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• Howard Hughes Story | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-6.15 (-26.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The factual biography of the man who as a boy designed aeroplanes and went on to build a business empire of airlines hotels ans casinos and as a filmmaker produced some of Hollywood's most enduring films including Hell's Angels Scarface and The Outlaw. Yet behind the glamour the fame and the fabulous there lurked a darker side a sick isolated and deeply unhappy man who hid behind his image and ended up a prisoner of his own insanity.

• America's Railroads | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  If you like trains you will love this diverse and fascinating collection of films. These fact-filled documentaries span the history and development of the railroad industry from the building of the first transcontinental line to the height of steam engine operations during World War II to the eventual triumph of diesel over steam. Relive the thrill of riding the rails across an ever-changing American landscape and experience the challenges the romance and the day-to-day operations of America's greatest railroads. Take a nostalgic look back at a classic way of life as we introduce you to the people and machines that built the great American Railroad. Introductions by noted railroad historians Walter P. Gray IV and Don DeNevi. Episodes Comprise: 1. An Introduction to the Railroad in America 2. Last of the Giants 3. 225 000 Mile Proving Ground 4. Flight of the Century 5. Science Rides the High Iron 6. Operation Fast Freight 7. Steam Train Wrecks of the 1920's 8. The Steam Locomotive 9. Power Behind the Nation 10. Clear Signal 11. Lifeline of a Nation 12. The Freight Train 13. Snow on the Run 14. Early Steam Trains 15. The Milwaukee Road 16. California Zephyr 17. B&O's 800 Mile Birthday Party 18. Big Trains Rolling

• Gangster Story | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £5.97   |  Saving you £0.28 (5.94%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Directed by Walter Matthau his only such assignment and also starring his wife Carol Grace (she only made two films) Gangster Story stars Matthau as gangster Jack Martin who is brought into sharp conflict with rival Earl Dawson when he tries to muscle in on his territory.

• The Inspector General | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (81.71%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In this delightful period farce set in Russia in the 1800's Danny Kaye plays and illiterate buffoon who is mistaken by the villagers for their feared Inspector General. Hilarious situations ensue as Danny is caught up in court intrigue without having a clue of what is going on.

• I'm Not Rappaport | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (-12.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  I'm Not Rappaport

• Paul Newman Collection Vol.2 - Silver Chalice/The Helen Morgan Story/The Outrage/Rachel Rachel/When Time Ran Out | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Silver Chalice (1954): He looks like Marlon Brando some reviewers said of this movie's 29-year-old star but those comparisons would soon end. Soon to impress with his own intense brilliance Paul Newman made his movie debut in this Biblical saga in the mode of Quo Vadis and The Robe. Set in Rome during the early Christian era it focuses on an ill-fated sculptor sold into slavery and torn between his adoring wife (Pier Angeli) and a wily temptress (Virginia Mayo) - and threatened in his work by a power-mad sorcerer (Jack Palance) bent on overturning Christianity and becoming his own true messiah. The Silver Chalice's cast also includes Lorne Greene E.G. Marshall and a blonde Natalie Wood. But Newman is the movie's heart. This young man director Victor Saville predicted is destined for great things. The Helen Morgan Story (1957): Helen Morgan has beauty talent success. Yet they mean nothing to her without the love of Larry Maddox the bootlegger who leads Helen on and drops her so often she finally hits bottom. Set in the roaring '20s The Helen Morgan Story is also Maddox's story. In his fifth film Paul Newman plays the mobster with slick assuredness. In her final movie Ann Blyth portrays the troubled songstress (and Show Boat original cast member) with Gogi Grant performing vocals on signature Morgan tunes. Appearances by '20s icons Rudy Vallee Walter Winchell and Morgan's real-life accompanist Jimmy McHugh bring bracing authenticity to this tale of a legend whose songs could heal any heart but her own. The Outrage (1964): A notorious bandit confesses to rape and murder and justice is sure to be swift. But wait. Witnesses to the outrage come forward each offering different versions of the events. Does truth lie in the eyes of the beholder? A year after Hud star Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt teamed again and gave the Japanese classic Rashomon an Old West setting crafting a brisk and challenging drama far removed from the norm in film fare (A.H. Weiler The New York Times). Newman drawing deep into his talent reservoir portrays the brazen desperado at the center of conflicting events. Laurence Harvey Claire Bloom Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner offer luminous support in this tale of a quest for truth. And of the humanity or inhumanity behind it. Rachel Rachel (1968): New England schoolteacher Rachel Cameron's life is small and safe. Too small and too safe for a warmhearted woman who wants to do something - anything - to keep from slipping into spinsterhood. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward joined their stellar talents on this powerfully human movie he debuting as a director and she giving one of her hallmark screen performances. Both won New York Film Critics and Golden Globe awards for their work and the film garnered four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The Newmans teamed afterward on other masterful films (The Glass Menagerie Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Empire Falls). But for tenderness insight and artistry none surpasses Rachel Rachel. When Time Ran Out (1980): Enough stars to light five marquees. Enough subplots of passion power and greed to fill 10 movies. Plus fiery special effects galore. A South Pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. Among those imperiled are wildcat oil driller Paul Newman hotel baron William Holden and Jacqueline Bisset as a PR executive who must choose between them. Which familiar faces will survive when there's no such thing as safe ground? Watch - and watch out - for yourself. As the lava flows so also flows rare and rousing screen excitement!

