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• The Eric Rohmer Collection | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One of the leading figures of the French nouvelle vague and a contemporary of Jean-Luc Godard Francois Truffaut and Louis Malle veteran filmmaker Eric Rohmer is firmly established as one of world cinema's greatest and most enduring directors. Le Signe Du Lion (aka: The Sign of Leo): Rohmer's debut feature tells the cautionary tale of a Paris-based American born under the sign of Leo and confident that luck is on his side. In anticipation of an inheritance from a recently de

• The Grand Duel | Blu Ray | (06/05/2019) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Grand Duel is an archetypal spaghetti western which boasts many of the genre s classic hallmarks including action-packed gunfights, wild stunts and an impressive climactic showdown... Genre stalwart Lee Van Cleef (The Big Combo, Day of Anger) stars as a gnarled ex-sheriff called Clayton who comes to the aid of young Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice), a fugitive framed for the murder of a powerful figure called The Patriarch. Clayton helps Philipp fend off attacks from bounty hunters in a series of thrilling shootouts before the two make their way to Jefferson to confront three villains known as the Saxon brothers, and reveal who really killed The Patriarch. A complex tale of revenge penned by prolific giallo writer Ernesto Gastaldi (Torso, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail), The Grand Duel benefits from a beguiling central performance from Lee Van Cleef and assured helmsmanship from Giancarlo Santi (assistant director to Sergio Leone on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West). Add to this brew a memorable and tuneful score by composer Luis Bacalov (Django, Milano Calibro 9) and the stage is set for one of the grandest of all the Italian westerns. Special Contents: New 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack New audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince An Unconventional Western, a newly filmed interview with director Giancarlo Santi The Last of the Great Westerns, a newly filmed interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi Cowboy by Chance, an interview with the actor Alberto Dentice AKA Peter O'Brien Out of the Box, a newly filmed interview with producer Ettore Rosboch The Day of the Big Showdown, a newly filmed interview with assistant director Harald Buggenig Saxon City Showdown, a newly filmed video appreciation by the academic Austin Fisher Two Different Duels, a comparison between the original cut and the longer German cut of The Grand Duel Game Over, an obscure sci-fi short film from 1984 directed by Bernard Villiot and starring The Grand Duel s Marc Mazza Marc Mazza: Who was the Rider on the Rain?, a video essay about the elusive actor Marc Mazza by tough-guy film expert Mike Malloy Original Italian and international theatrical trailers Extensive image gallery featuring stills, posters, lobby cards and home video sleeves, drawn from the Mike Siegel Archive and other collections Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kevin Grant and original reviews

• Topkapi | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This wonderful caper film manages to balance the right amount of intrigue suspense and humour created by the stellar cast including the extremely sexy and seductive Melina Mercouri and the wonderfully talented Peter Ustinov who was awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role. A small-time con-man (Ustinov) with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewellery thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence suspecting a

• Storm Rider | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £7.39   |  Saving you £-1.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lee Van Cleef stars in this gritty western as Sheriff Clayton a one man judge jury and executioner determined to see justice done. Wrongly accused of murder Philipp Wermeer is a wanted man - dead or alive! His alleged victim was the father of three brothers the Saxon boys who have an iron grip on a small town where the locals live in fear. Clayton must face down bounty hunters and all three of the Saxon brothers to uphold the law in the Wild West.

• 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...

• Phantom Of The Paradise | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Phantom Of The Paradise boasts director Brian De Palma's trademark visual inventiveness and is an hilarious send-up of the glam rock era. Paul Williams wrote the acclaimed rock and roll score for this musical horror classic and stars as an evil record tycoon haunted and taunted by a disfigured composer he once wronged.

• Failure To Launch/How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £11.51 (46.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Failure To Launch (Dir. Tom Dey 2006): Matthew McConaughey is Tripp a 35 year old who still lives with his parents. And who can blame him? It's free he's got a great room and mom (Kathy Bates) does the laundry. Desperate to get him out of the house his parents hire a gorgeous woman Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) to give him a little...push. They just didn't expect Tripp would push back! In this romantic battle of wills there's no place like home... How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (Dir. Donald Petrie 2003): Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days. Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now the clock is ticking-and the year's most wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!

• 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...

• Topkapi | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This wonderful caper film manages to balance the right amount of intrigue suspense and humour created by the stellar cast including the extremely sexy and seductive Melina Mercouri and the wonderfully talented Peter Ustinov who was awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role. A small-time con-man (Ustinov) with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewellery thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence suspecting arms smuggling gets involved and under pressure the con man rises to heights he'd never dreamed of.

• The Trial | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Orson Welles applied his unique directorial style to Kafka's classic work in this 1962 adaptation of The Trial. Anthony Perkins stars as Joseph K. an office clerk who gets arrested one day but is not told why. Welles used interesting techniques during filming such as pin-screen animation to emphasise the atmosphere of K's world. The result is a moving and atmospheric attempt to capture the essence of Kafka's original work.