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• Marilyn Horne: A Portrait | DVD | (17/07/2001) from £31.70   |  Saving you £-11.71 (-58.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As one of America's most treasured and delightful opera singers, mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne was justly lauded in this 1994 profile, originally made for the South Bank Show arts programme. At work as one of the finest bel canto singers of the 20th century or at rest looking poignantly back at her career--the making of the film coincided with her 60th birthday--Horne is splendid company. She was born with singing in her blood, trying her hand at everything from the church choir to jingles, pirate pop singles--she did a mean Kay Starr impersonation--and supplying a singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge in the 1954 film of Carmen Jones before embarking on a career as a classical artist. Horne effectively learned her trade during four years at Gelsenkirchen, going on to form a legendary singing partnership with Joan Sutherland and blazing a trail for the mezzo soprano roles--Arsace in Semiramide has been her signature--through the world's greatest opera houses. But for all her success, Horne has retained a down-to-earth openness which permeates this documentary and has rendered her equally at home on the recital stage or in grand opera costume. She speaks with simple brilliance about the singer's technique and about her desire to broaden the appeal of opera. A fascinating portrait of one hell of a dame. On the DVD: At just 52 minutes, the original programme is too short to do Horne full justice. Even so, the film is packed with enough archive footage to whet the appetite of the novice fan. The sound format is Dolby Digital 2.0--adequate enough to do justice to Horne's extraordinary range and genius for ornamentation, and the picture format can be adjusted from the standard 4:3 to 1.78:1 although both do little more than replicate the look and feel of the original television transmission. Detailed booklet notes compensate for the lack of extras on the DVD itself--a biography or career chronology would have been more than handy. --Piers Ford

• The King And I | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner's Academy Award winning performance an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins. It tells the true story of an English woman Anna Leonowens (Kerr) who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner) over time Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. Winner of six Academy Awards The King And I contains some of the most lavish sets in Hollywood and some of the world's best-loved songs including ''Getting To Know You'' ''I Whistle A Happy Tune'' ''Hello Young Lovers'' and ''Shall We Dance?'' Bonus CD Tracklisting: 1. Main Title 2. I Whistle A Happy Tune 3. My Lord And Master 4. March Of The Siamese Children 5. Anna And The Royal Wives 6. Hello Young Lovers 7. Puzzlement 8. Getting To Know You 9. Garden Rendezvous 10. We Kiss In A Shadow 11. I Have Dreamed 12. Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You 13. Something Wonderful 14. Prayer To Buddha 15. Waltz Of Anna And Sir Edward 16. Small House Of Uncle Thomas 17. Song Of The King 18. Shall We Dance 19. Letter 20. Something Wonderful 21. Overture

• Long Distance | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £4.02   |  Saving you £3.23 (117.03%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Very Wrong Number. In this chilling psychological thriller the provocative Monica Keena stars as a young lonely woman who accidentally interrupts a murder in progress when she dials a wrong number. When the killer played by the sinister Kevin Chapman (Ladder 49 Snitch) calls her back repeatedly she grows terrified as he involves her telephonically in a string of gruesome homicides that cut a murderous path across the country - leading to her Boston home. In the disturbing tradition of When A Stranger Calls this chilling tale slowly tightens its grip on the psyche and has the audience squirming in their seats until the final shocking scene.

• Stephane Grappelli - Jazz Legends | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli's lively but elegant style has captivated audiences for more than half a century. Here he is captured live at New Orleans' Faubourg Theatre in 1993. Tracks inlcude: 1. Cheek To Cheek 2. Avalon 3. Armando's Rumba 4. I Get A Kick Out Of You 5. After You Are Gone 6. Sweet Georgia Brown 7. Love For Sale 8. Are You In The Mood 9. I Got Rhythm 10. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 11. Ol' Man River 12. Honeysuckle Rose

