"Actor: Tom Conti"

• Slade in Flame (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (19/05/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Described as 'the Citizen Kane of British pop movies' by critic Mark Kermode, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band's success. Starring the band themselves, this was a music film like no other. Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s - from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums - this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting. Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and a power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its first ever release on Blu-ray.ExtrasNewly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard DefinitionExtras tbc

• Shirley Valentine | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (165.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Pauline Collins repeats her stage success as the character Shirley Valentine, a married woman who decides in her middle years that she wants more out of life. Leaving her spouse behind, she heads to Greece, where she grows close to a low-key local bloke (Tom Conti). Collins and director Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita) choose to let the character, as she did in the play, speak directly to the audience at times and the gamble works in terms of creating a gentle, intimate atmosphere. Conti is a bonus, a warm presence and funny to boot. --Tom Keogh

• Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence | DVD | (29/08/2016) from £9.97   |  Saving you £3.02 (30.29%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A highly unusual war movie with as many detractors as fans, this English-language feature directed by Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses) stars David Bowie as a silent, ethereal POW in a Japanese camp. Protesting--via his own enigmatic rebellion--the camp's brutal conditions and treatment of prisoners, Bowie's character earns the respect of the camp commandant (Ryuichi Sakamoto). While the two seem locked in an unspoken, spiritual understanding, another prisoner (Tom Conti) engages in a more conventional resistance against a monstrous sergeant (Takeshi). The film has a way of evoking as many questions as certainties and it is not always easy to understand the internal logic of the characters' actions. But that's generally true of Oshima's movies, in which the power of certain relationships is almost hallucinatory in self-referential intensity. The cast is outstanding, and Bowie is particularly fascinating in his alien way. --Tom Keogh

• Eclipse (Flipside #51) (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/04/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A remote cliff-side house on the Scottish coast is the weather-beaten setting for Simon Perry's eerie, atmospheric psychological thriller, inexplicably blown adrift since 1976. Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Slade in Flame) stars as a bereaved brother troubled by memories of his twin who died at sea. Having returned to his childhood home, a Christmas celebration with his brother's widow (Gay Hamilton) and her son goes horribly awry, as dark secrets and sibling rivalries return to haunt them - before the past can be laid to rest. Unsettling, strange, and barely seen since it was shot nearly forty years ago, Eclipse is the latest addition to the popular BFI Flipside collection. With writer and director Simon Perry's approval and involvement, the BFI is now making this unjustly neglected title available on Blu-ray disc for the first time worldwide, in a new scan made from the best-available 35mm archival materials.ExtrasNewly remastered by the BFI and presented in High DefinitionNewly recorded audio commentary by director Simon PerryNew interview with actor Tom ContiOther extras tbc**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by the BFI's Vic Pratt

• Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | Blu Ray | (15/06/2020) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima's 1983 Palme d'Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II. In 1942, British officer Major Jack Celliers (Bowie) is captured by Japanese soldiers, and after a brutal trial sent, physically debilitated but indomitable in mind, to a POW camp overseen by the zealous Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto). Celliers' stubbornness sees him locked in a battle of wills with the camp's new commandant, a man obsessed with discipline and the glory of Imperial Japan who becomes unnaturally preoccupied with the young Major, while Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence (Tom Conti), the only inmate with a degree of sympathy for Japanese culture and an understanding of the language, attempts to bridge the divide through his friendship with Yonoi's second-in-command, Sergeant Hara (Takeshi Kitano), a man possessing a surprising degree of compassion beneath his cruel façade. Produced by Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky), it was the first English-language film by Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses, Gohatto), a leading light of Japanese New Wave cinema, and provided breakthrough big-screen roles for comedian Takeshi Kitano and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who also composed the film's hauntingly memorable BAFTA-winning score. This powerful wartime drama was adapted from Laurens van der Post's autobiographical novel ˜The Seed and the Sower' (1963) by screenwriter Paul Mayersberg (The Man Who Fell to Earth). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed stereo audio The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1983), Paul Joyce's 82-minute documentary profile of Nagisa Oshima The Oshima Gang (1983), a 30-minute documentary following the film's cast and makers at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival Video interviews with producer Jeremy Thomas and actor-composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Exclusive newly filmed interview with critic Tony Rayns Original theatrical trailer Image gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jasper Sharp

• The Norman Conquests | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This masterly adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's celebrated trio of plays encompasses a remarkable range of talent - from multi-award-winning producers Verity Lambert and David Susskind to a cast that includes Tom Conti Penelope Keith Richard Briers and Penelope Wilton. Employing a typically inventive device (which Ayckbourn would further explore in 1999 with the simultaneous staging of the two-act House and Garden) the trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives as family and in-laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother the drink flows and hidden enmities intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility. The Norman Conquests was phenomenally successful both in London's West End in 1974 and on Broadway the following year and this Thames production similarly triumphed at the BAFTA Awards in 1977 earning Keith an award for Best Actress and a joint nomination for Best Drama Series for Lambert and director Herbert Wise.

