"Director: Jean Jacques Annaud"

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  • The Name Of The Rose [1986]The Name Of The Rose | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

    Unavailable for years 'The Name Of The Rose' finally arrives on DVD. Sean Connery stars as a detective monk who sets about solving murders a chilling tale of dark deeds and murderous mayhem within the shadowy cloisters and forbidding battlements of a 14th-century Italian medieval monastery...

  • Seven Years In Tibet [1997]Seven Years In Tibet | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.20   |  Saving you £13.79 (222.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

    If it hadn't been for Brad Pitt signing on to play the lead role of obsessive Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, there's a good chance this lavish $70 million film would not have been made. It was one of two films from 1997 (the other being Martin Scorsese's exquisite Kundun) to view the turmoil between China and Tibet through the eyes of the young Dalai Lama. But with Pitt onboard, this adaptation of Harrer's acclaimed book focuses more on Harrer, a Nazi party member whose life was changed by his experiences in Tibet with the Dalai Lama. Having survived a treacherous climb on the challenging peak of Nanga Parbat and a stint in a British POW camp, Harrer and climbing guide Peter Aufschnaiter (nicely played by David Thewlis) arrive at the Tibetan city of Lhasa, where the 14-year-old Dalai Lama lives as ruler of Tibet. Their stay is longer than either could have expected (the "seven years" of the title), and their lives are forever transformed by their proximity to the Tibetan leader and the peaceful ways of the Buddhist people. China looms over the land as a constant invasive threat, but Seven Years in Tibet is more concerned with viewing Tibetan history through the eyes of a visitor. The film is filled with stunning images and delightful moments of discovery and soothing, lighthearted spirituality, and although he is somewhat miscast, Pitt brings the requisite integrity to his central role. What's missing here is a greater understanding of the young Dalai Lama and the culture of Tibet. Whereas Kundun tells its story purely from the Dalai Lama's point of view, Seven Years in Tibet is essentially an outsider's tale. The result is the feeling that only part of the story's been told here--or maybe just the wrong story. But Harrer's memoir is moving and heartfelt, and director Jean-Jacques Annaud has effectively captured both sincerity and splendor in this flawed but worthwhile film. --Jeff Shannon

  • War Collection [DVD]War Collection | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-3.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.95

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  • Enemy at the Gates [2001]Enemy at the Gates | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £6.25   |  Saving you £13.74 (219.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law star in the true story of a World War II duel between a young Russian sniper and a German officer set against the epic battle of Stalingrad.

  • Two Brothers [2004]Two Brothers | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

    From acclaimed film maker Jean-Jacques Annaud comes the stunning tale of two tiger siblings separated as cubs, only to be reunited a year later in captivity to fight one another.

  • Enemy At The Gates/ Windtalkers/ Hart's War [DVD]Enemy At The Gates/ Windtalkers/ Hart's War | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Titles Comprise: Enemy At The Gates: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad the celebrated Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame however soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages around them... Windtalkers:In 1942 several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) - a Navajo code talker the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands he's to protect the code at all costs. Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan when capture is imminent Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code? Hart's War: Fourth generation war hero Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still as the camp's highest-ranking American officer he commands his fellow inmates keeping a sense of honour alive in a place where honour is easy to destroy all under the dangerous ever-watchful eye of SS Major Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war McNamara is silently planning waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country. An epic World War II adventure from action-maestro John Woo!

  • The LoverThe Lover | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    She gave her innocence her passion her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love. Indochina 1929. On a ferry a 27-year-old Chinese man spots an alluring but poor French teenager. They soon begin a forbidden but fiercely passionate romance. While the man truly loves the girl she remains aloof for her involvement with him is more out of rebellion towards her family -- and for sexual excitement -- rather than love. However when the gentleman is forced to marry a wom

  • Quest For Fire [Blu-ray]Quest For Fire | Blu Ray | (05/08/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (23.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

    80 000 years ago a primitive tribe desperately guards its most values possession fire. They know how to tend it how to use it but its creation remains a mystery. During an attack by a neighbouring tribe their flame is lost and so begins an epic obstacle-filled quest to find another source of the element so precious in their struggle for survival. Special Features: Director's Commentary Commentary with Actors Ron Perlman Rae Dawn Chong and Michael Gruskoff The Making of the Quest for Fire Interview with Director Jean-Jacques Annaud Video Gallery with Jean-Jacques Annaud Commentary

  • Quest For Fire [DVD]Quest For Fire | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £14.02   |  Saving you £3.23 (25.31%)   |  RRP £15.99

