"Actor: Lang"

• Gettysburg | Blu Ray | (15/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.57

  Thanks to generous funding from media mogul Ted Turner, first-time director Ronald F Maxwell was able to make an almost word-for-word adaptation of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Killer Angels. Running over four hours, Gettysburg (1993) splits into two convenient parts for TV viewing (although a 70mm print was given limited theatrical release). This story of three bloody days of conflict in July, 1863 (an unimaginable 50,000 casualties), is divided equally between Union and Confederate forces. On the Union side, Jeff Daniels is the quietly heroic Colonel Joshua Chamberlain; Sam Elliott is utterly convincing as General Buford, the Union cavalryman who holds the Confederate army at bay on the first day. Martin Sheen plays an oddly subdued and vacillating General Lee--a controversial portrait of the legendary Confederate chief--while Tom Berenger, despite being almost hidden underneath an enormous authentically period-style beard, is strong and authoritative as General Longstreet (whose opposition to Lee's plans gave many in the Confederacy a reason to blame him for the disaster at Gettysburg). Chamberlain's last-ditch defence of Little Round Top, which prevented the Union forces from being flanked on the second day of battle, forms the climax to the first half; the heartbreaking Pickett's Charge--the Confederates' disastrous frontal assault on the entrenched Union lines on the third day--is the movie's greatest set piece and one of the most compelling reasons to endure a little too much stodgy dialogue (lifted directly from the novel) and an apparently over-reverential attitude to the subject-matter. But much of this movie was made in and around the actual battle site, so it's only to be expected that the cast and crew tread carefully, as if literally under the watchful eyes of the men whose lives they are re-enacting. And re-enactment is the key: with a cast of thousands in splendidly detailed period costumes, cannonades galore and massed ranks of musketry, the sheer scale of the military spectacle is endlessly impressive. If as a piece of filmmaking it has many faults, as an historical re-enactment Gettysburg is unsurpassed--even by the epic Waterloo (1970), which drafted in a large chunk of the Russian army as Napoleonic extras. --Mark Walker

• The Road To Glory | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  As life is being wasted all around him, Captain La Roche (Warner Baxter) becomes more and more sombre. He gives each fresh wave of replacements the same hollow speech about the proud traditions of the regiment, then sends them out to be slaughtered by the Germans. He lives almost exclusively on a diet of cognac and aspirin. His love rival for the affections of a pretty nurse is the idealistic and carefree junior officer (Fredric March). Into the regiment comes Private Moran, a grizzled army.

• Dear John - Series 1 | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The entire first series of the classic BBC comedy Dear John where upon finding his wife has left him for his best friend John joins the 1-2-1 Club a local encounter group for the divorced and separated. Here he meets the feisty Kate the bland bespectacled Ralph the exuberant Kirk St. Moritz resplendent in white suit and medallion and of course club founder Louise who asks everyone with relish Were there any sexual problems?

• K.D. Lang - Harvest Of Seven Years - Cropped And Chronicled | DVD | (29/04/2000) from £20.34   |  Saving you £-5.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Featuring live performances music videos and candid moments at home with the groundbreaking songstress Harvest Of Seven Years is the ultimate video compilation of early k.d. lang. TRACK LISTING: 1. Friday Dance Promenade (Live) 2. Bopalena 3. Polly Ann 4. Pine & Stew (Live) 5. Hanky Panky 6. Johnny Get Angry 7. Don't Be A Lemming Polka 8. Pay Dirt (Live) 9. Turn Me Round 10. Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray (Live) 11. Crying 12. Turn Me Round (Live at the 1988 Win

• Salmonberries | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Acclaimed singer K D Lang makes and impressive acting debut in Percy Adlon's (Bagdad Caf'') moving tale of two lost souls searching for love. Stunningly shot in north-western Alaska the film sees Kothebue (Lang) an androgynous Alaskan pipeline worker search out her family origins in a small town library. There she meets Roswitha (Rosel Zech) a quiet East German who retreated to Alaska after her husband was shot escaping across the Berlin Wall. As the women help each other come to terms with their pasts Roswitha rejects a sexual relationship despite the obvious desire developing between them.

