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• Megamind | Blu Ray | (23/05/2011) from £13.97   |  Saving you £13.01 (118.49%)   |  RRP £23.99

  From the studio that brought you Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda. The brilliant and diabolical super-villain Megamind has been attempting to conquer Earth for over 20 years but, each time, he's been thwarted by his arch nemesis, Metro Man.

• Dune Blu-ray (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Place Beyobd Your Dreams. A Movie Beyond Your Imagination. Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, Frank Herbert's bestselling sci-fi epic Dune finally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch, featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch's regular collaborators. The year is 10,191, and four planets are embroiled in a secret plot to wrest control of the Spice Melange, the most precious substance in the universe and found only on the planet Arrakis. A feud between two powerful dynasties, House Atreides and House Harkonnen, is manipulated from afar by ruling powers that conspire to keep their grip on the spice. As the two families clash on Arrakis, Duke Atreides' son Paul (Kyle MacLachlan, in his screen debut) finds himself at the centre of an intergalactic war and an ancient prophecy that could change the galaxy forever. Though its initial reception ensured that Lynch largely eschewed mainstream filmmaking for the rest of his career, Dune has since been rightly re-evaluated as one of the most startlingly original and visionary science fiction films of the 1980s. Its astonishing production design and visual effects can now be appreciated anew in this spellbinding 4K restoration, accompanied by hours of comprehensive bonus features. Special Features: Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative 60-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film by Andrew Nette, Christian McCrea and Charlie Brigden, an American Cinematographer interview with sound designer Alan Splet from 1984, excerpts from an interview with the director from Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch and a Dune Terminology glossary from the original release Large fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dániel Taylor Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dániel Taylor Disc 1 High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand new audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon Brand new audio commentary by Mike White of The Projection Booth podcast Impressions of Dune, a 2003 documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with star Kyle MacLachlan, producer Raffaella de Laurentiis, cinematographer Freddie Francis, editor Antony Gibbs and many others Designing Dune, a 2005 featurette looking back at the work of production designer Anthony Masters Dune FX, a 2005 featurette exploring the special effects in the film Dune Models & Miniatures, a 2005 featurette focusing on the model effects in the film Dune Costumes, a 2005 featurette looking at the elaborate costume designs seen in the film Thirteen deleted scenes from the film, with a 2005 introduction by Raffaella de Laurentiis Destination Dune, a 1983 featurette originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity events Theatrical trailers and TV spots Extensive image galleries, including hundreds of still photos Disc 2 BONUS DISC The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune, a brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the making of the film, featuring dozens of new and archive interviews with cast and crew Beyond Imagination: Merchandising Dune, a brand new featurette exploring the merchandise created to promote the film, featuring toy collector/producer Brian Sillman (The Toys That Made Us) Prophecy Fulfilled: Scoring Dune, a brand new featurette on the film's music score, featuring interviews with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro, and film music historian Tim Greiving Brand new interview with make-up effects artist Giannetto de Rossi, filmed in 2020 Archive interview with production coordinator Golda Offenheim, filmed in 2003 Archive interview with star Paul Smith, filmed in 2008 Archive interview with make-up effects artist Christopher Tucker *** EXTRAS STILL IN PRODUCTION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***

• Studio Classic: Classic War Movies | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Von Ryan's Express (1965): Colonel Joseph Ryan of the US Army Air Forces is shot down in Italy and taken to a prison camp populated by the Royal Army's 9th Fusiliers and run by sadistic commandant Battaglia. With the recent passing of their commanding colonel the 9th Fusiliers under Major Eric Fincham must now answer to the new senior officer of the prisoners Ryan. Also in the camp are several American prisoners who don't cotton to Major Fincham's stubborn passive resistance

• Inglourious Basterds Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (13/01/2025) from £25.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCEOne of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Meanwhile, a guerilla band of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are waging a bloody war of attrition behind enemy lines but Europe remains beneath Nazi bootheels. Believing themselves unstoppable, the leaders of the Third Reich assemble in Paris for the premiere of propaganda epic Nation's Pride. The location? Shosanna's cinema. With all the rotten eggs in one basket, The Basterds join forces with British Commando Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) and German film star/undercover allied agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to infiltrate the premiere. Their plan? Blow up the basket Brim-filled with shocking violence, thrilling action and excruciating suspense, Inglourious Basterds was a box office smash around the world garnering eight Academy Award™ (2009) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for his star-making turn as the chilling SS Col. Hans Landa. Witness the war as it might have been in this stunning new edition, packed with explosive extras! 2 DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS ¢ Limited edition ˜Operation Kino' packaging with new art by Dare Creative ¢ 60-page ˜Films & Filmmakers' collector's book with writing by film critics Dennis Cozzalio and Bill Ryan ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster¢ Replica Nation's Pride Premiere programme booklet ¢ La Louisianne beermat ¢ 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards ¢ Strudel recipe card ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative DISC 1 FEATURE¢ High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation ¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas DISC 2 EXTRAS¢ What Would Sally Do?, a new interview with editor Fred Raskin ¢ Blood Fiction, a new interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ¢ Doomstruck, a new interview with actor Omar Doom ¢ Making it Right, a new visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film ¢ Film History on Fire, a new visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora's Box ¢ Filmmaking in Occupied France, a new interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control ¢ Extended and alternate scenes ¢ Nation's Pride¢ The Making of Nation's Pride, an archival featurette¢ Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell¢ The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette¢ A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette¢ Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette¢ Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel, archival featurette ¢ Hi Sallys, archival featurette¢ Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette¢ Trailers

