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• The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection - Volume 5 | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £6.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (134.59%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfe...

• Gigi | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £10.78   |  Saving you £3.21 (29.78%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Gigi, Vincente Minnelli's 1958 adaptation of Colette's story about a girl (Leslie Caron) groomed as a courtesan but desired as a wife by a Parisian playboy (Louis Jordan), won a lot of Oscars, but it also has the unusual distinction of being an MGM musical shot on location in the City of Lights. What a musical it is (by Lerner and Loewe): Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold crooning "Ah, Yes, I Remember It Well", plus the songs "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", "Gigi", "I'm a Bore", and "She's Not Thinking of Me". Director Minnelli makes a sumptuous, dreamy, almost laid-back affair of it all and the indispensable cast is forever etched into memory. Hollywood's long-running infatuation with continental grace and manners, the memory of a much earlier time imported to American movies through such immigrant directors as Ernst Lubitsch, may have finally come to a gentle end with this film. --Tom Keogh

• In Search Of The Castaways | DVD | (13/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The exciting tale of two children who with the help of an eccentric professor set out in search of their shipwrecked father...

• Love Me Tonight (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (15/01/2024) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Reuniting the leads of Josef von Sternbergs smash hit Morocco, and co-produced by the great Ernst Lubitsch, Desire was acclaimed by Graham Greene as the best of Dietrichs American films. Product Features INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES 2019 restoration from a 4K scan Original mono audio Audio commentary with writers and critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2023) Geoff Andrew on Love Me Tonight (2023): in-depth discussion of Rouben Mamoulians classic musical by the writer and critic Hollywood on Parade excerpts (1932): Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald perform musical numbers from the film for the newsreel series Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive with a new essay by Phil Concannon, archival interviews and articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• Gigi | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  To celebrate its 50th anniversary Warner have re-released Gigi Vincente Minnelli's 1958 adaptation of Colette's story about a girl groomed as a courtesan but desired as a wife by a Parisian playboy. It has the unusual distinction of being an MGM musical shot on location in the City of Lights with songs such as: Ah Yes I Remember It Well Thank Heaven for Little Girls Gigi I'm a Bore and She's Not Thinking of Me. Director Minnelli makes a sumptuous dreamy almost laid-back affair of it all and the indispensable cast is forever etched into memory.

• L'Ennui | DVD | (17/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Engrossing, erotic and sometimes comic, 'L'Ennui' tells the story of restless philosophy professor Martin (Charles Berling), tired of teaching and troubled by the happiness of his ex-wife (Arielle Dombasle). His mid-life crises takes a turn when he meets the young, enigmatic and far from intellectual Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin), with whom he embarks upon a sexually-charged affair. Enlisting his ex-wife as a reluctant confidante, Martin claims that he is bored by Cecilia, yet continues to see her, fascinated by her uncomplicated attitude toward love, life and sex. But, upon learning that Cecilia is also seeing a much younger man, Martin's desire becomes tainted with jealousy and eventually becomes an uncontrollable obsession that threatens to consume him. French Soundtrack with English Subtitles

• Gigi | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A scruffy tomboy is transformed into a radiant high society beauty in this glorious musical from MGM. Scored by the talented team of Lerner and Lowe the movie features splendid musical numbers like ""Thank Heaven for Little Girls"" and ""I Remember It Well."" Directed by the great Vincent Minnelli (The Band Wagon) this award-winning classic is not to be missed.

• Gigi / An American In Paris / High Society | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £24.96   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Gigi: Scored by the talented team of Lerner and Lowe the movie features splendid musical numbers like Thank Heaven for Little Girls and I Remember It Well where a scruffy tomboy is transformed into a radiant high society beauty in this glorious musical! An American In Paris: Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American G.I. who decides to stay in Paris after the Second World War. Keen to sample some of the city's legendary romantic lifestyle he becomes an art student and joins a colony of painters living in a Montmartre garret. Penniless and starving his pursuit of the experience of the great artists is fast becoming a little too realistic when he is discovered by wealthy heiress Milo Roberts (Nina Foch). She becomes his patron although Jerry soon realises that her interest in him doesn't end with his art! High Society: Beautiful aloof Newport heiress Tracy Lord (Kelly) is about to marry bland businessman George Kittredge (John Lund) but matters become complicated when her ex-husband C K Dexter-Haven (Crosby) moves to her neighbourhood determined to win back her hand. Things go from bad to worse for Tracy when journalist Mike Connor (Sinatra) arrives to cover the wedding for Spy Magazine. When Tracy is forced to choose between her suitors will she realise that safe doesn't always mean the best bet?

• Fanny | DVD | (30/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From legendary Director Joshua Logan (South Pacific, Camelot) comes a timeless romance starring Leslie Caron (Gigi) as a beautiful young girl in Marseilles whose declaration of love for handsome Marius (Horst Buscholz) forces him to chose between a life with her and fulfilling his longing for adventure at sea. Based on the Marseilles Trilogy by Marcel Pagnol, this adaptation superbly captures the original's bitter sweet mix of romance and regret. Also starring Maurice Ch...

• Que La Bete Meure | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Claude Chabrol crafts a claustrophobic and psychologically complex tale of destiny and revenge in This Man Must Die. The film begins with a birds-eye view of a young boy leaving a seaside beach and a speeding black Mustang approaching from the opposite direction. When the two collide in a hit-and-run accident the movie's action is set in motion. The boy's father Charles (Michel Duchaussoy) makes a solemn vow to find and kill the man who ended his son's life. Through a bizarre series of hunches coincidences and lucky guesses Charles tracks down Helene (Carol Cellier) the sister-in-law of the man he suspects is the killer and begins to seduce her in order to insinuate himself into her family life. When he finally comes face to face with Helene's brother-in-law Paul (Jean Yanne) he finds himself unable to act despite the man's monstrous behaviour and callous attitude. When Charles realizes that Paul's son Phillippe (Marc Di Napoli) wishes his father dead as well the forces of destiny and revenge collide. Chabrol's dense and carefully crafted narrative structure explodes in an unexpected and exhilarating chain of events leading to a cathartic and disastrous climax all portrayed through subtly evocative cinematography and terse performances. Decades later the film inspired Sean Penn's similarly themed The Crossing Guard.

• A Breath Of A Scandal | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Austrian Princess Olympia is in a quandary. Olympia is betrothed to an unloving buffoonish Prussian prince named Ruprecht. Then she meets Charlie a mining engineer from the States and falls in love with him. It looks like she may have to follow her heart not tradition and say ""I do"" to the charming American. Will she really go through with it? Or will the conventions of royalty dictate her groom?

• A Breath of Scandal / Houseboat Double Pack | DVD | (22/04/2013) from £8.08   |  Saving you £4.91 (60.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Breath Of Scandal: Drawn from Sidney Howard's successful Broadway Americanization of the Molnar farce Olympia, and adapted by a then-blacklisted and uncredited Walter Bernstein, the film opens in the Austrian countryside of 1907. The widowed Princess Olympia (Loren) is living a lush, if dull, exile from the court of Frances Joseph I, banished as a result of vaguely-referenced indiscretions that have caused the royal family embarrassment. She's desperate for distraction, wh...

• A New Kind Of Love | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The fashion industry and Paris provide the sophisticated background for a comedy of wrong impressions. Joanne Woodward is mistaken as a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession...