In The Big Trees Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon a hard-nosed lumberjack intent on making his fortune from California's famous giant redwood trees. The territory he has designs on though is inhabited by a religious colony that begs him not to strip their land of the mighty sequoias... Released in 1952 Douglas is at his dynamic best in this beautifully photographed film set in picturesque Northern California. Presented in its original Academy Frame aspect ratio this special editio
Starring John Abraham & Udita Goswami
Scarface: In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbour was opened and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami... wealth power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name - Scarface! Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. 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...
Any Man's Death: When a photo-journalist vanishes while covering an African civil war a roll of film holds the only clues to his disappearance. Following the trail found in the photos a veteran reporter finds himself in the middle of events as they escalate into war. Power Of Attorney: An assistant D.A. becomes obsessed with a mafia chief who he had originally vowed to prosecute and put away for good but finds that he must defend him instead when he leaves the district attorney's office to work for a private law firm who represents the mob.
DVD is supplied in a special Fathers Day packaging. An ideal gift for Fathers Day. On June 6, 1944, the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black & white version, 'The Longest Day' is a vivid, hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations, mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two Oscars (Special Effects and Cinematography), The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.
A 10 disc boxset made up of 10 horror films from the Ultimate Cult Collection. Titles include: Brides Of Blood (Dir. Eddie Romero & Gerardo De Leon 1968): A brutal orgy of ghastly terror as the brides of blood are sacrificed to the non-human creature! Scream in horror at the classic 'Blood Of The Vampires' presented in its original uncut version from original negatives in this tale of the undead who live on the warm blood of human victims. Horror Of The Blood Monsters
People come. People go. Nothing ever happens, one world-weary patron (Lewis Stone) of Berlin's finest hotel comments. Movie audiences knew better. They were witnessing the glorious comings, goings and intersecting stories of a starry array billed as the greatest cast in stage or screen history! Ruined aristocrat John Barrymore. Terminally ill clerk Lionel Barrymore. Ruthless tycoon Wallace Beery. Scheming stenographer Joan Crawford. And disillusioned ballerina Greta Garbo. Teaming them was a masterstroke whose success fostered more star-packed extravaganzas. The radiant film captured the 1931-32 Best Picture Academy Award. What a grand showcase of the allure and style of classic movie-making! Special Features: Commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Mark A. Viera Behind the Story: Short Feature: Checking out: Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Hollywood Premiere of Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Nothing ever happens Behind the Story: Short Feature: Just a word of warning Trailer: Grand Hotel (1932) Trailer: Week-End at The Waldorf (1945)
When five friends return home from a high school reunion it is clear between them they share a dark secret. Their bond of secrecy is put under threat as the story of a friend who was buried alive begins to surface. They must attempt to survive the dark forces that lead them back to the shallow grave as one grisly event after another continues to plague them...
A Monkey's Tale is an action-packed fun-filled humourous adventure tells the story of two tribes of monkeys the Laankos and the Woonkos long divided by rivalry and now living in fear of each other. Kom a rebellious teenage monkey is told by the elders of the Wonkoos that he must never venture into the mysterious depths of the jungle for fear of what Laankos might do to him.One day quite by accident Kom finds himself in the world of Laankos where he discovers that they are in fact very similar to his own tribe. Having befriended the Laankos king the film tells Kom's story of how romance evil deeds friendship comic escapades and tragedy lead finally to reconciliation in an uplifting and universally appealing family adventure.
The 21st Century is when it all changes and you've got to be ready... - Captain Jack Harkness. Set in modern-day Cardiff Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack from Doctor Who. Captain Jack and a group of renegade criminal investigators are charged by the British government to find and retrieve alien technology and respond to any extra-terrestrial threats posed to Earth! Episodes Comprise: 1. Everything Changes 2. Day One 3. Ghost Machine 4. Cyberwoman 5. Small Worlds 6. Countrycide 7. Greeks Bearing Gifts 8. They Keep Killing Susie 9. Random Shoes 10. Out Of Time 11. Combat 12. Captain Jack Harkness 13. End Of Days
Roy Rogers plays a daring young Wild Bill Hickok in this wild west drama who is stationed as a relay station agent and must protect a shipment of gold. He decides to give the valuable goods to his friend Gabby (George Hayes) to help take the shipment to California. However the plan goes south when a developing love triangle among Hickok Calamity Jane (Sally Payne) and Louise Mason (Jacqueline Wells) causes the plan to be revealed man with villianous intent. Sent by a foreign gover
Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). He's cut her body into pieces and has taken them to the Mexican border but he's lost one of her hands! A blind old village woman stumbles upon the hand hits her head and miraculously regains her eyesight. Soon thousands are flocking to the local church to see the hand of the 'Madonna' and miracles are granted to all who ask. But the village priest (David Schwimmer) who is in love with the town hooker (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) senses that the hand's origin is not quite 'virginal'... Combat Academy A wise-cracking hipster and a nerd are sent to a military academy to be straightened out. But the two manage to turn the academy inside out with their comic capers and war games. When The Party's Over It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.
