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he first volume of Ealing Studios Rarities (see page 7) is exciting enough in itself, but also heralds a flood of classic British film which will be coming our way on DVD in the next few months. It’s all part of The British Film collection initiative from Network, which will make available a new selection of classic British films, most of which have never been released before. It’s genuinely exciting news for all film lovers and, having seen the initial batch of titles, we’re looking forward to featuring them over the coming months. It’s also good news for anyone whose shelves are nearly filled up with DVDs as they are all in slimline

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1 Amour

An unflinching and profoundly moving work of cinema from one of the great directors of our time. Michael Haneke’s Oscar and Palme d’Or winning Amour focuses on the lives of elderly couple Anne and George (Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant) and the strain their relationship undergoes after Anne suffers a stroke and George becomes her carer. Item# 70350 France / Germany / Austria | 2012 | 127 | subt | 12 | £15.99

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Director Ang Lee brings Yann Martel’s ‘unfilmable’ Booker Prize-winning novel to the screen with dazzling effect. Winner of four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Cinematography. Item# 70747 USA | 2012 | 127 | PG | £19.99

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Dir: Terence Fisher. Hammer’s classic Dracula, now established as a classic of the horror genre. Christopher Lee stars as the vampire Count, Peter Cushing is Van Helsing. This definitive release contains two versions of the feature.

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Item# 70451 UK | 1958 | 79 | 15 | £24.99

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4 Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 1 A first collection of rare and classic features from the iconic British film studio. Contains Escape (Basil Dean, 1930), West of Zanzibar (Harry Watt, 1954), Penny Paradise (Carol Reed, 1938) and Cheer Up! (Leo Mittler, (1936). Item# 71030 UK | 1930-54 | 360 | B&W | PG | £14.99

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Reader Feedback We think we have an answer to Jill West’s question which appeared in the March catalogue, regarding the adventure tale with two children, a houseboat, some jewels and a teddy bear. Peter Springall wrote to say he is 99 per cent certain that the film is Cy Endfield’s The Secret, an Eros film released in 1955 which starred Sam Wanamaker, André Morell and the then child actress, Mandy Miller. Peter adds that when he saw it, it was on a double-bill with Tiger by the Tail. By an extraordinary coincidence, Tiger by the Tail is actually released on DVD this month by Renown (see page 8). Let’s hope The Secret comes out soon too! Please email feedback@moviemail.com or send us a postcard.

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Life of Pi Recommended Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Rafe Spall, Irrfan Khan, Tabu Released: 29th April Extras: A Remarkable Vision Item# 70747 | USA | 2012 | FOX | 127 | Cert PG

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Item# 57903 UK | 1945 | 61 | B&W | U | £15.99

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Where No Vultures Fly Harry Watt

Item# 56950 UK | 1951 | 107 | U | £15.99

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he familiar clutch of classic comedies released after WWII has rather distorted the image of Ealing Studios. Diversity was always more its watchword than humour, as can be seen with this intriguing first quartet of rarities from the Studios. Basil Dean’s Escape (1930) boasts a splendid cast supporting Gerald Du Maurier as the fugitive fleeing from souldestroying conditions inside Dartmoor Prison. With Madeleine Carroll and Marie Ney as fox-hunting siblings and Nigel Bruce as the village bobby, this presents a fascinating snapshot of rural society, as well as the efforts of theatre director Dean to solve the problems of filming with primitive sound equipment. A certain tinniness continued to dog the reproduction of music in films of the era, but a rousing story could always sweep the audience along and Leo Mittler’s Cheer Up! (1936) has all the ingredients of an amusing backstager, as Stanley Lupino’s writer is mistaken for a millionaire’s son while seeking backing for his latest show. This parochial slant on a proven Hollywood scenario finds echo in Carol

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A splendid collection with films from Basil Dean and Carol Reed Reed’s Penny Paradise (1938), which relocates the kind of feel-good ‘everyman’ story associated with Frank Capra to Liverpool, where a tugboat captain throws a party at the local pub to celebrate winning the pools. The bash affords Betty Driver (of Coronation Street fame) the chance to belt out a few tunes before all ends well after a cornball twist. What is fascinating is Reed and cinematographer Ronald Neame’s attention to detail and the non-patronising working-class atmosphere. By contrast, Harry Watt’s West of Zanzibar (1954) is a colonial adventure whose unabashed avowal of the white man’s burden approach to ruling East Africa will pose a problem for modern viewers. Anthony Steel returns from his role in Where No Vultures Fly (1951, available separately) to headline this sequel, as the game warden trying to help a tribal chief combat ivory poachers. David Parkinson Page 7

Classic Movies Nightmare Alley Edmund Goulding

One of the most darkly sophisticated of all noirs, about the rise and fall of a con man. Tyrone Power plays the confidence trickster who cheats a fellow carnival act (Joan Blondell) into teaching him her ‘mind-reading’ abilities so he can work as a spiritualist – but a failed scam drives him to drink and degradation. USA | 1947 | ODEON | 107 | Cert PG Item# 70488 | RRP £12.99 | 8th April

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Ralph Thomas

Christopher Plummer and Rod Taylor star in this 60s action thriller in which an Australian police sergeant (Taylor), sent to London to arrest the High Commissioner (Plummer) on suspicion of murdering his first wife, finds himself having to prevent the man’s assassination at the hands of spies. UK | 1968 | SpiritStrawberry | 97 | Cert PG Item# 70120 | RRP £12.99 | 6th May

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On the Fiddle Cyril Frankel

An adaptation of RF Delderfield’s story of a couple of lovable service dodgers who become accidental heroes. On the cusp of his international fame, Sean Connery took the role of slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, who works up a lucrative racket with wide boy Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch), tricked into joining the RAF by a judge. UK | 1961 | NWORK | 93 | Cert PG Item# 71082 | RRP £9.99 | 22nd April

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A pairing of prime rock ‘n’ roll movies: Rock Around the Clock (1956) – shot quickly to capitalize on Bill Haley’s success and the popularity of his recording of the same name that debuted in the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle – and its loose sequel, Don’t Knock the Rock (1956). Features performances from many top rock ‘n’ roll acts of the era, including Alan Dale, The Platters and Little Richard.

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Stormy Crossing Pennington-Richards Cross-channel swimming meets crime in this Dover-set British B-movie in which, after being entered into a Channel swimming race, Kitty (Joy Webster) goes missing. A swimmer who had fallen for her is convinced she was murdered, but the police don’t believe him – until his own life Digitally restored. comes under threat. UK | 1958 | RENOWN | 69 | Cert PG Item# 71557 | RRP £12.99 | 22nd April

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Tiger By the Tail John Gilling

While working in London, a US newspaper man (Larry Parks) becomes involved with a secret agent (Lisa Daniely). Her list of contacts falls into his hands and he finds himself targeted by a gang who will stop at nothing to get it. Digitally Restored.

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Noel Black

Anthony Perkins plays a psychotic arsonist who persuades a naive girl (Tuesday Weld) that he works for the CIA. Soon though it’s unclear who is manipulating whom, as she has psychological issues of her own. Perkins and Weld are inspired as the deranged duo in this cult favourite.

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Fred F. Sears

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You’re Human Like the Rest of Them: The Films of BS Johnson Recommended

Director: BS Johnson

Contains: You’re Human Like the Rest of Them (1967), Paradigm (1968), The Unfortunates (1969), Apollinaire! (1969), Unfair! (1970), March! (1970), Poem (1971), BS Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson (1972), Not Counting the Savages (1972) and Fat Man on a Beach (1974) Released: 15th April Extras: 2 discs; The Johnson Papers: film about the British Library’s BS Johnson archive; Booklet. Item# 70674 UK | 1967-74 | BFI | 160 | Cert 15

Although perhaps best known for novels such as The Unfortunates and Christy Malry’s Own Double-Entry, BS Johnson was also the director a number of a number of extraordinary and daring films that have been out of circulation for decades. BFI Flipside’s You’re Human Like the Rest of Them brings these rare works – experimental shorts, animation, agitprop and personal documentaries – together for the first time, revealing him to have been as inventive a filmmaker as he was a writer. From his award-winning 1967 experimental film You’re Human Like the Rest of Them, to his groundbreaking TV films, including The Unfortunates and the extraordinary Fat Man on a Beach, Johnson’s work is fuelled by his passionate belief in the power of words and images to convey the truth of our existence.

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Captured Recommended Director: John Krish Released: 15th April Extras: 2 discs; Bonus John Krish Films: Sewing Machine (1973), Searching (1974), H.M.P. (1976, 52 mins) and The Finishing Line (1977); Shooting the Message: The Films of John Krish (2013, 35 mins): an extensive interview with the director about his life and work; Illustrated booklet. Item# 70672 | UK | 1959 | BFI | 62 | B&W | Cert 15

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A Day in the Life John Krish

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John Frankenheimer

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ow in his 90th year, John Krish is enjoying a much belated re-appreciation of his work, kick-started in 2010 by the BFI’s ‘A Day in the Life’. That compilation of four of his finest documentaries won deserved accolades, but, if anything, Captured, the latest gem unearthed from his filmography, is even more remarkable. Commissioned in 1959 by the War Office as a training film to explore the horrors of Communist brainwashing, Captured actually serves as a narrative far more convincing and disturbing than anything mainstream British cinema could have served up at the time. Set during the Korean War, it focuses on the interrogation – from subtle manipulation to more insidious forms of torture – of British POWs at the hands of their Chinese and North Korean captors. As a realistic depiction of courage under adversity, it knocks most other POW films into a cocked hat, delivering a unique attention to detail from the admirable (actual Chinese performers in the cast, bleakly accurate sets) to the devastating (a waterboarding scene that is still harrowing to watch). Krish fulfilled his brief so effectively that the War Office, recognising its power, restricted the film for authorised military

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John Krish’s lost gem now takes its place as a classic war film viewing only. Finally free, after more than 40 years, from this ‘Restricted’ status, Captured can now take its rightful place as a classic British war film. This release is also rich in extras. H.M.P. (1976), on the surface a more conventional documentary about the prison service, is a deeply humanistic exploration of (then) newly enlightened attitudes that were both pragmatic and progressive. And The Finishing Line (1977), commissioned by British Transport Films to warn children of the dangers of playing on railway lines, is one of the most provocative short films ever made. Staged as an audacious fantasy – a school sports day in which the children risk life and limb, literally, by competing in front of oncoming trains – it hits its targets more effectively than would any conventional approach to the subject. Almost incidental to their intended official purpose, The Finishing Line and H.M.P., like Captured, stand as true high points of British ‘documentary’ cinema. Julian Upton Page 9

Classic Movies Restored Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter classics

The Servant Joseph Losey’s wholly assured first collaboration with playwright Harold Pinter is a dark and fascinating examination of class, decadence, sex and power. It sees Dirk Bogarde’s northern working-class butler gradually assuming the dominant role over his feeble master James Fox. A key 60s British film, maintaining a debauched and decadent air but invested with the realism and incisive take on human relationships of the British New Wave, The Servant is still one of the most expertly realized portraits of British class warfare ever committed to screen. Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and Patrick Magee co-star, and for folk music fans there’s also a rare thirty seconds of Davey Graham playing his guitar in a coffee bar too. Item# 71024 / 71025 1963 | 110 | B&W | 15 | £17.99

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Top 10 Films about Trains 1 The Lady Vanishes

6 Shanghai Express

Alfred Hitchcock

Josef von Sternberg

No director was more dedicated to the train than Hitchcock, and this classic thriller, set on a train in darkest Abroad, is the purest expression of his love.

A vehicle for Marlene Dietrich which plays out like Grand Hotel on wheels, with multiple characters seething with desire and regret as they travel from Peking to Shanghai.

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Buster Keaton Keaton’s masterpiece, in which he plays an engine driver in the civil war. Featuring some of his most inventive comedy and stunts, it’s close to perfect. Available here in The Buster Keaton Collection.

Richard Fleischer

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3 Transsiberian Brad Anderson

Sexual tension and rivalry simmer under a glacial surface of detached companionship in leafy academia in Pinter and Losey’s second screen collaboration. Dirk Bogarde plays married Oxford don Stephen, seemingly content in his marriage to Rosalind (Vivien Merchant) but starting to fear emotional rot and feeling the social wounds of tutoring students above his station. He is also resentful of his colleague (Stanley Baker), with his sexual prowess and burgeoning TV career. One night a car crashes near his country house. The survivor is a student’s fiancée (Jacqueline Sassard) with whom Stephen had been longing for an affair. As the previous months’ events gradually unfold in flashback it becomes clear that the car crash was perhaps no ‘accident’ at all, but rather a collectively willed catastrophe. Item# 71079 / 71080 UK | 1967 | 100 | PG | £15.99

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8 The Flying Scotsman

A terrific little thriller involving smuggling, murder and more. It might sound like faint praise to call it ‘the best train film of the twenty-first century’ but it’s not. Well worth your time and attention.

Castleton Knight

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Accident

Trains are just perfect for movie suspense, and this movie, in which a cop has to transport a witness to LA to testify against the mob, is one of the very best examples.

An early British talkie set aboard the famous express, which a villainous engineer has set out of control. The film’s health and safety defying stunts are jaw-dropping even now. DVD: £7.99 Save £8

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9 The Train

Jiri Menzel

An all-action war movie in which Burt Lancaster takes charge of a train laden with priceless art treasures. And if the action looks uncommonly convincing, it’s because its director insisted on using real trains.

One of the very best films of the Czech New Wave, this wry tale of a station guard’s coming-ofage in wartime paints a tender and genuinely moving portrait of life as it passes. Item# 17034 Czech | 1966 | 88 | subt | B&W | 15 | £20.99

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5 The Titfield Thunderbolt

10 Murder on the Orient Express

Charles Crichton

Sidney Lumet

This delightful comedy of community spirit is one of the great panegyrics to the British railway, as charmingly quaint and cheerfully nostalgic as only Ealing could make it.

No movie train was ever more glamorous than the Orient Express is here, with its lavishly appointed fixtures and all-star passengers. Precision engineered entertainment.

