In Arthur Penn's adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel Little Big Man, Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crabb, the only white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Giving a bravura performance, Hoffman plays Jack from teen years into old age in this picaresque fable of the Old West. Jack's story is a fantastic one: captured by Indians as a boy, reared as an Indian, shuttling back and forth between the white and Indian worlds. In the process, he befriends everyone from Wild Bill Hickock to George Armstrong Custer and is a gunslinger, a snake-oil salesman and an Army scout. This is a solid blend of comedy and tragedy, making a strong statement about America's treatment of Native Americans without sermonising. A terrific cast includes Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam and Richard Mulligan, but this show is all Hoffman's. --Marshall Fine
Steve Martin made his film-starring debut in this wild and crazy comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black share cropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he's smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the Opti-grab handle for eyeglasses and shows why he's still one of the best comic performers.
The spin-off of The Good Wife is a legal drama series, that takes place about a year after the first series ended. Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and her goddaughter Maia (Rose Leslie) end up joining Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at a new firm, after a scam ruines their reputations and leaves them broke. This first season follows Diane and Maia as they attempt to decipher the mystery that destroyed their professional and personal lives, and as they slowly start to rebuild their careers.
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Sean Connery reprises his role as James Bond in a film that he would later re-make as Never Say Never Again under controversial circumstances. The thrills never stop as Agent 007 (Sean Connery) goes above the call of duty - and to the bottom of the ocean - to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust!
Few actresses have dominated the camera as powerfully as Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones. Her polished beauty plays in irresistible contrast to her title character's leonine sexuality and fluid emotions; a man can't decide from moment to moment if he wants to save her from doom, build her a castle, or never let her out of bed. Of course, that's the problem with the boys in this semi-experimental adaptation of Bizet's opera, Carmen. Straight-arrow Joe (a strapping Harry Belafonte), an obedient corporal on a southern military base during World War II, is all set to go to flight school and marry his hometown sweetie, Cindy Lou (Olga James), when his troublemaking sergeant orders him to accompany Carmen to a civilian court. In short order, Joe is swept up in Carmen's carnal anarchy and her craving for release from lousy options in life. An impulsive act of violence ensures that Joe's future is gone forever, putting Carmen in the difficult position of destroying their relationship to save him. Oscar Hammerstein II took Bizet's music in 1943 and rewrote the book and lyrics. The result is largely a smashing success with a few missteps (the bullfighter in Bizet's piece becomes a heavyweight boxer here, which breaks up a certain grace in the story) and a couple of perfect stretches (the long prelude to Carmen and Joe's first embrace, set on Carmen's hoodoo-ish home turf). Despite the fact that both Dandridge and Belafonte were singers, their vocal performances were dubbed by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne. (Yes, it is a little disconcerting to hear another voice coming out of the more familiar Belafonte's mouth.) Otto Preminger directed with his usual eye on economy of action and production, as the numerous musical numbers tend to be shot in lengthy, single, carefully choreographed takes. The result can be a little visually static at times, but the passion behind the singing pulls everything through.--Tom Keogh
The ancient world's most spectacular epic unfolds in this star studded special-effects filled adventure of breathtaking beauty and power in this adaptation of Homer's Odyssey....
A German Scientist aids an ex-Soviet general in constructing a nuclear weapon which is in the possession of an American mercenary heading across Europe in a hijacked goods train. Malcolm Philpott a member of UNACO (United Nations Anti Crime Organisation) must use a team of hand picked agents from various parts of the globe to stop this death train at all costs.
A charming romantic comedy about three American roommates working in Italy who wish for the men of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain.
