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• The Seven-Ups | Blu Ray | (27/06/2016) from £11.33   |  Saving you £9.92 (98.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This fast-paced thriller from the producer of Bullitt and The French Connection stars Roy Scheider (Jaws, Last Embrace) as tough New York City cop Buddy Manucci. Manucci leads 'The Seven-Ups', an elite squad of undercover detectives known for their ruthlessly efficient tactics and their record of putting away criminals for a minimum of seven years. But when the group's integrity is called into question after being linked with a mob-related kidnapping, it is up to Manucci to hunt the real culprits and restore the reputation of his squad. Extras/ Episodes: High Definition transfer Philip D'Antoni Introduction (2016) The Seven-Ups Connection (2016): new interview with director Philip D'Antoni A Tony Lo Bianco Type (2016): new interview with actor Tony Lo Bianco Real to Reel (2016): new interview with technical adviser Randy Jurgensen Cut to the Chase (2016): new documentary on the film's iconic car chase The Anatomy of a Chase (1973): vintage behind-the-scenes documentary Audio commentary with writer and film expert Richard Harland Smith Super 8 version (1973): original cut-down home cinema presentation Randy Jurgensen's Scrapbook Lobby cards and stills gallery Original theatrical teaser Original theatrical trailer

• Marathon Man | Blu Ray | (20/02/2023) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IS IT SAFE Three chilling words, spoken repeatedly by a sadistic exiled Nazi war criminal (Laurence Olivier), become a nightmare catchphrase for Thomas Babe Levy (Dustin Hoffman), a Manhattan graduate student who is innocently swept into a deadly international conspiracy involving a renegade U.S. government agent and a fortune in stolen diamonds.Director John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust) builds terror and suspense in this thrilling adaptation of William Goldman's best-selling novel. The film's acclaimed cast also includes Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller; Olivier garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination* for his terrifyingly unforgettable role of Christian Szell, a former concentration camp dentist. Product FeaturesThe Magic of Hollywood Is the Magic of People Going the Distance: Remembering Marathon Man Rehearsal Footage Theatrical Trailer

• The Russia House | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £8.96   |  Saving you £4.03 (44.98%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Intelligent casting, strong performances and the persuasive chemistry between Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer prove the virtues in director Fred Schepisi's well-intended but problematic screen realization of this John Le Carré espionage thriller. At its best, The Russia House depicts the bittersweet nuances of the pivotal affair between a weary, alcoholic London publisher (Connery) and the mysterious Russian beauty (Pfeiffer) who sends him a fateful manuscript exposing the weaknesses beneath Soviet defence technology. Connery's Barley is a gritty, all-too-human figure who's palpably revived by his awakening feelings for Pfeiffer's wan, vulnerable Katya, whose own reciprocal emotions are equally convincing. Together, they weave a poignant romantic duet. The problems, meanwhile, emanate from the story line that brings these opposites together. Le Carré's novels are absorbing but typically internal odysseys that seldom offer the level of straightforward action or simple arcs of plot that the big screen thrives on. For The Russia House, written as glasnost eclipsed the cold war's overt rivalries, Le Carré means to measure how old adversaries must calibrate their battle to a more subtle, subdued match of wits. Barley himself becomes enmeshed in the mystery of the manuscript because British intelligence chooses to use him as cat's paw rather than become directly involved. Such subtlety may be a more realistic take on the spy games of the recent past but it makes for an often tedious, talky alternative to taut heroics that Connery codified in his most celebrated early espionage role. If the suspense thus suffers, we're still left with an affecting love story, as well as some convincing sniping between British and US intelligence operatives, beautifully cast with James Fox, Roy Scheider and John Mahoney. Veteran playwright Tom Stoppard brings considerable style to the dialogue, without solving the problem of giving us more than those verbal exchanges to sustain dramatic interest. --Sam Sutherland

