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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion dollar globalised digital industry.Described as a 'love letter' to the movies, Cousins visits the key sites in the history of cinema; from Hollywood to Mumbai; from Hitchcock's London to the village where Pather Panchali was shot, and features interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors including Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Gus van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Claire Denis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, Jane Campion and Claudia Cardinale. -
Rentadick
Originally scripted by comedy legends John Cleese and Graham Chapman, this hilarious farce was the first of only two main features from cult director (and Oscar-winning editor) Jim Clark. Starring James Booth, Richard Briers and Richard Beckinsale as three hapless private investigators, Rentadick is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Armitage, a rich scientist, has problems. Not only is his luscious wife being pursued (and caught) by all and sundry, but his laboratory is under threat of industrial espionage. He engages private detectives to protect both his business and his wife, but the service he receives is certainly not what he was expecting! -
Young Wives' Tale
Joan Greenwood reprises her hit stage performance as a frustrated housewife in the film adaptation of this popular West End farce. Co-starring Nigel Patrick and Derek Farr – and showcasing a memorable early performance from Audrey Hepburn – Young Wives' Tale is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Compelled to live together due to the post-war housing shortage, the Pennants and the Bannings just about get along... but add in a brace of babies, a succession of nannies and a shy-but-pretty lodger, and the situation very soon starts to unravel! -
The Rainbow Jacket
Ealing Films' exciting horseracing drama features a memorable performance from Bill Owen as a jockey with a troubled past. Also starring Kay Walsh, Robert Morley and Wilfrid Hyde White, The Rainbow Jacket was filmed on many of the country's key racecourses – including Newmarket, Epsom and Sandown Park – and is featured here as a remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Sam Lilley, a champion jockey who lost his license, trains young George – a keen racegoer with ambitions to ride professionally. But when George gets his first race it comes down to a photo-finish – and Sam has bet heavily on the boy winning. -
Simon and Laura
Multiple-award-winning screen legend Peter Finch stars alongside Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow and Ian Carmichael in this whimsical satire on then-BBC programming that prefigures the current Reality TV landscape by fifty years! Adapted from Alan Melville's hit West End play and directed by Oscar-winner Muriel Box, Simon and Laura is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. A cunning idea for a new television programme showing the trials and tribulations of a famous married couple seems a surefire hit. But this perfect couple with their perfect life also argue, bicker and throw things at each other regularly when no-one is watching... Can they keep up their façade for the viewing millions? -
Windom's Way
Peter Finch delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance as a compassionate doctor caught up in escalating tensions between the native population and local police in this dramatic adaptation of James Ramsay Ullman's best-selling novel. Co-starring Mary Ure and directed by Ronald Neame, the multiple-award-nominated Windom's Way is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Dr Alec Windom cares for the local population in his remote practice in the Far East. When the exploited workers rebel against the colonial authorities the local police respond violently – and Windom is caught in the middle. -
Brief Encounter
Film legends Sophia Loren and Richard Burton star in this moody adaptation of Noel Coward's emotional tale about a chance meeting that progresses from friendship into an unexpected but impossible love. Directed by BAFTA-winning Alan Bridges and scripted by John Bowen (both of whom had worked to great acclaim on TV's Play for Today), Brief Encounter is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original widescreen theatrical aspect ratio as well as a legacy transfer of the as-filmed full-frame version. When a tiny piece of grit in Anna's eye leads to an unexpected meeting with Alec at the local railway station, neither of them could guess that what begins as a casual friendship could turn so easily into a tormenting relationship. -
Charley's (Big Hearted) Aunt
One of a series of hit wartime comedies starring Arthur Askey as everyone's favourite cheeky chappie, Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt co-stars Arthur's partner-in-crime, Stinker Murdoch, alongside Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. Energetically directed by Walter Forde (who would re-team with Askey and Murdoch a year later for The Ghost Train), this updated version of Brandon Thomas's uproarious farce is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Arthur, Stinker and Albert – a trio of reprobate students – are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming. After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon – the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy! -
Will Any Gentleman..?
