In this gently comic coming of age story, set in Florence over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, the illegitimate son of an Italian merchant is raised by a group of prim English ladies whose passion for Italian culture have made them permanent residents. With the rise of Mussolini and the outbreak of war, the ladies are interned as prisoners, and the boy risks his life to help them. It's a lushly photographed ensemble piece that instills in the viewer Zeffirelli's contagious passion for Italian art and affection for these brave ladies.
A complete guide to the basics of learning an instrument for all musical styles. Includes instruction on assembly and maintenance producing sound playing songs with a band and reading music.
An American housewife becomes an alien's object of desire. Now her husband must save her and the planet!...
The Butt Ugly Martians return in three explosive episodes in which they continue to fool the great Emporor Bog and his trenchman Dr Damage and remain on Earth. Their mission is to destroy the planet but their real intention is to save the world. Including Episodes: Koo Foo: While watching a news report on television the Butt Ugly Martians see what is believed to be a recently discovered pyramid in the Sahara - only they regognise it as a Koo Foo ship. The Koo Foo have long been considered extinct and were once the most feared aliens in the entire Universe bloodthirsty renegades who were responsible for the extinction of many races of aliens. What if one or more are still alive in the ship? Mike In Space: While sending a tribute from the 'invasion' to Emporor Bog the Butt Ugly Martians shrink the gifts so that they fit into the transporter. But they are unaware that they have shrunk Mike aswell and accidentally send him to the Bog Star. Whilst trying to rescue Mike the Butt Uglies become ensnared in a double-crossing scheme set up by Emporor Bog. Will Mike return to Planet Earth safely? Will the Butt Uglies be found in Emporor Bog? Will Stoat Muldoon discover the Butt Uglies? Bog In Charge: The kids get Muldoon to help rescue the Butt Uglies. Shocked at the alien invasion forces Muldoon vows to fight to the end to help protect the planet. The Butt-Uglies have a plan that should trick Bog into an attack that they think will result in the capture of the Martian Emperor but htey also need to deal with Muldoon. Can they get rid of Bog for good and escape Muldoon?
A romantic comedy drama Summer Rain follows three girls living together through their last summer in Brighton: Britain's sexy funky coastal capital. On her 21st birthday Michelle (Clea Smith) decides that it is time to ""grow up"" and dump her long-term boyfriend Gary (Paul Vaughan Evans) but he will do anything to win her back! Vicky (Lara Clancy) and Becky (Cath Sampson) try to help Michelle face the future only to question theirs - just how do you move on and ""grow up""? Winner of Best Film at the Director's View and Reel To Reel film festivals.
Charlie Chaplin Collection 1 contains: Kid Ayto Races In Venice: Charlie dressed as a tramp for the first time goes to a baby-cart race in Venice California. He causes a great deal of trouble and confusion both on off the track (getting in the way of the cameraman) and on (interfering with the race). He succeeds in irritating both the participants and the public. Cruel Cruel Love: A rich lord loves a girl. A maid who has seen the two accosts the lord in a park and embraces him. This is seen by the girl who calls off their relationship. The lord decides to commit suicide but the butler replaces the poison with water. The girl her love now restored rushes to what she thinks is the lord's deathbed. A Film Johnnie: Charlie goes to the movie and falls in love with a girl on the screen. He goes to Keystone Studios to find her. He disrupts the shooting of a film and a fire breaks out. Charlie is blamed gets squirted with a firehose and is shoved by the female star. A Night Out: After a visit to a pub Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife. The Rival Mashers (AKA Those Love Pangs): Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide is talked out of it by a policeman and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themselves for the girls and attack the unwitting Charlie. In an audience-wide fight Charlie is tossed from the screen.
The Burns And Allen Show: This disc contains two episodes from the first season 'The Wedding' and 'The Tax Assessor' they reflect the transition of Burns and Allen from burlesque through radio to television. Recorded in front of a live audience George Burns often interrupting a sketch to do a stand up routine smoking that eternal cigar. Added to this is the surreal humour and manic confusion created by his terminally naive partner Gracie Allen. Abbott And Costello Live:
When three men are put on trial for assault and rape a series of past shady dealings threaten to overwhelm the court case...
A cadre of seven top Kung Fu masters highly skilled styles as diverse as Monkey Fist and Wing Chun assemble to take on a Japanese karate master...