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Black Widow Recommended Director: Nunnally Johnson Starring: Ginger Rogers, George Raft, Otto Kruger, Gene Tierney, Van Heflin, Peggy Ann Garner Released: 22nd April Item# 70538 USA | 1954 | ODEON | 91 | Cert 12

Imagine All About Eve re-purposed as a murder-mystery and you’ll get the measure of Black Widow. The Betty Davis role (an imperious Broadway diva) here goes to Ginger Rogers, but the action revolves around Van Heflin (Hollywood’s most underrated leading man). Here he plays a theatrical impresario who is nurturing the talent of a young writer, Nancy Ordway (Peggy Ann Garner). When she is found dead in his apartment, he is blamed. The only way he can establish his innocence is to go on the run and find the real killer himself. Just as with All About Eve, a big part of the film’s appeal comes from a cast of veteran troupers (which also includes Gene Tierney, Otto Kruger and George Raft) giving it their all. This is an unusually colourful whodunit, a couple of notches lighter than the (misleading) ‘film noir’ title might suggest. Nonetheless, there is much here for noir aficionados – and, indeed, thriller fans – to enjoy, including a twisty-turny plot and characters who aren’t quite what they seem. All in all, it’s thoroughgoing fun. JO

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Flipside is back this month with two new releases – Captured and You’re Human like the Rest of Them – so to mark their return we present a sale of some past highlights. Rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity, BFI’s Flipside strand takes you for a walk off the beaten track with long-lost British gems.

The Bed Sitting Room

Joanna

Richard Lester

A strangely wonderful, campy 60s treat which follows 17 yearold Joanna’s sexual encounters and colourful daydreams. Then her life gets complicated when she falls in love with a man from Sierra Leone.

An odd, bleak, darkly satirical vision of a post-apocalyptic England. The film is filled with great British actors – Milligan, Secombe, Cook, Hordern, Feldman and more. Item# 66825 UK | 1969 | 90 | PG | £19.99

Michael Sarne

Item# 65124 UK | 1968 | 108 | 18 | £19.99

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Bronco Bullfrog

The Pleasure Girls

Dir: Barney Platts-Mills. An authentic slice of young working class lives in Seven the East End in the 1960s. Green Bottles (Marquis, 1975).

Dir: Gerry O’Hara. An evocative slice of sixties London life in which Francesca Annis moves to London to pursue a modelling career.

Item# 62355 UK | 1970 | 86 | B&W | 15 | £19.99

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Primitive London

Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski. A darkly poetic portrait of Britain in an era of uncertainty and changing sexual mores. Jane Asher stars.

Dir: Arnold L. Miller. The sensational follow-up to London in the Raw which reflects society’s decay through 1960s London depravity.

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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Private Road

Dir: Clive Donner. This 60s comedy about a teenager’s sexual misadventures is great fun. Barry Evans stars. Item# 62359 UK | 1968 | 96 | 15 | £19.99

Dir: Barney Platts-Mills. Bruce Robinson stars as the author who ‘escapes’ to the country in this film about freedom and fulfilment. Item# 63983 UK | 1971 | 89 | 15 | £19.99

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London in the Raw

Privilege

Dir: Arnold L. Miller. A seedy, sometimes startling vision of life on, off and below the rain-spattered streets of 1960s London.

Dir: Peter Watkins. Paul Jones stars as a manufactured pop idol in Watkins’ ever-relevant satire about the emptiness of celebrity.

Item# 66821 UK | 1964 | 76 | 15 | £19.99

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Permissive

Requiem for a Village

Dir: Lindsay Shonteff. A grim and gritty film that delves into the world of the groupie. The soundtrack comes from Comus and Titus Groan.

Dir: David Gladwell. A lyrical, poetic film that explores Britain’s rural traditions and the undying power of memory.

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New Releases Baron Blood Mario Bava

One of Bava’s biggest hits, which returns to the all-stops-out Gothic atmosphere and central theme of a witch’s curse that fuelled his breakthrough film Black Sunday 2 twelve years earlier. discs; Italian, European English and AIP English versions; Commentary; Introduction; Booklet. Italy | 1972 | ARROW | 88 | subt | Cert 18 Item# 70691 | RRP £22.99 | 29th April

Mario Bava

An atmosphere of dread pervades this anthology of three supernatural tales: The Telephone, The Drop of Water and The Wurdalak, starring Boris 2 Karloff as a vampire. discs; Two versions of film; I tre volti della paura and Black Sabbath (on home video for the first time); Commentary; Comparison; Booklet.

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Daniel Auteuil plays a knight who sets out with his idealistic squire to look for the Pope’s favourite poet, who has run away for love. Wild lands, an evil knight, a man cursed to turn into a wild beast – all these and more fill this action-filled odyssey.

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She Monkeys

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Aharon Keshales

Black Sabbath

Dragon Knight

The final film from Alain Corneau (Tous les Matins du Monde) is a twisted tale of office politics starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier as tough mentor and ambitious protege whose relationship sours when the older woman presents her assistant’s ideas as her own, underestimating the young woman’s determination.

Rabies

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Alain Corneau

A taboo-busting Swedish drama charting the intense relationship between two teenage girls who bond through equestrian vaulting. They quickly become best friends, but confusion sets in as competiveness, jealousy and sexual attraction have them pushing each other to their limits. Sweden | 2012 | PECCA | 83 | subt | Cert 12 Item# 69090 | RRP £15.99 | 15th April

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Purge

Antti Jokinen Finland’s 2013 Oscars submission, Purge mixes contemporary thriller with historical melodrama to tell the gripping story of two women – one escaping a ruthless gang of criminals in present day Estonia, the other her great aunt Zara who suffered at the hands of Stalin’s Soviet militia – thrown together by fate and history.

Un Homme et une Femme: Vingt Ans Déjà Recommended Director: Claude Lelouch

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Claude Lelouch operated on the periphery of the nouvelle vague, but always sought to integrate its stylistic tics into his middlebrow mainstream movies. Released in 1966, A Man and a Woman epitomised his chic and this flawed but fascinating sequel takes its discussion of life’s interaction with art into a new realm of meta-filmicness. Seeking to bounce back from a WWII flop, producer Anouk Aimée asks powerboat race promoter JeanLouis Trintignant if she can make a picture about their chaste romance from two decades earlier. His misgivings are complicated by a new relationship with his daughter-in-law’s possessive sister and the action is pocked with monochrome flashbacks, on-set reconstructions and flashes of reality. The performances are laudably naturalistic, Jean-Yves Le Mener’s cinematography is inspired and Francis Lai’s score iresistibly riffs on his original Oscar-winning theme. It’s a cineaste’s delight. DP

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Item# 70322 Japan | 1957 | 110 | subt | B&W | 15 | £19.99

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Vladimir Gorriker

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War and Peace

Sergei Bondarchuk

Item# 66274 Russia | 1967 | 401 | subt | PG | £49.99

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inner of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature, Mikhail Sholokhov is best known for his four-volume epic novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1926-40), about Cossack villagers negotiating the turbulent course of world history between 1912 and 1922. Since it adapted what was already one of the Soviet Union’s biggest literary blockbusters, Sergei Gerasimov’s film of the book spared little expense: filmed in colour along the banks of the Don river itself, and running a full five and a half hours (it was originally released as three separate features), it contains scenes that anticipate those in Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace (made a decade later) for their vast scale and elaborate choreography of thousands of men and horses as they perform suicidal cavalry charges against German machine guns or storm the Winter Palace to the strains of the ‘Internationale’. But, as with the not dissimilar Gone with the Wind, at base it’s an intimate human drama that begins with an illicit affair between Grigori and the already-married Aksiniya, which Grigori’s arranged and loveless marriage to Natalya does nothing to resolve. As Grigori becomes directly involved with World War I, the Russian

A lavish and absorbing adaptation of a Soviet literary blockbuster Revolution and the bloody Reds-vs-Whites civil war that followed, he not only has to juggle his emotional life but also his sense of identity; what makes this film unusually interesting when set against most Soviet accounts of this pivotal period is that the central characters are Cossacks instead of Russians. Acutely conscious of their distinctive traditions (depicted in considerable detail), the Cossacks are all too aware of how their way of life might be threatened by events taking place thousands of miles away – the women left behind are paid as much attention as their horse-riding, sabre-wielding menfolk. In particular, the idealistic individualist Grigori is genuinely unsure about which side to take – he feigns madness when meeting a member of the royal family, but is equally dubious about joining the Bolsheviks. More Hamlet than Chapayev, he’s an unusually complex and conflicted protagonist to find in a 1950s Soviet film, and it’s all the more absorbing for it. Michael Brooke

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The Girl

Michel Hazanavicius

Julian Jarrold

Jean Dujardin takes the lead in this highly enjoyable, Oscarsweeping modern-day silent film comedy set in the days of the transition to sound. A delightful film that deserves its wide acclaim.

