I'm Alan Partridge finds Steve Coogan's media creation back in his native Norwich, having lost his beloved chat show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and now reduced to the pre-Breakfast slot playing old T'Pau and Soft Cell singles to an audience of farmers and all-night bakery workers. He's also lodged at the Linton Travel tavern, whose permanently smiling manageress, bland decor and themed buffets are redolent of what vast tracts of England have become. He's very much at home there. While there's much media satire in Partridge's pitiful pitches of programme ideas to the BBC ("Inner city sumo? Monkey tennis?"), I'm Alan Partridge is more a bleakly hilarious take on Modern Middle English Man, irascible and profoundly bored. Between innumerable moments of high, wild comedy, such as a disastrous video Partridge does for a boating agency and an encounter with his one (insane) fan, the most telling moments of the series come with his efforts to fill his dismally empty days, taking a trouser press to pieces, staring at the astro turf at an owl sanctuary or walking to a service station to buy windscreen cleaning fluid just for something to do. All this proved a little too darkly uncomfortable for mainstream audiences--yet Alan Partridge was probably the finest British comic creation of the 1990s. --David Stubbs
Alligator While vacationing in Florida Mr and Mrs Kendall and their 12 year old daughter Marisa purchase a 10 inch long baby alligator. Upon their return home the infant alligator proves to be a nuisance and Mr Kendall flushes it down the toilet. It survives the journey through twisting pipes and emerges deep in the sewer system. Unkown to the public secret hormone experiments are being conducted on dogs and the dogs are disposed of by throwing their hormone filled corp
BAFTA-winning Kurupt FM are making their way back to BBC3 for a fourth series. The programme follows the highs and lows of Kurupt FM,one of West London's most talked about pirate radio stations (within a 0.2 mile radius of the transmitter). Led by self-proclaimed garage legend MC Grindah, and his second in command DJ Beats, this hapless crew of social dropouts share the secrets behind running an illegal business and demonstrate that chasing your dreams is actually a full-time job.
This DVD features a recording of Rufus wainwirght's critically acclaimed performance revival of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 show. A riveting tour de force it features special guest appearances by Martha Wainwright (Stormy Weather) Kate McGarrigle - who plays piano on Over the Rainbow and Every Time We Say Goodbye with Rufus Sometone To Watch Over Me with Martha - plus Lorna Luft with her stunning renditions of Hello Bluebird and After You've Gone alongside Rufus. Track Listing: 1. Overture: The Trolley Song/Over The Rainbow/The Main That Got Away 2. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) 3. Medley: Almost Like Being In Love/This Can't Be Love 4. Do It Again 5. You Go To My Head 6. Alone Together 7. Who Cares? (So Long As You Care For Me) 8. Puttin On The Ritz 9. How Long Has This Been Going On 10. Just You Just Me 11. The Man That Got Away 12. San Francisco 13. That's Entertainment 14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 15. Come Rain Or Come Shine 16. You're Nearer 17. A Foggy Day 18. If Love Were All 19. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart 20. Stormy Weather 21. Medley: You Made Me Love You / For Me And My Gal / The Trolley Song 22. Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody 23. Over The Rainbow 24. Swanee 25. After You're Gone 26. Chicago 27. Get Happy 28. Hello Bluebird 29. Someone To Watch Over Me 30. Everytime We Say Goodbye 31. San Francisco 32. Credits
Northern Soul is the story of a youth culture in the 1970’s which changed a generation. No longer satisfied with the prospect of a small town life and a factory production line two young boys dream mof going to America to discover rare records which will help them become the best DJ’s on the scene. This journey forces them to confront rivalry violence and drug abuse and their friendship is tested to the limit. This is Northern Soul. Special Feature: Behind The Scenes
In the mid-90's, no pay-per-view series produced more epic matches, historic moments or championship showdowns than WWE In Your House. Debuting in 1995, In Your House PPV's were the preeminent setting for the top Superstars in WWE to settle their scores in the months between the big 4 events. In 28 total events over five years, In Your House and its unmistakable insignia solidified a permanent place in WWE through the iconic Superstars it hosted and the litany of innovations that stemmed from it. True WWE fans will reminisce about the first ever Hell in a Cell, Inferno and Buried Alive Matches, the debuts of Kane and Big Show, and the genesis of several yearly stables such as WWE Backlash, Judgment Day, Unforgiven and No Way Out - all originating at In Your House. This 3-disc, eight hour collection features championship level matches from all the top WWE stars of the 90's, such as Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Triple H, The Rock, Kane, Diesel and many more!
The complete fifth season of familial and political wranglings in the Ewing oil empire... the Ewing Family is struck by tragedy when Jock is presumed dead in a plane crash and J.R. schemes to gain ultimate power over the Ewing business while he battles for custody of his son and ultimately tries to win Sue Ellen's love back. The drama continues as Cliff is devastated over Sue Ellen and attempts suicide; Bobby adopts Kristin's baby and gets caught up in a murder charge; and Donna catc
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Wrestlemania XVIII: 1. Intercontinental Championship - Rob Van Dam vs William Regal to become new champion 2. European Championship - Diamond Dallas Page vs Christian to retain 3. Hardcore Championship - Spike Dudley Hurricane Mighty Molly Maven Christian 4. Kurt Angle vs Kane 5. Undertaker vs Ric Flair 6. Edge vs Booker T 7. Stone Cold vs Scott Hall 8. Fatal Four Way Elimination Match for World Tag Team Championship - Billy & Chuck vs The Hardy Boyz vs the APA vs Dudleys 9. Icon vs Icon Match 10. The Rock def. Hollywood Hogan 11. Triple Threat Women's Championship Match - Jazz vs Lita 12. Undisputed Championship Main Event - Triple H vs Chris Jericho Wrestlemania XIX: 1. Cruiserweight Championship - Matt Hardy vs Rey Mysterio 2. Handicap Match - Undertaker vs Big Show and A-Train 3. Triple Threat Women's Championship Match - Trish Stratus vs Jazz vs Victoria 4. Triple Threat WWE Tag Team Championship Match - Team Angle vs Los Guerreros vs Chris Benoit & Rhyno 5. Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho 6. Cat Fight - Stacy Keibler vs Torrie Wilson vs Miller Light Cat Fight Girls 7. World Heavyweight Championship Match - Triple H vs Booker T 8. Street Fight - Hollywood Hogan vs Mr. McMahon 9. The Rock vs Stone Cold 10. WWE Championship Match - Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle Wrestlemania XX: 1. World Heavyweight Championship - Triple H vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels 2. Undertaker vs Kane 3. WWE Championship - Kurt Angle vs Eddie Guerrero 4. Women's Championship - Molly vs Victoria 5. Fatal Four-Way for the WWE Tag Championship - Scotty 2 Hotty 7 Rikishi vs APA vs Basham Brothers vs World's Greatest Tag Team 6. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar 7. Open Cruiserweight Match - Ultimo Dragon Shannon Moore Jamie Noble Funaki Nunzio Billy Kidman Rey Mysterio Tajiri Chavo Guerrero 8. Playboy Evening Gown Match - Sable & Torrie vs Stacy & Miss Jackie 9. Rock 'n' Sock Connection vs Ric Flair Randy Orton & Batista 10. Christian vs Chris Jericho 11. World Tag Team Titles Match - Booker T & RVD vs Jindrak & Cade vs La Resistance vs Dudley Boys 12. U.S. Championship - John Cena vs Big Show Wrestlemania XXI: 1. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero 2. Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Edge Chris Benoit Shelton Benjamin Chris Jericho Christian and Kane 3. Interpromotional Match - Undertaker vs Randy Orton 4. Women's Championship Match - Trish Stratus vs Christy Hemme 5. Interpromotional Match - Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels 6. Sumo Match - Akebono vs Big Show 7. WWE Championship Match - John Cena vs JBL 8. World Heavyweight Championship Match - Batista vs Triple H
Director Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce, the follow-up to his most popular hit Poltergeist, is a film that must be seen to be believed. That's not really a compliment, though, since Lifeforce isn't much of a movie when all the sound and fury is over. But you've got to admit there's something crazily admirable about a picture that starts out as a science fiction mission to Halley's comet, turns into an alien-invasion thriller featuring a beautiful naked woman (Mathilda May) who's a vampire from space and escalates into an end-of-the-world disaster flick. Armed with a big budget and a special effects crew led by Star Wars pioneer John Dykstra, Hooper and Alien cowriter Dan O'Bannon have whipped up a concoction that's got everything anyone could ask of a horror movie--from zombies running amok in London to rotting corpses and energy bolts that signal the apocalypse to come. Keeping it all together is Steve Railsback as the Halley-mission survivor who holds the key to mankind's salvation--but what fun is saving the world when you could be seduced by a sexy naked space vampire? Check out Lifeforce to see how it all turns out. --Jeff Shannon
