Classic Films

• 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition - Deluxe Book Pack | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  101 Dalmatians is back in this special Deluxe Book pack! Relive this classic animated tale about Pongo Perdita and their family of Dalmatians! When Pongo and Perdita a pair of adorable Dalmatians play Cupid for their human pets wedding bells soon ring! In a short time the dogs become the proud parents of 15 winsome puppies but their happiness is short-lived. The wicked Cruella De Vil wants to buy the all puppies - to make a coat! When her dastardly offer is turned down she orders her bumbling henchmen Horace and Jasper to abscond with the puppies as well as every other Dalmatian puppy in London. Pongo and Perdita must rally a network of animals across England with the 'twilight bark' to help find Cruella's secret hideaway and rescue 99 precious puppies.

• Batfink Vol.4 | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  ""Together we can make the world a safer place!"" Batfink the crime-busting superhero with his supersonic sonar-radar and infamous wings of steel is on a mission to make the world a safer place. With his powerful yet unavailing sidekick Karate Batfink must battle against his arch villains Hugo A Go Go Gluey Louie The Skinny Minnie Gang and many more in the fight against evil! This timeless cartoon a spoof of the famously campy Batman television series was a favourite in the early 1980s.

• Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (4K Ultra HD) | Blu Ray | (08/07/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Michael Caine Collection--The Ipcress File, Educating Rita, The Eagle Has Landed, Without a Clue | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Ipcress File: The tense spy thriller by Len Deighton that turned Michael Caine into a superstar. Cynical and rebellious ex-army sergeant Harry Palmer has been blackmailed into working for Britain's security service. Hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist Palmer finds himself enmeshed in a sinister conspiracy involving horrifying brainwashing techniques murder and treachery that reaches up to the highest levels of the security service itself... Educating Rita: Rita a hairdresser with a sharp wit is married to Danny and at 26 doesn't want a baby. She wants to discover herself - so she joins the Open University. Dr Frank Bryant is a disillusioned university professor of literature. His marriage has failed his girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whiskey. He refers to himself as an appalling teacher of appalling students. What Frank needs is a challenge - and along comes Rita. In this hilarious and often moving drama the story tells how two people find a new lease of life through each other. The Eagle Has Landed: A Nazi strike force plots to assassinate Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk Village. Colonel Radl masterminds the plot which if successful would change the outcome of the war. He enlists the help of Colonel Steiner (Caine) and Liam Devlin (Sutherland). Disguised as Polish airmen German paratroopers land in England. Radl's plan appear to be going smoothly until an unforeseeable incident exposed the Germans. But the kidnap continues and Steiner Luger in hand approaches the unmistakable figure of Churchill... Without A Clue: A madcap comedy which takes a fresh look at the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson escapades. Holmes is actually a figment of Dr. Watson's own success in crime detection a character who Watson uses when he writes in 'The Strand' magazine. But when the printing plates for five pound notes are stolen Queen Victoria herself calls for the country's greatest detective...

• Various Composers - Works (Reiner, Chicago So) | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Various Composers - Works (Reiner Chicago SO)

• The Ultimate Drummers Weekend - 10th Anniversary | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £9.15   |  Saving you £12.84 (140.33%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Ultimate Drummers weekend celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2002 and this DVD was produced as a result of one of the greatest weekends of drumming. Features concert performances workshops and interviews from over 20 top drummers. Also includes footage of the events 10 year history. The DVD includes 30 Minutes of the Dave Weckl Band and Dave Weckl workshop as well as 30 minutes of Virgil Donati and the Vorticity Music Power Trio (Frank Gambale and Ric Fierabracci) as well as the Virgil Donati workshop.