• Madame Bovary | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £5.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (170.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The complete 1975 BBC adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel of social climbing betrayal and illicit affairs. The young daughter of a farmer marries a dull doctor ten years her senior soon becoming bored and sexually frustrated. As a result she embarks on a series of affairs in her quest for real sexual fulfilment but in the process bankrupting her husband and sowing the seeds of her own self-destruction...

• The Glittering Prizes: The Complete Series | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £12.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (130.87%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Written by award-winning screen-writer and novelist Frederic Raphael, The Glittering Prizes is the critically acclaimed series of six teleplays chronicling the changing lives of friends who first meet at Cambridge University. Tom Conti (Shirley Valentine, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence) stars as would-be novelist Adam Morris with Mark Wing-Davey and Nigel Havers among his college peers. Barbara Kellerman, Malcolm Stoddard, Connie Booth, Miriam Margolyes and Tim Pigott-Smith also feature among.

• The Duellists | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £12.87   |  Saving you £3.12 (24.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the great directorial debuts, Ridley Scott's The Duellists is an extraordinary achievement which weaves an epic-in-miniature set around the edges of the Napoleonic Wars. Based on a story by Joseph Conrad, in turn inspired by real events and filmed in part where those events took place, this is the tale of a 15-year conflict between two French army officers: the level-headed Armand D'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and the obsessive Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel). Each time they meet they duel, until the original purpose of the conflict is all but lost. Beyond the two American stars, who fill their roles with rare commitment--accents not withstanding--Scott assembled a stellar cast: Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Pete Postlethwaite, Diana Quick, Cristina Raines, Robert Stephens, Tom Conti, John McEnery, Maurice Colbourne and Jenny Runacre. The production values are astonishing and the film revels in the exquisite painterly visuals which have become a Scott trademark. Howard Blake's elegiac theme adds immeasurably to the impact of a film influenced by Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1974), and anticipating Scott's own Best Picture Oscar-winning Gladiator (2000). A haunting work of spectral beauty, it is also a worthy companion to Scott's shamefully neglected 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). On the DVD: The Duellists is transferred at 1.77:1 with full sound atmospherically remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1. A new 29-minute documentary finds Scott discussing The Duellists with Kevin (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) Reynolds, which is particularly enlightening given the relative merits of the two swashbucklers. Scott's absorbing commentary track provides an in-depth look into the film-making process. Equally, film music aficionados will be delighted to find not just an isolated music track, but an informative commentary by composer Howard Blake, though he does sometimes talk over the beginning or end of cues. Most unusual but very welcome is the inclusion of Scott's first short film, Boy and Bicycle (1965), a 25-minute b/w mood piece starring Tony Scott, with music by John Barry. Other extras are a storyboard-to-screen comparison, the American trailer and four galleries of posters, stills and production photos. --Gary S Dalkin

• Heavenly Pursuits (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (17/06/2024) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tom Conti and Helen Mirren star in Scottish writer/director Charles Gormley's (Long Shot) charming and quirky comic drama. Vic Mathews (Conti) and Ruth Chancellor (Mirren) are teachers at Glasgow's Blessed Edith Semple School. When the school authorities decide to pursue full canonization of their namesake, little miracles begin to occur and Vic has to reassess his beliefs. Featuring top drawer performances from Conti and Mirren, Heavenly Pursuits also contains Ewen Bremner's first ever screen appearance and a score by Scottish pop star turned composer BA Robertson. This slice of 1980s Scottish cinema is sure to appeal to fans of Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl and Local Hero.

• Full Circle - The Haunting of Julia | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £29.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the novel Julia by Peter Straub, Full Circle is a highly regarded, long-vanished, evocatively eerie cult chiller, newly restored in 4K resolution. Bereaved mother Julia (Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby) flees controlling husband Magnus (Keir Dullea, Black Christmas), re-establishing herself in an old house in leafy West London. Yet she finds herself haunted by apparitions of a ghostly blonde-haired child, sending her on a strange journey of self-discovery - with dreadful consequences. Long requested by fans, the BFI is delighted to bring Full Circle to UK audiences as a limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray dual format release. Product Features Limited edition (includes booklet and slipcase) 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Newly recorded introduction by director Richard Loncraine (2023) Newly recorded audio commentary with director Richard Loncraine and film historian Simon Fitzjohn Newly recorded interview with Richard Loncraine (2023) Newly recorded Interview with composer Colin Towns (2023) Interview with Tom Conti (2023) Interview with Samantha Gates (2023) Video essay by author and critic Kim Newman Location Tour with Simon Fitzjohn (2023) Galleries Newly created English subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing Reversible sleeve featuring alternative design Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Simon Fitzjohn and on Richard Loncraine by the BFI's Dr Josephine Botting All extras are TBC and subject to change *Please note that the UHD disc included is region ABC, the Blu-ray disc is region B