Franklin J Schaffner's Papillon is quite possibly the definitive prison escape drama. Not as thrilling as The Great Escape, nor as emotionally cathartic as The Shawshank Redemption, its unflinching emphasis on the barbarism of "civilised" societies is nevertheless unparalleled. Significantly, the only characters to display any real kindness in this film are the social outcasts: the lepers and native Indians; everyone else has been corrupted and debased by the true villain, the penal system itself. Based on Henri Charrière' s heavily fictionalised "autobiography", the film's timeless themes of man's insatiable desire for freedom and the indomitability of the human spirit are thankfully not dependent for their impact on the source material's veracity. Dalton Trumbo's liberal-minded screenplay echoes the themes of his earlier script for Spartacus, and Schaffner's innate gift for epic cinema (this was made just two years after his great war biography Patton) is fully equal to the task of realising it on screen. The director's painterly eye for widescreen composition and his careful pacing impart a gravitas to proceedings even during the film's most squalid depictions of brutality, of which there are many emphasising the cheapness of human life among the convicts and their equally criminal prison guards in the penal colony of French Guiana. Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman form a remarkable screen pairing, with Hoffman outstanding as the pusillanimous Dega. McQueen magnificently overcomes his tough-guy persona in the extraordinary solitary confinement sequences as he is gradually reduced to a shambling, cockroach-eating wreck. Longtime collaborator Jerry Goldsmith, who had previously scored Schaffner's Planet of the Apes and Patton, attained yet another career high with his music. On the DVD: The anamorphic widescreen print of the original Panavision 2. 35:1 ratio looks fine without being as stunning as some more modern prints; the Dolby 5.1 audio does however do great service to Jerry Goldsmith's score, which can also be selected separately from the Audio Setup menu as an isolated track (note that there's no music at all in the first 20 minutes of the film). The 12-minute "Magnificent Rebel" featurette was made at the time of the film's release , and includes some fascinating footage of Henri Charrière touring the prison se t, reminiscing about his experiences and pontificating ("Society does not want free men, society wants conditioned men"). --Mark Walker
"Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the 20th century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson
Sarah Lancashire stars as Catherine Cawood a police sergeant in a small town where drunkards drug addicts and teenage pregnancies are a way of life. Her world is turned upside down when the man she thinks is responsible for her daughter’s death – Tommy Lee Royce - is released from prison. Meanwhile quiet middle-class accountant Kevin Weatherill feels underappreciated and underpaid at work. Desperate to give his daughters a decent education he asks for a pay rise so he can send them to private school. But when his wealthy boss Nevison refuses something finally snaps for Kevin and he enlists the help of local drug lord Ashley to kidnap Nevison’s daughter and hold her for ransom. Things quickly spiral out of control when Ashley involves Tommy Lee in the plan. How far will any of them go to get what they really want? Special Feature: Behind The Scenes
On 20th April 2001 a stellar cast of musicians paid tribute to Steve Marriott upon the 10th Anniversary of his tragic death. Tracklisting: 1. Sha la la la lee - The Mods 2. Understanding - The Mods + Steve Ellis 3. Song of a Baker - The Mods + Steve Ellis 4. Afterglow - The Mods + Steve Ellis 5. Phone Call Away - House Band + Dennis Greaves 6. Big Train - House Band + Simon 'Honeyboy' Hickling 7. Fool For a Pretty Face - House Band featuring Bobby Tench 8. I Cant Stand The Rain - House Band + Deborah Bonham 9. (If You Think Youre) Groovy - House Band + Deborah Bonham 10. Black Coffee - House Band + Deborah Bonham 11. Itchycoo Park - House Band + Tony Rivers 12. My Way of Giving - House Band + Steve Ellis 13. 30 Days In The Hole - House Band + Max Ireland & Toby Marriott 14. Four Day Creep - Humble Pie 15. Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie 16. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Humble Pie 17. Shine On - Humble Pie 18. I Dont Need No Doctor - Humble Pie 19. My Minds Eye - Midge Ure 20. Become Like You - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Gem Archer 21. Im Only Dreaming - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 22. Get Yourself Together - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 23. Here Comes The Nice - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 24. Tin Soldier - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer 25. All Or Nothing - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer
Hollywood superstar Steve McQueen (The Great Escape Papillon Bullitt) the ""King of Cool "" launched his legendary career in the groundbreaking series Wanted: Dead or Alive. Not your typical rough-and-tumble bounty hunter of the Old West Josh Randall (Mcqueen) was a consummate gentleman who always gave half - or even all - of his reward money to charity. A man of few words Randolph let his ""mare's leg "" an 1892 Winchester sawed-off shotgun do most of his talking as he took on criminals protected people in need and battled rival bounty hunters in each exciting pulse-pounding episode.
