"Actor: Laurence"

• Pee Wee Russell - Portrait Of Pee Wee Russell | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £8.07   |  Saving you £0.92 (10.20%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Rare documentaries of two of the most extraordinary figures in jazz clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and jazz tap extraordinaire Baby Laurence. The first focuses on Pee Wee Russell in the act of painting reminiscing on his life in Oklahoma the early music scene from Chicago to New York and his drinking acquaintance with painter Jackson Pollock. Russell's breathtaking music provides the soundtrack for this unique portrait of the clarinetist. The second showcases the life and work of the indistputable king of jazz tap Baby Laurence. Unusual clips of Charlie Parker and Art Tatum illustrate the music that inspired the one-of-a-kind tap-dancing legend.

• Laurence Olivier Centenary Collection | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  A bountiful box set of classic films featuring perhaps Britain's finest actor of all time Laurence Olivier. Episodes Comprise: 1. Henry V 2. Richard III 3. The Merchant Of Venice 4. King Lear 5. Long Day's Journey Into Night 6. The Ebony Tower 7. Laurence Olivier Presents 8. The South Bank Show: Laurence Olivier

• The Matrix / The Matrix Revisited (Gold Edition) | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Matrix Perception: The Everyday World is Real. Reality: That World is a hoax an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Mind blowing stunts. Techno-slamming visuals. Megakick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix the cyber thriller that you will watch again and again. Written and Directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound) the story sears the special effects stake out new movie-making territory - the movie leaves you breathless. The Matrix Revisited The Matrix Revisited is a feature-length look at the creation and development of the special effects the training routines the origin of The Matrix and interviews shot during production of the landmark sci-fi movie. Other features include: What Is To Come? Montage of behind-the-scenes footage from The Matrix 2. What Is Animatrix? Anime preview with sketches storyboard behind-the-scene interviews and footage with the animators. Whatisthematrix.com? Overview of the MATRIX web site. The True Followers. Interviews with hardcore fans. The Dance of the Master. The fight choreography of Yuen Wo-Ping. The Bathroom Fight and Wet Wall. Scene study with behind-the-scenes footage. But Wait...There's More. Music montage with never-before-seen footage from the production of The Matrix.

• Laurence Juber - The Guitarist | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

• Ricochet/Once in the Life/A Murder of Crows | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ricochet: 'Cape Fear' meets its match as uber-producer Joel Silver turns on the terror in the fast and furious no-frills thriller 'Ricochet'. Denzel Washington is crack cop turned deputy DA Nick Styles. LA's hottest hero he's on a roll and a rocket ride to the top. John Lithgow is vindictive sadistic psycho Earl Blake sent down by Styles and he's out for revenge. For Blake taking Styles' life will not be enough - tearing it apart will be much more fun! The ultimate in screen suspense Ricochet takes the pace to breaking point as one man's pain becomes another man's very twisted pleasure. Once In The Life: A powerful urban crime thriller. Estranged half-brothers Torch and Mike 20/20 are re-united in a prison cell. Both are involved in the citys underground crime scene - Torch to raise cash to feed his drug habit and Mike wanting to raise enough to to enable him to leave crime behind. Mike is planning to intercerpt a heroin deal and persuades Torch to help. When the manic junkie-brother shoots one the young drug couriers the pair take refuge in an abandoned building. Mike seeks help from his friend and old cell-mate Tony not realising that the dope they have stolen is his. Based on Fisburne's play 'Riff Raff'. Murder Of Crows: Lawson Russell is a prominent New Orleans attorney whose legal savvy and unbeatable charm have gained him the reputation of being a man who can get even the most guilty suspects off the hook. That is until Russell can no longer bear to defend the guilty and drops his wealthy client Truman Banks. Disbarred and disgraced Russell leaves for Key West to write a novel and attempt to pull the pieces of his life back together. A chance meeting and moment of indiscretion put Russell into a dangerous web of murder treachery and deceit. Time is running out as Russell battles to prove that he is an innocent man...