• White Irish Drinkers | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £6.16   |  Saving you £5.59 (127.05%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A coming of age story set in 1975 Brooklyn. Two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and well-meaning mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring scheme to steal enough money for them both to escape. Sensitive younger brother, Brian, has a choice: remain loyal to the brother he shares a violent love-hate relationship with, or try to get out on his own. As the day of the crime approaches, tensions boil over and it becomes clear not both of the brothers will escape.

• Second Thoughts - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £10.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring James Bolam (The Likely Lads) and Lynda Bellingham (At Home with the Braithwaites), Second Thoughts explores love and marriage the second time around, and reveals that falling passionately in love in middle age is not the easiest of experiences when interfering teenagers, ex-wives and mortgage payments have a way of killing romance!Winning a Silver Medal at New York's International Film and TV Festival and running for five highly successful series, this bittersweet sitcom (based on scripts for the original BBC Radio 4 series) was inspired by the marriage of writers Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Series Four sees Bill and Faith's on-off relationship enduring, despite unwanted advice from Faith's teenage children - football-mad Joe and demanding daughter Hannah - not to mention their builder. But will it withstand the continuing intervention of Bill's scheming ex-wife, Liza?

• Sir Francis Drake | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Terrence Morgan stars in the classic 1960's action adventure series - Sir Francis Drake. Drake is a freebooter adventurer expert swordsman and defender of the crown during Britain's war with Spain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I a war which he wages from the bridge of his ship The Golden Hind. Presented here is the entire series of 26 action-packed episodes of this classic action show. This thrilling adventure series will appeal to people who enjoyed Network's previous releases of The Adventures Of Robin Hood and archive television fans.... Episodes: 1. The Prisoner 2. The Lost Colony Of Virginia 3. Mary Queen Of The Scots 4. Doctor Dee 5. Bold Enterprise 6. The English Dragon 7. Boy Jack 8. The Garrison 9. Visit To Spain 10. The Flame Thrower 11. The Governor's Revenge 12. The Slaves Of Spain 13. The Doughty Plot 14. King Of America 15. The Irish Pirate 16. Beggars Of The Sea 17. Drake On Trial 18. The Bridge 19. Johnnie Factotum 20. Mission To Paris 21. The Reluctant Duchess 22. The Gypsies 23. Court Intrigue 24. Gentlemen Of Spain 25. The Fountain Of Youth 26. Escape

• Handel - Agrippina (Combattimento Consort Amsterdam) | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The immediate success of Handel's early opera 'Agrippina' which was written in 1709 established the young composer's international reputation. It skilfully combines the vocal brilliance and musical vitality that we would expect from the future composer of Messiah with the engaging humour and involving drama that we find in Shakespeare. Composed for an Italian audience when the precocious Handel was still in his early twenties Agrippina gives us a fascinating musical portrayal of the human ambition greed scheming and romance of real historical characters form ancient Rome.

• The I Inside | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When you don't have a memory how can you remember who to trust? When Simon (Ryan Phillippe) awakens in the hospital with amnesia unable to remember the last two years of his life. However he discovers that he can travel back in time to change his future and possibly solve the mystery of his brother's murder...

• Thomas Lang - Creative Control | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £32.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (23.40%)   |  RRP £42.99

  On Creative Control Thomas Lang presents the unique and innovative system that he has used to develop his awesome speed control finesse and coordination - a step-by-step system that will allow you to hone your drumming chops so that you can play more effectively in any style of music. Bonus footage includes live concert action as well as clips from the Meinl 'Generation-X' tour.

