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Review Quantum Leap / The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Leon Charles
  • Jack Manning
  • Joel Asher
  • Gloria Grahame
Release date: 2002-07-01
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.95

Review The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983] / Quantum Leap:


Review Fox Lorber / Elvira Madigan [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Bo Widerberg
  • Pia Degermark
  • Thommy Berggren
  • Yvonne Ingdal
  • Cleo Jensen
  • Lennart Malmer
Release date: 1999-03-30
Run time: 90 min.

Review Elvira Madigan [1967] / Fox Lorber:


Review Arrow Films / David Copperfield [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Medak
  • Anthony Andrews
  • Eileen Atkins
  • Frank MacCusker
  • Michael Richards
  • Hugh Dancy
Release date: 2004-08-09
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.80

Review David Copperfield [2000] / Arrow Films:


Actors & Directors
  • Donal Donnelly
  • Daniel Craig
  • Valerie Edmond
  • Stephen Dillane
  • Greta Scacchi
  • Cathal Black
Release date: 2002-04-09
Run time: 102 min.
Price: £7.99

Review Love & Rage [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review Universal Studios / The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Adrien Brody
  • Maureen Lipman
  • Katarzyna Figura
  • Thomas Kretschmann
  • Roman Polanski
  • Frank Finlay
Release date: 2003-05-27
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Wojciech Kilar
Price: £5.24

Review The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm award at the 2002 Cannes film festival, The Pianist is the film that Roman Polanski was born to direct. A childhood survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, Polanski was uniquely suited to tell the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew and concert pianist (played by Adrien Brody) who witnessed the Nazi invasion of Warsaw, miraculously eluded the Nazi death camps, and survived throughout World War II by hiding among the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto. Unlike any previous dramatization of the Nazi holocaust, The Pianist steadfastly maintains its protagonist's singular point of view, allowing Polanski to create an intimate odyssey on an epic wartime scale, drawing a direct parallel between Szpilman's tenacious, primitive existence and the wholesale destruction of the city he refuses to abandon. Uncompromising in its physical and emotional authenticity, The Pianist strikes an ultimate note of hope and soulful purity. As with Schindler's List, it's one of the greatest films ever made about humanity's darkest chapter. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Lolafilms Home Ent / El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Rosa María Sardà
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
  • Ariadna Gil
  • Jorge Sanz
  • Fernando Trueba
  • Antonio Resines
Release date: 2005-06-21
Run time: 119 min.
Creator: Antoine Duhamel
Price: £7.51

Review El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lolafilms Home Ent:


Review BFS Entertainment Entertainment / The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Doreen Keogh
  • Marie Kean
  • Sian Maguire
  • Robin Lermitte
  • Tony Barry (II)
  • Jeananne Crowley
Release date: 2003-09-16
Run time: 198 min.
Price: £16.27

Review The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BFS Entertainment Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox / Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ralph Richardson
  • Julien Duvivier
  • Vivien Leigh
  • Kieron Moore
  • Hugh Dempster
  • Mary Kerridge
Release date: 2007-04-24
Run time: 112 min.
Price: £7.71

Review Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Acorn Media / A Woman of Substance [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jenny Seagrove
  • Deborah Kerr
  • Don Sharp
  • Barry Bostwick
  • Dominic Guard
  • Gayle Hunnicutt
Release date: 2002-04-09
Run time: 312 min.
Price: £9.62

Review A Woman of Substance [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Acorn Media:


Review Columbia TriStar / Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Henry Thomas
  • Edward Zwick
  • Aidan Quinn
  • Brad Pitt
  • Julia Ormond
Release date: 1997-04-30
Run time: 133 min.
Price: £29.67

