A bountiful box set of classic films featuring perhaps Britain's finest actor of all time Laurence Olivier. Episodes Comprise: 1. Henry V 2. Richard III 3. The Merchant Of Venice 4. King Lear 5. Long Day's Journey Into Night 6. The Ebony Tower 7. Laurence Olivier Presents 8. The South Bank Show: Laurence Olivier
The story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost prior to the withdrawal of forces in 2000. Based on the novel by Ron Leshen.
Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel ( Warren Beatty) is the legendary power broker whose disarming charm and elegant good looks hide a violent and dangerous personality. Virginis 'The Flamingo' Hill ( Annette Bening) is a stunning glamorous starlet with a wise guy wit and tough past. Their attraction is magnetic - together sex risk and danger to fight their underworld bosses and builds their dream of a city in the desert drive them.
It's 1919; at the height of his career, wealthy impresario Ambrose Small sends his wife to the bank with a cheque for over a million dollars - then vanishes without a trace.
Who will take the final step? Who will decide Vicky's jeevan saathi? Will it be Natasha who will do anything for the sake of love - even take a life? Will it be Anjali who will do everything for the sake of love even give up her own life? Or will it be Vicky who will do anything and everything to save his one true love? Mere Jeevan Saathi - Surrender to Love.
Go to work. Do the job. Get your pay. Kill the boss. Four disgruntled ex-employees plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off...
Rahul Malhotra abandons his studies to manage the family business and to become the guardian of his sister's three orphaned mischievous brats. The factory is in debt to Bijlani whose daughter Maya) loves Rahul. Rahul hires a governess Vaidehi. She's a runaway from her orthodox father's house as he wants her to marry a man of his choice. Rahul falls in love with Vaidehi and a jealous Maya does her best to destroy Rahul's life and business.
The story of Deva an orphan adopted by Siddhant and his wife Pushpa who raise him like their own son. The uprightness of Deva and the love of Siddhat and his wife towards him makes the real son Karan jealous....
Tom Hanks headlines this big screen adaptation of Dan Brown's global hit novel.
Dillagi (Hindi)
Budget cuts force two rival ambulance companies and their misfit medics to go head-to-head to save their patients their jobs and their beer money all in the name of emergency medicine.
In Bent Arrow, West Texas, times are changing. Life is getting faster, and the small time folk are being left behind. When her alcoholic mother dies, the future looks bleak for 10-year-old Cotton. Her only friend in the world is NFL star Butch (Conrad Goode, Anger Management, Con Air), who now makes a living selling his watercolour postcards by the side of the road. Cotton’s sister Sunny (singer Laura Bell Bundy) escaped the small town life years ago when she became a Hollywood actress – but despite her fame, still she isn’t happy. When she returns to Bent Arrow for the funeral will Sunny finally find peace? Sparks fly between Sunny and Butch as they care for Cotton, but can these small town folk rediscover the love they need to save everything they hold dear? Also featuring Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad) and John C McGinley (Scrubs) this impossibly romantic film was written and produced by Conrad Goode. Cast: Jonathan Banks, Bailie Madison, John C McGinley, Laura Bell Bundy, Conrad Goode (Anger Management/Con Air)
Woven amidst the ruins of an old legacy a web of treachery awaits the men of the Shinesengumi. Spun by an Onmuyou mystic in the charge of a fallen and unbalanced lord it threatens to destroy the Shinsengumi altogether. But the Shinsengumni have their own web-weavers - and they send a spy straight into the heart of the Choshu clan. As the trap closes its jaws who is the hunter and how is the prey? Find out in the fifth spine-tingling heart-stopping volume of Peacemaker!
Titles Comprise: The Devil Wears Prada (2006): A scathing comedy satire of fashionistas and cut-throat corporate excess boasting a grandstanding central turn by Meryl Streep as the ultimate boss from Hell The Devil Wears Prada is based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger who once worked as an assistant to real-life Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Mrs Henderson Presents (2005): Mrs. Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theatre becomes her raison d'etre and the notorious showman Vivian Van Dam (Bob Hoskins) becomes her business partner and fiercest opponent. The Germans are bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Mrs Henderson convinces Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to allow her actresses to be the one thing no one could ever imagine: nude! Brought to its knees by war the non-stop revue 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' brings a nation to its feet in applause... In Her Shoes (2005): Flirty flaky party girl Maggie (Diaz) and plain dependable lawyer Rose (Collette) are sisters best friends and bitter rivals who seem to have only two things in common: DNA and size 8 feet. Only when their love-hate relationship veers towards the hate end of the spectrum do they accidentally discover they also share a long-lost grandmother (MacLaine) who enriches their lives and helps them make peace with each other - and themselves! Legally Blond (2001): Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. Expecting her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) to propose Elle is mortified when instead he says he needs somebody serious as his wife. When Elle discovers Warner's brother is engaged to a law student she discovers enrolling at Harvard might be the way to prove she is serious. She studies for the LSATs submits a video essay - in which she appears in a sequined bikini - and miraculously is accepted. At first Elle is rebuked by Professor Stromwell (Holland Taylor) and is the target of snide comments from other students. But gradually it becomes clear that Elle is no fish out of water; she is smarter more driven and more likely to survive in the rarefied Harvard atmosphere than anyone else. Mr & Mrs Smith (2005): After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith (Pitt and Jolie) are stuck in a rut the size of the Grand Canyon - until the truth comes out! Unbeknownst to each other they are both lethal highly paid assassins working for rival organizations. When they discover they're each other's next target their secret lives collide in a spicy explosive mix of wicked comedy pent-up passion nonstop action and high-tech weaponry that gives an all-new meaning to ""Till death do us part!""
