Sidney Lumet's 1973 crime drama Serpico remains one of the most influential cop movies - alongside Al Pacino's nuanced performance in a disturbing portrait of corruption and morality in the city that never sleeps. A plainclothes street patrolman Frank Serpico (Pacino) might be the best cop in New York but his unwillingness to play dirty and give into police corruption of drugs violence and kickbacks his colleagues indulge in every day. When he decides to expose those around him Frank finds himself a target not just to the city's criminals but his own peers. Shot on location and based on real events Serpico captures the grit of New York in a way no film has rivalled not just for it's toned down realism but also the bleakness Lumet portrays within his hometown city with brutal cynicism with frank immediacy. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Serpico for the first time on Blu-Ray in the UK. Special Features: Gorgeous Restored 1080p Transfer on the Film Original Theatrical Trailer Video Documentary Serpico: Reel to Real Video Documentary Inside Serpico Video Piece Serpico: Favourite Moments More to be Revealed Closer to Release! 36-Page Full-Colour Booklet Featuring: New and Exclusive Essay by Critic and Author of Al Pacino: Anatomy of an Actor - Karina Longworth Rare Archival Imagery
In the early part of the 20th Century Alfred Redl (Klaus Maria Brandauer) ruthlessly rises from his peasant background to become a high-ranking member of the Imperial Austrian Military. But when Redl is sent to spy on the Russian Empire his espionage is compromised by his secret double life as a homosexual. As the world perches on the brink of war Redl finds himself trapped in a web of deception where honor grandeur and greed can only be betrayed by one final shocking act of fate. Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine) co-stars in this remarkable epic written and directed by Istvan Szabo (Sunshine) that became Szabo and Brandauer's internationally acclaimed follow-up to their Oscar-winning classic Mephisto (1981 Best Foreign Language Film).
After Chris Nielsen (Williams) dies in an accident he tries to remain close to his beautiful mortal wife Annie (Annabella Sciorra). With the friendly spirit (Gooding Jr.) assigned to guide him he begins to adapt to his new state of being in a setting that can only be described as heavenly. However when his distraught wife takes her own life she is banished to an eternal damnation. Chris vows to find her so they can share eternity together but no one has ever succeeded in rescuing a soul from such a horrific fate. With the help of his heavenly friends Chris sets out on the most perilous and harrowing journey of this life or afterlife: a quest for everlasting love that will take him to hell and back!
A whalebone box found washed up on the shore. Is it an enigmatic object containing a secret? A survivor from a shipwreck? It was given to Iain Sinclair, Kötting's walking companion on his latest jaunt themed film. They set out on an expedition to take this box to its place of origin, a beach on the Isle of Harris in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Artist Eden Kötting helps shape the film, and in many ways it's an ode to her indomitable spirit. Shot using mainly super 8 and super 8 apps and incorporating elements of archive and pinhole photography, The Whalebone Box celebrates the notion of the home-made but is also an idiosyncratic road map. Elements of the Box: THE WHALEBONE BOX TRAILER 1 minute 30 seconds 2019 - Andrew Kötting BECAUSE THE REST IS SILENCE 13 minutes 30 seconds 2020 - Andrew Kötting An hauntological gadabout inclusive of images and out-takes from the films EDITH WALKS, GALLIVANT, LEK AND THE DOGS & WATLING STREET. IN FAR AWAY LAND 6 minutes 2019 Andrew Kötting with Eden Kötting & Glenn Whiting Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. We are deep in the cloud of our own making but help is at hand, and everything might yet be alright. All is not well in the world but Eden is there to help. WHAT CAN YOU SEE? 3 minutes 2019 - Andrew Kötting The film examines the notion of hindsight and foresight through the act of seeing with one's own eyes. THE ROOF IS MY EYES 1 minute 30 seconds 2019 Andrew Kötting with Isabel Skinner The climax to The Whalebone Box that never was . HAND ME DOWN 5 minutes 2017 - Andrew Kötting Super 8 project for Coastal Currents 2017. 1 roll of super 8 film 'everything' shot in camera. Produced by Mark French. A WALK BACK TO THE LAST LONDON BY WAY OF WATLING STREET 18 minutes 2017 Andrew Kötting A film documenting a walk made with Iain Sinclair from Dover to London along Watling Street to coincide with Iain's book THE LAST LONDON RELATED SHORTS: ACROPHOBIA 2 minutes 2014 - Isabel Skinner Isabel Skinner was a student of Andrew Kötting at UCA for many years but surpassed him on all fronts technological within moments... Acrophobia is an extreme fear of heights, irrational but very real and frightening for those who experience it. ROCK N' ROLL STATION 5 minutes - 2020 - Simon Barker (with Jason Wood). I'm in the rock'n'roll session and I'm waiting for michael he's not here brand new cadillac.
After a bomb scare flight 1501 is downed. Attributed to 'pilot error' the pilot's wife sets out to clear his name and expose the truth behind the crash...
sex pays. love costs. Boy Culture is the candid confession of ""X"" a wildly successful male rentboy. After ten years of sex-for-pay ""X"" gets romantically entangled with his two hot roommates and a reclusive elderly client Gregory. But before Gregory will agree to sex he tells an unsetting love story spanning fifty years and dares ""X"" to try something he hasn't felt in years: emotion. Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Matthew Rettenmund and directed by Q. Allan Brocka (writer of Eating Out 1 & 2) Boy Culture takes on issues of sexual mores and emotional risk with a witty and incisive voice revealing the leap of faith that love demands.
