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Fritz Lang's classic sci-fi story is set in the new millennium of Metropolis - a city of skyscrapers, highways in the sky, expansive stadiums...the home of the wealthy industrialists and business magnates and their top employees, the 'thinkers', who have the ability to make plans and devise schemes but lack the ability to make them real. The 'workers' are the ones driven to exhaustion creating the thinkers' visions, living underground and toiling to operate the gigantic machines that power the great city. When the son of the city's master sees the beautiful Maria, a woman from the workers showing some children how their rich brothers live, he follows her and discovers that not only is Maria a beacon of hope for the workers, he sees that appalling conditions under which the workers toil. The time has come for revolution - but events are further complicated by a half-crazed, love-sick inventor who creates a destructive, murderous robot with Maria's likeness. -
Part history and all romance, this is the tale of an unknown officer named Napoleon Bonaparte and Désirée, a commoner who would become a queen. Rated as one of the screen's most accomplished historical romances, the story traces Napoleon's triumphs and defeats against a back drop of timeless passion. Also Stars Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie. -
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Killing Heat 1982: Set in 1940s Southern Rhodesia, Mary is pulled from city life to live on her husband's failing farm. She begins to go slowly insane and stars an affair with Moses, a black servant. Karen Black, John Thaw and John Kani. Based on Doris Lesssing's novel The Grass Is Singing. The Fat Spy 1966: When a beachside scavenger hunt arouses the paranoia of cosmetic mogul Big Daddy Wellington and his daughter Junior, he despatches portly twins Irving and Herman to spy on his rival, Camille Salamander. Jayne Mansfield, Phyllis Diller, Brian Donlevy and the surf rock music of The Wild Ones. Mansfield's final film. The Big Wheel 1949:Billy Coy, son of Cannon Ball Coy, the racing driver who died in a fiery smash, has always lived in his father's shadow. Can he face his own fears by racing in the Indy 500 and claim his own legacy? Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Linda Romay and Spring Byington. Smash Up - The Story Of A Woman 1947: Angie, sexy night-club chanteuse, gives up her career for marriage. When she starts drinking, her life goes into a downward spiral. Susan Hayward, Eddie Albert, Lee Bowman and Marsha Hunt. To be these films individually would cost between $60-$80. -
470 A.D: As the Western Roman Empire begins to collapses, a small band of British Roman soldiers, make a long and arduous journey to Rome. They arrive to find the city on the edge of chaos, over-run with rebellion, not far from destruction. Despite the tumultuous events around them, they resolve to continue their mission; to keep the spirit of Empire alive by rescuing the young son of the last Emperor, Romulus Augustus. A daring rescue ensures and, hearing rumours of an entire Legion of the Roman Army that has remained loyal to Rome, they begin a trek across Northern Europe to find them. By finding the Legion and establishing the boy as the legitimate Emperor, the Romans believe an uprising can be launched and the Empire revived. But the journey is futile, the Legion is nowhere to be found and they find themselves quickly losing heart. Deciding to turn back to Britain, they cross the channel in defeat, little knowing the mysterious revelations and magical destinies that await them on their return. DVD: Colin Firth; Ben Kingsley: Thomas Sangster: preloved; very good condition; region 4 -
Book and DVD: Dune: Frank Herbert
$8.00–$20.00The book which started a legend. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. DVD: (1984) Kyle MacLachlan; José Ferrer; Linda Hunt; Sting; Patrick Stewart; Max Von Sydow: preloved; ex-rental; very good condition; region 4 -
In this collection: The Merchant Of Venice (1972); The Millionairess (1972); Talking Heads: Bed Among The Lentils (1988); Suddenly Last Summer (1993). With extras: two interviews and a radio play The Country Wife. -
In this Collection: Talking To A Stranger (1966); Keep An Eye On Amélie (1973); The Cherry Orchard (1981); Going Gently (1981); Ghosts (1987); Make And Break (1987); Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990) Absolute Hell (1991).
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