To impress his Fascist friends Marcello plans to assassinate his former professor now considered a subversive. A blend of thriller psychological portrait & political parable The Conformist found Bertolucci on peak form & the resulting stylistic tour de force paved the way for the likes of Scorsese Schrader & Michael Mann. Special

Features: HD restoration supervised by Director of Photography Vittorio Storaro in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio Original Mono 2.0 Audio Audio commentary with Italian cinema expert David Forgacs Feature length documentary Bernardo Bertolucci: Reflections on Cinema directed by Sandro Lai on Bertoluccis career with on-set archive material & interviews Reversible sleeve featuring original & newly commissioned artwork A comprehensive booklet featuring: Brand new writing on the film by critic Michael Atkinson Re-printed interview with Bernardo Bertolucci from 1971 Bertoluccis thoughts on filmmaking illustrated with original stills

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At the peak of his creative powers the 29 year old Bernardo Bertolucci eschewed the influence of mentor Jean-Luc Godard & partnered up with Vittorio Storaro & developed his own style for one of the most visually dazzling politically & psychologically intriguing & possibly greatest of all Italian films. Told in a non linear structure that would go on to influence The Godfather Part II (not the only influence on Coppola’s film) the story begins in Rome 1938. Marcello (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a young fascist who takes on the job of assassinating his former professor who has fled to Paris. With his girlfriend (Stefania Sandrelli) in tow he meets the professor & his young wife (Dominique Sanda). A thriller as well as study of Italian politics & psychological character Bertolucci’s Oscar nominated adaptation of Alberto Moravia’s novel (an adaptation Moravia greatly admired) has gone on to influence filmmakers such as Paul Schrader Martin Scorsese & Michael Mann & remains one of the great triumphs of world cinema. Arrow Academy is proud to present Bernardo Bertolucci’s masterpiece on DVD & Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. ...

Based on the true life story The Conjuring tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives. From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed & Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air TVs Bates Motel) & Patrick Wilson (Insidious) as the Warrens & Ron Livingston (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) & Lili Taylor (TVs Hemlock Grove) as Roger & Carolyn Perron residents of the house. Joey King Shanley Caswell Hayley Mc Farland Mackenzie Foy & newcomer Kyla Deaver play the Perrons five daughters & Sterling Jerins is the Warrens little girl Judy. Rounding out the cast are Marion Guyot Steve Coulter Shannon Kook & John Brotherton. James Wan (Saw Insidious) directed the film from a screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes (The Reaping). The film is produced by Tony De Rosa-Grund Peter Safran & Rob Cowan with Walter Hamada & Dave Neustadter serving as executive producers. Special

Features: Scaring the “@$*%” Out of You

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Based on the true life story The Conjuring tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives. From New Line Cinema comes a feature film drawn from the case files of married demonologists Ed & Lorraine Warren. The Conjuring stars Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air TV's Bates Motel) & Patrick Wilson (Insidious) as the Warrens & Ron Livingston (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) & Lili Taylor (TV's Hemlock Grove) as Roger & Carolyn Perron residents of the house. Joey King Shanley Caswell Hayley Mc Farland Mackenzie Foy & newcomer Kyla Deaver play the Perrons' five daughters & Sterling Jerins is the Warrens' little girl Judy. Rounding out the cast are Marion Guyot Steve Coulter Shannon Kook & John Brotherton. James Wan (Saw Insidious) directed the film from a screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes (The Reaping). The film is produced by Tony De Rosa-Grund Peter Safran & Rob Cowan with Walter Hamada & Dave Neustadter serving as executive producers. Special

Features: The Conjuring: Face-to-Face with Terror
- Be there as the real Perron family returns to the mysterious farmhouse that they shared with diabolical spirits for nearly a decade & relive the horror as the memories come flooding back A Life in Demonology
- Journey into the world of the undead with renowned demonologist & paranormal expert Lorraine Warren as she hosts a graveyard tour & allows a visit into her occult cellar which houses demonic unholy & haunted relics collected from thousands of cases Scaring the “@$*%” Out of You
- Horror master Director James Wan welcomes you into his world & gives an inside look at the secrets that scare the S@*% out of movie goers time & time again




