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• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This rousing, explosive 1961 World War II adventure, based on Alistair MacLean's thrilling novel, turns the war thriller into a deadly caper film. Gregory Peck heads a star-studded cast charged with a near impossible mission: destroy a pair of German guns nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone, from where they can control a vital sea passage. As world-famous mountain climber turned British army Captain, Mallory (Peck) leads a guerrilla force composed of the humanitarian explosives expert, Miller (David Niven), the ruthless Greek patriot with a grudge, Stavros (Anthony Quinn), veteran special forces soldier Brown (Stanley Baker) and the cool, quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must overcome internal conflicts, enemy attacks, betrayal and capture to complete their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace for this exciting (if familiar) military operation, a succession of close calls, pitched battles and last-minute escapes as our heroes infiltrate the garrisoned town with the help of resistance leader Maria (Irene Papas) and plot their entry into the heavily guarded mountain fort. Carl Foreman's screenplay embraces MacLean's role call of clichés and delivers them with style, creating one of the liveliest mixes of espionage, combat and good old-fashioned military derring-do put on film, while Dimitri Tiomkin's score is as sturdy as the rock of Navarone itself. --Sean AxmakerOn the DVD: This special-edition DVD gives the modern-day viewer a taste of what movies were like in 1961. Four curious featurettes are included, produced as publicity for the film. James Darren narrates a little ditty at his honeymoon in Malta during filming; Irene Papas narrates a giddy, old-fashioned look at "Two Girls on the Town". There is even a filmed bit with producer-writer Carl Foreman that was shown once at the premiere. The 30-minute retrospective, "Memories of Navarone", made in 1999 has the expected reminiscences from Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn. Director J. Lee Thompson's audio commentary is a bit frustrating; he's now in his 80s, and most of his recollections are slow in coming. A historian could have brought out the film's history (it was the most expensive movie ever made at time of release) and produced a more vital viewing. --Doug Thomas

• The Time Tunnel | Blu Ray | (05/11/2018) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Available for the first time on Blu-ray! New 5.1 surround sound mixes provide an extraordinary new depth to the audio. A 1080 HD 1:33:1 spec. digitally enhanced to significantly improve the picture quality & increase depth of field, making it far superior to the existing DVD. All 30 episodes to be restored to their original uncut format & broadcast order. Packed full of bonus material including the original unaired pilot, interviews with the cast, the TV movie from 1976, the unaired 2002 TV pilot and more... Will contain a brand new booklet, written in association with the world s most prominent & knowledgeable Irwin Allen devotees, The Irwin Allen News Network.

• The Guns Of Navarone - 60th Anniversary (2 Discs - UHD & BD) | Blu Ray | (01/11/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

• The Time Tunnel - The Complete Series | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £17.99   |  Saving you £22.00 (122.29%)   |  RRP £39.99

  From the creative genius of Irwin Allen comes one of the most popular and original sci-fi shows of the 1960s, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert! The control of time is potentially the most valuable treasure that man will ever find. Or so believe the scientists of Project Tic Toc. Located beneath the Arizona desert, the ten-year project’s focus is the feasibility of time travel. But when the government reconsiders the project, the scientists have only 24 hours to prove their untested ‘Time Tunnel’ will actually work. Determined to save the project, Dr Tony Newman and Dr Doug Phillips go through the tunnel – and quickly find themselves catapulted from one historical event to another, barely escaping with their lives as their colleagues back in Arizona race to figure out a way to bring them back home. Special Features Unaired Pilot Episode (Original Version) 2002 Unaired TV Pilot ‘Coming Up’ Montage Cast Interviews Time Travellers TV Movie Irwin Allen’s Behind-The-Scenes Home Movies Promotional TV and Radio Spots Visual Effects Camera Test Stills Galleries Original US Broadcast Information Episodes Comprise: Rendezvous With Yesterday End Of The World One Way To The Moon Revenge Of The Gods Secret Weapon The Day The Sky Fell In The Last Patrol Crack Of Doom Massacre Pirates Of Deadman’s Island Devil’s Island Reign Of Terror The Death Trap The Alamo The Night Of The Long Knives Invasion The Revenge Of Robin Hood Visitors From Beyond The Stars Kill Two By Two The Ghost Of Nero The Walls Of Jericho Idol Of Death Billy The Kid Chase Through Time The Death Merchant Attack Of The Barbarians The Kidnappers Merlin The Magician Raiders From Outer Space Town Of Terror

• Miami Ink - The Complete Series One | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £8.35   |  Saving you £26.64 (319.04%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Miami Ink series offers an up close and personal look into the often colourful sometimes painful and always intriguing world of tattoos. This time honoured multicultural tradition is exposed by a dynamic cast of friends that truly embodies the art of tattooing. Features all 20 episodes from series 1.

• Twenty Four Seven | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the poverty and despair of a small industrial town one man with a dream forms a boxing club to give troubled teenagers self-respect and a fighting chance. But amidst the triumph of the biggest tournament of their lives tragedy strikes. The hard lesson learned is that anything is possible but only if you believe in yourself.

