"Director: Volker Schlondorff"

• The Handmaid's Tale | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dystopian drama adapted by Harold Pinter, from Margaret Atwood's novel, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall. Atwood's timeless novel became an instant bestseller and continues to attract attention. It's about a new social order brought about by declining birth rates. The few remaining fertile women are kept as slaves to carry children for the new regime's leadership and elite. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the Commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena his jealous, vindictive wife. Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall star.

• The Handmaid s Tale | Blu Ray | (19/02/2018) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dystopian drama adapted by Harold Pinter, from Margaret Atwood's novel, starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall. Atwood's timeless novel became an instant bestseller and continues to attract attention. It's about a new social order brought about by declining birth rates. The few remaining fertile women are kept as slaves to carry children for the new regime's leadership and elite. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the Commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena his jealous, vindictive wife. Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall star.

• Death Of A Salesman | DVD | (10/08/2009) from £12.60   |  Saving you £-6.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The outstanding adaptation of Arthur Miller's stage masterpiece about Willie Loman (Dustin Hoffman) the emotionally broken-down salesman coming to terms with his life and his family after being fired from his life-long job. This drama remains one of the most poignant and powerful stories in modern theatre...

• Tin Drum (1979) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (18/01/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is a visionary adaptation from VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF (Young Törless) of Nobel laureate Günter Grass's acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete version, approved by director Volker Schlöndorff Newly remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, approved by Schlöndorff and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio New interview with Schlöndorff about the making of The Tin Drum and the creation of the 2010 restored, complete version New interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan German audio recording from 1987 of author Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum with musical accompaniment, illustrated with the corresponding scene from the film Television interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and co-writer Jean-Claude Carrière reflecting on their experiences making the film Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson and 1978 statements by Grass about the adaptation of his novel

• The Handmaid's Tale | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the not-so-distant future strong-willed and beautiful Kate (Richardson) possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control... fertility. Forced into a brain-washing bootcamp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader (Duvall). But when she learns that he's sterile she's faced with the impossible choice: produce him an heir or die!