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Now reduced in price.

Things to Come Special Edition

A future history as scripted by the visionary writer H.G. Wells, Things To Come set a high benchmark for science fiction with its fantastic design, gigantic sets and spectacular special effects. Acknowledged as a landmark within the genre, Oscar-winning William Cameron Menzies (Invaders from Mars) creates an astounding vision of post-war desolation and utopian futurism.

Starring Oscar-nominated Raymond Massey (A Matter of Life and Death) as John Cabal and his descendants and the award-winning Ralph Richardson (The Four Feathers) as The Boss, Things To Come showcases a gorgeous, and instantly recognisable, score by Arthur Bliss. A world first, this version of Things To Come has been painstakingly restored in High Definition from the remaining film elements and represents the most complete version known to exist.

It’s Christmas 1940 and the people of Everytown, unprepared and ill-equipped, find themselves at war against an enemy who has been planning such a conflict for years. The land is devastated by the horrors of aerial bombardment as the war drags on for thirty years, causing a period of despair, with feudal tyrants ruling a downtrodden populace suffering famine and pestilence. Can the human race rise above its desperate circumstances and build a scientific utopia?

SPECIAL FEATURES

[] Brand new digital restoration of the longest existing version
[] Virtual Extended Edition – a viewing option allowing for the inclusion of text and images from long-missing and unfilmed scenes to present a tantalising ‘what if?’
[] Brand-new audio commentary with Things to Come expert Nick Cooper
[] On Reflection: Brian Aldiss on H.G. Wells – 25 minute documentary from 1971
[] Ralph Richardson interview by Russell Harty in 1975
[] Extensive booklet written by Nick Cooper
[] The Wandering Sickness – an original 78rpm recording
[] Comprehensive image gallery, including many rare stills
[] Merchandise image gallery
[] US re-release trailer


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Supercar The Complete Series £10.00

“It travels through space and under the sea - and it can journey anywhere...” Intrepid pilot MIKE MERCURY takes to the skies once more in the first series of Gerry Anderson’s SUPERCAR. With Professor Popkiss manning the console, and the eccentric Dr. Beaker providing his customary - ah - blend of - em - erudition and genius, the stage is set for an adventure series that blends adventure, humour and charm in equal measure. Presented here is the entire series of 39 episodes, digitally remastered and restored to a superb level of quality. This ground-breaking children’s series will appeal to people who Gerry Anderson’s other puppet series (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray) and archive television fans.

This set contains the following episodes:

• Rescue • Amazonian Adventure • The Talisman Of Sargon • False Alarm • What Goes Up • Keep It Cool • Grounded • Jungle Hazard • High Tension • A Little Art • Ice-Fall • Island Incident • The Tracking Of Masterspy • Phantom Piper • Deep Seven • Pirate Plunder • Flight Of Fancy • Hostage • The Sunken Temple • Trapped In The Depths • Crash Landing • The Dragon Of Ho Meng • The Lost City • The Magic Carpet • The White Line • Supercar "Take One" • The Runaway Train • Precious Cargo • Operation Superstork • Hi-Jack • Calling Charlie Queen • Space For Mitch • The Sky’s The Limit • 70-B-Lo • Atomic Witch Hunt • Jail Break • The Day That Time Stood Still • Transatlantic Cable • King Kool

This set contains the following special features:

• “Full Boost Vertical - The Supercar Story”: A full-length documentary on the making of the series including exclusive interviews with members of the production team, and a ‘virtual tour’ of the AP Films studios in Slough. • Rare footage: French and Spanish main titles, textless episode title background footage, unedited opening titles background footage, main title footage with SFX-only track, commercial break captions. • Reading material: pdf documents of both Supercar Annuals and Supercar storybook. • Stills gallery: images from Supercar and never before seen on-set photographs from Fireball XL5.

Current Reviews: 1
Catalogue Number: 7952176
Time: 650 mins + extras
Region: 0 / PAL
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono/English
Picture: 4:3 / Black and White
Number of Discs: 7
Classification: U
Barcode: 5027626217648

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Gerry Anderson The Monochrome Years £30.00

A legend in the entertainment industry – with a career spanning six decades – and a hero to tens of thousands of children everywhere, Gerry Anderson’s name is synonymous with entertaining and innovative series for children. Now you can relive your childhood – or entertain your own children – with four of Anderson’s best-loved and much sought-after series, gathered together in one outstanding box set.

Torchy the Battery Boy

When Mr. Bumble-Drop builds a walking, talking, battery-powered boy, it's the start of a series of magical adventures for Torchy and the toys of Topsy-Turvy Land. This charming series from Space Patrol creator Roberta Leigh and "puppet-maestro" Gerry Anderson paved the way for his pioneering Supermarionation techniques that he later used in series such as Thunderbirds. This complete first series features all 26 episodes.

