The steamy exotic city if New Orleans in America's deep south is the setting for this true story of an ingenious brutal murder plot that goes terribly wrong. Based on a true story.
Some men must fight for redemption. Jack Severino has no memory all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.
When a tyrant comes among us a hero will arise to oppose and crush him. In the whole range of fact and fiction there is no character who satisfies this need with more romantic exuberance than Robin Hood. This new serial written specially for television tells once more with a few original variations the story of his exciting life and adventures... The long awaited 1975 miniseries first aired on BBC1 is finally available of DVD!
A gruelling competition of nerve strength and skill to stay on top of 2 000 pounds of wild animal for eight seconds: that's professional bull-riding. Champion Cowboy Lane Frost is driven by an obsession to exceed his father's expectations and gain his love. But the sacrifices he makes to his craft threatens not only his marriage but also his friendships. Set against an unpredictably precarious world this is a bittersweet love story about a maverick hero who elevated his sport in
Explore the world of genealogy and learn how to trace your family history. Follow celebrities as they search into their past and find out interesting and surprising facts about their ancestors. Celebrities featured include: David Baddiel Jeremy Clarkson Leslie Garrett Ian Hislop Sue Johnstone Bill Oddie Amanda Redman Vic Reeves Meera Syal and Moira Stuart.
The East End in 1900 a world of cobbled streets and thick fog. Thousands of Londoners live in cramped, sooty tenements. Their homes are lit by gas and infested with lice.Amidst this dire poverty is a close-knit community defined by resilience, kindness and humour. Children play in the streets and the men crowd to the Dock gates for work. From the match factories of Bow to the hop fields of Kent, see how London's East End lived in the years before the Second World War.
An adaptation from maverick Alex Cox of Thomas Middleton's celebrated play from 1607 Revenger's Tragedy tells the story of a man whose wife is murdered on their wedding day and his desire to exact revenge on the murderer. In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool of the future Vindici (Christopher Eccleston) returns from a self-imposed exile to bring down those responsible for his wife's murder. While Vindici's family have fallen on hard times the murderer - known as the Duke (Derek Jacobi) - has become rich powerful and virtually untouchable. Employing all his wit and cunning Vindici sets out to gain the Duke's confidence and get close enough to kill him. Vibrant and pulsating with colour and style Revenger's Tragedy is a masterpiece of reinvention set to astound and astonish.
Nick Halloway (Chase) is a sophisticated stock analyst until a freak accident at an industrial plant renders him invisible! Yet being invisible is not as easy as it sounds as he finds himself the object of a frenzied manhunt by a corrupt government official (Neill) who wants him to become an assassin...
Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at the 2002 Sundance film festival, Love Liza features a tour de force performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Wilson Joel - a man in trouble.
The Stephen Fry Collection includes Stephen Fry in America (x2 DVD) and Last Chance to See (x2 DVD). Stephen Fry in America: Britain's comic genius, Stephen Fry, travels around each of America's states in a black cab in order to discover, in his own inimitable style, what makes the country unique and to get under the skin of American life. His journey across the vast country takes him to a whiskey distillery in Kentucky, lava fields in Hawaii, an Amish community in Wisconsin, and a brothel in Nevada, as well as hunting in New York State, sailing on an America's Cup boat in Rhode Island, basket weaving with Navajo Indians and meeting environmental activists in Oregon. Last Chance to See: Join Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as he follows in his late friend Douglas Adams' footsteps, with zoologist Mark Carwardine. In the 1980s celebrated writer Douglas Adams teamed up with Mark Carwardine and together they embarked on a groundbreaking expedition, travelling the globe in search of the world's endangered animals. Twenty years later Stephen Fry returns with Mark to see if the species still exist. Their journey uncovers some of the weirdest, most remarkable and most troubled creatures on earth. Last Chance to See is a unique insight into the disappearing world around us, and this is their hilarious, entertaining, informative and thought-provoking adventure.
A down-on-his-luck Aussie rock promoter secures the coup of his career in this comedy.
