Bugsy represents an almost miraculous combination of director, writer and star on a project that represents a career highlight for everyone involved. It's one of the best American gangster movies ever made--as good in its own way as any of the Godfather films--and it's impossible to imagine anyone better than Beatty in the movie's flashy title role. As notorious mobster and Las Vegas visionary "Bugsy" Siegel, Beatty is perfectly cast as a man whose dreams are greater than his ability to realise them--or at least, greater than his ability to stay alive while making those dreams come true. With a glamorous Hollywood mistress (Annette Bening) who shares Bugsy's dream while pursuing her own upwardly mobile agenda, Bugsy seems oblivious to threats when he begins to spend too much of the mob's money on the creation of the Flamingo casino. Meyer Lansky (Ben Kingsley) and Mickey Cohen (Harvey Keitel) will support Bugsy's wild ambition to a point, after which all bets are off, and Bugsy's life hangs in the balance. From the obvious chemistry of Beatty and Bening (who met and later married off-screen) to the sumptuous reproduction of 1940s Hollywood, every detail in this movie feels impeccably right. Beatty is simply mesmerising as the man who invented Las Vegas but never saw it thrive, moving from infectious idealism to brutal violence in the blink of an eye. Director Barry Levinson is also in peak form here, guiding the stylish story with a subtle balance of admiration and horror; we can catch Bugsy's Vegas fever and root for the gangster's success, but we know he'll get what he deserves. We might wish that Bugsy had lived to see his dream turn into a booming oasis, but the movie doesn't suggest that we should shed any tears. --Jeff Shannon
This DVD realease features a fine quartet of ballets recorded live at the Metroplitan Opera House New York in June 1984. This mixed bill shows off both the lyrical and the virtuoso qualities of this famous comapny. Les Sylphides: Chopin's stunning one act 'romantic reverie' was premiered by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in 1909 with a cast including Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky. Choreographer Michael Fokine revived this productionfor American Ballet Theatre's opening perfor
A former slave now approaching 100 years old turns up on the doorstep of the now penniless Dabney family farm claiming to be an ancestor and requesting that he be buried near his ancestral home...
Volume1: A Chump At Oxford / Related Shorts Contains: A Chump At Oxford (b/w) A Chump At Oxford (colourised) From Soup to Nuts Another Fine Mess (b/w) Another Fine Mess (colourised) One of Laurel & Hardy's best-loved feature films 'A Chump At Oxford' sees them travelling to England to obtain an education only for Stan to be revealed as a long-lost British aristocrat! Also included is the classic silent comedy From 'Soup To Nuts' which the team remade as a section of 'A Chump At Oxford' - only with Stan switching his character to that of Agnes the maid! Also in this compilation is an earlier glimpse of Agnes in one of their greatest talkie shorts 'Another Fine Mess'. Volume 3: Way Out West / Shorts Contains: Way Out West (b/w) Way Out West (colourised) One Good Turn (b/w) One Good Turn (colourised) Thicker Than Water (b/w) Thicker Than Water (colourised) Regarded as the most popular of Laurel & Hardy's feature-length films not least for the Trail of the Lonesome Pine song 'Way Out West' sees Stan and Ollie visiting the town of Brushwood Gulch to deliver the deed of a gold mine only to be deceived by James Finlayson playing a villainous saloon-keeper. A great favourite among Laurel & Hardy admirers Finlayson is featured elsewhere in this compilation through the classic L&H shorts 'One Good Turn' and 'Thicker Than Water'. Volume 14: Classic Shorts / A Job To Do: Contains: Busy Bodies (b/w) Busy Bodies (colourised) Double Whoopee (b/w silent with musical score) Dirty Work (b/w) Dirty Work (colourised) The Finishing Touch The Music Box (b/w) The Music Box (colourised) Hog Wild (b/w) Hog Wild (colourised) Hats Off (stills gallery) A collection of classic shorts all of which present Stan and Ollie with a task to perform. 'Busy Bodies' is the famous film where Stan and Ollie work in a sawmill. In 'Double Whoopee' they start work at a plush Broadway hotel - and close a taxi door on Jean Harlow's dress! 'Hog Wild' concerns their efforts to fit a rooftop aerial. In 'Dirty Work' they are back on the roof this time as chimney sweeps at the home of an eccentric scientist. Stan and Ollie are in the building trade for 'The Finishing Touch' while in 'The Music Box' - perhaps their most famous film - they have to deliver a piano up a huge flight of steps. 'The Music Box' was inspired by one of their earliest comedies as a team 'Hats Off'. Sadly no copy of the film is known to survive but this DVD includes a selection of stills from this long-lost classic.
Having finally accepted that his daughter is married Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) has now to deal with the news that she is pregnant! The news leads to a dispute between both the maternal and paternal grandparents... A sequel to Father Of The Bride which also starred Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett.
