"Actor: Jimmy Cliff"

• The Harder They Come | DVD | (24/08/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cult Jamaican classic starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe Martin a country boy who comes to Kingston to make it big in the music industry. Hampered by payola and music industry corruption Ivanhoe turns to ganjadealing to try and make ends meet. Events spiral out of his control and he soon fi nds himself on the run from the police. The celebrated soundtrack is peppered with reggae classics by the likes of Toots and the Maytals Desmond Dekker The Melodians and Cliff himself who performs among others the title track and the timeless ‘Many Rivers to Cross’.

• The Harder They Come | Blu Ray | (24/08/2015) from £9.45   |  Saving you £30.54 (323.17%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Cult Jamaican classic starring reggae star Jimmy Cliff as Ivanhoe Martin a country boy who comes to Kingston to make it big in the music industry. Hampered by payola and music industry corruption Ivanhoe turns to ganjadealing to try and make ends meet. Events spiral out of his control and he soon fi nds himself on the run from the police. The celebrated soundtrack is peppered with reggae classics by the likes of Toots and the Maytals Desmond Dekker The Melodians and Cliff himself who performs among others the title track and the timeless ‘Many Rivers to Cross’.

• Roots.Rock.Reggae | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Harder They Come | DVD | (12/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A poor Jamaican tries to make it big in the music industry. Featuring an outstanding reggae soundtrack, it caused unprecedented scenes on its first night in Kingston, when 40,000 people turned out for the premiere. It is now an acknowledged cult classic and Yardie movie.

• The Harder They Come | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £26.38   |  Saving you £-10.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Director-producer Perry Henzel's all-Jamaican 1973 classic The Harder They Come--one of the most beloved of all international cult favourites--fiercely expresses the live-wire Jamaican spirit when an impoverished Africa tuned to American radio. Ivan, a country boy who dreams of fame as a singer, rides into Kingston on a rickety country bus in the opening scenes, only to meet with disaster heaped on disaster at the hands of those masked as friends. In a breathless defining climax, Ivan finally breaks from his passivity and begins to wreak his revenge. Soon Kingston's music Mafia and the equally corrupt authorities are after him, but like the real-life people's hero (a man named Rhygin) on whom this character is partially based, Ivan leads them on a maddening chase eluding capture until the movie's shocking final moments. ,p. The film incorporates an archetypal passion for "outlaw" justice common to American Westerns, which were a staple of the Caribbean theatre circuit at the time. Released just 12 years after Jamaica achieved independence, The Harder They Come also reflects the disenchantment that soon followed a massive post-independence exodus from the island's country hamlets to the tropical ghettos of Kingston, where a more grinding urban poverty awaited. Brilliantly shot, directed, written, and acted; singer Jimmy Cliff excels in the leading role and Carl Bradshaw shines as his arch-enemy, the film tells an anthemic Jamaican story to seductive rhythms of a soundtrack that became a reggae bestseller.--Elena Oumano

• One Love - The Bob Marley All Star Tribute | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Conceived with DVD release in mind, this high-end, live video concert taped in Jamaica lives up to its title with a generous repertoire of Bob Marley songs performed by reverent pop, hip-hop, rock and reggae veterans. Shot on a rainy night in December 1999, the home video version expands upon an inaugural TNT cable telecast with an additional hour of performances. The DVD edition adds a premium level of special features and exclusive content.The music's the main thing, of course, and on that front One Love is uniformly respectful, orbiting around Marley's songs and infused with whiffs of his Rastafarian world view and reggae's broader Third World perspectives. Marley's family members serve as hosts and frequent collaborators, with a limber house band further reinforcing a coherent, communal element to the performances, and the titular all-stars immerse themselves in Marley's world. Lauryn Hill opens the concert with what is clearly one of its highest points, a joyful "Turn the Lights Down Low". Chrissie Hynde and Erykah Badu take turns duetting with Jimmy Cliff, and another reggae titan, Toots Hibbert, proves a perfect, ebullient fit with a current line-up of the Wailers. The celebrity choices include a conspicuous subset of American folk-rockers in Tracy Chapman, Ben Harper and Hootie and the Blowfish's Darius Rucker, with Chapman the most convincing in a glowing version of "Three Little Birds".Avid reggae fans may be mildly frustrated by the overall crossover thrust of this homage, which favours Yankee rap and hip-hop (via Busta Rhymes and Queen Latifah) instead of home-grown dancehall; it tantalises us with glimpses of Marley's peers, like Cliff and Hibbert, while being largely occupied with sustaining its parade of non-reggae marquee names. For most viewers, though, the scope of the concert and the first-rate sonic finish will sustain the spell, an effect powerfully expanded on the superb DVD version. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• The Harder They Come | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ivanhoe Martin comes to the city to make it big singing Reggae. However he finds life in the city to be harder than he though and is taken advantage of by both the record producer and the marijuana boss he later starts dealing for. When he kills a police officer events start escalating that make him the Jamaica's most wanted man and a momentary hero to all the oppressed Jamaicans. This is based on a true story.

• Beats Of The Heart - Roots, Rock And Reggae | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £12.93   |  Saving you £2.06 (13.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Roots Rock Reggae presents a street-level perspective on the reggae music scene during a very important period in the evolution of reggae music. In the late 1970s police and thieves battled in the street politicians struggled for power and reggae musicians fought for peoples' souls. Featuring performances by seminal reggae greats from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff to the Abyssinians and Jacob Miller this is the only documentary on the evolution of reggae and a must for reggae's legions of fans.

• Jimmy Cliff - Moving on | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (-29.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this unique and candid film Jimmy Cliff returns to his roots where he was born to perform a thought-provoking selection of his greatest hits in the streets where he made his career. Performance excerpts include: The HArder They Come / Crime Crime Crime / Teach Them Right / Many Rivers To Cross / I Know / Our Love / Brother Bob / I Am Looking Further / You Can Get It If You Really Want

• Capture Enigma - The True Story | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £13.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During World War Two Britain's survival depended upon her Atlantic convoys. Stalking the convoys were 'Wulf Packs' of German U-boats engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the convoy escorts and exacting a devastating toll on the defenceless merchantmen. The outcome of the entire war hung in the balance...

• Legends Of Rare Soul - Vol. 3 | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Rare '60's soul footage.

• A Reggae Session | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99