Review Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

A box-office hit when released in 1994, this sprawling, frequently overwrought familial melodrama may get sillier as its plot progresses, but it's the kind of lusty, character-based epic that Hollywood should attempt more often. It's also an unabashedly flattering star vehicle for Brad Pitt as Tristan-the rebellious middle son of a fiercely independent Montana rancher and military veteran (Anthony Hopkins)-who is routinely at odds with his more responsible older brother, Alfred (Aidan Quinn), and younger brother, Samuel (Henry Thomas). From the battlefields of World War I to his adventures as an oceangoing sailor, Tristan's life is full of personal torment, especially when he returns to Montana and finds himself competing with Alfred over Samuel's beautiful widow (Julia Ormond), whose passion for Tristan disrupts the already turbulent Ludlow clan. Under the wide-open canopy of Big Sky country, this operatic tale unfolds with all the bloodlust, tragedy, and scenery-chewing performances you'd expect to find in a hokey bestselling novel (in fact, it's based on the acclaimed novella by Jim Harrison), but it's a potent mix that's highly entertaining. Not surprisingly, John Toll won an Academy Award for his breathtaking outdoor cinematography. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Columbia TriStar / Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Aidan Quinn
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Henry Thomas
  • Edward Zwick
  • Julia Ormond
  • Brad Pitt
Release date: 1997-04-30
Run time: 133 min.
Price: £29.67

Review Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

A box-office hit when released in 1994, this sprawling, frequently overwrought familial melodrama may get sillier as its plot progresses, but it's the kind of lusty, character-based epic that Hollywood should attempt more often. It's also an unabashedly flattering star vehicle for Brad Pitt as Tristan-the rebellious middle son of a fiercely independent Montana rancher and military veteran (Anthony Hopkins)-who is routinely at odds with his more responsible older brother, Alfred (Aidan Quinn), and younger brother, Samuel (Henry Thomas). From the battlefields of World War I to his adventures as an oceangoing sailor, Tristan's life is full of personal torment, especially when he returns to Montana and finds himself competing with Alfred over Samuel's beautiful widow (Julia Ormond), whose passion for Tristan disrupts the already turbulent Ludlow clan. Under the wide-open canopy of Big Sky country, this operatic tale unfolds with all the bloodlust, tragedy, and scenery-chewing performances you'd expect to find in a hokey bestselling novel (in fact, it's based on the acclaimed novella by Jim Harrison), but it's a potent mix that's highly entertaining. Not surprisingly, John Toll won an Academy Award for his breathtaking outdoor cinematography. -Jeff Shannon.

Review WGBH Boston / Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Susanna White
  • Daniel Pirrie
  • Toby Stephens
  • Amy Steel (II)
  • Bethany Gill
  • Ruth Wilson (II)
Release date: 2007-02-20
Run time: 228 min.
Price: £9.59

Review Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / WGBH Boston:


Review Miramax / The Wings of the Dove [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • Elizabeth McGovern
  • Charlotte Rampling
  • Alison Elliott
  • Iain Softley
  • Linus Roache
Release date: 1999-09-14
Run time: 102 min.
Price: £3.27

Review The Wings of the Dove [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:

Queen of the costume drama Helena Bonham Carter finally got a chance to loosen her corset a bit with this exquisitely mounted (Sandy Powell's costumes were nominated for an Academy Award) romantic drama based on Henry James's classic novel. Set in turn-of-the-century London and Venice, Wings of the Dove is a stately departure-more PBS than MTV-for Iain Softley, director of Hackers and the birth-of-the-Beatles biopic Backbeat. But there's enough romantic intrigue to perhaps fuel a week's worth of daytime TV talk shows: My Lover Seduced a Dying Heiress for Her Money. Bonham Carter, who won several critics association honours for her performance (she was nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar as well) stars as Kate, who is engaged in a secret affair with Merton (Linus Roache), a journalist whose poor financial standing makes marriage impossible. Kate's manipulative aunt (Charlotte Rampling) threatens to disown her unless she marries the more suitable Lord Mark (Alex Jennings). Opportunity-admittedly sordid-arrives in the form of Millie (Alison Elliott), an American heiress whom Kate befriends. When Kate learns that Millie is dying, she suggests to Merton that he seduce her to make her last days happy, and ensuring that Millie will leave Merton her money when she dies. Merton reluctantly agrees, just as Kate begins to have second thoughts that threaten to sabotage the scheme. One of the most rapturously reviewed films in recent years, Wings of the Dove is a must-own video for the Merchant-Ivory crowd. But guys: don't dismiss this as a "chick flick". [+]
Beneath its Masterpiece Theatre exterior beats the wild and untamed heart of Dawson's Creek. -Donald Liebenson.