Toby Jones and Sienna Miller star in this absorbing film chronicling the obsessive, destructive relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren – the star of The Birds and Marnie.

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Broken Embraces

The Five Obstructions

The Player

Dir: Pedro Almodóvar. Funny, tragic, romantic and prodigiously enjoyable, this is Almodóvar’s characteristically colourful love-letter to cinema.

Dir: Lars von Trier. An ingenious dose of Von Trier mischief in which he asks Jørgen Leth to remake his film The Perfect Human five times.

Dir: Robert Altman. Stacked with in-jokes, this masterfully cynical take on the industry sees a top executive get on the wrong side of a writer.

Item# 60581 Spain | 2009 | 127 | subt | 18 | £19.99

Item# 19926 Denmark | 2003 | 87 | subt | 15 | £19.99

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Cameraman: Jack Cardiff

Irma Vep

Scorsese: A Personal Journey Through American Movies

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Item# 53269 France | 1996 | 95 | 15 | £19.99

Arnold Glassman A celebration of the most vital, yet frequently overlooked, contributors to the art of cinema: the cinematographers, illustrated with a wealth of clips. Item# 27420 USA | 1992 | 91 | PG | £19.99

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Dir: Martin Scorsese. The great director inspires and enthuses. Item# 5686 USA | 1995 | 224 | E | £19.99

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The Celluloid Closet

King Kong

Stardust Memories

Epstein & Friedman. A cineaste’s dream voyage through a century of cinema, looking at how homosexuality has been represented on screen.

Dir: Schoedsack & Cooper. One of the all-time great monster movies. A poignant parable on ‘civilized’ man, with a genuinely tragic edge.

Dir: Woody Allen. One of Allen’s most personal movies, about a filmmaker reflecting on his complicated relations with three women.

Item# 57815 USA | 1995 | 102 | 15 | £14.99

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A Cock and Bull Story

Mulholland Drive

Dir: Michael Winterbottom. A frequently hilarious comedy about filming an adaptation of the famously unfilmable novel, Tristram Shandy.

Dir: David Lynch. This ‘love story in the city of dreams’ invites multiple interpretations on its dark trip through the flipside of Hollywood.

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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Item# 33391 USA | 2001 | 148 | 15 | £15.99

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Ed Wood

The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema

Dir: Tim Burton. Johnny Depp stars as ‘the worst director of all time’ in this affectionate and nostalgic portrayal with a cracking script. Item# 11711 USA | 1994 | 121 | B&W | 15 | £15.99

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Dir: Sophie Fiennes. Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek delves into cinema’s hidden language. Item# 31976 UK / Austria | 2006 | £22.00

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Dir: Mark Cousins. An engrossing journey through all the world’s cinema from conception to now. 5 discs. Item# 68526 UK | 2011 | 900 | 15 | £49.99

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Sunset Boulevard Dir: Billy Wilder. A seminal film. Gloria Swanson plays the silent screen diva longing to make a return, William Holden the writer longing for a break. Item# 12572 USA | 1950 | 105 | B&W | PG | £15.99

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Dir: Craig McCall. A documentary celebrating the life and work of one of the finest of all cinematographers.

Dir: Olivier Assayas. A satire on the world of filmmaking. Maggie Cheung plays the latex-clad cat-burglar in a remake of Feuillade’s Les Vampires.

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography

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New Releases The Brontës of Haworth

This meticulously researched 1973 miniseries tells the story of a troubled family of genius. Vickery Turner, Rosemary McHale and Ann Penfold portray the precociously talented Brontë sisters; Michael Kitchen plays their brother Branwell, and Alfred Burke the father 2 discs. who would outlive all his children.

UK | 1973 | NWORK | 345 | Cert 12 Item# 71058 | RRP £19.99 | 29th April

The Cedar Tree: Series 1, Volume 1 Created by Upstairs Downstairs’ Alfred Shaughnessy, this series was a huge success for ITV in the 1970s and stands as a precursor to today’s costume dramas such as Cranford. It focuses on a fictional aristocratic family in the 1930s and their efforts to find suitable 4 discs. marriages for their daughters.

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Doctor Who: The Visitation Peter Moffatt

The Doctor (Peter Davison) attempts to take Tegan back to Heathrow Airport – but the Tardis arrives in the 17th century, where the travellers discover aliens who intend to wipe out life on Earth by releasing rats infected with an enhanced strain of Commentary; plague. Interviews; Featurettes; Film Trims; Remastered.

Endeavour: Series 1 Following the success of the feature-length Morse prequel, Endeavour returns for a first series with four new films written by Lewis creator Russell Lewis. Shaun Evans 2 discs. stars. UK | 2013 | G-VEN | Cert TBC Item# 70721 | RRP £19.99 | 6th May

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UK | 2012 | PNE | 300 | Cert E Item# 71522 | RRP £19.99 | 29th April

Our DVD Price: £14.99 All three series of the Urquhart trilogy – the BBC’s delicious tale of greed, corruption and burning political ambition, containing House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut, three series adapted from Michael Dobbs’ novels by Andrew Davies. Ian Richardson puts in a Machiavellian turn as 3 discs; Remastered. Francis Urquhart. UK | 1990-95 | 2ENT | 642 | Cert 15 Item# 71102 / 71103 | RRP £19.99 | 1st April

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Jonathan Creek: The Clue of the Savant’s Thumb

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Following on from his adventures in Great British Railway Journeys, Michael Portillo widens the scope of his travel to take in Europe, using Bradshaw’s 1913 Continental Railway Guide. Contains London to Monte Carlo, Hungary to Austria, Berlin to the Rhein, Switzerland and 2 discs. Amsterdam to Northern France.

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Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 1

Alan Davies and Sheridan Smith return to star in this brand new mystery, involving secret societies, supernatural events at a girls’ boarding school and the miraculous disappearance of a body in front of several witnesses. Using his powers of deduction and lateral thinking, Creek races against time to uncover the clues which 2 discs. lead him to the unbelievable truth. UK | 2013 | 2ENT | Cert 12 Item# 70824 | RRP £14.99 | 6th May

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Justice: Series 2 Margaret Lockwood takes the role of a no-nonsense female barrister in this courtroom drama from the makers of Yorkshire TV’s legal drama The Main Chance. This second series features appearances by Brian Blessed, Michael Elphick and Paul 4 discs. Eddington.

