Classic Films

• Rodgers And Hammerstein | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Enjoy all your favourite Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals - The Sound Of Music, South Pacific, Carousel, Oklahoma!, State Fair and The King & I - in this fantastic value 6 DVD box set. It's a perfect gift for anyone who enjoys musicals.
  
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  Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favourite out of all of their musicals, Carousel tells the story of a carnival worker who comes back to Earth after his death to instill a sense ...

• The Stranger | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• Father's Little Dividend | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• Magnificent Obsession | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When churlish spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that's therefore unavailable to aid a local hero Dr. Wayne Phillips who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people and when Merrick learns Phillips' secret to give selflessly and in secret he tries it in a ham-handed way. The result further alienates Phillips' widow Helen with whom Merrick has fallen in love. Merrick's persistence causes another tragedy and he must remake his life including going back to medical school in an attempt to make amends and win her love.

• War Diaries - World War 2 - 1945 | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £8.05   |  Saving you £3.94 (48.94%)   |  RRP £11.99

  In this final film of the series 1945 the end of the war is now truly in sight. Yet there were still hurdles to overcome and with the completion of the Battle of the Bulge still to test the Allies the race for Berlin was on. Discover what happened in Hitler's final hours and enjoy the VE Day celebrations with Winston Churchill and the people of Britain as the dream of Victory in Europe became a reality. But for the American Allies see how the war continued with Japan until President Harry S Truman ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bringing about the Japanese surrender as World War II came to its dramatic conclusion.

• Complete All Round Drummer 2 | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £16.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (37.10%)   |  RRP £26.99

  The veteran rock and jazz drummer covers styles and methods of his major influences: Buddy Rich Mel Lewis Gary Chester John McLaughlin Airto Moreira and Gil Evans. Bassist Mark Egan joins Danny for some sizzling duets and a discussion of how they create blues and jazz grooves together.

• The Hustler Play Exclusive | DVD | (23/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Paul Newman is electrifying as Fast Eddie Felson, an arrogant, amoral hustler who haunts backstreet pool rooms fleecing anyone who'll pick up a cue. Determined to be acclaimed as the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats, who's backed by Bert Gordon, a predatory gambler. Eddie can beat the champ, but virtually defeats himself with his low self-image. The love of a lonely woman could turn Eddie's life around, but he won't rest until he beats Minnesota Fats, no matter what price he...

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (65th Anniversary Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (07/06/2022) from £79.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Zero Hour | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Zero Hour (Stunde Null) is set in a small village (foreshadowing Heimat) in Lower Saxony in 1945 - the war has just finished. The US army has left and the Red Army is about to take over. Young Joschi (Kai Taschner), once a Nazi, is in love with the beautiful Isa (Anette Junger) and wants to follow his visitors to the West. The first US army patrol he encounters relieves him of more than his most prized possession; an American pilot's jacket. This film won the Silver Bowl for Outstanding German Film at the German Film Awards in 1977. For many people this film is Edgar Reitz's masterpiece, his greatest film. In any event for anyone this film is an absolute must see.Never before available on DVD in the UK.

• Silent Movie | Blu Ray | (17/03/2014) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-7.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  As its title tells - A Silent Movie. Mel Brooks plays a has-been contemporary director who goes to the head of a studio with what he thinks is a brilliant idea for a movie - to make it silent. This he feels will save the studio from being taken over by a conglomerate. Incredibly it does but only after a barrage of silent gags and comic adventures.

• Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Collection: Volume One | DVD | (15/09/2015) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The World's Greatest Golf Battles | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• The Devil's Brother / Bonnie Scotland | DVD | (12/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• That Uncertain Feeling | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.20

• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | DVD | (05/05/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Stage Door Canteen | DVD | (29/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

• WE'RE NO ANGELS | Blu Ray | (24/11/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Private Buckaroo | DVD | (15/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Happy Go Lovely | DVD | (15/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull | DVD | (06/11/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A