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  • Oliver Twist [1948]Oliver Twist | DVD | (11/10/1999) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

    There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon

  • The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Live In New Orleans [DVD] [2008]The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Live In New Orleans | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £13.65   |  Saving you £-3.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.61

    Spreading the Spirit of Gospel blues & soul. One night in spring 2008 the Blind Boys of Alabama played a sold-out show at the iconic New Orleans's club Tipitina's with special guests Dr. John Susan Tedeschi the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Henry Butler and Marva Wright. The result? The Live in New Orleans DVD is an uplifting fusion of gospel blues and soul from one of the longest-running groups in the world. Their rousing performance included favourites like 'Free at Last' 'Down by the Riverside' 'Amazing Grace' and People Get Ready.The city had been the focus of the band's latest CD the Stellar Award-nominated Down in New Orleans and the packed crowd in the Crescent City went wild while we filmed this unforgettable historic concert for posterity. Tracklisting: 1. Amazing Grace 2. Spirit in the Sky 3. Down in the Hole 4. People Get Ready (with Susan Tedeschi) 5. Free at Last (with Susan Tedeschi) 6 How I Got Over (with Marva Wright) 7. Make a Better World (with Dr. John) 8. You Better Mind 9. Bourbon St Parade (featuring Preservation Hall Jazz Band only - marching in) 10. Uncloudy Day (with Preservation Hall) 11. You Got to Move (with Preservation Hall) 12. If I Could Help Somebody (with Henry Butler) 13. Down by the Riverside (with Henry Butler & Preservation Hall) 14. Look Where He Brought Me From 15. Someone Watching Over Me 16. I'll Fly Away (with Susan Tedeschi Marva Wright & Preservation Hall)

  • Longest Day, The / Von Ryan's Express / Tora! Tora! Tora! [1962]Longest Day, The / Von Ryan's Express / Tora! Tora! Tora! | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The Longest Day: On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black & white version 'The Longest Day' is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Von Ryan's Express: As the Allies begin to push the Nazis back toward Germany U.S. combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) is shot down and placed in a prison camp. Initially he's more concerned with surviving than escaping earning him the insulting nickname Von Ryan. But in time Ryan takes over from the commanding British officer (Trevor Howard) and masterminds a daredevil race for freedom that involves commandeering a train and getting it across Italy to Switzerland with the Nazis in hot pursuit. Then it's all blazing action hair-raising chases and spectacular Italian scenery in this Oscar-nominated adventure that runs full speed until the nail-biting finale! Tora! Tora! Tora! is the Japanese signal to attack - and this movie meticulously recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to it. Opening scenes contrast the American and Japanese positions. Japanese imperialists decide to stage the attack. Top U.S. brass ignore its possibility. Intercepted Japanese messages warn of it - but never reach F.D.R.'s desk. Radar warnings are disregarded. Even the entrapment of a Japanese submarine in Pearl Harbor before the attack goes unreported. Ultimately the Day of Infamy arrives - in the most spectacular gut-wrenching cavalcade of action.

  • The Longest Day/Patton/Tora! Tora! Tora!The Longest Day/Patton/Tora! Tora! Tora! | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £16.14   |  Saving you £3.85 (23.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The Longest Day On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black & white version 'The Longest Day' is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinatin

  • The Blues Brothers (1980) - Augmented Reality Edition [DVD]The Blues Brothers (1980) - Augmented Reality Edition | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £4.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (215.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Put on your shades and get the Blues again with the long awaited Blu-ray Edition of The Blues Brothers.Comedy icons John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star in this funny musical comedy about Jake and Elwood Blues, two brothers searching for redemption with no money but a briefcase full of soul. When they discover that the orphanage where they were raised will be closed down unless the tax on the property can be paid in 11 days, they decide to raise money by putting their band back together and stage a big gig.

  • I'm With Lucy [2002]I'm With Lucy | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £6.54   |  Saving you £6.45 (49.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Five handsome bachelors. One lucky woman! When Lucy's seemingly perfect boyfriend dumps her she just wants to hide away in her apartment - but her friends set her up with a series of blind dates: a shy entomologist (John Hannah) a sensual playwright (Gael Garcia Bernal) a hunky doctor (David Boreanaz) a self-centred baseball player (Anthony LaPaglia) and a bickering businessman (Henry Thomas). But which man is Mr Right?