Dead Head Recommended Director: Rob Walker Starring: Denis Lawson, George Baker, Simon Callow, Lindsay Duncan, Don Henderson Released: 15th April Item# 70754 UK | 1986 | EUREK | 191 mins | Cert 15

Howard Brenton’s conspiracy thriller, broadcast a few months before The Singing Detective, was destined for a more obscure fate than Dennis Potter’s masterpiece, but it swims in similarly noirish waters. Small-time crook Eddie Cass (Denis Lawson), is hired to courier a mysterious package but throws it into the Thames after discovering its grisly contents. Soon he’s fleeing an assortment of shadowy characters, while trying to trace the tendrils of conspiracy that have wound around him. Pitched somewhere between the firebrand polemics of his early theatre work and the secret-state shenanigans of his later scripts for Spooks, Brenton’s murky drama depicts a ruling class and an underclass that share a mutual but unhealthy fascination. The superb cast, besides Lawson’s unholy fool, includes Lindsay Duncan (his icily enigmatic wife), Simon Callow (a louche aristo) and the late Norman Beaton (a philosophising gangster). Never rebroadcast and only now seeing its first commercial release, Dead Head deserves rediscovery. NR

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With three colour channels, the 1970s saw quality television really take off. Period dramas and sitcoms were the most popular types of programme with some examples – I, Claudius and Tinker, Tailor – remaining high points to this day. Here we present some of the best of the decade at bargain prices.

Part 1

BBC Ghost Stories: Vol 4

I, Claudius Herbert Wise

Who Pays the Ferryman?

Lawrence Gordon Clark

A history of the Imperial Family of Rome as seen through the eyes of would-be historian Claudius. Adapted from Robert Graves’ novel, it features a tour de force performance from Derek Jacobi.

The complete series of the enthralling 1970s BBC drama starring Jack Hedley as the ex-serviceman and boat builder who moves to Crete, where his past comes back to haunt him.

A haunting Dickens adaptation – The Signalman (1976) – joins two entries in the series from original modern scripts, Stigma (1977) and The Ice House (Lister, 1978).

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All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music

David Copperfield

Survivors

Dir: Joan Craft. A first-rate production of Dickens’ novel. Arthur Lowe and Martin Jarvis excel as Mr Micawber and Uriah Heap. 2 discs.

The complete original 1970s series of Survivors, based on Terry Nation’s novel, in which 95% of the population are wiped out. 12 discs.

Item# 23728 UK | 1974 | 325 | PG | £15.99

Item# 57185 UK | 1975-77 | 1995 | £79.99

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Arthur of the Britons

The Hard Way

Testament of Youth

Oliver Tobias stars in this quality ITV series that re-imagined the Arthurian legend as historical fact. Contains both complete series. 4 discs.

Dir: Michael Dryhurst. Patrick McGoohan is the soon-to-retire hitman agreeing to take on one last job. Lee van Cleef plays his handler.

Dir: Moira Armstrong. The BAFTAwinning adaptation of Vera Brittain’s first volume of autobiography. Cheryl Campbell stars. 2 discs.

Item# 52911 UK | 1972-1973 | 600 | PG | £39.99

Item# 57527 Eire / UK | 1979 | 85 | 15 | £14.99

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Beasts

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Dir: David Giles. Dennis Potter’s strong adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s tale. Alan Bates stars. 2 discs.

Dir: John Irvin. Le Carré’s classic spy thriller made into enthralling drama. Alec Guinness stars. 2 discs.

Item# 23446 UK | 1978 | 385 | E | £19.99

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The Old Grey Whistle Test: Volumes 1-3

Van Der Valk

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All 17 episodes of Tony Palmer’s important series. 5 discs. Item# 54450 UK | 1977 | 1005 | E | £50.99

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Classic horror series written by Nigel Kneale. Each episode revolves around a different kind of malevolent beast. 2 discs; Murrain (1975). Item# 29226 UK | 1976 | 300 | 12 | £19.99

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Count Dracula Dir: Philip Saville. Louis Jourdan dons the vampire’s cloak in BBC’s 1977 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s tale. Susan Penhaligon plays Lucy. Item# 50335 UK | 1977 | 151 | 15 | £15.99

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Dad’s Army All the surviving episodes from the long-running comedy based around the antics of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard. 14 discs. Item# 51462 UK | 1968-77 | PG | £99.99

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Three volumes of amazing performances from the influential music programme. 4 discs. Item# 24618 UK | 1971-86 | 590 | 15 | £34.99

Barry Foster stars as the no-nonsense Dutch detective who delighted audiences for two decades on ITV. 11 discs. Item# 51247 UK | 1972 | 1950 | 15 | £99.99

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The Paul Temple Collection

Wings: Series 1 & 2

All the surviving colour episodes from the series starring Francis Matthews as the amateur sleuth. 4 discs. Item# 59117 UK | 1971 | 546 | 12 | £34.99

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This prestigious 1970s BBC drama series follows the lives of the daring young pilots of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. 7 discs. Item# 60176 UK | 1978 | 1250 | 12 | £39.99

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network are proud to announce the launch of The British Film collection – a new range of classic films covering over half a century of british Cinema. showcasing a diverse mix of genres, The British Film collection features many titles that have never previously been released.

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection Volume 1 ealing studios - a global byword for quality, quintessentially british cinema. this collection features four rare ealing titles including escape!, the very first ealing production, and the early Carol Reed film Penny Paradise.

Man at the Top the gritty 1973 film starring Kenneth Haigh as Joe lampton; the aggressively ambitious protagonist who originated in John Braine’s novel room at the top.

On the Fiddle a year before he became bond, Sean Connery starred in this comedy caper alongside Alfred Lynch and Stanley Holloway.

The House in Nightmare Park Frankie Howerd stars in this hilarious horror spoof from Doctor Who and blake’s 7 writer Terry Nation.

Spanish Fly screen icons Terry-Thomas and Leslie Phillips star in this vibrant mid-70s sex comedy set in sunny Menorca.

Edgar Wallace’s Flying Fifty-Five an exciting tale of double-crossing and blackmail from legendary thriller author Edgar Wallace.

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Television Mrs Thursday: Series 1

The complete first series of the ratings-topping 1960s comedy, devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis, featuring scripts by Jack Rosenthal and starring Kathleen Harrison as an elderly cleaner who inherits control of her late employer’s multi-million pound corporation – along with his Mayfair 4 discs. mansion and his Rolls. UK | 1966 | NWORK | 650 | Cert PG Item# 71081 | RRP £39.99 | 1st April

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New Scotland Yard: Series 2

John Woodvine stars as the highly experienced DCS Kingdom in this authentic portrayal of detective work in the increasingly violent London of the 1970s. With Frank Williams (former head of the Yard’s Murder Squad) acting its adviser, this second series also includes appearances by Dennis Waterman, Don Henderson, Philip Madoc, 4 discs. George Baker and Michael Kitchen. UK | 1973 | NWORK | 650 | Cert 12 Item# 71067 | RRP £39.99 | 15th April

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The New Twilight Zone

Every episode of the 1980s sci-fi anthology, a reworking of the popular 1950s show created by Rod Serling. Each episode stands as a selfcontained drama with a twist. Directors include including Wes Craven, William Friedkin and Joe Dante, actors include Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman 13 discs. and Martin Landau.

