"Director: John MacKenzie"

• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.39   |  Saving you £0.60 (4.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Hayman plays the lead role in this true prison story of Jimmy Boyle, Glasgow's toughest racketeer in the sixties. When Boyle was sentenced to life imprisonment his was known as ˜Scotland's Most Violent Man'. With nothing to lose Boyle sets about becoming the warders worst nightmare. A shocking true story about his fight against the system. Not for the faint-hearted. Written by Jimmy Boyle From his best-selling book Known great seller 2 disc set with original and ˜clean' versions

• The Long Good Friday | Blu Ray | (16/07/2018) from £16.70   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WHO LIT THE FUSE THAT TORE HAROLD'S WORLD APART? Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of London s derelict Docklands area years before the Thatcher government, he tries to broker a deal with his American counterpart (Eddie Constantine) that will make them both millions. But who is killing Harold s other associates and blowing up his businesses and why? Universally regarded as one of the greatest British gangster films ever made, The Long Good Friday rocketed Hoskins to international stardom. He s given sterling support from Helen Mirren (as his upper-crust mistress), Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Derek Thompson (Casualty), and there s even an early appearance from future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film, in a brand new restoration sourced from the original camera negatives and approved by cinematographer Phil Méheux Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie Bloody Business, a documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and Phil Méheux Brand new interviews with Barry Hanson, Phil Méheux and writer Barrie Keeffe Hands Across the Ocean A comparison of the differences between the UK and US soundtracks Original trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (27/04/2015) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Intricately plotted and smartly paced, this gangster saga clicks as whodunit, social satire and explosive thriller. The piece is crowned by Bob Hoskins' career-making turn as a London mobster courting respectability and Helen Mirren's subtly detailed performance as his upper-crust mistress. Cockney wiseguy Harold Shand is a would-be burgher whose domination of the city's underworld stems from his shrewdness as a mediator and his skill at harnessing political and economic clout. As Easter approaches, he's poised to launch an aggressive real estate development scheme along the depressed Thames waterfront when all hell breaks loose: a trusted lieutenant is brutally murdered, Shand's mother is nearly killed in a car bombing, one of his pubs is blown apart and the visiting American don crucial to the pending deal is quickly growing wary.Barrie Keeffe's original screenplay keeps the viewer a step ahead of Shand, providing us with a telling but teasingly incomplete glimpse of the misstep by his underlings that has set chaos loose. At the same time, Keeffe underlines the bourgeois pretensions of the rough-hewn, barrel-chested Shand, how the elegant Victoria (Mirren) helps serve those ambitions and the myriad parallels between Shand's minions and the local politicians and police only too willing to join in his scheme. Tart, funny dialogue and alternately playful and pungent Eastertide imagery complete Keeffe's shrewd design--two key scenes, in a meat locker and a warehouse, invoke the Crucifixion itself. Even with lesser performances, the script and John Mackenzie's solid direction would make The Long Good Friday a keeper but Hoskins's explosive portrait of Shand and his descent toward brutal revenge elevates the film into the very front rank, earning admiring comparisons to TheGodfather, Scarface, GoodFellas and other classics of that genre. --Sam Sutherland

• Red Shift | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  DVD premiere of this acclaimed BBC TV 'Play for Today' from 1978. Directed by John MacKenzie (The Long Good Friday Just Another Saturday) and adapted by Alan Garner (The Owl Service) from his own fantasy novel Red Shift takes the viewer on a fantastical and bewildering journey. Spanning three separate time periods Red Shift tells the story of three troubled young men - one in Roman Britain one in the English Civil War and one in the 1970s - all of whom are haunted by each other's memories and are connected through a shared location (Mow Cop in Cheshire) and through the discovery by teenagers Tom and Jen of an ancient and mystical axe-head. Exploring themes of mysticism and folklore that are common in Alan Garner's fantasy novels Red Shift is a classic Play for Today from the golden age of BBC drama.

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £7.30   |  Saving you £12.69 (173.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Intricately plotted and smartly paced, this gangster saga clicks as whodunit, social satire and explosive thriller. The piece is crowned by Bob Hoskins' career-making turn as a London mobster courting respectability and Helen Mirren's subtly detailed performance as his upper-crust mistress. Cockney wiseguy Harold Shand is a would-be burgher whose domination of the city's underworld stems from his shrewdness as a mediator and his skill at harnessing political and economic clout. As Easter approaches, he's poised to launch an aggressive real estate development scheme along the depressed Thames waterfront when all hell breaks loose: a trusted lieutenant is brutally murdered, Shand's mother is nearly killed in a car bombing, one of his pubs is blown apart and the visiting American don crucial to the pending deal is quickly growing wary.Barrie Keeffe's original screenplay keeps the viewer a step ahead of Shand, providing us with a telling but teasingly incomplete glimpse of the misstep by his underlings that has set chaos loose. At the same time, Keeffe underlines the bourgeois pretensions of the rough-hewn, barrel-chested Shand, how the elegant Victoria (Mirren) helps serve those ambitions and the myriad parallels between Shand's minions and the local politicians and police only too willing to join in his scheme. Tart, funny dialogue and alternately playful and pungent Eastertide imagery complete Keeffe's shrewd design--two key scenes, in a meat locker and a warehouse, invoke the Crucifixion itself. Even with lesser performances, the script and John Mackenzie's solid direction would make The Long Good Friday a keeper but Hoskins's explosive portrait of Shand and his descent toward brutal revenge elevates the film into the very front rank, earning admiring comparisons to TheGodfather, Scarface, GoodFellas and other classics of that genre. --Sam Sutherland

