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![Powerhouse Films The National Health (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films The National Health (Standard Edition)
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Jack Gold's film about life and death in a shabby London hospital interweaves the story of the real hospital with a fantasy one which exists in the soap-opera world of 'Nurse Norton's Affair', where everything is fully funded and patients are miraculously cured. A darkly funny satire on the state of the nation and also a deeply prescient comment on TV's ability to turn tragedy into entertainment, The National Health sits somewhere between the bawdy antics of the Carry On films and the angry satire of Lindsay Anderson's Britannia Hospital, but emerges as a starkly prophetic film, more relevant now than ever.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with actor Jim Dale and journalist Nick PinkertonBack to Health (2017, 24 mins): interview with author and playwright Peter NicholsOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films Modern Romance]()
Powerhouse Films Modern Romance
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Neurotic, self-obsessed Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) is a successful film editor who splits up with his on-off girlfriend (Kathryn Harrold), only to try and win her back when he finds he can't live without her. Considered by many to be one of America's greatest comic talents, and sought out by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Judd Apatow, Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn, actor-writer-director Brooks created what is perhaps his most caustic and excruciatingly honest film in Modern Romance.High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with critic and film historian Nick Pinkerton (2018)Movie Love with Eric Saarinen (2018, 15 mins): the celebrated cinematographer and director discusses his work with Albert BrooksTheatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity stills and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films The Fortune
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This high-concept, big-budget screwball comedy directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Wolf) stars Warren Beatty (Mickey One, Bonnie and Clyde) as a slick con man and Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Border) as his dim-witted sidekick trying to get their hands on the fortune of a hapless young heiress played by Stockard Channing (Grease, The West Wing). A commercial failure on its initial release, this buoyant and beautifully staged madcap comedy is ripe for rediscovery and reappraisal.
![Powerhouse Films Psyche 59 - Limited Edition]()
Powerhouse Films Psyche 59 - Limited Edition
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Patricia Neal (fresh from her 1963 award-winning role in Martin Ritt's Hud) stars as a woman suffering from hysterical blindness, and a blank in her memory which may hide the cause of her affliction. When she and her sex-addict husband (Curt Jurgens - The Enemy Below, The Spy Who Loved Me) move in with her younger sister (Samantha Eggar - The Collector, The Brood), she begins to piece together the events leading to her psychological trauma.Ahead of its time in its discussion and depiction of all manner of taboo subjects (rape, child abuse, nymphomania, psycho-sexual disorder, masochism), Psyche 59 is one of British cinema's most daring and provocative adult dramas.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe BEHP Interview with Walter Lassally (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Roy FowlerInterview with Samantha Eggar (2019): the award-winning actor recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interviewRichard Combs on 'Psyche 59' (2019): a new appreciation by the renowned critic, lecturer and broadcasterTheatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Josephine Botting, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
![Powerhouse Films Berserk (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Berserk (Standard Edition)
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After the huge success of Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years – and Berserk was one of the best and most successful.Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends... until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim O'Connolly (Valley of Gwangi, Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night, Deep End), Michael Gough (Horror Hospital, Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place, Inseminoid), Berserk is a deranged slice of Great British Grand (Dame) Guignol – a bloody exploitation classic!ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe NFT Interview with Joan Crawford (1956, 14 mins): archival interview with the celebrated actor, recorded at London's National Film TheatreAudio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise RossThe Shopgirl's Delight (2018, 15 mins): career-spanning appreciation of Joan Crawford by film critic Pamela HutchinsonCircus of Blood (2018, 34 mins): Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897–2015, provides a wide-ranging production history of BerserkDidier Chatelain on Herman Cohen (2018, 14 mins): Herman Cohen's assistant and business partner remembers the famed producerTom Baker's Beyond Belief! (1997, 5 mins): introduction by the much-loved actor, recorded for Berserk's UK VHS releaseTom Baker's Beyond Belief! Outtakes (1997, 22 mins)Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films Watermelon Man - Limited Edition]()
Powerhouse Films Watermelon Man - Limited Edition
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A bigoted, white salesman (played by stand-up comedian Godfrey Cambridge) wakes up one morning to find he has become black. Although it has been somewhat overshadowed by Melvin Van Peebles' next film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Watermelon Man has never felt more relevant than it does today.ExtrasHigh Definition presentationIntroduction by Melvin Van Peebles (2004)The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (1996): archival audio recording of the filmmaker and actor in conversation with broadcaster Darcus Howe at London's National Film TheatreRacquel Gates on 'Watermelon Man' (2020): appreciation by the academic and author of Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular CultureImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Sergio Mims, a 1970 profile of director Melvin Van Peebles, archival interviews with Van Peebles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
![Powerhouse Films Invincible (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Invincible (Limited Edition)
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Invincible was the first dramatic work by Werner Herzog in a decade. He assembled a typically eclectic cast – including Tim Roth (Meantime), Udo Kier (Exposé) and two-time World's Strongest Man Jouko Ahola – and blended the lives of three equally eclectic real-life figures – Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart, Austrian clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen, and German chief of police Count Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff – in order to interweave fact and fiction in his typically idiosyncratic way. This Indicator Blu-ray edition presents the film in a new restoration from a 4K scan with both its English and German soundtracks.New 2K restoration from a 4K scanOriginal English and German soundtracks, available in 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereoAudio commentary with director Werner Herzog, in German with optional, newly translated English subtitles (2002)New interview with director of photography Peter Zeitlinger (2021)UK theatrical trailerGerman theatrical trailerUS theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingNewly translated English subtitles for the German soundtrackLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jason Wood, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
![Powerhouse Films The Border (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films The Border (Standard Edition)
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Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail, Wolf) gives one of his finest and most subtle performances as a hard-working but deeply disillusioned Mexican border-guard in this tough thriller from renowned British filmmaker Tony Richardson (Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey). ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with critic and film historian Nick PinkertonThe Guardian/NFT Tribute to Tony Richardson (1992, 58 mins): archival audio recording of an event chaired by Sight & Sound editor Philip Dodd, featuring Lindsay Anderson, Kevin Brownlow, Jocelyn Herbert, Vanessa Redgrave, Karel Reisz and Natasha Richardson, each sharing their memories of Tony RichardsonOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films Universal Noir #1 (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Universal Noir #1 (Limited Edition)
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Included Films:The Web (Michael Gordon, 1947)Larceny (George Sherman, 1948)Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (Norman Foster, 1948)Abandoned (Joseph M Newman, 1949)Deported (Robert Siodmak, 1950)Naked Alibi (Jerry Hopper, 1954)A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmund O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.Extras: Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set Special FeaturesHigh Definition presentations of The Web, Larceny, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, Abandoned, Deported and Naked AlibiOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian David Del Valle on The Web (2022)Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross on Larceny (2022)Audio commentary with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson on Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (2022)Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on Abandoned (2022)Audio commentary with filmmaker and film scholar Daniel Kremer on Deported (2022)Audio commentary with film historian Nathaniel Thompson on Naked Alibi (2022)The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978): archival audio recording of the star of Kiss the Blood Off My Hands in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London's National Film TheatreArchival Interview with Victoria Price (2018): the daughter of Vincent Price in conversation with the Film Noir Foundation's Alan K Rode following a screening of The Web at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir FestivalLucy Bolton on Gloria Grahame (2022): the academic discusses one of the great femme fatales of film noirChristina Newland on Robert Siodmak (2022): the critic and writer looks at the Deported director's extensive work in film noirNick Pinkerton on Dan Duryea (2022): the author and critic assesses the life and career of the big-screen tough guyLux Radio Theatre: 'The Web' (1947): radio adaptation featuring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien and Vincent Price reprising their roles from the filmUnited Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short about the 1938-39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben MaddowMen of the Lightship (1941): British World War II documentary short, co-written by...
