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Band Of Brothers: Collector's Tin (6 Discs)
From this day to the ending of the world we in it shall be remembered. We few we happy few we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. ; ; From Academy Award winners Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg HBO presents the story of Easy Company - an elite team of U.S. paratroopers whose WWII exploits are as incredible as they are true. ; ; Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose the epic 10-part miniseries Band Of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division U.S. Army. ; ; Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company as well as soldiers' journals and letters Band Of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered vast casualties and whose lives became legend. ; ; They were ordinary men swept up in the most extraordinary conflict in history. With the eyes of the world upon them they found their greatest source of strength in one another. ; ; Episodes Comprise: ; ; 1. Currahee ; 2. Day Of Days ; 3. Carentan ; 4. Replacements ; 5. Crossroads ; 6. Bastogne ; 7. The Breaking Point ; 8. The Last Patrol ; 9. Why We Fight ; 10. Points
The Dustbin Men - The Complete Series (3 Discs)
There's comedy among the dustbins with this classic top-rated series from the late 60s/early 70s. Created by celebrated writer Jack Rosenthal ('The Evacuees') the series revolves around four misfits and their affectionately-named dustbin van - "Thunderbird 3". Rosenthal would go on to write the highly-successful comedy series 'The Lovers' and create one of ITV's most watched programmes - 'London's Burning'. ; ; 'The Dustbin Men's' working-class humour outraged Mary Whitehouse at the time it was broadcast and it could probably be rightly described as a less-adult and more amusing precursor to the early-90s hit series 'Common As Muck'. Included in this set are all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series) the pilot play and the Christmas special..
C.S.I. New York: Complete Season 2
This spin-off series from C.S.I. features a New York forensic team employing the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple... ; ; The head of the lab is no-nonsense First Grade Detective Mac Taylor (Sinise) taking a scientist's eye to crime Mac believes that everything is connected no matter how big or small. Originally from Chicago his military background fast-tracked him through the force leading him ultimately to the crime lab. Mac's trusted second in command Second Grade Detective Stella Bonasera (Kanakaredes) her half Greek half Italian heritage is New York through and through. A tough uncompromising officer Bonasera is a match for anyone in and outside the lab. Joining Taylor and Bonasera are Third Grade Detective Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo) and Third Grade Detective Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito) both tough young officers completely dedicated to Mac and their work. ; ; Featuring the complete second season.. ; ; Episodes Comprise: ; ; 1. Summer In The City ; 2. Grand Murder At Central Station ; 3. Zoo York ; 4. Corporate Warriors ; 5. Youngblood ; 6. Dancing With The Fishes ; 7. Manhattan Manhunt ; 8. Bad Beat ; 9. City Of The Dolls ; 10. Jamalot ; 11. Trapped ; 12. Wasted ; 13. Risk ; 14. Stuck On You ; 15. Fare Game ; 16. Cool Hunter ; 17. Necrophilia Americana ; 18. Live Or Let Die ; 19. Super Men ; 20. Run Silent Run Deep ; 21. All Access ; 22. Stealing Home ; 23. Heroes ; 24. Charge Of This Post
M*A*S*H (MASH) - Season 4
The complete fourth season of Korean wartime comedy with the MASH regulars who welcome Colonel Sherman T. Potter and Captain B.J. Hunnicutt to the 4077! ; ; Episodes comprise: ; 1. Welcome To Korea ; 2. Change Of Command ; 3. It Happened One Night ; 4. The Late Captain Pierce ; 5. Hey Doc ; 6. The Bus ; 7. Dear Mildred ; 8. The Kids ; 9. Quo Vadis Captain Chandler ; 10. Dear Peggy ; 11. Of Moose And Men ; 12. Soldier Of The Month ; 13. The Gun ; 14. Mail Call Again ; 15. The Price Of Tomato Juice ; 16. Dear Ma ; 17. Der Tag ; 18. Hawkeye ; 19. Some 38th Parallels ; 20. The Novocaine Mutiny ; 21. Smilin' Jack ; 22. The More I See You ; 23. Deluge ; 24. The Interview
Mad Men: Season 1 Box Set
Mad Men is a compelling insight into the harsh reality of life in the 60s perfectly portrayed through the dealings of a prestigious ad agency in New York's Madison Avenue. This was the era of astonishing sexism homophobia and the last golden years of the guilt free cigarette as mass consumerism took hold and helped form the American dream. This stunning thirteen episodes series drips with atmosphere and is a sophisticated no holds barred drama from the producer of The Sopranos.
