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• Woodstock | DVD | (09/09/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock 'n' roll history. It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social importance, capturing the spirit of America in transition, when the Vietnam War was at its peak and antiwar protest was fully expressed through the liberating music of the time. With a brilliant crew at his disposal (including a young editor named Martin Scorsese), director Michael Wadleigh worked with over 300 hours of footage to create his original 225-minute director's cut, which was cut by 40 minutes for the film's release in 1970. Eight previously edited segments were restored in 1994, and the original director's cut of Woodstock is now the version most commonly available on videotape and DVD. The film deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, and it's still a stunning achievement. Abundant footage taken among the massive crowd ("half a million strong") expresses the human heart of the event, from skinny-dipping hippies to accidental overdoses, to unpredictable weather, mid-concert childbirth, and the thoughtful (or just plain rambling) reflections of the festive participants. Then, of course, there is the music--a non-stop parade of rock 'n' roll from the greatest performers of the period, including Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Canned Heat, The Who, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Santana, and many more. Watching this ambitious film, as the saying goes, is the next best thing to being there--it's a time-travel journey to that once-in-a-lifetime event. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Burmese Harp | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A rhapsodic celebration of song, a brutal condemnation of wartime mentality, and a lyrical statement of hope within darkness; even amongst the riches of 1950s' Japanese cinema, The Burmese Harp, directed by Kon Ichikawa (Alone Across the Pacific, Tokyo Olympiad), stands as one of the finest achievements of its era. At the close of World War II, a Japanese army regiment in Burma surrenders to the British. Private Mizushima is sent on a lone mission to persuade a trapped Japanese battalion to surrender also. When the outcome is a failure, he disguises himself in the robes of a Buddhist monk in hope of temporary anonymity as he journeys across the landscape – but he underestimates the power of his assumed role. A visually extraordinary and deeply moving vision of horror, necessity, and redemption in the aftermath of war, Ichikawa's breakthrough film is one of the great humanitarian affirmations of the cinema. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and honoured at the Venice Film Festival, The Burmese Harp is one of cinema's great anti-war classics, alongside La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir), Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata/Studio Ghibli), Paths Of Glory (Stanley Kubrick), All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone), and The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin). Special Features: New, restored high-definition 1080p transfer officially licenced from Nikkatsu Newly translated optional English subtitles Exclusive video interview with scholar and filmmaker Tony Rayns Original Japanese theatrical trailer PLUS: A 40-page booklet with an essay by Keiko I. McDonald and rare archival stills

• A Date For Mad Mary | DVD | (06/02/2017) from £6.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Irish drama that follows 'Mad' Mary McArdle (Seána Kerslake) as she returns to her home town of Drogheda after a short stint in prison. Following her release, Mary returns to Drogheda for her best friend Charlene (Charleigh Bailey)'s wedding. As she prepares for her big role as the maid of honour, Mary tends to her duties and prepares her speech while dealing with the social repercussions of her time behind bars for a violent assault and trying to find a date for the big day.

• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sengoku Basara drops you directly into the burning battlefields of feudal Japan where rival warlords hack and slash their way to total domination. Each conqueror wields a special attack that boosts their powers of devastation and each commands a horde of relentless warriors. But when a supreme evil - the Demon Lord - threatens the land these fierce generals launch a co-op campaign of annihilation and build an army of armies to obliterate their common foe. As the front line grows crowded with gun-toting mechanized samurai and mystical ninja some will say that war is hell - Sengoku Basara proves it can also be kick ass.

• Sha Na Na-Live | DVD | (23/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Get A Job 3. Rock Around The Clock 4. Tears On My Pillow 5. Tell Laura I Love Her 6. Jailhouse Rock 7. Blue Moon 8. Teenager In Love 9. I Wonder Why 10. Duke Of Earl 11. Sixteen Candles 12. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 13. Book Of Love 14. Sea Cruise 15. Wild Weekend 16. At The Hop 17. Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay 18. Shakin' Round The Old Oak Tree

• Various Artists - the Spirit of Woodstock | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £33.99

  Tracklisting:DVD 1 - The Peace Persuasion:1. Introduction2. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood Sweat & Tears3. Fingertips - Stevie Wonder4. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan5. You Really Got Me - The Kinks6. Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Animals7. Sunshine Of Your Love - The Cream8. Iko Iko - Grateful Dead9. Back Door Man - The Doors10. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show11. Tears On My Pillow - Sha Na Na12. What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie13. Quite Rightly So - Procol Harum14. Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Johnny Winter15. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds16. Happy Jack - The Who17. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac18. The Peace Persuasion - The Peace GenerationDVD 2 - The First Step Is The Hardest:1. Introduction2. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimmy Hendrix3. You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart4. Black Night - Deep Purple5. Vincent - Don McLean6. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown7. Black Crow Flying - Joni Mitchell8. Help Me - Van Morrison9. Someday Soon - Judy Collins10. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd11. White Room - The Cream12. On The Road Again - Canned Heat13. Mellow Yellow - Donavan14. Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac15. You're A Lady - Peter Skellern16. Almost Sorry - Blood Sweat & Tears17. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations18. The First Step Is The Hardest - The Peace GenerationDVD 3 - The Glory Of Happiness:1. Introduction2. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum3. School's Out (For Summer) - Alice Cooper4. A Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin5. The Weight - The All Star Band Featuring Levon Helm & Rick Danko6. Respect - Aretha Franklin7. Paranoid - Black Sabbath8. Delta Lady - Leon Russell9. Crossroads - The Cream10. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel11. Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful12. River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner13. Inner Crisis - Blood Sweat & Tears14. Five To One - The Doors15. Brand New Key - Melanie16. Stranger Blues - Johnny Winter17. Playing In The Band - Grateful Dead18. The Glory Of Happyness - The Peace Generation

• Grease | Blu Ray | (07/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A