![Powerhouse Films Jagged Edge - Limited Edition]()
Powerhouse Films Jagged Edge - Limited Edition
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A classic neo-noir and a definitive 1980s erotic thriller, Jagged Edge stars Jeff Bridges (Fat City, Winter Kills) as a dashing newspaper publisher accused of brutally slaying his rich socialite wife in order to inherit her fortune. Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) plays the high-achieving female attorney who is compromised when she enters into a torrid and steamy love affair with the accused.Sleek, stylish and suspenseful, Jagged Edge benefits from assured direction by Richard Marquand (The Legacy), an ingenious script from Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct), and seasoned character actors Robert Loggia (The Garment Jungle, Scarface) and Peter Coyote (Bitter Moon) providing memorable support.High Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioAlternative 5.1 surround sound track Interview with writer Joe Eszterhas (2021)Cutting Edge (2021): interview with editor Sean BartonDavid Huckvale on John Barry (2021): appreciation of the score by the acclaimed author and musicologistOriginal theatrical trailerRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Maitland McDonagh, extracts from archival interviews with director Richard Marquand, a look at the making of the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
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Powerhouse Films Oleanna
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Based on his own controversial and incendiary stage play about a young college student who accuses her much older professor of sexual harassment, David Mamet's riveting drama features two grandstand performances from leads William H Macy (Fargo, Magnolia) and Debra Eisenstadt. Now more relevant and provocative than ever, Oleanna is both a reaction against the plague of political correctness, and a powerful, yet teasingly ambiguous, plea for tolerance between the sexes.High Definition remaster Original stereo audio Interview with actor William H Macy (2018) Interview with actor Debra Eistenstadt (2018) Behind 'Oleanna' (1994, 6 mins): documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with cast and crew, including writer-director David Mamet Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional photography and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films The Deadly Affair (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films The Deadly Affair (Standard Edition)
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Based on John le Carré's first novel, Call for the Dead (which introduced spymaster George Smiley), The Deadly Affair sees an ageing British secret agent (James Mason) set out to uncover the truth behind a government employee's apparent suicide. Eschewing the glamour of the era's Bond thrillers, Lumet's chilling and intelligent take on the spy drama presents a palpable and darkly sinister picture of Cold War intrigue. The exemplary cast also includes Maximilian Schell, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Roy Kinnear and Lynn Redgrave.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historians Michael Brooke and Johnny MainsThe National Film Theatre Lecture with James Mason (1967, 48 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Leslie HardcastleThe Guardian Lecture with Sidney Lumet (1983, 89 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Derek Malcolm at the National Film Theatre, LondonA Different Kind of Spy: Paul Dehn's Deadly Affair (2017, 17 mins): writer David Kipen discusses the life and work of screenwriter Paul DehnTake One and Move On (2017, 5 mins): camera operator Brian West on The Deadly AffairLumet's London (2017, 4 mins): the London locations of The Deadly Affair exploredOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
![Powerhouse Films No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Limited Edition)
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Possibly the most controversial British film ever produced, this lurid crime drama caused an unprecedented storm of controversy upon release: local councils banned it, the Bishop of London denounced it, and MPs demanded an investigation into the BBFC for allowing it to be seen.Based on the notorious novel by James Hadley Chase (which itself was condemned by George Orwell), No Orchids for Miss Blandish is a mixture of sex, violence and immorality, and tells the brutal story of a kidnapped heiress who falls for one of her crazed captors.This fascinating example of British film noir, which the Monthly Film Bulletin described as the most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen is now released on UK Blu-ray for the very first time. Extras :High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioMiss Blandish and the Censor (2019): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the controversial film's history with the British Board of Film CensorsInterview with producer Richard Gordon and actor Richard Neilson (2010, 35 mins): filmed interview with the famed US distributor-producer, and the actorSoldier, Sailor (1945, 51 mins): World War II docudrama, conceived by No Orchids for Miss Blandish's writer-director St John Legh ClowesOriginal British and American theatrical trailersImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, analysis of the different versions of the source novel, an extract from an essay on No Orchids for Miss Blandish by George Orwell, news accounts of the controversy surrounding the film's release, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
![Powerhouse Films Underworld U.S.A. (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Underworld U.S.A. (Standard Edition)
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The daring and provocative films of maverick American filmmaker Samuel Fuller were some of the most hard-hitting, outspoken, politically progressive, and visually audacious works of the Hollywood studio era. Taking apart the crime and gangster thriller, his tale of vice and violence, the controversial Underworld U.S.A., is among the fiercest and starkest films made about organised crime.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioMartin Scorsese on #39;Underworld U.S.A.#39; (2009, 5 mins): the acclaimed director discusses the impact and legacy of Fuller#39;s filmBarry Forshaw on #39;Underworld U.S.A.#39; (2018, 10 mins): critical analysis by the author of American NoirSam Fuller Masterclass with Wim Wenders (1993, 62 mins): archival audio recording of the two friends and collaborators in conversation at the Arri Cinema, Munich#39;The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera#39; Rushes Tapes 07-12 (1996, 212 mins): unedited interview footage of Sam Fuller in conversation with actor Tim Robbins, recorded for Adam Simon#39;s classic documentaryOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity photography andpromotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
![Powerhouse Films A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Standard Edition)
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Playwright Peter Nichols adapted his own blackly comic 1967 Tony Award-winning play for this confrontational film version by director Peter Medak. Alan Bates and Janet Suzman play a married couple struggling to come to terms with their daughter's disability using comedy and cruelty to dispel the desperation of their situation. This uncomfortable, provocative film about marriage, children and life choices is startlingly funny as well as deeply moving.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Peter Medak and film historian Sam DunnRemembering the Day: Janet Suzman on 'Joe Egg' (2017, 18 mins): interview with the acclaimed actorFrom Stage to Screen: Peter Nichols on 'Joe Egg' (2017, 20 mins): interview with the celebrated playwrightOriginal theatrical trailerNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films Carla's Song (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Carla's Song (Limited Edition)
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The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty - a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including My Name Is Joe and I, Daniel Blake - Carla's Song tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a Glaswegian bus driver, and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee. Set in 1987, the film follows the pair as they meet, fall in love, and travel to Nicaragua in search of Carla's former lover, a possible victim of the civil war.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioAudio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with producer Sally HibbinTwo Worlds Collide (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan MorrisTuning in to Nicaragua (2021): new interview with composer George FentonBackground to the Art (2021): new interview with art director Fergus CleggSounds of Music (2021): new interview with sound recordist Ray BeckettKeeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with script supervisor Susanna LentonDeleted scenesOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, an extract from Paul Laverty's introduction to his screenplay, Ken Loach on recutting the film, an extract from a report on the Nicaraguan premiere, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
![Powerhouse Films Young Winston (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Young Winston (Standard Edition)
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Richard Attenborough's renowned, star-studded historical biopic follows the early years of one of Britain's most beloved and controversial figures – Winston Churchill.Writer-producer Carl Foreman (High Noon, The Bridge on the River Kwai) was approached by Churchill himself, who suggested his own book, My Early Life: A Roving Commission, would make a good film. The result is a lavish and beautifully detailed drama, with Simon Ward in the lead role, detailing Churchill's service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26.Forman and Attenborough assembled a sterling cast in support: Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Magee, Edward Woodward, and John Mills add weight to Attenborough's vision of the man and the myth. High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe John Player Lecture with Richard Attenborough (1971, 78 mins): the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with film critic Dilys Powell at London's National Film TheatreReflections of a Director (2006, 13 mins): archival interview with AttenboroughA National Hero Brought to Life (2006, 17 mins): archival interview with actor Simon Ward on his performance as Winston ChurchillCamel Blues (2019, 30 mins): assistant director William P Cartlidge remembers working with Attenborough and writer-producer Carl ForemanStars and Sand (2019, 9 mins): second assistant director Brian Cook discusses the star-studded castMy Kingdom for a Horse (2019, 11 mins): Vic Armstrong recalls his work as Ward's stunt double and his role as horse wrangler for the filmFires in the Sky (2019, 6 mins): special effects artist John Richardson on the challenges of filming in Wales, Morocco, and Blenheim PalaceMaking It Up (2019, 3 mins): interview with make-up artist Robin GranthamDeleted scenes (7 mins): five scenes from the 'roadshow' version, including the alternative ending with Winston and Randolph ChurchillUS Premiere Footage (1972, 16 mins, mute): rare and unseen material featuring Attenborough, Foreman, Ward, Robert Shaw, Edward G Robinson, and othersOriginal theatrical trailerImage galleries: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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Powerhouse Films Taste of Fear
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During the early sixties, alongside its more famous Gothic horrors, Hammer also produced series of suspense thrillers inspired by the success (and plotlines) of Henri -Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.The first of these was the classic Taste of Fear, written and produced by the prolific Jimmy Sangster. Set on the French Riviera, it concerns a wheelchair-bound heiress plagued by visions of her dead father, and stars American actress Susan Strasberg alongside (by now) Hammer regulars Christopher Lee and Ronald Lewis. The film proved to be a huge success for Hammer, its twisted plot with a tortured heroine becoming a template for their thrillers which followed into the 1970s.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioTwo feature presentations: Taste of Fear, with the rarely seen original UK title sequence, and Scream of Fear, with the alternative US titlesAudio commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television Body Horror: Inside 'Taste of Fear' (2019, 20 mins): Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby explore aspects of the film's productionHammer's Women: Ann Todd (2019, 12 mins): profile of the Taste of Fear actor by Melanie Williams, author of Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in QuestionThe BFI Southbank Interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 68 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker and screenwriter in conversation with Marcus Hearn at London's National Film TheatreThe BEHP Video interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 117 mins): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Sangster in conversation with Jonathan Rigby The BEHP Interview with Douglas Slocombe, Part Two: From Hammer to Spielberg (1988, 82 mins): archival audio recording featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Sidney Cole Fear Makers (2019, 9 mins): camera operator Desmond Davis and assistant sound editor John Crome recall the making of the filmAnxiety and Terror (2019, 25 mins): appreciation of Clifton Parker's score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950–1972 Super 8 version of Scream of Fear (20 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation Original US Scream of Fear theatrical trailer Sam Hamm trailer commentary (2013, 2 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
![Powerhouse Films Gray Lady Down (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Gray Lady Down (Limited Edition)
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In Gray Lady Down, the race is on to rescue a crew of sailors after a nuclear submarine collides with a Norwegian freighter and becomes stranded on the seabed. Skilful direction from David Greene (The People Next Door) and top-tier performances by Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Stephen McHattie and Ronny Cox combine to make this the definitive disaster film.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian Peter Tonguette (2021)The Guardian Interview with Charlton Heston (1985): archival audio recording of the great actor in conversation with Quentin Falk at the National Film Theatre, LondonNew interview with actor Stacey Keach (2021)New interview with actor Stephen McHattie (2021)Original theatrical trailerRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Omar Ahmed, archival articles on the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
![Powerhouse Films The Snorkel (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films The Snorkel (Standard Edition)
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Before becoming synonymous with the horror genre, Hammer Films had in the 1950s produced a number of noir-inspired crime and suspense films. The Snorkel is one of the finest of these.Penned by Jimmy Sangster (with nods to Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt) and directed by Guy Green (A Patch of Blue), this elaborate and ingenious thriller pits murderous stepfather (Peter van Eyck) against his young stepdaughter (Mandy Miller) who is convinced he killed her parents, and is determined to prove it - before he makes her his next victim...Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke and author Johnny Mains Undercover Killer: Inside 'The Snorkel' (2018, 21 mins): an analysis of the film and its production by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby, BFI curator Josephine Botting and cultural historian John J Johnston Hammer's Women: Betta St John (2018, 11 mins): film historian Kat Ellinger offers an appreciation of the American actress, singer, and dancer Original script ending (10 mins): a reconstruction of the final scenes as they appear in Jimmy Sangster's original screenplay Peter Allchorne and Hugh Harlow remember 'The Snorkel' (2018, 8 mins): the Hammer production crew regulars recall making the film Four-Note Fear (2018, 24 mins): an appreciation of composer Francis Chagrin's score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original theatrical trailer Image gallery English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