A young girl and her grandfather are torn apart by her parents divorce. She finally makes a stand for herself which lays the groundwork for mending the fractured ties.
A man who brings a child in this world holds him while he takes his first steps and cries the first time his son slip away between his finger into a dark and deadly silence. The man Ravi (Sanjay Dutt) was only a factory worker. He was married to a middle-class homely girl Sarita (Amisha Patel). He was only earning 5 thousand rupees a month. He was only another man in the crowd. But what the system didn't factor was that he was a father. It's not everyday that a healthy eight-years old collapses while playing cricket. It's not every day that a healthy eight year old has a hole in his heart and needs a heart transplant. It's not everyday that a factory worker has to raise lakhs of rupees to save his son's life. But this was not everyday. And this was not an everyday father. It was an extra-ordinary day and an ordinary man rose to become an extra-ordinary father. He tried to do it the right way. Asking fir help from his office the insurance company the loan sharks. But no one responded to his pleas while his son was not responding to medication. This desperate father kept a stone on his heart a gun in his hand and grabbed the system by its horns to get his son a new heart. He held up the hospital waiting room. And laid out his conditions. The police did their best to talk him out of it. When talk didn't work their dirty minds did. But this father was determined. His wife one doctor one cop and millions of ordinary people joined his battle. The one question the nations common folk was asking ""Could this happen to us?"" It had happened to Ravi and Ravi was not asking questions he was giving answers. But it was far more complicated than it appeared. Can a father beat the system with a gun with six rounds and a heart full of courage? And once the politician got involved mess was bound to follow. And the media's passion for mess and sensational software added to the dirty game. He was only a father who wanted a heart for his dying son. He was a simple man with a simple request. But when they turned him down everything suddenly changed. He made his decision looked up at the sky. Maybe he heard God answer his prayer?
Raja Aur Runk is the story of a prince and a pauper. Two children born on the same day at the same time - one to the king Raja Sahib and one to the poor man Hariya (Ajit). The king is thrilled at the birth of Yuvraj the heir to the throne while Hariya is cynical about the birth of his son Raja. Both the children grow up looking identical but there is a constant contrast in their lives and upbringing. One day Raja runs away from home and somehow ends up in the palace where he meets Yuvraj. Both the boys discover how different their lives are. Being tempted to see the world outside Yuvraj changes identities with Raja and leaves the palace. Both boys now struggle in vain to adjust to their new identity. Raja's mother (Nirupa Roy) and sister Sujjo (Nazima) both are miserable with his changed behaviour and the King is also very distressed about Yuvraj. Sudhir (Sanjeev Kumar) comes in as a pivotal player in this saga of gripping twists and turns. This Prasad Productions' costume drama has effective performances by Sanjeev Kumar Nazima and child artiste Mahesh Kothare. The hit team of Anand Bakshi and Laxmikant Pyarelal created melodious songs like 'Tu Kitni Achchi Hai...O Maa' 'O Phirkiwali' 'Mera Naam Hai Chameli' and 'Sang Basanti Ang Basanti'.
Carnal Knowledge: One of the most controversial movies of its time this thought-provoking (Leonard Maltin) comedy-drama from legendary director Mike Nichols is a funny yet poignant look at relationships as seen through the eyes of two friends over a 20-year period. Superbly crafted by playwright Jules Feiffer Carnal Knowledge is brimming with touching insights sexy banter and powerful performances by three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson Ann-Margaret Candice Bergen and pop music icon Arthur Garfunkel. Jonathan (Nicholson) and Sandy (Garfunkel) are college roommates who share an endless fascination - and obsession - with women. As time goes by their relentless pursuit for the joys of the flesh becomes more competitive. And more damaging. Soon Jonathan and Sandy's lives become a vicious circle of girls booze and unfulfillment and they realize only too late that in the war of the sexes they are their own worst enemy... The Graduate: In his first major film role Dustin Hoffman plays an ultra-na''ve college graduate who's seduced by a middle-aged woman played by the scintillating Anne Bancroft and then falls in love with her daughter. With the sharpest of scripts and a perfect soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel this film was deservedly nominated for 6 Oscars and won Nichols an Academy Award for Best Director. The Elephant Man: David Lynch creator of Twin Peaks and acclaimed director of 'Eraserhead' 'Blue Velvet' and 'Wild At Heart' directs this bizarre but true story of courage and human dignity. John Hurt gives the performance of a lifetime as John Merrick the worst freak known to Victorian medical science a man whose body is hideously distorted into a grotesque parody of an elephant. Rescued from a travelling freak show by Sir Frederick Treves Merrick gradually reveals himself to be a strangely sweet and gentle man remarkably unembittered by the degradation and torment he suffered at the circus. Beautifully shot by Freddie Francis and with an excellent supporting cast including Sir John Gielgud Anne Bancroft and Dame Wendy Hiller 'The Elephant Man' is a compelling moving and enchanting story. The film was nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor.
This BAFTA nominated series follows the fortunes and feuds of old Billy Fox (Peter Vaughan) and his family in South London. With a superb cast including Ray Winstone and Bernard Hill and shot entirely on location in pubs clubs and streets 'Fox' evokes a strong London atmosphere through a wonderfully tense and involving story. Episodes include: It's All Them Psychia-Whatever-You-Call-It Books He Reads Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble Stick Or Twist.
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