"Director: Bertrand Tavernier"

• Round Midnight (1986) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (09/05/2022) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  'Round Midnight is a love letter from director BERTRAND TAVERNIER (Coup de torchon) to the heyday of bebop and to the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a miraculous, sui generis fusion of performer and character, legendary saxophonist DEXTER GORDON plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching for a fresh start, Turner relocates to Paris, where he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan (The Intouchables' FRANÇOIS CLUZET) who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician. HERBIE HANCOCK's evocative, Oscar-winning score sets the mood for this definitive jazz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with lived in, soulful authenticity. Product Features New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by composer Herbie Hancock and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio New interview with jazz critic Gary Giddins New conversation with music producer Michael Cuscuna and author Maxine Gordon, widow of musician Dexter Gordon Behind-the-scenes documentary from 19TK[ck] Panel discussion from 2014 featuring director Bertrand Tavernier, Cuscuna, Maxine Gordon, and jazz scholar John Szwed, moderated by jazz critic and broadcaster Mark Ruffin Performance from 1969 of Fried Bananas by Dexter Gordon, directed by Teit Jørgensen[ck] Excerpt from the 1996 documentary Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know, by Don McGlynn ck] New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by scholar Mark Anthony Neal

• The Princess Of Montpensier | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  1562. In France, during the reign of Charles IX, the wars of religion are raging...Marie de Mzires, heiress to one of the kingdom's greatest fortunes, loves the young Duc de Guise, known in the annals of history as le Balafr, Scarface. She believes he loves her back, but her father forces Marie to marry the Prince de Montpensier, whom she has never met.This is the story of the violent, passionate rivalry that develops between Frances' most powerful men, a rivalry with Marie as the prize.

• D'Artagnan's Daughter | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Phillippe Noiret plays famed swordsman D'Artagnan alongside Sophie Marceau as the eponymous daughter a determined Eloise in this swashbuckling historical adventure.

• The Princess Of Montpensier | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £11.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (100.09%)   |  RRP £22.99

  1562. In France, during the reign of Charles IX, the wars of religion are raging...Marie de Mzires, heiress to one of the kingdom's greatest fortunes, loves the young Duc de Guise, known in the annals of history as le Balafr, Scarface. She believes he loves her back, but her father forces Marie to marry the Prince de Montpensier, whom she has never met.This is the story of the violent, passionate rivalry that develops between Frances' most powerful men, a rivalry with Marie as the prize.

• Death Watch | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine Mortenhoe (Romy Schneider), but this unwitting celebrity has other ideas. Shot in Glasgow in 1979/80, Bertrand Tavernier's prescient cult sci-fi noir has been completely digitally restored and is ripe for rediscovery. Extras include extended interviews, rarely seen production still shots and much more.

• The Le Juge Et L'Assassin | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £9.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (45.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Le Juge Et L'Assassin Michel Galabru stars as Joseph Bouvier a former Sergeant in the French military. The film commences with Bouvier shooting his beloved and attempting to kill himself. Having survived with two bullets in his brain he is released from the Dole medical facility. Then begins a five-year period of wandering on the roads of the South East of France during which Bouvier rapes and eventually kills two dozen defenseless shepherds and farm servants of both sexes. Judge Rousseau (Philippe Noiret) thinks this case would help his career as a right wing politician and therefore issues warrants of arrests to find any hobo fitting the description. But if Bouvier was declared insane the Judge's plan may become a trap...

• Death Watch | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Before Big Brother there was Death Watch. Media mogul Vincent Ferriman (Harry Dean Stanton) wants to create the most popular reality television show ever. He cajoles journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) into having cameras implanted in his eyes and sets him on the trail of terminally ill Katherine Mortenhoe (Romy Schneider), but this unwitting celebrity has other ideas. Shot in Glasgow in 1979/80, Bertrand Tavernier's prescient cult sci-fi noir has been completely digitally restored and is ripe for rediscovery. Extras include extended interviews, rarely seen production still shots and much more.

• Horloger De Saint-Paul | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £10.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (73.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Horloger De Daint-Paul stars Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul Lyons. He lives quietly alone with his almost son Bernard. One day the police come and say Bernard murdered a factory owner. Superintendent Guiboud asks Michel for help. But Michel realizes how little he knows about his son.

• Laissez Passer | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bertrand Tavernier directs this epic film set in 1942 Paris during the country's occupation by Germany. The French film industry during that period is the focus of the story told from the point of view of two characters: an actor and a director.

• L.627 | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.99 (99.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This gritty police drama shows us the underbelly of the Parisian drug trade. Lulu is a tough streetwise narcotics cop who like a Frank Serpico or a Dirty Harry Callahan doesn't play by the rules or kowtow to his weak and/or corrupt superiors. Lulu thrives in this violent world where sheer guts can overcome his squad's deficiencies of money and equipment. Despite the ruthless environment that he lives and works in every day he still manages somehow to maintain his humanity.

• Coup De Torchon | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Coup De Torchon stars Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier an ieffectual local constable. The townsfolk and his adulterous wife alike view him with contempt - however he realises that he can use his position to gain revenge and vengeance on those who don't respect him!

• Ca Commence Aujourdhui | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £10.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (38.90%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ca Commence Aujourdhui (aka. It All Starts Today) stars Philippe Torreton as Daniel a schoolmaster of a nursery in a small French town. The local economy which depended entirely on coal production has been mired in a depression ever since the mines were closed. When their parents fall into utter discouragement or even poverty because of prolonged unemployment the children suffer the consequences. Daniel is confronted daily with difficult situations and he feels responsible to deal with them although they are outside the scope of his responsibilities. This is a frustrating task: politicians are concerned with tightening their budgets bureaucrats in the intricate web of French social and educational services with their prerogatives utility companies with getting their bills paid; teachers social workers and policemen are overwhelmed. Daniel's relations with his parents but also with Valeria his fiance and her son are not entirely smooth either. He nevertheless soldiers on doing his best to educate the children of a severely disrupted society.

• A Journey Through French Cinema | DVD | (04/12/2017) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bertrand Tavernier writes and directs this documentary which looks at some of the most influential figures from French cinema during a period of 40 years up to the late 1970s. A life-long film fan himself, Tavernier profiles a number of renowned directors, actors and writers as he discusses the influence they have had on his own career and also the role each has played in French cinema history. Featuring archive clips and rare behind-the-scenes footage, the film focuses on key figures such as Jacques Becker, Claude Chabrol and Jean-Paul Belmondo.