![Powerhouse Films Fatherland (Limited Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Fatherland (Limited Edition)
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Ken Loach collaborated with playwright Trevor Griffiths (Comedians) for this underseen political drama about an East German protest singer (played by Gerulf Pannach) who emigrates to the West when he falls foul of the authorities. He arrives to much interest from the media - and a potentially lucrative record contract - but wishes only to be able to perform his songs, and to find his father, another exile, who had left his home country during the 1953 East German uprising.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioLanguage Barriers (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan MorrisTalk About Work (1971): Ken Loach's documentary for the Central Office of Information, photographed by Chris Menges, interviewing young people about their workRight to Work March (1972): documentary film of a five-week protest march from Glasgow to London that saw the participation of a number of cultural figures, including Loach and other filmmakersImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Frank Collins, an archival interview with Ken Loach, an extract from Loach on Loach, an overview of contemporary critical responses, new writing on the short films, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
![Powerhouse Films Housekeeping (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Housekeeping (Standard Edition)
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Director Bill Forsyth (That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) made his American film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's acclaimed novel, about two young girls who are sent to live with their eccentric aunt (Christine Lahti).ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioWriter-Director Bill Forsyth on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 42 mins)Author Marilynne Robinson on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 14 mins)Director of Photography Michael Coulter on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 13 mins)Editor Michael Ellis on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 11 mins)BFI Interview with Bill Forsyth (1994, 36 mins): archival audio recording of an on-stage interview conducted by Nick James at the National Film Theatre, LondonOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and production materials from the personal collections of the filmmakersNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
![Powerhouse Films Drive a Crooked Road (Standard Edition)]()
Powerhouse Films Drive a Crooked Road (Standard Edition)
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Moving away from the family comedies and musicals that had made him famous, Drive a Crooked Road finds a Mickey Rooney (National Velvet) as a girl-shy mechanic and racing driver.When a beautiful customer flirts with Eddie Shannon, the lonely mechanic can't believe his luck - even more so when she appears interested in his hobby of motor racing. She offers him the chance to make enough money to pursue his dream full time... as the getaway driver in a bank heist.Directed by Richard Quine (Pushover), and co-scripted by Blake Edwards (Experiment in Terror), this classic film noir also features Dianne Foster (Gideon's Day) and Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo Bill and the Indians).Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special FeaturesHigh Definition presentationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film critic Nick Pinkerton (2020)The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved actor in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film Theatre, LondonIntroduction by Martin Scorsese (2012, 2 mins)Screen Snapshots: 'Mickey Rooney, Then and Now' (1953, 10 mins): Columbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer looking back at one of his childhood rolesHigher Than a Kite (1943, 18 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play mechanics who find themselves in a situation that's way out of their controlOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
![Powerhouse Films First Men in the Moon]()
Powerhouse Films First Men in the Moon
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Director Nathan Juran and special effects titan Ray Harryhausen reunited for the third time - following 20 Million Miles to Earth and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - and teamed up with Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment) to take on the work of science-fiction icon H G Wells... and take viewers to the seven wonders of the moon world!Extras: Indicators Standard Edition Special features:4K restoration from the original negativeOriginal mono audioOriginal 4-channel mixAlternative 5.1 surround sound trackAudio commentary with Ray Harryhausen and Randall William Cook, moderated by film historian Tony DaltonRandall William Cook Introduction (2012, 5 minutes)Terry Schubert on 'First Men in the Moon' (2017, 5 minutes): he special effects assistant remembers working with Ray HarryhausenOriginal Men in the Moon (2017, 17 minutes): Production manager Ted Wallis and clapper loader Ray Andrew talk about their experiences of working with the cast and crew of First Men in the MoonThe Ripple Effect (2017, 4 minutes): A candid interview with title designer Sam SulimanTomorrow the Moon (1964, 5 minutes): Vintage documentary, containing fascinating on-set footage, which explores space travel and the making of the filmIsolated score: Experience Laurie Johnson's original soundtrack musicTeaser trailerTheatrical trailerJohn Landis trailer commentary (2013, 4 minutes): A short critical appreciationImage gallery: A selection of promotional stills, lobby cards and poster designsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingOriginal release: 1964Colour/B&W: Colour
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Powerhouse Films Inseminoid
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Boasting a strong female cast - including Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place), Stephanie Beacham (Tam-Lin) and Victoria Tennant (Flowers in the Attic) - and co-financed by Run Run Shaw of the Shaw Brothers, Inseminoid is among Norman J Warren's most widely seen films... and his most infamous. Once listed as a 'video nasty', this science-fiction horror concerns a small crew of scientists who are terrorised by a creature on a distant planet. Comparisons with Ridley Scott's Alien have been ever-present, though Inseminoid has a charm all of its own - it may not have the gloss or the budget, but it's certainly a great deal of fun.2K restoration, supervised and approved by director Norman J WarrenOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with Warren and assistant director Gary White (2004)The BEHP Interview with Norman J Warren - Part Two (2018, 67 mins): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Warren in conversation with Martin SheffieldNorman J Warren at the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films (2011, 62 mins): archival video recording of the director in conversation with horror author John Llewellyn ProbertSubterranean Universe (2004, 45 mins): archival documentary on the making of Inseminoid, featuring interviews with Warren, actors Stephanie Beacham, David Baxt and Barry Houghton, and othersAlien Encounter (2019, 6 mins): actor Trevor Thomas recalls playing the part of MitchElectronic Approach (2004, 13 mins): archival interview with composer John ScottOriginal theatrical trailersHorror Planet teaser trailerTV spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films Otley - Limited Edition
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Gerry Otley (Tom Courtenay -The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar, 45 Years) is a charming scrounger who stumbles unwittingly into espionage, murder, espionage and double crossing as he is mistaken for a spy, kidnapped, and becomes romantically embroiled with a sexy foreign agent, played by Romy Schneider (Purple Noon, Ludwig, Death Watch).Adeptly balancing thrills and laughs, this Sixties comic spy thriller from writer-director Dick Clement (TV's The Likely Lads, Porridge, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet)is astellar addition to the British canon of post-Bond spy flicks.Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Dick ClementThe Guardian Lecture with Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (2008): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Dick Fiddy at London's National Film TheatreNew interview with actor Tom Courtenay (2018)New interview with actor Phyllida Law(2018)New interview with actor Freddie Jones (2018)Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Laura Mayne, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the filmWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
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Powerhouse Films Bellman and True (Limited Edition)
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This terse and tense heist thriller stars Bernard Hill (Boys from the Blackstuff, Lord of the Rings) as a computer programmer blackmailed by gangsters into hacking a bank security system, and a young Kieran O'Brien (9 Songs) as his son. Directed by Richard Loncraine (The Missionary, Richard III) Bellman & True deftly balances dramatic realism with stark black comedy and nail-biting suspense. Produced by HandMade Films, the film is a fine companion piece to their successful thrillers The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. Loncraine would later remake this film as Firewall (2006) with Harrison Ford.Features:High Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioInterview with director Richard Loncraine (2019): the celebrated filmmaker recalls the production of the filmInterview with actor Kieran O'Brien (2019): the prolific actor talks about one of his earliest rolesInterview with writer Desmond Lowden (2019): the screenwriter and author discusses adapting his own novel for the screenInterview with composer Colin Towns (2019): the composer looks back at this work on the music for filmTheatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Kevin Lyons, a look at the inspiration behind the film's title, an archival interview with Bernard Hill, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
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Powerhouse Films Gumshoe
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This brilliant feature debut from director Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters) is an affectionate – and uniquely British – tribute to the Hollywood detective movies of the 1940s. Starring the great Albert Finney (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Murder on the Orient Express, Skyfall) as a Liverpool bingo caller who dreams of being a private eye and then finds himself suddenly contacted for what appears to be an actual piece of detective work.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioStephen Frears on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 18 mins): the acclaimed director discusses the film's production historyNeville Smith on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 16 mins): the celebrated writer and actor discusses his work on the film, for which he won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain AwardProducer Michael Medwin on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 2 mins): a short interview with the actor and producerEditor Charles Rees on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 25 mins): an insightful interview with the film's original editorProduction Designer Michael Seymour on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 3 mins): a brief recollection of the film's productionActor Tom Kempinski on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 2 mins): the actor recalls the shooting of his scene with FinneyThe Burning (1968, 32 mins): Frears' haunting debut short film, made for Finney's production company, Memorial EnterprisesOriginal theatrical trailerVHS trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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Powerhouse Films Samuel Fuller: Storyteller Volume One (Standard Edition)
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Journalist, screenwriter, novelist, soldier, filmmaker – Samuel Fuller was one of American cinema#39;s most prolific and multi-faceted talents. However, the films based on Fuller#39;s early work as a screenwriter remain under appreciated.It Happened in Hollywood: Regarded by Fuller as his #39;first real Hollywood credit#39;, the film has a now-familiar premise: the silent film star who finds they are unable to make the transition to talkies. Blending comedy, romance, action, and a playful self-reflexive streak, the film established Fuller in Hollywood.Adventure in Sahara: Fuller takes full story credit on this rip-roaring adventure yarn inspired – he claimed – by Victor Hugo, Beau Geste, and Mutiny on the Bounty.Power of the Press: Drawing on Fuller#39;s own experiences as young newspaperman and journalist, this crime drama is a passionate cry for freedom of speech and expression. The film also features Fuller#39;s first fully formed and vital female heroine in the shape of the impassioned Edwina (Gloria Dickson).Special Features:High Definition remasters of all three filmsOriginal mono audioIt Happened in Hollywood (1937, 68 mins): Richard Dix and Fay Wray star as big-screen actors adapting to the coming of sound in this witty exposé of Tinseltown, directed by Harry Lachman from a screenplay co-written by Samuel FullerAdventure in Sahara (1938, 57 mins): action-packed drama of revenge and honour, starring Paul Kelly and Lorna Gray, directed by D Ross Lederman from a story by FullerPower of the Press (1943, 64 mins): Lew Landers directs this hard-edged drama about corruption within the newspaper industry, based on a story by Fuller and starring Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy and Gloria DicksonAll-Star Party (2018, 6 mins): who#39;s who of the #39;stars#39; and their impersonators in the climactic party scene from It Happened in HollywoodSam Fuller#39;s Search for Truth with Tim Robbins (2009, 7 mins): the celebrated actor explores Fuller#39;s time as a reporterImage gallery: publicity photography and promotional material for all three filmsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films The Virgin Soldiers - Limited Edition
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Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas' best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war.Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama.INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe Virgin Actors (2019, 29 mins): Roy Holder and Christopher Timothy recall their experiences on locationSome Confidence (2019, 8 mins): writer Ian La Frenais discusses his contributions to the screenplay16mm Location Footage (1967, 14 mins): rare and previously unseen material shot during location scoutingOperation Malaya (1953, 67 mins): David MacDonald s acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan EmergencyOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyIsolated music & effects trackNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, Leslie Thomas on The Virgin Soldiers, archival profiles of Lynn Redgrave and Tsai Chin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Anthony Nield on Operation Malaya, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copies