From The Basement is a new series showing on Sky which has a simple premise: put the music first. There is no presenter no big production no bullshit. The acts go into the studio set up and play their hearts out in front of the cameras. The mix of artists is eclectic but with an overriding common factor - they really know how to deliver a performance. This DVD brings together some of the best performances from the series so far and reflects the breadth of talent and styles that have graced the basement studio. Tracklist: 1. Radiohead: Weird Fishes / Arpeggi 2. Radiohead: Reckoner 3. White Stripes: Blue Orchid / Party ... 4. White Stripes: Red Rain 5. Beck: Motorcade 6. Beck: Cell Phone's Dead 7. Jamie Liddel: In The City 8. The Shins: Turn On Me 9. The Shins: Phantom Limb 10. Jarvis Cocker: Fat Children 11. Neil Hannon: A Lady Of A Certain Ag... 12. Laura Marling: Your Only Doll (Dora... 13. Sonic Youth: The Sprawl 14. Sonic Youth: Pink Stream 15. Eels: Millicent Don't Blame Yoursel... 16. Eels: It's A Motherfucker 17. Albert Hammond Jr: Everyone Gets A ... 18. Albert Hammond Jr: Postal Blowfish 19. P.J. Harvey: The Piano 20. P.J.Harvey: The Devil 21. Super Furry Animals: Let The Wolves... 22. Super Furry Animals: The Gift That ... 23. Damien Rice: Delicate 24. Damien Rice: Blower's Daughter 25. Autolux: Let It Be Broken 26. Jose Gonzalez: Abraham 27. Jose Gonzalez: High Low 28. Thom Yorke: Down Is The New Up 29. Thom Yorke: Videotape
They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer. But which one? Critically acclaimed for its raw power and br
This confrontational coming-of-age thriller is a haunting look into the destruction of innocence and the depths of fear. When a gang of raucous teens play hooky in the woods, they cross paths with a mysterious drifter. Preying on their adolescent curiosity and naivet, the sadistic vagabond easily wins them over only to inflict humiliating and torturous mind games with a rusty switchblade and a gun. Trembling and desperate these kids realize that their only chance at survival is to embrace the darkness within and fight back with some wicked games of their own.
A gang of boys under the Brooklyn Bridge are united by their common interest in break dancing. Some work as pizza delivery boys hence they call themselves the ""Delivery Boys"". They form a dance team and enter a local break dance contest sponsored by a woman's panty manufacturer. A rival gang's sponsor intimidates their employer into thinking she must keep the boys working so they won't be harmed. She gives the boys some ""specialized"" deliveries to make them late for the contest. The
The story of a wacky librarian who impersonates a New York city policeman during a dance contest. When he unexpectedly wins the competition the fast paced comedy begins.
Titles Comprise: Mean Streets: You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it on the streets... 'Mean Streets' heralded Martin Scorsese's arrival as a new filmmaking force - and marked his first historic teaming with Robert De Niro. It's a story Scorsese lived a semi-autobiographical tale of first-generation sons and daughters in New York's Little Italy. Harvey Keitel plays Charlie working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Amy Robinson is Teresa the girlfriend his family deems unsuitable because of her epilepsy. And in the starmaking role that won Best Supporting Actor Awards from the New York and National Society of Film Critics De Niro is Johnny Boy a small-time gambler in big-time debt to the loan sharks... (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1973) Taxi Driver: 'Taxi Driver' provoked fierce controversy when it was released running into censorship problems in America as some of the scenes of violence were described to be 'as gory as Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs' (Evening News '76). In addition there was outcry at a 13-year-old schoolgirl actress (Jodie Foster) co-starring as a prostitute. (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1976) Casino: Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice... (Dir. Matin Scorsese 1995) Cape Fear: Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them. Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese brings heart - pounding suspense to one of the most acclaimed thrillers of all time. Fourteen years after being imprisoned vicious psychopath Max Cady [Robert De Niro] emerges with a single - minded mission to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden [Nick Nolte]. Cady becomes a terrifying presence as he menancingly circles Bowden's increasingly unstable family. Realising he is legally powerless to protect his beautiful wife [Jessica Lange] and his troubled teenage daughter Danielle [Juliette Lewis] Sam resorts to unorthodox measures which lead to an unforgettable showdown on Cape Fear. Visually stunning images and brilliant performances from a talented cast highlight this roller-coaster ride through relentless psychological torment. (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1991) Sleepers: To four boys growing up on the streets in the mid 1960s Hell's Kitchen was a place of innocence ruled by corruption. The infamous New York City neighbourhood that stretched north from 34th to 56th Street and pushed west from the 8th Avenue to the Hudson River was guided by both priest and gangsters. The children who grew up there shared joyful times but subscribed to a sacred social code-crimes against the neighbourhood were not permitted and when they did occur punishment was severe. Four friends made a mistake that changed their lives forever... (Dir. Barry Levinson 1996)
In 'The Happiest Toddler' Dr. Harvey Karp noted paediatrician and child development expert reveals totally new and extraordinarily effective ways to communicate with our 'uncivilized' little toddlers. For the past 30 years Dr Karp has taught his remarkable techniques to thousands of parents from working mums to superstars like Madonna! And now America's top doctors are lining up to praise this revolutionary new approach that will change parenting forever.