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Paolo Sorrentino's gripping psychological thriller probes the dark secret harboured by middle-aged Italian loner Titta Di Girolamo who has lived for eight years in an anonymous Swiss hotel. Elegantly dressed he impassively spends his days in the lobby or the hotel bar observing the guests & staff with cool detachment. But his icy demeanour cracks when he begins to talk to the attractive barmaid Sofia & the terrible truth about Titta's concealed world begins to unravel. Featuring masterfully restrained performances from Toni Servillo & Olivia Magnani ' The Consequences Of Love' is a tightly plotted stylishly executed Mafia thriller that marks Sorrentino as an exciting & highly original new filmmaking talent. ...

When two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject of their new work the task seems simple enough: Befriend him gain his trust & let his theories speak for themselves. Despite his street preaching their subject proves to be an articulate & intelligent man. Listen long enough & his arguments even start to make a certain sort of sense. It s enough to make you wonder if maybe somewhere there's some basis to what he's saying. & then he simply disappears. While one of the filmmaking duo is prepared to walk away the other becomes obsessed. This should not be possible. People do not just disappear. Not unless someone wants them to. What if he was correct? What if he was on the verge of exposing some greater scheme? & what if he was taken? & so begins an obsessive effort to reconstruct his work an effort that points the duo to a high powered retreat & networking organization for the political & business elite. ...

When two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject of their new work the task seems simple enough: Befriend him gain his trust & let his theories speak for themselves. Despite his street preaching their subject proves to be an articulate & intelligent man. Listen long enough & his arguments even start to make a certain sort of sense. It s enough to make you wonder if maybe somewhere there's some basis to what he's saying. & then he simply disappears. While one of the filmmaking duo is prepared to walk away the other becomes obsessed. This should not be possible. People do not just disappear. Not unless someone wants them to. What if he was correct? What if he was on the verge of exposing some greater scheme? & what if he was taken? & so begins an obsessive effort to reconstruct his work an effort that points the duo to a high powered retreat & networking organization for the political & business elite. ...

Based on a true story The Conspirator tells the powerful story of a woman who would do anything to protect her family & the man who risked everything to save her. In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination seven men & one woman are arrested & charged with conspiring to kill the President Vice President & Secretary of State. The lone woman charged Mary Surratt (Wright) owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) & others met & planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken (Mc Avoy) a 28-year-old Union war-hero reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent & that she is being used as bait & hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt her own son John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth & save her life. Special

Features: View commentary with Robert Redford Audio commentary with Robert Redford Witness History Featurettes: Witness History Introduction The Conspiracy Production Design Mary Surratt's Catholicism Costume Design Military Trial Props & Special Effects Frederick Aiken: Defense Lawyer Mary Surratt: Guilty or Innocent Sentence & Execution Photo Gallery PIP Commentary Plot to Kill Lincoln Making Of

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Based on a true story The Conspirator tells the powerful story of a woman who would do anything to protect her family & the man who risked everything to save her. In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination seven men & one woman are arrested & charged with conspiring to kill the President Vice President & Secretary of State. The lone woman charged Mary Surratt (Wright) owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) & others met & planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken (Mc Avoy) a 28-year-old Union war-hero reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent & that she is being used as bait & hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt her own son John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth & save her life. Special

Features: View commentary with Robert Redford Audio commentary with Robert Redford Witness History Featurettes: Witness History Introduction The Conspiracy Production Design Mary Surratt's Catholicism Costume Design Military Trial Props & Special Effects Frederick Aiken: Defense Lawyer Mary Surratt: Guilty or Innocent Sentence & Execution Photo Gallery

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