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Powerhouse Films Buchanan Rides Alone (Standard Edition)
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Budd Boetticher's collaborations with star Randolph Scott are ostensibly small-scale B-movies, but are now revered as some of the finest adult westerns produced in that period.Tom Buchanan (Scott) is a man returning to his Texas home, who rides into a feud between several members of the criminal Agry family. When he helps a young Mexican take revenge on one of them, Buchanan soon finds himself up against the whole Agry clan.The most witty and comedic film in the 'Ranown' series, this absurdist twist on the western is one of Boetticher's most thoroughly enjoyable films.Extras:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher (1969, 74 mins): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, LondonKim Newman on the Ranown Cycle (2018, 29 mins): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West MoviesChristopher Frayling on Budd Boetticher (2018, 20 mins): the renowned writer and cultural historian discusses the work of Budd BoetticherTaylor Hackford on 'Buchanan Rides Alone' (2009, 10 mins): the distinguished filmmaker examines Boetticher's filmIsolated music and effects trackOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional stills and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films Force 10 from Navarone
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Robert Shaw (Young Winston), Harrison Ford (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Barbara Bach (Short Night of the Glass Dolls) and Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal) star alongside Carl Weathers (Rocky), Richard Kiel (Moonraker) and Franco Nero (Django) in this star-studded high adventure. Directed with an assured hand by Bond veteran Guy Hamilton (Battle of Britain), this rip-roaring adaptation of Alistair MacLean's follow-up to the classic The Guns of Navarone sees the elite cadre of commandos embark on a secret mission deep in the Yugoslavian wilderness, during the darkest days of World War II.High Definition remaster of the extended re-release cutOriginal mono audioAlternative stereo and 5.1 surround options Audio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2020)This Is a Giant Movie (1978, 21 mins): archival location report by Channel Television featuring interviews with producer Oliver A Unger, and actors Edward Fox and Carl WeathersTour de Force (2020, 24 mins): actor Angus MacInnes recalls his early film roleFrom Žabljak with Love (2020, 28 mins): the making of the film as told by construction manager Terry Apsey, stuntman Jim Dowdall, grip Dennis Fraser, chief hairdresser Colin Jamison, and chief make-up artist Peter Robb-KingA Life Behind the Lens (2020, 33 mins): a tribute to the acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Challis, featuring interviews with fellow directors of photography and camera crew Dennis Fraser, Oswald Morris, John Palmer and Sydney Samuelson, as well as archival footage of ChallisThe BEHP Interview with Ron Goodwin (1999, 89 mins): archival video, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated composer in conversation with Linda WoodA Show of Force (2020, 26 mins): a look at the different versions of Force 10 from NavaroneSuper 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentationOriginal trailers, TV and radio spotsImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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Powerhouse Films Terror
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Influenced by Dario Argento's horror classic Suspiria, director Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray – reteaming two years after the success of Satan's Slave – created an offbeat blend of satire and the supernatural, sending up the British exploitation film industry while delivering ever more outlandish set-pieces. An eclectic cast list includes John Nolan (Doomwatch), Carolyn Courage (Space: 1999), Glynis Barber (Dempsey and Makepeace) and Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies.2K restoration, supervised and approved by director Norman J WarrenOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray (2004)The Early Years (2019, 17 mins): Warren recalls his first films as directorBloody Good Fun (2004, 41 mins): archival documentary on the making of Terror featuring interviews with Warren, McGillivray, actors Carolyn Courage, Mary Maude, James Aubrey and Elaine Ives-Cameron, and othersTales of Terror (2019, 13 mins): actor John Nolan reflects on Terror's productionNorman J Warren: A Sort of Autobiography (2004, 28 mins): archival interview with the directorFour extended scenes, with introductions by WarrenNorman J Warren Presents Horrorshow (2008, 33 mins): anthology film of five horror tales, hosted by WarrenDaddy Cross (2011, 2 mins): trailer for a 1978 'lost film', with voice-over by WarrenOriginal theatrical trailerFrench theatrical trailerTV spotRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films Vampires
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James Woods leads a band of ruthless vampire hunters in a blood-soaked battle against the undead. Also starring Sheryl Lee, Daniel Baldwin and Maximillian Schell, Carpenter crafts a tense, brutal and action-packed horror/western crossover.Extras: High Definition remaster5.1 surround sound trackAlternative stereo audioAudio commentary with director John CarpenterThe Guardian Interview with John Carpenter - Part One, 1962-1983 (1994, 38 mins): the director discusses his career with Nigel Floyd at the National Film Theatre, LondonBehind the Scenes (1999, 6 mins): original 'making of' documentaryCast & Crew Interviews (1999, 9 mins)B-roll Footage (1999, 9 mins)Isolated score: experience John Carpenter's original soundtrack musicOriginal theatrical trailerNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Standard Edition)
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One of Hammer's most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly (for the time) with the issue of child abuse.Deftly handled, the film is a sincere and unsensational treatment of a taboo subject. Avoiding melodrama it addresses the horrors of the real world but remains a compelling and genuinely unsettling work.Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Alternative presentation with US Never Take Candy from a Stranger title sequence Conspiracy Theories: Inside 'Never Take Sweets from a Stranger' (2018, 25 mins): an analysis of the film and its production by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby, BFI curator Josephine Botting and cultural historian John J Johnston Hammer's Women: Gwen Watford (2018, 8 mins): British cinema expert Dr Laura Mayne explores the life and career of the prolific film, stage, and television actress An Interview with Janina Faye (2018, 15 mins): the British actress recalls her time working with Hammer An Appreciation by Matthew Holness (2018, 12 mins): the actor, writer, director and Hammer fan reflects on many aspects of the film The Perfect Horror Chord (2018, 44 mins): a new appreciation of composer Elisabeth Lutyens by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde US theatrical trailer Brian Trenchard-Smith trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): a short critical appreciation Image galleries: press and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films The Collector (Standard Edition)
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The great Hollywood director William Wyler (Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, The Heiress, Ben-Hur) took John Fowles' celebrated novel and turned it into one of the finest - and most controversial - psychological thrillers of the 1960s.A lonely, unbalanced young butterfly collector (Terence Stamp, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mind of Mr. Soames, Superman II) stalks and abducts a young art student (Samantha Eggar, Psyche 59, The Brood), keeping her imprisoned in a stone cellar as if she were one of his specimens.Stamp and Eggar won Best Actor prizes for their roles at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and the film remains a surprising and often shocking depiction of psychotic obsession. Extras:2K restorationOriginal mono audioThe Guardian Interview with William Wyler (1981, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with Adrian Turner at London's National Film TheatreThe Guardian Interview with Terence Stamp (1989, 92 mins): archival audio recording of the award-winning actor in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film TheatreSelected scenes commentary with author and film historian Neil SinyardAngel to Devil (2018, 13 mins): new and exclusive interview in which Terence Stamp remembers working with WylerNothing But Death (2018, 16 mins): Award-winning actor Samantha Eggar recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interviewThe Look of Stardom (1965, 3 mins): promotional film about the casting of Samantha EggarThe Location Collector (2018, 8 mins): identifying the places where The Collector's exteriors were filmedRichard Combs on 'The Collector' (2018, 9 mins): a new appreciation by the renowned critic, lecturer and broadcasterOriginal theatrical trailerOriginal teaser trailersImage gallery: promotional photography and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearin
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Powerhouse Films The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
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Produced by Stanley Kramer and based on an original screenplay by Dr Seuss, Roy Rowland's pioneering wild fantasy adventure is visually stunning and remains one of American cinema's most beloved – and bizarre – children's films. High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton Crazy Music (2017, 17 mins): interview with musician, singer and archivist Michael Feinstein on his obsession with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Father Figure (2017, 19 mins): interview with Steve Rowland, son of director Roy Rowland Karen Kramer introduction (2007, 2 mins) Dr. T. on Screen (2007, 15 mins): Cathy Lind Hayes, George Chakiris and others talk about the film A Little Nightmare Music (2007, 12 mins): examination of the film's ground-breaking music score Original theatrical trailer Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
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Powerhouse Films The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings - Limited Edition
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Produced by Motown and based on the best-selling 1973 novel of the same name by William Brashler – considered to be one of the greatest sporting books ever written – The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is set amid the segregated African American baseball league of the 1930s, and follows one enterprising team's journey from humble beginnings to championship-winning success. Directed with flair by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Dracula), this classic feel-good comedy features a stellar cast including a pre-Star Wars pairing of Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones, and comedy legend Richard Pryor (Blue Collar)High Definition remaster Original mono audioAudio commentary with director John Badham (2007)Interview with actor Billy Dee Williams (2021)Original theatrical trailerJohn Badham trailer commentary (2013)Radio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rebecca Nicole Williams, archival reports on a promotional baseball match between the casts of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings and The Bad News Bears, an archival interview with star Billy Dee Williams, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
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Powerhouse Films The Scarlet Empress - Standard Edition
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The penultimate collaboration of Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich was also their most ambitious and, maybe, their very best. Dietrich plays Catherine, a young woman who is married into a Russian royal family. Discovering her husband (Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle) is cruel and deranged, she finds love in the arms of a colonel in the army (John Lodge, Bulldog Drummond at Bay), transforming her from wide-eyed virgin to formidable Catherine the Great.Declaring that he would rather make a ‘magnificent flop’ than a ‘mediocre film’, von Sternberg may not have found an immediate audience for his staggering mix of grotesquery and sensuous beauty, but The Scarlet Empress has since been recognised as one of his true masterpieces.4K restorationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2019)Introduction by Nicholas von Sternberg (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discusses The Scarlet EmpressJosef von Sternberg: An Introduction (2009, 75 mins): archival audio recording of von Sternberg’s biographer John Baxter exploring the director’s career in an event conducted at London’s BFI SouthbankThe Twilight of an Angel (2012, 54 mins): Dominique Leeb’s acclaimed French television documentary on Marlene Dietrich’s final yearsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films The National Health (Standard Edition)
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Jack Gold's film about life and death in a shabby London hospital interweaves the story of the real hospital with a fantasy one which exists in the soap-opera world of 'Nurse Norton's Affair', where everything is fully funded and patients are miraculously cured. A darkly funny satire on the state of the nation and also a deeply prescient comment on TV's ability to turn tragedy into entertainment, The National Health sits somewhere between the bawdy antics of the Carry On films and the angry satire of Lindsay Anderson's Britannia Hospital, but emerges as a starkly prophetic film, more relevant now than ever.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with actor Jim Dale and journalist Nick PinkertonBack to Health (2017, 24 mins): interview with author and playwright Peter NicholsOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Modern Romance
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Neurotic, self-obsessed Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) is a successful film editor who splits up with his on-off girlfriend (Kathryn Harrold), only to try and win her back when he finds he can't live without her. Considered by many to be one of America's greatest comic talents, and sought out by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Judd Apatow, Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn, actor-writer-director Brooks created what is perhaps his most caustic and excruciatingly honest film in Modern Romance.High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with critic and film historian Nick Pinkerton (2018)Movie Love with Eric Saarinen (2018, 15 mins): the celebrated cinematographer and director discusses his work with Albert BrooksTheatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity stills and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films The Fortune
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This high-concept, big-budget screwball comedy directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Wolf) stars Warren Beatty (Mickey One, Bonnie and Clyde) as a slick con man and Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Border) as his dim-witted sidekick trying to get their hands on the fortune of a hapless young heiress played by Stockard Channing (Grease, The West Wing). A commercial failure on its initial release, this buoyant and beautifully staged madcap comedy is ripe for rediscovery and reappraisal.
