A one-act production performed at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Maria Ewing in the lead role ably supported by Michael Devlin and Kenneth Riegel. The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House is conducted by Edward Downes. Directed by Derek Bailey. English subtitles.
Before The Twilight Zone there was One Step Beyond. Here are twenty eerie episodes on five devilish DVDs showcasing the very best of this landmark look at the paranormal; featuring such up and coming stars as Charles Bronson Robert Blake and Suzanne Pleshette. Classic cult TV and a must for all sci-fi fans.
Father Dominic (Derek Nimmo) has left Mountacres Priory and is now working as curate to Father Harris (Laurence Naismith). As in Oh Brother - the series predecessor - Father Dominic is a well intended individual unfortunately he's as disaster prone as ever and he continually causes problems for those who exist around him.
A 1980 Royal Opera House production of Donizetti's opera. Conducted by Richard Bonynge and directed by John Copley.
The 'Young And Dangerous' trilogy is a land mark in Hong Kong cinema and is acknowledged as single-handedly revitalising the 'gangster' genre in the late nineties controversially glamorising the triad lifestyle. This new-wave energy created by acclaimed director Andrew Lau is a unique blend of pop-promo imagery and tough urban street violence sustained by a collection of stunning performances from a star studded cast. Finally the 'Young And Dangerous' trilogy is now available in the ultimate collection... together as they were always meant to be. Young And Dangerous: Welcome to the jungle... Rising through the ranks with the stealth of cruise missiles Chan Ho Nam and schoolyard buddies Chicken Chiu Fao Pan and Yee become formidable players within the notorious Hong Kong Society Triad. Under the fatherly guidance of Uncle B and the watchful eye of society head Chiang Chan and his entourage of Wise Guys flourish. But a failed assassination attempt in Macau leaves Chan alienated Chicken a fugitive on the run in Taiwan and former rival Ugly Kwan the prime candidate to take over the leadership. But defeat is one thing these Wise Guys won't take lying down! A deadly counter-plan hatched Chan steers headlong into a deadly face-off with his nemesis of the past ten years the vicious and brutal Kwan. Young And Dangerous 2: Returning in the second kinetic outing in the series Chan Ho Nam has become a branch leader within the Hung Hing Society celebrating by launching his first club with childhood sweetheart Smartie into the ambivalent festives of a flourishing triad society Taiwanese figure-head Liu King arrives to form an uneasy alliance with the Hung Hing Society. And in tow comes with him his Japanese mistress Ting Siu Yiu with whom Chicken has become entangled with whilst on the run in Taiwan. A power struggle erupts that threatens to rip the fabric of the Hung Hing Society Asunder and if played properly leave Chan and his followers eliminated. With the comic-strip paneling and Day-Glo art direction of the first film director Andrew Lau crafts in this sequel an altogether faster paced and punchier serving of action cinema. Again starring the dynamic Ekin Cheng and this time out toplining a scene-stealing performance by the insanely talented Jordan Chan as Chicken Chiu Young and Dangerous 2 is more than anyone could wish for in a sequel. Featuring a catchy rock score with songs by both Cheng and Chan and an over the top cameo by Bunman himself award winning actor Anthony Wong as Chan's Triad rival the sleazy Tai Fai. Young And Dangerous 3: Things begin to settle down a bit for the Triad Boys as life returns to 'normal' after the clash with the Taiwanese gang. Ho Nam tries to nurse the injured Smartie back to health and Chicken finds a new love interest in the form of the priest's trash-talking daughter (Karen Mok). The peace is shattered when yet again another rival steps up to try to take Ho Nam down setting Nam up for the murder of the president of Hung Hing during a trip to Amsterdam. Once again Ho Nam must fight to protect his name and his brothers...
Adventure / romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl on an exotic Thai island.... 'Butterfly Man' is an endearing island term for someone who 'goes from lady to lady to lady'. So when Adam meets and falls in love with Em 'the girl of his dreams' and then screws up he has to confront who he is and what he really wants from her. Beyond the sun sea and sand charismatic characters and fascinating cultural d
Featuring 'Free Fighting' a mix of Thai Boxing and Ultimate Fighting Scorpion has already been dubbed 'The French Fight Club.' From the stunt team that worked on The Transporter and
In early 20th century Tsarist Russia Rasputin (Christopher Lee) a wild-eyed peasant monk mysteriously demonstrates his healing powers by saving a woman's life and asking only for wine and Bacchanalian celebration in return. Soon Rasputin uses his evil charm to become increasingly manipulative and violent. Ferocious devious sensuous and other-worldly this uncouth peasant ingratiates himself into the lives of the sophisticated royal class...