• Naked Lunch 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (10/07/2023) from £23.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Exterminate All Rational Thought! In a career dedicated to seeing the unseeable and filming the unfilmable, perhaps only David Cronenberg could really do justice to William S. Burroughs' controversial novel, Naked Lunch. Weaving together elements of Burroughs' own remarkable biography with the content of the book, Cronenberg's film steps inside the body and mind of an author to depict the dangerous act of imagination itself from the inside out. Former junkie William Lee (Peter Weller, RoboCop) makes ends meet as an exterminator. But when he and his wife Joan (Judy Davis, Barton Fink) discover the hallucinatory properties of the powder he uses to kill bugs, they become hooked, and their world is changed forever. Insects speak, typewriters mutate and talk, interdimensional beings reveal themselves, identities fracture and blur; nothing and no one is quite what it seems. When Bill, under the influence of drugs, or the bugs that have begun talking to him, shoots his wife, he flees to Interzone, at once a place and a state of mind, where things only get stranger. Winner of Best Picture, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay at the 1992 Genie Awards and winner of the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, the film also features a superb supporting cast including Roy Scheider (Jaws) and an astonishing score by Howard Shore (The Fly), featuring Ornette Coleman. Naked Lunch is provocative, transgressive, and surreal - a feast for the senses, where nothing is true and everything is permitted. Product Features 4K restoration from the original camera negative overseen by director of photography Peter Suschitzky and approved by director David Cronenberg 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDr10 compatible) Original lossless 2.0 stereo audio and 5.1 audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director David Cronenberg Audio commentary by film historian Jack Sargeant and screenwriter Graham Duff Naked Attraction, an interview with legendary producer Jeremy Thomas Exterminate All Rational Thought, an interview with star Peter Weller Peter Suschitzky on Naked Lunch, an interview with the celebrated director of photography Naked Flesh, an interview with special effects artist Chris Walas A Ballad for Burroughs, an interview with composer Howard Shore Tony Rayns on William S. Burroughs, an interview with the renowned writer and critic David Huckvale on Naked Lunch, an interview taking a closer look at one of Shore's most unusual film scores A Ticket to Interzone, a visual essay by critic David Cairns Naked Making Lunch, archival making-of documentary directed by Chris Rodley presented in a scan from the director's personal 16mm print and viewable with an audio interview with Rodley discussing his connection to Cronenberg and the process of making Naked Making Lunch Concept Art Gallery, a collection of drawings and maquettes for the creatures of Naked Lunch by Stephan Dupuis Theatrical trailer Image galleries, including stills from the set courtesy of Chris Rodley Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

• JAWS - The Film Vault Range Steelbook | Blu Ray | (29/07/2024) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, Jaws remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history.

• The Peacekeeper | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £5.27   |  Saving you £-2.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Hard-bitten air force major Frank Cross (Dolph Lundgren) has become the people's hero and his superior's villain by defying orders in order to fly a mercy mission to help starving Kurds. Unable to punish him the Pentagon assigns him to the President (Roy Scheider) as the guardian of his 'black bag' - a high-tech briefcase containing the 'go-codes' for launching America's nuclear arsenal. In a violent ambush terrorist grab the briefcase and hurl Cross off a 10th floor balcony but you can't kill Cross that easily! Following an explosive chase across land sea and air the heavily armed terrorists stage a vicious takeover of a Baltic missile factory. Unleashing a catastrophic warning shot they launch a Peacekeeper nuclear missile that destroys Mount Rushmore. Then their chilling demands are made - unless the President kills himself on live TV more nuclear strikes will be targeted on Washington DC! The Peacekeeper is about to go to war.

• Jaws | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  JAWS, the original, terrifying, summer blockbuster is digitally restored and back in cinemas for a limited time only from June 15

• Cohen & Tate Dual Format | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £13.04   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  They were hired killers going up against the deadliest force of all... Each other. When a pair of mismatched hitmen the grizzled, experienced Cohen (Roy Scheider, Jaws, The French Connection) and the impetuous, psychopathic Tate (Adam Baldwin, Full Metal Jacket, Firefly) - are tasked with snatching a young boy living under witness protection and transporting him to their boss in Houston, it seems like a simple enough job. But the pair quickly find that they've got more than they bargained for, with both the boy's unexpected resilience and their own incompatible personalities threatening to derail the entire mission. And, as the night wears on, their cross-state journey truly becomes the road trip from hell... With Cohen & Tate, writer/director Eric Red (Body Parts, Bad Moon) constructs a truly nail-biting thriller recalling the atmosphere and motif of people driven to desperate lengths in order to survive also present in his script for the celebrated road horror classic The Hitcher. So buckle up for the road trip from hell as Cohen & Tate now shines like never before in this feature-packed, director-approved edition. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original stereo audio (uncompressed on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by writer/director Eric Red A Look Back at Cohen & Tate, a retrospective documentary featuring Eric Red, cinematographer Victor J. Kemper, editor Edward Abroms, and co-stars Kenneth McCabe and Harley Cross Eric Red's original storyboards for the opening farmhouse shoot-out Original, uncut versions of the farmhouse and oilfield shoot-outs Original theatrical trailer Extensive stills gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Kim Newman

