Flying Doctors: The Complete Fifth Series
Mary's evil is beyond legend... X2 writers Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris apply their talents to the teen slasher genre delivering a horrific update to the well-known legend of Bloody Mary. It's 1969 and Mary Banner is a bookish unpopular girl who has unexpectedly been invited to the dance by a star athlete. His intentions are less than admirable however and after trying to escape from him Mary suffers a long and painful death. Years later in 2005 Sam (Ka
Flying Doctors: The Complete Sixth Series (4 Discs)
They Shoot Horses Don't They? is set in the dark years of the l930s, when dance marathons became popular as a way for desperate people to compete for prize money. Sometimes the events would drag on for weeks as contestants pushed themselves far beyond the point of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion, the dancers shambling around the floor in a half-dead stupor. People would then pay to sit in the bleachers, watch the event and cheer on their favourites. Taken from hard-boiled pulp writer Horace McCoy's novel of the same name, Jane Fonda plays a bitter young woman paired up with Michael Sarrazin for the ordeal. Gig Young portrays the unctuous MC of the event, bringing equal parts compassion and sleaze to his role. Many of the film's images are unforgettable, such as "the derby", a heel-and-toe race around the dance floor with bouncy, light-hearted music to accompany the miserable spectacle. It's a powerful, tragic period piece that reminds us of the privations of the Great Depression. In the largest sense, the film has existential overtones that go far beyond the story of enervated dancers staying on their feet for a month or more. This film brought home a string of Academy Award nominations for the cast and director Sydney Pollack and a win for Young. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com On the DVD: The disc offers film trivia and notes on the main cast and director, along with a short slide show and original publicity notes in an attempt to furnish valuable information about the film. However the layout is visually unimpressive and the information is merely standard film trivia offering little insight into the film itself--the quotes from Jane Fonda are surely aimed at hardcore fans of the actress only. It all feels like a selection put together in a bit of a rush. --Nikki Disney
Resurrected by her psychic sister after a year in the grave a woman finds plastic surgeon husband married to one of her gold-digging friends! Undeterred by this she is hellbent on getting back with her husband even if it does require a little wizardry...
Comedy about Carnelle (Hunter) a sexually-loose hellraiser who enters the Miss Firecracker contest in the very old-fashioned town where she was raised Yazoo City Mississippi. Carnelle's not the usual kind of contestant -- but her cousin is a famous winner -- and Carnelle's determined to equal her no matter what the obstacles.
The Flying Doctors: The Complete Eighth Series (5 Discs)
Flying Doctors: The Complete Fourth Series
All is well at an afternoon barbecue until one of the guests decides to seduce the hosts wife and kill the next door neighbour (for being miserable). Things go from bad to worse as the friends plot against each other to cover up their part of the crime and keep hidden their own skeletons that are rapidly being discovered.
Flying Doctors: The Complete Seventh Series (4 Discs)
The Flying Doctors: The Complete Collection (47 Discs)
This series chronicles the Royal Flying Doctors Service which operated a rescue service to the remote and dangerous outback of Australia.
The Flying Doctors: The Complete Ninth Series (6 Discs)
Flying Doctors: The Complete Third Series
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