• West New York | DVD | (29/08/2002) from £7.01   |  Saving you £-3.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Ex-cop Tom Coletti (Frank Vincent) supervises the destruction of corporate bonds redeemed by a New Jersey bank. After a life and career shattered by alcohol he hopes to regain his daughter's respect by raising enough money to help her leave West New York and escape her abusive husband. He plans to steal a small number of bonds from each bank shipment without raising suspicion and have a small-time fence from the old neighborhood find a buyer for the stolen paper. The local mob boss angry because he is not cut in on the deal has the fence brutally murdered and Tom becomes the target of both the mob and the original buyers each seeking to up the theft into a major score. Tom turns to his young ex-partner Jimmy Vero for help but the situation just spirals out of control...

• Dark Town | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Evil has a home... On a night when their quiet suburban neighbourhood is plagued by mysterious blackouts. The tight knit Armstrong clan presses on with its plans to celebrate the birthday of the head of their family... Curtis Armstrong. They have no idea of how truely cursed the family reunion will be. As the family tensely awaits his return Curtis is out in the chaos of the blacked out city on a mission to evict squatters from one of his downtown properties. What he finds in

• Sharpe's Rifles | DVD | (01/01/1900) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Acclaimed actor Sean Bean stars in this action-packed feature-length movie set in the midst of the desperate missions and battles of the Napoleonic wars in 19th century Spain. Sharpe's Rifles begins with Richard Sharpe being promoted to Lieutenant after saving the life of Sir Arthur Wellesley. He is soon given a dangerous mission – to command a band of war hardened riflemen behind enemy lines. Their task is to escort Sharpe's lover the beautiful Spanish guerrilla leader Teresa and a nobleman soldier who are carrying a mysterious box across the country and are being hunted by the French cavalry. What does the box contain and why must Sharpe and his men risk their lives in battle to protect it?

• Swingers (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  You're money and you don't even know it! Spend a painfully funny night on the tiles with Mike Trent and the boys as the ""swingers"" hit the clubs and bars looking for love or even a little eye contact. When they're not trying to chat up women they're consoling each other about lost loves. The lovesick Mike (Jon Favreau) can't seem to shake a relationship rut. Mike's smooth fast-talking buddy Trent (Vince Vaughn) decides he'll do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time!

• Dragonworld - The Legend Continues | DVD | (14/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A young boy trained in the ways of magic is the one true friend of Yowler the last dragon on Earth. When the Dark Knight plans to use Yowler's blood to begin a new age of darkness he must defeat the Knight before the reign of terror unfolds.

• Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £11.46   |  Saving you £12.53 (52.20%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Wishbone Ash Live At Colston Hall Bristol 1989 Set Play List Includes: 1. Real Guitars Have Wings 2. The King Will Come 3. Cosmic Jazz 4. Keeper of The Light 5. Why Don t We? 6. Blowin' Free 7. Medley - Blind Eye Lady Whiskey Sometime World Phoenix Jailba

• The Rat Pack - The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  a 3-disc box set featuring some of the finest live tunes from those coolest-of-cats The Rat Pack! Disc 1 - Frank Sinatra: 1.Witchcraft 2.I've Got You Under My Skin 3.Last Night When We Were Young 4.Love Makes You Feel So Young (With Nancy) 5.High Hopes 6.It's Alright With Me 7.Gone With The Wind 8.Too Marvelous For Words 9.Here's That Rainy Day 10.Love Me Tender / Witchcraft (With Elvis Presley) 11.I've Got The World On A String 12.Just One Of Those Things 13.Angel Eyes

• Black Pirate | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Rival pirates and Spanish gold are the ingredients for this story. Blackie the pirate hears of a shipment of gold and makes plans to find the ship and it's precious cargo.The wife of a viceroy is taken prisoner and Blackie strikes a deal to buy her from a pirate settlement. However a rival captain called skull recognises Blackie's new prisoner and joins forces with two other pirates against him.

