"Director: John Boorman"

• In My Country | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A South African Story of Truth Love and Reconcilliation. In 1996 the South African Government established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate abuses of human rights under apartheid. These hearings would serve as a forum for those accused of murder and torture to be confronted by their victims and by admitting their guilt be granted amnesty under Ubuntu the native custom of forgiveness. Covering the sessions are Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and

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  Titles Comprise: Deliverance remains one of the screen's most powerful man vs. nature adventures and chronicles the journey of four Atlanta 'weekend warriors' who set off in canoes down a dangerous Georgia river and discover a wilderness of terror. John Boorman's taut direction builds the tension and fear to a raging climax as the men travel beyond their comfort zone and are forced to face more than they could have ever imagined. Vilmos Zsigmond's expert cinematography captures the wilderness of forest and river while Eric Weissberg's classic musical theme Dueling Banjos provides a perfect counterpoint to the action. Get Carter (1971): Double Academy Award winner Michael Caine plays the relentless title character an ice-cold efficiently lethal London mobster investigating his brother's death in the seedy Newcastle underworld. Dog Day Afternoon: On a hot Brooklyn afternoon two optimistic losers set out to rob a bank. Sonny (Al Pacino) is the mastermind Sal (John Cazale) is the follower and disaster is the result. Because the cops crowds TV cameras and even the pizza man have arrived. The well-planned heist is now a circus. Based on a true incident this thriller earned six Academy Award nominations.

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  Titles Comprise: Get Carter (1971): Double Academy Award winner Michael Caine plays the relentless title character an ice-cold efficiently lethal London mobster investigating his brother's death in the seedy Newcastle underworld. Deliverence: Deliverance remains one of the screen's most powerful man vs. nature adventures and chronicles the journey of four Atlanta 'weekend warriors' who set off in canoes down a dangerous Georgia river and discover a wilderness of terror. John Boorman's taut direction builds the tension and fear to a raging climax as the men travel beyond their comfort zone and are forced to face more than they could have ever imagined. Vilmos Zsigmond's expert cinematography captures the wilderness of forest and river while Eric Weissberg's classic musical theme Dueling Banjos provides a perfect counterpoint to the action. True Romance: Two lovers (Christian Slater Patricia Arquette) are thrust into a dangerous game of high-stakes negotiations and high-speed adventure. The pair come into unexpected possession of a suitcase of mob contraband. Fleeing to Los Angeles they hope to sell the goods and begin a new life. But both sides of the law have other ideas...

• Sean Connery - Entrapment / Rising Sun / The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen / Zardoz / Family Business | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Entrapment (1999): When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen in New York the evidence points to a solitary master thief (Connery) who is about to meet the insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator (Zeta-Jones). Following a nerve-wracking game of cat and mouse the two join forces or so it seems to attempt a daring multi-billion dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium... (Dir. Jon Amiel Cert. 12) Family Business (1989): Connery Hoffman

• Tiger's Tale | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £7.21 (66.88%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A black comedy on the streets of Dublin as identical twins, separated at birth, reunite with bizarre consequences.

• In My Country | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £31.99

  Noted filmmaker John Boorman (DELIVERANCE, THE GENERAL, THE TAILOR OF PANAMA) addresses the complex emotional scars leftover from Apartheid in South Africa in IN MY COUNTRY. The events of the film take place during hearings conducted in 1996 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The purpose of the hearings was to shed light on the atrocities committed during the time of persecution. Anna Malan is a native Afrikaner poet whose is covering the hearings for state radio. During the proceedings, she meets Langston Whitfield an American covering the matter for the Washington Post. Initially, the two don't get along. He thinks she shares collective guilt for cruelty that was carried out; she thinks he's a stubborn and ignorant American. Getting past those unfounded first impressions, the two fall in love. Adapted from author Antjie Krog's memoirs COUNTRY OF MY SKULL, the film features strong performances from both leads and by Brendan Gleeson in a supporting role as Colonel De Jager. IN MY COUNTRY asks an intriguing question about who should take the blame for what happened; the leaders, the soldiers, or the people who watched it happen and never protested.

• Where The Heart Is | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dabney Coleman stars as demolition contractor Stewart McBain in director John Boorman's 'Where The Heart Is' a Capra-esque fable that harkens back to the populist comedies of the 1930s. When an architectural conservation group legally thwarts McBain's plans to vaporize the aging Dutch House apartments in Brooklyn he's ridiculed for defending his actions in the media by the twentysomething layabout children who live off the fruits of his labor. Consequently the affluent businessman d

• Ryan's Daughter/Michael Collins/The Butcher Boy/The General | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £29.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This box set features the following films: The Butcher Boy (Dir. Neil Jordan) (1998): Francie and Joe live the usual playful fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However with a violent alcoholic father and a manic depressive suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When his mother eventually commits suicide Francie sinks ever deeper into paranoia. He directs his anger towards Mrs. Nugent a nasty neighbour and after his father dies Fancie's condition worsens his behaviour becomes more bizarre and erratic. Michael Collins (Dir. Neil Jordan) (1996): This is Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins the 'Lion of Ireland' who led the IRA against British rule and founded the Irish Free State (Eire) in 1921 Ryan's Daughter: Special Edition (Dir. David Lean) (1970): Lovely headstrong Rosy (Sarah Miles) cannot forsake her passionate romance with the handsome British officer (Christopher Jones). Yet is there a greater love? The devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles (Robert Mitchum) who stands by Rosy when her illicit affair leads to a charge of treason. The General (Dir. John Boorman) (1998): True story about the rise and fall of Irish criminal Martin Cahill - who became a Dublin folk hero.