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• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Blu Ray | (04/09/2017) from £21.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  STANLEY KRAMER followed his Oscar-winning Judgment at Nuremberg with this sobering investigation of American greed. Ah, who are we kidding? It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, about a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly hare-brained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast, including MILTON BERLE, SID CAESAR, ETHEL MERMAN, MICKEY ROONEY, SPENCER TRACY, JONATHAN WINTERS, and a boatload of other playingto-the-rafters comedy legends. For sheer scale of silliness, Kramer's wildly uncharacteristic film is unlike any other, an exhilarating epic of tomfoolery. TWO BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: Restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version of the film, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New high-definition digital transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio material from the longer original road-show versionincluding some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time New audio commentary featuring It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo New documentary on the film's visual and sound effects, featuring rare behind-thescenes footage of the crew at work and interviews with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt Talk show from 1974 hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and members of the film's cast Interviews recorded for the 2000 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs, featuring comedians and actors discussing the influence of the film Two-part 1963 episode of the CBC television program Telescope that follows the film's press junket and premiere The Last 70mm Film Festival, a program from 2012 featuring cast and crew members from Mad World at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by Billy Crystal Selection of humourist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg's original TV and radio advertisements for the film, with a new introduction by Freberg Original and re-release trailers, and re-release radio spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and illustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis

• The Terminator Collection: Terminator 1 & 2 (Special Editions) | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £29.88   |  Saving you £-4.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Terminator 1 & 2 DVD box set contains the first two movies, both in their two-disc special edition versions. Please follow the links below to read our reviews of each: The Terminator two-disc set Terminator 2: Judgment Day Ultimate Edition two-disc set

• It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stanley Kramer's 1963 It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is a sprawling comedy about a search for buried treasure by at least a dozen people--all played by well-known entertainers of their day--is the kind of mass comedy that has recently come back to the for-front of Hollywood with the film Rat Race. After a number of strangers (including Milton Berle, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers and others) witness a dying stranger (Jimmy Durante) identify the location of hidden money, a conflict-ridden hunt begins, watched over carefully by a suspicious cop (Spencer Tracy). The ensuing two and a half hours of mayhem has its ups and downs--some sketches and performers are certainly funnier than others. But Kramer, who is better known for socially conscious, serious cinema (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?), is in a mood for broad comic characterization, and some of his jokes are so intentionally obvious (Durante literally kicks a bucket when he dies), they could have derived from the Airplane! reject bin. Watch for lots of cameo appearances, including Jerry Lewis. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Producers | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £8.63   |  Saving you £4.36 (50.52%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Low rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discover that with the help of a few gullible investors they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written (Springtime For Hitler) and an equally bizarre cast this double dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a smash hit they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg! Winner of an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Mel Brooks recently adapted his classic film as a Broadway musical and scooped a record-breaking 12 Tony awards.

• The Producers Special Edition | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £10.55   |  Saving you £9.44 (89.48%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Low rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discover that with the help of a few gullible investors they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written (Springtime For Hitler) and an equally bizarre cast this double dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a smash hit they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg! Winner of

• Evil Roy Slade | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £8.45   |  Saving you £4.54 (53.73%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone - save for his teddy bear - and mean. As an adult he is notorious for being the meanest villain in the West - so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney) a railroad tycoon who along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson) is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.

• Water | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  England wants the Island dumped.France wants it bombed America wants it wholesale And Michael Caine wants it.... on the rocks!

• Happily N'ever After | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fairy tale endings aren't what they used to be... Tired of the status quo Frida Cinderella's evil stepmother leads a war pitting the bad against the good! Cinderella (aka Ella) starts out as a damsel in distress but when her own fairy tale takes a radical left turn she is forced to form and eventually lead a resistance group without her Prince Charming. Set against a backdrop of fractured fairy tales spinning wildly out of control Ella must choose her own destiny in a world of happy endings gone wrong. The race for control of the kingdom is on and the power mad Frieda fuelled by a total disdain for goodness is set to change the age-old storyline to Happily N'Ever After!

• What Did You Do In The War Daddy? | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's World War II Italy and by-the-book Captain Lionel Cash (Shawn) is sent by his general (O'Connor) to take over a troop of misfit soldiers led by the wily and resourceful Lieutenant Christian (Coburn). Cash's orders? To capture a nearby village. He finds the Italian soldiers eager to surrender but first they insist that the Americans join them in a night of carousing at the local festival. By the time everyone comes to the entire German and American armies are certain a pitched battle is in progress. Who wins? Who loses? Who ends up in the village beauty's bed? War may be hell but it sure can be fun!

• Terminator | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Almost ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's ordeal began, and her son John, the future leader of the resistance, is now a healthy young boy.

• The Terminator | UMD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Terminator was the film that cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's place in the action-brawn firmament, and both his and the movie's subsequent iconic status are well deserved. He's chilling as the futuristic cyborg that kills without fear, without love, without mercy. James Cameron's story and direction are pared to the bone and are all the more chillingly effective for it. But don't overlook the contribution of Linda Hamilton, who more than holds her own as the Terminator's would-be victim, Sarah Connor, thus creating--along with Sigourney Weaver in Alien--a new generation of rugged, clear-thinking female action stars. The film's minimalist, malevolent violence is actually scarier than that of its far more expensive, more effects-laden sequel. --Anne Hurley

• The Producers | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £16.51   |  Saving you £8.48 (51.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A down on his luck producer and his accountant plan to get rich quick in this remake.

• Water | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Michael Caine stars as Baxter Thwaites the laid-back Governor of the sleepy British island colony of Cascara. But when American oil drillers accidentally strike a gusher of ultra-delicious mineral water the forgotten Caribbean outpost becomes a global hotbed of political and economic chaos. Will Thwaites his hot-blooded wife (Brenda Vaccaro) a singing rebel (Billy Connolly) a sexy activist (Valerie Perrine) a corporate weasel (Dennis Dugan) a Rasta DJ (Jimmie Walker) a Texas billionaire (Fred Gwynne) Cuban advisers arrogant Frenchmen or U.S. 'peacekeepers' seize control of this suddenly popular paradise or is true independence just something in the water?Leonard Rossiter Dick Shawn and Alfred Molina co-star in this hilarious all-star satire in the tradition of The Mouse That Roared featuring special appearances by George Harrison Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.