A Family At War is a powerful wartime story which follows the dramatic events in the life of the Ashtons a middle class Liverpudlian family during the turbulent period of the Second World War. The epic series dramatises the hardship pain and tragedy that was often inflicted on ordinary families as sons were sent abroad to fight children were evacuated and those who remained at home lived in constant fear of being bombed. Written by the highly acclaimed writer John Finch (Coronation Street Spoils Of War and Sam) the series was originally broadcast on ITV on 1970. It ran for a total of 50 hour long episodes throughout the early 1970's and we are proud to present every episode on this monolith of a boxed set. 1. The Facts of Life 2. To Die For Spain 3. Lines of Battle 4. The Summer Before the War 5. The Gate of the Year 6. The Breach in the Dyke 7. The War Office Regrets 8. For Strategic Reasons 9. The Night They Hit No. 8 10. One of Ours 11. Brothers in War 12. If It's Got Your Number On It 13. The End of the Beginning 14. The Other Side of the Hill 15. I Can Be Happy Can't I? 16. A Lesson in War 17. Is Your Journey Really Necessary? 18. 48 Hour Pass 19. Hope Against Hope 20. A Time To Be Born 21. A Heros' Welcome 22. We Could Be a Lot Worse Off 23. Lend Your Loving Arms 24. Hazard 25. Giving and Taking 26. Believed Killed 27. Into the Dark 28. The Straight and Narrow 29. Clash By Night 30. Salute the Happy Morn 31. I Wanted to be with You 32. A Seperate Peace 33. The Lucky Ones 34. For the Duration 35. Happy Duration 36. The Things You Never Told Me 37. You Can Choose Your Friends 38. Flesh and Blood 39. Spread a Little Happiness 40. Take It On Trust 41. This Year Next Year 42. The Fundamental Things Apply 43. Thicker Than Water 44. Breaking Point 45. The Lost Ones 46. The Sensible Thing 47. Under New Management 48. Coming Home 49. A Faint Refrain 50. Two Fathers 51. The Old Order Changeth 52. Yielding Place to New
Summer Magic: Hayley Mills brings a joyful enthusiasm to this nostalgic musical and bighearted adventure. When a close-knit Boston family loses their fortune they find a wealth of family secrets young love and charming summer nights in Beulah Maine. A good-natured postmaster pretentious cousin Julia and the mysterious absentee landlord Mr. Hamilton populate their new life in a charming old yellow house. Featuring an all-star supporting cast including Burl Ives Dorothy McGuire and Deborah Walley this classic and wondrous tale will delight the entire family and belongs in every Disney collection. The Moon-Spinners: When Nikki Ferris and her aunt took a trip to a small Greek island they never expected to get involved in jewel theft and murder. A strangely reluctant innkeeper a handsome Englishmen a missing boy and a mysterious yacht all play a part in this mystery / romance based on a Mary Stewart novel.
Barbra is the ""top-billed act"" in this affectionate tribute to turn of the century vaudeville. No detail was too small for this lovingly created world of a bygone era. Her first television special to feature guest-stars The Belle of 14th Street celebrates in ways both comedic and heartfelt ""The Golden Age of Song"". A marvelous showcase for such evergreens as Sophie Tucker's ""Some Of These Days "" ""How About Me"" (written by ""a new young talent"" Irving Berlin) the poignant ""I'm Always Chasing Rainbows "" and the sublime ""My Buddy"" - all classics of the vaudeville era reinvented by the ""greatest star"" of our time. This DVD is from the 5-disc boxed set Barbra Streisand: The Television Specials.
Depraved. Decadent. Damned. A fully restored and uncensored Director's Cut of this infamous Tinto Brass erotic classic presented in its original widescreen format completely uncut and featuring 21 minutes of never-seen-before footage! Based on actual events the story takes place in Berlin in 1939 at the start of World War II. SS Officer Helmut Wallenburg (Helmut Berger) is instructed by his superiors to set up an elite brothel the eponymous Salon Kitty specially designed to serve high-ranking Nazi officials and foreign diplomats. In order to cater to the clients' darkest perversions and desires sufficiently Wallenburg is also charged with finding and rigorously training twenty beautiful and intelligent women who are not only dedicated to the ideals of National Socialism but are also prepared to perform the most extreme acts of debauchery imaginable. What these prostitutes and their customers don't know is that the brothel is bugged and is being used to collect intelligence and to monitor the clients' loyalty to the Nazi Party and its cause. Wallenburg exploits his position feeding his insatiable need to dominate and using the information he receives to blackmail his way to the top. Meanwhile one of the prostitutes Marguerite (Teresa Ann Savoy) discovers the truth about the brothel when a soldier she loves is executed for revealing to her his plans to defect from the Party. With the help of the brothel's madam Kitty (Ingrid Thulin) Marguerite plots to turn the tables on Wallenburg and exact her revenge...