Parks and Recreation: Season 1

All six episodes from the first season of the awardwinning US comedy that details the hilarious saga of government employees and local citizens turning a neighbourhood hole in the ground into a new public park in Indiana. Amy Poehler stars as the local government employee whose dreams are far bigger than her talents. USA | 2009 | FAB-F | 132 | Cert 12 Item# 71426 | RRP £9.99 | 1st April

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Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man Alberto Negrin

Luca Zingaretti (Inspector Montalbano) stars in this Italian drama which brings to life the true story of Giorgio Perlasca, a businessman who risked all to save the lives of thousands of Jews in WWII Hungary. A vivid depiction of true courage, this is a heartfelt tribute to a remarkable man, and is accompanied by a score from Ennio Moricone. Italy / France | 2002 | ODY | 126 | subt | Cert TBC Item# 71048 | RRP £12.99 | 8th April

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The Plane Makers: Volume 3

A third volume of episodes from the 1960s drama – the prequel to ATV’s The Power Game – which follows life inside the executive corridors of the Scott Furlong Airplane Development Company, whose MD (Patrick Wymark) will do anything to succeed – including 4 discs. putting profit ahead of safety.

USA | 1989 | PNE | 2294 | Cert 12 Item# 71437 | RRP £49.99 | 29th April

UK | 1966 | NWORK | 650 | Cert PG Item# 71061 | RRP £39.99 | 8th April

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Our Queen

Six Days of Justice

A fascinating behind the scenes portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. We are given an inside view of her Diamond Jubilee, her sensational debut as a Bond girl, and we go inside her residences to see how she runs the modern monarchy today. An enthralling insight into the extraordinary world of a remarkable woman.

The first two series, available separately, of the crime drama presenting fictitious court cases in exacting detail. Although similar to Crown Court, the series’ evening scheduling allowed it to tackle cases with a greater degree of authenticity than its 2 discs per series. daytime counterpart.

UK | 2013 | 2ENT | 91 | Cert E Item# 71503 | RRP £12.99 | 8th April

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Spartacus: War of the Damned

The complete third series of the US drama following the adventures of the legendary Roman gladiator. In this series, Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) stands at the head of a rebel army of thousands of freed slaves, but the Senate assigns promising young leader Julius Caesar the task of 4 discs; Also availcrushing the rebellion. able: 13 disc complete Spartacus collection. USA | 2013 | ANBAY | Cert 18 Item# Various | RRP £39.99 | 29th April

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The Squirrels

A wry sitcom about the perils – tyrannical boss, unchecked chauvinism, sexual harassment and infighting – of the 1970s office environment. Bernard Hepton plays the boss, ‘Fletcher the Lecher’ of International Rentals, Patsy Rowlands and Ken Jones are among the staff. Contains all 22 existing episodes.

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UK | 1976 | NWORK | 550 | Cert 12 Item# 71088 | RRP £29.99 | 29th April

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Ultraviolet: Complete

All six episodes of C4’s moody supernatural thriller in which detective drama meets the shadowy world of vampires. Jack Davenport stars as the detective who discovers a secret organisation devoted to the destruction of the undead. Well worth revisiting. 2 discs.

UK | 1998 | MEDRA | 300 | Cert 15 Item# 70716 | RRP £19.99 | 22nd April

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Virgin of the Secret Service

Spectacular adventure, exotic locations, beautiful girls, heroes, villains, humour and romance: the ingredients of this action drama series set in the early 1900s, when the British Secret Service was a new, unofficial arm of military activity. Clinton Greyn stars as the patriotic Captain Robert Virgin, Veronica Strong as his attractive, 4 discs. emancipated assistant. UK | 1968 | NWORK | 650 | Cert 12 Item# 69267 | RRP £39.99 | 1st April

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Bambi / Bambi 2: The Great Prince of the Forest

British Train Disasters

A double-pack containing the timeless Bambi (1942) – a prime example of Disney’s ability to combine delightful whimsy with darker scenes to produce films that appeal to young and old alike – and its sequel, Bambi 2: The Great Prince of the Forest 2 discs. (2006).

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Being Human: Complete Series 1-5 Item# 70569 UK | 2013 | 2060 | 15 | £44.99

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Louie: First Season

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Makoto Shinkai

Aka Children who Chase Lost Voices. A coming-ofage tale involving young love and mysterious music emanating from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, which leads a lonely young heroine deep into a hidden spirit world.

Midsomer Murders: Series Fifteen Item# 71574 UK | 2012-13 | 498 | 15 | £59.99

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New Tricks: Best Of Item# 71068 UK | 2012 | 293 | 15 | £19.99

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NY-LON: Complete Item# 70763 UK | 2004 | 322 | 15 | £19.99

Japan | 2011 | MANGA | 116 | Cert 12 Item# 71132 / 71133 | RRP £19.99 | Out Now

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Romany Jones: Series 3 Item# 71084 UK | 1974 | 175 | PG | £12.99

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Kirikou and the Men and Women Michel Ocelot

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A comprehensive round up of 76 railway disasters from between 1914-1975, mostly from the era of steam locomotion, with causes ranging from driver error, poor visibility, infrastructure and equipment failures to collisions and sabotage.

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Tarzan

Kevin Lima Disney turned their attention to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic tale for this lively animated adaptation of Tarzan. Tony Goldwyn, Glenn Close, Lance Henriksen, Minnie Driver, Nigel Hawthorne and Brian Blessed provide the voices, Phil Collins the music. USA | 1999 | WDHV | 85 | Cert U Item# 70553 / 68311 | RRP £22.99 | 8th April

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COI Collection: Volume 8 Your Children and You

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Mission to Lars James Moore

A film following siblings Kate and William Spicer as they try to arrange a meeting for their autistic brother Tom with his idol, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Filmed by William, the documentary charts their road-trip across America, with Tom’s disabilities, a dysfunctional family and heavy metal’s labyrinthine backstage world putting a number of hurdles in their path. UK / USA | 2012 | CLEAR | 129 | Cert E Item# 70852 / 70855 | RRP £14.99 | 8th April

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The Road: A Story of Life and Death Marc Isaacs

An engaging, poignant insight from Marc Isaacs (Calais: The Last Border, All White in Barking) into the lives of people who have come to London from afar and struggled to make the city their home. The film highlights the isolation and hardships that many are forced to contend with as they seek a better life. UK / Ireland | 2012 | DRAKE | 78 | Cert E Item# 71076 | RRP £15.99 | Out Now

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The Spirit of ‘45 Recommended Director: Ken Loach Released: 15th April Extras: 2 discs; Over 7 hours of extra material; 22 extended interviews with all contributors to the film including all new material; Interview with Ken Loach; Which Side Are You On? (1984): Ken Loach’s documentary about the miners’ strike, commissioned for The South Bank Show. Item# 71077 | UK | 2013 | DOGW | 98 | Cert E

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Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore

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Cathy Come Home Ken Loach

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committed, rousing and often moving film essay from occasional documentarian Ken Loach, The Spirit of ‘45 arrives at a key moment in British economic and social history, as the country’s public realm, civil society and the welfare state are being radically re-envisioned, reduced and even erased. Driven by the familiar angry love of his narrative fiction features, and circulating with an urgency reminiscent of those Penguin Specials publications of the 1960s and ‘70s, The Spirit of ‘45 deploys archive footage, interview and contemporary commentary to honour and investigate 1945’s overwhelming Labour election victory and their initiation of an explicitly Socialist programme of public works, central to which were the creation of the welfare state and the nationalisation of key infrastructure industries. Vivid reminders of the appalling conditions of the inter-war years interweave with recollection of the promise – and delivery in many sectors – of the Labour victory, as the five challenges, of poverty, deprivation, education, health and employment, were tackled head on. And this despite an economic climate (in their case, emerging out of six years of global

