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• The Truman Show | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £6.23   |  Saving you £15.02 (302.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his best friend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol (screenwriter for Gattaca) imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris, but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. -- Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• The Truman Show | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  He's the star of the show but he doesn't know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a non-stop TV show. Truman doesn't realise that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator (Ed Harris) that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually Truman ge

• The Deal | DVD | (26/12/2008) from £4.64   |  Saving you £1.35 (29.09%)   |  RRP £5.99

  At a time when the US is seized by the worst oil shortage in history Wall Street big shot Tom Hansen (Christian Slater) is asked to oversee a big oil merger. Tom jumps at the chance to kickstart his faltering career while at the same time embarking on a sexually-charged love affair with idealistic business school graduate Abbey Gallagher (Selma Blair). Steadily Tom begins to uncover a global conspiracy of illegal oil trafficking governmental cover-ups and murder. Tom and Abbey's lives are in danger when they become embroiled in the web of conspiracy with the Russian Mafia. With the clock ticking Tom has to put his career his reputation and his life in jeopardy to protect Abbey and expose the truth about the deal.

• The Deal | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £10.92   |  Saving you £2.07 (18.96%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mired in a war in the Middle East the US is seized by the worst oil shortage in history. Gas prices skyrocket further weakening an already faltering economy. Wall Street is hobbled by corruption. The nation is on edge. Against this chaos Wall Street big shot Tom Hansen is shocked to learn of the death of his best friend Richard Kester a top executive for one of the nation's leading oil companies - Condor. But when he's approached by Richard's boss Jared Tolsen to advise on a big oil merger his friend was working on he jumps at the chance to kickstart his faltering career. At the same time idealistic business school graduate Abbey Gallagher is convinced by Tom to join his prestigious investment bank to work on a deal that promotes alternative energy use. Tom finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Abbey's energy and enthusiasm qualities long since lost in him. Sexual tension builds and they embark on a risky love affair. Tom starts researching the Condor deal. The merger target is Black Star a Russian oil company. Tom soon discovers that things are not as they should be. Black Star's oil regions are dry yet they still manage to deliver scarce oil to the US. Digging deeper Tom begins to uncover a global conspiracy of illegal oil trafficking governmental cover-ups and murder. Tom receives threats. He's forced to distance himself from Abbey to protect her. Believing he may be involved in something illegal Abbey begins her own investigation leading to her kidnap by the Russian mafia when she too learns too much. With the clock ticking Tom has to put his career his reputation and even his life in jeopardy to protect Abbey and expose the truth about the deal.