The ups and downs of Flo Ziegfeld who produced ever more bigger and spectacular shows and revues throughout his life...
Rodgers and Hammerstein's charming and vigorous tale of romance and adventure set in the Wild West. Songs include 'People Will Say We're In Love' 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning' and the title song 'Oklahoma!'
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2006 Carousel tells the story of Billy Bigelow a smooth-talking carnival barker who falls in love with a mill-worker on the colourful coast of Maine. But right before the birth of his daughter Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven years later he returns to earth for one day to attend his daughter's high school graduation and teach her one very important lesson... Featuring classics like 'If I Loved You' and the insp
Based on Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer's play of the same name Yentl was directed, co-produced, co-written and stars the legendary Barbra Streisand as Yentl Mendal, a girl living in an Ashkenazi shtetl in Poland in 1904. Her father, Rebbe Mendel (Nehemiah Persoff), secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the customs of her community. After the death of her father, Yentl decides to cut her hair short, dress like a man, take her late brother's name, Anshel, and enter a Jewish religious school where she befriends fellow student, Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), and meets his fiancée, Hadass (Amy Irving). Romantic complications soon arise though. Features a score and songs composed by the late great Michel Legrand, who won an Oscar® for his work on the film, whilst Barbra Streisand became the first female winner for Best Director at the Golden Globes. Special features Presented in High Definition Includes both the original theatrical version and the director's extended version Audio commentary by Barbra Streisand and co-producer Rusty Lemorande Introduction by Barbra Streisand (3 mins) Deleted scenes with introduction by Barbra Streisand (17 mins) The Director's Reel (7 mins): featurette showing Barbra Streisand's approach as an actor and director The Rehearsal Process (2 mins): Barbra Streisand explains her rehearsal process, includes original footage Where Is It Written? (6 mins): rehearsal footage to the song from Barbra Streisand's personal archive; No Wonder Reprise (4 mins): pre-rehearsal/feature comparison footage Tomorrow Night (5 mins): pre-rehearsal concept (featuring Yentl lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman) Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way? (3 mins): rehearsal/feature comparison montage The Moon and I (4 mins): Storyboard montage for a deleted song Several Sins A Day (4 mins): original VHS storyboard montage for a deleted song 8mm concept film with narration by Barbra Streisand (9 mins) My Wonderful Cast and Crew (7 mins): a montage of footage featuring the cast and crew at work Trailers **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with writing on the film and full film credits Other extras TBC
Dancing On Ice Live Tour 2008
When Mae West went to Hollywood in the early 1930s, she was already a major star. Having sensationalised Broadway, it was time for the movies to receive the same. Her fame allowed her control, picking her co-stars (including a young Cary Grant), receiving screenwriter credits, and baiting censors and audiences alike as the pre-Code era gave way to a more sanitised period in American filmmaking. This six-disc collection brings together all ten of West's classic Hollywood features, from her supporting turn in 1932's Night After Night to 1943's musical extravaganza, The Heat's On. Special Features 4K restoration of I'm No Angel 2021 restorations of Belle of the Nineties, Go West Young Man and Every Day's a Holiday from 4K scans 2018 restorations of Goin' to Town and My Little Chickadee from 4K scans 2017 restoration of She Done Him Wrong from a 4K scan High Definition remasters of Night After Night, Klondike Annie and The Heat's On Original mono soundtracks Audio commentary on She Done Him Wrong by critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson (2021) Audio commentary on I'm No Angel by critic and writer Farran Smith Nehme (2021) Audio commentary on Klondike Annie by academic and curator Eloise Ross (2021) Audio commentary on Go West Young Man by writer and film historian Nora Fiore (2021) Mae West at UCLA (1971): archival audio recording of the great performer in conversation at the University of California, Los Angeles Introduction to My Little Chickadee by Harriet Fields, granddaughter of W C Fields (2021) Lucy Bolton on Mae West (2021): the writer and academic discusses the irrepressible stardom of West Christina Newland on Mae West (2021): the writer and critic looks at West's glamour and attitudes to sex Two Super 8 versions of I'm No Angel: a pair of original cut-down home-cinema presentations, each consisting of unique scenes Super 8 version of The Heat's On Original theatrical trailers New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Iris Veysey, archival articles, a critical archive, and film credits World and UK premieres on Blu-ray Limited edition of 6,000 numbered units MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED! All extras subject to change
Get ready for big fun - experience the smash hit, West End stage show Heathers: the Musical, filmed live at its original London home, The Other Palace! Based on the 1989 cult classic film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, this rebellious, award-winning production follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer, whose dreams of popularity finally start to come true when she's taken under the wings of the three beautiful, yet impossibly cruel Heathers. But when mysterious new kid, teen rebel J.D arrives in town, Veronica realises that whilst it might kill to be a nobody, it's murder being a somebody... Wickedly funny, with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated, Legally Blonde composer, Laurence O'Keefe, and Emmy-winning Reefer Madness author Kevin Murphy, Heathers: the Musical is directed by acclaimed screen and stage director Andy Fickman, with electrifying choreography by Thriller Live's Gary Lloyd. Product Features Sing-Along Version (BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE) Behind the Scenes at The Other Palace Cast & Crew Extended Interviews