Field Of Dreams (Dir. Phil Alden Robinson 1989): 'Field of Dreams' begins in an Iowa cornfield when Ray Kinsella hears a mysterious voice - ''If you build it he will come'' and sees a brief vision. With the support of his wife Annie Ray Kinsella pursues his dream and encounters several memorable characters along the way Terence Mann a legendary yet reclusive author ''Doc'' Graham and the infamous Shoeless Joe Jackson. 'Field of Dreams' is the story of a simple Iowa farmer who against all odds finds the courage to believe in his dreams. For The Love Of The Game (Dir. Sam Raimi 1999): Legendary Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Kelly Preston) his on-again off-again girlfriend. At the end of a disappointing season just before what may be the last professional game of his life Jane tells Billy she's leaving him. Now with his career and his love life in the balance Billy battles against his physical and emotional limits as he plays the game of his life. And now with every pitch Billy comes closer to making the most important decision of his life. The suspense doesn't end until the last ball is thrown in this heartwarming drama about love life and the perfect game.
This exclusive DVD gives a rare glimpse into the lives of The Beatles prior to their meteoric rise to fame in the early 1960s through to the height of their fame and success in the late 1960s. It takes you behind the scenes with the people who were there; Tony Sheridan and Ray Young musicians who shared the stage with them in Hamburg at the famous Star Club and Kaiser Keller; Victor Spinnetti recalls the making of Help and A Hard Day's Night; in a rare interview he talks of the creativity of John and Paul during the filming; Rare news footage shows the Beatles receiving their Silver Hearts and OBE's both occasions marked as always by John's razor sharp wit; Interviews with them during the record burning sessions in America post John's infamous ""bigger than Jesus"" remark. Along with archive news footage of the time showing the effect they were having all over the world!
A government program to create genetically modified super soldiers goes awry when the unstable and unstoppable lab subjects escape from their maximum security holding cells.
This is it! The most phenomenally popular cult classic ever the double Golden Turkey award winner: Worst Picture and Worst Director in the entire history of motion pictures. Immortalised in celluloid by the celebrated writer producer and director Edward D. Wood Jr. It's all here the infamous not-so-special effects as aliens in car-hop outfits invade Earth in paper flying saucers to implement the ninth plan of conquest (the first eight failed.) An army of zombies (well three actually) Vampira Tor Johnson and the legendary Bela Lugosi in his after death performance menace the world (Lugosi died five months after filming started so a local chiropractor took on the difficult Lugosi role). This truly original movie Ed Wood's 'Citizen Kane' is a hymn to all those who have ever tried to create something memorable and meaningful and failed miserably every step of the way.
Forest Rangers: Series 1 (5 Discs)
El Salvador 1980: Richard Boyle veteran war photo-journalist is sent to capture the bloodshed and brutality of El Salvador on film. In El Salvador injustices of the civil war are as plain as the day. Boyle's mission is to expose the savage government which employs the murderous death squads to deal with dissenters. It's a powerful moving film experience from Oliver Stone that you will never forget.
A group of daring explorers led by Allan Quartermain (Cedric Hardwicke) searches the African continent for the lost diamond mines of Solomon in this adaptation of the oft-filmed novel by H. Rider Haggard. Paul Robeson co-stars as the party's guide through the wilderness who occasionally bursts into song.