• Play for Today: Volume One (4-disc Blu-ray Boxset) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2020) from £40.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  50 years on from its first transmission, the BBC's Play for Today anthology series remains one of British television's most influential and celebrated achievements. Between 1970 and 1984, plays which combined some of the era's finest writing, acting and directing talents were broadcast direct to living rooms, regularly challenging viewers and pushing the boundaries of TV drama. Featuring plays by the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Julia Jones and Colin Welland and featuring a roster of eminent British actors, Play for Today: Volume One brings together seven iconic dramas on Bluray for the very first time, in a collection that exemplifies the breadth and brilliance of this groundbreaking series. The set includes five plays which have been restored from the original negatives held in the BBC archive. The Plays: The Lie (Written by Ingmar Bergman | Dir. Alan Bridges, 1970) Shakespeare or Bust (Written by Peter Terson | Dir. Brian Parker, 1973) Back of Beyond (Written by Julia Jones | Dir. Desmond Davis, 1974) Passage to England (Written by Leon Griffiths | Dir. John Mackenzie, 1975) Our Flesh and Blood (Written by Mike Stott | Dir. Pedr James, 1977) A Photograph (Written by John Bowen | Dir. John Glenister, 1977) Your Man from Six Counties (Written by Colin Welland | Dir. Barry Davis, 1976)

• Quicksand | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £6.25   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On the trail of a money laundering operation New York financier Martin Raikes flies to the south of France to investigate a film studio rumoured to be fronting the scam. But Raikes asks too many questions and soon finds himself drawn into a bloody turf war between the French underworld and the Russian Mafia. Lured to the studio's offices with the promise of inside information the American witnesses an assassination in the street below and with mounting horror realises the rendezvous is a set up and now he's wanted for murder. A lone fugitive from justice Raikes must stay one step ahead of the cops until he can prove his innocence. But when his daughter is kidnapped by the mob it's much more than just his freedom that's at stake...

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £12.93   |  Saving you £3.06 (23.67%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Long Good Friday is heralded as one of the best British gangster films of all time, starring Academy Award nominee Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) in his career-making role as London crime boss Harold Shand and Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) as his classy moll Victoria.Harold is enjoying the height of his power, and he is on the verge of a deal that which would make his current 'arrangements' small fry.But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long bloody day of terror, an Easter Good Friday, he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £6.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Harold a prosperous English gangster is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough and bloody mayhem ensues.

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-1.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.

• Just A Boy's Game | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Originally broadcast as part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' series in 1979 this gritty tale of life in depressed Greenock has since been hailed as a cult classic. Jake (Frankie Miller) lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather (Hector Nicol) who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day Jake's life o...f drifting drinking and fighting leads to a bleak realisation. The play also features appearances by Ken Hutchison and Gregor Fisher.

• The Fourth Protocol | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Frederick Forsyth wrote both the novel and screenplay of The Fourth Protocol, a story about a plot to stage an enormous nuclear accident in England, a catastrophe so large that its source can never be identified but will lead to assumptions that America is behind it. Michael Caine plays an ageing intelligence agent who picks up clues that the ingredients for such an apocalypse are being smuggled piece-by-piece into the UK--but he cannot seem to get his superiors to care. Caine is outstanding in a role that seems tailor-made for him and Pierce Brosnan is very good as the Russian agent working undercover in England to effect the planned tragedy. The film perfectly captures a spreading suspicion and resentment toward superpower adventurism, even though such sentiments are in fact being exploited by the bad guys. Caine, as always, suggests a man walking a narrow line through a gauntlet of moral compromises. --Tom Keogh

• Made | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people a local priest and a folk singer each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper, this much sought-after film is featured here in a brand-new restoration from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical Trailer Booklet by Professor Neil Sinyard Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• The Fourth Protocol | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £6.15   |  Saving you £6.84 (111.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Fourth Protocol is a film adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel about spycatcher John Preston who with time running out must succeed in tracking down a secret agent who is smuggling a small nuclear device into Britain piece by piece! Michael Caine plays John Preston the only member of British intelligence who can stop the countdown to terror in this excellent cold war thriller!