• Jaws 2 / Jaws 3 / Jaws 4 - The Revenge | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £17.66   |  Saving you £2.33 (11.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jaws 2 (Dir. Jeannot Szwarc 1978): Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is walking his beach beat a few years on from the horrible shark attacks on Amity Island. A missing diver's camera shows what looks like a shark fin but Amity''s cowardly Mayor (Murray Hamilton) plays down the incident. Brody raises a panicky false alarm from his observation tower and is fired for it. Suddenly the new killer shark attacks a group of small boats manned by teenagers which include his own sons... Jaws 3 (Dir. Joe Alves 1982): A deadly new attraction. The brand new ''Sea World'' complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot Great White shark appears on the scene..... Jaws 4 - The Revenge (Dir. Joseph Sargent 1987): This time... It's personal. Lorraine Gary repeats her role of Ellen Brody widow of Chief Martin Brody in this suspenseful sequel starring Oscar-winner Michael Caine. After Deputy Sean Brody is killed by a shark off Amity Island she joins her other son Michael a marine biologist his wife Carla and their daughter Thea in the Bahamas. There she falls for Hoagie a carefree pilot and starts putting her life back together - until a Great White threatens Thea and Ellen knows she has no choice but to face her fear in a final fatal showdown...

• French Connection | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A milestone film from 1971 and winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, The French Connection transformed the crime thriller with its gritty, authentic story about New York City police detectives on the trail of a large shipment of heroin. Based on an actual police case and the illustrious career of New York cop Eddie Egan, the film stars Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, whose unorthodox methods of crime fighting are anything but diplomatic. With his partner (Roy Scheider), Popeye investigates the international shipment of heroin masterminded by the suave Frenchman (Fernando Rey) who eludes Popeye throughout an escalating series of pursuits. The obsessive tension of Doyle's investigation reaches peak intensity during the film's breathtaking car chase, in which Doyle races under New York's elevated train tracks in a borrowed sedan--a sequence that earned an Oscar for editing and was instantly hailed as one of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed. Produced on location, The French Connection had an immediate influence on dozens of movies and TV shows to follow, virtually redefining the crime thriller with its combination of brutal realism and high-octane craftsmanship. Boosted by the film's phenomenal success, director William Friedkin gained even more attention with his follow-up film, The Exorcist. --Jeff Shannon

• 52 Pick-Up Dual-Format Blu-ray & DVD | Blu Ray | (17/10/2016) from £16.39   |  Saving you £3.60 (21.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  HIS WIFE. HIS MISTRESS. HIS CAREER. A DEADLY TRAP. In 1986, John Frankenheimer the director of The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds and French Connection II made the unlikely career move of working with schlockmeisters Cannon Films. Adapting Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name, 52 Pick-Up's union brought about the perfect blend of high calibre thrills and Cannon-grade trash. Roy Scheider (Jaws, Cohen and Tate) plays a successful businessman whose life quickly falls apart when a compromising videotape of him and his mistress (Kelly Preston) becomes a tool for blackmail. Unable to go to the police without compromising the political career of his wife (Ann-Margret), he must take things into his own hands and delve into a world of drugs, sleaze, pornography and snuff. Co-starring Prince protégé Vanity and John Glover (who was described as the best, most reprehensible villain of the year by Roger Ebert), and featuring a host of cameos from the stars of the ˜Silver Age of Porn', 52 Pick-Up has been described by Leonard as his favourite big-screen adaptation of his works. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by MGM Original Stereo 2.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Doug Brod recorded exclusively for this release Hardcore Cameos, a guide to the many cameo appearances by pornographic actors in 52 Pick-Up Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist First pressing only: Collector's booklet containing new writing on the film by the Badlands Collective

• Marathon Man | Blu Ray | (28/02/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Steven Spielberg Director's Collection | Blu Ray | (13/10/2014) from £104.95   |  Saving you £-34.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Eight memorable films from one of the most acclaimed directors in motion-picture history come together for the first time ever in the Steven Spielberg Director's Collection available on Blu-ray™. Spanning over 40 years Steven Spielberg's career began as a teenager when he made his way onto the Universal backlot and befriended studio executives. His passion and talent quickly developed allowing him to direct an unprecedented number of blockbuster films. The Steven Spielberg Director's Collection showcases a selection of the Academy Award® winner's unforgettable movies filmed for Universal including his very first TV feature Duel and his first theatrical release The Sugarland Express and blockbusters such as Jaws E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park Steven's work has captivated audiences worldwide and continues to set the standard for filmmaking. 8 Unforgettable Movies from 1 Visionary Director: Duel The Sugarland Express Jaws 1941 (Theatrical and Extended Versions) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Always Jurassic Park Jurassic Park: The Lost World Special Features: Layflat Book (Housing the 8 Movies) 32 Page Booklet: Steven Spielberg: A Journey In Film

• The French Connection - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  New York City detectives 'Popeye' Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover The French Connection. Based on a true story this action-filled thriller won five 1971 Academy Awards: Best Picture Directing (William Friedkin) Actor (Hackman) Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing.