• Penny Serenade | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Penny Serenade is the story of Julie and Roger Adams. It is an honest look at a happy if not exactly peaceful period in the domestic life of a newspaperman and a former salesgirl in a music shop.

• Eddie | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (48.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Eddie is a wise cracking fast talking limo driver who frequently puts her mouth into gear long before her brain. She loves New York she loves her job but most of all she loves the Nicks. So when Eddie is made honorary coach of her beloved team it is a dream come true. But now she must win the fans and most importantly win the playoffs.

• Blood Of The Virgins | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A bunch of swingers are on holiday in the mountains. One night their van breaks down. They seek shelter in an old abandoned lodge. It's a night none of them will ever forget.... A raunchy and radical production- as you'd expect from a country that produced both Evita and Che Guevara.

• The Enron - Smartest Guys In The Room/One Day In September/The U.S. Vs John Lennon | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set Comprises: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005): This searing examination of the Enron accounting scandal reveals the psychology of greed and corporate corruption that facilitated the company's rise to power and also its fall. When Enron went bankrupt in 2001 the principals walked away millionaires--but later faced legal proceedings and jail sentences. Meanwhile many employees and investors were left with nothing not even their retirement savings. Shedding light on the new economy of the 1990s when predictions and book-cooking flourished without actual profits the film shows how it was not Enron alone but a network of bankers traders and accountants who turned a blind eye to the company's clearly suspicious numbers. CEO Ken Lay and top dogs Jeff Skilling and Andy Fastow give candid interviews that illustrate their skill at deflecting hard questions and egotistically boasting about the company's success. In one of the company's cold and calculated moves - which caused the California power outages and lead to the ousting of governor Gray Davis - Enron employees are shown laughing at forest fires. Unbelievable footage of employees reveals unbridled greed lust for risk-taking and guiltless cheating all while thinking they could never be caught. Finally a few brave whistle-blowers stepped forward including Bethany McLean author of the Enron novel upon which this film is based who wrote an article in Fortune magazine calling the company's bluff. A remarkable documentary which packages the events of the scandal into a cohesive story this is one film not to miss! One Day In September (1999): 1972. The Munich Olympic Games. 121 nations. 7 123 competitors. Over a billion viewers and 8 Palestinian terrorists. For the first time in over 25 years the truth is revealed. One Day In September is the incredible shocking story about the brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of extremist Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics. Finally the unbelievable truth is revealed: how eight terrorists easily snuck into the Olympic Village and took 11 innocent athletes hostage the tension-filled negotiations that followed and the shocking conclusion at a German airport that stunned the world. Featuring the frightening perspective of the only surviving terrorist and revelatory facts about what really happened on that dark night. Directed by Kevin MacDonald and narrated by Michael Douglas One Day In September unfolds like a gripping thriller - except this unforgettable story is completely true... The US Vs John Lennon (2006): Before Iraq before the Bush Administration before the Dixie Chicks Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam... there was John Lennon the celebrated musical artist who used his fame and fortune to protest against the Vietnam War and advocate for world peace. Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfield trace Lennon's metamorphosis from loveable ""mop-top"" to

• The Paranoids | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luciano Gauna, a wannabe screenwriter reduced to working at children's parties, bumps into his old friend Manuel, who is now a huge success in Spain as star of television series The Paranoids. While out of the country Manuel asks Luciano to help out his beautiful girlfriend Sofia who confides in Luciano that Manuel's successful television character is, in fact, based on Luciano himself. With nowhere to go, Sofia spends the night in Luciano's apartment and she seems to be attracted by the same qualities that Manuel rejects as weaknesses... An award-winning romantic comedy and the first feature film from director Gabriel Medina, The Paranoids (Los Paranoicos) features a memorable performance from Daniel Hendler as the hapless Luciano. A highly personal film for Medina, most of the incidents are based on real events that either happened to himself or his friends.

• Pets | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £5.40   |  Saving you £0.59 (10.93%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this action packed adventure children Peter and Shannon find themselves battling with their pets against 3 incompetent crooks to ensure the bad guys get more than they bargained for.