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A committed, rousing and often moving film essay from Ken Loach conflict) that looks all too familiar from the vantage point of 2013. While The Spirit of ‘45 is ambitious, ranging across decades and numerous areas of concern, it’s always lucid and affecting, grounded – as one would expect from Loach – in the lives and insights of regular, working people, all of whom bring the articulacy of experience to the political premise of the piece. Closing with a call to cross-generational activism and specifically to defence of the NHS, The Spirit of ‘45 is imbued with a celebration of this lost historic and iconic moment. It works as both evidence and example, challenging the current government to change course, the Labour party hierarchy to revive its founding principles and sense of mission and, finally, us, the far-too-passive public, to act before it’s too late, and the structures, services and ethics of a society we take for granted but wish to continue to live within, become as distant a memory as those squalid slums of the 1930s. Gareth Evans Page 29

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Zoe R Cassavetes A romantic charmer about a New York woman who’s given up hope of finding love. Parker Posey stars as the Manhattanite wondering what she has to do to find a successful relationship, while being reminded by her tactless mother (Gena Rowlands) how unlucky she is. USA / France / Japan | 2007 | MOVIO | 97 | Cert TBC Item# 70846 | RRP £15.99 | 29th April

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The House in Nightmare Park Peter Sykes

Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this Terry Nation-scripted horror spoof. He plays a ham actor who can’t believe his luck when he is invited to give a reading at a country house – but his joy soon turns to horror. UK | 1973 | NWORK | 92 | Cert PG Item# 71087 | RRP £9.99 | 8th April

Juan Antonio Bayona

A powerful story based on one family’s survival of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star as the couple spending their holidays in a Thai resort with their three sons when the wave crashes through, separating them and starting a frantic search helped by displays of courage and compassion.

Jack Reacher

Chris McQuarrie Tom Cruise stars as ex-military policeman turned vigilante drifter Jack Reacher in this pulp thriller, adapted from a novel in Lee Child’s bestselling crime series. And look out too for Werner Herzog’s mysterious glass-eyed villain. USA | 2012 | PARAH | 130 | Cert 15 Item# 70799 / 70800 | RRP £19.99 | 22nd April

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Man at the Top Mike Vardy

Kenneth Haigh and Nanette Newman star in this hard-hitting 1973 film tracing the progress of Joe Lampton, the ambitious protagonist of John Braine’s Room at the Top. Offering a grittier treatment than the 1959 film adaptation and subsequent TV series, it sees Lampton made MD of a pharmaceutical company, where he discovers that his predecessor had committed suicide because of his involvement in a drug that had left a hundred women sterile.

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Made immediately after his zombie classic Dawn of the Dead, George A Romero’s Knightriders exchanges flesh-eating maniacs for motorcycleriding medieval jousters who try to live their lives according to the ideals of King Arthur – in Reagan’s America. Ed Harris stars in his first leading role. 2 discs; Director’s commentary; Interviews.

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Mary and Martha Phillip Noyce

Brenda Blethyn and Hilary Swank star as mothers who embark on a shared journey to change things for the better after their sons die from malaria in this drama written by Richard Curtis and directed by Philip Noyce (Rabbit Proof Fence). UK / USA | 2013 | UPV | 89 | 12 Item# 71246 | RRP £19.99 | Out Now

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Midnight’s Children Deepa Mehta

Salman Rushdie adapted his own prize-winning ‘Booker of Bookers’ for this ambitious, expansive film, which follows the fate of people ‘handcuffed to history’ by being born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India gains Independence.

Bear Island Recommended Exclusive Director: Don Sharp Starring: Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Bridges Released: Out Now Item# 70197 Canada / UK | 1979 | SPHE | Cert PG

Following in the footsteps of The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, here’s another thriller taken from an Alistair MacLean novel. Bear Island itself is a snowy wasteland in the arctic circle, formally home to a U-Boat base and now the destination of an international team of scientists including Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark and Christopher Lee. What the scientists don’t know is that something very valuable is hidden there; it’s valuable enough to kill for and one member of the party is prepared to do just that. As MacLean had previously demonstrated in Ice Station Zebra, the tundra is a superb place to set a suspense thriller – it’s isolated, inhospitable and very dangerous, effects multiplied here by the striking location work that’s vivid enough to have you turning the thermostat up. And, as in all good thrillers, the action moves at a formidable clip, with avalanches, fights and chases (all of which are Bond-film quality, incidentally) cropping up with pleasing regularity. Ideal Sunday afternoon entertainment. JO

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Quartet Recommended Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Trevor Peacock Released: 6th May Extras: Commentary Item# 70834 | UK | 2012 | MOMET | 98 | Cert 12

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Calendar Girls Nigel Cole

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Mrs Henderson Presents Stephen Frears

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ou could be forgiven for assuming that, this far into his fifty-year acting career, a performer as engrossed with the art of performance as Dustin Hoffman might already have set foot behind the camera. But no, Quartet is his directorial debut: a cosy BBC Films-backed bid for some of those grey pounds that went the way of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The Ronald Harwood play that provides its source located the let’s-put-on-theshow-right-here musical in a home for retired musicians, and featured characters old enough to remember that original wave of Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland movies; Hoffman, working from Harwood’s own screenplay, has opened it out, amped up the opera music with which it was already annotated, and stocked it with anyone who’s ever come within a hair’s breadth of a BAFTA lifetime achievement gong. Putting on the show here, under the stern eye of Michael Gambon’s irascible snob Cedric, are Billy Connolly as Wilf, an incorrigible letch; Pauline Collins as Sissy, the object of the latter’s affections; Tom Courtenay as the lovelorn Reg; and – fresh from Downton Abbey – Maggie Smith, toning down some of her recent archness to impress anew as legendary grande

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Hoffman’s charming comedy is filled with much-loved actors dame Jean, whose arrival sets the longerterm residents into disarray. As rehearsals for the make-or-break gala concert gather apace, this foursome rake over their pasts and bicker like greying versions of the kids from Glee; there’s a fair bit of pottering about the grounds, and a smattering of popular songs (Underneath the Arches, Are You Having Any Fun?) that will likely resonate with the target audience. This is a romanticised, sundappled portrait of old age, written and directed by septuagenarians with significant financial and other support behind them, and many good years to come: the oldtimers we see on screen are mobile and largely compos mentis, so up to speed with life they can spar like the lovers in screwball comedies. Hoffman keeps his camera close to his characters, their joys and regrets, taking pleasure in watching supremely skilled performers, whose faces have a whole history etched into them, exercising their considerable gifts. Mike McCahill Page 31

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THE definitive exploding head movie (but don’t let this put you off), this conspiracy thriller, in which a group of psychics induce massive brain haemorrhaging by locking into their subject’s nervous system, marked the director’s breakthrough to a more mainstream audience. Canada | 1981 | 2ND | 103 | Cert 18 Item# 71042 | RRP £15.99 | 8th April

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Seven Psychopaths Colin Farrell stars in this black comedy from Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) as a struggling screenwriter who gets entangled with the least desirable elements of the LA underworld after the ill-fated dognapping of a Shih Tzu belonging to a sadistic criminal kingpin (Woody Harrelson).