Powerhouse Films Psyche 59 - Limited Edition
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Patricia Neal (fresh from her 1963 award-winning role in Martin Ritt's Hud) stars as a woman suffering from hysterical blindness, and a blank in her memory which may hide the cause of her affliction. When she and her sex-addict husband (Curt Jurgens - The Enemy Below, The Spy Who Loved Me) move in with her younger sister (Samantha Eggar - The Collector, The Brood), she begins to piece together the events leading to her psychological trauma.Ahead of its time in its discussion and depiction of all manner of taboo subjects (rape, child abuse, nymphomania, psycho-sexual disorder, masochism), Psyche 59 is one of British cinema's most daring and provocative adult dramas.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe BEHP Interview with Walter Lassally (1988): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Roy FowlerInterview with Samantha Eggar (2019): the award-winning actor recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interviewRichard Combs on 'Psyche 59' (2019): a new appreciation by the renowned critic, lecturer and broadcasterTheatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Josephine Botting, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
Powerhouse Films Berserk (Standard Edition)
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After the huge success of Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hollywood legend Joan Crawford found herself taking the lead in a series of lurid and sensational horror pictures in her later years – and Berserk was one of the best and most successful.Crawford stars as a ruthless circus owner who exploits a series of gruesome murders for her own ends... until the killer targets her. Directed by Jim O'Connolly (Valley of Gwangi, Tower of Evil) and co-starring Diana Dors (Yield to the Night, Deep End), Michael Gough (Horror Hospital, Batman) and Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place, Inseminoid), Berserk is a deranged slice of Great British Grand (Dame) Guignol – a bloody exploitation classic!ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe NFT Interview with Joan Crawford (1956, 14 mins): archival interview with the celebrated actor, recorded at London's National Film TheatreAudio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin and Eloise RossThe Shopgirl's Delight (2018, 15 mins): career-spanning appreciation of Joan Crawford by film critic Pamela HutchinsonCircus of Blood (2018, 34 mins): Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897–2015, provides a wide-ranging production history of BerserkDidier Chatelain on Herman Cohen (2018, 14 mins): Herman Cohen's assistant and business partner remembers the famed producerTom Baker's Beyond Belief! (1997, 5 mins): introduction by the much-loved actor, recorded for Berserk's UK VHS releaseTom Baker's Beyond Belief! Outtakes (1997, 22 mins)Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Watermelon Man - Limited Edition
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A bigoted, white salesman (played by stand-up comedian Godfrey Cambridge) wakes up one morning to find he has become black. Although it has been somewhat overshadowed by Melvin Van Peebles' next film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Watermelon Man has never felt more relevant than it does today.ExtrasHigh Definition presentationIntroduction by Melvin Van Peebles (2004)The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (1996): archival audio recording of the filmmaker and actor in conversation with broadcaster Darcus Howe at London's National Film TheatreRacquel Gates on 'Watermelon Man' (2020): appreciation by the academic and author of Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular CultureImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Sergio Mims, a 1970 profile of director Melvin Van Peebles, archival interviews with Van Peebles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
Powerhouse Films Invincible (Limited Edition)
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Invincible was the first dramatic work by Werner Herzog in a decade. He assembled a typically eclectic cast – including Tim Roth (Meantime), Udo Kier (Exposé) and two-time World's Strongest Man Jouko Ahola – and blended the lives of three equally eclectic real-life figures – Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart, Austrian clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen, and German chief of police Count Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff – in order to interweave fact and fiction in his typically idiosyncratic way. This Indicator Blu-ray edition presents the film in a new restoration from a 4K scan with both its English and German soundtracks.New 2K restoration from a 4K scanOriginal English and German soundtracks, available in 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereoAudio commentary with director Werner Herzog, in German with optional, newly translated English subtitles (2002)New interview with director of photography Peter Zeitlinger (2021)UK theatrical trailerGerman theatrical trailerUS theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingNewly translated English subtitles for the German soundtrackLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jason Wood, archival articles and interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
Powerhouse Films The Border (Standard Edition)
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Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail, Wolf) gives one of his finest and most subtle performances as a hard-working but deeply disillusioned Mexican border-guard in this tough thriller from renowned British filmmaker Tony Richardson (Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey). ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with critic and film historian Nick PinkertonThe Guardian/NFT Tribute to Tony Richardson (1992, 58 mins): archival audio recording of an event chaired by Sight & Sound editor Philip Dodd, featuring Lindsay Anderson, Kevin Brownlow, Jocelyn Herbert, Vanessa Redgrave, Karel Reisz and Natasha Richardson, each sharing their memories of Tony RichardsonOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Universal Noir #1 (Limited Edition)
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Included Films:The Web (Michael Gordon, 1947)Larceny (George Sherman, 1948)Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (Norman Foster, 1948)Abandoned (Joseph M Newman, 1949)Deported (Robert Siodmak, 1950)Naked Alibi (Jerry Hopper, 1954)A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmund O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.Extras: Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set Special FeaturesHigh Definition presentations of The Web, Larceny, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, Abandoned, Deported and Naked AlibiOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian David Del Valle on The Web (2022)Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross on Larceny (2022)Audio commentary with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson on Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (2022)Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on Abandoned (2022)Audio commentary with filmmaker and film scholar Daniel Kremer on Deported (2022)Audio commentary with film historian Nathaniel Thompson on Naked Alibi (2022)The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978): archival audio recording of the star of Kiss the Blood Off My Hands in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London's National Film TheatreArchival Interview with Victoria Price (2018): the daughter of Vincent Price in conversation with the Film Noir Foundation's Alan K Rode following a screening of The Web at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir FestivalLucy Bolton on Gloria Grahame (2022): the academic discusses one of the great femme fatales of film noirChristina Newland on Robert Siodmak (2022): the critic and writer looks at the Deported director's extensive work in film noirNick Pinkerton on Dan Duryea (2022): the author and critic assesses the life and career of the big-screen tough guyLux Radio Theatre: 'The Web' (1947): radio adaptation featuring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien and Vincent Price reprising their roles from the filmUnited Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short about the 1938-39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben MaddowMen of the Lightship (1941): British World War II documentary short, co-written by...
