Using 16mm cameras artist Ben Rivers documents the solitary existence of Jake a man who lives in isolation in the middle of the forest in a remote part of Scotl&. The film follows his unconventional life capturing moments of profound beauty. Jake is seen in all seasons surviving frugally passing the time with strange projects living the radical dream he had as a younger man a dream he spent two years working at sea to realise. Gracefully constructed Two Years at Sea creates an intimate connection with an individual who would otherwise be a complete outsider to us. ...

The Driver (James Taylor) spins out of Los Angeles with The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson) after winning a late night drag race. The two young men head south east on the freeway stopping only for food gas or a delicate adjustment on their primer grey '55 Chevrolet. Outside of Flagstaff they take time out for lunch at a diner. When they return to their car there is a new passenger in the back
- a girl (Laurie Bird) with a tear stained face. No questions are asked: No explanation is offered. They move off. When they hit Santa Fe they cruise up & down the streets looking for an unsuspecting country boy to challenge their beaten up Sedan. They find him sooner than expected in a '32 Ford Roadster follow him to the outskirts of town race him & beat him. That night the girl shares a hotel room with The Mechanic while The Driver prowls the bars.
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With the melancholy open-road epic Two-Lane Blacktop American auteur Monte Hellman (The Shooting Cockfighter & the recent Road to Nowhere) poeticised the beautiful terrible rootlessness of his nation in the era of Vietnam. Funded by Universal in a bid to recreate the success of Easy Rider – by giving a number of filmmakers $1m & final cut – Hellman's effort is now regarded as one of the key films of the New Hollywood renaissance of the early 1970s. While driving eastward on Route 66 two rival car owners – The Driver (singer-songwriter James Taylor) & The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys) in a souped-up drag-racing '55 Chevy & a middle-aged braggart (Warren Oates) in a gleaming GTO – begin to race for each other's pink slips & the affections of the listless female hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) who joins them on the road. Scripted by esteemed novelist Rudy Wurlitzer & featuring the only screen performances of Taylor & Wilson Two-Lane Blacktop remains a timeless existential portrait of lives in transit & of a country questioning its identity. Special Director-Approved Blu-Ray

Features: New restored high-definition master supervised & approved by Monte Hellman Original mono soundtrack & optional newly remastered 5.1 mix Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hearing-impaired Audio commentary by Monte Hellman & associate producer Gary Kurtz On The Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited a 43-minute video piece in which Monte Hellman revisits the film's locations Somewhere Near Salinas a 28-minute interview by Monte Hellman with singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson Sure Did Talk To You a 24-minute video piece by Monte Hellman interviewing producer Michael Laughlin production manager Walter Coblenz & the director's son Jared Hellman Rare archival screen-test footage of James Taylor & Laurie Bird Original theatrical trailer Optional music & effects track A lavish 36-page booklet featuring rare production imagery the words of Monte Hellman & more!

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With the melancholy open-road epic Two-Lane Blacktop American auteur Monte Hellman (The Shooting Cockfighter & the recent Road to Nowhere) poeticised the beautiful terrible rootlessness of his nation in the era of Vietnam. Funded by Universal in a bid to recreate the success of Easy Rider – by giving a number of filmmakers $1m & final cut – Hellman's effort is now regarded as one of the key films of the New Hollywood renaissance of the early 1970s. While driving eastward on Route 66 two rival car owners – The Driver (singer-songwriter James Taylor) & The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys) in a souped-up drag-racing '55 Chevy & a middle-aged braggart (Warren Oates) in a gleaming GTO – begin to race for each other's pink slips & the affections of the listless female hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) who joins them on the road. Scripted by esteemed novelist Rudy Wurlitzer & featuring the only screen performances of Taylor & Wilson Two-Lane Blacktop remains a timeless existential portrait of lives in transit & of a country questioning its identity. Special Director-Approved Blu-Ray

Features: New restored high-definition master supervised & approved by Monte Hellman Original mono soundtrack & optional newly remastered 5.1 mix Optional English subtitles for the deaf & hearing-impaired Audio commentary by Monte Hellman & associate producer Gary Kurtz On The Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited a 43-minute video piece in which Monte Hellman revisits the film's locations Somewhere Near Salinas a 28-minute interview by Monte Hellman with singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson Sure Did Talk To You a 24-minute video piece by Monte Hellman interviewing producer Michael Laughlin production manager Walter Coblenz & the director's son Jared Hellman Rare archival screen-test footage of James Taylor & Laurie Bird Original theatrical trailer Optional music & effects track A lavish 36-page booklet featuring rare production imagery the words of Monte Hellman & more!