The companion film to 'Smoke' 'Blue In The Face' is about a motley crew of characters whose lives intersect and collide at a corner cigar shop in Brooklyn managed by Augie Wren (Harvey Keitel). More of a neighbourhood institution then a money-making proposition the shop may soon be a memory as the owner is thinking of selling it to a health food chain. The neighbourhood is on hand to give their say - in a series of hilarious situations they talk until they are blue in the face in
Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie: When the Royal National Gallery of London is asked to send their finest scholar to oversee the unveiling of Whistler's Mother in California they send their most inept and detested employee in a desperate attempt to get him out of their lives. That employee is Mr. Bean - the master of disaster! Within days of his arrival Mr. Bean destroys virtually everything he comes into contact with be it the career and marriage of his host or America's greatest painting. Forget volcanoes and alien invasions - horror now has a human face. Johnny English: Rowan Atkinson plays bumbling Johnny English the last remaining British spy and Brtain's last hope. With the assistant of his sidekick Bough he must investigate the mysterious theft of The Crown Jewels. The prime suspects are Pascal Sauvage a mysterious French entrepeneur and the enticing Lorna Campbell. Johnny must get to the truth without denting the nation's pride... or his Aston Martin!
The third series of Sam comes to DVD this release features part two of the series. In series two Sam went to Germany in search of his father. When he returned to Skellerton many things had changed. His grandmother had died and he moved in with his grandfather. Despite moving on his mind Sam continued to be drawn back to his childhood and the day his father left.
Based on Henry James' The Turn of The Screw a governess is overwhelmed taking care of two children at a mansion that seems to be haunted. In addition a mysterious man seems to be appearing and disappearing. A truly classic psychological ghost story this film is visually haunting and features stellar performances from Harvey Keitel Lauren Bacall and Sadie Frost.
Smoke (Dir. Wayne Wang 1995): Departing from the conventions of Hollywood story-telling Smoke is constructed like an emotional jigsaw puzzle: pieces interweave and interconnect to form an intricate whole. Unrelated characters - a cigar store manager (Harvey Keitel) who has taken photographs in front of his store at the same hour every day for 14 years; a novelist (William Hurt) unable to go on writing after his wife is killed in a random act of street violence; a man (Forest Whitaker) who ran away from his past and tries to start over after accidentally killing his wife. These characters amongst others making their way through the lonely urban landscape might seem to have little in common. But in the couse of this motion picture they cross paths by chance and end up changing each other's lives in indelible ways. Blue in the Face (Dir. Wayne Wang & Paul Auster 1995): The companion film to Smoke Blue In The Face is about a motley crew of characters whose lives intersect and collide at a corner cigar shop in Brooklyn managed by Augie Wren (Harvey Keitel). More of a neighbourhood institution then a money-making proposition the shop may soon be a memory as the owner is thinking of selling it to a health food chain. The neighbourhood is on hand to give their say - in a series of hilarious situations they talk until they are blue in the face in this movie about relationships the city and sex.
Outrunning the past to save the future... Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is a jazz saxophonist whose life is permanently changed when he is hit by a stray bullet. After his recovery Izzy stumbles across the body of a stranger and winds up with the murdered man's briefcase. Inside is a mysterious stone which leads himito Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino). Together they discover the power of the stone and the threat of those who want it as the story takes a dark and surprising turn into
Edward Scissorhands (1991): An Avon lady discovers the half-made creation of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood's old abandoned castle. The scientist died leaving the shy boy with scissors for hands. When she attempts to bring him into suburbia his hands a metaphor for adolescence make for some awkward and hilarious situatons. An unforgettable contemporary fairy tale a poignant celebration of a visionary spirit struggling to survive in an unforgiving world. (Dir. Ti
Richard Gecko (Quentin Tarantino) a deranged rapist is on a road-kill journey with his brother Seth (George Clooney) whose ass was rotting in jail for bank robbery and murder before he escaped. After killing a bunch of police officers Texas Rangers and civilians they kidnap a preacher (Harvey Keitel) and his family (including Juliette Lewis) to cross the Mexican border and flee for the safety of a remote nightclub. But when they face the bar's truly notorious and blood-thirsty clientele the Gecko's are forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive! Directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City Machete) and written by Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction Kill Bill Inglorious Basterds). Special Features: Audio Commentary with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Outtakes Hollywood goes to Hell. Featurette Music Videos Stills Gallery The Art of Making the Movie Deleted Scenes and Alternative Takes On the Set Trailer Exclusive Titty Twister Edition Poster 2 Titty Twister Shot Glasses 6 Limited edition Postcards 3 Badges Exclusive Santanico Pandemonium Tattoo
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