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  • Criterion Collection: The Life & Death of Colonel [Blu-ray] [1943] [US Import]Criterion Collection: The Life & Death of Colonel | Blu Ray | (19/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp [1943]The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    The artistic masterpiece about love, war and comradeship from the celebrated creators of "The Red Shoes" and "A Matter of Life and Death."

  • The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Third SeriesThe Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Boasting a virtuoso comic performance from Leonard Rossiter The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-79) remains one of the greatest of all television sitcoms. Writer David Nobbs combined the surrealist absurdity of Monty Python with an on-going story line that unfolded through each of the three seasons with a clear beginning, middle and end; a ground-breaking development in 70s TV comedy. The first and best season charts middle-aged, middle-management executive Reginald Perrin as he breaks-down under the stress of middle-class life until he informs the world that half the parking meters in London have Dutch Parking Meter Disease. He fakes suicide and returns to court his wife Elizabeth (Pauline Yates) in disguise, a plot development that formed the entire basis of Mrs Doubtfire (1993). Series Two is broader, the rapid-fire dialogue still razor sharp and loaded with caustic wit and ingenious silliness, as a now sane Reggie takes on the madness of the business world by opening a chain of shops selling rubbish. The third season, set in a health farm, is routine, the edge blunted by routine sitcom conventions. At its best The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is hilarious and moving, its depiction of English middle-class life spot on, its satire prophetic. Reggie's visual fantasies hark back to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and Billy Liar (1963), and look forward to Ally McBeal (1997-2002) and are the icing on the cake of a fine, original and highly imaginative show. On the DVD: Reginald Perrin's discs contain one complete seven episode season. There are no extras. The sound is good mono and the 4:3 picture is generally fine, though some of the exterior shot-on-film scenes have deteriorated and there are occasional signs of minor damage to the original video masters. Even so, for a 1970s sitcom shot on video the picture is excellent and far superior to the original broadcasts. --Gary S Dalkin

  • Lucky Girl [DVD]Lucky Girl | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

    This jaunty musical comedy marked another success for former stage star Gene Gerrard playing here opposite Molly Lamont – his frequent screen partner during the early 1930s who enjoyed a flourishing career in Hollywood during the later half of the decade. Co-directed by Gerrard Lucky Girl is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Gerrard plays Stephan Gregorovitch the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country who along with his chancellor is accused of stealing jewels at a party held by Duke Hugo. It is the delightful Lady Moira who comes to their aid… Special Features: Image Gallery

  • The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Second Series [1977]The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £9.23   |  Saving you £6.76 (73.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Boasting a virtuoso comic performance from Leonard Rossiter The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-79) remains one of the greatest of all television sitcoms. Writer David Nobbs combined the surrealist absurdity of Monty Python with an on-going story line that unfolded through each of the three seasons with a clear beginning, middle and end; a ground-breaking development in 70s TV comedy. The first and best season charts middle-aged, middle-management executive Reginald Perrin as he breaks-down under the stress of middle-class life until he informs the world that half the parking meters in London have Dutch Parking Meter Disease. He fakes suicide and returns to court his wife Elizabeth (Pauline Yates) in disguise, a plot development that formed the entire basis of Mrs Doubtfire (1993). Series Two is broader, the rapid-fire dialogue still razor sharp and loaded with caustic wit and ingenious silliness, as a now sane Reggie takes on the madness of the business world by opening a chain of shops selling rubbish. The third season, set in a health farm, is routine, the edge blunted by routine sitcom conventions. At its best The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is hilarious and moving, its depiction of English middle-class life spot on, its satire prophetic. Reggie's visual fantasies hark back to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and Billy Liar (1963), and look forward to Ally McBeal (1997-2002) and are the icing on the cake of a fine, original and highly imaginative show. On the DVD: Reginald Perrin's discs contain one complete seven episode season. There are no extras. The sound is good mono and the 4:3 picture is generally fine, though some of the exterior shot-on-film scenes have deteriorated and there are occasional signs of minor damage to the original video masters. Even so, for a 1970s sitcom shot on video the picture is excellent and far superior to the original broadcasts. --Gary S Dalkin

  • To Become OneTo Become One | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Melinda is living a nightmare. Her mother was brutally butchered a year ago by a masked assailant. Now the remainder of her family and friends are being stalked across the countryside by the same man. Everyone is a suspect until they die. Who is the masked killer? Melinda is baffled until a dark family secret is revealed. She was actually one of a set of twins. Siamese twins. Melinda's insane brother is back... and his plan is to join his sister.

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