    80 000 years ago a primitive tribe desperately guards its most values possession fire. They know how to tend it how to use it but its creation remains a mystery. During an attack by a neighbouring tribe their flame is lost and so begins an epic obstacle-filled quest to find another source of the element so precious in their struggle for survival. Special Features: Director's Commentary Commentary with Actors Ron Perlman Rae Dawn Chong and Michael Gruskoff The Making of the Quest for Fire Interview with Director Jean-Jacques Annaud Video Gallery with Jean-Jacques Annaud Commentary

  • Quest For Fire [1981]Quest For Fire | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £25.67   |  Saving you £-7.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

    80 000 year ago a primitive tribe desperately guards its most valued possession fire. They know how to tend it how to use it but its creation remains a mystery. During an attack by a neighbouring tribe their flame is lost and so begins an epic obstacle-filled quest to find another source of the element so precious in their struggle for survival.... Jean-Jacques Annaud's multi-award winning film is an extraordinary view of the dawn of man and a true original. Winner of an Oscar and BAFTA for Best Make-Up Effects.

  • Five Children And It / Two Brothers / James And The Giant Peach [1996]Five Children And It / Two Brothers / James And The Giant Peach | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    5 Chidren And It: Written by E.Nesbit author of 'The Railway Children' this is the movie of five childrens' chance encounter with 'The Psammead' - an ancient extremely irritable sand fairy who has the ability to make wishes come. The only problem is that the wishes only last till sunset and the children also find it hard to think of sensible wishes! Two Brothers: Two tigers separated as cubs and taken into captivity are reunited years later as enemies by an explor

  • The Bear [1988]The Bear | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    From the acclaimed director of 'Two Brothers' comes the original animal film. The story of a bear cub's first year of life told from the animal's point of view. After its mother is killed a young cub latches onto an adult male grizzly. The reluctant stepfather educates and protects his young ward through its first summer of wide-eyed growth including its initial encounter with the most dangerous creature in all of God's creation - Man.

  • Black Gold (DVD + Digital Copy)Black Gold (DVD + Digital Copy) | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £6.53   |  Saving you £6.46 (98.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

    In Arabia in the '30s, the young prince Auda finds himself in the heart of conflict caused by the discovery of oil. He has to take up arms and choose between two enemies with opposing views, his two fathers; the one who gave him life, and the one who raised him.A large-scale production with an international cast, Black Gold presents the greatest of war sagas in the desert sands. Tahar Rahim (A Prophet), Antonio Banderas (The Legend of Zorro), Mark Strong (Robin Hood) and Freida Pinto (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) face off amidst spectacular action scenes, grandiose horseback rides, and stunning special effects.

  • The Bear/Running Free/Fly Away HomeThe Bear/Running Free/Fly Away Home | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    The Bear: The story of a bear cub's first year of life told from the animal's point of view. After its mother is killed a young cub latches onto an adult male grizzly. The reluctant stepfather educates and protects his young ward through its first summer of wide-eyed growth including its initial encounter with the most dangerous creature in all of God's creation - Man. Running Free: Running Free is the adventurous inspiring story of a remarkable friendship between a boy and an abandoned young colt named Lucky. In an African mining town an orphaned servant boy raises a young horse that is destined for a life of hard labour. Together they find the strength to stand up to the cruel plantation owner and his mean-spirited thoroughbred Caesar; fleeing the destruction of the escalating war they chase after the freedom they deserve. Narrated by Lukas Haas (Witness Mars Attacks!) and starring Jan Decleir (Character Antonia's Line) Arie Verveen (The Thin Red Line) as well as Chase Moore and Maria Geelbooi in their big-screen debuts. Running Free is a visually stunning unforgettable tale about the triumph of the human - and equestrian - spirit. Fly Away Home: Young Amy (Anna Paquin) is reunited with her father (Jeff Daniels) after a nine-year separation. One day Amy discovers a nest of orphaned goose eggs and decides to take them home and nurture them until they hatch. When the newly hatched goslings adopt her as their Mother Goose Amy and her father become airborne adventurers battling against bad weather and a host of other pitfalls in their efforts to teach the geese to fly...

