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• Mr Arkadin | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Guy Van Stratten a convicted American smuggler leaves an Italian prison term with one asset a dying man's words about the wealthy mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart Van Stratten's investigation Arkadin claims amnesia about his early life and sends Guy off to investigate his ""unknown"" past. Guy's quest spans many continents and unearths eccentric character

• Henry Purcell - England My England | DVD | (03/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Tony Palmer directs this unique film drama about the great English composer Henry Purcell. Very little is known about his life but the script - by Charles Wood and the late John Osborne - solves this problem by launching a group of actors in the 1960s on a voyage of discovery into the 1660s & late-17th century England the extraordinary period in which Purcell lived. The all-star cast includes Michael Ball Simon Callow Corin Redgrave Letitia Dean John Shrapnel Robert Stephens and many other well-known names. But it is Purcell's music which is the driving force of this dramatisation with a stunning soundtrack performed by a line-up of superb artists such as Susan Graham Stephen Varcoe Lynne Dawson Nancy Argenta James Bowman and Michael Chance. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Oscar Wilde's comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith's film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave Joan Greenwood and Dame Edith Evans the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen!

• Classic Thriller Collection | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Lady Vanishes:Intrigue and espionage, and the effects on the lives and futures of passengers aboard a Trans-Continental Express emerge, when a girl traveller (Margaret Lockwood) returning from a holiday, strikes up an acquaintance with a middle-aged English governess who, during the journey mysteriously disappears from her compartment. The girl, seeking an explanation for the disappearance, is accused of hallucinating and is nearly convinced that her new friend does not exist. Howev...

• Britain's Home Front At War - Words For Battle | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This collection features stirring and inspirational films urging the nation to fight on and to preserve our British heritage and way of life. Words For Battle (1941): Laurence Olivier reads extracts from great works by the likes of Milton Blake and Kipling illustrated by inspirational film of both a timeless pastoral Britain and a modern armed Britain poised for war. Lift Your Head Comrade (1942): A powerful propaganda piece looking at German and Austrian anti-fascists who have volunteered to service with the Pioneer Corps to help Britain in its war against Germany. (Script: Arthur Koestler) The New Britain (1940): This MOI production evokes the utopia that Britain could have become in the decades following the Great War if only German fascism had not raised its head. (Script: Grahame Greene) Worker And Warfront No.8 (1943): Stanley Holloway provides the voiceover in this animated warning about a worker too tough to get his wounds checked - and who then contracts blood poisoning. (Script: E.C. Bentley) Britain At Bay (1940): J.B. Priestley provides the commentary for a film produced immediately after the fall of France celebrating British values and reminding us that in the months ahead Britain stands alone and at bay in guarding 'the future of the civilised world'. Essential Jobs (1942): A fascinating film showing how all unglamorous jobs actually contribute to the war effort. (Script: V.S. Pritchett) Albert's Savings (1940): Stanley Holloway delivers an 'Albert'-style monologue as he persuades the nation to invest in Savings Certificates for the war effort. (Script: Edgar Marriott) A Diary For Timothy (1945): Michael Redgrave John Gielgud and Myra Hess contribute to Humphrey Jennings' impressionistic portrait of a Britain finally poised to celebrate the end of the war. (Script: E.M. Forster) New Towns For Old (1942): An MOI film looking at urban regeneration in the fictional industrial town of 'Smokedale'. (Script: Dylan Thomas)

• Confidential Report | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-3.44 (-57.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Guy Van Stratten a convicted American smuggler leaves an Italian prison term with one asset a dying man's words about the wealthy mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart Van Stratten's investigation Arkadin claims amnesia about his early life and sends Guy off to investigate his ""unknown"" past. Guy's quest spans many continents and unearths eccentric characters who contribute information about the shadowy Arkadin. But the real purpose of Guy's assignment proves deadly - can he survive it? Orson Welles wrote directed and co-starred in this stylish serpentine mystery that carries echoes of his masterpiece 'Citizen Kane'.

• Confidential Report | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• England, My England - The Story Of Henry Purcell | DVD | (31/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The timeless 1952 version of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors in a Special Collectors' Edition.

• The Battle of Britain | DVD | (01/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war . But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied unsurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe they may well have altered the course of history!

• The Go Between | DVD | (16/09/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Julie Christie stars in this adaptation of the classic novel by L.P. Hartley. A young teenage boy, Leo (Dominic Guard), is invited to a wealthy school friend's family estate and is drawn into a love affair between his friend's twenty-something sister, Marian (Christie), and the family neighbour, even though she is engaged to be married. She uses Leo as a go-between, sending messages to her lover. Despite feeling he is betraying her fiance Hugh (Edward Fox), Leo carries on being the go-between and discovers more about the attraction between men and women along the way.