  • Deadly Vows [1994]Deadly Vows | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £12.58   |  Saving you £-9.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

    Truck driver Tom Weston has dreams of grandeur: he loves his self-invented nickname he fancies himself as a lethal ladies' man he drives a powerful car and he continually fights against the numbing restraints of his humdrum life. But when he seduces a na''ve young girl named Bobbi Gilbert events take a decidedly more sinister turn as Tom begins to live out dreams in reality. So he starts his dangerous life a life which leads to arson bigamy and even murder...

  • WWE - Vengeance 2011 [DVD]WWE - Vengeance 2011 | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

    John Cena and Alberto Del Rio battle for the WWE Championship in a brutal Last Man Standing Match that will test their will, determination and resolve. Plus will the World's Largest Athlete finally avenge the career-threatening injury he suffered at the hands of the World's Strongest Man? Find out when Big Show challenges Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Title. Mortal foes untie as CM Punk and Triple H try to put their differences aside to take on their common enemies, The Miz and R-Truth in an explosive tag team match. The Superstars of Raw and SmackDown look to settle scores in WWE Vengeance.

  • Wrong Is Right [1982]Wrong Is Right | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (48.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Political double-talk dirty tricks hidden microphones spy satellites bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Globe-trotting ace TV news reporter Partick Hale (Connery) is on the trail of a terrorist offering the sale of a nuclear bomb to a Mid-East oil country. Hale juggles Arab sheiks and international intelligence agents to get at the story. Meanwhile

  • The Protectors - Series 1 Complete [1972]The Protectors - Series 1 Complete | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

    Harry Rule (Robert Vaughn) is an American lone wolf in London. Contessa di Contini (Nyree Dawn Porter) is a beautiful British aristo abroad. Paul Buchet (Tony Anholt) is a suave Parisian specialising in gadgetry. Together they are The Protectors - three intrepid international private detectives. Alongside other super agents from the world's best detective agencies they are organised into a global secret society their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Gerry

  • Captain Kidd [1945]Captain Kidd | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    The exhilaratingly unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolving around treasure and treachery!

  • NeighboursNeighbours | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Ricky Tomlinson and Phil Daniels star in this dark new British comedy about two neighbours whose disagreements soon escalate.

  • ShadowlandsShadowlands | DVD | (06/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  • Bullet Train - SteelBook (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray)Bullet Train - SteelBook (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (27/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • Sweeney, The - Vol. 1 - Bank Jobs [1974]Sweeney, The - Vol. 1 - Bank Jobs | DVD | (06/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    If you were watching TV in the mid-1970s chances are The Sweeney was one of the weekly highlights and these re-mastered collections will have you pining for a time when the only choice was brown or beige, and a monkey would buy you a lot more than a nice whistle. If, however, these episodes are your first taste of Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad, be warned that you will soon be telling friends to "Shut it!" and scouring the pages of Exchange and Mart for a mint-condition Ford Granada in Tawny Metallic (ironically the choice ride for slags in the show was the Jaguar MK2, later to become so closely associated with Thaw's more cerebral take on policework, Inspector Morse).First aired as 1974's pilot Regan, the show was produced by Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films and ran over four series and 53 episodes. Despite being given strict guidelines on speaking parts, locations and structure, writers were expected to produce scripts very quickly and individual episodes were filmed within 10 working days. Based on this frenetic schedule, the result was a choice parade of slags, blags and assorted lowlife, played out across fantastic London locations with a gritty humour that set the agenda for many of the small-screen cop shows to follow. Regan and Carter manage to fit up a few collars between pints, and even occasionally shed their nylon shirts and flares for a distinctly unromantic interlude between the sheets--brown of course.This first volume of Sweeney highlights starts in relatively sedate style with "Contact Breaker", written by Robert-Banks Stewart and featuring Warren Clarke (when he only had one chin) as wire-specialist Danny Keever. When parolee Keever seems bang-to-rights for a bank job Regan smells a rat and decides to have a closer look at other possibilities, including the ex-con's missus, Brenda (Coral Atkins). The second episode, "Night Out", is a much more feisty affair, despite nearly all the action being confined to the pub inhabited by Iris (Mitzi Rogers), an old flame of Regan's under suspicion for aiding and abetting the break-in going on in the bank next door. Troy Kennedy Martin's script throws in an Old West-style saloon fight, backstreet beatings and even one for old time's sake when Regan and Iris are forced play the waiting game together. "Well", as one character observes, "it is Saturday night"! --Steve Napleton

  • Trapped Ashes [DVD]Trapped Ashes | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.

