Your senses will never be the same! This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry. Told through the remarkable music of The Who this is the story of Tommy who when just a boy of six witnessed the murder of his father by his mother (Ann-Margaret) and her lover (Oliver Reed). They command him ""You didn't hear it you didn't see it and you won't say anything to anyone.."" As a result the traumatised boy retreats into the shadows of his mind and becomes deaf dumb and blind. Growing into manhood Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is subjected to several bizarre cure attempts by the Acid Queen (Tina Turner) the preacher (Eric Clapton) and the Specialist (Jack Nicholson). In spite of his handicap Tommy defeats the Pinball Wizard (Elton John) and becomes the champ attaining a devoted following. When he is finally cured he is hailed by his fans as a ""Messiah"".
Titles Comprise:Twilight is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn't have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella's soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is even more intense and exciting than its block-busting prequels. Promising a much darker and more action-packed experience than ever before, will Bella choose Team Edward and live eternally as a vampire or Team Jacob and remain mortal? Whose side are you on? In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires - James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) - come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?The Twilight Saga: New Moon If 'Twilight' was about finding true love then New Moon is about losing it. The real question is which team is Bella on: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner light the darkness in this supernaturally good take on Stephenie Meyer's fantasy novel. This next instalment of The Twilight Saga sees Bella Swan devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of werewolves, the ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.With more of the passion, action and suspense that made Twilight a smash hit, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a spellbinding follow-up to the international box office phenomenon.The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 The highly anticipated fourth instalment of The Twilight Saga, directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 reveals the mysteries of this romantic epic that has entranced millions. In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 , Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child... which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).
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.
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life. Directed by Sam Raimi and written by the brothers Coen: Joel and Ethan. Ernest Tread called the exterminators. He had a rat in his place of business - his partner. Unfortunately the exterminators dispatched the wrong rat!
Upon the sudden death of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, his trusted and successful general Narcissus Meridas is unlawfully imprisoned and condemned to the gladiator games by Marcus's twisted son Commodus.
'A night with Lou Reed' is an intimate visual record of Reed's legendary sold out performance at The Bottom Line in New York City 1983. For Reed whose career began in Greenwich Village when he founded the Velvet Underground this was a homecoming concert. His work qualifies him as a father of the New Wave and he has since been credited with ""inventing the seventies"". Here we see Lou Reed together with the most musically articulate band he has ever assembled. TRACK LISTING:
An uncredited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's ""The Lurking Fear."" After a violent thunderstorm mutilated bodies are found at a Louisiana campground. Investigative reporter Clint Harrison uncover a dark local legend about the reclusive Dansen clan who may be connected with the murders. Determined to dig up the truth Clint and his buddies decide to spend a stormy night at the seemingly abandoned Dansen mansion...
Lou Reed with the help of Andy Warhol at the ""Factory"" made The Velvet Underground a massively influential band. However 'Transformer' Lou Reed's second solo album which took him from cult hero of The Velvet Underground to international superstar status. The programme takes a track by track look at the album which was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson. In an exclusive interview in New York Lou Reed talks of the making of the album and together with the original engineer
Director William Wyler's suspense classic marks the only time cinema giants Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March worked together. And the result is everything you'd expect: taut terrifying and terrific. Bogart plays an escaped con who has nothing to lose. March is a suburban Everyman who has everything to lose - his family is held hostage by Bogart. As The Desperate Hours tick by the two men square off in a battle of wills and cunning that tightens into an unforgettable fear-drench
This tragic love story is brought to life with vitality and verve in this no expense spared lavish production. Van Johnson stars as a G.I. with literary ambitions who relocates to Paris after World War 2 and meets a wealthy American girl. They fall in love and settle down as he attempts to write his first novel. His work is not well received and he hits the bottle. The story follows Johnson to America and then back to Paris as the tragic tale of these two star-crossed lovers unfolds. Elizabeth Taylor was never more beautiful and both she and Van Johnson turn in superb performances.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic story Babylon Revisited this epic romance is a captivating blend of Parisian expatriate high society and the struggles of post World War II Europe. When American war reporter Charles Wills (Van Johnson) meets the restless and fun-loving Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) they immediately fall in love. They spend their time staying out all night gambling and living life in the glory of the Parisian artistic Left Bank society. Eventually they get married and have a family but life becomes more difficult as they try to continue on their free-spirited and reckless adventure.
