The most famous the most acclaimed and the most intriguing of all classic television thrillers starring Patrick McGoohan as a man with no name but with only a number.... Number Six. Trapped in an inescapable village Number Six is discovering that life is a battle with the ever-changing Number Two and that there may never be an end to the nightmare. Episode 17 - Fall Out: The Prisoner has won he has earned the rights to be an individual and not a number. The Alternate Chimes Of Big Ben: This is the USA press release version of The Chimes Of Big Ben with alternative opening and closing credits different theme music and different scenes. The Prisoner Companion: This US produced documentary tries to explain the many unanswered question posed throughout the short series.
Verdi Macbeth
Dramatisation detailing the events that led to the destruction of the Light Brigade at the Crimea of the men who were sent to their death and those behind what is now recognised as one of British history's major military blunders.
Father's Little Dividend: Reprising his role from the 1950 release 'Father Of The Bride' Spencer Tracy rejoins Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor in a charming sequel. Tracy portrays Elizabeth Taylor's father Stanley Banks who is still recovering from the effects of giving up his ""little girl"" Kay to Buckley Dunstan played by Don Taylor. Upon hearing the news that the newlyweds are expecting Tracy opposes the new arrival feeling the stresses of middle ag
One of the biggest hits of Sergio Leone's career 'My Name Is Nobody' brings together two Western icons: Henry Fonda and 70s Italian superstar Terence Hill. Fonda plays ageing gunslinger Jack Beauregard and nobody is faster than Beauregard - until he meets a man called Nobody (Hill) who has been hired to kill him. However Beauregard was Nobody's childhood hero and the wily young gun starts planning a way that Jack can go down in the history books. Directed by Leone's former assi
He was the greatest master of unarmed combat the world has ever seen. How could the self proclaimed world's fittest man die so suddenly at the very height of his career? Could foul play have been involved or even murder? Death By Misadventure goes in depth behind the scenes as we unfold the greatest mystery of the martial arts movie world. It also highlights a profile of Bruce Lee's legacy Brandon Lee which charts the rising star's emergence as a major force in action cinema of the 90's until his tragic and untimely death in March 1993.
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt toadying daughters and rejects his one loving but honest one... The most revered actor of the 20th century stars in 'King Lear' Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. Laurence Olivier gives an outstanding performance portraying drama's most celebrated octogenarian with spirit and pathos. This internationally acclaimed production boasts Olivier in his first appearance in a Shakespeare play filmed exclusively for television.
Peter Sellers Collection
A furiously original meld of madness and pathos The Living And The Dead is family dysfunction at its most shocking and grotesque. With bankruptcy looming desperate Donald Brocklebank (Roger Lloyd Pack) must leave his bedridden wife alone with their son James - a schizophrenic man-child. In a horrific fit of dementia James abandons his medication locks the doors and plays nurse. As his ability to distinguish morbid fantasy from reality decays he plunges into a mental labyrinth so violent and deranged none of them may survive it.
A collection of stories about three women who all came from an unstable family background. There's Delia who was abandoned by her mother and was left to be brought up by her drug-addict father. Greta left home when she was young because she couldn't cope with her mother's criticism and Paula who lived on the streets for a year after running away from home.
The famous performance of Verdi's romantic tragedy captures one of the most sensational debuts in operatic history. Singing Violetta for the first time was the young Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu whose remarkable interpretation reached the front pages of the world's press and led the BBC immediately to film the production. Equally notable was the masterly conducting of Sir Georg Solti and director Richard Eyre's stylish staging. This DVD and highlights CD present the definitive record of a momentous occasion.
9/11. A country in shock. Amidst the confusion of the terrorist attacks a lonely flight attendant, Montine, and a 10 year old Pakistani-American boy, Omar, find themselves on a plane grounded in Texas. When Montine learns of Omar's direct connection to the terrorist attack she makes the difficult decision to drive the boy across the vast heartland of America to his uncertain future in New York City. As they go cross country in the days following the attacks, they come to realise the importance of tolerance and friendship.
Comedy actress Valerie Stanton (Rosalind Russell) and her producer Gordon Dunning (Leon Ames) are the toast ofBroadway, with a host of smash-hit shows behind them. They are also secret lovers.Now, Valerie wants to work with someone new and has met architect Michael Morrell (Leo Genn) and fallen head overheels in love with him. Gordon, however, is unwilling to let her go and threatens Valerie with scandal and ruin...The scene is set for a brutal murder.As New York police captain Danbury (Sydney Greenstreet) investigates, all the clues seem to point to Valerie's co-starMarian (Claire Trevor), but in the world of the theatre, everything may be an elaborate act and an illusion...
This is one of Valentino's best films he plays a bullfighter in a small town in Spain and becomes one of the most idolised matadors in his country. The swaggering but sincere Valentino marries a good Catholic girl Lila Lee a coy innocent with bow-tie lips but is seduced by Nita Natal a high society man-eater who decides to add a bullfighter to her conquests.
The power of evil no longer rests in the hands of a child... Damien Thorn (Sam Neill) has helped rescue the world from a recession appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S Ambassador to England Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ. Determined to thwart his holy arch-nemesis as well as a group of priests intent on killing him Damien begins his most destructive rampage yet...
Double the fear half the chance! After locating an abandoned laboratory animal rights activists start going missing one by one...
Riccardi Muti conducts a performance of Otello at the La Scala Theatre before the start of a three year renovation project.
Three classic Spency Tracy films are featured on this fabulous box set. Father Of The Bride: The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family mostly the father prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why this was remade in 1991. The colorized version doesn't add much. Academy Award Nominations: 3 including Best Picture Best Actor-Spencer Tracy Best Screenplay. Boy's Town: ""Boys Town"" is a
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