• The Sorcerers | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Sorcerers, the second film directed by the lost "wunderkind" of British cinema Michael Reeves, may not have the scope and visceral impact of his masterpiece, Witchfinder General (1968), but there's enough fierce originality here to show what a tragic loss it was when he died from a drugs overdose aged only 24. The film also shows the effective use he made of minimal resources, working here on a derisory budget of less than £50,000--of which £11,000 went to the film's sole "named" star, Boris Karloff. Karloff plays an elderly scientist living with his devoted wife in shabby poverty in London, dreaming of the brilliant breakthrough in hypnotic technique that will restore him to fame and fortune. Seeking a guinea-pig, he hits on Mike, a disaffected young man-about-town (Ian Ogilvy, who starred in all three of Reeves' films). But the technique has an unlooked-for side effect--not only can he and his wife make Mike do their bidding, they can vicariously experience everything that he feels. At which point, it turns out that the wife has urges and desires that her husband never suspected. Karloff, then almost at the end of his long career, brings a melancholy dignity to his role; but the revelation is the veteran actress Catherine Lacey as the seemingly sweet old lady, turning terrifyingly avid and venomous as she realises her power. The portrayal of Swinging London, with its mini-skirted dollybirds thronging nightclubs where the strongest stimulant seems to be Coke rather than coke, has an almost touching innocence, but Reeves invests it with a dream-like quality, extending it into scenes of violent death in labyrinthine dark alleys. By this stage, some ten years after it started, the British horror cycle was winding down in lazy self-parody. Reeves had the exceptional talent and vision to revive it, had he only lived. On the DVD: The Sorcerers DVD has original trailers for both this film and Witchfinder General (both woefully clumsy); filmographies for Reeves, Karloff and Ogilvy; an "image gallery" (a grab-bag of posters, stills and lobby cards); detailed written production notes by horror-movie expert Kim Newman; and an excellent 25-minute documentary on Reeves, "Blood Beast", dating from 1999. The transfer is letterboxed full-width, with acceptable sound. --Philip Kemp

• Arizona Colt - Mediabook - Cover B (+ DVD) | Blu Ray | (10/11/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Damals | DVD | (25/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• American Graffiti - Original Posters Series | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  California 1962: Four young men get together on the last night before two of them depart for college. They each mature somewhat during a hectic 24 hours of girl chasing and police baiting. Special Features: Limited Edition packaging featuring rarely seen film posters and design artwork The Making of Theatrical Trailer Cast and Filmmaker Biographies Production Notes

• Beethoven - Hammerklavier Op. 106, Rondo Op. 51/2 (Kempff) | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £18.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (3.70%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991) was a paragon of the German classic piano tradition. His Beethoven performances in particular were marked by an intense musicality that favored introspection over technical flamboyance. His career was remarkably long and he gave characteristic performances well into his 80s.Beethoven is the subject of this rare Kempff video from the rich archives of Radio-Canada. Featured is the great Hammerklavier Sonata (Op. 106) here given a truly magisterial performance in which the astonishing complexities of this great work are elucidated in the hands of a supreme Beethoven interpreter.Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Rondo in G major for piano.Wilhelm Kempff discusses the Hammerklavier sonata.Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major for Piano op. 106 Hammerklavier.Wilhelm Kempff - Telecast of November 29 1964.

• Louisiana Purchase | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £12.94   |  Saving you £6.04 (60.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Lousiana Purchase

• The Prisoner - The Ultimate Set | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £136.33   |  Saving you £-36.34 (-36.30%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The Prisoner: The Ultimate Set

• Alfred Hitchcock Box Set (Rebecca/Notorious/Spellbound/The Paradine Case) Exclusive to amazon.co.uk | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paradine Case:After being accused of poisoning her blind older husband the lovely Mrs. Paradine hires lawyer Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) to represent her. Though Keane himself is married to a striking and devoted woman he finds himself strangely drawn to his glamorous defendant. However his deepening feelings convince him that she is innocent even though the evidence and his usual sense of logic and reason suggest otherwise... Spellbound:'Spellbound' was nominated for six Academy Awards and won the Oscar for its original score. Based of Francis Bleeding's novel 'The House of Doctor Edwards' it is one of Hitchcock's finest films full of classic plot twists and featuring a riveting dream sequence by Salvador Dali. Having retired from his position as head of the Green Manors Mental Asylum Dr. Murchison assigns famous psychiatrist Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) as his replacement. Dr. Edwards becomes attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) who soon realises that he is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor. She sets out to cure him whilst solving the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards... Rebecca:This brilliant adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. It was Hitchcock's first Hollywood film and won an Oscar for Best Picture. A timid young girl marries the handsome but troubled Cornish Landowner Maxim de Winter but very soon realises that her life is dominated by the image and memories of her husband's first wife Rebecca. The housekeeper still devoted to Rebecca makes the second Mrs. de Winter's life a misery. Soon after Rebecca's death is revealed as suicide events take another dramatic turn finally casting aside the spectre of Rebecca. Notorious:Regarded as one of Hitchcock's best thrillers this classic is also memorable for the teaming of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman one of Hollywood's all-time great love matches. A Nazi agent is convicted of treason following the Second World War. American Intelligence agents realise that his innocent daughter would be ideal in helping to trap another Nazi mastermind now in Brazil. In Rio she cultivates the friendship of an old aquaintance of her father and marries him to help the U.S. government with their task. However she soon finds herself falling in love with her contact...

