"Actor: Legrand"

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  • Day Of The Jackal [1973]Day Of The Jackal | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

    With its high-intensity plot about an attempt to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle, the bestselling novel by Frederick Forsyth was a prime candidate for screen adaptation. Director Fred Zinnemann brought his veteran skills to bear on what has become a timeless classic of screen suspense. Not to be confused with the later remake The Jackal starring Bruce Willis (which shamelessly embraced all the bombast that Zinnemann so wisely avoided), this 1973 thriller opts for lethal elegance and low-key tenacity in the form of the Jackal, the suave assassin played with consummate British coolness by Edward Fox. He's a killer of the highest order, a master of disguise and international elusiveness, and this riveting film follows his path to de Gaulle with an intense, straightforward documentary style. Perhaps one of the last great films from a bygone age of pure, down-to-basics suspense (and a kind of debonair European alternative to the American grittiness of The French Connection), The Day of the Jackal is a cat-and-mouse thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat until its brilliantly executed final scene (pardon the pun), by which time Fox has achieved cinematic immortality as one of the screen's most memorable killers. --Jeff Shannon

  • The Day Of The Jackal [Blu-ray]The Day Of The Jackal | Blu Ray | (04/09/2017) from £16.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    With its high-intensity plot about an attempt to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle, the bestselling novel by Frederick Forsyth was a prime candidate for screen adaptation. Director Fred Zinnemann brought his veteran skills to bear on what has become a timeless classic of screen suspense. Not to be confused with the later remake The Jackal starring Bruce Willis (which shamelessly embraced all the bombast that Zinnemann so wisely avoided), this 1973 thriller opts for lethal elegance and low-key tenacity in the form of the Jackal, the suave assassin played with consummate British coolness by Edward Fox. He's a killer of the highest order, a master of disguise and international elusiveness, and this riveting film follows his path to de Gaulle with an intense, straightforward documentary style. Perhaps one of the last great films from a bygone age of pure, down-to-basics suspense (and a kind of debonair European alternative to the American grittiness of The French Connection), The Day of the Jackal is a cat-and-mouse thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat until its brilliantly executed final scene (pardon the pun), by which time Fox has achieved cinematic immortality as one of the screen's most memorable killers. --Jeff Shannon

  • 13 Tzameti13 Tzameti | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

    A clean-faced 20-year-old Sebastien leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to find the money for their next meal. When hired to repair the roof of the morphine-addicted Godon (Philippe Passon) Sebastien eavesdrops in on a conversation which appears to offer a quick and easy solution to his money troubles. When Godon suddenly falls dead Sebastien decides to follow the instructions meant for the recently deceased addict in a desperate bit to se

  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [2004]Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £16.71   |  Saving you £3.28 (19.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

    French sensation The Crimson Rivers was a serial killer thriller with a difference--it was genuinely thrilling. It was also pretty disturbing, but Jean Reno (The Professional) brought some light to the darkness with his sly performance as dog-phobic detective Niémans. Fortunately, Reno has returned in this highly stylized Luc Besson-penned sequel. Vincent Cassell has not, but Benoît Magimel (The Piano Teacher), as new partner Reda, makes for a decent replacement. Alas, Olivier Dahan isn't in the same league as Matthieu Kassovitz and the story line, which has something to do with the Last Supper, the Maginot Line, and gravity-defying killer monks, is even more convoluted than before. Then there's Johnny Hallyday (The Man on the Train) as a mysterious one-eyed man and Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) as a bad German dude. It's all a little ridiculous, but entertaining nonetheless, and the chase sequences are a treat. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

  • L'Heritage [2006]L'Heritage | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £6.42   |  Saving you £13.57 (211.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Three young French friends experience all the peculiarities of rural Giorgian life when they meet an old man and his grandson traveling with an empty coffin.

  • One For The Road [2004]One For The Road | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (212.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Jimmy (Chisholm) is young ambitious and desperate to sell his late father's business. However his alcohol problems have prompted him to attend a rehabilitation course for drink drivers. Here he meets salesman Paul (Procter) taxi driver Mark (Devenport) and retired property tycoon Richard (Bennett). Bonds are unexpectedly formed through the workshops but equally Richard's millions become a lure to the others who plot to sell him Jimmy's ailing business and to relieve him of his weal

  • One For The Road [2003]One For The Road | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Jimmy (Chisholm) is young ambitious and desperate to sell his late father's business. However his alcohol problems have prompted him to attend a rehabilitation course for drink drivers. Here he meets salesman Paul (Procter) taxi driver Mark (Devenport) and retired property tycoon Richard (Bennett). Bonds are unexpectedly formed through the workshops but equally Richard's millions become a lure to the others who plot to sell him Jimmy's ailing business and to relieve him of his wealth!

  • Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse [DVD] [2004]Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • Michel Legrand - Live In Brussels [2005]Michel Legrand - Live In Brussels | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £11.84   |  Saving you £12.41 (117.30%)   |  RRP £22.99

    Legrand Conducts Legrand

  • Au Revoir Les EnfantsAu Revoir Les Enfants | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

    Film detailing the Nazi occupation of France during WWII and a catholic boarding school's mission to protect Jewish children. Based on the director's own experiences during the period the film tells the story of a bright young French boy who shares a room with a new arrival who is hiding from German soldiers

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