Playwright Peter Nichols adapted his own blackly comic 1967 Tony Award-winning play for this confrontational film version by director Peter Medak. Alan Bates and Janet Suzman play a married couple struggling to come to terms with their daughter's disability using comedy and cruelty to dispel the desperation of their situation. This uncomfortable, provocative film about marriage, children and life choices is startlingly funny as well as deeply moving. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with director Peter Medak and film historian Sam Dunn Remembering the Day: Janet Suzman on Joe Egg' (2017, 18 mins): interview with the acclaimed actor From Stage to Screen: Peter Nichols on Joe Egg' (2017, 20 mins): interview with the celebrated playwright Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The District Nurse the hit BBC drama arrives on DVD for the first time. In the 1920s District Nurse Megan Roberts (Nerys Hughes) is assigned to a poor Welsh mining village where life has hardly changed since Victorian times. Solace is found in booze and religion. Viewed with deep suspicion by many of the locals she soon finds herself battling against powerful farmers local officials and mine owners who care nothing about the villagers' welfare. Digitally remastered for e
AMG-Frank Zappa's 200 Motels is a film that defies categorization. Although it was released to theaters it was shot on videotape and blown up for the big screen. Zappa was inspired by life on the road to assemble this surreal somewhat uneven movie which has no real plot; it is more like a series of music videos with occasional narrative passages featuring actor Theodore Bikel as the mysterious government agent Rance Muhammitz Ringo Starr playing Larry the Dwarf who is dressed up to look like Zappa and Keith Moon as a bizarre nun. A lot of the humor will appeal strictly to Zappa fans as will the often exciting music. Highlights include the hard driving Mystery Roach the hilarious Lonesome Cowboy Burt with a vocal by former Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black and the grandiose finale Strictly Genteel complete with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra which Zappa would re-record on more than one occasion. Oddly enough Zappa's appearances on screen are rather fleeting when compared to most rock musicians who seem to feel that the camera must be on the leader 90% of the time. The supporting cast of the Mothers of Invention on this occasion include lead singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (formerly of the Turtles) saxophonist Ian Underwood George Duke (making a rare appearance on trombone instead of keyboards) and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. Track list 1 Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood 2 Mystery Roach 3 Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers 4 This Won't Take Long 5 Centerville 6 The Sealed Tuna Bolero 7 Lonesome Cowboy Burt 8 Magic Fingers 9 The Lad Searches the Next for HisNewts 10 The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth 11 The Girl's Dream 12 Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Corduroy Ponce 13 A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes 14 Dental Hygiene Dilemma 15 Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting 16 Penis Dimension 17 Janet's Big Dance Number 18 Half a Dozen Provocative Squats 19 Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist 20 Shove It Right In 21 What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening 22 Daddy Daddy Daddy 23 What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning 24 Mysterioso 25 Dental Hygiene Reprise 26 Strictly Genteel 27 The Finale 28 Postlude
The Jagged Mark of His Sword Struck Terror to Every Heart - But One! This swashbuckling remake of the silent classic stars Tyrone Power as the dashing masked avenger who single-handedly saves Los Angeles from Spanish despots. Don Diego Vega (Power) is summoned home from his elite training corps in Spain to California where he finds his father the Alcade deposed and the people living in tyranny. Disguised as Zorro a sword-wielding mystery man dressed in black he works to r
Seventh Heaven directed by Frank Borzage is a tender love story set in pre-World War I Paris which unites two unlikely people in becoming a highly popular twosome. It stars the pert and angelic Janet Gaynor opposite the tall but not-so-rugged Charles Farrell in their initial union their first of twelve movies in which they were to appear together. The film won three Oscars including the Best Actress award for Janet Gaynor and also the Best Director award for Frank Borzage.
Waking the Dead, like director-writer Keith Gordon's earlier films (The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear, Mother Night), is based on a well-regarded modern novel (by Scott Spencer) and has a great many quiet virtues: a genuine engagement with near-contemporary America, complicated characters well-played by a cast of perfectly selected not-quite-star performers and a questioning approach that sits ill with the too-easy answers of most contemporary films. The complex story opens in 1974 with the death in a car bomb explosion of Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly), a radical working with a faction of left-wing Catholics to rescue dissidents from Chile. This has a devastating effect on her straighter boyfriend, Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup), who is working within the system with an eye on rising in the Democratic Party through the patronage of a senior figure (Hal Holbrook), the man who is eventually to become the President. We flash back to 1972 and Fielding's intense relationship with Sarah, marked by romantic and political differences that feel far more real than the contrived oppositional arguments in most political movies. Then skip 10 years forward to find a sleeker, hollow-faced Fielding running for Congress, tormented not only by memories of Sarah but her actual or phantasmal appearances. Another film might play this as a paranoid mystery thriller, but this goes for psychology, and Crudup delivers an intense portrait of a man cracking up by the loss of his ideals as much as his life's love--climaxing in a terrific restaurant outburst to his needy, congratulatory family. Unreleased theatrically in the UK, this outstanding film has award-quality performances from Crudup and Connelly, both doing their best screen work to date. On the DVD: The picture is presented in 1.85.1 anamorphic widescreen, with Dolby Digital sound. You get the usual trailer, filmographies and puff piece featurette, but also three superb extras: a commentary from Gordon that passionately and intelligently addresses the thematic material and production circumstances of the film; a package of deleted scenes that goes well beyond the usual irrelevant snippets--everything here offers additional insights into the plot and character; tracks from the composers Tomandandy which play over the menus--a rare feature that's liable to become more common. --Kim Newman
This DVD features all 13 episodes from the first season of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends. In this series Spider-Man forms a close friendship and alliance with two superheroes Iceman and Firestar. Together the group informally known as ""The Spider Friends"" battle crime in New York City.
