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• Three Brothers | Blu Ray | (04/04/2016) from £9.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (100.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A wonderful film that moves on waves of feeling. Francesco Rosi, who has one of the greatest compositional senses in the history of movies, keeps you in a state of emotional exaltation. A simple image has the kind of resonance that most directors never achieve. (Pauline Kael, New Yorker) Francesco Rosi established himself as one of the greatest chroniclers of Italy's stormy postwar history with such riveting classics as Salvatore Giuliano, The Mattei Affair and Illustrious Corpses. Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) explores similarly knotty social and political territory through the seemingly straightforward story of three siblings returning to their native southern Italy to pay homage to their late mother. However, their various professions a judge in Rome (Philippe Noiret), a spiritual counsellor in Naples (Vittorio Mezzogiorno), a factory worker in Turin (Michele Placido) have a profound effect on their response to this reunion. Although Oscar-nominated at the time, Three Brothers has never previously been released on any video format in the UK. Arrow Academy is proud to present it here in a brand new 2K restoration. Special Edition Contents: Brand new 2K restoration from original film materials High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional newly translated English subtitles Archival interview with Francesco Rosi Original theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin Booklet featuring an essay by Professor Millicent Martin, a 1981 interview with Rosi and a selection of contemporary reviews (first printing only)

• Gamer | Blu Ray | (09/05/2018) from £9.34   |  Saving you £16.91 (209.28%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "Gamer" is a high-concept action thriller set in a near future when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid. Humans control other humans in massive multiplayer online games: people play people...for keeps.

• The Alpinist | Blu Ray | (24/01/2022) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As the sport of climbing turns from a niche pursuit to mainstream media event, Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he draws scant attention. With no cameras, no rope, and no margin for error, Marc-André's approach is the essence of solo adventure.

• The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection Vol. 2 | Blu Ray | (06/12/2021) from £49.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, wrote, directed, produced and starred in over 40 films in his short but prolific life, before passing away of a drugs overdose in 1982 aged just 37. Rainer Werner Fassbinder vol. 2 brings together a collection of his key works from the mid-section of his career in high definition digital restorations prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation. Among Fassbinder's best-loved works, Fear Eats the Soul sees the director paying homage to the classic melodramas of Douglas Sirk in its poignant portrayal of a relationship between a widowed cleaning lady in her sixties and a Moroccan immigrant in his thirties that causes an outrage with her family, friends and neighbours. Fassbinder's long-gestating adaptation of Theodor Fontane's classic German novel Effi Briest, his most expensive production to date as well as one of his most ambitious, tells the tale of a seventeen-year-old girl who is married off by her parents to a wealthy Baron more than twice her age. Fassbinder himself plays the protagonist of Fox and His Friends, a sweet working class soul whose relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen, he discovers, is based almost wholly on his unexpected lottery win. Chinese Roulette is a tense psychodrama set in an isolated house during a weekend break in which infidelities are revealed and families break down. Fassbinder's international breakthrough film, The Marriage of Maria Braun charts the rise to prosperity of its tenacious and pragmatic central character across the post-war years as she holds out hope for the return of the young soldier she was married to for less than 24-hours before he was dispatched to the Russian front and later reported dead. Limited Edition Contents High definition digital transfers of all films prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation High Definition (1080p) Blu-rayTM presentations of all films Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound for all films Optional English subtitles for all films Exclusive 140-page collectors booklet containing archive articles and new writing by Deborah Allison, Geoff Andrew, Margaret Deriaz and Travis Miles. Disc One Fear Eats The Soul Audio commentary by critic and lecturer Mark Freeman My Name is Not Ali, Viola Shafik's 2011 feature-length documentary on the life and death of El Hedi ben Salem, star of Fear Eats the Soul Interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges Theatrical trailer Disc Two Effi Briest Audio commentary by Ken Moulden Interview with actor Ulli Lommel Interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges Theatrical trailer Disc Three Fox And His Friends & Chinese Roulette Audio commentary by Hamish Ford on Fox and His Friends Interview with actor Ulli Lommel on Chinese Roulette Original theatrical trailers for both films Disc Four The Marriage Of Maria Braun Life, Love & Celluloid, a 1998 feature-length documentary on Fassbinder, written and directed by his regular editor, Juliane Lorenz Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977, a candid 30-minute interview with the director The Fassbinder Family, featurette detailing the actors who worked with Fassbinder time and again throughout his career

• Weathering With You | Blu Ray | (28/09/2020) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky Contains the film on Blu-ray and DVD with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in collector's packaging.