Mondo New York is the bittersweet core of the Big Apple, a perversely compelling tribute to the antistars of the city, a circa 1980s Berlin Cabaret. Mondo New York is a cult celibration of what makes the naked city a one of a kind metropolis.; The DVD features entertainment that would not be listed in your average going out guide. The camera follows a young woman around New York city as she stumbles across a number of strange individuals, situations and performances. The programme not only fe.
The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp
Diplomatic Siege: General Steve Mitchell is assigned by the U.S. Pentagon's Security Council to update the Embassy's computer system in Romania. Together with his stepson Mitchell flies to Bucharest where he learns that his partner on the mission is one-time lover Erica Long. From their position in the secret computer room of the Embassy Mitchell uses the surveillance cameras to look around the building. To their horror they watch as Serbian Liberation Front terrorists storm the building's lobby guns blazing. Phoenix: Harry Collins is a veteran Phoenix Arizona police detective with as many vices as virtues. Still Harry lives by a strict moral code which complicates things when his gambling debts start to spiral out of control. The situation goes from bad to worse when Harry hatches a scheme with three fellow cops. The plan is to rip off Louie the sleazy local strip-club owner to pay off Harry's bookie and split what's left. Harry's last chance for redemption may be his relationship with bar-owner Leila but even this is at risk as he goes after the one big score that might enable him to escape his sordid past. The Runner: Bad luck follows Edward Harrinton. Addicted to the bright lights of Las Vegas he gambles his way further and further into debt. Down on his luck he accepts a job offer from his shady uncle. The job is running for Deep Throat the most notorious gangster in Vegas placing bets and collecting the winnings. But Edward isn't too good at keeping hold of cash. His blossoming romance with beautiful waitress Karina means he stands to lose more than just a few dollars. The stakes just got a whole lot higher!
Mirror Image - Eps.21: When Millicent Barnes (Vera Miles) Soies her exact double at a bus station she becomes convinced that the double is trying to take her place in the world. Fellow passenger Paul Grinstead (Martin Milner) thinks she's crazy...at first. Dust - Eps. 48: A man is about to be hanged for drunkenly running over a little girl in a decaying town. But when the gir's anguished father (Vladimir Sokoloff) flings 'magic dust' into the air a change comes over the squalid village. Five Characters in Search of an Exit - Eps. 79 A clown a hobo a ballet dancer a bagpipe player and an army major are trapped together in an enormous cylander. They don't know who they are or how they got there. But when the major tries to escape they finally learn the truth. Ninety Years Without Slumbering - Eps. 132 Sam Forstmann (Ed Wynn) believes that he will die if his grandfather clock stops. When the clock does begin to wind down Sam must face his deepest fear.
Two of the world's premiere acoustic guitarists join forces to define & explore the parameters of American & European folk blues jazz & ragtime music - from a medieval English dance tune to a Charles Mingus composition.
Land Of The Dead: In Romero's harrowing newest vision the world (as humankind has known it) is merely a memory. In its place is the never-ending nightmare existence of us-the living-versus them-the ""walkers."" What's left of mankind is cordoned off behind the walls of a fortified city while the walking dead roam the vast wasteland beyond. The few wealthy and powerful try to maintain an illusion of life as it was dwelling high above the city in the exclusive towers of Fiddler's Green the last bastion of the ruling class. On the streets below however the remaining less fortunate of the city's inhabitants eke out a hard-scrabble life seeking what little solace they can in the vices available-gambling flesh trade drugs-anything that offers even a fleeting respite from the hell their lives have become. Both the lofty heights of Fiddler's Green and the demoralizing lows of the city below are lorded over by a handful of ruthless opportunists led by Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) who keeps his hands in everything from real estate to less above-board pursuits. To bring food and other essential supplies to the occupants of the city and to allow the Green's well-to-do to acquire the scarce luxury items to which they were once accustomed a hardened group of mercenaries-headed by Riley (Simon Baker) and his second-in-command Cholo (John Leguizamo)-run retrieval missions outside the city protected by their massive armored vehicle Dead Reckoning. Riley and Cholo like Kaufman are in it for the money which they hope to use for their own escapes- Riley to the North with promises of ""a world without fences"" and freedom and Cholo to the luxury of Fiddler's Green far away from the violent life he has known. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: First released to a shocked public in 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a deserved reputation as a compelling part of a new wave of American horror films. Terrifyingly dark and based on factual events Tobe Hooper's controversial and chillingly atmospheric film involves the tragedy that befell a group of five teenagers one summer afternoon. by time this disturbing film deserves its unique status as a true cult classic.
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