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• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £6.92   |  Saving you £-0.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Carl Foreman brought Allistar MacLean's best-selling novel to the screen winning nominations for seven Academy Awards in 1961.

• A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Pinky (Jordan) is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but takes a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, which gives him a lot of undue attention from Ivan the Terrible (Niven), the local hoodlum. By using Pinky, Ivan hopes to rob the bank and Pinky starts to liken to the idea of going back to his old ways.

• Life And Death of Colonel Blimp, The / A Matter Of Life And Death | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two masterpieces of British cinema are paired here--Powell and Pressburger's first Technicolor triumph, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and their even more ambitious A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Both pictures are transcendent examples of the filmmakers' craft, and remain models of great cinema long after their original wartime propaganda brief has expired. Based on a famously satirical cartoon strip that mocked outmoded attitudes of fair play at a time of "total war", Blimp subsequently became notorious as the film Churchill tried to have banned. Because the War Office objected to the screenplay, they refused to allow P&P's first choice for the role, Laurence Olivier, and the duo cast unknown stage actor Roger Livesey in his place. It is Livesey's sympathetic performance that transforms Clive "Sugar" Candy from an object of satire to one of warm affection, effectively reversing the film's intended message about old-fashioned decency versus wartime pragmatism. Anton Walbrook is a profound presence in a role that mirrored the actor's own plight as a German in Britain, while Deborah Kerr is a living leitmotif in the film, playing no fewer than three distinct but deliberately related roles. Briefed by the Ministry of Information to make a film that would foster Anglo-American relations in the post-war period, the duo, known as "the Archers", came up with A Matter of Life and Death, an extravagant and extraordinary fantasy in which David Niven's downed pilot must justify his continuing existence to a heavenly panel because he has made the mistake of falling in love with an American girl (Kim Hunter) when he really should have been dead. National stereotypes are lampooned as the angelic judges squabble over his fate. In a neat reversal of expectations, the heaven sequences are black and white, while earth is seen in Technicolor. Daring cinematography mixes monochrome and colour, incorporates time-lapse images, and even toys with background "time freezes" 50 years before The Matrix. Roger Livesey and Raymond Massey lead the fine supporting cast. On the DVD: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death are presented in reasonably sharp 4:3 ratio with good mono sound. Blimp comes with a 25-minute documentary feature that tells us nothing revelatory about making the film, but has good new interviews with cinematographer Jack Cardiff (then an apprentice) and eloquent admirer Stephen Fry. Text biographies and stills are also included. Life and Death has no extras. --Mark Walker

• Marlon Brando Collection - The Early Years | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Contains some of Brando's finest but lesser known performances: Burn The Formula Bedtime Story The Men One Eyed Jacks (also directed by Brando). Burn (Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo 1969): (English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono / Fullscreen) Manipulative English mercenary Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is posted to a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean. Once there he uses his skills to engineer a slave revolt as part of his calculated plans for the English to seize control of t

• Casino Royale | Blu Ray | (06/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  With gadgets, gaming and girls galore, this camp classic celebrates 40 fabulous years as not only the coolest of the spy films, but also as a brilliant parody of - itself! Will the real James Bond please stand up? When secret agency chief M (John Huston) is killed, Sir James Bond (David Niven) is thrust out of spy retirement to help smash SMERSH, the band of hitmen who are likely responsible. And to protect his real identity, Bond's name is given to numerous other agents, including Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) and Bond's neurotic nephew, Jimmy (Woody Allen). With five directors, a cast of Hollywood icons that also includes Ursula Andress, Charles Boyer, Peter O'Toole, Jacqueline Bisset and Orson Welles, a soundtrack by Burt Bacharach, and a frisky, farcical script, Casino Royale is Bond. Psychedelic Bond.

• The Love Lottery | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £30.10   |  Saving you £-14.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.

• Perfect Endings: The Nicole Conn Collection | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £37.78   |  Saving you £-7.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Following the runaway success of A Perfect Ending 'the sexiest lesbian film of the year ' Peccadillo Pictures presents the definitive Nicole Conn collection celebrating the most successful lesbian film director in the world. Over the past twenty years Conn has created some of the most powerful films on female sexuality and empowerment. A Perfect Ending stars Jessica Clark from HBO's True Blood and Barbara Niven in a bold and beautiful film. This collection includes the highly praised and captivating Claire Of The Moon a defining chapter in modern lesbian cinema and the first time that an out lesbian director and cast made a film for a lesbian audience. Remastered with exceptional sound and vision this is your chance to own this exquisite four disc set also featuring her blockbuster Elena Undone which broke the world record for the longest on-screen kiss Moments: The Making of Claire of the Moon and the first lesbian period bodice-ripper the scorching Cynara. This is the one box set that every woman can't be without. Special Features: An Interview with Nicole Conn Never Before Seen Postcards Featuring a Scene from Each Film and Personal Musings from Nicole Conn

