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• Being There | DVD | (23/02/2009) from £5.00  |  Saving you £10.99 (68.70%)  |  RRP £15.99

  Peter Sellers stars as Chance a dapper mentally deficient gardener who has spent his entire life in the home of a rich recluse. He has learned of the outside world only through television and speaks in minimal easy-to-digest sound bites. When Chance steps out into the world for the first time though his idle sayings are interpreted as philosophical wisdom by a wealthy industrialist and soon after swallowed whole by the American public to the point where Chance becomes a media celebrity...

• La Strada | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £4.97  |  Saving you £15.02 (75.10%)  |  RRP £19.99

  The winner of the first ever Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film available on DVD for the first time! Giulietta Masina (the late Federico Fellini's wife) stars as Gelsomina who is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampano (Anthony Quinn) a vicious strongman. They join up with a travelling circus where Zampano encounters his old rival tightrope artist The Fool (Richard Basehart). The Fool befriends Gelsomina and presents her with an uplifting view of the world as oppo

• The Federico Fellini Fellini Collection | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £10.95  |  Saving you £24.04 (68.70%)  |  RRP £34.99

  Winner of four Academy Awards Federico Fellini has had an immense impact on contemporary film. A visionary a dreamer a passionate storyteller and one of the most revered directors in the history of cinema Federico Fellini managed to create the most original and unique films celebrating the ceaseless carnival of life. With his vivid visual style iconic surreal imagery sly humour and magical sense for the bizarre Fellini's groundbreaking work has influenced and inspired such celebrated directors as Woody Allen Terry Gilliam and David Lynch. Included in this collection is the enchanting comedy The White Sheik (1952) (Federico Fellini's debut as a solo director and his first collaboration with composer Nino Rota) his endearing compelling and unsentimental neo-realism master piece Nights Of Cabiria (1957) and La Strada (1954) the classic drama that introduced him to the world and established him as an important creative force.

• Moby Dick | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £3.99  |  Saving you £10.00 (66.70%)  |  RRP £14.99

  Consumed by an unquenchable rage Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) has but one purpose; revenge on Moby Dick the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him. The obsessed skipper of a whaling boat Ahab uses his command as an excuse to sail the seven seas in an unrelenting search of his prey. Battling a mutinous crew tropical heat and violent storms Ahab finally catches up to his quarry and begins a confrontation that culminates in an epic struggle of non-stop fury...and inevitable

• Kings Of The Sun | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £4.97  |  Saving you £8.02 (61.70%)  |  RRP £12.99

  After a terrible battle leaves young Balam (Chakiris) king of his Mayan tribe he leads his people out of Mexico to escape the rival clan still hunting them. But upon reaching their new home a hostile Native American tribe attacks and the Mayans manage to capture Black Eagle (Brynner) the Native American leader. While held prisoner Black Eagle manages to earn Balam's respect and the kings agree to peace. But when Balam's old rivals arrive looking for a fight the newly allied kings must take up arms and stand together in order to repel the invading force and save their people.

• Titanic | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £4.46  |  Saving you £8.52 (65.60%)  |  RRP £12.99

  Determined to remove her family from the superficial high society world in which her husband Richard (Clifton Webb) is engrossed Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the R.M.S. Titanic in England on its maiden voyage to America along with her two children. Learning of her plans however Richard purchases a steerage ticket aboard the ship in hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate ice and an overzealous ship captain step in the Sturges family faces an unimaginable

• The Island Of Dr Moreau | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £4.97  |  Saving you £8.02 (61.70%)  |  RRP £12.99

  When a man is shipwrecked he manages to make his way to the closest island. But when he explores he discovers the results of a scientist's experiment gone horribly wrong.

• Being There | Blu Ray | (23/02/2009) from £6.87  |  Saving you £13.12 (65.60%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Peter Sellers stars as Chance a dapper mentally deficient gardener who has spent his entire life in the home of a rich recluse. He has learned of the outside world only through television and speaks in minimal easy-to-digest sound bites. When Chance steps out into the world for the first time though his idle sayings are interpreted as philosophical wisdom by a wealthy industrialist and soon after swallowed whole by the American public to the point where Chance becomes a media celebrity...

• The House On Telegraph Hill | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £4.47  |  Saving you £8.52 (65.60%)  |  RRP £12.99

  This is the house forbidden to every woman with a conscience forbidden to every man with honor! A concentration camp survivor assumes the identity of a fellow inmate who hadn't made it out alive and emigrates to San Francisco claiming to be the mother of her dead colleague's son. She moves in with the boy's trustee to the mansion on Telegagraph Hill. The boy is heir to a vast fortune and there are some who will do anything to stop her getting close to the money.

• Fixed Bayonets | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £6.37  |  Saving you £6.62 (51.00%)  |  RRP £12.99

  As freezing snow blasts the mountain peaks of wartime Korea. A small platoon of army grunts are ordered to stay behind to protect a 15 000-man division as it moves out under heavy communist fire. One corporal whom the platoon has mistakenly come to believe is a hero is left with the responsibility of protecting the men. It's a mistake that is about to come back to haunt them.

• Il Bidone | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £4.99  |  Saving you £10.00 (50.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  In Fellini's sardonically humorous yet powerfully dramatic 'Il Bidone' three small-time crooks impersonate priests in Rome to con poor people out of their money. Academy Award-winner Broderick Crawford is extraordinary as the group's world-weary leader whose chance meeting with his daughter opens his eyes to his wrongdoing. Too late he suffers a crisis of conscience in this absorbing tale of hope desperation and finally redemption. One of Fellini's most realistic films 'Il Bido

• Il Bidone | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £1.89  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £9.99

  Some people don't give a damn about your daughter's welfare.... Broderick Crawford takes the role of Augusto in this finely sculpted drama about an ageing con man and his two young sidekicks Roberto and Picasso who swindle the local's out of their money. But Augusto's young accomplices have dreams dreams that are far removed from the lives they lead now. Augusto however still sees his future as a petty theif swindling enough to pay for his nightlife and a better lifestyle. Little could he know though that his own existance would take an unexpected twist as he accidentally bumps into his daughter someone he hasn't seen for some time and who he discovers is having a tough time trying to make ends meet to finish her studies. Surprisingly he finds his attitude changing as it becomes apparent that for the first time in his life his daughter needs his help and maybe he can do something for someone else! In the absence of his partners in crime he joins another group of swindlers but events turn sour and his new partners prove less than charitable toward Augusto when their money goes missing and in retribution leave him a broken and beaten man....

• Knight Rider | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £3.45  |  Saving you £6.54 (65.50%)  |  RRP £9.99

  1: Pilot (Feature length) Police Officer Michael Long is shot and left for dead. A metal plate in his head from a previous injury deflects the bullet. Dying millionaire Wilton Knight provides Michael with a new name a new face and a new car. In return Michael must help the Foundation for Law and Government bring criminals to justice - criminals who operate beyond the reach of the law. 2: Chariots of Gold Bonnie is accepted into an elite society for brilliant thinkers only to

• Mansion Of The Doomed | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £9.95  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £15.99

  An eccentric world-renowned eye surgeon Dr. Chaney has been experimenting with the possibility of transplanting eyes from one human to another. His work is now an obsession: he blames himself for the car accident that left his daughter blind and in a series of gruesome operations attempts to restore her sight. One night his daughter's fianc'' Dan visits and with the help of his assistant they drag him into unconsciousness remove both his eyes and transplant them to his daughter. Her sight is restored but only for a short time. Chaney will not give up and a series of futile operations on more unsuspecting people adds more demented blind prisoners in the dungeon below the mansion...

• Titanic/The Poseidon Adventure | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £8.99  |  Saving you £-0.00 (-0.00%)  |  RRP £8.99

  The Titanic (Dir. Jean Negulesco 1953): Determined to remove her family from the superficial high society world in which her husband Richard (Clifton Webb) is engrossed Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the R.M.S. Titanic in England on its maiden voyage to America along with her two children. Learning of her plans however Richard purchases a steerage ticket aboard the ship in hopes of reconciling with his family. But when fate ice and an overzealous ship captain step in the Sturges family faces an unimaginable challenge - the possibility of separation from one another forever. This classic based on the true-life history of the famed ocean liner remains one of the most poignant well-crafted films of all time. Winner of the 1953 Oscar for Best Screenplay. The Poseidon Adventure (Dir. Ronald Neame 1972): One of the most gripping escape films of all time follows ten survivors as they struggle to escape from an ocean liner capsized by a tidal wave. Suspenseful terror combined with the victims' intimate and personal stories results in compelling and heart-stopping drama. The distinguished talents of 15 Academy Award winners along with the incredible special effects make this film a true classic.