  • The War Collection [1949]The War Collection | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £23.90   |  Saving you £36.09 (151.00%)   |  RRP £59.99

    A collection of 10 all-time classic war films in one box set! Twelve O'Clock High (Dir. Henry King 1940): This gritty WWII action drama starring Gregory Peck Dean Jagger and Hugh Marlowe is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of heroics at war. Behind Enemy Lines (Dir. John Moore 2001): Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson excel in this high flying action thriller with explosive excitement at every turn. Courage Under Fire (Dir. Edward Zwick 1996): Featuri

  • Jude Law - The Collection - I Heart Huckabees/Road To Perdition/Enemy At The GatesJude Law - The Collection - I Heart Huckabees/Road To Perdition/Enemy At The Gates | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    I Heart Huckabees: Jason Schwartzman stars as Albert Markovski an environmental activist seeking the meaning behind a series of coincidental meetings with an enigmatic stranger. He enlists the help of existential detectives Bernard (Dustin Hoffman) and Vivian (Lily Tomlin) who agree to spy on his everyday activity in order to understand his psyche. The detectives discover that Albert is locked in a battle with Brad Stand (Jude Law) a smarmy executive at the Huckabees department store chain. Shallow and vain Brad defies Albert's protests about the proposed expansion of Huckabees into a nearby marsh... Road To Perdition: Two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan a father fighting to keep his only son from traveling the Road To Perdition. Directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes this towering motion picture achievement has been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike as one of the year's most extraordinary films. Enemy At The Gate: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad the celebrated Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame however soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages around them... Final Cut: Eleven friends gather at the wake of a successful writer Jude. His grieving wife reveals that he has been making a film of their lives and forces them to watch as stories emerge of secrets lies and disloyalty. Husbands are turned against wives and friends against friends as the true colours of their lives are revealed. But the biggest revelation is yet to come. Little by little the truth comes out about the circumstances of Jude's death his own part in it and the parts played by all of his friends.

  • Enemy At The Gates / Tigerland / The Thin Red Line [1998]Enemy At The Gates / Tigerland / The Thin Red Line | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Enemy At The Gates: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad the celebrated Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame however soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the

  • Movies On The Move - Kids - Ice Age 2/Chicken Run/Robots/Little Manhattan/Two BrothersMovies On The Move - Kids - Ice Age 2/Chicken Run/Robots/Little Manhattan/Two Brothers | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

    Titles Comprise: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (Dir. Carlos Saldanha) (2006): Manny the woolly mammoth Sid the sloth Diego the saber-toothed tiger and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat: those sub-zero heroes are back! Manny may be ready to start a family but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; in fact Manny thinks he may be the last one. That is until he miraculously finds Ellie (voiced by Queen Latifah) the only female mammoth left in the world. Their only problem: they can't stand each other. Oh and Ellie somehow thinks she's a possum! Ellie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum brothers Crash and Eddie (voiced by Seann William Scott and Josh Peck) a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky loud-mouthed troublemakers. Manny Sid and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: a huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break threatening the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So our three heroes along with Ellie Crash and Eddie form the most unlikely family as they embark on a mission across an ever-changing increasingly dangerous landscape... Chicken Run (Dir. Peter Lord ; Nick Park) (2000): Trouble is brewing down on Mrs Tweedy's poultry farm: the chickens are revolting (yes that old chestnut) and clucky hen Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) is planning her latest coop um coup. Getting one or two birds out of the farm is no problem whatsoever. Unfortunately Ginger plans to get everyone out at the same time and when one of the would-be escapees happens to be kind-hearted but bird-brained Babs (Jane Horrocks) Ginger is fighting a losing battle. Robots (Dir. Chris Wedge ; Carlos Saldanha) (2005): This hilarious fun adventure not only pushes the boundaries of animation but also introduces us to a world full of loveable characters who led by Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) set out to prove that you can shine no matter what you are made of! Little Manhattan (Dir. Mark Levin) (2005): In Manhattan the 10 '' years old Gabe (Josh Hutcherson) finds his first love when he meets his former kindergarten mate the eleven years old Rosemary (Charlie Ray) in his karate classes. Confused with his new feelings and with the divorce process of his beloved parents Leslie (Cynthia Nixon) and Adam (Bradley Whitford) he experiences the delightful unknown sensation of being in love for the first time. Two Brothers (Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud) (2004): Two tigers separated as cubs and taken into captivity are reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other...

  • Two BrothersTwo Brothers | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    The acclaimed director of 'The Bear' invites you to share in the unforgettable journey of Two Brothers an extraordinary film about two tiger cubs separated from their parents and each other! Their extraordinary journey home is a thoroughly endearing heart-tugging and family friendly story about their experience of being raised in very different human environments only to be reunited later as forced enemies pitted against each other.

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