Satyajit Ray is internationally acknowledged as one of the great masters of world cinema. His films - many of them masterpieces - have won him legions of admirers among them Akira Kurosawa Henri Cartier-Bresson V.S. Naipaul and Martin Scorsese. This box set features the following films: Mahanagar (Aka: The Big City) (1963): Set in the mid '50s Ray's often humorous story of conflicting social values in India's lower-middle class stars Madhabi Mukherjee as a housewife whose growing independence alarms her traditionalist India 1963 family. Charulata (Aka: The Lonely Wife) (1964): Neglected by her ambitious journalist husband the lonely Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee) befriends his cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) a sensitive aspiring writer and almost inevitably their feelings for each other begin to deepen. Adapted from a story by Rabindranath Tagore Ray considered this sesnitively realised drama one of his finest achievements. Nayak (Aka: The Hero) (1966): This beautifully observed character study was one of Ray's earliest original screenplays. En route to an award ceremony a famous and egocentric Bengali movie star finds that he is compelled to re-evaluate his life after encountering a disapproving young journalist (Sharmila Tagore).
Bewitched centers around a young very much in love couple; the femme half of which happens to be a witch. Elizabeth Montgomery plays the beautiful young Samantha Stephens very much in love with her home and family but constantly harried by her witchy mother Endora to return to her witcherly ways. Endora played by Agnes Moorehead is a witch of the old school who doesn't go for any ecumenicalism between mortals and her world. She can't for the life of her understand what her lovely daughter Samantha sees in that ridiculous human Darrin Stephens. Darrin played by Dick York is himself constantly infuriated at Endora. He's in love with his very own witch and he wants her to give up witchcraft completely. Episodes 1. I Darrin Take This Witch Samantha 2. Be It Ever So Mortgaged 3. Mother Meet's What's His Name 4. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog 5. Help Help Don't Save Me 6. Little Pitchers Have Big Fears 7. The Witches Are Out 8. The Girl Reporter 9. Witch or Wife?
George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! Episodes comprise: 1. Jumle Pie 2. All Around The Clock 3. The Travelling Man 4. The Unkindest Cut Of All 5. The Right Way To Travel 6. The Dorothy Letters 7.
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An artist Ku lives with his mother near an abandoned fort. One night investigating strange noises he meets the beautiful Yang who is living there. She is being pursued by agents of an Imperial noble who have murdered her family and Ku finds himself caught up in her struggle to survive... A lyrically spiritual Kung Fu film 'A Touch Of Zen' provided the inspiration for Ang Lee's seminal 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon'.
He was born at 6am on the 6th day of the 6th month. The coming of Armageddon the site of the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil as foretold in the Book of Revelations will begin with the birth of the son of Satan - in human form. Unable to tell his wife Katherine the tragic news of their still-born son American diplomat Robert Thorn accepts a new-born orphan as his son. Details of the child's birth remain a secret but as the boy Damien grows older it becom
Spikes All Star Band is a unique assembly of some of the fines musicians and singers in the world. Formed by Spike Edney former keyboard player with Queen the response to the first concert in 1994 was so positive that it led to a gigs and TV appearances. Members include Roger Taylor Fish Roger Chapman Steve Lukather Chaka Khan Leo Sayer Mica Paris Brian May and many more. Tracks include Blinded By The Light (Chris Thompson) All I Need Is A Miracle (Paul Young) Big Area (Mark Shaw) Fire (Arthur Brown) My Generation (Leo Sayer and Damon Hill) Every Time You Go Away (Paul Young) Hammer To Fall (Tony Hadley) Radio Ga Ga (Roger Taylor).
The Stormriders transplants Macbeth into a medieval China in director Andy Lau's reinvention of classical tragedy as CGI-laden blockbuster. Officially the source material is a best-selling Manga, and the flying heroes with magical powers and the wild camera angles do indeed have a real graphic-novel flair. As the warlord Sonny Chiba is a commanding presence, while Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud are perfect contrasting comic-book warriors. Kristy Yeung is a suitably lovely heroine, while Shi Qi provides irritating comic relief. There is style to burn, with beautiful imagery bearing the influence of Ridley Scott and, in the "blur-motion" duel in a bamboo forest, Wong Kar-Wai; indeed, Lau has served as Kar-Wai's cinematographer. Spectacular yet laden with symbolism The Stormriders is a film to bridge the appeal of Ashes of Time (1994) and The Bride with White Hair (1993) with the Superman (1978) and Mummy (1999) movies. The fights and a romantic flying sequence pay homage to the former, the computer effects update the groundbreaking Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (1983) with the technology of the latter. Sometimes overly ambitious or just plain bizarre The Stormriders is an emotionally charged darkly romantic adventure which outclasses any comic-book adaptation Hollywood has made in years.On the DVD: The first disc presents the 127-minute director's cut in its original 2.35:1 ratio with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. While the sound is clean, dynamic and makes great use of all the channels the picture is presented non-anamorphically, so that while well-focused, with strong colours and little sign of artefacting, it is not as solid or detailed as it could be. The main special features are two documentaries, a general "making-of" running 22 minutes, and a 20-minute "featurette" on the special effects. Both are promotional pieces made at the time of the film's release. The second disc features the US trailer and an object lesson in how to ruin a film, i.e. the "international" version ofThe Stormriders. Cut by 38 minutes, horribly panned and scanned and dubbed, this is a travesty that destroys all the beauty and atmosphere and renders the story incomprehensible. Why anyone would watch it when they have the complete film on the first disc is a mystery. The sound is again Dolby Digital 5.1 and the 4:3 image is fair. --Gary S Dalkin
Kishanlal was a chauffeur to Robert though sometimes Robert would drive. So it was that one day Robert kills someone in an accident. Swearing that he would take care of Kishanlal's family if Kishanlal would take the blame the chauffeur goes to jail. As time goes by Robert does not honour his pledge and the family split up losing touch with eachother. Years pass before they all reunite and the sons plot to avenge their father.....