• The Lady In The Van/A Street Cat Named Bob | DVD | (12/02/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Lady In The Van Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by the magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins temporarily parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives. Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait. A Street Cat Named Bob Based on the true life story and international bestselling book, A STREET CAT NAMED BOB is a moving and uplifting film that will touch the heart of everyone. When London busker and recovering drug addict James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) finds injured ginger street cat Bob in his sheltered accommodation, he has no idea just how much his life is about to change. Features: The Lady In The Van The Making of The Lady In The Van featurette The Visual Effects featurette Playing the Lady: Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd featurette Commentary with Nicholas Hytner Deleted Scenes A Street Cat Named Bob Behind the Scenes Featurette

• The Guns of Navarone SteelBook (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital) | Blu Ray | (07/11/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Adam Sandler Box Set: Billy Madison/Bulletproof/Happy Gilmore | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A triple bill of Adam Sandler movies including Billy Madison Bulletproof and Happy Gilmore. Billy Madison: He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions but the only subjects Billy has studied lately are babes and booze. For him life has been a ten-year party since he left high school: drinking bottomless daiquiris catching rays by the pool pulling moronic pranks and chasing anything in (or out of!) a skirt. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president and corporate weasel Eric Gordon Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school - grades 1 through 12 in 24 weeks! - with hilarious results. And this time Mr Madison's cheque book won't be the source of Billy's academic advancement. Can bona fide blockhead Billy clean up his act to win his father's respect the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher Veronica? Hey it's worth a shot! Bulletproof: Once inseparable pals Archie Moses (Sandler) and Rock Keats (Wayans) find themselves on opposite sides of the law each feeling betrayed by the other. In fact the only person who hates them more than they hate each other is ruthless drug kingpin Frank Colton (James Caan) who wants to put them both six feet under! Now through a strange twist of fate Moses and Keats are on the run - together. With a little luck the bungling boys just might get out of this one alive... if they don't kill each other first! Happy Gilmore: Happy a raucous hockey player turned golfer sends the sedate sport of golf into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links!

• Gimme Gimme Gimme - Complete Series | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gimme Gimme Gimme is quite simply the chaotic adventures of one over the top tart (Kathy Burke) and one perennially lonely gay guy (James Dreyfus) who happen to share both a flat in London and a yearning lust for whatever luckless man happens to cross their paths! This release includes all the episodes from the three series. Series 1: 1. Who's That Boy? 2. The Big Break 3. LEgs And Co. 4. Do They Take Sugar 5. Saturday Night Diva 6. I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do 7. Millennium Series 2: 1. Teacher's Pet 2. Stiff 3. Prison Visitor 4. Dirty 30 5. Glad To Be Gay 6. Sofa Man Series 3: 1. Down And Out 2. Lollipop Man 3. Secrets And Flies 4. Trauma 5. Singing In The Drain 6. Decoy

• Miami Ink - The Complete Series | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £63.02   |  Saving you £36.97 (37.00%)   |  RRP £99.99

  5 tattoo artists move to South Beach to open up a tattoo shop.

• The Mayor Of Casterbridge | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £11.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (50.04%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Travelling the dirt roads of Wessex in search of work Michael Henchard (Ciaran Hinds) a farm worker auctions his wife Susan (Juliet Aubrey) and baby daughter in a moment of drunken madness at a country fair. Years later Susan and her daughter return seeking Michael in Casterbridge where he has become a rich and respected member of Wessex society.... Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy.

• Boyfriends | DVD | (08/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Close friends Will, Matt and Paul rent a house at the seaside for the Easter weekend. Three gay friends and their partners head off to a country cottage for a relaxing weekend to escape from the city. Paul and Ben have now been together for five years and it's beginning to feel like a lot longer. Matt and Owen have been going steady for three months. While Matt is beginning to hear wedding bells, Owen is hearing the call of the wild! Will picked up Adam the night before and although it appears that they have history, the question is do they have a future?

• Venus In Furs | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (66.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This infamous erotic shocker features a jazz score by the legendary Manfred Mann the famous Klaus Kinski and singer Barbara McNair. Venus In Fur tells the story of a Jazz musician in the throes of a breakdown who is sucked into a perverse mire of psycho-sexual horror after finding the dead body of a girl he had watched being stripped and whipped the previous evening. This DVD has been Remastered from the original negative and is presented here totally uncut and uncensored.

• Venus in Furs | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on the group of wealthy sadists responsible for her death.

• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An impenetrable fortress an invicible army... and an unstoppable commando team. One of the most exciting action films ever made! It's W.W. II and concealed deep within the solid rock of a cliff impregnable to assault by sea or air are the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone. Because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea it's imperative that the guns are destroyed. A specialised commando team is assembled. Included are mountaineer Keith Mallory explosive ex

• Venus in Furs | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  How can you run from a dead person unless you're dead yourself? James Darren (The Guns of Navarone) stars as a jazz trumpeter in the throes of a breakdown who is sucked into a perverse mire of psycho-sexual horror after finding a dead body of a girl he had watched being stripped and whipped the previous evening at a party. Now Darren along with his sultry girlfriend a kinky lesbian a depraved playboy... and the mysterious insatiable beauty Marie Rohm begin a journey that may lead them all straight to hell! Remastered from the original negative and is presented here totally uncut and uncensored. This infamous erotic shocker by cult director Jess Franco also features a jazz score by the legendary Manfred Mann.

• Man With The Golden Arm, The / Suddenly | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Man With The Golden Arm (Dir. Otto Preminger 1956): Frank Sinatra stars as professional poker player Frankie Machine who returns to Chicago after serving time for possession of heroin determined to become a changed character and make it as a jazz drummer. The odds are stacked against him however for with a neurotic and invalid wife and the presence of his old drug pushing friends it is not long before he gives in to temptation and is back on the drugs again.... Sud