Harking back to the phenomenally successful Aldwych Farces of the 1930s, Vernon Sylvaine's hilarious adaptation of his own hit West End play stars George Cole on top form as a bewildered bank clerk caught up in a series of unfortunate events! Directed by Oscar-nominated Michael Anderson and co-starring Veronica Hurst, Jon Pertwee, William Hartnell, Sid James and Joan Sims, Will Any Gentleman...? is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Strait-laced Henry Sterling's peaceful life is periodically shattered by his wastrel brother's antics. But when he attends a local theatre to pay his brother's bouncing cheque he stays to watch the show – and ends up being hypnotised into thinking he's a devil-may-care philanderer! -
A Touch of Love
Oscar-winning actor Sandy Dennis gives an acclaimed performance alongside Ian McKellen in this thoughtful 1960s drama about the complications arising from a young woman's sexual awakening. Written by Margaret Drabble from her own novel The Millstone, A Touch of Love is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Rosamund, a determined but unworldly student, accidentally becomes pregnant during a casual encounter. As the reality of her situation hits home, Rosamund seems locked into one of two unappealing options – until she decides that there's a third way. -
The Dark Eyes of London
The definitive British horror film and a worthy successor to his work on the Universal Monsters movies, screen icon Bela Lugosi takes centre stage as a demented scientist on a killing spree in The Dark Eyes of London – the first British film to receive the H censor rating for being Horrific for Public Exhibition . Adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace, this landmark British film is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. -
The Monster
Joan Collins gives an instantly memorable performance as a stripper cursed by a dwarf to give birth to a demonic child in this classic '70s exploitation horror directed by Hammer/Amicus veteran Peter Sasdy. Co-starring Eileen Atkins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence and Caroline Munro, The Monster (aka I Don't Want to be Born) is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. -
The Singing Ringing Tree
A surreal fairytale featuring the world's first communist princess, a bizarre fish and a malevolent dwarf that haunted the nightmares of generations of children from the mid-'60s onwards, The Singing Ringing Tree is presented here in High Definition for the first time. -
Maigret: The Complete Series
Long-awaited, much sought after, never previously released and unseen anywhere for decades, this definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon's world famous novels stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon's books have been adapted many times for film and television, Davies's celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon himself, who stated: At last, I have found the perfect Maigret! -
Wentworth Prison: Season 8 Part 2
Tough, gritty and totally compelling, this hard-edged re-imagining of the iconic Prisoner: Cell Block H remains unmissable drama and returns here for its final episodes. -
The Lovers!
Reprising the classic sitcom roles that first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey and Beryl – an inexperienced young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the 'permissive' society.This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal's top-rated comedy series sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend – whose clumsy attempts to initiate 'Percy Filth' suggest he's not quite up to speed himself! The Lovers! is featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Like everyone else Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn't live in Manchester in 1972...Special FeaturesFullscreen versionBrand-new interviews with composer Carl Davis and production designer Peter MullinsTheatrical trailersImage galleryLimited edition booklet written by Martin Cater -
Time for Loving
Filmed in Paris by Oscar-nominated director Christopher Miles from celebrated French dramatist Jean Anouilh's first original screenplay, this bittersweet romantic comedy-drama stars Joanna Shimkus, Mel Ferrer, Britt Ekland and Susan Hampshire.A tale of three love affairs seen from the viewpoint of a small studio room in Montmartre, Time for Loving showcases a classic score from legendary composer Michel Legrand (with vocals from Dusty Springfield and Matt Monro) and is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Special FeaturesBrand-new interviews with actor Susan Hampshire and director Christopher MilesTwo short films by Christopher Miles: The Six-Sided Triangle and Rhythm 'n' GreensTheatrical trailerImage galleryLimited edition booklet written by Laura Mayne -
Les Miserables
Following the success of both The Count of Monte-Cristo and The Man in the Iron Mask, ITC re-teamed with Norman Rosemont Productions to produce what is arguably the definitive version of Victor Hugo's classic tale of injustice and redemption. Richard Jordan gives a career-best performance as the courageous Jean Valjean, alongside Anthony Perkins as the despicable Javert and a star-studded cast that includes John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Celia Johnson, Christopher Guard and Flora Robson. This classic drama is featured here as both a widescreen High Definition remaster of the theatrical version and the extended fullscreen version that was shown on ITV.Jean Valjean, cruelly sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread, is finally free from captivity and intent on revenge. Persuaded to turn the other cheek he adopts a new identity and tries his best to become an honest man, though a chance encounter with the former Inspector of Prisoners sets both men on a path towards their shared, bloody fate.Product FeaturesBrand-new interviews with actors Christopher Guard and Timothy Morand, and 1st assistant director Bill WestleyTheatrical TrailerTextless MaterialImage GalleryLimited edition booklet written by Barry Forshaw -
The House Across the Lake
American screen siren Hillary Brooke plays the consummate femme fatale in this gritty '50s Brit Noir from Hammer Films – shot just a year before they made their name with The Quatermass Xperiment. An early feature by Emmy-winning writer-director Ken Hughes, The House Across the Lake is featured here as a brand new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Author Mark Kenrick's plan to hide out in a quiet bungalow and thrash out his new novel is disrupted by the noise coming from a lively party at an exclusive home across the lake from his retreat. He is shocked to find the lady of the house both calculating and manipulative... and learns the hard way just how far she will go to get what she wants!Product FeaturesTheatrical trailerAlternate TitlesThe House Across the Thames: interview with Continuity Supervisor Renee GlynneThe Dame Wore Tweed: Barry Forshaw examines Brit NoirScotland Yard: The Drayton CaseImage galleryLimited edition booklet written by Neil Sinyard -
Spanish Fly
Comedy icons Terry-Thomas and Leslie Phillips set new levels of bounderism and caddishness in this wickedly funny, mid-'70s sex comedy set on the Mediterranean island of Minorca! Directed by Bob Kellett and co-starring Sue Lloyd, Spanish Fly is featured is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Sir Percy de Courcy feels dejected. His cunning wheeze to make some fast cash by buying up 100,000 gallons of local plonk to sell at a vast profit comes adrift when even he has to admit it tastes foul. But when his chauffeur adds a certain local ingredient to improve the taste, it turns the wine into a potent aphrodisiac! Special Features: Fullscreen, as-filmed version; Theatrical trailer; Image gallery with music suite featuring Ron Goodwin's original score.