Review Arrow Films / David Copperfield [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Richards
  • Hugh Dancy
  • Anthony Andrews
  • Frank MacCusker
  • Peter Medak
  • Eileen Atkins
Release date: 2004-08-09
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.80

Review David Copperfield [2000] / Arrow Films:


Review Columbia TriStar / The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Barbara Hershey
  • Kim Basinger
  • Barry Levinson
  • Robert Redford
  • Wilford Brimley
  • Glenn Close
Release date: 2001-04-03
Run time: 132 min.
Price: £7.64

Review The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Director Barry Levinson treats The Natural as a kind of shrine to America's national pastime, baseball, complete with all the possible mythic resonance that can be gleaned from the subject. Fans of the Bernard Malamud novel may be dismayed, but anyone who fell for the similarly mythic Field of Dreams will be hooked. Levinson displays an unabashed devotion to the game, although the film could use more of the realities of chewing tobacco and pine tar. The story opens as a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges from the sun-dappled heartland as maybe the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. On his way to the majors, he is waylaid by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes for many years. When he re-emerges, a silent mystery, he lands a spot with a New York team and begins tearing up the league-he's still the natural. Redford is fine, and Kim Basinger and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close are effective as the women in his life. The crowning touch is the soaring, extraordinary music by Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter turned orchestral composer. -Robert Horton, Amazon. com.

Review ArtMattan Productions/Facets Video / The Tracker [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Damon Gameau
  • Gary Sweet
  • Rolf de Heer
  • Grant Page
  • David Gulpilil
  • Noel Wilton
Release date: 2005-09-27
Run time: 95 min.
Price: £20.89

Review The Tracker [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / ArtMattan Productions/Facets Video:


Review Quantum Leap / Macbeth [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Barry Primus
  • Arthur Allan Seidelman
  • Jeremy Brett
  • Simon MacCorkindale
  • Piper Laurie
Release date: 2002-09-09
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £7.36

Review Macbeth [1981] / Quantum Leap:


Review Universal Studios / The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Adrien Brody
  • Thomas Kretschmann
  • Roman Polanski
  • Katarzyna Figura
  • Frank Finlay
  • Maureen Lipman
Release date: 2003-05-27
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Wojciech Kilar
Price: £5.24

Review The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm award at the 2002 Cannes film festival, The Pianist is the film that Roman Polanski was born to direct. A childhood survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, Polanski was uniquely suited to tell the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew and concert pianist (played by Adrien Brody) who witnessed the Nazi invasion of Warsaw, miraculously eluded the Nazi death camps, and survived throughout World War II by hiding among the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto. Unlike any previous dramatization of the Nazi holocaust, The Pianist steadfastly maintains its protagonist's singular point of view, allowing Polanski to create an intimate odyssey on an epic wartime scale, drawing a direct parallel between Szpilman's tenacious, primitive existence and the wholesale destruction of the city he refuses to abandon. Uncompromising in its physical and emotional authenticity, The Pianist strikes an ultimate note of hope and soulful purity. As with Schindler's List, it's one of the greatest films ever made about humanity's darkest chapter. -Jeff Shannon.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Thomas And Sarah - Episodes 8 To 13 [1979]
Actors & Directors
  • Maria Charles
  • Norman Bird
  • Peter Thornton
  • Charles West (III)
  • Graham Cull
Release date: 2004-06-07
Run time: 303 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £12.40

Review Thomas And Sarah - Episodes 8 To 13 [1979] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review BFS Entertainment Entertainment / The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Doreen Keogh
  • Jeananne Crowley
  • Sian Maguire
  • Robin Lermitte
  • Tony Barry (II)
  • Marie Kean
Release date: 2003-09-16
Run time: 198 min.
Price: £16.27

Review The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BFS Entertainment Entertainment:


Models & Brands:
The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983], Elvira Madigan [1967], David Copperfield [2000], Love & Rage [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC), A Woman of Substance [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Wings of the Dove [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), David Copperfield [2000], The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Tracker [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Macbeth [1981], The Pianist [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Thomas And Sarah - Episodes 8 To 13 [1979], The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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