• Hellraiser / Children Of The Corn | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Hellraiser A man is brought partially back to life by the blood of his brother. He befriends his sister-in-law who agrees to supply the blood he requires to live but he is still haunted by the evil forces which held him captive in death. Children Of The Corn In Gatlin Nebraska the corn crop has failed. When a sinister boy comes into the small community preaching a solution the adults need to watch their backs.

• Physical Geography - Igneous Rocks | DVD | (19/01/2009) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Discover the wonders of our Earth. The third classification of rocks are those which were formed deep in the earth's crust by melting and then re-crystallization. These rocks include volcanic rocks igneous rocks of dykes and sills and plutonic rocks such as granite syenite gabbro and ultramafic rocks. Many specimens are discussed that are not often found in classroom labs or textbooks. The Physical Geography series is a series dealing with natural phenomenon such as volcanoes earthquakes caves rocks geysers and glaciers presented by Dr. Laurence J. Jankowski. He is an Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a member of the National Science Teachers Association and the National Association of Geology Teachers. His prior achievements include the Science Teacher of the Year Award from the Ohio Academy of Science and Outstanding Professor Award from Bowling Green State University.

• 8 Mile / Boyz N The Hood | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Boyz N The Hood (Dir. John Singleton) (1991): Boyz N The Hood is the critically acclaimed story about three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood and of street life where friendship pain danger and love combine to form reality. The Hood is a place where drive-by shootings and unemployment are rampant. But it is also a place where harmony co-exists with adversity especially for the three young men growing up there: Doughboy (Ice Cube) an unambitious drug dealer; his brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut) a college-bound teenage father; and Ricky's best friend Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who aspires to a brighter future beyond the The Hood. In a world where a trip to the store can end in death the friends have diverse reactions to their bleak surroundings. Tre's resolve is strengthened by a strong father (Larry Fishburne) who keeps him on the right track. But the lessons Tre learns are put to the ultimate test when tragedy strikes close to home and violence seems like the only recourse. This powerful portrait of black urban America is a film of enormous relevance and importance. --Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times. 8 Mile (Dir. Curtis Hanson) (2002): The people of Detroit know 8 Mile as the city limit a border a boundary. It is also a psychological dividing line that separates Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) from where and who he wants to be...

• The Matrix / The Matrix Revisited (Deluxe Box Set) | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Matrix Perception: The Everyday World is Real. Reality: That World is a hoax an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Mind blowing stunts. Techno-slamming visuals. Megakick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix the cyber thriller that you will watch again and again. Written and Directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound) the story sears the special effects stake out new movie-making territory - the movie leaves you breathless. The Matrix Revisited The Matrix Revisited is a feature-length look at the creation and development of the special effects the training routines the origin of The Matrix and interviews shot during production of the landmark sci-fi movie. Other features include: What Is To Come? Montage of behind-the-scenes footage from The Matrix 2. What Is Animatrix? Anime preview with sketches storyboard behind-the-scene interviews and footage with the animators. Whatisthematrix.com? Overview of the MATRIX web site. The True Followers. Interviews with hardcore fans. The Dance of the Master. The fight choreography of Yuen Wo-Ping. The Bathroom Fight and Wet Wall. Scene study with behind-the-scenes footage. But Wait...There's More. Music montage with never-before-seen footage from the production of The Matrix.

• Great Guitar Lessons - Fingerstyle Techniques | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