• 10 Days To War | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On March 20th five years ago the UK and US went to war. Thousands of Iraqis died millions were displaced and cities were practically destroyed. But why and how? Now a groundbreaking drama goes behind scenes of the countdown to the Iraq war. Part thriller part political drama 10 Days to War has a relentless ticking-clock intensity with all events unfolding in real time. From Tony Blair selling the idea of war to his sceptical party and cynical public and the American marketing of Ahmed Chalabi as the George Washington of Iraq to the shock and awe of the first strike this distinctive and compelling film lifts the lid on the back-room bullying and gripping human dramas played out privately in the corridors of power. On March 20th five years ago the UK and US went to war. Thousands of Iraqis died millions were displaced and cities were practically destroyed.

• Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons - Boxed Set | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £16.00   |  Saving you £13.99 (87.44%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Best-selling novelist Rosamunde Pilcher is renowned for her storytelling. Her rich romantic tales and their beautiful settings are captured perfectly in this special seven disc DVD boxed set which contains five sumptuous adaptations based on Pilcher's books: 'Coming Home' 'Nancherrow' 'Winter Solstice' 'Summer Solstice' and 'The Shell Seekers'.

• Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £33.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1942: British soldier Jack Celliers (David Bowie) arrives at a Japanese POW camp run by the disciplinarian Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto) who believes the prisoners are cowards because they have chosen to surrender instead of honourably committing seppuku (ritual suicide). When Yonoi meets Celliers he believes he is an evil spirit and a battle of wills begins between the two men.... This is not your average war movie and the performances by Bowie Sakamoto Tom Conti (who plays Mr Lawr

• StreetDance 2 3D (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/07/2012) from £13.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (70.42%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When top street dancer Ash (Hentschel) is humiliated and laughed off stage by American crew Invincible, he sets off to gather the best dancers from around the world to take them on - with a dance style they weren't expecting.

• Beyond Therapy | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Neurotic New Yorker Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) is a manic bisexual who enjoys a good cry. Equally insecure Prudence (Julie Hagerty of Airplane!) is the uptight writer he meets through the personal ads. Bob Christopher (Christopher Guest of This Is Spinal Tap A Mighty Wind) is Bruce's roommate and former lover who is insanely jealous of Prudence. Prudence is also sleeping with her lecherous therapist Stuart (Tom Conti of Reuben Reuben) while Bruce's therapist Charlotte (Oscar''-winner Glenda Jackson of A Touch Of Class and Women In Love) may be crazier than any of her patients. Add an xtremely overprotective mother and a very odd French restaurant and you have a one-of-a-kind comedy about life love and the happy endings that lay Beyond Therapy.

• Flame | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Family Tree | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £4.39   |  Saving you £15.60 (355.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A comedy series in the same style of Christopher Guest's films Family Tree follows the world and journey of 30 year old Tom Chadwick (Chris O'Dowd) as he sets about finding himself one relative at a time. Having recently lost his job and girlfriend Tom has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. But when he inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt that he never met he starts investigating his family lineage and uncovers a whole world of unusual stories and characters and a growing sense of who he is and who his real family are. Special Features: Deleted Scenes

• Made in Dagenham / Shirley Valentine / Shadowlands Triple Pack | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Made In Dagenham: The film stars the award winning Sally Hawkins as Rita O'Grady who is the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by 187 sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions for long arduous hours which they must balance with their domestic lives, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lose their patience when they are reclassified as 'unskilled'. Shirley Valentine: Shirley Bradshaw has always be...

• Adam Smith - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £10.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in a fictional Scottish village, Adam Smith traces a church minister's struggle to rediscover new meaning in life following the death of his wife. Opening at a crisis point for the grieving minister, the series chronicles his recovering sense of purpose, deep commitment to his spiritual work, and also the opposition he sometimes faces within the close-knit community he serves with deep devotion and sympathy. Poor housing, religious differences and marital breakdowns are just a few of the issues to be dealt with, the manse often serving as a refuge for local victims of circumstance; this first series also finds Adam making a decision that could change his life forever.