Clint Eastwood DVD Boxset.
Title Comprise: ; ; For A Few Dollars More: the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio played by Gian Maria Volonte. The film is also noted for its array of weaponry a veritable arsenal of rifles that became so operatic and Ennio Morricone's atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from Jail breaks and hold-ups to spectacular gun battles. ; ; The Good The Bad And The Ugly: written by Age Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone is the third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly "The Good" is the irredeemably "Bad" Lee and the resolutely "Ugly" Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No. 1 in the world's pop charts. ; ; A Fistful Of Dollars: The first of the "spaghetti westerns" A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit. It also launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean cold-eye cobra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the first of the "anti-heroes". The cynical enigmatic loner with a clouded past is the same character Eastwood fans have been savouring ever since. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme - with unremitting violence gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humour. Leone's direction is taut and stylish and the visuals are striking - from the breathtaking panoramas (in Spain) to the extreme close-ups of quivering lips and darting eyes before the shoot-out begins. And all are accented by renowned film composer Ennio Morricone's quirky haunting score. ; ; Hang 'Em High: Oklahoma 1873. Jed Cooper mistaken for a rustler and killer is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Saved in the nick of time by a sheriff Cooper takes on the job of deputy marshal in order to bring hard-handed justice to the Oklahoma territory and to the nine men who "done him wrong"...
The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club: Series 2 (2 Discs)
"It's a good job he was nice to me on the way up because I've just met him on the way down..." ; ; The legendary Bernard Manning comperes while fellow stand-up veteran Colin Crompton is 'Mr Chairman' at the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club - the friendliest working men's club in the North. ; ; Amid the boozing bingo and committee announcements the show features rising stars and evergreen entertainers contemporary acts and international stars - and the occasional musical oddity. For the first time on home-video format this release presents the complete second series in which Roy Orbison P.J. Proby Marty Wilde Russ Conway Matt Monro and dancer choreographer and UFO star Peter Gordeno can be found rubbing shoulders with the Amazing Bavarian Stompers and some 'exotic' dancers! ; ; Although the 'club' was a humorously authentic studio mock-up this forgotten treasure of '70s light entertainment programming - building upon the highly successful live-audience format of The Comedians - brought the quickfire comedy musical variety and convivial atmosphere of a typical Clubland concert night to a national audience. Providing a showcase for several future household names Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club proved a ratings winner between 1974 and 1977; this second series was first screened in 1974 and the set also includes that year's New Year's Special.
Lonesome Dove: Dead Man's Walk (2 Discs)
David Arquette (Scream) and Jonny Lee Miller (Canterbury Tales) head a stellar cast in this wonderful prequel to Lonesome Dove by the same writer of Brokeback Mountain. ; ; Based on Larry McMurty's novel in Dead man's Walk Gus (Arquette) and Call (Miller) are young men coming of age in the days when Texas was still an independent republic. We follow the two men as they embark on their first great adventure. They sign up as Texas Rangers under the command of Caleb Cobb an unpredictable bandit who wants to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans. This untamed frontier and the wild men who live there - the Indians defending it with unrelenting savagery the Texans attempting to seize and 'civilize' it and the Mexicans threatened by both - are at the heart of this gripping story.
Ax Men: Season 2 (3 Discs) (History Channel)
For more than a hundred years larger-than-life characters many of whom are members of logging families that go back to the time when the West was being settled have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. Snapped cables runaway logs and treacherous machinery are among the many dangers that threaten their lives and safety today. ; ; Going deeper into the forest high into the sky and even down into the sea SEASON TWO of AX MEN follows two of last season's leading teams along with three new companies - including a team of diving loggers and another that uses helicopters to maximize its output - as they race to fall the most timber during logging's most dangerous season. A series of fighting mechanical failures relentless weather and unpredictable terrain ensues - witness with HISTORY how these brave men battle the elements picking up where their fathers and grandfathers left off to conquer America's final frontier.