Four Feather Falls

When Sheriff Tex Tucker saves a young Indian boy, his father – a great Indian chief – gives him the gift of four magic feathers. Two of them allow the Sheriff’s companions (Dusty the dog and Rocky the horse) to talk and the other two allow his guns to fire automatically whenever he is in danger. This complete set of 39 episodes also includes commentaries with Gerry Anderson, trailers, PDFs and Barry Gray's Home Movie Press Call Footage.

Supercar

Intrepid pilot Mike Mercury takes to the skies once more in the complete series of Gerry Anderson’s Supercar. With Professor Popkiss manning the console, and the eccentric Dr. Beaker providing his customary - ah - blend of - em - erudition and genius, the stage is set for an adventure series that blends adventure, humour and charm in equal measure. This complete set of 39 episodes also includes "Full Boost Vertical - The Supercar Story" - a full-length documentary on the making of the series - rare footage, PDFs and much more.

Fireball XL5

Fasten your seat-belts for high-flying excitement as the crew of World Space Patrol ship Fireball XL5 combat the Subterrains and the dastardly doings of Mr and Mrs Space Spy. Piloting Fireball XL5, Steve Zodiac is ably assisted by medical officer Venus, Professor Matthew Matic and Robert the Robot, to say nothing of Zoonie, the lazy Lazoon... This complete series set features all 39 episodes.



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Catalogue Number: 7952315
Time: 2600 mins approx + extras
Region: 2
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono
Picture: 4:3 / Black and White
Number of Discs: 17
Classification: U
Barcode: 5027626231545


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Baffled £9.99

Who dares to walk the line between life and death?

Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire and Vera Miles star in this eerie story of revenge and murder from beyond the grave. Baffl ed, an intriguing ITC pilot for a never-completed series, is directed by Phillip Leacock and also stars Rachel Roberts, Christopher Benjamin, Angharad Rees and Ray Brooks.

Tom Kovak is a hard-nosed racing driver, until a sudden supernatural vision causes him to lose control of his car as he hurtles along at 140 miles per hour. Michele Brent is the woman who convinces Tom that his apparitions are signifi cant. When she leads him to the manor house of his vision, he meets glamorous fi lm star Andrea Glenn and her daughter, Jennifer, whose screaming image was the last thing he saw before his near-fatal crash. Despite Tom’s initial doubts, he is inextricably drawn into their lives, as together they combat a force that they cannot see, but can feel only too well. An ominous, vengeful presence engulfs the manor house. Its only aim is death, and its intended victim is Andrea; little Jennifer is its weapon. Tom must now find the means to tap his powers. It is their only hope...

Special Features

[] Image Gallery - including a number of behind-the-scenes stills
[] PDF promotional material

Catalogue Number: 7953271
Classification: TBC
Picture: 1.33:1 / Colour
Subtitles: None
Time: 100 mins approx
Barcode: 5027626327149
Number of Discs: 1
Sound: Mono / English
Region: 2 / PAL


This product will be in stock on Monday 17 May, 2010.

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[AndyDursin]

Hahaha, BAFFLED, will have to order that. Paul, ready for your next visit!! lol.

[Paul MacLean]

Hahaha, BAFFLED, will have to order that. Paul, ready for your next visit!! lol.

Here's a sneak preview...



Note the appearance by Shane Rimmer -- the telltale sign of "this was filmed in England but we want you to think its America."

[John Johnson]

Speaking of Shane Rimmer.

Shane Rimmer, the voice of Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds and numerous other Gerry Anderson series, has signed a contract with Reynolds & Hearn to publish his autobiography. Thunderbirds To Bond and Beyond will be launched in October 2010 to coincide with Fanderson's TV21 Convention in Bristol, which Rimmer will be attending as one of the headline guests. It is hoped that copies will be made available to be signed at the event.

Shane Rimmer has had a long and varied association with Gerry Anderson shows. As well as voicing the eldest Tracy brother, he voiced parts in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Joe 90, as well as the eponymous gumshoe in the Dick Spanner stop-motion animated series of the late eighties. He also appeared onscreen in UFO and The Protectors, and guest-starred as the ill-fated astronaut Kelly in the Space:1999 episode Space Brain.

A seemingly ever-present supporting actor in the world of cult film and TV, Rimmer has appeared in several Bond and Superman films, as well as classics such as Dr Strangelove, The Bedford Incident and Star Wars. He appeared briefly in Batman Begins in 2005.

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Mister Jerico

Produced, written and directed by some of the mainstays behind the phenomenon that was The Avengers, Mister Jerico features John Steed himself - Patrick Macnee - in the star role, with strong support from Connie Stevens (This is Tom Jones, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and Herbert Lom (the Pink Panther films, The Human Jungle). Unseen anywhere since its original transmission in 1969, Mister Jerico is a must for Avengers aficionados everywhere and is presented here in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio.

In an intricate tale of double identity and diamond theft, Dudley Jerico (Patrick Macnee) sets out to rob corrupt millionaire Victor Rosso (Herbert Lom), of his famous Gemini diamond. Rosso is obsessed with obtaining the stone’s twin, and so Jerico obtains a perfect copy of the stone as part of his plan to swindle Rosso, but before he can start the con a woman from Paris called Mademoiselle Claudine (Connie Stevens) appears, claiming she has the twin Gemini diamond. Rosso knows that one of them is lying, but which one...

Special features

Patrick Macnee interview - Sunday, Sunday (26 October 1986)
Patrick Macnee interview - This Morning (19 May 1997)
Herbert Lom interview - Sunday, Sunday (12 December 1982)

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[John Johnson]

Kidnapped

Arriving at his uncle’s bleak Scottish house, young David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas –The Last Place on Earth) plans to claim his family inheritance, yet is first nearly murdered and then shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies by his relative. However, he strikes up a friendship with Breck, who is on the run from Bonny Prince Charlie’s defeat at Culloden – and surviving attempts on his own life by the ship’s captain. The two then hatch a plan to get to land, and then Edinburgh – but must stay ahead of the merciless Redcoats if they are to stay alive…

Special features on Kidnapped are:

• Archive interviews with Michael Caine from the 1970s and 1980s from Russell Harty and Sunday Sunday
• Theatrical trailer
• On-set featurette featuring cast and crew interviews
• Image gallery

Featuring an all-star cast including Trevor Howard (Twinky, Gandhi), Jack Hawkins (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur) Donald Pleasence (You Only Live Twice, The Great Escape) Gordon Jackson (The Ipcress File, Upstairs Downstairs) and Vivien Heilbron (Target, The New Statesman), Kidnapped is a timeless adventure story that will appeal to the whole family.


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Another vintage series from ITC. This time it's the 1957 series The Sword of Freedom. Starring Edmund Purdom and Adrienne Corri, 39 half hour monochrome episodes were made.

Sword of Freedom: The Complete Series £39.99

It is 16th century Florence and the city is undergoing a renaissance. It is a city of poets and painters, wealth and marvels; but there’s a canker in the bosom of paradise – the city is ruled by the dangerous and power-hungry Duke de Medici, a duplicitous despot who will stop at nothing to expand his power base. He is opposed by a secret army of Republicans, of whom one such patriot is Marco del Monte: painter, swordsman, champion of the needy and Renaissance Man to the core, del Monte uses his wits, cunning and sword in the struggle to help overthrow the tyrant de Medici.

Another of ITC’s remarkably successful historical adventure series (alongside such shows as The Adventures of Robin Hood, William Tell and The Buccaneers), Sword of Freedom stars Edmund Purdom as swashbuckling artist Marco del Monte. With a guest cast featuring, among others, Peter Wyngarde, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Le Mesurier, Patrick Troughton, Michael Bryant and Andrew Keir, this is the first time that the complete series has been released in any format and is presented in production order.

SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Image Gallery
[] Merchandise Gallery
[] PDF Materials


Catalogue Number: 7952648
Time: 975 mins approx
Region: 2 / PAL
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono / English
Picture: 1.33:1 / Black and White
Number of Discs: 5
Classification: TBC
Barcode: 5027626264840

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This ITC crime drama series, loosely based on Edgar Wallace’s novel of 1905, assembles an astonishing array of talent: Jack Hawkins (The Cruel Sea), Richard Conte (The Godfather) and Oscar nominees Vittorio de Sica and Dan Dailey star as the four men chosen to pursue justice and defeat tyranny worldwide; their regular co-stars include Avengers star Honor Blackman, as glamorous secretary Nicole, Lisa Gastoni, June Thorburn, and Andrew Keir (Quatermass and the Pit).


The series’ cosmopolitan flavour and stylish settings paved the way for many later series that combined crimefighting adventure with the glamour of exotic locations and a touch of romance. The Four Just Men garnered rave reviews from critics and proved a major success for ITC, and is notable for a unique format in which each of the protagonists and their co-stars appeared in turn, in separate episodes and storylines. Judi Dench, Mai Zetterling, Alan Bates, Jane Asher and Patrick Troughton are among the guests making early television appearances in this classic series, first screened in 1959 and 1960, and now available for the first time on DVD.