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A powerful & affecting award-winning drama from feature writer/director Paddy Considine (Dead Man's Shoes) Tyrannosaur follows the story of two lonely damaged people brought together by circumstance. Joseph (Peter Mullan) is an unemployed widower drinker & a man crippled by his own volatile temperament & furious anger. Hannah (Olivia Colman) is a Christian worker at a charity shop a respectable woman who appears wholesome & happy. When the pair are brought together Hannah appears as Joseph's potential saviour someone who can temper his fury & offer him warmth kindness & acceptance. As their story develops Hannah's own secrets are revealed
- her relationship with husband James (Eddie Marsan) is violent & abusive
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Features: Audio Commentary with Director Paddy Considine Dog Altogether Short Deleted Scenes Stills Gallery Trailer Booklet



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They are the power-hungry men who maintained an iron-clad grip over the respective nations they ruled. Under their leadership thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives as a result of their murderous regimes. These are the world’s most notorious Tyrants & Dictators. The 20th century witnessed the tyranny of a collection of men who ruled over people living in a constant state of fear & terror. From Manuel Noriega Panama's strongman & dictator for nearly a decade who dangled the power of life & death over his fellow countrymen – a power which he wielded freely torturing & murdering anyone that stood in his way – to Nicolae Ceausescu Romania's Communist dictator for 24 years who turned from loved & respected leader to hated & despised despot ' Biography Channel' portrays the tyrants who showed a scant disregard for human life. Also included in this six-disc set are profiles of Pol Pot the leader of the terrifying Khmer Rouge who was implicated as the sole perpetrator of the genocide of thousands of Cambodians; the Ayatollah Khomeini who introduced the world to a new kind of radical religious warrior; Slobodan Milosevic the dictator whose seemingly unstoppable ethnic cleansing of the Yugoslav province of Kosovo forcibly ejected hundreds & hundreds of thousands of Albanian Kosovars from their homes; & Saddam Hussein who ruled Iraq with an iron fist crushing any hint of dissent. His soldiers carried out tortures in his name videotaping them so they could be shown as warnings to others who might get out of line. Between them they were responsible for countless atrocities & deaths. Join ' Biography Channel' for a series of programmes examining the story of the world’s most infamous ' Tyrants & Dictators' ...

Welcome to the no-holds barred epic portrayal of the life of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Tyson: The Movie will take you on an incredible journey into the legendary boxer&sup 1;s life from his days as a teenage drug dealer & thief in Brooklyn New York to his meteoric rise to fame as the champion of the world & on to his shocking & outrageous decline. For the first time in history & in his own words this unparalleled extremist takes you deep into his gritty world of crime drug addiction & violence. Witness the monster fighting for his reputation & his very life while imprisoned for rape tearing Evander Holyfield&sup 1;s ear off with his teeth & tasting defeat at the hands of Britains Lennox Lewis... all before finally declaring bankruptcy & revealing the loss of a $400 million fortune. The top of the world or the bottom of the ocean... there is no in-between. ...

Mike Tyson rose from a boyhood of dire poverty & crime to become the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history & one of the richest & most famous athletes on the planet. But no sooner had he reached the top of the professional ranks everything started to fall apart. This fascinating documentary looks at the man whose spectacular rise & fall has fascinated the world like that of no other athlete of his time. ...

Take a ringside seat for Tyson based on the life story of the former World Heavyweight Champion. Born in poverty in Brooklyn New York Mike Tyson (Michael Jai White) has been arrested 38 times by the age of 13. In & out of detention centers he's a young man going nowhere in life until he is discovered in a small dingy ring by legendary trainer Cus D' Amato (George C. Scott). Under D' Amato's care & training Tyson soon becomes the most popular star of the boxing world skyrocketing to grab the most coveted & prestigious prize in sports when he becomes boxing's World Heavyweight Champion. His rise is legendary
- but so is his fall. From a multi-million dollar mansion to a small prison cell through his turbulent relationships with wife Robin Givens & promoter Don King the story of Mike Tyson is gripping & sensational. Tyson is as powerful & unforgettable as the knockout punch that made the man a star.
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