Fifty Dead Men Walking (50)
Inspired by Martin McGartland's incredible autobiography Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Karl Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland during the late eighties. Over the course of four years until his betrayal and subsequent discovery it was estimated that McGartland was responsible for saving the lives of up to fifty men.
Blackadder: Series 1
Throughout the ages men of flair faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to England's glorious heritage. Others like the snivelling worm Edmund Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Black Adder) the bitter and twisted son of a medieval king have emerged from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful position in history. ; ; The Foretelling: From out of the swirling mist of the dark Ages comes a lone horseman cursed from youth by a deformed haircut and sporting a particularly evil pair of tights. (Guest starring Peter Cook as Richard III) ; ; Born To Be King: Treachery murder and Morris-dancing break out in all their full horror when an orange-faced stranger arrives at court. ; ; The Archbishop: The landscape is littered with dead Archbishops of Canterbury. Edmund's cunning plan is to get his deadliest rival appointed to the vacancy... ; ; The Queen Of Spain's Beard: The King's international treachery gives the hideous Edmund a chance to press his clammy body against one of Eurpoe's most eligible princesses. (Guest starring Miriam Margolyes as Princess Maria) ; ; Witchsmeller Pursuivant: The King is a bit under the weather with the Black Death. Witchcraft is diagnosed by The Black Adder and only one man can root it out... (Guest starring Frank Finlay stars as the repulsive Witchsmeller) ; ; The Black Seal: In the final gesture of defiance Edmund rides forth to seek out the Seven Most Evil Men in the land and return with them to seize the throne. (Guest starring Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald)
Monty Python's Life Of Brian: The Immaculate Edition (2 Discs)
You could say this is one of the greatest comedies ever but the Monty Python team said it first! Life of Brian is all about (and here's the big surprise) the life of Brian who was born in a Bethlehem manger next door to Jesus. Three wise men believe he is the messiah but it becomes apparent that he is only Brian. ; ; It's written and performed by the Monty Python lads so you know what you're in for; if you don't put this disc down and go out while it's safe!
The Wild Bunch - Director's Cut (Two-Sided) (The Ultimate Westerns Collection)
Nine men who came too late and stayed too long! ; ; This Original Director's Cut restores it to a complete pristine condition unseen since its July 1969 theatrical debut. The image is letterboxed the colour renewed the stereo soundtrack remixed and reintegrated - all to blood-and-thunder effect. Watch William Holden Earnet Borgnine Robert Ryan Warren Oates and more great stars saddle up for the roles of a lifetime. ; ; This DVD also features (on Side B) the home video debut of The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage the Academy Award nominated 1996 documentary by Paul Seydor and Nick Redman. It includes long-unseen footage of the on-set shooting and reminiscences by principals connected with the film. ; ; The year is 1913 just one year short of World War 1. Disguised as U.S. soldiers a gang rides into a Texas border town. Silently they enter and rob the railroad company but an ambush lies in wait. ; ; When the gang emerges the company's hired gunmen open fire. Men women and children are caught in the crossfire. The gang escape to their hideout in the desert where they find that the loot they fought so hard is worthless. With the railroad company hard on their heels the gang lead by Pike head for the apparent safety of the Mexican revolutionaries and representatives of the ruling Government. As a result of these separate meetings Pike and his gang are forced to re-examine the principles that had until then ruled their lives.