• Jean-Luc Godard - The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The definitive DVD boxset from the French filmmaker of the 20th Century. 14 disc collection of work from movie auteur Jean-Luc Godard Set Comprises: Le Mepris Alphaville Passion A Bout De Souffle Made In USA Pierrot Le Fou Une Femme Est Une Femme La Chinoise Le Petit Soldat Detective Notre Musique Helas Pur Moi Elogue De L'Amour Bonus Disc

• The Onedin Line - Series 1 - Part 2 | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Welcome to Liverpool in the late 19th century the hub of Great Britain's growing Atlantic trade. But for Captain James Onedin these waters are treacherous indeed. Can he keep his beloved Onedin Line out of the hands of Callon his rival enemy and ex-employer and enter the age of steam unhindered? Or will everything including the elements be against him? This release features Parts Three and Four of the classic BBC drama serial The Onedin Line.

• The Great Defender | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A skilfully constructed melodrama with a genuinely thrilling dénouement The Great Defender tells the story of an artist wrongly accused of murdering his model and of the efforts of an eminent KC to clear him. Featuring a characteristically powerful performance from Matheson Lang the classical actor who became one of Britain's most successful screen stars during the twenties this superb feature is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements. Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years' experience. Now in rapidly failing health he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love - a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago and whom he still loves deeply - walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye... Special Features: Promotional Material PDF

• Mary Higgins Clark - Let Me Call You Sweetheart | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £6.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (35.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Assistant Prosecutor Kerry McGrath's young daughter is injured in a car accident it sets in motion a terrifying chain of coincidence that forces her to re-investigate one of her most haunting cases known as 'The Sweetheart Murder'...

• King Lear | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt toadying daughters and rejects his one loving but honest one... The most revered actor of the 20th century stars in 'King Lear' Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. Laurence Olivier gives an outstanding performance portraying drama's most celebrated octogenarian with spirit and pathos. This internationally acclaimed production boasts Olivier in his first appearance in a Shakespeare play filmed exclusively for television.

• K.D. Lang - Live By Request | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Live by Request is, most certainly, a live recording of KD Lang, though nobody in the audience seems to do much requesting. Taped in December 2000 in New York, it shows Lang and her band before a smallish audience, rattling out a few of her better-known songs and some of Lang's generally creditable readings of standards, in between interruptions from a host who walks Lang through brief discussions of her career and influences. Listening to Lang sing is, of course, no hardship: few indeed are the vocalists who can mix it with the legacies of Roy Orbison ("Crying") and Patsy Cline ("Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray") and emerge with dignity intact, never mind reputation enhanced. That said, whatever intensity there may have been about the show on the night has not translated to this recording, and this is little more than a succession of polite performances greeted by polite applause. On the DVD: The picture format is the 4:3 television standard, and there are three sound modes to choose from (Dolby Digital Surround, DTS Surround, PCM Stereo). The menu of songs is easily navigable, but there are disappointingly no bonus features. --Andrew Mueller

• Roy Orbison - The Anthology | DVD | (01/09/2002) from £3.09   |  Saving you £14.16 (773.77%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Roy Orbison - The Anthology chronicles his incredible career by presenting fourteen full Roy Orbsion performances. Famous artist such as Barry Gibb Robert Plant Bono Dwight Yoakam K.D.Lang Raul Malo Robin Gibb and many other introduce comments on his all time greats. Tracklisting: Oh Pretty Woman (Intro) Only The Lonely Running Scared Crying Oh Pretty Woman It's Over Walk On Blue Bayou That Lovin' Your Feelin' Again Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time In Dreams Crying (Duet with K.D.Lang) You've Got It' Ooby Dooby

• Fugitives | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £8.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Creighton Masterson, in a last ditch effort to save his marriage, whisks his wife Lydia away for a tropical vacation. Staying on an isolated beach in the Bahamas, the Mastersons meet William and Mary, who live on a nearby island and invite them for dinner. Upon their return, Lydia and Creighton are shocked to discover that they have been robbed. With no sign of the intruders, they seek help from the only other people on the island, a couple named Jacob and Nina. Though friendly at first, the mysterious couple seems to be hiding darker motives. With no one to trust but each other, Lydia and Creighton are forced to work together and fight for their future.

• The Onedin Line - Series 1 - Part 1 | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The initial instalment of episodes from the classic TV serial.