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa needs guns. First he'll need the money to buy them. After persuading a group of money lenders to loan him $30 000 using their lives as collateral he sends his right hand man Scotty across the border into America to buy them. Scotty is doublecrossed and Villa gathers his rag tag army to take revenge. His army ends up victorious in the American town of Columbus. However he now must face the wrath of the United States Army...
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell play a brother and sister dance team who go to London during the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip and find their own romances. Notable for inspiring songs and Astaires incredible dancing on the ceiling and walls. A must for dancers of all ages and to see once again the greatest dancer of all time.
Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter) The Prisoner of Shark Island is a fast-moving and gripping drama - rarely seen and remarkably timeless - following Mudd through a calamitous series of brutal encounters. Regarded as a personal favourite by the director it was also the film with which he was said to be the most happy with. Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath Tobacco Road) The Pris
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The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo is the live-action follow-up to Disney's 1994 Jungle Book feature. Here we follow young wolf-raised Mowgli as he leads a gang of greedy grown-ups on a wild goose chase through the jungles of India, circa 1890. In the course of this breathless caper, eyes of all ages will be loath to wander from the screen as it shifts from one colour-drenched, wildlife-rife scene to the next. The animals, more than the wilderness, are what give this film its Eden-like quality--Mowgli protectors Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, as well as wolves, tigers, a pack of prowling monkeys and even exotic snakes of the deadly variety all mix and mingle to gorgeous effect. Bill Campbell is fully believable as an Indiana Jones-like circus scout, and Roddy McDowall is at his eccentric best as a cave-dwelling monkey commander. --Tammy La Gorce, Amazon.com
Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis is out of prison, he gets his chance. But Asher's target also happens to be his father.
In 1972 an offer was made that the world could not refuse... The Corleone crime family has touched millions of lives for more than four decades. From their origins in a pulp fiction novel by author Mario Puzo the Corleones inspired one of the most important and enduring films in history. Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather not only broke box office records it actually infiltrated the American conscience. This special looks at how this groundbreaking film and its two sequels transcended Hollywood transformed the American psyche and even influenced real-life organized crime. Historians scholars law enforcement agents and real-world Mafiosi explain how these powerful mobsters with their moral ambiguity and human flaws resonated with audiences and impacted popular culture.
Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in this 1951 Alan Jay Lerner musical for MGM, directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The appealing story finds Astaire as part of a brother-and-sister act (along with Jane Powell) that travels to London at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding. Astaire and Powell each find romances that threaten to break up the act, but that's mostly fun window dressing in a movie better known for some truly creative sequences made vivid by Donen, including Astaire's famous dance with a hat rack and his duet with Powell, "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You (When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life)?" --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Free Willy Three and one-half tonnes of best friend: family adventure doesn't get any bigger! Willy is an orca whale confined in a Pacific Northwest aquatic park's too-small tank and separated from his family in the nearby bay. No one understands Willy's moods - except a 12 year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family. That boy is scruffy street kid Jesse (Jason James Richter) who befriends Willy and risks all to set him free. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Two years after helping his friend escape into the sea Jesse enjoys life with his adoptive parents and is delighted to be reunited with the 3 tonne killer whale. However a crashed supertanker causes an oil spill which threatens the life of both... Free Willy 3: The Rescue Now 16 Jesse has taken a job on an orca research ship to encounter his old friend threatened by illegal whalers hoping to make money from turning the whale into sushi...
Directed by the highly regarded Italian shlockmaster Antonio Margheriti (Cannibal Holocaust / The Last Hunter) and starring Lewis Collins (Who Dares Wins) and renowned cinema mad man Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu), Commado Leopard is a classic Italo-action movie where South American rebels must fight to free their country from the brutal oppression of a fascist dictatorship. After spectacularly taking out a dam, the rebels become public enemy No.1 for El Presidente, relentlessly pursued through the jungle by Colonel Silvera - played by Kinski at his swivel-eyed best - in an 80s low action classic that gives you exactly what you want, big guns, big explosions and glorious, beautiful, mindless destruction. Now, find out why the Italian's ruled the 80s video store in this rental classic from the golden era of Euro-action trash... Special Features: Making of Featurette Collector's Booklet by Howard Hughes
First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker
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