A musical remake of the classic 1937 film of the same name, A Star is Born was designed as Judy Garland's comeback vehicle after she had been cruelly axed by MGM studios for professional unreliability. Her erratic moods caused serious production delays this time around, too, but the behind-the-scenes turmoil was certainly worth it--Garland gives just about the greatest one-woman show in movie history. The story is the stuff of pure Hollywood legend. Aspiring actress-singer Esther Blodgett meets fading matinee idol Norman Maine (James Mason), who navigates her to stardom under the more melodious handle of Vickie Lester. As she rises meteorically, he declines into alcoholic self-pity--and the result, if you haven't guessed, is plenty of heartbreak. Mason lends subtle support in a role Cary Grant refused as too downbeat for his image, but Garland grabs centre stage with an all-out emotional performance that rivets the attention. Director George Cukor was famous for coaxing the very best out of screen divas, and A Star is Born must be counted as his crowning achievement. The lush visual style that he contributes provides a suitable setting for Garland's deep, rich voice--throbbing with melancholy in the Harold Arlen-Ira Gershwin ballad "The Man That Got Away", then capering joyfully in the gargantuan musical number "Born in a Trunk". Moss Hart's script takes many cynical swipes at the pretensions of Tinsel Town--perhaps too many for the taste of studio boss Jack Warner, who ordered drastic cuts in the film after its premiere. --Peter Matthews
Originally conceived as an hour-long video based on the Pet Shop Boys 1987 album, Actually, It Couldn't Happen Here turned into a full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond (The Blueblack Hussar). The first feature-length film starring the Pet Shop Boys alongside Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor finds Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on an extraordinary adventure from the coast to London, encountering a curious array of eccentric characters along the way. Pop surrealism meets classic road movie, the film is peppered with hits from the duo's first studio albums, including 'West End Girls', 'It's a Sin', and 'Always On My Mind'. Never less than fascinating, It Couldn't Happen Here is a truly unique film and one that has sadly been unavailable. Newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan. Special features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Comprehensive feature commentary by Jack Bond, James Dillon and Simon Archer (2020) West End Boy: Jack Bond (2020, 27 mins): the director discusses his eclectic career as a filmmaker and his enterprising approach to the making of It Couldn't Happen Here It Can Happen Here: Arlene Phillips (2020, 26 mins): the renowned choreographer reflects upon a life in dance and the trials and tribulations of working on It Couldn't Happen Here Always on My Mind (1987, 5 mins): the full-length promotional video for Pet Shop Boys' acclaimed 'Christmas Number One' hit, featuring Joss Ackland and footage from the film Actually: an unfilmed early version of the script for the film, included here in its entirety for the first time anywhere As it Happened: Image galleries including the complete final version of the script, the director's shot lists, Pet Shop Boys reference lyric sheets and promotional materials for It Couldn't Happen Here Original theatrical trailer (digitally reconstructed for this release)
In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Top Hat) are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens (Woman of the Year) laces their romance with humour and clears the floor for the movie's showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed by beloved songs by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern including the Oscarwinning classic The Way You Look Tonight Swing Time is an exuberant celebration of its stars' chemistry, grace and sheer joy in the act of performance. Features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films Archival interviews with performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan New interview with George Stevens Jr. In Full Swing, a new programme on the film's choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer New interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the Bojangles of Harlem number PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
From Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect), Cinderella is a musically driven bold new take on the classic fairytale. Our ambitious heroine (Camila Cabello) has big dreams and with the help of her Fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true. Cinderella has and all-star cast including Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, James Corden, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter and Pierce Brosnan.
Winner of Grammy® and Academy Awards®* for its pulsating song score, Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as The Kid, a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented. The Kid struggles with a tumultuous home life and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sexy Apollonia Kotero. Prince and the Revolution scorch with Let's Go Crazy, I Would Die 4U, When Doves Cry and the title song in what Rolling Stone calls the smartest, most spiritually ambitious rock-'n'-roll movie ever made. On-disc Special Features:4K:Commentary by Albert Magnoli, Robert Cavallo and Donald E. ThorinFeaturette: First Avenue: The Road to Pop RoyaltyMusic Videos: Let's Go Crazy, Take Me with U, When Doves Cry, I Would Die 4 U / Baby I'm a Star, Purple Rain, Jungle Love, The Bird, Sex Shooter BD:Purple Rain Backstage Pass: Behind the ScenesRiffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple RainMTV Premiere Party Original BroadcastPrince Movies Trailer Gallery
For the first time ever remastered in 4K Ultra HD! Own The Wizard of Oz film alongside the CD soundtrack in this truly unique 80th Anniversary boxset. Showcased in a stunning pop-up design, this collection contains 4 discs (4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray feature, Blu-ray special features, and CD soundtrack), a set of premium art cards, a reproduction of the original film poster, and the marvellous map of Oz. One of the best-loved movies of all time. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young Kansas farm girl who is whisked away by a twister to the land of Oz. Accompanied by a brainless Scarecrow, a heartless Tin Man and a cowardly Lion. Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, follow the Yellow Brick Road seeking the Wizard of Oz. In order that he may grant her wish to return home.
Unmasking the Phantasm is just one of the twists in Batman: Mask of Phan tasm, one of the most imaginative films of the past year (Chuck Rich, Westwood One). Only here will you discover all-new revelations about Bat man's past, his archrival the Joker and the most grueling battle of Batm an's life - the choice between his love of a beautiful woman and his vow to be the defender of right. Batman: Mask of Phantasm is a mystery that is genuinely absorbing, susp enseful and moving (Cincinnati Enquirer) and a film no fan should be without!
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