• The Forever Purge | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £17.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The next thrilling instalment of the franchise from Blumhouse! One night is not enough as members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with the annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre. No one is safe. On the morning after the Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks a wealthy Texas ranching family and their workers. Exposed by daylight, the two families are forced to band together and fight back as the country spirals into chaos and the United States begins to disintegrate around them.

• Buena Vista Social Club | Blu Ray | (22/08/2022) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wim Wenders' recording of the Cuban all-stars band helped introduce the world to these consummately gifted and charismatic performers. In 1996, Ry Cooder helped bring together a group of legendary Cuban musicians under the banner of Buena Vista Social Club, the name of a popular 1940s members bar in the Buenavista quarter of Havana. Amongst the performers were guitarist and singer Compay Segundo, pianist Rúben Gonzalez, singer Ibrahim Ferrer, singer and guitarist Eliades Ochoa and singer Omara Portuondo. Their eponymous album, released in 1997, was a huge hit. On the announcement of a world tour, Wenders joined the band, recording them in concert. Cooder had previously worked with Wenders on the evocative score for the director's 1984 road movie Paris, Texas. Here, Wenders intersperses his record of the concerts with personal reminiscences by the band of their early years as musicians and performers in Batistsa's pre-revolutionary Cuba and what life was like under Castro's regime. What emerges is a riveting combination of music by a veteran band still at the top of their game and a fascinating personal insight into the history of a country.

• The Lion In Winter | Blu Ray | (17/10/2016) from £14.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (76.98%)   |  RRP £22.99

  England, the 12th Century. After the death of his son and heir, King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) is obsessed with finding a new successor, so summons his three remaining sons. Also summoned is his wife, the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katherine Hepburn), who he has kept imprisoned for the last ten years. As the Royal couple scheme and cajole with their sons their passions turn from tenderness to fury as they determine who should be the future King of England. Katherine Hepburn won her third of an unprecedented four Best Actress Oscars® for this film, and director Anthony Harvey was also nominated. Also starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Hopkins

• Jumpers for Goalposts Live at Wembley Stadium | Blu Ray | (13/11/2015) from £12.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Smooth Talk (Criterion) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates's celebrated short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration, and it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound. Product Features Restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Joyce Chopra, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Conversation among Chopra, author Joyce Carol Oates, and actor Laura Dern from the 2020 New York Film Festival, moderated by Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone New interview with Chopra New conversations between Chopra and actors Treat Williams and Mary Kay Place, moderated by Malone New interview with production designer David Wasco KPFK Pacifica Radio interview with Chopra from 1985 Joyce at 34 (1972), Girls at 12 (1975), and Clorae and Albie (1975), three short films by Chopra Audio reading of the 1966 Life magazine article The Pied Piper of Tucson, which inspired the short story by Oates Trailers English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by poet and memoirist Honor Moore, a 1986 New York Times article by Oates about the adaptation, and Oates's 1966 short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

• The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Extended Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £36.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-Earth saga that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. In the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) Bilbo enters the Lonely Mountain in possession of Gollum's precious ring and his keen blade Sting. With an all-star cast including many acclaimed actors from The Lord of the Rings (such as Cate Blanchett Ian Holm Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood Andy Serkis and more) and the effects wizardry of Jackson's award-winning Weta Workshop Tolkien's epic story comes to life as never before imagined.

• The Day of the Dolphin (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/07/2021) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The third and final collaboration between director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry, following The Graduate and Catch-22, The Day of the Dolphin is a true one-off. A science-fiction thriller filmed in the Bahamas, and adapted from Robert Merle's best-selling novel, the film concerns a scientist (George C Scott, Hardcore) who is teaching dolphins to speak and finds himself embroiled in a shadowy government plot to assassinate the US president. Special Features 4K restoration Original stereo audio Selected scenes commentary with academic and film historian Sheldon Hall (2021) New interview with actor Jon Korkes (2021) Archival interview with screenwriter Buck Henry (2003) Archival interview with actor Leslie Charleson (2003) Archival interview with actor Edward Herrmann (2003) Original theatrical trailer Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2016): short critical appreciation Radio spot Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Neil Sinyard, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies

• Akame Ga Kill - Collection 1 (Episodes 1-12) Deluxe Collector's Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (07/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £89.99

