Silent Grace
In an Armagh women’s prison, a wild prisoner gets thrown into the same room as a high-ranking Republican. In a strange turn of events, the women find themselves becoming more and more dependent on one another….
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Phoenix Blue
Blue Phoenix isn’t just a multi-platinum recording artist, he’s an enigma. No interviews have ever been released. No photos have ever been released. In fact, no one knows who, where or what Blue Phoenix is. But young journalist Rachel Delaney is determined to find out….
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Anazapta
It’s 1348 in deepest England and the Black Death is rife. A French nobleman is brought to a village as a hostage but is found to be an impostor. He uses the most primal instincts to exact revenge on the village for their notorious deeds of the past. At his disposal he has the most deadly of weapons - the Black Death….
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Taking Sides (2 Disc)
Istvan Szabo (SUNSHINE) brings this intense and thought-provoking film to the screen with his signature vibrant photography, precise rendering of period details, and strong direction of powerful actors. Here, Harvey Keitel plays Major Steve Arnold, a gruff and rude American sent to Berlin just after World War II on a mission to root out men who were part of the Nazi party and charge them with their war crimes. He is assigned to investigate Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgaard), the highly est…
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Making A Killing
A psychotic killer is on the loose, murdering numerous young women and hiding their bodies. When Chad’s wife is killed, he is left in financial destitution, particularly when his insurer refuses to pay out……
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Beginner’s Luck
This is like the European version of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN. A group of young people travel throughout Europe in a theatrical production. Their goals are lofty, to take the world by storm with a new interpretation of Shakespeare. The only problem is none of them has ever acted before. From a Soho strip club, to the streets of Paris, this ill-matched group, who can’t act to save their lives, has deluded hopes of stardom and fame and yet is not quite sure where the next meal is coming from. To make m…
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Fox - Part 3 Of 4 - Episodes 7, 8 And 9
This Thames Television series chronicles the triumphs and tragedies of the Fox family and its presiding patriarch Billy Fox (Peter Vaughn). The Foxes have lived in the Clapham area of South London for generations, and their ups and downs are chronicled in 13 emotionally involving episodes. Shot entirely on location in pubs, clubs, and streets, FOX captures both the particular atmosphere of life in London and the universal experience of family in all its warmth and conflict. Volume 2 features epi…
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Strings
When Hal Tara embarks on a quest to gain revenge on those who killed his father, he is unaware that on his journey he will discover love……
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Yasmin
Yasmin, the daughter of a Pakistani family living in northern England attempts to please both her family and still enjoy a western way of life. But she finds herself agreeing to marry a cousin to please her father. With her life changed forever Yasmin becomes even more isolated when the September 11th tragedy brings new anti-terrorism laws….
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The Internecine Project
When he discovers that he is to become the personal consultant to the American President, Robert Elliot panics that his past will catch up with him. There are four people that know of his corrupt actions, and so Elliot devises a plan to get rid of them all……
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Mahler
Provides an insight into the life of Gustav Mahler. Aboard a train, Mahler and his wife look back on their lives and expose the reasons behind their failing marriage….
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Black Joy
Fresh from his village in Guyana, Benjamin Ignatius arrives in Brixton only to be humiliated by the authorities, robbed of his money and left homeless. Taken in by the very rogues who robbed him, Benjamin soon undergoes a very unorthodox education….
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Obsession
In one of director Brian DePalma’s (DRESSED TO KILL, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) many cinematic tributes to Hitchcock (this one borrows from VERTIGO), Cliff Robertson portrays an American businessman whose wife and child are killed in a botched kidnap rescue effort. Years later, while in Italy, the still-distraught widower begins an affair with a woman (Genevieve Bujold) whose resemblance to his late wife is rather uncanny. The script was co-written by Paul Schrader (TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL)….
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Cyrano De Bergerac
Jose Ferrer stars as the poetry-spouting soldier with the oversized nose in this faithful adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy. Using the handsome but inarticulate Christian as a conduit for his feelings, the ugly but eloquent Cyrano pours his heart out to the lovely Roxanne. And she, wooed by the beauty of the words, falls in love with Christian, not realizing that is Cyrano whose voice has aroused her passion….
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Three Sisters
This adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS was part of the American Film Theatre series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The play focuses on a trio of sisters who live far away from the big city they yearn for, Moscow. Olga, Masha, and Irina all seek relief from their dreary lives and dream of somehow returning to the city they love just as Russia is about to endure a social and political uphe…
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In Celebration
Made as part of the ‘American Film Theatre’ in which plays were filmed and then shown at the cinema. This is the story of an English family and their gathering together for the parents’ wedding anniversary. Three grown sons argue while Mum wanders about aimlessly and Dad waits for the next crisis….
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A Delicate Balance
This adaptation of Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Katharine Hepburn stars as Agnes, a controlling middle-aged woman who lives in the upper middle-class Connecticut suburbs. When her alcoholic sister, troubled daughter, and emotionally distraught neighbours all descend on Agnes’ house one evening, it creates more than a…
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Butley
This adaptation of Simon Gray’s BUTLEY was part of the American Film Theatre series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Alan Bates stars as Ben Butley, a bitter and repressed English literature professor at a British university. Taking place during the course of one day in Butley’s office, the acerbic professor’s harsh exterior is torn down bit by bit as his world crumbles around him when he learns, nea…
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The Return
Lizzie Hunt has just been released from prison on parole after being convicted of murdering her husband in a alcoholic haze. She returns to her home town to find that the local people are not willing to forgive her for what happened all those years ago. Only an ex-boyfriend is willing to give her a second chance. Lizzie finds that the pressure on her from the local people and her estranged son forces her to contemplate drinking again but her determination not to sink back into her bad old ways f…
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Prisoner Cell Block H - Best Of Prisoner Cell Block H (3 Disc)
This release features episodes from the seminal and original Aussie women’s-jail drama PRISONER CELL BLOCK H. Incorporating 12 episodes spanning Wentworth prison’s chequered history. This triple disc set, with a running time of over 9 hours, also features a myriad of interviews with cast and crew and a photo gallery containing over 100 unseen continuity Polaroids….
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