You won't find many television series whose defining event occurred before the first episode of the first season. Then again, there aren't many, if any, series like HBO's Treme. Created by writer-producers David Simon (of The Wire) and Eric Overmyer, this show has as its driving force, its raison d'être, Katrina, the hurricane that decimated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005. The debut season began a couple of months after the storm passed through, leaving misery and chaos in its wake; the first of 11 episodes in this, the second season, starts about a year after that. Most of the action still centers around NOLA, where the locals are continuing to pick up the pieces and get on with their lives in a city now plagued with violence and disorder. Some of those who left are returning, but some may be gone for good (several scenes throughout the season take place in New York City). Some are trying to rebuild their homes (which means the endless wait for federal funds continues); others, hewing to a mantra that "no disaster should go to waste," include venal businessmen looking to capitalize on the city's pain by rebuilding New Orleans "properly." And as one character puts it, "Everybody is out of their minds." As before, there are numerous characters and story lines to keep track of. Trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) takes a job teaching music to schoolkids while also putting together a hot new band, the Soul Apostles. His former wife, bar owner LaDonna (Khandi Alexander), spends much of the season suffering from the effects of a brutal assault. Chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) now lives and plies her trade in Manhattan, while her former boyfriend, DJ and aspiring rapper-music exec Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn), has taken up with up-and-coming fiddler Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli). Activist lawyer Toni Bernette (Oscar winner Melissa Leo) tries to get to the bottom of a killing that may have involved police misconduct, while daughter Sofia (India Ennenga) struggles to adapt to life without her dad, who died in the previous season. Part of the show's appeal is the fact that these folks and the others whose story lines we follow are not superheroes or world-beaters; they're just people dealing with life's daily, if not exactly ordinary, vicissitudes. But as before, it's the music that remains the show's soul and constant heartbeat, whether it's provided by regulars like Antoine, Annie, and trumpeter Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown), who's trying to simultaneously update and honor the traditional New Orleans sound, or guest artists including John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin. You might tune in for the writing and acting (both excellent), but in the end, it's the sounds of Treme that will keep you coming back. --Sam Graham
The Sex Pistols star in Julien Temple's at times surreal at times hilarious factional documentary that charts the rise and fall of punk's most notorious band through the eyes of its calculating and grandiose manager Malcolm McLaren played here with full Machiavellian swagger. Written and directed by Temple whilst he was still a film student it mixes animation and midgets with footage of some of the Sex Pistols' most electrifying live performances. Originally released in UK theatres in 1980 the film presents the band's success as an elaborate scam perpetrated by McLaren to make ""a million pounds"" at the expense of record companies outraged moralists the British Royal Family - and even the fans and band members themselves. As the film's original tagline stated The Great Rock Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is the film that incriminated its audience. As the brief but beautiful period of punk rock is now as far away from 2007 as 1976/77 was from the end of World War 2 it will be hard for anyone under 35 to comprehend just how shocking this film was and the incredible controversy it caused as depressed Britain blighted by inner city riots and waking to the birth of Thatcherism lurched into the Eighties. However watching it again it is still immensely powerful just as riveting still retains the capability to shock and is as valid now as it was then. More than 25 years after their break-up the Sex Pistols' music continues to influence punk and post-punk bands the world over - and The Great Rock Rock 'n' Roll