• Naked Lunch | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  You are now entering Interzone, William S Burroughs' phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought". In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, Naked Lunch, the novelist himself becomes a main character (played in an implacable monotone by Peter Weller), with elements from Burroughs' life--including the shooting of his wife during a "William Tell" game, and bohemian friends Kerouac and Ginsberg--added to frame the book's wild visions. This is, ironically, a somewhat rational approach to an unfilmable book (and it makes a hair-curling double bill with Barton Fink, another look at writerly madness, with both films sharing Judy Davis). Cronenberg is a natural for oozing mugwumps and typewriters that turn into giant bugs, of course. But in the end, this is really his own vision of the artistic process, rather than Burroughs' hallucinatory descent into hell. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Marathon Man | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In New York City the brother of infamous Nazi war criminal Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier) is killed in a car accident. Shortly thereafter members of a covert US government group called 'The Division' who are investigating the incident begin to be murdered one by one. When Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) a 'Division' agent is the latest to be attacked his brother Babe (Dustin Hoffman) witnesses his death and unwittingly becomes the pawn in a deadly game in which former SS denti

• Blue Thunder | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £12.77   |  Saving you £-6.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The early 1980s experienced a wave of technology fever, and it seemed like every machine wanted to be bionic. There was K.I.T.T. the car, Street Hawk the motorbike, Airwolf the helicopter, and Blue Thunder--which looked like the Mechano version of Airwolf. In what seems a moment of Austin Powers humour, it's explained that this super chopper cost "five million dollars"! Its supposed reason for being is aerial crowd control, but as Murphy (Roy Scheider) discovers--when not suffering 'Nam flashbacks--there's a government plot to silence a Senator who's disgruntled with urban pacification standards. Director John Badham obviously loved fiddling about with technology--he directed Wargames after all--and here there are lingering shots of buttons and switches, multiple takes of turns in the air, and any excuse used for a bit of primitive computer imagery. The secondary characters quickly begin to seem like wallpaper: Daniel Stern's spunky co-pilot has but one plot device to execute, and Malcolm McDowell plays the same tired old Brit baddie he's played for years. Ultimately it's the protracted aerial battle finale (which played havoc with LA air traffic control) that stays with you. Oh, and a gratuitous cameo from a nude contortionist! On the DVD: There are no special features here, except a trailer and filmographies. --Paul Tonks

• The Last Embrace | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £18.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr Majestyk (Bronson) is an ex-con and Vietnam vet whose efforts to run a normal life as a farmer are thwarted by narrow-minded locals and corrupts cops. When a Mafia hitman destroys Majestyk's crop, the farmer snaps. Taking his rifle in hand, he goes after the syndicate assassin, refusing to stop until his work is done. Written for the screen by Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight, Get Shorty), directed by Richard Fleischer (10 Rillington Place, Soylent Green) and starring cinema tough guy Charles Bronson (The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish), Mr Majestyk is a gritty action film full of car chases, shoot-outs and bare-knuckle brawls.

• The Last Embrace | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This taught thriller, from the acclaimed director of Silence of the Lambs, stars Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French Connection) as Harry Hannan, an ex-government agent fearing for his life and unable to trust even his closest friends after the violent death of his wife. Infused with the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock, and featuring outstanding performances by John Glover, Christopher Walken and Charles Napier, Last Embrace is a stylish, edge-of-your-seat experience that you will never forget. Audio commentary with film expert David Thompson Original theatrical trailer

• Seaquest DSV - Season 1 | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Beneath The Surface Lies The Future. Travel to the spectacular undersea world of SeaQuest DSV as all 23 groundbreaking episodes from the epic first season surface on DVD. The amazing adventure begins in the mid-21st century as humankind expands its undersea colonization efforts and a tenuous world peace is enforced by the United Earth Oceans (UEO). In order to protect the fledgling underwater colonies form unknown dangers and hostile invaders lurking in the depths of Earth's last frontier the UEO recruits Captain Nathan Bridger (Roy Scheider) to command the high-tech battle submarine seaQuest and its diverse and eclectic crew. Along for the ride are a roster of stellar guest stars including Charlton Heston William Shatner Seth Green Kellie Martin and Kent McCord. Episodes Comprise: 1. To Be or Not To Be 2. The Devil's Window 3. Treasure of the Mind 4. Games 5. Treasures of the Tonga Trench 6. Brothers and Sisters 7. Give Me Liberte 8. Knight of Shadows 9. Bad Water 10. The Regulator 11. seaWest 12. Photon Bullet 13. Better Than Martians 14. Nothing But the Truth 15. Greed for a Pirate's Dream 16. Whale Song 17. The Stinger 18. Hide and Seek 19. The Last Lap at Luxury 20. Abalon 21. Such Great Patience 22. The Good Death 23. Higher Power