  Under the rule of a tyrannical empire, Tatsumi, a young swordsman, leaves his home to save his poverty stricken village. He meets a girl named Akame, an assassin who was bought, brainwashed and trained to kill by the Empire. Akame is a member of the secret assassin group called Night Raid who use special weapons called Teigu. Together, Tatsumi and the members of Night Raid confront the corrupt empire. Deluxe Edition contains: Hard Cover Booklet Tattoos Sticker Poster 3 DVD Discs 2 Blu-ray Discs Rigid Outer Box On Disc Extras: AkaKill! Theater; Japanese Promos; Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation

• Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (2-Disc Blu-ray and UHD) | Blu Ray | (12/02/2024) from £29.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Its been called 'graphic and unapologetic' (SexGoreMutants), 'brutally effective' (Screen Rant) and 'a forgotten classic' (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial, and misunderstood genre film of the '80s. Now 'the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made' (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before: When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he'll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this 'devastating masterpiece' (Cinefear) - whose UK release as NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN led to the imprisonment of distributor David Hamilton-Grant - has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled.Disc Specs:Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Audio: English 5.1 / English Stereo4K Video: HDRClosed CaptionsUHD: Region FreeDisc 1: UHDAudio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteauAudio Commentary With Producer William PaulTrailersDisc 2: Blu-rayDamaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-GrantAudio Commentary With Star Baird Stafford and Special Effects Assistant Cleve Hall Moderated By Lee Christian and David DeCoteauAudio Commentary With Producer William PaulKill Thy Father And Thy Mother - Interview With Director Romano Scavolini (71 mins)Dreaming Up A Nightmare - Featuring Former President Of 21st Century Distribution Arthur Schweitzer, Actor/Unit Production Manager Mik Cribben, Production Supervisor Simon Nuchtern, Florida Producer/Special Effects Artist William Milling, Uncredited Editor Jim Markovic and Archival Interviews With Actor Baird Stafford and Special Effects Artists Edward French and Cleve HallThe Nightmare Of NIGHTMARE - Interview With Erroneously Credited Special Effects Director Tom SaviniDeleted ScenesStill GalleryTrailersThis double disc also includes an 8-page booklet.

• Star Trek 4 : The Voyage Home | Blu Ray | (11/05/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  William Shatner Leonard Nimoy and the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew come down to earth in one of the most acclaimed and intriguing Star Trek adventures ever. It's the 23rd century and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien as anything they've ever encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy. A thrilling action-packed mission for the Enterprise crew!

• Little Fish - Blu-ray + DVD | Blu Ray | (23/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Souvenir Part II | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.Joanna Hogg's shimmering story of first love and a young woman's formative years, The Souvenir Part II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of everyday life a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy. With an outstanding cast that also includes Richard Ayoade, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn and Tilda Swinton, the critically acclaimed sequel to The Souvenir is a truly unmissable cinematic event.Reviews★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the most beautiful and extraordinary films of the year Evening Standard★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This rich and mysterious film is a real achievement The Guardian★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Empire★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Radio Times★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Time Out★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Telegraph★ ★ ★ ★ ★ iNews★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CineVue★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jumpcut Online★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Upcoming

• Mildred Pierce (HBO) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  She gave her daughter everything. But everything was not enough. HBO's new miniseries Mildred Pierce brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class. Starring Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and co-written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood) as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon (Guy Pearce) and ex-husband Bert Pierce (Brian F. O'Byrne).

• Let Me in | Blu Ray | (10/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook - Ultra Limited Print Run. Critically acclaimed director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) brings you this astonishing remake of the award winning Swedish horror, Let the Right One In. Let Me In tells the tale of Owen, a young boy who is constantly bullied at school and seeks comfort in his vampire neighbour who lives in secrecy with her guardian. Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Chloe Moretz (Kickass) and Elias Koteas (The Fourth Kind).

• Red Dwarf - Series 2 BD | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £33.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All six episodes from the second series of the popular sci-fi comedy. In 'Kryten' the crew of Red Dwarf answer a distress call from three woman survivors of a crashed spaceship, only to discover their long-dead bodies being waited on by android butler Kryten (David Ross). 'Better Than Life' finds the crew living out their fantasies with a virtual reality computer game. 'Thanks for the Memory' sees Lister (Craig Charles), Cat (Danny John-Jules) and Rimmer (Chris Barrie) lose all memory of the preceding four days. 'Stasis Leak' has the crew discover a doorway to the past, enabling Lister to romance Kochanski (C.P. Grogan) and Rimmer to warn himself about the future. 'Queeg' sees Holly (Norman Lovett) replaced by a much stricter back-up computer. Finally, in 'Parallel Universe', a faster-than-light drive propels the crew into a universe where they meet their female counterparts.