Swindle shows why. It helped add to the band's already riotous reputation with scenes of Sid Vicious attacking a Parisienne prostitute (with a French tart) the subversive Queen's Silver Jubilee Day concert on the Thames in 1977 their infamous appearance on the ""Bill Grundy Show"" and underage female nudity. It even had to contend with the death of Sid Vicious who died between the ending of filming and its theatrical release. But it is the Sex Pistols music that emerges as the films biggest star: performances of ""Anarchy In The UK"" ""God Save The Queen"" and ""Holidays In The Sun"" are mesmeric while Vicious' ""My Way"" maintains an air of tragedy and exquisiteness at once. Tenpole Tudor (ingeniously called ""Tadpole"" by Irene Handl in the film) weighs in with vocals on ""Who Killed Bambi"" and ""Rock Around The Clock"" and even on-the-run Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs turns up to sing on ""No One Is Innocent"" and ""Belsen Vos A Gasser"". Having spawned the phrase ""making cash from chaos"" it's worth remembering that the Sex Pistols were voted the ""1977 Young Businessmen of the Year"" by their antitheses in the City of London..
Killer sharks and human jellyfish and living mummies, oh my! Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by William Wild Bill Grefé, the maverick filmmaker who braved the deep, dark depths of the Florida everglades to deliver some of the most outrageous exploitation fare ever to go-go dance its way across drive-in screens. Bringing together seven of Grefé's most outlandish features, all new to Blu-ray, He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection packs in a macabre menagerie of demented jellyfish men (Sting of Death), zombified witch doctors (Death Curse of Tartu), homicidal hippies (The Hooked Generation) and seductive matrons (The Naked Zoo) not to mention the ubiquitous go-go dancing college kids to create one of the most wildly entertaining box-sets of all time! LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Seven William Grefé films, all newly restored from the best surviving film elements: Sting of Death (1966), Death Curse of Tartu (1966), The Hooked Generation (1968), The Psychedelic Priest (1971), The Naked Zoo (1971), Mako: Jaws of Death (1976) and Whiskey Mountain (1977) Brand new, extended version of Ballyhoo Motion Pictures' definitive documentary They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations on 4 Blu-ray discs Original uncompressed mono audio for all films Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Fully illustrated collector's booklet featuring an extensive, never-before-published interview with William Grefé and a new foreword by the filmmaker Reversible poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork for each of the films by The Twins of Evil STING OF DEATH (1966) + DEATH CURSE OF TARTU (1966) Brand new introductions to the films by director William Grefé Archival audio commentaries for both films with William Grefé and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter Sting of Death: Beyond the Movie Monsters a-Go Go! a look into the history of rock 'n' roll monster movies with author/historian C. Courtney Joyner The Curious Case of Dr. Traboh: Spook Show Extraordinaire a ghoulish look into the early spook show days with monster maker Doug Hobart Original Trailers Still and Promotion Gallery THE HOOKED GENERATION (1968) + THE PSYCHEDELIC PRIEST (1971) Archival audio commentaries for both films with director William Grefé and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter Hooked Generation behind-the-scenes footage Hooked Generation Original Trailer Still and Promotion Gallery THE NAKED ZOO (1971) + MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH (1976) William Grefé's original Director's Cut of Naked Zoo Alternate Barry Mahon re-release cut of Naked Zoo Original Mako: Jaws of Death Trailer and Promo Still and Promotion Gallery WHISKEY MOUNTAIN (1977) + THEY CAME FROM THE SWAMP: EXTENDED CUT (2020) Whiskey Mountain Original Trailer Still and Promotion Gallery They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé the definitive documentary presented for the first in High-Definition and in a brand new, extended cut Extras subject to change
Two American brothers take part in a super-secret, centuries-old, underground beer games competition Beerfest; the Olympics of beer drinking.
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