• Michael Caine Collection | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £44.50   |  Saving you £-19.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Box Set includes: Educating Rita (Dir. Lewis Gilbert) (1983): Rita a hairdresser with a sharp wit is married to Danny and at 26 doesn't want a baby. She wants to discover herself - so she joins the Open University. Dr Frank Bryant is a disillusioned university professor of literature. His marriage has failed his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whiskey. He refers to himself as an appalling teacher of appalling students. What Frank needs is a challenge - and along comes Rita. In this hilarious and often moving drama the story tells how two people find a new lease of life through each other. The Fourth Protocol (Dir. John Mackenzie) (1987): On July 1 1968 America Britain and Russia signed a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The powers then added four extra clauses. The most secret of them was and remains the final. One winter the Chairman of the KGB hatches a plan to breach this Fourth Protocol and destroy NATO. He sends an agent Major Petrofsky to assemble the operation. It is now up to MI6 agent John Preston who now must race against an unknown deadline to stop him and his devasting mission. The Eagle Has Landed (Dir. John Sturges) (1977): A Nazi Strike Force plots to assassinate Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk Village. Colonel Radl masterminds the plot which if successful would change the outcome of the war. He enlists the help of Colonel Steiner and Liam Devlin. Disguised as Polish airmen German paratroopers land in England. Radl's plan appear to be going smoothly until an unforeseeable incident exposed the Germans. But the kidnap continues and Steiner Luger in hand approaches the unmistakable figure of Churchill... The Ipcress File (Dir. Sidney J. Furie) (1965): The tense spy thriller by Len Deighton that turned Michael Caine into a superstar. Cynical and rebellious ex-army sergeant Harry Palmer has been blackmailed into working for Britain's security service. Hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist Palmer finds himself enmeshed in a sinister conspiracy involving horrifying brainwashing techniques murder and treachery that reaches up to the highest levels of the security service itself... Without A Clue (Dir. Thom Eberhardt) (1988): A madcap comedy which takes a fresh look at the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson escapades. Holmes is actually a figment of Dr. Watson's own success in crime detection a character who Watson uses when he writes in `The Strand' magazine. But when the printing plates for five pound notes are stolen Queen Victoria calls for the country's greatest detective.

• The Racing Game: The Complete Series | DVD | (23/04/2018) from £17.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set amid the drama of the turf, this acclaimed six-part series is based on the highly successful series of novels by bestselling writer (and 1956 Grand National veteran) Dick Francis. Starring Mike Gwilym and featuring appearances by Iain Cuthbertson, Susan Penhaligon and Gerald Flood, The Racing Game includes scripts from British drama stalwarts Trevor Preston, Leon Griffiths and Terence Feely. Sid Halley is a former champion jockey whose career ended when a racetrack fall left him with a shattered hand. Marital breakdown has compounded his gloom, but Sid is jolted out of self-pity when his father-in-law urges him to investigate a string of mysterious 'accidents' at a major racecourse one of which has killed Sid's friend. Drawing on his inside knowledge, Sid opens a private detective agency with reformed thug and judo expert Chico Barnes to dig deeper into a cut-throat world of blackmail, bet-fixing, falsified records and even murder. Every breeder's dream is to produce the winner of a classic race, but the duo uncover plots that threaten to turn the Sport of Kings into an auction for crooked punters...

• Made | Blu Ray | (22/08/2016) from £11.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people a local priest and a folk singer each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper, this much sought-after film is featured here in a brand-new High Definition restoration from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical Trailer Booklet by Professor Neil Sinyard Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• The Long Good Friday Steelbook | Blu Ray | (04/05/2015) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-11.75 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.24

  Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of London’s derelict Docklands area years before the Thatcher government he tries to broker a deal with his American counterpart (Eddie Constantine) that will make them both millions. But who is killing Harold’s other associates and blowing up his businesses - and why? Universally regarded as one of the greatest British gangster films ever made The Long Good Friday rocketed Hoskins to international stardom. He’s given sterling support from Helen Mirren (as his upper-crust mistress) Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Derek Thompson (Casualty) and there’s even an early appearance from future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. But it’s Hoskins’ film through and through his towering performance taking on a Shakespearean intensity as he’s forced to resort to the down-and-dirty methods that he thought he’d put behind him in order to find out who’s muscling in on his territory on what should be the best day of his life. He quickly finds out that this will be a very long Good Friday indeed… Special Edition Contents: Limited Edition SteelBook™ Packaging featuring original artwork. High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD presentation of a brand new restoration sourced from the original camera negatives and approved by cinematographer Phil Meheux. Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound. Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie. Bloody Business a documentary about the making of the film including interviews with John Mackenzie stars Bob Hoskins Helen Mirren Pierce Brosnan producer Barry Hanson and Phil Meheux. Brand new interviews with Barry Hanson writer Barrie Keeffe and Phil Meheux. Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and BFI curator Mark Duguid illustrated with original production stills. More to be announced!

• The Long Good Friday | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £29.93   |  Saving you £-22.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.

• Just Another Saturday | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Originally broadcast as part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' series in 1975 this controversial tale is set in Glasgow during the Orange Walk parade and features appearances by Eileen McCallum Ken Hutchison and Billy Connolly. John Morrison stars as John McNeil a young man who is gradually coming to terms with the violent and unpleasant truth behind the marching and symbolic pageantry.