DVD 1Jammin' The Blues - Featuring Lester Young1. The Midnight Symphony2. On The Sunny Side of the Street3. Jammin' the BluesBe Bop's Nest - Featuring Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie4. Hot HouseJazz At The Philharmonic - Featuring Ella Fitzgerald Coleman Hawkins Charlie Parker5. Ballade6. Celebrity7. Ad Lib8. Pennies From Heaven9. Blues For GreasyThe Sound of Miles Davis (Complete Edition) - Featuring Miles Davis John Coltrane Gil Evans10. So What11. The Duke12. Blues for Pablo13. New RhumbaDVD 2The Sound of Jazz (Complete Edition) - Featuring Billie Holiday Count Basie The Thelonious Monk Jimmy Giuffre and many others1. Open All Night/Blues2. The Count Blues3. Wild Man Blues4. Rosetta5. Dickie's Dream6. Blue Monk7. I Left My Baby8. Fine And Mellow9. The Train and the River10. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To MeJazz From Studio 61 - Featuring Ahmad Jamal Ben Webster11. Darn That Dream12. Ahmad's Blues13. Chelsea Bridge14. Duke's Place
A "two-plus-one" package from Siren, Comedy Greats features classics from the two greatest silent-screen comics, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, plus a rather dreary effort from Danny Kaye. Never the most scintillating of comedians, Kaye's personable talents are thinly spread in 1949's The Inspector General. Distantly(!) based on a short story by Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol, this tale of mistaken identity enables Kaye to indulge in obvious wisecracks and not-so-smart dialogue. Sylvia Fine's songs are mildly amusing, and Henry Koster draws capable support from Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, but it's a long haul. When he made Tilli's Punctured Romance in 1914, Charles Chaplin had yet to perfect the "little man" routine which made him the most popular 1920s screen star. His loveable rogue is well displayed opposite Marie Dressler's formidable country maid, whose unexpected windfall becomes the real object of his desire. Mabel Normand contributes an attractively period chic, and if, in the hands of Mack Sennett, the humour tends to fall back on music-hall slapstick, the historical significance of the film is undoubted. Yet it's Buster Keaton's 1928 classic Steamboat Bill Jr which comes out on top here. Keaton is perfectly cast as the put upon student, whose bravery saves both his father and his steamboat-owning rival, and wins the hand of the latter's daughter. Solid support comes from Ernest Torrence and the winsome Marion Byron, with Charles Riesner getting maximum drama from the cyclone sequence, but it's Keaton's soulful expression and breathtaking stuntwork which are the most potent reminders of a talent only later to receive its due. On the DVD: Comedy Greats is acceptably remastered, with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 12 chapter headings per film, and decently packaged, this is worth acquiring--even though Keaton's film is the only one you're likely return to often. --Richard Whitehouse
Featuring The Keystone Comedies Laurel & Hardy WC Fields The Three Stooges Fatty Arbuckle Charlie Chaplin Buster Keaton and Abbott & Costello this 8 DVD set contains some of the greatest names in comedy of the 20th century. Many of the films both full length and short are among the funniest moments in cinematic history - this was truly a golden age for comedy. Disc 1 Keystone Comedies Disc 2 Laurel & Hardy - Flying Dueces Disc 3 WC Fields Disc 4 Three Stooges Disc 5 Fatty Arbuckle Disc 6 Charlie Chaplin - The Kid Disc 7 Buster Keaton Disc 8 Abbot & Costello
Six classic shorts:- 'Kid Auto Races In Venice (1914)' 'The Rival Mashers (1914)' 'A Night Out (1915)' 'Cruel Cruel Love (1914)' 'A Film Johnny (1914)' and 'Triple Trouble (1918).
The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of our time having sold in excess of 200 million records worldwide. This fascinating programme tells the story of the early days of the band and how they became The Rolling Stones we know today. Jagger and Richard were childhood friends becoming reacquainted in 1960 at Dartford Railway Station due to their love of music. Later meeting Brian Jones who in 1962 went on to form The Rolling Stones. The story of the early Stones is very much a tale of how Brian Jones forged the band with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and became a key catalyst in the creation of their early sound. But whether it was the pressures of early fame or through his addiction to drugs his role in the band became untenable. Even though he is credited as originally forming the band he was eventually over shadowed by Jagger and Richard and his role gradually diminished until in June 1969 he was asked to leave. Less than a month later and under questionable circumstances he was found dead in his own swimming pool believed to have taken his own life. Using performance footage and rare interviews footage with Brian Jones Mick Jagger Charlie Watts Keith Richards and Bill Wyman as well as The Stones Manager (1962/67) Tony Calder and Brain Jones' former partner Pat Andrews this in depth programme provides a fascinating insight into the original formation of this incredible super group during their first decade. The programme concludes at the staged event in Hype Park 5th July 1969 which became recognised as a memorial concert to Brian Jones. This DVD is a must for all music and Rolling Stones fans.
Before heading out to the Bronx Jackie Chan left his mark on the gang infested streets of Hong Kong. In this rare classic Jackie is actually a villain who will stop at nothing to protect his boss the kingpin of Hong Kong. The action mounts as a hard boiled policewoman sets her sights on destroying the syndicate - and only our man Chan stands in her way. Stunts and action a plenty in this rare look at Jackie Chan on the other side of the badge.
This terrifying box set features three teen-fronted scary movies... The Wisher: 'The Wisher' is a number one box office hit but it is far too scary for Mary and she leaves the cinema before the end. But soon the fictional story becomes an evil reality as Mary finds a mysterious creature is stalking her. The creature looks and acts just like in the film and Mary believes it is granting her a wish in a twisted way but now she must work out what it wants from her before it is too late... Devil's Prey: It's the middle of the night and a group of teenagers are driving home from a party when they accidentally run into a young woman. Little do they know that this is the least of their worries as she is on the run from a posse of dangerous cult members who are out to catch her for a sacrifice. The Shadows as the cult members are known now have five more targets in their sights as the teens find themselves running for their lives to the nearest outpost of civilization. The Pool: School's out exams are over and it's time for real life to begin. But before 13 friends from the International High School in Prague disappear to the four corners of the earth they intend to throw the best party of their lives. The idea to stage the party in Prague's biggest swimming pool is illegal but cool. And when Gregor the laid back leader of the group thinks an idea is good then no one else from the group objects. But what begins as a night of all nights quickly turns into a life and death struggle as the friends come to realise that death itself is on the guest list. A mysterious masked killer starts a hunt throughout the building. As the kids panic it beings to dawn on them that the killer must be one of their own...
A selection of short films created by some of the most talented filmmakers from across the UK.
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