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Spanish Fly Bob Kellett

Leslie Phillips and TerryThomas star as caddish rivals in this sunny 70s sex comedy set on the island of Minorca, where, in a cunning wheeze to make some much-needed money, Sir Percy de Courcy buys 100,000 gallons of local wine. Unfortunately, the wine is foul, so his chauffeur ‘improves’ it – turning it into a potent aphrodisiac along the way. UK | 1975 | NWORK | 82 | Cert 15 Item# 71085 | RRP £9.99 | 22nd April

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What Richard Did L Abrahamson

Hard-hitting Irish morality tale in which a talented teenager (Jack Reynor) is forced to confront the man that he has become after a mindless moment of violence. An understated account of the privileges of class and wealth, this is also a quiet portrayal of the loss of youthful innocence.

Jason Moore

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Dead End Drive-in

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Summer Scars Julian Richards

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George Cosmatos

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John Sturges

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Scanners II & III Christian Duguay

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Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee

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Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg

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Star Wars IV, V & VI George Lucas

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Two Mules for Sister Sara Don Siegel

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Boys on Film: Youth in Trouble

This ninth edition of Boys on Film features eight eclectic, erotic, innovative and genre-bending short films. Contains Deep End, Family Affair, Together, Easy Money, The Wilding, Colonial Gods, This is Not a Cowboy Film and Prora. Making-of Prora.

Accident (Restored) Joseph Losey

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Army of Shadows Jean-Pierre Melville

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Captured John Krish

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Life of Pi

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Mixed Kebab Guy Lee Thys

Tall, handsome Bram lives a double life in Antwerp. By day he is a dutiful son and brother, by night he hangs out with the very cute Kevin. With rumours flying around the neighborhood, his father lays down the law that he needs to be a role model for his fundamentalist brother – but Bram’s platonic relationship with Kevin is about to get serious. Can tolerance ultimately triumph? Belgium / Turkey | 2012 | TLAUK | 96 | Cert 18 Item# 71238 | RRP £15.99 | 29th April

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La Notte (Masters of Cinema)

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Ang Lee

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Struggling martial artist and dancer Bruno loves his girlfriend Carla, but when he meets fellow dancer Rai, serious sparks begin to fly, opening the couple up to new possibilities as they navigate sexual fluidity, torn affections, and the politics of a steamy open relationship.

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Don Giovanni: Glyndebourne Peter Hall

The latest release in the Glyndebourne classic opera series is the longawaited 1977 production of Don Giovanni directed by Sir Peter Hall, whose production of Mozart’s tragic ‘opera of all operas’ received universal praise. Celebrated baritone and Glyndebourne favourite Benjamin Luxon perfectly embodies the unconscionable seducer Don Giovanni. UK | 1977 | ART-H | 172 | Cert E Item# 71027 | RRP £14.99 | 2nd April

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Renée Fleming: Live at the Opéra National de Paris A collection of performances featuring the acclaimed American soprano, recorded live at the Opéra National de Paris. Includes Massenet’s Manon, Dvorák’s Rusalka and Richard Strauss’s Capriccio. 6 discs. France | 2012 | ART-H | 367 | Cert E Item# 71203 | RRP £29.99 | 2nd April

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Siegfried: Metropolitan Opera Robert Lepage

Texan tenor Jay Hunter Morris takes the title role in The Met’s 2011 production of Wagner’s opera, the third instalment in its epic, four-part Ring cycle. Fabio Luisi conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; stage direction is by Robert Lepage, who with Carl Fillion also created the 45 ton ‘Valhalla 2 discs. Machine’ that dominates the set. USA | 2011 | DECCA | Cert E Item# 70582 / 70586 | RRP £19.99 | Out Now

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Götterdämmerung: Metropolitan Opera Robert Lepage

The conclusion to the Met’s 2012 Ring cycle. Deborah Voigt and Jay Hunter Morris star as Brünnhilde and Siegfried, the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. 2 discs. USA | 2012 | DECCA | 350 | Cert E Item# 70581 / 70585 | RRP £24.99 | Out Now

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James Oliver’s From the Cheap Seats

The Psychedelic Sorcerer

his column has considered the career of Mario Bava before. Indeed, if I remember rightly, it did so the very first time I had the honour of occupying this particular slot. But that was back when it was all fields around here; since his films are getting re-issued (in lavish editions, no less), a return visit is surely in order. For those unfamiliar with his work, Bava was an Italian cinematographer turned director. He made his name in that most disreputable of genres, the horror film: a lack of ambition meant he never tackled more prestigious projects that might have earned him more mainstream attention. The best introduction to his work is his (official) debut Black Sunday (I’m using English-language titles throughout; sorry pedants), newly released in a surely definitive package from Arrow Video. Taking its cue from the popularity of Hammer’s gothic horror films (Dracula et al), Black Sunday offers a uniquely Italian take on the genre, serving up the traditional ingredients – witches, curses, torture – with such overwhelming style and atmosphere that they seem entirely novel. When I first watched it on a fuzzy VHS, I thought it had some of the greatest black and white photography I’d ever seen. My opinion has only been revised upwards with DVD and now Blu-ray. But as good as he was with monochrome, Bava really hit his stride when he started working in colour. Few directors have painted the screen as luridly as Bava. Take Black Sabbath (page 12). It’s a compendium of three stories, linked not by narrative but by style: the photography becomes progressively more baroque over the three stories, each more unhinged than the last, until it feels like Bava is

Visconti respected Mario Bava enough to lead the applause for Kill Baby Kill! waging war on the viewer’s senses. (The film also provided the name for Ozzy Osbourne’s merry minstrel troupe, incidentally) Bava can be a frustrating filmmaker. He never transcended genre in the way directors like Polanski or George Franju (Eyes Without a Face) did; his visual inventiveness was seldom matched by the scripts he worked with. One exception is Lisa and the Devil, which some take to be his masterpiece. It’s a deliberately abstract film, a horror film where plot is sublimated to images and atmosphere, suggesting Bava could have flourished in the art-houses, had he been so inclined. Certainly, he enjoyed some support from that quarter. Fellini was a vocal admirer, one who borrowed imagery from Bava’s Kill Baby Kill! for his segment of Spirits of the Dead (Toby Dammit, a masterpiece). Of course, Fellini was famed for his love of comics and cartoons, so it’s no

surprise he’d respond to the director of Danger: Diabolik, but what about Luchino Visconti? The director of Senso and The Leopard respected Bava enough to lead the standing ovation after the premiere of Kill Baby Kill!. And Bava’s producer Alfredo Leone recalled finding himself sitting next to a fidgety gent during a preview of Bava’s Baron Blood who turned out to be another master of colour – Michelangelo Antonioni (who enjoyed the picture). More recent filmmakers who have spoken of his influence include Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Joe Dante. I’m aware that his films can be an acquired taste but my admiration for Bava’s work continues to grow. He’s a psychedelic sorcerer who, at his best, revealed new possibilities for movies.

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The Spirit of ‘45 Ken Loach An impassioned documentary – made to address prevailing questions of the shape and direction of society in our own times – about how the spirit of unity which buoyed Britain during the war years carried through to create a vision of a fairer and more united society. The film illuminate and celebrate a period of unprecedented community spirit in the UK, the impact of which endured for many years and which may yet be rediscovered today. Item# 71077 UK | 2013 | 98 | E | £14.99

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