• Strip Tease Murder | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When a stripper collapses and dies on stage at the famous Flamingo Club her death is quickly attributed to natural causes but for her husband and fellow club employee Bert suspects there were very 'unnatural' forces at work. In order to get the police involved Bert must find evidence of foulplay but clues are hard to find when everybody has something to hide.

• The Blue Angel | DVD | (13/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich it all began with The Blue Angel, one of the masterpieces of Germany's Weimar cinema. This landmark film thrust the sultry and unrestrained Dietrich on an unsuspecting international film audience. She plays the prototypical role of Lola, the singer who tempts repressed professor Emil Jannings (the king of expressionist actors) into complete submission night after night at the Blue Angel night-club. The film perfectly captures the masochism and degradation of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Adolf Hitler. And yet the moral confusion exhibited by Jannings is really due to his own torment. Dietrich is merely an instrument of his innermost desires, standing on stage in top hat, stockings and bare thighs singing "Falling in Love Again". --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com

• Laurel & Hardy 3 Disc Box Set | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Titles Comprise Laurel & Hardy - Flying Deuces Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion so that Ollie can forget an unhappy romance. As luck would have it they become involved in attempting to smooth out the messy love affair between an officer and his fianc''e. After being in the Legion for as long as they can take it they want their normal lives back. Ollie insists on their release just as they realise they're going to be shot at sunrise for their rebelliousness. The pair attempt an escape via aeroplane. Lots of laughs nostalgia and action-packed stunts take place including a dance routine to 'Shine on Harvest Moon'. Laurel & Hardy - Utopia In Utopia the last film Laurel and Hardy made together Stan and Ollie fly to London for the reading of Stan's late uncle's will. After Stan's uncle's cash is used to pay the solicitors death duties and tax the only things left are a yacht--and a South Sea island. At the docks the duo get their new boat along with a displaced sailor and a stowaway. Together the four set sail but are soon shipwrecked on an atoll during a storm. There they meet a French singer who is escaping her fiancee. When her annoying husband-to-be turns up unexpectedly he discovers the area to be rich in uranium and soon everyone the land. Hilarious hijinks ensue... Laurel & Hardy - March of the Wooden Soldiers In March Of The Wooden Soldiers Stanley Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) are well-meaning but clueless toymakers in Toyland. They misinterpret an order from Santa Claus for 600 one-foot high toy soldiers producing with 100 six-foot high soldiers instead. But their toy army comes in handy when the evil Barnaby (Henry Brandon) and his furry Bogeymen invade Toyland and capture Mother Peep's daughter Bo (Charlotte Henry). Then it's Stanley and Ollie to the rescue in this Laurel and Hardy classic not to be missed.

• Black Sabbath | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Experience Mario Bava's horror classic Black Sabbath A beautiful woman is terrorized by call from an ex-lover who has escaped from prison for the pleasure of killing her... A family becomes a feeding ground when their father returns home wounded after ridding the countryside of a hideous vampire... A nurse is haunted by reproaches from the Beyond after stealing a ring from the finger of a dead medium! Join Boris Karloff as he hosts (and stars in) this trilogy of terror tales

• The Bulldog Breed | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £7.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (20.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Navy's newest recruit is Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom). He's no ordinary sailor and that's just as well because he soon finds himself lined up for an extraordinary adventure. It is planned that the Navy will put a rocket into orbit and Norman is chosen to man it. Hilarious setbacks and chaos are Norman's constant companions as he undertakes the strenuous tests and training required. Eventually doubts arise as to whether the right person has been chosen but surely the whims of admirals and officers will not be enough to deny Norman his moment of glory!

• Devil Ship Pirates | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1588 a Spanish ship from the defeated Armada puts into a British port for repairs. The dastardly Captain Robeles (Lee) instructs his men to persuade the villagers that the invaders were successful and that the British should bend to the Spanish will. When this fails and an organised resistance is formed Robeles resorts to ever more terrifying means to quell the insurrection while his ship is being repaired...