Yul Brynner stars as Sabata the stylish master gunslinger dressed in black in this classic western tale. In 1867 Mexico was under the domination of the Emperor Maximilian of Austria represented by Colonel Skimmel a cruel and sadistic ruler with no regard for the local people. With revolution in the air one man is needed to lead a group of killers assassins and wanted men to steal a shipment of gold to pay for guns in order to rid the land of Austrian tyranny. Sabata is that man.
Smokey and the Bandit 1 One of the all-time big box-office hits, Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boasts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of coors beer in Texarkana - the closest place it can be legally sold - and haul it across-country to Atlanta in 48 hours. The reward... $80,000! The result... The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed in this hilarious all time box office smash! Smokey and the Bandit II Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason team up again with an all-star cast as a raucous political race results in the comeback of the wild ways of the Bandit (Reynolds). Once again, he's pursued by arch-enemy Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), who is still madly obsessed with apprehending him. But this time the loot is even bigger - a pregnant elephant. And the risks riskier, the action wilder and the stakes for the winner infinitely higher! Smokey and the Bandit III The good ol' boys of high speed high-jinks are back in their third and final Smokey and the Bandit adventure. Starring Jackie Gleason, Paul Williams, Jerry Reed and Pat McCormick reprising their original side-splitting roles. Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason) is ready to retire when the notorious Enises (Williams and McCormick) challenge both him and the Snowman (Reed) to make a special delivery from Miami to Texas in 24 hours. To nab the $250'000 prize, everyone's out to beat the next guy to the finish line - with no holds barred! It's a wild free-for-all featuring some of the most incredible action driving stunts ever filmed, produced by Mort Engleberg, who brought the first two Smokeys to the screen.
A grand inquisitor leads a religious campaign of torture and violence. A woman becomes caught up in the madness when he becomes smitten by her beauty.
In 18th Century Spain, a small village is ruled over by an evil Marquis. A beggar goes to the castle of this unfair ruler and asks for a small amount of bread and is consequently humiliated and jailed. He is soon forgotten and becomes more animal than human, the only contact he has with humanity is through the mute servant girl who feeds him . When the servant girl is thrown into the beggar's cell and raped in a fit of lustful rage she falls pregnant.After being released from the cell she escapes the castle and is taken in by the kind Alfredo Corledo. On Christmas Day, Leon is born. His mother dies at birth and Corledo takes to raising the boy. Leon grows up to be a normal boy until age 6 when he begins to go missing at night and goats are reported savaged the next day. Leon is a werewolf, a condition brought on by his traumatic heritage. However, with love and attention the transformations can be fought and they are until Leon becomes a man. One full moon he again turns into a werewolf and terrifies the town.
When Claudia meets Tom it's love at first sight. But Tom's 10 year old son Joshua is distant and wary of her. To him Claudia is just another in the long string of female 'friends' his father brings home. She slowly gets to know this lonely little boy aching to love someone who will honestly love him back. In time she realises that Tom is not all she originally cracked him up to be and is not much of a father to Joshua either. With her relationship with Tom on the rocks Claudia is faced with a heart rendering dilemma: Should she fight to keep Joshua in her life or let go of him and risk breaking his heart along with her own? This is the touching story of the painful realities of love and responsibilities in today's throw away world.
A town's future is riding with one man. A father-son action/drama based on the inspiring true story of the tiny river town of Madison Indiana and its legendary efforts during the hydroplane racing season of 1971. In addition to the thrills of 180-mph flat-bottomed boat racing the picture captures the spirit of a small American river town struggling to stay alive as water transportation has virtually disappeared.
Elvis Costello is joined by fellow legends such as Elton John The Police and James Taylor in this music-driven series. New York's Apollo Theatre and 30 Rockefeller Plaza play host to the icons as they cover favorite songs and chat about their craft. This release includes 13 episodes.
Rufus Wainwright & The McGarrigles: A Not So Silent Night
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