The Godfather Regarded as one of the best American films ever by the American Film Institute Francis Ford Coppolas epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. The Godfather is a violent & chilling portrait of the Sicilian familys struggle to stay in power in a post-war America of corruption deceit & betrayal. Coppola begins his legendary trilogy masterfully balancing the story of the Corleones family life & the ugly crime business in which they are engaged. Based on Mario Puzos best-selling novel & featuring career-making performances by Al Pacino James Caan & Robert Duvall this searing & brilliant film garnered ten Academy Award nominations & won three including Best Picture of 1972. The Godfather: Part IIIn what is undeniably one of the best sequels ever made Francis Ford Coppola continues his epic Godfather trilogy with this saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Coppola working once again with author Mario Puzo crafts two interwoven stories that work as both prequel & sequel to the original. One shows the humble Sicilian beginnings & New York rise of a young Don Vito now played in an Oscar-winning performance for Best Supporting Actor by Robert De Niro. The other shows the ascent of Michael (Al Pacino) as the new Don. Reassembling many of the cast members who helped make The Godfather Coppola produced a movie of staggering magnitude & vision. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations winning six including Best Picture of 1974. The Godfather: Part IIIIn the final installment of the epic Corleone trilogy Al Pacino reprises his role as powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60s Michael is consumed with guilt for his past deeds while he plans his familys re-emergence as a completely legitimate corporation in this exciting long-awaited film. Masterfully exploring the themes of power tradition revenge & love Francis Ford Coppola directs Pacino Andy Garcia Diane Keaton Talia Shire Eli Wallach Sofia Coppola Joe Mantegna & others in this final chapter of the trilogy. Nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1990 including Best Picture. ...

Celebrating 35 years since its original broadcast & available for the first time in series order this is the comedy series that put organic foods self-sufficiency & green thinking on the map. On his 40th birthday Tom Good (Richard Briers) decides that hes had enough of the rat race & that he & his wife Barbara (Felicity Kendal) should become self-sufficient. Overnight they begin to convert their suburban garden into a farm complete with crops pigs & chickens homemade beer & more. But their choice of lifestyle doesnt exactly fit in with the neighbours in particular Margot Leadbetter (Penelope Keith) & her henpecked husband Jerry (Paul Eddington) who find themselves hindering but even sometimes helping against their better judgement. Unique in its vision consistent in its comedy this is entertainment at its finest the kind that only comes with The Good Life. Episodes Comprise: Season 1: 1: Plough Your Own Furrow 2: Say Little Hen... 3: The Weaker Sex? 4: Pigs Lib 5: The Thing in the Cellar 6: The Pagan Rite 7: Backs to the Wall. Season 2: 1: Just My Bill 2: The Guru of Surbiton 3: Mr. Fix-It 4: The Day Peace Broke Out 5: Mutiny 6: Home Sweet Home 7: Going to Pot? Season 3: 1: The Early Birds 2: The Happy Event 3: A Tug of the Forelock 4: I Talk to the Trees 5: The Wind-Break War 6: Whose Fleas Are These? 7: The Last Posh Frock. Season 4: 1: Away from It All 2: The Green Door 3: Our Speaker Today 4: The Weavers Tale 5: Suit Yourself 6: Sweet & Sour Charity 7: Anniversary. Special

Features: Interview with the writer The Many Modes of Margo

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From the imagination of Steven Spielberg The Goonies plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling surprise-around-every-corner quest beyond their wildest dreams! Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages outrageous booby traps & a long-lost pirate ship full of goldendoubloons the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys... & a mild-mannered monster with a face only a mother could love. A family adventure classic from start to buccaneering finish The Goonies is a cinematic trove of breathtaking action dazzling effects & shiver-yer-timbers thrills! ...

In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft III a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history
- brilliantly portrayed here by Steve Mc Queen James Garner Charles Bronson & James Coburn
- who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious & suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) & W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar) & composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story The Great Escape is epic entertainment that captivates thrills & stirs (Variety). Special

Features: Audio Commentary by Director John Sturges Cast & Crew The Great Escape: Bringing Fact to Fiction The Great Escape: Preparations for Freedom The Great Escape: The Flight to Freedom The Great Escape: A Standing Ovation The Great Escape: The Untold Story The Great Escape: The Untold Story
- Additional Interviews The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones Return to The Great Escape Original Theatrical Trailer




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In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft III a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history
- brilliantly portrayed here by Steve Mc Queen James Garner Charles Bronson & James Coburn
- who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious & suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) & W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar) & composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story The Great Escape is epic entertainment that captivates thrills & stirs (Variety).

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From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker created his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before in a film starring Leonardo Di Caprio in the title role. The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest & comes to New York City in the spring of 1922 an era of loosening morals glittering jazz bootleg kings & sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream Nick lands next door to a mysterious party-giving millionaire Jay Gatsby & across the bay from his cousin Daisy & her philandering blue-blooded husband Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich their illusions loves & deceits. As Nick bears witness within & without of the world he inhabits he pens a tale of impossible love incorruptible dreams & high-octane tragedy & holds a mirror to our own modern times & struggles. Special

Features: The Greatness of Gatsby Within & Wihout with Tobey Maguire The Swinging Sounds of Gatsby The Jazz Age Razzle Dazzle: The Fashion of the 20s Fitzgeralds Visual Poetry Gatsby Revealed: Gatsbys Party Disconcerting Ride The Plaza Pool Scene Deleted Scenes 1926
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From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker created his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before in a film starring Leonardo Di Caprio in the title role. The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest & comes to New York City in the spring of 1922 an era of loosening morals glittering jazz bootleg kings & sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream Nick lands next door to a mysterious party-giving millionaire Jay Gatsby & across the bay from his cousin Daisy & her philandering blue-blooded husband Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich their illusions loves & deceits. As Nick bears witness within & without of the world he inhabits he pens a tale of impossible love incorruptible dreams & high-octane tragedy & holds a mirror to our own modern times & struggles. Special

Features: The Greatness of Gatsby Within & Wihout with Tobey Maguire The Swinging Sounds of Gatsby The Jazz Age Razzle Dazzle: The Fashion of the '20s Fitzgerald's Visual Poetry Gatsby Revealed: Gatsby's Party Disconcerting Ride The Plaza Pool Scene Deleted Scenes 1926
- The Great Gatsby Trailer


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Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the security guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary a holding jail for criminals sentenced to the death penalty. When death row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clark Duncan) is convicted for the rape & murder of two young girls he forms a connection with Paul. Despite John's menacing physical appearance Paul sees a tender & harmless nature to John & starts to believe that he is innocent. As the days draw closer to the execution Paul can only look on powerlessly as his new found friend faces his final days. Powerful drama from the Oscar nominated director of The Shawshank Redemption. (Matthew Fairfield). ...

From the director of Old School comes a comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Two days before his wedding Doug (Justin Bartha) & his three friends (Bradley Cooper Ed Helms & Zach Galifiankis) drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out night they’ll never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches they can’t remember a thing. Their hotel suite is beyond trashed & the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened & little time to spare the trio attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong & hopefully get Doug back to Los Angeles in time for his wedding. However the more they begin to uncover the more they realise just how much trouble they’re really in. ...

From the director of Old School comes a comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly wrong. Two days before his wedding Doug (Justin Bartha) & his three friends (Bradley Cooper Ed Helms & Zach Galifiankis) drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out night they’ll never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches they can’t remember a thing. Their hotel suite is beyond trashed & the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened & little time to spare the trio attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong & hopefully get Doug back to Los Angeles in time for his wedding. However the more they begin to uncover the more they realise just how much trouble they’re really in. ...