The lunatics are running the asylum in The Ninth Configuration--but are they really lunatics? Is Colonel Kane (Stacy Keach) really a noted psychiatrist assigned to supervise patients in an experimental government clinic or is he really "Killer" Kane, a decorated US Marine who committed atrocities in Vietnam before going insane? These are just some of the puzzles that will eventually be solved in this giddy and often brilliant drama created by William Peter Blatty, who wrote The Exorcist before going on to direct this adaptation of his own novel, Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane. A satirical study of war's traumatic aftermath, the film uses battle psychosis as the springboard for a delirious and scathingly intelligent human tragedy, laced with some of the wittiest dialogue you're ever likely to hear. The film boasts a veritable menagerie of crazy characters, all brought vividly to life by a stellar supporting cast. One patient is preparing a production of Shakespeare with an all-dog cast. Another is convinced he's Superman and the resident doctor can't seem to find his trousers. But there's a method to this madness and it takes a barroom brawl--one of the most memorable in film history--to provide the harsh slap of reality to Blatty's elaborate group therapy scheme. When the true purpose of The Ninth Configuration is revealed, the film (and particularly the fine performances of Keach and Wilson) offers a depth of compassionate sanity that may well take you completely by surprise. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Meet Jack Foley (George Clooney) the most successful bank robber in the country. On the day he busts out of jail he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money: Karen Sisco's (Jennifer Lopez) heart. She's smart sexy and unfortunately for Jack she's a Federal Marshal. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law...
Ginger is hitch-hiking through New Mexico and is picked up by Joe who has just gone through a bitter divorce. A romantic story of opposites attracting.
The Year is 1994. A Korean-American teenager Hyun Jae (Jamie Chung Sucker Punch Once Upon a Time) goes to a bar in New Mexico where a handsome young man buys her drinks and offers her a ride home. But she never reaches home and is instead abducted and forced into prostitution by a human and drug trafficking ring located outside the bright lights of Vegas Nevada. Hyun Jae is initiated into her new life by Bob Gault (Beau Bridges The Descendants The Fabulous Baker Boys) the corrupt Federal Marshall who runs the organisation. Through a haze of morphine Hyun Jae learns what her future holds: sex with strangers and life in a 10ft x 10ft storage unit. Inspired by the harrowing true story of Chong Kim.
October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko a brilliant but troubled teenager plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the key to the meaning. With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen and a mysterious ex teacher Grandma Death he must unravel the strange occurrences infecting his school his home and his life before a horrifying spectre known only as Frank can pull Donnie over the edge of his sanity.
After years serving the government, Valerie (Naomi Watts) - a mother, a wife and a field officer with an impeccable record - will struggle to save her reputation, her career and her family.
Bengali speaking Sushila Sen her husband and son Manek re-locate to London England and begin their lives as immigrants. Tragically Mr. Sen passes away leaving Sushila to struggle with everyday living and looking after a school-going Manek. She manages to get a job and they are able to survive on her wages. Manek attends school shows an interest in piano-playing excels at it to the extent that his school-teacher refers him to a piano teacher Yuline Sousatzka an immigrant fro
A relic has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness for two thousand years. Missing for centuries, the sacred artefact turns up in the back of a camper van in 2001. A powerful secret society is slaughtering innocents to get hold of it. M
Bringing an iconic figure to life, The Legend of Bruce Lee tells the whole amazing story of the martial-arts film stars slow rise to fame to become an international superstar. From his early start in the movie industry, appearing in a string of films in his childhood and early teens, to founding his own martial arts school, developing his own technique and continuing to be a rising star in blockbuster movies. Bruce Lee remains a revered martial arts philosopher as well as a loved and respected public figure. This well-choreographed and fiercely acted movie follows his entire amazing life through to his sudden death at age 32.
Carlito (Al Pacino) is a Hispanic drugs boss just released from prison. Determined to go straight and move to the Bahamas with his girlfriend, Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), Carlito is tempted back to the wrong side of the law by his lawyer, nerdish coke-head David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), for 'one last job'. Brian De Palma directs this visually eloquent film about a man's inevitable tragic demise with his familiar penchant for the big set piece and violent action. Special Features: Exclusive Artwork and Artcard
A Life for a Life The General's Son is in Prison The Agents Daughter is in Jeopardy The war on drugs has just turned personal. Filled with sizzling action and adventure FAIR TRADE is a powerful story of survival parental love and betrayal set against a backdrop of drug trafficking and the perilous South American jungle. A group of innocent college girls become pawns in a deadly game of death and destruction when a South American drug baron General Belmondon (Oliver Reed)
In the early hours of the New Vietnam, four strangers in Saigon find themselves suddenly expatriates in their own country, passed over by the
Includes CHRISTMAS SHOES, A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS, IF YOU BELIEVE AND A CHRISTMAS ROMANCE.
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, the climactic chapter based on the worldwide bestselling Fifty Shades phenomenon. Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardise their happy ending before it even begins. Bonus Features Deleted Scene The Last Journey Christian and Ana by Jamie and Dakota A Conversation with EL James and Eric Johnson Music Videos Limited edition: Comes with a bonus disc packed with even more sensuous special features! Included with purchase: A download of this film to watch on your mobile devices. Watch on the go - instantly stream anytime, anywhere!
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