Powerhouse Films Jagged Edge - Limited Edition
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A classic neo-noir and a definitive 1980s erotic thriller, Jagged Edge stars Jeff Bridges (Fat City, Winter Kills) as a dashing newspaper publisher accused of brutally slaying his rich socialite wife in order to inherit her fortune. Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) plays the high-achieving female attorney who is compromised when she enters into a torrid and steamy love affair with the accused.Sleek, stylish and suspenseful, Jagged Edge benefits from assured direction by Richard Marquand (The Legacy), an ingenious script from Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct), and seasoned character actors Robert Loggia (The Garment Jungle, Scarface) and Peter Coyote (Bitter Moon) providing memorable support.High Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioAlternative 5.1 surround sound track Interview with writer Joe Eszterhas (2021)Cutting Edge (2021): interview with editor Sean BartonDavid Huckvale on John Barry (2021): appreciation of the score by the acclaimed author and musicologistOriginal theatrical trailerRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Maitland McDonagh, extracts from archival interviews with director Richard Marquand, a look at the making of the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
Powerhouse Films Oleanna
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Based on his own controversial and incendiary stage play about a young college student who accuses her much older professor of sexual harassment, David Mamet's riveting drama features two grandstand performances from leads William H Macy (Fargo, Magnolia) and Debra Eisenstadt. Now more relevant and provocative than ever, Oleanna is both a reaction against the plague of political correctness, and a powerful, yet teasingly ambiguous, plea for tolerance between the sexes.High Definition remaster Original stereo audio Interview with actor William H Macy (2018) Interview with actor Debra Eistenstadt (2018) Behind 'Oleanna' (1994, 6 mins): documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with cast and crew, including writer-director David Mamet Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional photography and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films The Deadly Affair (Standard Edition)
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Based on John le Carré's first novel, Call for the Dead (which introduced spymaster George Smiley), The Deadly Affair sees an ageing British secret agent (James Mason) set out to uncover the truth behind a government employee's apparent suicide. Eschewing the glamour of the era's Bond thrillers, Lumet's chilling and intelligent take on the spy drama presents a palpable and darkly sinister picture of Cold War intrigue. The exemplary cast also includes Maximilian Schell, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Roy Kinnear and Lynn Redgrave.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historians Michael Brooke and Johnny MainsThe National Film Theatre Lecture with James Mason (1967, 48 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Leslie HardcastleThe Guardian Lecture with Sidney Lumet (1983, 89 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Derek Malcolm at the National Film Theatre, LondonA Different Kind of Spy: Paul Dehn's Deadly Affair (2017, 17 mins): writer David Kipen discusses the life and work of screenwriter Paul DehnTake One and Move On (2017, 5 mins): camera operator Brian West on The Deadly AffairLumet's London (2017, 4 mins): the London locations of The Deadly Affair exploredOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Limited Edition)
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Possibly the most controversial British film ever produced, this lurid crime drama caused an unprecedented storm of controversy upon release: local councils banned it, the Bishop of London denounced it, and MPs demanded an investigation into the BBFC for allowing it to be seen.Based on the notorious novel by James Hadley Chase (which itself was condemned by George Orwell), No Orchids for Miss Blandish is a mixture of sex, violence and immorality, and tells the brutal story of a kidnapped heiress who falls for one of her crazed captors.This fascinating example of British film noir, which the Monthly Film Bulletin described as the most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen is now released on UK Blu-ray for the very first time. Extras :High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioMiss Blandish and the Censor (2019): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the controversial film's history with the British Board of Film CensorsInterview with producer Richard Gordon and actor Richard Neilson (2010, 35 mins): filmed interview with the famed US distributor-producer, and the actorSoldier, Sailor (1945, 51 mins): World War II docudrama, conceived by No Orchids for Miss Blandish's writer-director St John Legh ClowesOriginal British and American theatrical trailersImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Robert Murphy, analysis of the different versions of the source novel, an extract from an essay on No Orchids for Miss Blandish by George Orwell, news accounts of the controversy surrounding the film's release, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
Powerhouse Films Underworld U.S.A. (Standard Edition)
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The daring and provocative films of maverick American filmmaker Samuel Fuller were some of the most hard-hitting, outspoken, politically progressive, and visually audacious works of the Hollywood studio era. Taking apart the crime and gangster thriller, his tale of vice and violence, the controversial Underworld U.S.A., is among the fiercest and starkest films made about organised crime.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioMartin Scorsese on #39;Underworld U.S.A.#39; (2009, 5 mins): the acclaimed director discusses the impact and legacy of Fuller#39;s filmBarry Forshaw on #39;Underworld U.S.A.#39; (2018, 10 mins): critical analysis by the author of American NoirSam Fuller Masterclass with Wim Wenders (1993, 62 mins): archival audio recording of the two friends and collaborators in conversation at the Arri Cinema, Munich#39;The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera#39; Rushes Tapes 07-12 (1996, 212 mins): unedited interview footage of Sam Fuller in conversation with actor Tim Robbins, recorded for Adam Simon#39;s classic documentaryOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity photography andpromotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Standard Edition)
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Playwright Peter Nichols adapted his own blackly comic 1967 Tony Award-winning play for this confrontational film version by director Peter Medak. Alan Bates and Janet Suzman play a married couple struggling to come to terms with their daughter's disability using comedy and cruelty to dispel the desperation of their situation. This uncomfortable, provocative film about marriage, children and life choices is startlingly funny as well as deeply moving.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Peter Medak and film historian Sam DunnRemembering the Day: Janet Suzman on 'Joe Egg' (2017, 18 mins): interview with the acclaimed actorFrom Stage to Screen: Peter Nichols on 'Joe Egg' (2017, 20 mins): interview with the celebrated playwrightOriginal theatrical trailerNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Carla's Song (Limited Edition)
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The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty - a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including My Name Is Joe and I, Daniel Blake - Carla's Song tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a Glaswegian bus driver, and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee. Set in 1987, the film follows the pair as they meet, fall in love, and travel to Nicaragua in search of Carla's former lover, a possible victim of the civil war.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioAudio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with producer Sally HibbinTwo Worlds Collide (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan MorrisTuning in to Nicaragua (2021): new interview with composer George FentonBackground to the Art (2021): new interview with art director Fergus CleggSounds of Music (2021): new interview with sound recordist Ray BeckettKeeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with script supervisor Susanna LentonDeleted scenesOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, an extract from Paul Laverty's introduction to his screenplay, Ken Loach on recutting the film, an extract from a report on the Nicaraguan premiere, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
Powerhouse Films Young Winston (Standard Edition)
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Richard Attenborough's renowned, star-studded historical biopic follows the early years of one of Britain's most beloved and controversial figures – Winston Churchill.Writer-producer Carl Foreman (High Noon, The Bridge on the River Kwai) was approached by Churchill himself, who suggested his own book, My Early Life: A Roving Commission, would make a good film. The result is a lavish and beautifully detailed drama, with Simon Ward in the lead role, detailing Churchill's service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26.Forman and Attenborough assembled a sterling cast in support: Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Jack Hawkins, Ian Holm, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Magee, Edward Woodward, and John Mills add weight to Attenborough's vision of the man and the myth. High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe John Player Lecture with Richard Attenborough (1971, 78 mins): the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with film critic Dilys Powell at London's National Film TheatreReflections of a Director (2006, 13 mins): archival interview with AttenboroughA National Hero Brought to Life (2006, 17 mins): archival interview with actor Simon Ward on his performance as Winston ChurchillCamel Blues (2019, 30 mins): assistant director William P Cartlidge remembers working with Attenborough and writer-producer Carl ForemanStars and Sand (2019, 9 mins): second assistant director Brian Cook discusses the star-studded castMy Kingdom for a Horse (2019, 11 mins): Vic Armstrong recalls his work as Ward's stunt double and his role as horse wrangler for the filmFires in the Sky (2019, 6 mins): special effects artist John Richardson on the challenges of filming in Wales, Morocco, and Blenheim PalaceMaking It Up (2019, 3 mins): interview with make-up artist Robin GranthamDeleted scenes (7 mins): five scenes from the 'roadshow' version, including the alternative ending with Winston and Randolph ChurchillUS Premiere Footage (1972, 16 mins, mute): rare and unseen material featuring Attenborough, Foreman, Ward, Robert Shaw, Edward G Robinson, and othersOriginal theatrical trailerImage galleries: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Taste of Fear
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During the early sixties, alongside its more famous Gothic horrors, Hammer also produced series of suspense thrillers inspired by the success (and plotlines) of Henri -Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.The first of these was the classic Taste of Fear, written and produced by the prolific Jimmy Sangster. Set on the French Riviera, it concerns a wheelchair-bound heiress plagued by visions of her dead father, and stars American actress Susan Strasberg alongside (by now) Hammer regulars Christopher Lee and Ronald Lewis. The film proved to be a huge success for Hammer, its twisted plot with a tortured heroine becoming a template for their thrillers which followed into the 1970s.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioTwo feature presentations: Taste of Fear, with the rarely seen original UK title sequence, and Scream of Fear, with the alternative US titlesAudio commentary with Kevin Lyons, editor of The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television Body Horror: Inside 'Taste of Fear' (2019, 20 mins): Alan Barnes, Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby explore aspects of the film's productionHammer's Women: Ann Todd (2019, 12 mins): profile of the Taste of Fear actor by Melanie Williams, author of Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in QuestionThe BFI Southbank Interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 68 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker and screenwriter in conversation with Marcus Hearn at London's National Film TheatreThe BEHP Video interview with Jimmy Sangster (2008, 117 mins): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Sangster in conversation with Jonathan Rigby The BEHP Interview with Douglas Slocombe, Part Two: From Hammer to Spielberg (1988, 82 mins): archival audio recording featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Sidney Cole Fear Makers (2019, 9 mins): camera operator Desmond Davis and assistant sound editor John Crome recall the making of the filmAnxiety and Terror (2019, 25 mins): appreciation of Clifton Parker's score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950–1972 Super 8 version of Scream of Fear (20 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation Original US Scream of Fear theatrical trailer Sam Hamm trailer commentary (2013, 2 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Gray Lady Down (Limited Edition)
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In Gray Lady Down, the race is on to rescue a crew of sailors after a nuclear submarine collides with a Norwegian freighter and becomes stranded on the seabed. Skilful direction from David Greene (The People Next Door) and top-tier performances by Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Stephen McHattie and Ronny Cox combine to make this the definitive disaster film.Special Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian Peter Tonguette (2021)The Guardian Interview with Charlton Heston (1985): archival audio recording of the great actor in conversation with Quentin Falk at the National Film Theatre, LondonNew interview with actor Stacey Keach (2021)New interview with actor Stephen McHattie (2021)Original theatrical trailerRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Omar Ahmed, archival articles on the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
Powerhouse Films The Snorkel (Standard Edition)