Thanks to generous funding from media mogul Ted Turner, first-time director Ronald F Maxwell was able to make an almost word-for-word adaptation of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Killer Angels. Running over four hours, Gettysburg (1993) splits into two convenient parts for TV viewing (although a 70mm print was given limited theatrical release). This story of three bloody days of conflict in July, 1863 (an unimaginable 50,000 casualties), is divided equally between Union and Confederate forces. On the Union side, Jeff Daniels is the quietly heroic Colonel Joshua Chamberlain; Sam Elliott is utterly convincing as General Buford, the Union cavalryman who holds the Confederate army at bay on the first day. Martin Sheen plays an oddly subdued and vacillating General Lee--a controversial portrait of the legendary Confederate chief--while Tom Berenger, despite being almost hidden underneath an enormous authentically period-style beard, is strong and authoritative as General Longstreet (whose opposition to Lee's plans gave many in the Confederacy a reason to blame him for the disaster at Gettysburg). Chamberlain's last-ditch defence of Little Round Top, which prevented the Union forces from being flanked on the second day of battle, forms the climax to the first half; the heartbreaking Pickett's Charge--the Confederates' disastrous frontal assault on the entrenched Union lines on the third day--is the movie's greatest set piece and one of the most compelling reasons to endure a little too much stodgy dialogue (lifted directly from the novel) and an apparently over-reverential attitude to the subject-matter. But much of this movie was made in and around the actual battle site, so it's only to be expected that the cast and crew tread carefully, as if literally under the watchful eyes of the men whose lives they are re-enacting. And re-enactment is the key: with a cast of thousands in splendidly detailed period costumes, cannonades galore and massed ranks of musketry, the sheer scale of the military spectacle is endlessly impressive. If as a piece of filmmaking it has many faults, as an historical re-enactment Gettysburg is unsurpassed--even by the epic Waterloo (1970), which drafted in a large chunk of the Russian army as Napoleonic extras. --Mark Walker
Pocoyo is back with more fun filled adventures with his friends Loula Elly Pato and Sleepy Bird join them through the mind of a child and experience everything for the first time. Award winning and revolutionary with its innovative use of CGI animation Pocoyo takes pre-school entertainment one step further helping children learn while making them laugh. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pocoyo Pocoyo 2. Picture This 3. Musical Blocks 4. Paint Me A Picture 5. Elly's Doll 6. Giggle Bug 7. Pocoyo Gets It Right 8. A Dog's Life 9. What's In The Box 10. Pocoyo-Lympics 11. Colour My World 12. A Little Something Between Friends 13. Wackily Ever After 14. Pocoyo's Present 15. Mad Mix Machine 16. Big Scary Slide 17. Elly's Ballet Class 18. Guess What 19. Mr Big Duck 20. The Messy Guest 21. Pocoyo's Balloon 22. Who's Calling Me Now 23. Band Of Friends 24. Upside Down 25. New On The Planet 26. All For One
Teddy is an ex Secret Service man living out the quiet life as a chiropractor. His kids think he's a delusional loser, yet when a shadowy villain from his past re-appears, his license to thrill is dusted down and the high-kicking, crazy action begins.
Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's original 1932 horror classic 'The Mummy' starring Brendan Fraser is a true non-stop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects and top-notch talent. It tells the story of a group of people searching for a long-lost treasure deep in the Egyptian desert who manage to unearth a 3 000 year old legacy of terror.
In this madcap reworking of a classic Chinese folktale So (Stephen Chow) is the illiterate spoilt son of a wealthy family. He enters a Chinese military arts tournament but is disgraced when his lack of academic skills is revealed. Forced to walk the streets as a vagabond So eventually joins the famed Society of Beggars rising through the ranks to become their king. When the Emperor's life is endangered So and his ragged army come to the rescue....
Selected episodes from the smash comedy On the Buses
With a cast of non-actors drawn from the very world which the film portrays Shooters is not just another British genre gangster film - it's a film about real British gangsters. Semi-improvised on the streets of Liverpool Dan Reed's drama brings the true face of Britain's underworld to light. If Ken Loach made a gangster film it might look something like this.
Infuriated by her tight-lipped boyfriend, Brittany Murphy's TV producer delves into his palm pilot to find all about his ex-girlfriends - and finds more than she bargained for.
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