy tomboy is transformed into a radiant high society beauty in this glorious musical from MGM. Scored by the talented team of Lerner and Lowe the movie features splendid musical numbers like ""Thank Heaven for Little Girls"" and ""I Remember It Well."" Directed by the great Vincent Minnelli (The Band Wagon) this award-winning classic is not to be missed.
Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere had the brilliant idea of casting France's most lovably vulnerable hunk, the massive Gerard Depardieu, in one of French literature's meatiest roles: the sword-wielding poet Cyrano. Equipped with a massive nose and a heart to match, Depardieu soars as the heart-broken soldier who must lendhis words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. Rappeneau spared no expense in taking this Edmond Rostand play into realistic locations for the battle scenes in the second act, making the film as exciting as it is romantic and funny. Depardieu attacks the role in great gulps, consuming all the oxygen in any room he enters. Macho but sensitive, he creates a larger-than-life Cyrano, whose wrenching sadness at the lack of interest from his lady love will have you reaching for the tissues. --Marshall Fine
A Choice Of Coward (2 Discs)
This DVD contains a great combination of the first ever feature film featuring the Stranglers, the award winning short Norfolk Coast starring Jean Jacques Burnel in the main role of Warner alongside Academy Award nominee Susannah York, Nicholas Ball and Lynsey Baxter, together with some strange cameos from the band.Then there is the double header, a superb acoustic set, featuring classic tracks, including Strange Little Girl and Still Life and then one of the greatest nights in recent Stranglers history when the band grabbed a sold out crowd at the Bush by the neck, to produce what their manager described as their greatest live show ever.Featuring all the classics like Skin Deep, No More Heroes and Peaches, it is the old five-piece at their very best.Recorded at the Shepard’s Bush Empire, 2 December 2005. Tracks: Norfolk Coast All Day And All Of The Night Death & Night & Blood Big Thing Coming Peaches Skin Deep Always The Sun Long Black Veil I've Been Wild Lost Control Goodbye Toulouse Summat Outanowt Walk On By Duchess Burning Up Time Toiler On the Sea Time To Die Tank Mine All Mine No More Heroes
""Atmosphre? Atmosphre? Est-ce que j'ai une gueule d'atmosphre?"" Hotel du Nord is the second part of Marcel Carne's ""fatalistic romantic melodramas"" following Quai des Brumes and later completed by Le Jour se Leve. Renee (Annabella) and Pierre (Jean-Pierre Aumont) take a room at the shabby Parisian Hotel du Nord with the intention of seeing through a suicide pact. However Pierre shoots Annabella but cannot turn the gun on himself. Seedy pimp Monsieur
In matters of the heart it's anyone's guess. Va Savoir is an elegant and utterly charming comedy about the romantic misadventures of Camille and Ugo - a theater director and his leading lady - whose already complicated relationship becomes exponentially more difficult when they become entangled in the lives of four other people. As funny as it is touching as smart as it is silly Va Savoir is an endearing and delightful comedy of the heart and soul.
""Ulysses Ulysses soaring through all the galaxies In search of Earth flying in to the night."" Volume Three of Ulysses 31 features the final episodes from the outer space animation series. Will our titular hero make it to the Kingdom Of Hades and return to Earth? Episodes Comprise: 1. The Hidden Truth 2. The Magician in Black 3. Rebellion on Lemnos 4. The City of Cortex 5. Calypso 6. Strange Meeting 7. The Lotus Eaters 8. The Kingdom of Hades
A celebration of youth friendship and the everlasting magic of the movies. The story of a lifelong love affair with the movies Cinema Paradiso tells of a young boy in a small Italian Village where the only pastime is a visit to the movies at the Cinema Paradiso. Enchanted by the flickering images Salvatore yearns for the secret of the cinema's magic and is overjoyed when Alfredo the projectionist agrees to reveal the mysteries of movie making to him. As their friendship grows so does Salvatore growing older with his good friend and the movies he adores learning from both of them how to court his first love and dreaming of one day making movies of his own. When the day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream Alfredo makes the young man promise to never look back to keep moving forward. And so he does for thirty years until the day a message arrives that beckons him back home to a secret beautiful discovery that awaits him there.
Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love innocence and sex are a sight to behold. Madam Nadine manages with pride the ""Vnus beaut"" Salon which offers relaxation massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha Marianne and Angle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne who still dreams of the big day Angle no longer believes in love. Marie the youngest of the three employees discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot who risks everything...
Legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau changed the way we look at our world and here he explores more of the fascinating aspects of our planet. Cousteau and his team look at some of the most fragile ecosystems of the earth and suggest ways to protect it. On this 3 Disc Box Set their journies take them to the Phillipines The Mekong Africa and China. Cousteau's final film completed in 1997 which is dedicated to his memory saw the team exploring the marvels of Lake Baikal high up in Siberia. Also taking an in depth look at the largest of predatory fish in the sea; The Great White Sharks as well as the hidden lives of Dolphins and Whales. Storming fossil coral reefs Cousteau and his team set out on fantastic adventures enlightening us on some of the worlds natural wonders.
A pleasurable comedy of love and sexual identity unfurls over a balmy summer holiday. Marc (Gilbert Melki) takes his wife Batrix (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and their two children to the seaside house of his youth. The Mediterranean wind blows and the heat of summer strokes their passions and desires. Nineteen-year-old daughter Laura has a rendez-vous with her biker boyfriend and then heads off to Spain while their son Charly 17 roams with his best friend Martin. Batrix is sensitive to the erotically charged atmosphere that exists between the boys and imagines that her son is gay. Marc meanwhile is upset at the prospect of it although Batrix is determined to be open. When Batrix's lover Mathieu shows up and Marc's old flame appears complications ensue and chaos develops.
Man of the world turned man of the cloth - Cadfael (Derek Jacobi) is a rare hero. He is a man who has chosen to live as a monk - yet he's no saint. Once a solider who fought in the Crusades he has lived - and loved. Even his devotion to the church is not enough to suppress his curiosity to quell his love of mystery. This release features all the storylines from Series One to Four based on the novels by Ellis Peters.
Horloger De Daint-Paul stars Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul Lyons. He lives quietly alone with his almost son Bernard. One day the police come and say Bernard murdered a factory owner. Superintendent Guiboud asks Michel for help. But Michel realizes how little he knows about his son.
Born out of wedlock early in the last century impoverished and unloved Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos) meets Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain) in post war Saint-Germaindes-Pres. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors based on Violette’s quest for freedom through writing and on Simone’s conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer. Based on the true story of French novelist Violette Leduc Violette is written by Martin Provost Marc Abdelnour and René de Cecatty.
The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On movies: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter-ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD has no frills: it is presented in mono and 4:3 screen ratio.--Roz Kaveney
A legendary early masterpiece of French cinema 'Les Vampires' follows the exploits of a nefarious band of master criminals led by the seductive femme fatale Irma Vep alluringly played by Musidora. Holding Paris in the grip of terror the underworld gang are pursued across the city by heroic journalist Philippe Guerande and his sidekick Mazamette. Reflecting the mood of fear and anxiety in World War I era France this meticulously restored ten-part silent serial from film pioneer Louis Feuillade - creator of the acclaimed Fant''mas serials - is a hugely influential and engrossing crime drama from cinema's golden age. Musical accompaniment composed by Eric Le Guen and Chateau Flight.
Marianne is at a terrible crossroads in her life following the shock of her husband Vincent's apparent suicide and the revelation that his prestigious jewellery business is riddled with crippling debt. Once a promising young jeweller herself Marianne has gradually sunk into alcoholism since her marriage. However the discovery of seven magnificent diamonds secretly stashed away by Vincent rekindles Marianne's forgotten ambition. Resolving to sell them she unwittingly enters the shady underworld of the diamond trade uncovering a sinister web of intrigue that will lead to a mysterious former lover and a dangerous struggle for her own survival. An elegant and suspenseful thriller Place Vendome features an outstanding performance by Catherine Deneuve which won her the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival.
The film that brought Jacques Tati international acclaim also launched his on-screen alter ego: the courteous well-meaning eternally accident prone Monsieur Hulot with whom Tati would from now on be inseparably associated. As with Jour de f''te the film is set in a sleepy French coastal resort which is seasonally disrupted by holidaymakers in energetic pursuit of fun. At the centre of the chaos is the eccentric Hulot struggling at all times to maintain appearances but somehow entirely divorced from his immediate surroundings. There is little plot in Tati's beautifully orchestrated 'ballet' of comic action: it's a series of incidents a seamless succession of gently mocking studies of human absurdity.
Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane star in this unique collection of Old Mother Riley films! Featuring: 1. MP 2. In Paris 3. New Venture 4. Jungle Treasure 5. Meets The Vampire 6. Headmistress
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