Celebrate 25 years of midnight movie madness! The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an erotic nightmare beyond any measure. Relive Richard O'Brien's sinfully twisted salute to horror sci-fi B-movies and rock music - a sensual daydream to treasure forever - starring Tim Curry (in his classic gender-bending performance) Barry Bostwick and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. Do the Time Warp and sing Hot Patootie with Meatloaf again...and again...and again...at home or in a movie theater where it will probably be playing for another 25 years! Bonus CD Tracklisting: 1. Science Fiction (Original Soundtrack) 2. Dammit Janet (Brad) (Janet) 3. Over At The Frankenstein Place (Brad) (Janet) (Riff Raff) 4. The Time Warp (Columbia) (Magenta) (Riff Raff) 5. Sweet Transvestite (Frank N Furter) 6. I Can Make You A Man (Frank N Furter) 7. Hot Patoothie (Eddie) 8. I Can Make You A Man (Frank N Furter) 9. Touch-A Touch-A Touch Me (Janet) 10. Eddie (Dr Scott) 11. Floor Show (Brad) (Columbia) (Janet) (Rocky) 12. I'm Going Home (Frank N Furter) 13. Super Heroes (Brad) (Janet) 14. Science Fiction (Richard O'Brien) (Reprise) 15. The Time Warp (Remix: 1989 extended version) 16. The Time Warp (Background track + U-mix)
As a child Jessica Drew was bitten by a deadly spider. To save her life her scientist father injects her with an experimental serum. The treatment is successful but the side effects are extraordinary. Jessica develops the ability to fire concussive ""venom blasts "" shoot web from her body and her hearing is enhanced. Now as working as editor of Justice Magazine Jessica Drew also battles crime as Spider-Woman.
They are timeless yet always late; immortal; yet destructible; capable of intergalactic inter-cosmic travel yet unable to tie their own shoelaces. Six cheeky dwarves steal a precious map showing a series of time holes scattered across the universe enabling them to travel back in time. Whilst visiting the past they cause havoc and rob famous historical figures of their riches in the process. Watching from afar is the Evil genius who will stop at nothing to get his hands on their map for his own evil purpose. With 11 year old Kevin in tow a great time travelling adventure ensues full of superb make believe characters and very famous faces!
Meet Buraki, the vicious, 200-meter long Imoogi serpent from ancient Korea. His army includes giant lizards with missile launchers, flying dragons, soldiers bred for evil and mega-intelligent dinosaurs. Together, they will destroy Los Angeles and possibly the world unless reincarnated warriors Ethan and Sarah can outrun them and resurrect the Good Imoogi, Buraki's ancient nemesis. Dragon Wars reveals every last detail of Earth's greatest battle... a war you'll only believe when you see it for yourself.
In Disney's latest full length animated feature Milo Thatcher comes across a book of ancient maps and writings in a mysterious lost language. He puts together a team and sets off in search of the lost underwater continent of Atlantis.
When an antiquated railway line is threatened with closure the villagers decide to run it themselves and enter into frenzied competition with the local bus route with hilarious consequences! Director Charles Crichton and writer Tibby Clarke team up again for the first Ealing comedy to be produced in Technicolor. The defiance of authority by local inhabitants was a favourite topic in the 40's and 50's and embellishes the characteristic Ealing theme - 'small is beautiful and big is bad'.
Photographed by Lazlo Kovacs (Paper Moon Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and starring Jack Nicholson in one of his finest roles this movie goes hog wild! The director Richard Rush worked alongside the notorious Sonny Barger and the Oakland Hells Angels as a major background source. Adam Rourke plays Buddy the head of the Angels and Nicholson plays Poet a gas jockey who joins the brotherhood. Nicholson soon comes to realise that there are a lot of slaves in Buddy's hell and
Kate And Leopald: (Dir. James Mangold) (2001): Carried through time to modern-day Manhattan 18th century English aristocrat and inventor Leopold (Hugh Jackman) falls for independent and career-minded Kate (Meg Ryan). Initially skeptical of his royal charm she soon discovers that the Duke's power over her own heart is almost as strong as his influence over time itself... Serendipity: (Dir: Peter Chelsom) (2001): In one magical moment Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas meet unexpectedly and spend a romantic winter day together although both are involved with other people. At the end of the night Sara decides they must let fate determine if they are meant to be together and disappears without giving Jonathan a way of reaching her. Years later they are both engaged to others but cannot give up the dream that they will meet again. And so begins their journey to find one another worlds apart!
A cracking compendium of films featuring George Clooney. One Fine Day (Dir. Michael Hoffman, 1996: In this charming, romantic comedy, three-time Academy Award nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney find that opposites attract whether they like it or not... Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor (Clooney) is a commitment-shy newspaper columnist who only has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a scho...
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