  • John Wayne: Complete Collection (34 Films)John Wayne: Complete Collection (34 Films) | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £399.99   |  Saving you £-250.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

    The ultimate collection (56 hours!) of John Wayne movies many of which have been previously unavailable on DVD! 1. Stagecoach (1939) 2. The Long Voyage Home (1940) 3. Fort Apache (1948) 4. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5. Rio Grande (1951) 6. The Quiet Man (1952) 7. Sands of Iwo Jima 8. The Fighting Seabees 9. The Flying Tigers 10. Back to Bataan 11. Jet Pilot 12. The Flying Leathernecks 13. Dark Command 14. Tall in the Saddle 15. Angel and the Bad Man 16. The Fighting Kentuckian 17. The War Wagon 18. Rooster Cogburn 19. The Spoilers 20. Tycoon 21. Wake of the Red Witch 22. The Conqueror 23. The Magnificent Showman 24. Hellfighters 25. Seven Sinners 26. Three Faces West 27. Lady from Louisiana 28. The Shepherd of the Hills 29. In Old California 30. Pittsburgh 31. Reap the Wild Wind 32. War of the Wildcats 33. Dakota 34. Flame of Barbary Coast

  • Western Box Set [1956]Western Box Set | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

    THE SEARCHERS: (Languages:English French Italian:MONO Subtitles:English French Italian Dutch Arabic Spanish Portuguese German Romanian Bulgarian) Often acclaimed as John Ford's best film The Searchers is the saga of an ex-Confederate soldier named Ethan Edwards who embarks on a long obsessive search for his niece Debbie who was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. Accompanied by Martin Pawley a young man he had saved from Indians several years earlier Ethan searches throughout the West in vain. This DVD includes Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie Wood Interviews Two Trailers and featurettes. UNFORGIVEN: (Languages: English 5.1 SURROUND Subtitles: English Arabic) Clint Eastwood's film Unforgiven is an exciting modern classic that rode off with four 1992 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director (Eastwood). Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless. Big trouble is coming to Big Whisky. Written by David Webb Peoples (12 Monkeys). WILD BUNCH: DIRECTOR'S CUT: (Languages: English 5.1 SURROUND Subtitles: English Arabic) By any standard director Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch a powerful tale of hang-dog desperados bound by a code of honour rates as one of the all-time greatest westerns perhaps one of the greatest of all films. This Original Director's Cut restores it to a complete pristine condition unseen since its July 1969 theatrical debut. The image is letterboxed the colour renewed the stereo soundtrack remixed and reintegrated - all to blood-and-thunder effect. This DVD also features (on side B) the home video debut of The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage the Acadaemy Award-nominated 1996 documentary by Paul Seydor and Nick Redman.

  • Spiderhole [DVD]Spiderhole | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Together with her three art student friends Molly a pretty and free-spirited artist embark upon a mission to find an empty house in London where they can live as squatters free from rent and free to party. Having found the ideal house they break in and quickly get comfortable claiming the place as their own. However its not long before they realise they are not alone and their ideal home turns to a house of terror. Who or what is the puppet master orchestrating their bloody destruction?

  • John Wayne: The Early Years (15 discs) [1933]John Wayne: The Early Years (15 discs) | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

    This box set of early John Wayne western classics comprises: Blue Steel / The Dawn Rider / The Desert Trail / The Lawless Frontier / The Lucky Texan / The Man From Utah / Neath The Arizona Skies / Paradise Canyon / Randy Rides Alone / Riders Of Destiny / Sagebrush Trail / The Star Packer / Texas Terror / The Trail Beyond / West Of The Divide

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