Various Artists - Shadowplayers
The music of troubled Manchunian band Joy Division is put under the spotlight.
After the demise of Joy Division the band's founding members - Bernard Sumner Peter Hook and Step Morris - continued under the name New Order. They were later joined by Gillian Gilbert. Their first single 'Ceremony' was a top 40 hit. 'Blue Monday' released in 1983 remains the biggest selling 12"" record of all time in the UK. In the summer of 1990 they reached the UK Number 1 spot with 'World in Motion'. New Order - 3 16 contains: New York 81 (Originally released as Taras Shevch
The 'Little Ladies' are back! The papers call them the 'band that wouldn't die' and that remains their motto as they gig at night and struggle to survive against the predators and cons of the rock world. Will they be able to survive the roller-coaster ride of the music industry and fulfil their dreams? This 2 disc set contains the complete second series: Disc 1 'The Band That Wouldn't Die' 'The Empire' and 'The Hype'. Disc 2 'The Loony Tunes' 'the Divorce' a
Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce were the legendary rhythm section behind The Smiths. Here for the first time on film they tell the story of their time in the group. Speaking with candour honesty and humour they offer a unique insight into the private life of the groundbreaking band. ""The DVD is a very real account of what happened when we were in The Smiths "" says Joyce. ""We wanted people to know what it was really like. It is more truthful than anything we have revealed in interviews before because we were relaxed with how it was done and who was doing it."" This is the first documentary about The Smiths to be released on DVD and begins with the story of the band's origins in Manchester. The film takes us through the trip to London that secured their record deal the eventful recording of their debut album the tours the trips to the US and the superfandom. But this is no puff piece: Rourke and Joyce speak frankly about what it was really like to be in a band with Morrissey and Marr about Joyce winning his wife back by telling her he was going to be on Top Of The Pops and about Rourke's heroin addiction that briefly ended his career in the band. ""It isn't about attacking Johnny or Morrissey "" says Rourke. ""Despite the fact that the band ended in a messy way we shared a lot of things and we adopted an almost gang-like mentality. We still have many loyalities to each other as a result of that."" Produced and directed by Manchester-based friend Stephen Petricco and introduced by Mark Standley Inside The Smiths is peppered with archive photos (shot by original Smiths photographer Stephen Wright) exclusive interviews and footage of Mike and Andy today. Alongside in-depth interviews with the former Smiths friends and fans including New Order's Peter Hook The Fall's Mark E Smith Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley Ricky Wilson and Nick Hodgson of The Kaiser Chiefs and Ordinary Boys singer Preston offer their own unique insight into what made The Smiths so special.
Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier Shan Hackett's 4th British Parachute Brigade. With little information on how 1 Para Brigade's battle went the day before or what faced them on the ground the stage was set for an epic battle. Author John Waddy, veteran company commander in 156 Para Battalion and a team of some of the best Arnhem experts take the viewer to the ground where 4 Para Brigade tangled with the SS troopers of the Hohenstaufen Panzer Division in the woods to the west of Arnhem in what was to be an unequal but heroic battle; the result of a flawed concept and plan.
Montgomery’s brainchild, Operation Market Garden, was designed to end the war by Christmas 1944 and clear away Hitler’s V weapons from the North Sea Coast. Following the collapse of the German Army in Normandy and its flight back across northern France, it seemed that a bold move to seize the three major and numerous other waterways across Holland would place the Second British Army beyond the Rhine. This would deliver Germany’s powerhouse the Ruhr, put the Allies on the North German Plain and the road to Berlin. The Allies had, however, outran their supplies and the Germans were staging an amazing strategic recovery. The BHTV team, made up of leading historians and battlefield guides, probe the controversial background to Operation Market Garden. Early afternoon on 17 September 1944 the 101st US Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles), who parachuted onto Drop Zones dictated by the air planners wish to avoid ‘unnecessary casualties from flak’ around Eindhoven, had been denied a coup de main against the first significant canal bridge at Son. With plenty of warning of the approach of the US paratroopers, the Germans blew the bridge arguably dealing Market Garden a potentially mortal blow. Meanwhile, XXX Corps were having trouble of their own after a start at 1430 hours. A mixture of SS and Fallschirmjger troops despite a bombardment halted the breakout of the Guards Armoured Division in its tracks! However, by nightfall the Irish Guards were through the German defences and had reached Valkensward 10 miles along the 60 mile route to Arnhem. The delay in reaching and bridging the canal at Son was significant but German resistance was hardening as troops were rushed to attack the airborne carpet and single route the British intended to use across Holland. With the bridging operation complete the Grenadier Guards Group covered the next 30 miles to Nijmegen in little over three hour. Market Garden looked as if it were back on schedule despite the setbacks and Arnhem was only ten miles further on. It was one thing to reach Nijmegen in forty hours but for the American Paratroopers holding the route open proved to be a different matter! The road north across Holland quickly earned the well deserved nick name ‘Hell’s Highway’. The paratroopers had to constantly fend of the growing number of enemy troops who were mounting increasingly strong attacks from east and west. Lacking numbers on the ground and transport it was an unequal battle to keep the road open. The Germans only had to get within firing range of the road elevated across the surrounding flat terrain to effectively close the vital highway and starve the troops fighting to reach Arnhem of all kinds of combat supplies. The team will examine successes and failures on Hell’s Highway to find out whether the reasons for failure can be found on here or was it soldiers of two nations fighting alongside each other to execute a fatally flawed plan?
Documentary which looks at the attempts by allied forces in WWII to gain control over a bridge in Nijmegen. With the help of archive footage as well as newly filmed re-enactments, the film gives a detailed account of the battle, drawing on information from historians and an eyewitness account from Lord Peter Carrington who crossed the Nijmegen bridge with British tanks.
The New Order Story: A collection of 21 clips interspersed with interviews with the band and with many of their celebrity friends including Bono from U2. It takes you through New Order's journey from the early days of Joy Division up to the release of Republic taking in all the stories characters and ideas that have played a part in the making of the band along the way. A Collection: 'A Collection' features all of New Order's groundbreaking videos including 'Bizarre Love Triangle' 'Blue Monday' and 'True Faith' plus alternate versions and brand new videos for 'Temptation' and 'Ceremony' created just for this compilation. It also includes the latest video from their current album - the title track 'Waiting For The Sirens Call'. Tracklist: 1. Ceremony 2. Confusion 3. The Perfect Kiss 4. Shellshock 5. State Of The Nation 6. Temptation 7. Bizarre Love Triangle 8. True Faith 9. Touched By The Hand Of God 10. Blue Monday '88 11. Fine Time 12. Round & Round 13. Run 14. World In Motion 15. Regret 16. Ruined In A Day 17. World 18. Spooky 19. 1963 20. Crystal 21. 60 Miles An Hour 22. Here To Stay 23. Krafty 24. Jetstream 25. Waiting For The Sirens' Call
Somewhere in California is hidden a mysterious industrial complex. Apparently well known to certain privileged members of the inner circle of government this factory has only one product: human clones... Raised in a state of blissful ignorance both about their origins and their ultimate fate the clones dream of 'America' - where so their guardians tell them they will one day be sent. But what happens when one of these farmed clones starts to ask difficult questions...and comes looking for the real America? Peter Graves and Hollywood legend Keenan Wynn star in this dazzling political thriller that works equally well as a pulse-pounding horror film packed with moments of jaw dropping terror.
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