East Is East: George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner, rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England, in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local ...
The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock 'n' roll history. It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD. The film deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and it's still a stunning achievement. Abundant footage taken among the massive crowd ("half a million strong") expresses the human heart of the event, from skinny-dipping hippies to accidental overdoses, to unpredictable weather, mid-concert childbirth, and the thoughtful (or just plain rambling) reflections of the festive participants. Then, of course, there is the music--a non-stop parade of rock 'n' roll from the greatest performers of the period, including Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Canned Heat, The Who, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, and many more. Watching this ambitious film, as the saying goes, is the next best thing to being there--it's a time-travel journey to that once-in-a-lifetime event. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
A life or death test. A blank exam paper. A race against time...eight strangers prepare to sit a test together, competing for a top-secret, high-level position.
In early 1970's England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly non-traditional directions.
An Indian immigrant cribs pop psychology insights from a good-hearted porn star and becomes a self-help guru celebrity.
From the director of "This Year's Love", a romantic comedy about single Londoners looking for love, against a backdrop of Salsa.
Manchester 1975. The now much diminished but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid the youngest Khan the runt of the litter is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So in a last desperate attempt to 'sort him out' his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford England swiftly follows to sort out the mess past and present.
Money can give life, take life and change life. It's Friday night and it's the Euro millions lottery draw. A syndicate of five lowly paid hospital workers win a life changing �72 million to share between them. Written by BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor, OBE (Band of Gold, Fat Friends, Playing The Field and A Passionate Woman) The Syndicate returns for a brand new series of the critically acclaimed BBC One drama. Series 2 follows the lives of nurses, Tom and Mandy, auxiliaries, Rose an...
Sequel to the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning East is East, West is West takes the Khan family on a journey from Salford, England, to rural Pakistan. West is West is the coming of age story of both 13 year old Sajid and also of his father, 60 year old George ('Ghengis') Khan. Sajid, the youngest Khan has been misbehaving so his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and the family in Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. Resolved to teach Sajid a lesson, the tables are turned on George as he realises that it is he himself who has much to learn. Special Features: Cast and Crew Interviews Audio Commentary with Producer Leslee Udwin and Writer Ayub Khan Din Photo Gallery Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
East Is East: George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner, rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England, in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local ...
This all-new 2-disc deluxe set features all of the existing film footage from Jimi's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert newly re-edited and presented uninterrupted and in its original performance sequence. Live At Woodstock includes never-before-seen versions of 'Foxey Lady' 'Message To Love' 'Hey Joe' 'Spanish Castle Magic' and 'Lover Man'; and an all-new 5.1 and 2.0 stereo soundtrack mixed by Eddie Kramer Jimi's original studio engineer. In addition to the newly re-edited colour footage featured on DVD one A Second Look offers a totally unique perspective of Jimi's Woodstock performance that has never before been shared. A Second Look combines never before seen black and white video footage of Jimi's legendary Woodstock performance intercut with alternate camera angles filmed in colour. A Second Look features uninterrupted footage of every performance featured on DVD One in its original performance sequence. In addition A Second Look presents never before seen video footage of 'Hear My Train A Comin' - a performance missed by the film crew and presented here for the very first time.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At Monterey features all of the existing film footage from Jimi's incendiary June 18 1967 concert newly transferred to high-definition re-edited and presented in its original performance sequence! featuring a whole host of special features and two bonus tracks from The Jimi Hendrix Experience concert in Chelmsford England - February 25 1967 - this is The Jimi Hendrix Experience! Tracklisting: 1. Killing Floor 2. Foxey Lady 3. Like A Rolling Stone 4. Rock Me Baby 5. Hey Joe 6. The Wind Cries Mary 7. Purple Haze 8. Wild Thing 9. Stone Free 10. Like A Rolling Stone
If any artist deserved a hagiography it is Jimi Hendrix and Joe Boyd's 1973 authorised tribute adequately sanctifies the legend. A Film About Jimi Hendrix was originally released three years after the musician's untimely death and set the standard as to how a visual biography should be done. The pioneering rockumentary brings together the best live footage spanning Hendrix's entire career from his beginnings to the iconic Monterey (1967) and Isle of Wight (1970) performances
A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.
Sequel to the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning 'East is East', 'West is West' takes the Khan family on a journey from Salford, England, to rural Pakistan.'West is West' is the coming of age story of both 13 year old Sajid and also of his father, 60 year old George (‘Ghengis’) Khan. Sajid, the youngest Khan has been misbehaving so his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. Resolved to teach Sajid a lesson, the tables are turned on George as he realizes that it is he himself who has much to learn.
Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys - Live at Fillmore East
All My Loving was created when John Lennon and Paul McCartney challenged Palmer then a classical music documentarian to make a film that encompassed the 1968 music world in one hour of screen time. The film includes clips and interviews with the likes of The Beatles Jimi Hendrix The Who Pink Floyd - who had just lost Syd Barrett - Cream Donavan Frank Zappa and Eric Burdon. The film explores music with the idea that everyone demands heroes and these heroes were going to change the world through the power of their music. This was the time of student demonstrations against the war in Viet Nam. The music describes this movement with a bitterness too deep for words alone. The music becomes an escape from the troubles of the day.
Jimi Hendrix--Live at Filmore East along with a Band of Gypsys was an album recorded live to fulfil a contractual obligation for a long-forgotten deal Jimi Hendrix signed when he still spelled his name "Jimmy". Hendrix had just disbanded the Jimi Hendrix Experience and, in order to dispense with the album as quickly as possible, he put together a new trio featuring Billy Cox (an old Army buddy) and drummer Buddy Miles, whose bombastic singing and thudding drum style would soon pollute FM airwaves across the nation. (Former Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell refers to him here as "William the Concreter," for his cement-mixer sense of rhythm.) They booked the Fillmore East with the idea of recording the shows for a live album, with Hendrix at the top of his powers (despite Miles's excesses). If you've only heard the album you've only gotten half of this particular Jimi Hendrix experience.--Marshall Fine
In early 1970's England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly non-traditional directions.
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