Released in 1930 by British International Pictures in response to the lavish revues being produced by the major Hollywood studios Elstree Calling was Britain's first musical film. This all-star vaudeville show features performers drawn from some of the era's most popular London productions including Cicely Courtneidge Anna May Wong John Longden and music-hall veterans Will Fyffe and Lily Morris. Compèred by Tommy Handley the film presents nineteen comedy and musical sketches in the guise of a 'live' television broadcast; Alfred Hitchcock - then under contract to BIP - was responsible for creating the sketches and linking material. A fascinating snapshot of the earliest years of the British musical film and rarely seen since its original release Elstree Calling is made available here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Several sequences in the film were originally artificially coloured using the Pathécolor system and those colour sequences are intact here. Special Features: Image Gallery Includes full opening overture (fades up from black)
Verdi: Luisa Miller (Levine Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
The brand new sitcom written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted Black Books) and produced by Ash Atalla (The Office) The IT Crowd centres on the worlds of Roy Moss and Jen who make up the IT department of Reynholm Industries. While their social betters work upstairs in fantastic surroundings the IT dept. work in a horrible dark basement underneath it all... The IT Crowd will strike a chord with everyone who dreads getting stuck in a corner with the IT boys at the office party or who's ever phoned their IT deptartment only to be asked ""Have you tried turning it off and on again?"" Filmed on location and in front of a live studio audience The IT Crowd is a surreal look at the underclass of a company.
After a catastrophic accident at a top secret research lab, a deadly virus is released into the city and all hell breaks loose.Controlled by a local crime lord, District 108 is the one place in the city the police don't want to go on a normal day. But today is not a normal day, and the crack SWAT team ordered to help evacuate the uninfected must do just that. Met with fierce resistance by the local gangs, both sides suffer heavy casualties before realising that the guys with the guns aren't the real enemy: the zombies are!With ammunition running low, the two sides join forces to fight for the only thing worth fighting for: a chance to escape from the city and the zombies currently running loose in it!
A political thriller starring Joan Allen as a Senator chosen by the President (Jeff Bridges) to become Vice President. However her potentially scandalous past comes back to haunt her when it is exploited by her political enemies.
Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 2" picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin, owner of Al's Toy Barn, kidnaps Woody.
This box set features the following titles: The Magic Keeper: Johnny's love of music is reflected in the Magic Keeper a short music based film that Johnny had always been denied the pleasure of making. The film finally got made at Bristol Zoo with Johnny cast as the magical Zoo Keeper - dancuing and talking to the animals. The Kenya Diary: This film is a very personal piece by Johnny and has remained unseen by the general public until this time. It encapsulates the warm and funny mind of a man who meant so much to so many children over the years.
A man infiltrates a hi-tech prison to find out where a death-row inmate hid his $200 million stash of gold. It's up to an undercover FBI agent to stop him before it's too late.
The kids TV cult classic Maid Marian finally makes it's way to DVD jam-packed with a plethora of extras and plenty of involvement from series writer and star Tony Robinson. It's a little known fact that Robin Hood was a complete wimp who took all the credit for the grit in Maid Marian's guts. It was in fact she who assembled and fought oppression with a bunch of prats known as the 'Merry Men'; a dwarf called little Ron a Rastafarian an ugly dolt by the name of 'Rabies' and
Action-packed boxset including all of Bruce Willis' latest and best movies: The Assassination of a High School President, Precious Cargo, and First Kill.
The Startling True Story Of The Real Mr. Asia - Marty Johnstone And New Zealand's First-Ever Drug Cartel, The Syndicate. See how a boy from Auckland's North Shore became an international playboy with an industrial-scale global drug empire and how, due to a taste for his own product and a misplaced trust in his friends, ultimately became the architect of his own demise. 1970's New Zealand sees the country's most notorious criminals and young entrepreneurs get together to grow a small-scale ...
Reigning supreme for almost a decade as ITV's biggest comedian Arthur Haynes was one of the most influential and popular comics that television has ever seen. His shows remained firmly in the top ten until his untimely death in 1966 robbed the world of a comedy genius. Lack of repeats ensured that subsequent generations were denied Haynes' comedic brilliance - until now. Featuring wickedly funny scripts from Alf Garnett creator Johnny Speight this set contains the earliest existing episodes of The Arthur Haynes Show. A lively mix of sketches and musical entertainment Speight's scripts invariably drew on the familiar class antagonism which he would hone to perfection on Till Death Us Do Part. Haynes' robust working-class delivery was inspired - never more so than in the character of Hobo Haynes a belligerent heavily decorated tramp fond of recounting tales of patriotic bravery whilst being 'up to me neck in muck and bullets'. This release of The Arthur Haynes Show returns him to his rightful place among the comedy greats.
In a 19th century Balkan village Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Hertz (Thorley Walters) are embarking upon an experiment to capture the souls of the dead and impose them into other bodies. When their assistant Hans (Robert Morris) is unjustly accused of murdering his girlfriend Christina's father and put to death the two men claim his body and trap his soul in their laboratory. Meanwhile Christina (Susan Denberg) is consumed with grief over the death of her beloved Hans and commits suicide. Frankenstein and Dr. Hertz are able to revive Christina and transfer Hans' soul into her body which results in a vision of beauty. Their experiment appears successful until Frankenstein discovers that Christina's actions are being driven by the spirit of Hans and his passion for revenge...
Home Alone-Eight-year-old Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them! Written and produced by John Hughes (101 Dalmatians) this madcap slapstick adventure features an all-star supporting cast including Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the burglars and John Candy (Planes Trains and Automobiles) as the 'Polka King of the Midwest.'Home Alone 2 - Lost In New York -Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) is back! But this time he's in New York City - with enough cash and credit cards to turn the big apple into his own playground! But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) Still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin are bound for New York too plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! Home Alone 3 -The US Air Force has a new secret weapon - and he's only eight years old! From comedy legend John Hughes comes this hilarious action packed hit. A band of international crooks has hidden a military computer chip inside a toy car but an airport mix-up lands it in the hands of whiz-kid Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz) who's home alone with the chicken pox in a quiet Chicago suburb. When the criminals zero in on Alex's house with their high-tech gadgetry madness and mayhem kick into high gear as the pint-sized hero defends himself against the bumbling bad guys - armed with an outrageous array of ambushes and booby traps!
A consumate con-man, Jake Vig (Edward Burns) has just pulled his biggest trick yet. But then he finds out he's conned an eccentric crime boss Winston King (Dustin Hoffman) and there'll be more than hell to pay.
Kelly and Victor is a haunting candid depiction of a young couple embarking on a passionate and transgressive love affair from the acclaimed novel by Niall Griffiths. When Kelly (Antonia Campbell-Hughes - 'Bright Star') meets Victor (Julian Morris - '24' 'Once Upon a Time') on the dance floor of a Liverpool nightclub the attraction is instant. After wandering through the night they find themselves at her flat making love with a passion and urgency that neither had experienced before. Both Kelly and Victor are struggling to get by as best they can while the people around them are choosing illegal lifestyles; she is escaping a brutish former lover while he is being dragged into a world of drugs. It's when they make love that their darker instincts take over. Directed by Kieran Evans Kelly and Victor is a devastating story of obsessive love anchored by two complex but tender performances. Special Features: Q&A with Kieran Evans Trailer
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases all associated with the same unoccupied house...
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