Dennis Potter's astonishing six-part miniseries Pennies from Heaven remains one of the edgiest, most audacious things ever conceived for television. The story tells of one Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins), a sheet-music salesman in 1930s England. Beaten down by economic hard times and the sexual indifference of his proper wife (Gemma Craven), Arthur cannot understand why his life can't be like the beautiful songs he loves. On a sales trip through the Forest of Dean, he meets a virginal rural woman (Cheryl Campbell) he suspects may be his ideal. Ruination follows. Punctuating virtually every scene is a vintage pop song--lip-synched and sometimes danced out by the characters. This startling innovation makes the contrast between Arthur's brutish life and his bourgeois dreams even more dramatic. Potter's dark vision digs into British stoicism, sexual repression, the class system and even the coming of fascism in Europe. But it is especially poignant on the subject of the divide between art and reality. Piers Haggard directs the long piece with deft transitions between songs and story. (It was shot partly on multi-camera video, partly on film.) The cast is fine, especially the extraordinary Cheryl Campbell, who imbues her character with keen intelligence and no small measure of perversity. Bob Hoskins triumphs in his star-making part, bringing a demonic energy to his small-time Cockney, nearly bursting his button-down vests with frustration and appetite. Pennies from Heaven was remade in 1981 for the big screen (with Steve Martin), in an interesting, Potter-scripted adaptation; it's one of the reasons the original has been unavailable on home video for so long. --Robert Horton
Explore sanity and real-life horrors in the macabre Briarcliff insane asylum. The second instalment of the award winning psychosexual horror series. Set in 1964, American Horror Story: Asylum takes viewers into a Church-run haven for the criminally insane, ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude (Jessica Lange), a nun with a troubled past. This grisly tale begins in present day when Leo and Teresa, the unsuspecting newlyweds, choose to spend their honeymoon within the safe haven of a now abandoned asylum. Or is it... once inside, the pair is thrust into a gruesome fight for their lives as the story flashes back to 1964. Originally a tuberculosis ward, Briarcliff Manor, western Massachusetts, was brought by the Catholic Church and transformed into a chilling insane asylum. Monsignor Timothy O'Hara (Joseph Fiennes) and the formidable Sister Jude (Jessica Lange) are in charge with the help of Sister Eunice (Lily Rabe).
One of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Three's A Crowd: Chrissy and Jo throw a farewell party for their flatmate who's getting engaged and moving out. Next morining they find Robin asleep in their bath. They're looking for a new flatmate and Robin is looking for somewhere to live so the girls ask Robin to stay. All they have to do then is to talk the Ropers into agreeing to the new arrangement... And Mother Makes Four: Chrissy's mother is about to pay a visit. She doesn't know Robin is living in the flat so he's told to make himself scarce. Then Chrissy's mother decides to stay the night... Some Enchanted Evening: Jo's new boyfriend is coming to the flat for a meal. Robin is persuaded to cook it. Then he and Chrissy have to spend the evening playing monopoly with the Ropers. They learn that Chrissy's boyfriend is Jewish - and Robin has cooked roast pork for their meal! And Then There Were Two: Chrissy is very nervous when Jo goes away for the weekend and leaves her alone in the flat with Robin. Robin brings another woman back only for Chrissy to sabotage his plans for a night of passion. It's Only Money: The rent is due and the money put aside to pay it has disappeared from the flat. Robin Chrissy and Jo have to find a way of getting some more money quickly... Match Of The Day: Robin has been picked to play in a college football match. A few days before the game he goes down with a bad cold. Chrissy and Jo rally round in an attempt to help him to recover in time to play. No CHildren No Dogs: Robin accidentally acquires a puppy. The lease on the flat says 'no pets' so Roper mustn't find out...
Eureka Entertainment to release THE INCIDENT, the raw and intense 1967 New York thriller featuring Martin Sheen, Tony Musante and an ensemble cast, making its WORLDWIDE DEBUT on Blu-ray in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition as part of the Eureka Classics range from 12 August 2019. A riveting urban tension thriller, and a fantastic snapshot of 1967 New York City in all its seedy, black-and-white glory, The Incident also features an iconic 60s cast that must be seen to be believed. Martin Sheen makes his feature film debut as one of two small-time hoods the other is Tony Musante (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) in one of his earliest roles terrorising a subway car full of trapped passengers, portrayed by an ensemble cast including Thelma Ritter (Rear Window), Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Ed McMahon, Donna Mills (Play Misty for Me), Jack Gilford (Save the Tiger), Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird), Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun), and a host of other instantly recognisable faces from NYC films and television of the era. After mugging an old man for a few dollars, thugs Artie (Sheen) and Joe (Musante) hop a subway deep in the Bronx, and proceed to threaten and intimidate the Sunday night commuters all the way to Times Square. The terrified riders are a mixed group an elderly Jewish couple, a family trying to protect their 5-year-old daughter, an alcoholic, two teens on a date, two military Privates, a bigoted African-American man and his wife, etc. but they are united by their fear and sense of helplessness as switchblade-wielding Joe and Artie block the subway doors from opening at stops, and prevent the riders from leaving. Will any of them have the courage to confront the two maniacs? A high-velocity home invasion-styled hostage drama on rails, The Incident is a NYC transit suspense film that precedes the better-known The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by seven years. When director Larry Peerce (Goodbye, Columbus) and cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld (Young Frankenstein) were denied permission to shoot in the NYC subways, they did it anyway, using concealed cameras for some footage, providing a gritty time capsule of the 60s Big Apple as it begins to rot.
Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION Brand-new, High Definition restorations of all 18 episodes in series four and five from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Exclusive book of programme notes authored by TV historian Andrew Pixley, which documents the complete production history for the 18 episodes in series four and five All episodes are presented in their original production order PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia English HOH subtitles
Rocky Colt and Tum Tum find themselves in action again as they get drawn into a struggle between an American Indian tribe and a ruthless businessman who is dumping toxic waste on their land.
All the episodes from the first five seasons of the American horror drama. The first season, 'Murder House', follows the events that befall a family when they unwittingly relocate to a haunted house. Psychiatrist Dr. Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott), his wife Vivien (Connie Britton) and teenage daughter Violet (Taissa Farmiga) move from Boston to Los Angeles to start a new life after Vivien gives birth to a stillborn baby and Ben has an affair with one of his students. When Ben's mistress subsequently visits him in the hope of rekindling the relationship she sets in motion a chain of events that will have terrifying consequences for all concerned. The episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Home Invasion', 'Murder House', 'Halloween: Part 1', 'Halloween: Part 2', 'Piggy Piggy', 'Open House', 'Rubber Man', 'Spooky Little Girl', 'Smoldering Children', 'Birth' and 'Afterbirth'. In the second season, 'Asylum', the past and present events at a Massachusetts asylum for the criminally insane are brought to life. At the Briarcliff Mental Institution, run by the Catholic church and its founder Monsignor Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes), journalist Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatment. It's not long, however, before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building, along with the deranged serial killer known as Bloody Face (Zachary Quinto), begin to make their presence felt. The episodes are: 'Welcome to Briarcliff', 'Tricks and Treats', 'Nor'easter', 'I Am Anne Frank: Part 1', 'I Am Anne Frank: Part 2', 'The Origins of Monstrosity', 'Dark Cousin', 'Unholy Night', 'The Coat Hanger', 'The Name Game', 'Spilt Milk', 'Continuum' and 'Madness Ends'. In the third season, 'Coven', the descendants of a Salem coven take up residency within Miss Robichaux's Academy boarding school. Run by 'the supreme one' known as Fiona (Jessica Lange), a witch who possesses many powers and abilities, the coven also houses Zoe (Farmiga), who can induce a brain haemorrhage in any man by having sex with him, Madison (Emma Roberts), a child movie star who can move objects with her mind, and Nan (Jamie Brewer), a young girl with Downs syndrome who can hear the thoughts of others. The episodes are: 'Bitchcraft', 'Boy Parts', 'The Replacements', 'Fearful Pranks Ensue', 'Burn, Witch. Burn!', 'The Axeman Cometh', 'The Dead', 'The Sacred Taking', 'Head', 'The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks', 'Protect the Coven', 'Go to Hell' and 'The Seven Wonders'. The fourth season, 'Freak Show', follows the lives of a group of people who perform as a freak show owned by Elsa Mars (Lange). Among the performers is strongman Dell Toledo (Michael Chiklis) and his three-breasted hermaphrodite wife Desiree Dupree (Angela Bassett), conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler (Paulson) and the bearded lady Ethel Darling (Kathy Bates). The episodes are: 'Monsters Among Us', 'Massacres and Matinees', 'Edward Mordrake (Part 1)', 'Edward Mordrake (Part 2)', 'Pink Cupcakes', 'Bullseye', 'Test of Strength', 'Blood Bath', 'Tupperware Party Massacre', 'Orphans', 'Magical Thinking', 'Show Stoppers' and 'Curtain Call'. The fifth season, 'Hotel', sees the recently purchased Downtown Los Angeles Hotel Cortez and its new owner, New York fashion designer Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson), as they prepare to welcome a series of interesting guests. Haunted by its founder James Patrick March (Evan Peters) and the 111-year-old vampire Countess Elizabeth (Lady Gaga), just checking in for the night can be an interesting experience... The episodes are: 'Checking In', 'Chutes and Ladders', 'Mommy', 'Devil's Night', 'Room Service', 'Room 33', 'Flicker', 'The Ten Commandments Killer', 'She Wants Revenge', 'She Gets Revenge', 'Battle Royale' and 'Be Our Guest'.
A raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control! As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls tensions between one wife (Marilyn Monroe) and her husband reach the level of murder...
The Sixth instalment of American Horror Story: Roanoke. Presented as a paranormal documentary series, the story follows a married couple whose experiences are re-enacted by actors. The couple settles into their new home, strange and paranormal occurrences begin to haunt them. This instalment of the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning franchise features an all-star cast of Lady Gaga, Cuba Gooding Jr, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Denis O'Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock.
Mona Lisa
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
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