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• Down From The Mountain | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £14.54   |  Saving you £5.45 (37.48%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Down from the Mountain is a treasurable record of a unique event: a live concert from Nashville featuring the artists and songs from the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Anyone who was delighted by that enchanting film and its traditional Americana soundtrack will find this concert an irresistible delight. It's not just a rehashing of the songs from the film, however, but an opportunity for some of the finest names in Bluegrass to perform a variety of traditional songs. Here we have Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris playing separately before coming together for an a cappella rendition of "(Didn't Leave) Nobody but the Baby". Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley chills the spine with his lonesome "O Death", while bluesman Chris Thomas King wails "John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto'". There are other marvellous performances from old-timey stalwarts The Cox Family and The Whites, more Gospel-infused singing from the Fairfield Four, and impressively authentic fiddling from John Hartford. Oddly, the only song not to be heard is the original film's standout item, "Man of Constant Sorrow". The concert is also available on CD. On the DVD: The disc's packaging is misleading, as it only lists 12 songs when there are several more in the concert, all of which are listed and can be accessed from the menu. There's a good 25-minute backstage documentary also included, plus some liner notes from the Coens. --Mark Walker

• 3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Something To Sing About: Cagney is at his best as a Manhattan bandleader who journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs. A classic 1930's musical about Hollywood studio life that won an Oscar for best score. Basin Street Revue: Musical variety filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem New York City. This is a collection of exciting R&B performances from the early-mid 1950's including Cab Ca

• Swan Lake | DVD | (25/03/2003) from £25.81   |  Saving you £-0.82 (-3.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Natalia Makarova one of the most important interpreters of the classical ballet repertoire in the twentieth century has also had great success as a producer.Makarova's staging of Swan Lake is based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with additional choreography by the late Sir Frederick Ashton.Evelyn Hart and Peter Schaufuss are stunning as Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried in this studio recording. Leanne Benjamin is a treat a one of the 'pas de quatres'.Makarova's innovative interpretation presents the work as a story of perfect and eternal love.The stage design by Gunther Schneider-Siemssen does not use scenery to communicate changes of place and mood but back projections (blue laser to indicate water for example) which are extremely effective for creating a mysterious magical atmosphere.

• Something To Sing About | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Something to Sing About wittingly mirrors Cagney's frustrations with the Hollywood rat race and pokes fund at the studio system as a whole. Production methods acting styles pompous executives overzealous agents and the era's intense fandemonium all provide choice fodder for the film's writers. Cagney is as smooth as silk acting with a comfortable naturalism his usual high-voltage portrayals often lack. During the dance sequences he has a ball obviously relishing the opportunity to strut his terpsichorean stuff before the cameras. Watching him flawlessly perform complicated steps in a bouncy marionette style makes one rue the lack of more Cagney musicals.

• Cinema Legends - James Cagney | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Great Guy:Great Guy was the first Jimmy Cagney produced film from Grand National Pictures and brings to the screen the reality of widespread corruption in the 1930's during FDR's New Deals. The movie does a good job of shedding light on that intriguing era and uncovers various plots and schemes that go all the way up to the highest offices. Directed by John G. Blystone. Something To Sing About: Something To Sing About wittily mirrors Cagney's frustrations with the Hollywood rat race and pokes fun at the studio system as a whole. Production methods acting styles pompous executives overzealous agents and the era's intense fandemonium all provide choice fodder for the film's writers. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Blood On The Sun:Blood On The Sun is one of the most powerful films to try to explain exactly how the Japanese 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' came into mortal conflict with the United States. Based on historical fact this riveting brutal action-packed motion picture has a tremendous supporting cast typical of a Cagney Production never lets up on the great Jimmy Cagney-style action. Directed by Frank Lloyd.

• Something To Sing About | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

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