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Before becoming synonymous with the horror genre, Hammer Films had in the 1950s produced a number of noir-inspired crime and suspense films. The Snorkel is one of the finest of these.Penned by Jimmy Sangster (with nods to Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt) and directed by Guy Green (A Patch of Blue), this elaborate and ingenious thriller pits murderous stepfather (Peter van Eyck) against his young stepdaughter (Mandy Miller) who is convinced he killed her parents, and is determined to prove it - before he makes her his next victim...Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Michael Brooke and author Johnny Mains Undercover Killer: Inside 'The Snorkel' (2018, 21 mins): an analysis of the film and its production by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby, BFI curator Josephine Botting and cultural historian John J Johnston Hammer's Women: Betta St John (2018, 11 mins): film historian Kat Ellinger offers an appreciation of the American actress, singer, and dancer Original script ending (10 mins): a reconstruction of the final scenes as they appear in Jimmy Sangster's original screenplay Peter Allchorne and Hugh Harlow remember 'The Snorkel' (2018, 8 mins): the Hammer production crew regulars recall making the film Four-Note Fear (2018, 24 mins): an appreciation of composer Francis Chagrin's score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original theatrical trailer Image gallery English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Fatherland (Limited Edition)
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Ken Loach collaborated with playwright Trevor Griffiths (Comedians) for this underseen political drama about an East German protest singer (played by Gerulf Pannach) who emigrates to the West when he falls foul of the authorities. He arrives to much interest from the media - and a potentially lucrative record contract - but wishes only to be able to perform his songs, and to find his father, another exile, who had left his home country during the 1953 East German uprising.ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioLanguage Barriers (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan MorrisTalk About Work (1971): Ken Loach's documentary for the Central Office of Information, photographed by Chris Menges, interviewing young people about their workRight to Work March (1972): documentary film of a five-week protest march from Glasgow to London that saw the participation of a number of cultural figures, including Loach and other filmmakersImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Frank Collins, an archival interview with Ken Loach, an extract from Loach on Loach, an overview of contemporary critical responses, new writing on the short films, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies
Powerhouse Films Housekeeping (Standard Edition)
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Director Bill Forsyth (That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) made his American film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's acclaimed novel, about two young girls who are sent to live with their eccentric aunt (Christine Lahti).ExtrasHigh Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioWriter-Director Bill Forsyth on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 42 mins)Author Marilynne Robinson on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 14 mins)Director of Photography Michael Coulter on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 13 mins)Editor Michael Ellis on 'Housekeeping' (2017, 11 mins)BFI Interview with Bill Forsyth (1994, 36 mins): archival audio recording of an on-stage interview conducted by Nick James at the National Film Theatre, LondonOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and production materials from the personal collections of the filmmakersNew English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Drive a Crooked Road (Standard Edition)
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Moving away from the family comedies and musicals that had made him famous, Drive a Crooked Road finds a Mickey Rooney (National Velvet) as a girl-shy mechanic and racing driver.When a beautiful customer flirts with Eddie Shannon, the lonely mechanic can't believe his luck - even more so when she appears interested in his hobby of motor racing. She offers him the chance to make enough money to pursue his dream full time... as the getaway driver in a bank heist.Directed by Richard Quine (Pushover), and co-scripted by Blake Edwards (Experiment in Terror), this classic film noir also features Dianne Foster (Gideon's Day) and Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo Bill and the Indians).Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special FeaturesHigh Definition presentationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film critic Nick Pinkerton (2020)The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved actor in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film Theatre, LondonIntroduction by Martin Scorsese (2012, 2 mins)Screen Snapshots: 'Mickey Rooney, Then and Now' (1953, 10 mins): Columbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer looking back at one of his childhood rolesHigher Than a Kite (1943, 18 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play mechanics who find themselves in a situation that's way out of their controlOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films First Men in the Moon
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Director Nathan Juran and special effects titan Ray Harryhausen reunited for the third time - following 20 Million Miles to Earth and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - and teamed up with Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment) to take on the work of science-fiction icon H G Wells... and take viewers to the seven wonders of the moon world!Extras: Indicators Standard Edition Special features:4K restoration from the original negativeOriginal mono audioOriginal 4-channel mixAlternative 5.1 surround sound trackAudio commentary with Ray Harryhausen and Randall William Cook, moderated by film historian Tony DaltonRandall William Cook Introduction (2012, 5 minutes)Terry Schubert on 'First Men in the Moon' (2017, 5 minutes): he special effects assistant remembers working with Ray HarryhausenOriginal Men in the Moon (2017, 17 minutes): Production manager Ted Wallis and clapper loader Ray Andrew talk about their experiences of working with the cast and crew of First Men in the MoonThe Ripple Effect (2017, 4 minutes): A candid interview with title designer Sam SulimanTomorrow the Moon (1964, 5 minutes): Vintage documentary, containing fascinating on-set footage, which explores space travel and the making of the filmIsolated score: Experience Laurie Johnson's original soundtrack musicTeaser trailerTheatrical trailerJohn Landis trailer commentary (2013, 4 minutes): A short critical appreciationImage gallery: A selection of promotional stills, lobby cards and poster designsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingOriginal release: 1964Colour/B&W: Colour
Powerhouse Films Inseminoid
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Boasting a strong female cast - including Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place), Stephanie Beacham (Tam-Lin) and Victoria Tennant (Flowers in the Attic) - and co-financed by Run Run Shaw of the Shaw Brothers, Inseminoid is among Norman J Warren's most widely seen films... and his most infamous. Once listed as a 'video nasty', this science-fiction horror concerns a small crew of scientists who are terrorised by a creature on a distant planet. Comparisons with Ridley Scott's Alien have been ever-present, though Inseminoid has a charm all of its own - it may not have the gloss or the budget, but it's certainly a great deal of fun.2K restoration, supervised and approved by director Norman J WarrenOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with Warren and assistant director Gary White (2004)The BEHP Interview with Norman J Warren - Part Two (2018, 67 mins): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring Warren in conversation with Martin SheffieldNorman J Warren at the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films (2011, 62 mins): archival video recording of the director in conversation with horror author John Llewellyn ProbertSubterranean Universe (2004, 45 mins): archival documentary on the making of Inseminoid, featuring interviews with Warren, actors Stephanie Beacham, David Baxt and Barry Houghton, and othersAlien Encounter (2019, 6 mins): actor Trevor Thomas recalls playing the part of MitchElectronic Approach (2004, 13 mins): archival interview with composer John ScottOriginal theatrical trailersHorror Planet teaser trailerTV spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Otley - Limited Edition
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Gerry Otley (Tom Courtenay -The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar, 45 Years) is a charming scrounger who stumbles unwittingly into espionage, murder, espionage and double crossing as he is mistaken for a spy, kidnapped, and becomes romantically embroiled with a sexy foreign agent, played by Romy Schneider (Purple Noon, Ludwig, Death Watch).Adeptly balancing thrills and laughs, this Sixties comic spy thriller from writer-director Dick Clement (TV's The Likely Lads, Porridge, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet)is astellar addition to the British canon of post-Bond spy flicks.Features:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Dick ClementThe Guardian Lecture with Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (2008): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Dick Fiddy at London's National Film TheatreNew interview with actor Tom Courtenay (2018)New interview with actor Phyllida Law(2018)New interview with actor Freddie Jones (2018)Original theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Laura Mayne, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the filmWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
Powerhouse Films Bellman and True (Limited Edition)
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This terse and tense heist thriller stars Bernard Hill (Boys from the Blackstuff, Lord of the Rings) as a computer programmer blackmailed by gangsters into hacking a bank security system, and a young Kieran O'Brien (9 Songs) as his son. Directed by Richard Loncraine (The Missionary, Richard III) Bellman & True deftly balances dramatic realism with stark black comedy and nail-biting suspense. Produced by HandMade Films, the film is a fine companion piece to their successful thrillers The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. Loncraine would later remake this film as Firewall (2006) with Harrison Ford.Features:High Definition remasterOriginal stereo audioInterview with director Richard Loncraine (2019): the celebrated filmmaker recalls the production of the filmInterview with actor Kieran O'Brien (2019): the prolific actor talks about one of his earliest rolesInterview with writer Desmond Lowden (2019): the screenwriter and author discusses adapting his own novel for the screenInterview with composer Colin Towns (2019): the composer looks back at this work on the music for filmTheatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Kevin Lyons, a look at the inspiration behind the film's title, an archival interview with Bernard Hill, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copiesAll extras subject to change
Powerhouse Films Gumshoe
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This brilliant feature debut from director Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters) is an affectionate – and uniquely British – tribute to the Hollywood detective movies of the 1940s. Starring the great Albert Finney (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Murder on the Orient Express, Skyfall) as a Liverpool bingo caller who dreams of being a private eye and then finds himself suddenly contacted for what appears to be an actual piece of detective work.High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioStephen Frears on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 18 mins): the acclaimed director discusses the film's production historyNeville Smith on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 16 mins): the celebrated writer and actor discusses his work on the film, for which he won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain AwardProducer Michael Medwin on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 2 mins): a short interview with the actor and producerEditor Charles Rees on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 25 mins): an insightful interview with the film's original editorProduction Designer Michael Seymour on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 3 mins): a brief recollection of the film's productionActor Tom Kempinski on 'Gumshoe' (2018, 2 mins): the actor recalls the shooting of his scene with FinneyThe Burning (1968, 32 mins): Frears' haunting debut short film, made for Finney's production company, Memorial EnterprisesOriginal theatrical trailerVHS trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Samuel Fuller: Storyteller Volume One (Standard Edition)
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Journalist, screenwriter, novelist, soldier, filmmaker – Samuel Fuller was one of American cinema#39;s most prolific and multi-faceted talents. However, the films based on Fuller#39;s early work as a screenwriter remain under appreciated.It Happened in Hollywood: Regarded by Fuller as his #39;first real Hollywood credit#39;, the film has a now-familiar premise: the silent film star who finds they are unable to make the transition to talkies. Blending comedy, romance, action, and a playful self-reflexive streak, the film established Fuller in Hollywood.Adventure in Sahara: Fuller takes full story credit on this rip-roaring adventure yarn inspired – he claimed – by Victor Hugo, Beau Geste, and Mutiny on the Bounty.Power of the Press: Drawing on Fuller#39;s own experiences as young newspaperman and journalist, this crime drama is a passionate cry for freedom of speech and expression. The film also features Fuller#39;s first fully formed and vital female heroine in the shape of the impassioned Edwina (Gloria Dickson).Special Features:High Definition remasters of all three filmsOriginal mono audioIt Happened in Hollywood (1937, 68 mins): Richard Dix and Fay Wray star as big-screen actors adapting to the coming of sound in this witty exposé of Tinseltown, directed by Harry Lachman from a screenplay co-written by Samuel FullerAdventure in Sahara (1938, 57 mins): action-packed drama of revenge and honour, starring Paul Kelly and Lorna Gray, directed by D Ross Lederman from a story by FullerPower of the Press (1943, 64 mins): Lew Landers directs this hard-edged drama about corruption within the newspaper industry, based on a story by Fuller and starring Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy and Gloria DicksonAll-Star Party (2018, 6 mins): who#39;s who of the #39;stars#39; and their impersonators in the climactic party scene from It Happened in HollywoodSam Fuller#39;s Search for Truth with Tim Robbins (2009, 7 mins): the celebrated actor explores Fuller#39;s time as a reporterImage gallery: publicity photography and promotional material for all three filmsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films The Virgin Soldiers - Limited Edition