• Pet Sematary (30th Anniversary) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £8.86   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The terrifying tale by Stephen King is also a beloved adaptation of the best-selling author's work. Newly ing's terrifying novel remastered for its 30th Anniversary, Pet Sematary follows the tragic story of the Creed family. After their cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery. When the cat comes back, it's only the beginning of an unthinkable evil leading to hell and back. Sometimes, so it seems, dead is better. FEAR AND REMEMBRANCE A look back at this classic with the cast and crew of 2019's Pet Sematary. REVISITATION NEW INTERVIEW WITH MARY LAMBERT Director Mary Lambert shares memories of the movie. 3 NEW BEHIND-THE-SCENES IMAGE GALLERIES Including NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Storyboards Commentary by Director Mary Lambert Stephen King Territory The Characters ¢ Filming the Horror

• Color Of Night | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  New York psychologist Dr Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is stunned when an old friend and colleague is brutally stabbed to death. Capa believes the vicious murderer to be one of the members of a therapy group. While all around him falls apart he finds Rose (Jane March) and they embark on a reckless and passionate affair of erotic sexual discovery. But is there more to Rose than meets the eye? He will only know if he survives long enough to find out...

• Ocean's Twelve Steelbook | Blu Ray | (29/04/2024) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Danny Ocean and his pals return in a sequel to the cool caper that yielded a $160-million heist. But $160 million doesn't go very far. Not with everyone spending like sailors on leave. Not with Vegas big-shot Terry Benedict out to recover his dough. And not with a mysterious someone stalking Danny and crew. It's time to pull off another stunning plan or plans. With locales like Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, direction by Steven Soderbergh and the original cast plus Catherine Zeta-Jones, Twelve is your lucky number.4K:COMMENTARY BY DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH AND SCREENWRITER GEORGE NOLFIREADY, JET SET, GO: THE MAKING OF OCEAN'S TWELVEHBO FIRST LOOK: TWELVE IS THE NEW ELEVEN: THE MAKING OF OCEAN'S TWELVEOCEAN'S TWELVE: DELETED SCENESBD:COMMENTARY BY DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH AND SCREENWRITER GEORGE NOLFINEARLY 30 MINUTES OF ADDITIONAL SCENESHBO FIRST LOOK: TWELVE IS THE NEW ELEVENTHEATRICAL TRAILER

• Child's Play | Blu Ray | (01/10/2012) from £9.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (2.46%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The chills come thick and fast as voodoo and terror meet within an innocent-looking doll inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who isn't ready to die. From the director of Fright Night comes a clever, playful and stylish thriller with excellent special effects and heart-pounding suspense guaranteed to scare! After 6-year-old Andy Barclay's (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that Chucky, his new birthday doll, did it! Until things start going terribly wrong...dead wrong. And when an ensuing rampage of gruesome murders lead a detective (Chris Sarandon) back to the same toy, he discovers that the real terror has just begun...the deranged doll has plans to transfer his evil spirit into a living human being - young Andy!

• Thelma And Louise | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Thelma & Louise is a feminist manifesto writ large on the big screen, a smart and funny gender reversal of the standard Hollywood buddy formula, a road movie extraordinaire, with characters who became instant cultural icons. No matter how you define it, Ridley Scott's 1991 box-office hit pinched a nerve and made the cover of national news magazines for tweaking gender politics like no movie before or since. Callie Khouri's screenplay overhauls the buddy formula with its story about two best friends (Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) who embark on a liberating adventure that turns into an interstate police chase after a traumatic incident makes both women into fugitives; they are en route to a destiny they could never have imagined. The perfect casting of Sarandon and Davis makes Thelma & Louise a movie for the ages and Brad Pitt became an overnight star after his appearance as the con-artist cowboy who gives Davis a memorable (but costly) night in a roadside motel. --Jeff Shannon

• Little Heroes | DVD | (15/08/2001) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  In the tradition of 'Home Alone' when yong Charlie's parents go on a long trip he's protected from the house intrusion of 2 thugs by the hilarious antics of his pet dogs.

• True Romance Limited Edition BD | Blu Ray | (19/07/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  STEALING. CHEATING. KILLING. WHO SAYS ROMANCE IS DEAD? In 1993, action movie supremo Tony Scott teamed up with a hot new screenwriter named Quentin Tarantino to bring True Romance to the screen, one of the most beloved and widely-quoted films of the decade. Elvis-worshipping comic book store employee Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is minding his own business at a Sonny Chiba triple bill when Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) walks into his life and from then on, the two are inseparable. Within 24 hours, they're married and on the run after Clarence is forced to kill Alabama's possessive, psychopathic pimp. Driving a Cadillac across the country from Detroit to Hollywood, the newlyweds plan to sell off a suitcase full of stolen drugs to fund a new life for themselves... but little do they suspect that the cops and the Mafia are closing in on them. Will they escape and make their dream of a happy ending come true? Breathtaking action set pieces and unforgettably snappy dialogue combine with a murderers' row of sensational performances from a stunning ensemble cast in Scott and Tarantino's blood-soaked, bullet-riddled valentine, finally restored in dazzling 4K with hours of brilliant bonus features. Special Features: New 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the Director's Cut from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films Limited Edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck 60-page perfect-bound collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kim Morgan and Nicholas Clement, a 2008 Maxim oral history featuring interviews with cast and crew, and Edgar Wright's 2012 eulogy for Tony Scott Double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of both cuts Original uncompressed stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio commentary by director Tony Scott Audio commentary by writer Quentin Tarantino Audio commentary by stars Christian Slater & Patricia Arquette Audio commentary by critic Tim Lucas Select scene commentaries by stars Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport Brand new select scene commentary by star Saul Rubinek New interview with costume designer Susan Becker New interview with co-editor Michael Tronick New interview with co-composers Mark Mancina and John Van Tongeren New interview with Larry Taylor, author of Tony Scott: A Filmmaker on Fire New interview with Daniel Storm, co-founder of the annual True Romance Fest and owner of the original Cadillac Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Tony Scott Alternate ending with optional commentaries by Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino Electronic press kit featurettes, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Tony Scott, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper and Gary Oldman Trailers and TV spots Image galleries *** EXTRAS STILL IN PRODUCTION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***

• Babylon 4K UHD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/04/2023) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

• Ocean's Eleven / We Were Soldiers / Training Day | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Ocean's Eleven: Three casinos. Eleven guys. $150 million. No problem! Danny Ocean likes his chances. All he asks is that his handpicked squad of 10 grifters and cons play the game like they have nothing to lose. If all goes right the payoff will be a fat $150 million. Divided by 11. You do the math. Ocean's Eleven brings the filmmaking talent of Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh and enough starpower to light up the Las Vegas strip to this classy caper. We We

• Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £15.68   |  Saving you £5.31 (33.86%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Based on Alex Haley's bestseller, the 1977 TV mini-series Roots told the harrowing story of one man's ancestors, commencing with African warrior Kunta Kinte, captured, transported to America, stripped of his dignity, his rights, and even his name. He tries but fails to escape before accepting he can never return to Africa. He marries and bears a daughter, Kizzy, who is callously sold, then raped by her new "master". However, her son, Chicken George, a resourceful dab hand with gamecocks, lives long enough to see his own children attain a liberty of sorts following the Civil War. Roots is told in the same, accessible televisual language as The Waltons or Bonanza, yet it is never bland or evasive. It leaves no doubt as to the torment and abuse suffered by blacks, and although the series' conclusion is fictionally satisfying, for many of the black characters their only hope lies in generations yet unborn. It is sturdy enough drama but its greatest, most revolutionary effects were social. It persuaded American audiences to regard their history from a black perspective, and to see how--against odds far more desperate than those the pilgrims faced--Africans laid claim to their status as free African-Americans. Roots was massively popular, triggering a craze for genealogy and paving the way for series like 1979's Holocaust, which similarly raised the public's awareness of the slaughter of the Jews under Hitler. Most importantly, Roots changed forever the way black people were depicted on American TV. On the DVD: Roots is presented in 1:33:1 format and is visually extremely well-preserved. Extra features include a "Roots Family Tree", a copious, informative audio commentary featuring members of cast and crew, and a documentary, "Remembering Roots". Although this consists only of interviews, these convey the extraordinary emotional grip this project had on those who took part in it.--David Stubbs

• Everybody Loves Raymond - Series 1 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.24   |  Saving you £34.75 (556.89%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The popular HBO sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond' now comes to DVD! Stand up comedian Ray Romano stars as Ray Barone a successful sportswriter and devoted husband to Debra who must deal with his brother and his parents who happen to live across the street. Frank and Marie love to meddle with his life while older brother Robert sometimes resents his success. Nevertheless Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humour as he balances his family and work life.... E

• The Jacket | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £6.08   |  Saving you £12.91 (212.34%)   |  RRP £18.99

  A man goes on a journey into the future where he can foresee his death in this thriller.

• Inglourious Basterds Blu-ray | Unknown | (05/05/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE One of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Meanwhile, a guerilla band of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are waging a bloody war of attrition behind enemy lines but Europe remains beneath Nazi bootheels. Believing themselves unstoppable, the leaders of the Third Reich assemble in Paris for the premiere of propaganda epic Nation's Pride. The location? Shosanna's cinema. With all the rotten eggs in one basket, The Basterds join forces with British Commando Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) and German film star/undercover allied agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to infiltrate the premiere. Their plan? Blow up the basket Brim-filled with shocking violence, thrilling action and excruciating suspense, Inglourious Basterds was a box office smash around the world garnering eight Academy Award™ (2009) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for his star-making turn as the chilling SS Col. Hans Landa. Witness the war as it might have been in this stunning edition, packed with explosive extras! 2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS DISC 1 FEATURE ¢ High-Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation ¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas DISC 2 EXTRAS ¢ What Would Sally Do?, an interview with editor Fred Raskin ¢ Blood Fiction, an interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ¢ Doomstruck, an interview with actor Omar Doom ¢ Making it Right, a visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film ¢ Film History on Fire, a visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora's Box ¢ Filmmaking in Occupied France, an interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control ¢ Extended and alternate scenes ¢ Nation's Pride ¢ The Making of Nation's Pride, an archival featurette ¢ Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell ¢ The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette ¢ A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette ¢ Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette ¢ Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel, archival featurette ¢ Hi Sallys, archival featurette ¢ Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette ¢ Trailers ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative

• Mr And Mrs Smith | Blu Ray | (24/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star in this black comedy about married assassins from director Doug Liman.

• Troy - Premium Collection Steelbook (Blu-ray + UV Copy | Blu Ray | (12/11/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Brad Pitt picks up a sword and brings a muscular brooding presence to the role of Greek warrior Achilles in this spectacular retelling of The Iliad. Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger play the legendary lovers who plunge the world into war Eric Bana portrays the prince who dares to confront Achilles and Peter O'Toole rules Troy as King Priam. Director Wolfgang Petersen recreates a long-ago world of mighty warships clashing armies the massive fortress city and the towering trojan horse. 'If love is worth fighting for it has known no greater battle than this.' It's known no greater action-epic movie either.

• True Romance : Special Edition | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £10.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (27.41%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott, True Romance is hilarious, violent and strangely moving. It's part homage to Terence Malick's Badlands, part autobiography, part nerdy male fantasy--and it's Tarantino's first and, some say, finest work. Although it fared poorly at the box office at the time it soon became an established cult classic, with a supporting cast that beggars belief: Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Samuel L Jackson and Gary Oldman all play minor roles, all to devastating effect. Christian Slater stars as Clarence, the video-store clerk who's set up with Patricia Arquette's hooker Alabama on his birthday. They fall in love for real but have to hit the road when Clarence, egged on by the ghost of Elvis, kills Alabama's pimp Drexl (Oldman) and makes off with a consignment of neat cocaine, mistaking it for a suitcase of Alabama's clothes. Now both the police and the mafia are after them. Two among many great sequences stand out. The first is when cop Dennis Hopper, refusing to give up son Clarence to Christopher Walken's mafiosi, makes his famous "The Sicilians were spawned by niggers" speech. In context, it's actually not racist--it's a gesture of great courage and love from dad to son, while also calculated to mock the uptight racial sensibilities of the mafia. The second is when Alabama turns the tables on James Gandolfini's mafia henchman at the motel in a prolonged and brutal sequence which nonetheless emphasises the glowing, pink heart-shaped message at the centre of the film--that true love conquers all, albeit here in a hail of bullets that leaves practically everyone dead. On the DVD: True Romance is excellently reproduced on disc and there is an abundance of extras for this Special Edition. These include a number of mostly superfluous deleted and extended scenes, though the one in which Samuel L Jackson offers his views on the merits of "pussy-eating" is worth catching, as is the "alternate ending", which Tarantino had intended in his script. There is also access to the director's storyboards as well as commentaries from many of the cast, director Scott and from Tarantino himself, who, given his usual reluctance to provide such commentaries, is informative and chatty here. This is a superb package, although this "director's cut" is identical to the previous DVD edition. --David Stubbs