The Stanley Kubrick Collection: The Killing / Paths Of Glory / The Killer's Kiss
The Killing: When ex-con Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) says he has a plan to make a killing everybody want to be in on the action. Especially when the plan is to steal $2 million in a racetrack robbery scheme in which "no one will get hurt." But despite all their careful plotting Clay and his men have overlooked on thing: Sherry Peatty (Marie Windsor) a money-hungry double-crossing dame who's planning to make a financial killing of her own...even if she has to wipe out Clay's entire gang to do it! ; ; Paths Of Glory: Safe in their picturesque chateau behind the front lines the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax: take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission the attack is doomed to failure. Covering up their fatal blunder the Generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers charging them with cowardice and mutiny. Dax a lawyer in civilian life rises to the men's defense but soon realizes that unless he can prove that the Generals were to blame nothing less than a miracle will save his clients from the firing squad. ; ; The Killer's Kiss: Stanley Kubrick's second film Killer's Kiss made the world take notice. The young moviemaker won acclaim for this dazzling film noir about a struggling New York boxer (Jamie Smith) whose life is imperiled when he protects a nightclub dancer (Irene Kane) from her gangster boss (Frank Silvera). "Using his camera as a sandpaper block Kubrick has stripped away the veneer from the prizefight and dancehall worlds " the New York Mirror proclaimed. ; ; Killer's Kiss not only lends considerable insight into future Kubrick classics - such as The Killing and Full Metal Jacket - but is also a remarkable film in its own right: the boxing match may be the most vicious this side of Raging Bull and the famed final battle remains an action tour-de-force.
Joe Egan: The Toughest Men On The Planet
The incredible story of the Irish 'Rocky' who fought his way back against all the odds to become one of boxing's greatest heroes ! As a young Heavyweight Joe left Ireland to join Mike Tyson in Cus D'Amato's legendary training camp in the Catskill Mountains and became one of his greatest friends. Iron Mike labelled Joe 'The Toughest white Man on the Planet' because he couldn't put him down - neither could Lennox Lewis. With his heavyweight career tragically ended in a serious road accident Joe's life spiralled into decline - he was shot in a gun battle with gangsters and later charged with attempted murder before finally serving time in prison. Back on the streets again Joe put his life back together and at the age of 38 returned to the ring in triumph ! This is the story of one man's battle against adversity and how he wouldn't give up his fight to be recognised as one of The Toughest Men On The Planet!
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
The legend that had it coming Robin Hood: Men In Tights wipes away the mystery - and the dignity! - of England's most infamous stocking-filler as Robin of Loxley and his merry men bring a dose of sheer mayhem to Sherwood Forest! ; ; Throwing away their titles and their trousers Robin and his nylon-clad crew battle to bring down evil Prince John and hideous side-kick the Sheriff of Rottingham to procure the key to Maid Marian's heart... and her chastity belt!
Dad's Army: Series 1 (With Series 2 Lost Episodes)
Classic TV comedy from the Home Guards at Walmington-On-Sea who are both bumbling and ineffectual as well as incompetent which makes life chaotic for all around! Originally transmitted in 1968 (and recently voted no.4 in Britain's Best Sitcom) this DVD release contains all of the first series followed by the surviving episodes of the second series. Unfortunately the other three instalments remain missing and presumed lost forever... ; ; Episodes from Series 1: ; ; The Man And The Hour: the men get together to form the Home Guard following a radio broadcast. ; ; Museum Piece Capt Mainwaring looks for guns for his men in the local museum! ; ; Command Decision A Captain comes offering guns if he can take command of the platoon. ; ; Enemy Within The Gates Capt. Mainwaring gives a lecture on the recognition of enemy agents when he learns there is a reward for every Nazi captured... ; ; The Showing Up Of Cpl. Jones The platoon members finally get their uniforms and Cpl. Jones attempts an assault course... ; ; Shooting Pains A shooting contest arranged to see who will form the honour guard when the Prime Minister pays a visit. ; ; Series 2 episodes are: ; ; Operation Kilt The platoon being attacked by the Highland Regiment! ; ; The Battle Of Godfrey's Cottage The platoon leap into action and take over poor Godfrey's cottage to set up a machine post. ; ; Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret Sgt. Wilson overhears a conversation which implies that he might be the father of an expected child but as usual he gets the wrong end of the stick.
Repo Men
In the near-future people can enhance their bodies replacing any damaged organ with artificial replacements. There's one catch: it's expensive and if you can't keep up with the payments your body parts will be repossessed by the 'Repo Men'... with painful and bloody results! ; ; Jude Law plays Remy one of the best Repo Men. When he falls behind on the payments for his new heart his old partner Jake (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker) is sent to hunt him down and rip his new heart out. ; ; Now that the hunter is the hunted Remy joins Beth (Alice Braga) on the run across a landscape populated by friends and foes becoming a champion for thousands like him on the run from the Repo Men.