• 3 Classic Cult Thrillers - Bad Timing / King Of New York / Dead Ringers | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Bad Timing - Art Garfunkel plays a moody American psychoanalyst whose mounting obsession with a beautiful fun-loving young girl drives her to the brink of death on a drug overdose. As he waits anxiously at the hospital and tries to answer police questions he recalls the details of the complex and tempestuous affair: their meeting their discovery of physical joy marred by mental anguish their constant separations and reconciliations. Yet is he telling the police the whole truth? King Of New York - The first big budget movie from the controversial director of Driller Killer and Bad Lieutenant features an unforgettable performance from Christopher Walken as gangland supremo Frank White. Recently released from prison White sets out to be King of New York by gaining control of a multiracial gang of drug dealers - to the horror of the Traditional Mafia - and the city's poorest area. But New York's streets have grown meaner since Frank last walked them. Enemies on both sides of the law are determined to stop him in his criminal and philanthropic ventures and the consequences can only be violent. Dead Ringers - Director David Cronenberg based this controversial and stylish psychological horror on a bizarre true story... Jeremy Irons delivers a disturbing performance as twin Gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle. Intrigued by the mysteries of sex and anatomy the brothers grow from inseparable playmates to world-renowned specialists. Sharing their women Elliot and Beverly seem inseparable. The entrance of Claire (Bujold) an actress seeking fertility treatment changes their relationship forever. Both twins seduce her but shy sensitive Beverly falls in love and attempts to break free from his charming brother with catastrophic consequences.

• We Forgot About Germany | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As the gathering storm of the late 1930s went unheeded by the British suddenly war loomed with all its consequences as ... 'We Forgot About Germany'. Features the following films: 1. The New Britain (1940) 2. From The Four Corners (1940) 3. The Dawn Guard (1941) 4. Words For Battle (1941) 5. War And Order (1940) 6. West Indies Calling (1944) 7. Night Shift (1942)

• Gladiator/Spartacus | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus.... Spartacus: Stanley Kubrick's film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. A classic inspirational true account of one man's struggle for freedom Spartacus combines history with spectacle to recreate a moving drama of love and commitment.

• Classic Horror Collection - Hands of the Ripper/The Monster/The Uncanny (3 disc set) | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Countess Dracula (1970); The erotic horror tale of a countess who discovers that the blood of young virgin girls will restore her to the passionate beauty she was 25 years before...; ; Twins Of Evil (1971); Both look exactly alike: which one was the twin of evil? Victims of a vampire curse lead to a witch-hunt headed by Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing), a fanatical Puritan leader of a bizarre religious sect. Only a vampire hunter can save the innocent!; ; Monster; A supernatur...

• Prefontaine | DVD | (04/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• The Bounty | UMD | (01/01/1980) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• The Silent Enemy | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the maritime events chronicled by Marshall Pugh in his biography of Lieutenant 'Buster' Crabb this Second World War film concentrates on the heroic defence of allied shipping under threat from Italian mines.

• Hellbound - Hellraiser 2 | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Kirsty Collins (Ashley Laurence) lies in a psychiatric hospital haunted by the night of unspeakable terror that destroyed her family. Now only hours later the nightmare is beginning again. From the bloodstained mattress secreted in his home obsessive psychiatrist Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) raises the remains of Kirsty's murderous stepmother Julia (Clare Higgins). Together Chanard and Julia unlock the secret of the lament Configuration puzzle box to release the unlimited horrors and ultimate pleasures of Hell. For the second time Kirsty must return beyond the limits to the Outer Darkness to confront the darkest desires of Hell and free her father's soul.

• La Peau Douce | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In director Francois Truffaut's dramatic film 'La Peau Douce' Pierre is a successful happily married publisher who meets Nicole a lovely airplane stewardess and begins a lustful affair with her. As his passion deepens he realizes he must choose between his wife Franca and his mistress. However the movie takes a suprising twist leading to one of the most startling conclusions in film history...

• The Will Hay Collection | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A collection of Will Hay films. Includes: 1. The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) 2. Dandy Dick (1935) 3. The Ghost of St Michaels (1941) 4. The Goost Steps Out (1942) 5. My Learned Friend (1943) 6. Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) 7. Those Were the Days (1934) 8. Oh Mr Porter (1937) 9. Convict 99 (1938) 10. Windbag The Saiilor (1936) 11. Ask A Policeman (1938) 12. Boys Will Be Boys (1935) 13. Old Bones of the River (1938) 14. Where There's a Will (1936) 15. Good Morning Boys (1937) 16. Hey! Hey! USA! (1938)