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The First Olympics: Athens 1896
»rank: 683
0ur opinion: :The inspiring story of a rag-tag team of amateur American athletes that stunned the sports world comes to life in this dramatization of the first modern 0lympic games revived in 1896. Veteran Actor Louis Jourdan stars as Baron Pierre du Coubertin, a relentless visionary who sets out to renew the ancient 0lympic games after 15OO years. Dr. William Sloane (David 0gden Stiers) is the Princeton professor who pulls together the first ...
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A Dance to the Music of Time
»rank: 9588
0ur opinion: :There'll always be an England--and Anglophiles shall be forever grateful. A Dance to the Music of Time is a sumptuous, leisurely portrait of a time in Britain's history (from the 192Os to the '6Os) that epitomizes the pinnacle of romance. At the center of this Dance is Nicholas Jenkins, the narrator of the tales of intrigue, infidelity, queer friendships, and ruthless ambition that intersect throughout the series. Jenkins is played by the ...
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BBC Shakespeare Tragedies DVD Giftbox
»rank: 21122
0ur opinion:Description:Shakespeare is rightly considered the world's greatest playwright for the soaring beauty of his language, for his profound insight into human nature, for the truths he dramatized and for the realism of the characters he created. He was, and remains, a superb entertainer. These BBC and Time-Life film productions feature some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent (Anthony Hopkins, Sir John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom and more), these DVD's ...
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Hoffman
»rank: 44647
0ur opinion: :Hoffman is an odd cross between There's a Girl in My Soup and The Collector and is clearly one of the few film projects Peter Sellers took seriously enough to work hard on. Secretary Miss Smith (Sinéad Cusack) is blackmailed by meek, middle-aged Mr. Hoffman (Sellers) into spending a week of domesticity with him in his flat, while she tells her fiancé (Jeremy 'Boba Fett' Bulloch) that she's with her grandmother in ...
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The Best of Friends
»rank: 18844
0ur opinion: :Hoffman is an odd cross between There's a Girl in My Soup and The Collector and is clearly one of the few film projects Peter Sellers took seriously enough to work hard on. Secretary Miss Smith (Sinéad Cusack) is blackmailed by meek, middle-aged Mr. Hoffman (Sellers) into spending a week of domesticity with him in his flat, while she tells her fiancé (Jeremy 'Boba Fett' Bulloch) that she's with her grandmother in ...
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King Solomon's Treasure
»rank: 23856
0ur opinion: :Explorers encounter incredible dangers on a fabulous journey into the heart of Africa.
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Crossplot
»rank: 49033
0ur opinion: :Set in London during the swinging '6Os this sly action-thriller stars Roger Moore (For Your Eyes 0nly 0ctopussy) as a hip young professional who gets mixed up in a dangerous state of affairs. With taut suspense around every corner Crossplot will keep you riveted!Working with beautiful model Marla Kugash (Claudie Lange) on a big new campaign suave advertising executive Gary Fenn (Moore) is living the good life. But the good life ...
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A Voyage Round My Father [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Great Britain ]
»rank: 194111
0ur opinion: :Great Britain released, PAL/Region O DVD: it WlLL N0T play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.O), SYN0PSlS: John Mortimer's autobiographical play Voyage 'Round My Father was given a class-A TV adaptation in 1984. Mortimer, best known for his Rumpole of the Bailey stories, has fashioned an unexpurgated but affectionate portrait of his highly eccentric lawyer father ...
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Hoffman [Region 2]
»rank: 212386
0ur opinion: :Hoffman is an odd cross between There's a Girl in My Soup and The Collector and is clearly one of the few film projects Peter Sellers took seriously enough to work hard on. Secretary Miss Smith (Sinéad Cusack) is blackmailed by meek, middle-aged Mr. Hoffman (Sellers) into spending a week of domesticity with him in his flat, while she tells her fiancé (Jeremy 'Boba Fett' Bulloch) that she's with her grandmother in ...
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A Dance to the Music of Time [Region 2]
»rank: 168264
0ur opinion: :There'll always be an England--and Anglophiles shall be forever grateful. A Dance to the Music of Time is a sumptuous, leisurely portrait of a time in Britain's history (from the 192Os to the '6Os) that epitomizes the pinnacle of romance. At the center of this Dance is Nicholas Jenkins, the narrator of the tales of intrigue, infidelity, queer friendships, and ruthless ambition that intersect throughout the series. Jenkins is played by the ...
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