Four men who last met in battle during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 are summoned to Foxgrove Manor, to hear a message recorded by their wartime commanding officer, Colonel Bacon, shortly before his death. He appeals to them to form a quartet dedicated to fighting injustice and the abuse of power, and has bequeathed a large sum of money for that purpose. London MP and amateur sleuth Ben Manfred, American reporter Tim Collier, New York lawyer Jeff Ryder and Italian hotelier Ricco Poccari agree to carry out the Colonel’s dying wish, and their epic mission takes the Four Just Men across Europe and beyond.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
[] Extensive stills galleries
[] PDF material


Catalogue Number: 7953158
Time: 975 mins approx
Region: 2 / PAL
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono / English
Picture: 1.33:1 / Black and White
Number of Discs: 5
Classification: TBC

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Among an illustrious cast that includes Joss Ackland, Peter Vaughan, Richard E. Grant and Denholm Elliott, Edward Woodward (Callan) stars opposite Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire) in a taut and skilfully plotted Cold War thriller.


Thought to be one of the last great made-for television spy series, produced as the Cold War era came to an end, Codename: Kyril offers complex characterisations and an intelligent treatment of the classic espionage theme of trust and betrayal. This compelling, evocative series is adapted by the award-winning John Hopkins – whose previous credits include Smiley’s People and Z Cars – and co-produced by Harlech Television veteran and Primetime Emmy winner Patrick Dromgoole (Robin of Sherwood). This release presents the complete four-part mini-series (usually only seen these days in a radically edited ‘TV movie’ form), made by HTV and originally screened in 1989.


The KGB has a particularly evasive spy to eliminate: a high-ranking Kremlin traitor who has been leaking crucial secrets to London. Bucharensky, code-name Kyril, is ordered to defect to catch the attention of the intelligence services of both East and West, setting himself up as a target and drawing fi re from all sides as he makes his way across Europe to London; the object of his mission is to panic the traitor into making a mistake. But waiting in London is Kyril’s deadliest enemy: Royston, a KGB mole whose life now depends upon silencing Kyril before he can disclose Royston’s identity as a Soviet double agent...


Catalogue Number: 7953263
Time: 210 mins approx
Region: 2 / PAL
Subtitles: None
Sound: Mono / English
Picture: 1.33:1 / Colour
Number of Discs: 1
Classification: 15
Barcode: 5027626326340

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A surreal crime/fantasy adventure series in the mould of the The Avengers, The Corridor People ran for only four episodes yet has garnered considerable cult devotion.

A host of unlikely characters include Kronk, a paternal CID agent, his henchmen Inspector Blood and Sergeant Hound, and American, Bogart-worshipping private eye Phil Scrotty; each episode sees them pitched against the avaricious schemes of Syrie Van Epp, a beautiful, treacherous Persian millionairess.

Written by Edward Boyd (The Odd Man), the series stars larger-than-life character actor John Sharp and Elizabeth Shepherd, the actress originally cast as Emma Peel; guest stars include Windsor Davies and Pauline Collins. With wildly inventive storylines, offbeat, often humorous dialogue in which characters frequently break the fourth wall, strikingly original photography and heavily stylised sets, it’s no surprise to find it described as ‘the Twin Peaks of its day’, or akin to ‘a lost Harold Pinter play with an added dash of Monty Python’..!

This unique series, unscreened since its original transmission in 1966, is now available on DVD for the very first time.

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"Let's see. Insubordinate. Insolent. A trickster. Perhaps with criminal tendencies. Well, that last one may just be put to good use…"

Multiple Oscar-winner Sir Michael Caine stars in the first leading role of his career as Harry Palmer, a stubbornly insolent sergeant working for the Ministry of Defence who is transferred to an elite counterintelligence unit. Palmer is less than thrilled when he finds out he is replacing a murdered agent but he has no choice other than to take the job when his boss effectively blackmails him with knowledge of his previous indiscretions in Berlin. Twist follows twist as Palmer and the rest of the unit follow the trail of the missing scientist, and when he finds a piece of tape marked “IPCRESS” in an abandoned warehouse he suddenly becomes a marked man…

A stylised and compelling Cold War spy movie, THE IPCRESS FILE won multiple awards and nominations on its theatrical release and is presented here in a digitally-remastered format with exclusive special features making this the definitive release of this film.

• New exclusive interview with Sir Michael Caine
• New exclusive interview with production designer Sir Ken Adam
• Commentary with director Sidney Furie and film editor Peter Hunt
• The Ipcress File - Michael Caine Goes Stella - exclusive new comedy sketch starring Phil Cornwell
• 1969 documentary Candid Caine, featuring Sir Michael Caine talking frankly about his career
• Original theatrical trailer
• Original US radio commercials
• Stills gallery
• Original Len Deighton novel
• Soundtrack CD by composer John Barry, OBE
• Dual-sided IPCRESS FILE movie poster
• Introductory booklet written by Christopher Bray, author of Michael Caine: A Class Act


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