Based on the best seller of the same name Guadalcanal Diary is one of the greatest war movies of all time. This strikingly realistic film follows a devoted platoon of Marines through the terrors of war in the South Pacific. The all-star cast includes Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Preston Foster and Anthony Quinn as soldiers battling disease treacherous terrain and unrelenting weather as well as a human enemy. Poignantly narrated and with explosive action rooted in a solid historic
Apache Rifles: A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside. Days Of Jessie James: Roy Rogers is sent to investigate a recent bank robbery believed to have been carried out by the 'James Gang'. Roy manages to join the posse and finds out that Jesse and the boys did not commit the crime. Now he must uncover who in fact did rob the bank... Riders Of The Whistling Pines: When an insect plague ravages the forest evil loggers plan on harvesting protected land. They murder a forest ranger so they can carry out the plan and they frame Gene Autry for the crime. Autry is cleared but the loggers' devious plan continues when they spray the forest to kill the insects yet wind up killing much of the wildlife too. Autry must step in and utilize his patented brand of cowboy justice.
An undercover cop sent to infiltrate a notorious crime ring Ko Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) must replace a fellow officer who was killed in a violent confrontation. But as he earns the trust of the syndicate he develops a tight friendship with one of the thieves. Then when a planned heist turns into a bloody shoot-out with police suspicions arise about who could be the informant.... Starring Chow Yun-Fat (who won a Hong Kong Film Award for his performance) this hard-hitting Special Coll
A drug-dealing teen is killed in Japan after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister.
Pauline Quirke (Emmerdale Birds Of A Feather) stars in the complete series two of the BBC1 drama Missing as the charismatic detective DS Croft - MJ - who runs a busy but under resourced Missing Persons Unit. With Mark Wingett as Danny Hayworth Roy Hudd as Jack Croft Felix Scott as DC Jason Doyle and Pooja Shah Amy Garnett and featuring guest appearances from Gary Lucy Brooke Kinsella Paul Nicholas Sylvia Syms Kim Medcalf Gaby Roslin Kate Ford James Alexandrou Gillian Taylforth Sin Phillips Jean Boht Jon Culshaw and Susannah York.
A remake of 'Valley Of The Giants' 'The Big Trees' features Kirk Douglas as an ambitious lumberman who wants to make a fortune from the Redwood Forest by pushing a religious sect off their land. His many adventures include organising the religious sect to take action and leading them against their enemies as well as saving a heroine from a runaway train.
Want to see Kylie as a sex-mad gun-toting coke-snorting hooker? Who Doesn't?! Check out this contemporary thriller featuring the dark underbelly of counter-culture life in Sydney Australia...
'Help!' was The Beatles' second feature film and their first in colour released at the height of their iconic history in 1965.
Pauline Quirke stars in Missing as charismatic detective DS 'MJ' Croft, who runs a busy, but under resourced, Missing Persons Unit. With Mark Wingett as Danny Hayworth, Roy Hudd as Jack Croft, Felix Scott as DC Jason Doyle, and Pooja Shah as Amy Garnett and featuring guest appearances from Gary Lucy, Brooke Kinsella, Paul Nicholas, Sylvia Syms, Kim Medcalf, Gaby Roslin, Kate Ford, James Alexandrou, Gillian Taylforth, Si�n Phillips, Jean Boht, Jon Culshaw, and Susannah York. Each episo...
The UV copy is only available in the UK and Ireland. The life of famed East End luminary Lenny McLean gets a touching, personal treatment in The Guv'nor. Famous (and infamous) as a bareknuckle boxer, bouncer, enforcer, and doorman from the late 60s, McLean's journey from unlicensed fighter to best-selling author and star of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is also the story of a working class man from Hoxton weathering the changing decades before his untimely death in 1998. Director Paul Van Carter follows his son Jamie as he explores his father's story, from troubled upbringing to stardom, on the way meeting a variety of East London characters to director Guy Richie. What emerges is a picture of a complex, troubled and driven family man.
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