The remarkable career of the movie industry's most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Gilles Penso's definitive documentary Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen's seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and many more. These filmmakers, who today push the boundaries of special effects movie-making, pay tribute to the father of Stop Motion animation and films such as 'The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms','It Came From Beneath The Sea','The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad', 'Mysterious Island', 'Jason And The Argonauts' and 'The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad' - the films that enthralled them as children and inspired them to become filmmakers in their own right.
In this turbulent swashbuckler Cecil B. DeMille presents a tale of daring piracy and hot-blooded love! 1840s Key West is filled with salvage businesses thriving on the cargo of wrecked ships. Ship owner Loxi Claiborne suspects salvager King Cutler of foul play since he's always first on the scene at a wreck. Meanwhile Loxi's suitor Captain Jack Stuart is another suspect - at least to jealous lawyer Steve Tolliver. Who will be found guilty - and how - hinges on some amazing developments. Along with the star-studded cast (including Robert Preston and Susan Hayward) this glorious sea spectacle has stars of another kind. There are huge clipper ships gliding in the mist storms splintering them on the rocks and a giant squid in a memorable underwater battle. With Given DeMille's robust direction it all adds up to an Oscar for Special Effects
A unique collection from the 1970's and 1980's cult tv series - the four classic episodes included are: The Vorpal Blade: A notorious duel to the death in Germany in the 1920's has scarred the lives of many who were involved - including elderly aristocrat Von Baden who recalls the deadly challenge and reveals a shocking secret. The Tribute: Three thrifty ex-colonial ladies are re-united when they learn of the death of a devoted servant who once served all their familie
Three sisters set off from Switzerland with their divorced mother to go to New York in order to stop their father marrying a calculating socialite...
This rollicking look inside the rural Deep South brings to life the primitive, ribald rustics of Erskine Caldwell's steamy bestselling novel. Both humorous and heartrending, this critically acclaimed film reveals the hidden passions and violent impulses heating up beneath the hot Southern sun, as well as the warmth and humour of every day life. A poor sharecropper's family struggling to survive is nearly torn apart as the patriarch stubbornly pursues his belief that gold is buried somewhere on his land. Nothing will stop him as he goes to outrageous lengths in his efforts to find the treasure.
When Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor, it's a choice that will change her world and ours. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. But her heart is as strong as her will as she is determined to help a troubled and embittered young girl whom has fallen in with a deadly organization known only as Villainy, Inc! Get ready for an exciting adventure packed with brutal battles, myth and wonder!
New York City is the most romantic place in the world - especially when you're falling in love for the first time.
Alan Graham and Terry have been best mates since primary school. Now pushing forty the three friends are still inseparable. Naturally Alan and Graham are going to give Terry a stag night to remember. A big fry-up breakfast bubbly down the dogs for a flutter ten-pin bowling...fantastic. But when the boys pay a late night revenge visit to their despised former headmaster things begin to go disastrously wrong. A tragic accident sets off an unforeseen chain of events revealing terrible secrets. Life will never be the same again.
19 Songs: 28 Performances: 72 minutes of live Clash footage Now fully restored in HD with all new 5.1 surround sound. Filmed as a fictional documentary Rude Boy the movie follows punk (Ray Gange) as he quits his job in a West End sex shop to become a roadie for the most exciting band in the country - The Clash. Capturing THE CLASH during their 'Clash On Patrol’ & 'Sort It Out' UK tours of 1978 Rude Boy is an unparalleled film document of one of the best live bands ever. Follow the band as they tour the length and breadth of the country and headline the legendary 'Rock Against Racism Carnival' in London's Victoria Park. Gain exclusive access to the rehearsal rooms and the recording studio as they lay down tracks to their second album 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' Set against the backdrop of late 70's Britain Rude Boy is a unique piece of film making and is by far the best document of the music and attitude of the times. Bonus Features: Audio Commentary from Producers/Directors David Mingay and Jack Hazan Interview with 'Rude Boy' Ray Gange Interview with Clash Road Manager Johnny Green Interview with Film-Maker and Cameraman Jack Hazan Interview with Film-Maker David Mingay 2 Bonus Live Tracks that never made the final cut 4 Deleted Scenes 1980 Theatrical Trailer 1980 30 Second Radio Ad 'Just Play The Clash' Separate Song Menu Clash Discography with Original Sleeve Artwork Clash Image Gallery The Clash Live In Munich 3rd October - 7 Songs plus Backstage Interview Original Promotional Fanzine from 1980 Rude Boy Photo Book
One of filmdom's most beloved trios - Ice Age's Manny, Diego, and Sid - embark upon their greatest adventure after cataclysm sets an entire continent adrift.
