"Director: Al Pacino"

• Looking For Richard | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by and starring Al Pacino this quasi-documentary is Pacino's passion in his quest to make Shakespeare more accessible to modern day America. Shakespeare's most performed play 'Richard The Third' is the vehicle he uses to bridge the gap between Victorian soap opera and twentieth century culture. As well as hearing the views of the man on the street we also meet Pacino's friends and fellow actors in his film version of 'Richard The Third'. These include Kevin Spacey Winona

• Salomé/Wilde Salomé | DVD | (24/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A double disc package of Salomé Oscar Wilde's most controversial work banned in London in the late 19th Century. This scintillating tale of lust greed and revenge follows the legend of King Herod and his lust for his young stepdaughter Salomé and her sexual baiting of John the Baptist. Wilde's adaptation has spawned multiple stage productions including an opera by Richard Strauss and influenced work by musicians including Nick Cave and U2. Starring Pacino as King Herod and Jessica Chastain as Salomé in her first on screen role. Wilde Salomé follows Pacino's journey to Europe to understand more about Oscar Wilde.. It is a profound vision that explores religion literature politics violence and sexuality from one of the world's greatest actors. Bonus material (45 mins approx.) Highlights from Stephen Fry hosted Q&A at BFI Southbank with Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain. Red carpet London movie premiere footage with Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain

• Looking for Richard | DVD | (17/10/2016) from £13.59   |  Saving you £-3.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Looking for Richard, a strange and charming documentary by Al Pacino in which he also stars, is an exploration of several topics: Shakespeare and his humpbacked villain, the impulse to act, the way actors work--and Pacino's single-minded effort to make the Bard accessible to all audiences and not just the effete few. Over the course of the film, Pacino alternately discusses the role and the text, roams Manhattan talking about Shakespeare with everyone from scholars to street people and re-creates scenes from the play in a production staged at the Cloisters, an evocative castle-like museum on the north end of Manhattan. He assembles a cast that includes Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, Estelle Parsons and Alec Baldwin to perform the scenes, slipping back and forth between text and discussion of the play in a way that makes Shakespeare comprehensible and fascinating to viewers who know or care nothing about his writing. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Carlito's Way - Steelbook - Universal 100th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (25/02/2013) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the director of Scarface comes the critically acclaimed crime thriller Carlito's Way. The year is 1975 and former gangster Carlito Brigante has just been released from jail after serving the first five years of a long sentence. Carlito's lawyer David Kleinfeld has discovered a loop hole in the law and this time, Carlito is determined to go straight. He wants to retire to the Bahamas and set up a small business with his girlfriend Gail. All he needs is a stake. Suddenly Kleinfeld comes forward with the perfect proposition. Just a small debt of friendship. Consider it a favour. But if Carlito's learned anything from the streets, it's that a favour will kill you faster than a bullet...