"Actor: Wiley Wiggins"

• Dazed and Confused | Blu Ray | (20/05/2024) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  America, 1976. The last day of school. Bongs blaze, bell-bottoms ring, and rock and roll rocks. Among the best teen films ever made, Dazed and Confused eavesdrops on a group of seniors-to-be and incoming freshmen. A launching pad for a number of future stars, the first studio effort by Richard Linklater also features endlessly quotable dialogue and a blasting, stadium-ready soundtrack. Sidestepping nostalgia, Dazed and Confused is less about the best years of our lives than the boredom, angst, and excitement of teenagers waiting . . . for something to happen. Product Features DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration of the director's cut, supervised and approved by director Richard Linklater and cinematographer Lee Daniel, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray of the film with special features Audio commentary by Linklater Making Dazed, a documentary by Kahane Cooperman Rare on-set interviews and behind-the-scenes footage Footage from the ten-year-anniversary celebration Audition footage and deleted scenes Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: Essays by critics Kent Jones, Jim DeRogatis, and Chuck Klosterman; reprinted recollections of the filming from cast and crew; and character profiles from the Dazed and Confused companion book; as well as the original film poster by Frank Kozik

• Waking Life Dual Format | Blu Ray | (14/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  DREAM IS DESTINY In 2001 writer-director Richard Linklater released a spiritual sequel to his acclaimed early features Slacker and Before Sunset. Taking its cue from their walk-and-talk stream of consciousness, Waking Life enquired into the relationship between dreams and the big screen, and how cinema captures the phantasy state. Aiding Linklater's exploration were two major players: actor Wiley Wiggins (Dazed and Confused, Computer Chess), who acts as our guide through the dreamscape, and animator Bob Sabiston, who created the appropriately disassociated, floating rotoscoped visuals. He and Linklater would later collaborate again on A Scanner Darkly to equally stunning effect. Featuring Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (reprising their Jesse and Céline characters from Before Sunset) and director Steven Soderbergh, Waking Life is an extraordinary thought-provoking trip, quite unlike anything before or since. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Commentary by writer-director Richard Linklater, art director Bob Sabiston, actor Wiley Wiggins and producer Tommy Pallotta Commentary by the 25-strong animation team A selection of Bob Sabiston's short films, including The Trees (1991), Project Incognito (1997), Snack and Drink (1999), Figures of Speech (1999), Grasshopper (2003), Ryan's Capitol Tour (2006) and The Even More Fun Trip (2007) Original ˜making of' featurette including interviews with Linklater, Sabiston and Pallotta Animation tutorial with Sabiston Deleted and alternative animation sequences Pre-animation live action footage captured on Mini DV Trivia subtitle track written by Linklater Theatrical trailer The first pressing also includes a booklet containing new writing on the film by critic David Jenkins and a guide to Bob Sabiston's short films

• Waking Life | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This remarkable film used live-action footage which was subsequently digitally painted to illustrate the main character's journey through his dreams and beyond.

• Computer Chess (Masters of Cinema) (DVD & BLU-RAY DUAL FORMAT) | Blu Ray | (20/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The fourth feature film from the brilliant and maverick American filmmaker Andrew Bujalski whose previous works include Funny Ha Ha (the early '00s film that arguably kicked-off the so-called 'mumblecore' movement of American independent cinema) Mutual Appreciation (an acclaimed comic portrait of love and longing in the Brooklyn indie music scene) and Beeswax (which among its principals starred Alex Karpovsky the filmmaker and actor who has gone on to renown for his own comedy features and his role in Lena Dunham's Girls). A boldly intelligent ensemble comedy with a feel and atmosphere that surpass easy comparison Computer Chess takes place in the early-1980s over the course of a weekend conference where a group of obsessive software programmers have convened to pit their latest refinements in machine-chess and the still-developing field of artificial intelligence (AI) against an assembly of human chess masters. Computer Chess is a portrait not only of the crazy and surreal relationships that come to pass between the abundance of characters who participate in the weekend event (and among whose ranks include Wiley Wiggins the revered indie-game developer and star of Richard Linklater's classic Dazed and Confused) but of the very era of early computing itself - and of the first rudimentary video games - and (if that weren't enough) of the hopes and insecurities that persisted through the film's 'retro' digital age into the present-day - that semi-virtual hyper-social maybe-kind-of-dehumanised landscape that let's face it is our very own era. If that still weren't enough: it's also one of the wittiest most shift-and-cringe-in-your-seat and entirely LOL-hilarious movies of recent times. With its radical retro video aesthetic and wry rumination on digitality and where-we-are-today Computer Chess is a far-reaching and ambitious benchmark for the modern American cinema. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess in its UK home-viewing debut in a Dual Format (Blu-ray + DVD) release. Special Features: 1080p presentation of the feature film on the Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Two trailers for the film Andrew Bujalski's short 2013 film Analog Goose New and exclusive video interviews with Bujalski actor Wiley Wiggins and producer Alex Lipschultz 56-Page Full-Colour Booklet Featuring: A new essay by Craig Keller A discussion on retro gaming with Wiley Wiggins A profile on cover artist (and original Atari 2600 packaging artist) Cliff Spohn A plethora of full-colour photography from the set

• Dazed And Confused | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Director Richard Linklater turned his free-range verite sensibility on the 1970s in Dazed and Confused after changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker. As before, his all-seeing camera meanders across a landscape studded with goofy pop culture references and poignant glimpses of human nature. Only this time around, he's spreading a thick layer of nostalgia over the lens (and across the soundtrack). It's as if Fast Times at Ridgemont High was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The story deals with a group of friends on the last day of high school, 1976. Good-natured football star Randall "Pink" Floyd navigates effortlessly between the warring worlds of jocks, stoners, wannabes and rockers with girlfriend and new-freshman buddy in tow. Surprisingly, it's not a coming-of-age movie, but a film that dares ask the eternal, overwhelming, adolescent question, "What happens next?". It's a little too honest to be a light comedy ("If I ever say these were the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself.") But it's also way too much fun to be just another existential-essay-on-celluloid. --Grant Balfour

• Boys | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fleeing from a horrifically traumatic event Patty Vare (Winona Ryder) is on the run but is suddenly thrown from her horse and loses consciousness. When prep school rebel John Baker (Lukas Haas) discovers her he decides to help the beautiful and mysterious girl by hiding her in his dorm. Mutual attraction soon turns to romance and they explore the realms of young love. But time is against them as the police hunt her down to reveal the dark secret of her past.

• Love And A .45 | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The violent story of two young lovers on a doomed journey outside of the law, Love & a .45 is perhaps most notable for the appearance of a pre-fame Renee Zellweger. The premise is not particularly original but has spawned some great movies over the years, from Bonnie and Clyde to A Life Less Ordinary. CM Talkington's film, however, fails to break free of cliché--whether it be through its cinematic techniques (voice-over, Tom Verlaine's blasting rock score) or Texan white-trash characterisation. There is much inspiration to be drawn from such a background (witness Brad Pitt's brooding performance in Kalifornia) but Gil Bellows simply isn't given the raw materials to work with. As for Zellweger, she spends most of the film wearing very few clothes, waving a gun around and generally being a million miles away from Bridget Jones. For a much better example of the couple-on-the-road movie look to True Romance or Jonathan Demme's underrated classic Something Wild. As for Love & A .45, it misses the target. On the DVD: the DVD format does enhance Love & A .45 to some degree. The picture quality is as bold and brash as the movie itself, and Verlaine's score sounds fantastic in Dolby Digital. Other than this slight additional polish to the original product, there's little of substance here.--Phil Udell