An enthralling documentary about director Terry Gilliam's aborted attempt to shoot a new Don Quixote movie in Spain.
Originally shot in 3D and newly remastered and restored for Blu-ray 3D, Alfred Hitchcock's screen version of Frederick Knott's stage hit Dial M for Murder is a tasty blend of elegance and suspense casting Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as the points of a romantic triangle. Kelly won the New York Film Critics and National Board of Review Best Actress Awards for this and two other acclaimed 1954 performances (Hitchcock's Rear Window and her Oscar-honoured work in The Country Girl). She loves Cummings; her husband Milland plots her murder. But when he dials a Mayfair exchange to set the plot in motion, his right number gets the wrong answer -and gleaming scissors become a deadly weapon. Dial 'M' for the Master of Suspense at his most stylish.
Anjika Indrani (Parminder Nagra) is a young Cambridge graduate happy and settled with her loving boyfriend. However Anjika's contented freedom is shattered when her strict father tries to force her into an arranged marriage of convenience. Feeling trapped and desperate she makes the life-altering decision to turn to her father's shady employee Don Flowers (Ray Winstone) for help.
Northern Wilderness is a stunning celebration of one of earth's great wildernesses. Ray Mears journeys on foot by canoe and by snowshoe through mountains forests tundra and ice in a land where roads are still scarce. He explores the vast Boreal Forest and its rich animal life from beavers to bears. He travels across the Hudson Bay by canoe and tells the story of the fur trade and trappers who traded with the hat manufacturers of England. Ray follows the paths of the great early northern explorers Samuel Hearne and David Thompson who survived through their knowledge of what we now call bushcraft as they trekked across the tundra and the Rocky Mountains. He explores the frozen north and learns the ways of the Inuit who teach him how to combat snow blindness and build shelter. This series is rich in bushcraft as Ray explains the unique survival techniques of the Native Canadians and the Inuit as well as how the prospectors in the gold rush used bushcraft skills to survive in this inhospitable but awesome landscape.
A classic of the war genre, Aces High is based on R.C. Sheriff's 1929 London and Broadway stageplay and brings together the estimable talents of Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. Director Jack Gold's big-screen adaptation follows the story of a naive young officer (McDowell) in World War I, fresh out of school, who arrives on the Western Front, ready to join the airborne fight against the Germans.
Set against a backdrop of emerging teen culture and rising racial tension in late 50's London, Colin MacInnes' cult novel is brought to the screen in Julien Temple's lavish musical adaption. Struggling young photographer Colin sees his ambitious, fame-seeking girlfriend Crepe Suzette slipping away as she ruthlessly pursues a career in fashion. To win her back he'll need to compromise his idealism and do whatever it takes to make the big time himself.
The trading card and television phenomenon makes it to the big screen in a story about a young boy named Yugi who must battle an ancient evil.
Horror comedy from film-maker Kyle Rankin starring Maria Thayer as Deb, who awakes after a night out in the bed of Ryan (Michael Cassidy), the hottest guy in Portland, Maine. An equally shocked but less delighted Ryan gently escorts Deb out of the flat and into a zombie apocalypse. Ryan and Deb must overcome the awkwardness of their one-night stand and stick together if they are to survive.
Spanning more than 50 years, this riveting, high-end docu-drama, from Emmy nominated producer Stephen David (The World Wars, The Men Who Built America), chronicles the rise and fall of some of the world's most notorious mobsters - Charles Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Narrated by Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) it tells the story from their beginnings as ambitious teenage gangsters to their reign as murderous entrepreneurs and bootleggers, who organized the criminal underworld and turned it into a global institution. This epic event mini-series delivers a one-of-a-kind perspective of the original five families and the historical roots that led to the formation of the modern American mafia. With its unique mix of dramatic scenes, archival footage, ground-breaking VFX and in depth interviews,The Making of the Mob: New York is powerful crime drama at its best
Guy Ritchie returns with another tale of criminals, con men and card sharks.
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