In Unhinged three college girls in a hard-driving rain storm crash their car. They stumble upon a creepy mansion and come across a strange family with a dark secret. Previously banned in the UK.
A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?
Bride Of Chucky (1998): The world's most notorious doll is back on the rampage but this time he's met his match... his ex-girlfriend Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) who with marriage in mind breathes new life into the little guy. So begins a hilarious adventure filled with gruesome splatter murderous mayhem and laughs galore! Seed Of Chucky (2004): Deliver us some evil! The fifth film in the Child's Play series marks the directorial debut of Don Mancini the creator the s
It's only when you're life is truely on edge that you appreciate how precious and important everyday every moment is. After finding she has a life-threatening illness Susan Allen decides to spend what time is left to the fullest with her young daughter Carson. Tortured between her own terrible plight and what will happen to Carson she then crosses paths with an irresistable stranger. Although reluctantto get too involved as any future together seems impossible she soon finds out
Based on Honore de Balzac's best selling novel this 1971 BBC adaptation of Cousin Bette stars Margaret Tyzack (Victoria & Albert) and Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls) alongside a stellar cast. Cousin Bette is set against a back drop of decadent Parisian society. The poor cousin of Baroness Adeline Hulot Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette) nurses deep-seated jealousy and resentment against the Hulot family. She eventually takes her revenge on the ones that betrayed her and she will not re
Grizzled veteran detective Mark Simmons (Lou Diamond Phillips) can't seem to catch the Badge Bandit the city's serial prankster who's causing mischief and embarrassing the police. Karina Murphy (Lulu Wilson) is a spunky 12-year-old who dreams of being a cop. She stumbles on Simmons' stakeout where she proves she's got serious detective skills and tech-savvy smarts. While Simmons wants to ignore Karina, the police captain does the unthinkable and teams them up. While on their mission to stop the Badge Bandit, the unlikely duo goes on a hilarious, action-filled adventure! Bonus features: The Making of Cop and a Half: New Recruit Lou and Lulu: Partners in Crime Solving
A shaggy-dog spoof about a boy and his dog separated by a continent! Bingo the lovable pooch becomes involved in a variety of adventures and misdemeanours and even ends up in jail (with his own green uniform yet) followed by a court appearance. That doesn't stop the boy's faithful best friend from trying to make his way home...
The Volume 1 of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest films including Psycho (1960) Rope Saboteur Rear Window Shadow of a Doubt The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Saboteur (1942)Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of a fire that killed his best friend. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)A young woman discovers her visiting Uncle Charlie may not be the man he initially seemed to be. Rope (1948)Two young men strangle their classmate hide his body in their apartment and invite his closest friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the perfection of their crime. Rear Window (1954)A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his window and becomes convinced one of them has committed a serious murder. The Trouble with Harry (1955)The trouble with Harry is that everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)A family holidaying in Morocco stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. Psycho (1960)A young woman steals $40 000 from her client and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor who has been too long under the presence and domination of his mother. Special Features: Disc 1 The Making of Saboteur - A Closer Look Storyboards Hitchcock Sketches Saboteur Theatrical Trailer Disc 2 The Making Of Featurette John M Hayes Interview Art Gallery Rear Window Trailer Compilation Rear Window Theatrical Trailer Disc 3 The Making Of Art Gallery Rear Window Trailer Compilation Rope Theatrical Trailer Disc 4 The Making of - The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over Art Gallery Hitchcock Trailer Compilation The Trouble with Harry Theatrical Trailer Disc 5 Production Notes Cast and Filmmakers Theatrical Trailer Disc 6 The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much Art Gallery Hitchcock Trailer Compilation The Man Who Knew Too Much Theatrical Trailer Disc 7 Shadow of a Doubt beyond Doubt Documentary Production Drawings Art Gallery Shadow of a Doubt Theatrical Trailer
Dean and Jerry light up the screen in this classic comedy thought by many to be their finest team-up.
And the dead shall rise and walk the earth! Horror maestro LUCIO FULCI throws open the gates of Hell, unleashing a plague of Zombies, in this notorious Shock and Gore' masterpiece. A psychic buried alive A mysterious vision A hanged priest and a prediction of Zombie fuelled apocalypse. Can anything be done to save man from gut-munching oblivion? In the sleepy village of Dunwich, the dead are rising, local girls are vomiting entrails and the town misfit is about to get his brains drilled out. Will they find a way to stop the rotting hordes before everyone in town gets devoured? CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD Dare you watch this eye-scorching trip into flesh-splattered zombie insanity from the King of Euro-Terror? THIS AMAZING EDITION CONTAINS: 4 sleeve art options Double-sided fold-out poster Fulci of the Living Dead' collector's booklet Set of 6 original poster art postcards DVD SET CONTAINS: Theatrical Cut in 5.1 Dolby Surround SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical trailer Dame of the Dead Live from the Glasgow Theatre The Many Lives And Deaths of Giovanni Lombardo Radice Penning Some Paura Dardano Sacchetti Remembers COTLD The Audio Recollections of Giovanni Lombardo Radice Audio Commentary with Catriona Macoll and Jay Slater Profondo Luigi A Colleague's Memories of Lucio Fulci Fulci's Daughter Memories of the Italian Gore Maestro Carlo of the Living Dead Surviving Fulci Fear Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter Gallery of the Living Dead
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