• Black Beauty | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £11.49   |  Saving you £-5.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It would be easy to pass by this movie, based on Anna Sewell's famous novel Black Beauty, on the assumption that it's dated and twee. Well, perhaps it is a little, but the sheer quality of the whole enterprise places it in the front rank of children's cinema classics. Screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz's ability to harness both literary and popular techniques in the same work (also true of his written fiction) remains unsurpassed in this captivating tale of Beauty's eventful life, from being raised as a foal by the devoted Joe (Lester), then passing through the hands of various owners before being purchased by, supposedly, Miss Sewell herself, to be once more cared for by a now-adult Joe who is in her employ. Along the way, Beauty passes through the hands of gypsies, a circus owner, a family of aristocrats and is even ridden into war, with each episode being expertly cast (Mower is in particularly fine form as a mad, bad and dangerous army officer) and produced to the highest cinematic standards--even the exterior lighting is perfect. Absolutely recommended. The 4:3 DVD is a transfer of exceptionally high quality and includes the cinema trailer, an image gallery of stills and collector-enthusing promotional ephemera (presented in a thumb-saving slideshow format) and, rather incongruously, a trailer for Help! I'm a Fish!--Roger Thomas

• Bloodlust | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A group of teenagers take a boat out to a seemingly deserted island only to discover that it is inhabited by a wealthy recluse and his staff. Whilst he is initially hospitable, they soon discover his true plan; to hunt down and kill each and every one of them.

• Greyfriar's Bobby / Darby O'Gill | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-30.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Greyfriar's Bobby (Dir. Don Chaffey 1961): The true story of a Skye terrier who after a vigil at his master's grave for fourteen years became well-known throughout Scotland and eventually received a gold licence from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Darby O'Gill (Dir. Robert Stevenson 1959): Take a wee bit of ancient folklore mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast (including Sean Connery) - and you've got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O'Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There's just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster - which proves no small task indeed!

• The Wicker Man (Classic Collection) | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  It must be stressed that despite the fact that it was produced in 1973 and stars both Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland, The Wicker Man is not a Hammer Horror film. There is no blood, very little gore and the titular Wicker Man is not a monster made out of sticks that runs around killing people by weaving them into raffia work. Edward Woodward plays Sergeant Howie, a virginal, Christian policeman sent from the Scottish mainland to investigate the disappearance of young girl on the remote island of Summer Isle. The intelligent script by Anthony Schaffer, who also wrote the detective mystery Sleuth (a film with which The Wicker Man shares many traits), derives its horror from the increasing isolation, confusion and humiliation experienced by the naïve Howie as he encounters the island community's hostility and sexual pagan rituals, manifested most immediately in the enthusiastic advances of local landlord's daughter Willow (Britt Ekland). Howie's intriguing search, made all the more authentic by the film's atmospheric locations and folkish soundtrack, gradually takes us deeper and deeper into the bizarre pagan community living under the guidance of the charming Laird of Summer Isle (Lee, minus fangs) as the film builds to a terrifying climax with a twist to rival that of The Sixth Sense or Fight Club. --Paul Philpott

• Drive | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a bio-energy module is placed in Toby Wong's chest his martial arts skills are tuned to a superhuman level and the Army begins to hunt him down! Desperate he forces hostage Malik to drive him to freedom in Los Angeles. But can they beat the ammo-packing posse chasing them?

• The Last Time I Saw Paris | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £6.72   |  Saving you £-3.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• Gioacchino Rossini - La Cenerentola | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A live recording from the Kleines Festspielhaus Salzburg 1982

• Monte Carlo Rally 1987 | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £10.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (20.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fascinating compilation of some of the more exciting highlights of the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally! The 1987 Monte-Carlo Rally marked the start of a new era for the World Rally Championship. The Group B 'supercars' had been banned but turbo-charged and four-wheel-drive machines ensured there was still plenty of speed drama and controversy. Experience the opening round of the 1987 World Rally Championship and a new era for the sport in these exceptional highlights. Juha Kankkunen had switched to Lancia for '87 and it seemed a good move as the Delta 4WDs of the World Champion and teammates Bruno Saby and Miki Biaison dominated the opening stages of the five-day event. As the battled raged across snow and ice the fight to be 'best of the rest' featured Walter Rohrl in the Audi 200 Quattro the Ford Sierra Cosworth of Stig Blomqvist the Mazda 323 of Timo Salonen and reigning Group A World Champion Kenneth Eriksson in the Volkswagen Golf GTi. Despite Rohrl's best efforts this would be a duel between Kankkunen and Biasion. With just one day left the dominant Lancias faced exclusion after a protest. The team escaped sanction but there was further controversy when Biasion secured an unexpected victory ahead of a clearly unhappy Kankkunen. Fabulous footage and revealing interviews bring you all the action drama and controversy from the first chapter of a new era in World Rallying. Monte-Carlo Rally 1987 is part of a collectable set of classic Monte-Carlo rally highlights programmes.