The legendary 1962 Newport Jazz festival which features Count Basie and his Orchestra Johnny Hodges The Oscar Peterson Trio The Clara Ward Gospel Singers Pee Wee Russell Ruby Braff Joe Williams Roland Kirk The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
The television comedy with Robin Williams as Mork from Ork who is an alien hatched from an egg sent to investigate Earth and report back to his superiors. As an outsider Mork is unfamiliar with human customs and often questions some of the strange traditions that we take for granted. Much of the humor relies on Williams' unique comic voices and mannerisms. The show was perhaps most famous for Mork's saying 'nanoo nanoo.'
Tyrant Ming the Merciless and his vast army of evil accomplices are working overtime to eliminate the human race. The Defenders of the Earth led by The Phantom Flash Gordon and Mandrake challenge Ming in a series of great adventures. Both sides use powerful computers and space technology. To defeat Ming they must learn to work together as a team. They are our last best hope. For a frightened but determined planet they are The Defenders of the Earth.
The story of Billy, Will, Jules, Daphne and Dodie, a group of people who prove that there are no secrets between friends.
The Last JourneyBernard Vorhaus directs this cracking Twickenham 1935 production. Film train driver Bob Holt (Julien Mitchell) is distraught with his up coming compulsory retirement and also believes his wife is having an affair with his fireman. The day arrives for his final journey and aboard his train are various passengers with their own problems. Bob suffers a mental breakdown and drives the train at high speed ignoring all signals. Great train sequences, a must for train fans. Picture and sound restored to very good quality.Return of a StrangerGriffith Jones and Rosalyn Boulter star in this 1937 Premier/Safford production, directed by Victor Hanbury.A young chemist (Griffith Jones) elopes with the bosses daughter, (Rosalyn Boulter) a murder is committed intheir hotel and the chemist is suspected of the murder. He flees the country and years later, now a successfulscientist returns to try and clear his name. Lots of train sequences and a good old fashioned melodrama make for an entertaining film. An interesting part played by Ellis Jeffries as the old Lady Wall, her only film role. Picture and sound of excellent quality.
Wimbledon 2010 is the definitive story of the 124th Championships. In the Men's Singles Roger Federer is the defending champion with Rafael Nadal returning after dramatically withdrawing from last year's championship because of injury. In the Ladies Singles defending champion Serena Williams is attempting to win her fourth title. Andy Murray carries the hopes of the home nation. Featuring exclusive contributions from all the key competitors and other Wimbledon legends this documentary is a dramatic and highly entertaining record of the proceedings at The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon 2010.
Welcome To Southend. The Vegas Of The Third World.Ex-con Johnny (Scot Williams, 'The Crew') is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob Boss 'Shrewd' Eddie (Paul Freeman, 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Hot Fuzz') has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen.But what Johnny doesn't know is that seven other dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money...Filled with twists, double-crosses and murder, Hard Boiled Sweets is a crime thriller inspired by the International Best-Selling short film, 'A Girl and a Gun'.
While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy that first brought James Cagney stardom and in this movie you will not be disappointed as he battles to stay alive long enough to warn the rest of the world against a Japanese militarist plot called the 'Tanaka Plan' that has world domination as its objective. This is one of the first American martial arts movies and features some gripping action with Cagney doing his own stunts for which he trained intensively with Ken Kuniyuki a fifth degree judo master before shooting. This is Cagney at his best.
Contains the complete second series of the classic television show Agony
A Caribbean Dream is a re-imagining of William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Set in modern day Barbados, Theseus and Hippolyta are returning Nationals. This traditional tale takes a twist with the creation of new characters where Mechanicals are re-imagined as Fishermen, and Bottom as a Black Belly Sheep, along with Birdman and a Changeling Boy. Chaos and madness unfolds at night, exploring Caribbean folklore and culture. This is a unique and entertaining re-imagination of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies.
Guess Who (Dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan 2005): Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa (Zoe Saldana) brings her new boyfriend Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher) home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn (Judith Scott) he is unaware that Simon has already popped the question and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn's 25th anniversary party. A
Featuring a full frontal strip by Robbie--albeit one in which the Williams privates are blurred out--and more flying body parts than is customary in your average pop video rock DJ was clearly made with offence in mind. And cause offence it did, at least to puritan-minded TV schedulers most of whom declined to show the promo which, in turn, enhanced immeasurably the chart success of this actually rather nifty Frankie Goes To Hollywood-esque slice of dance-rock. Now those who missed Robbie removing not just his clothes but his skin and flesh in one of those model-filled futuristic bars that only ever seem to exist in videos can enjoy the sight at their leisure courtesy of this DVD. Also included is a brief but nonetheless entertaining making-of documentary which finds the ex-Take That member chatting up one of his leggy co-stars by asking her how the crochet lessons are going. Sadly, history--or at least this documentary--does not record whether this rather individual approach proved successful. --Clark Collis
A new mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen secret agents are despatched to get it back!
The first part of series 3 of the acclaimed serial spanning the pre-war period of 1912-1914. Episode comprise: Miss Forrest / A House Divided / A Change Of Scene / A Family Secret / Rose's Pigeon / Desirous Of Change / Word Of Honour
Available for the first time on DVD! After squandering his grant money despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts makeup and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the ""Shelmikedmu "" a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse he gets into the act as we
History and Hollywood have always made strange bedfellows. And there's no better example of that than Santa Fe Trail (1940) from director Michael Curtiz. Historical accuracy is never allowed to interfere with setting up a great action sequence. Errol Flynn is Jeb Stuart. Ronald Reagan is George Armstrong Custer (a part Flynn would play in 'They Died With Their Boots On'). Raymond Massey makes a flamboyant John Brown. And rounding out the cast are Oliveia de Haviland Alan Hale Van
This is the splendid film adaptation of John Irving's bestseller. Robin Williams plays the role of T.S. Garp a complex and unpredictabale young man at odds with a violent and cruel world... The World According To Garp earned two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor: one for John Lithgow; and the other for Glenn Close as Best Supporting Actress.
Originally broadcast as The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot And Heavy, Cool And Groove All Star Jazz Show on CBS television in 1977. This award winning DVD from filmmaker Gary Keys contains performances from Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Joe Williams. The witty program traces the birth of jazz from spirituals all the way to the wild sounds of the 70s via live performance, dance and narration. Hosted by Dionne Warwick. Winner of a 1977 Daytime Emmy.
The Comedians: Volume 5
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