• Here Was the News 1960 Part 2 (East Anglia: Anglia Television) | DVD | (09/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In the summer of 1960, Anglia TV was in its first year of broadcasting the news. Away from the county shows and crowded beaches, life across the region was changing. From the end of steam to the arrival of the Go- Kart, the news included: Speedway at Wembley and motor racing at Snetterton, David Dimbleby in Lavenham and David Frost at Norwich, Closure of the M&GN Railway, Harwich, Lowestoft, Felixstowe and the Cromer Carnival

• The Brit Flick Box Set | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Box set containing the following films: Buster: Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop he flees to Mexico but finds that he must choose between his family and his freedom. Five Seconds To Spare: A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder. Christy Malry's Own Double Entry: Nick Moran uses the principles of double-entry bo

• That Kind of Girl | Blu Ray | (25/01/2010) from £20.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (14.51%)   |  RRP £23.99

  In 1960s London a beautiful continental au pair finds herself wrestling with the affections of an earnest peace-protestor a dashing young toff and a roguish older man. But fun and freedom turn to shame and despair when she finds that her naivety has put her lovers and their partners - including the well-meaning Janet (played by Big Zapper's Linda Marlowe in her first role) - at risk. Stylishly shot in crisp black and white and set against a backdrop of smoky jazz clubs 'Ban the Bomb' marches and evocative London locations this finely-tuned cautionary tale was the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara (All the Right Noises The Brute) and is presented in a new high-definition transfer.

• Strictly Dancing | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £14.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (14.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Salsa Salsa: Elder Sanchez is acknowledged as one of the finest Salsa instructors in Europe. These programmes designed for the home student demonstrate his exciting and sensual style. So whether you're a complete beginner or you already have the basics Salsa Salsa will help you develop your technique. Rock 'n' Roll: Kav Kavanagh the British and European Rock 'n' Roll champion ups tempo with this stunning instructional DVD. Moving on from the basic jive Kav will teach you the short-arm technique designed for dancing off-beat as well as the faster pace of rock 'n' roll. Kav with his partner Lisa takes you through each step with simple to follow instructions which will have you rocking the nights away. Argentine Tango: The main influence on Tango was Milonga which drew its inspiration from African rhythms. This programme has been devised by qualified dance teacher Marie Claude Martin enabling both gentlemen and ladies to master the basic tango steps as well as the most popular variations of this dance.

• The Professionals Volume 16 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £20.09   |  Saving you £-14.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Thrown together to join George Cowley's new C15 organisation....Hard men, no patience nor time for subtleties. Charged with combating terrorists, criminals and corruption wherever they find it. Capable of using any means necessary. The only people they can trust are themselves... Includes the following three uncut and digitally remastered episodes: 1. Lawson's Last Stand 2. No Stone 3. Spy Probe

• Fox - Part 4 Of 4 - Episodes 10 To 13 | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £13.23   |  Saving you £2.75 (26.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This BAFTA nominated series follows the fortunes and feuds of old Billy Fox (Peter Vaughan) and his family in South London. With a superb cast including Ray Winstone and Bernard Hill and shot entirely on location in pubs clubs and streets 'Fox' evokes a strong London atmosphere through a wonderfully tense and involving story. Episodes include: Just An Iron Monkey Just Another Villain In A Cheap Suit Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! The Family... And The Future.

• The Wotwots - Series 1 | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Meet SpottyWot and DottyWot... They come to explore planet Earth in their steam-powered spaceship and arrive in the middle of a zoo.

• Rugby Masterclass - Illustrated with highlights from the Rugby World Cup | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £15.87   |  Saving you £1.12 (6.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Presented by former Lions star Jeremy Guscott - and featuring Martin Bayfield, Jason Leonard, Dewi Morris, Ben Clarke, Ieuan Evans, Rupert Moon, Doddie Weir, Peter Wright, Eric Elwood, Ciaran Clarke and many more. This is your chance to develop your ru