• The Lady Says No | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Prudence And The Pill | DVD | (13/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Available for the very first time for home viewing, Prudence and the Pill serves up a comic slice of sixties permissiveness from the days when the oral contraceptive was an exotic and legendary devise that few people had any experience of using. Made in Britain by Twentieth Century-Fox, and starring the debonair David Niven and the luminous Deborah Kerr, with vivacious support from 'It' girl Judy Geeson, this film takes us back to 1967's 'Summer of Love', when established morality and codes of sexual behaviour were being turned upside down by new ideas and technology. So grab a gonk, straighten your mini-skirt and prepare yourself for a bumpy ride courtesy of the imprudent Prudence. Special Features: Digitally Remastered Picture and Sound In Coversation with David Niven - Documentary Stills Gallery

• The Powell & Pressburger Collection - 9 DVD Box Set | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £49.98   |  Saving you £-9.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  ***WARNING***ALL DVD TITLES CONTAIN ENGLISH SUBTITLES EXCEPT FOR THE DVD TITLE - A CANTERBURY TALE*** Never in the history of British film have two figures become as iconic as those of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Reigning throughout the 40s and 50s these two magnificent filmmakers brought to life British films and continue to radiate immense critical acclaim and inspiration for all contemporary film making. Includes: 1. A Matter of Life & Death (1946) 2. The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 3. A Canterbury Tale (1944) 4. I Know Where I am Going (1945) 5. 49th Parallel (1941) 6. The Battle of the River Plate (1956) 7. Ill Met By Moonlight (1957) 8. They're A Weird Mob (1966) 9. The Red Shoes (1948)

• 55 Days At Peking | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Diplomats soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions overwhelming odds delayed relief and the support of the Boxers by the Chinese Empress and her generals.

• Charlton Heston Triple Bill - Mother Lode, 55 Days an Peking & Proud Men | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  55 Days at Peking Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking, China during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival by the Chinese Empress and her generals. starring silver screen heavyweights Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven. Mother Lode - A couple of adventurers go into the wilds of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague, but when their plane crashes they find themselves at the mercy of an isolated, crazy miner. Proud Men - A conservative rancher disowns his son after he refuses to go to Vietnam to fight. Fifteen years later, his mother makes one last desperate attempt to reconcile father and son Product Features Boasting an all-star cast, including Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven First Ever UK Blu-Ray Release of Proud Men, Mother Lode

• David Niven Box Set | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Titles Comprise: Bonnie Prince Charlie The Love Lottery Happy Ever After Eternally Yours Happy Go Lovely

• Bridge On The River Kwai, The / The Guns Of Navarone / From Here To Eternity | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Bridge On The River Kwai (1 Disc Edition): Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Guns Of Navarone: Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. From Here To Eternity: Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning film is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy. Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history.

• Four Men And A Prayer | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Trail Of The Pink Panther | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £8.62   |  Saving you £-2.63 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France but his plane disappears en-route. Famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery...

• The First Of The Few | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This classic 1942 war movie tells the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Jeffrey Quill - developed the aeroplane whose technological superiority helped Britain to win the vital battle of the skies. It features two of Britain's best-loved stars: Leslie Howard (who also directs and who tragically went missing in action shortly after the film was made) as Mitchell and David Niven as Quill. Scripted by two other great names from British cinema Miles Malleson and Anatole de Grunwald The First Of The Few also features a stirring score by William Walton.

• Carrington V.C. | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £24.95   |  Saving you £-14.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  David Niven stars in this gripping drama about a war hero who finds himself facing disgrace and ruin in a military courtroom. Major Carrington won the Victoria Cross at Tobruk, but his wartime heroics have caused deep resentment amongst some who did not see action. So when money goes missing from his barracks' safe - and Carrington is found in a compromising situation with a woman officer - his enemies seize the chance to destroy him...

• Hired To Kill | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Frank Ryan (international star Brian Thompson) is a soldier of fortune. Hired by a powerful organisation to infiltrate a volatile Middle East country his job will be to locate jailed rebel leader Petros Rallis (screen legend Jos'' Ferrer) then free him - or kill him. Either result will ignite a revolution and destroy the present regime. Ryan's unscrupulous boss Willard Thomas (screen legend and Naked Gun straight man George Kennedy) recruits six beautiful but deadly women who will enter Cypra disguised as fashion models on tour. Though Ryan is in charge of the operation he doesn't like the set up one bit. Explosive action follows in this dynamic thriller that delivers the goods... with sexy results.

• The Other Love | DVD | (28/02/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  André De Toth directs 1947's The Other Love which was re-released theatrically in 1953 under the title Man Killer. The film is based on a story by Erich Maria Remarque well-known for their work on action-packed war flicks (Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front) and westerns (De Toth's Day of the Outlaw). This film is a tear-jerking romantic drama with music by the incomparable Miklos Rozsa. Seriously ill concert pianist Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. She is attracted to her suave Doctor Stanton (David Niven) who perscribes lots of rest and fresh air. Karen decides to enjoy whatever life she has left in the night clubs of Monte Carlo in the presence of dashing Paul Clermont (Richard Conte). Doctor Stanton does all he can to save Karen.