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Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas' best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war.Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama.INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe Virgin Actors (2019, 29 mins): Roy Holder and Christopher Timothy recall their experiences on locationSome Confidence (2019, 8 mins): writer Ian La Frenais discusses his contributions to the screenplay16mm Location Footage (1967, 14 mins): rare and previously unseen material shot during location scoutingOperation Malaya (1953, 67 mins): David MacDonald s acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan EmergencyOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: on-set and promotional photographyIsolated music & effects trackNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, Leslie Thomas on The Virgin Soldiers, archival profiles of Lynn Redgrave and Tsai Chin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Anthony Nield on Operation Malaya, and film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited Edition of 3,000 copies
Powerhouse Films Buchanan Rides Alone (Standard Edition)
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Budd Boetticher's collaborations with star Randolph Scott are ostensibly small-scale B-movies, but are now revered as some of the finest adult westerns produced in that period.Tom Buchanan (Scott) is a man returning to his Texas home, who rides into a feud between several members of the criminal Agry family. When he helps a young Mexican take revenge on one of them, Buchanan soon finds himself up against the whole Agry clan.The most witty and comedic film in the 'Ranown' series, this absurdist twist on the western is one of Boetticher's most thoroughly enjoyable films.Extras:High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioThe John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher (1969, 74 mins): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, LondonKim Newman on the Ranown Cycle (2018, 29 mins): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West MoviesChristopher Frayling on Budd Boetticher (2018, 20 mins): the renowned writer and cultural historian discusses the work of Budd BoetticherTaylor Hackford on 'Buchanan Rides Alone' (2009, 10 mins): the distinguished filmmaker examines Boetticher's filmIsolated music and effects trackOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional stills and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Force 10 from Navarone
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Robert Shaw (Young Winston), Harrison Ford (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Barbara Bach (Short Night of the Glass Dolls) and Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal) star alongside Carl Weathers (Rocky), Richard Kiel (Moonraker) and Franco Nero (Django) in this star-studded high adventure. Directed with an assured hand by Bond veteran Guy Hamilton (Battle of Britain), this rip-roaring adaptation of Alistair MacLean's follow-up to the classic The Guns of Navarone sees the elite cadre of commandos embark on a secret mission deep in the Yugoslavian wilderness, during the darkest days of World War II.High Definition remaster of the extended re-release cutOriginal mono audioAlternative stereo and 5.1 surround options Audio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2020)This Is a Giant Movie (1978, 21 mins): archival location report by Channel Television featuring interviews with producer Oliver A Unger, and actors Edward Fox and Carl WeathersTour de Force (2020, 24 mins): actor Angus MacInnes recalls his early film roleFrom Žabljak with Love (2020, 28 mins): the making of the film as told by construction manager Terry Apsey, stuntman Jim Dowdall, grip Dennis Fraser, chief hairdresser Colin Jamison, and chief make-up artist Peter Robb-KingA Life Behind the Lens (2020, 33 mins): a tribute to the acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Challis, featuring interviews with fellow directors of photography and camera crew Dennis Fraser, Oswald Morris, John Palmer and Sydney Samuelson, as well as archival footage of ChallisThe BEHP Interview with Ron Goodwin (1999, 89 mins): archival video, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated composer in conversation with Linda WoodA Show of Force (2020, 26 mins): a look at the different versions of Force 10 from NavaroneSuper 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentationOriginal trailers, TV and radio spotsImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Powerhouse Films Terror
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Influenced by Dario Argento's horror classic Suspiria, director Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray – reteaming two years after the success of Satan's Slave – created an offbeat blend of satire and the supernatural, sending up the British exploitation film industry while delivering ever more outlandish set-pieces. An eclectic cast list includes John Nolan (Doomwatch), Carolyn Courage (Space: 1999), Glynis Barber (Dempsey and Makepeace) and Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies.2K restoration, supervised and approved by director Norman J WarrenOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray (2004)The Early Years (2019, 17 mins): Warren recalls his first films as directorBloody Good Fun (2004, 41 mins): archival documentary on the making of Terror featuring interviews with Warren, McGillivray, actors Carolyn Courage, Mary Maude, James Aubrey and Elaine Ives-Cameron, and othersTales of Terror (2019, 13 mins): actor John Nolan reflects on Terror's productionNorman J Warren: A Sort of Autobiography (2004, 28 mins): archival interview with the directorFour extended scenes, with introductions by WarrenNorman J Warren Presents Horrorshow (2008, 33 mins): anthology film of five horror tales, hosted by WarrenDaddy Cross (2011, 2 mins): trailer for a 1978 'lost film', with voice-over by WarrenOriginal theatrical trailerFrench theatrical trailerTV spotRadio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Vampires
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James Woods leads a band of ruthless vampire hunters in a blood-soaked battle against the undead. Also starring Sheryl Lee, Daniel Baldwin and Maximillian Schell, Carpenter crafts a tense, brutal and action-packed horror/western crossover.Extras: High Definition remaster5.1 surround sound trackAlternative stereo audioAudio commentary with director John CarpenterThe Guardian Interview with John Carpenter - Part One, 1962-1983 (1994, 38 mins): the director discusses his career with Nigel Floyd at the National Film Theatre, LondonBehind the Scenes (1999, 6 mins): original 'making of' documentaryCast & Crew Interviews (1999, 9 mins)B-roll Footage (1999, 9 mins)Isolated score: experience John Carpenter's original soundtrack musicOriginal theatrical trailerNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Standard Edition)
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One of Hammer's most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly (for the time) with the issue of child abuse.Deftly handled, the film is a sincere and unsensational treatment of a taboo subject. Avoiding melodrama it addresses the horrors of the real world but remains a compelling and genuinely unsettling work.Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Alternative presentation with US Never Take Candy from a Stranger title sequence Conspiracy Theories: Inside 'Never Take Sweets from a Stranger' (2018, 25 mins): an analysis of the film and its production by Hammer expert Jonathan Rigby, BFI curator Josephine Botting and cultural historian John J Johnston Hammer's Women: Gwen Watford (2018, 8 mins): British cinema expert Dr Laura Mayne explores the life and career of the prolific film, stage, and television actress An Interview with Janina Faye (2018, 15 mins): the British actress recalls her time working with Hammer An Appreciation by Matthew Holness (2018, 12 mins): the actor, writer, director and Hammer fan reflects on many aspects of the film The Perfect Horror Chord (2018, 44 mins): a new appreciation of composer Elisabeth Lutyens by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde US theatrical trailer Brian Trenchard-Smith trailer commentary (2013, 4 mins): a short critical appreciation Image galleries: press and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films The Collector (Standard Edition)
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The great Hollywood director William Wyler (Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, The Heiress, Ben-Hur) took John Fowles' celebrated novel and turned it into one of the finest - and most controversial - psychological thrillers of the 1960s.A lonely, unbalanced young butterfly collector (Terence Stamp, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Mind of Mr. Soames, Superman II) stalks and abducts a young art student (Samantha Eggar, Psyche 59, The Brood), keeping her imprisoned in a stone cellar as if she were one of his specimens.Stamp and Eggar won Best Actor prizes for their roles at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and the film remains a surprising and often shocking depiction of psychotic obsession. Extras:2K restorationOriginal mono audioThe Guardian Interview with William Wyler (1981, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with Adrian Turner at London's National Film TheatreThe Guardian Interview with Terence Stamp (1989, 92 mins): archival audio recording of the award-winning actor in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film TheatreSelected scenes commentary with author and film historian Neil SinyardAngel to Devil (2018, 13 mins): new and exclusive interview in which Terence Stamp remembers working with WylerNothing But Death (2018, 16 mins): Award-winning actor Samantha Eggar recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interviewThe Look of Stardom (1965, 3 mins): promotional film about the casting of Samantha EggarThe Location Collector (2018, 8 mins): identifying the places where The Collector's exteriors were filmedRichard Combs on 'The Collector' (2018, 9 mins): a new appreciation by the renowned critic, lecturer and broadcasterOriginal theatrical trailerOriginal teaser trailersImage gallery: promotional photography and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearin
Powerhouse Films The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
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Produced by Stanley Kramer and based on an original screenplay by Dr Seuss, Roy Rowland's pioneering wild fantasy adventure is visually stunning and remains one of American cinema's most beloved – and bizarre – children's films. High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton Crazy Music (2017, 17 mins): interview with musician, singer and archivist Michael Feinstein on his obsession with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Father Figure (2017, 19 mins): interview with Steve Rowland, son of director Roy Rowland Karen Kramer introduction (2007, 2 mins) Dr. T. on Screen (2007, 15 mins): Cathy Lind Hayes, George Chakiris and others talk about the film A Little Nightmare Music (2007, 12 mins): examination of the film's ground-breaking music score Original theatrical trailer Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Powerhouse Films The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings - Limited Edition
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Produced by Motown and based on the best-selling 1973 novel of the same name by William Brashler – considered to be one of the greatest sporting books ever written – The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is set amid the segregated African American baseball league of the 1930s, and follows one enterprising team's journey from humble beginnings to championship-winning success. Directed with flair by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Dracula), this classic feel-good comedy features a stellar cast including a pre-Star Wars pairing of Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones, and comedy legend Richard Pryor (Blue Collar)High Definition remaster Original mono audioAudio commentary with director John Badham (2007)Interview with actor Billy Dee Williams (2021)Original theatrical trailerJohn Badham trailer commentary (2013)Radio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rebecca Nicole Williams, archival reports on a promotional baseball match between the casts of The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings and The Bad News Bears, an archival interview with star Billy Dee Williams, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film creditsWorld premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copiesExtras subject to change
Powerhouse Films The Scarlet Empress - Standard Edition
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The penultimate collaboration of Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich was also their most ambitious and, maybe, their very best. Dietrich plays Catherine, a young woman who is married into a Russian royal family. Discovering her husband (Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle) is cruel and deranged, she finds love in the arms of a colonel in the army (John Lodge, Bulldog Drummond at Bay), transforming her from wide-eyed virgin to formidable Catherine the Great.Declaring that he would rather make a ‘magnificent flop’ than a ‘mediocre film’, von Sternberg may not have found an immediate audience for his staggering mix of grotesquery and sensuous beauty, but The Scarlet Empress has since been recognised as one of his true masterpieces.4K restorationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2019)Introduction by Nicholas von Sternberg (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discusses The Scarlet EmpressJosef von Sternberg: An Introduction (2009, 75 mins): archival audio recording of von Sternberg’s biographer John Baxter exploring the director’s career in an event conducted at London’s BFI SouthbankThe Twilight of an Angel (2012, 54 mins): Dominique Leeb’s acclaimed French television documentary on Marlene Dietrich’s final yearsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing