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  1. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2014 Film)

    Director
    Julie Taymor
    Producer
    Lynn Hendee; Ben Latham-Jones
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region A, 145 minutes), $34.95

    Film version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream derived from Julie Taymor’s 2013 New York stage production.

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  2. Burke and Hare (2010 Film)

    Director
    John Landis
    Subject
    Drama; Medical sciences; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88), £3.99

    A largely fictionalised black comedy based on the activities of the eponymous grave robbers. In this version of events, one of the motivations for the criminal actions of William Burke (Simon Pegg) is his...

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  3. Ladykillers, The (1955 Film)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Producer
    Michael Balcon; Seth Holt
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. Mrs Louisa Wilberforce, a widow living alone in a Victorian house near St Pancras station, rents her upstairs room to a mysterious ‘Professor Marcus’, who meets with four oddly assorted...

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  4. Mandy (1952)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £9.99; £6.99

    The film follows Mandy, a young deaf girl who has also been mute for most of her childhood. Believing she can speak if given the proper education, Mandy’s parents enrol her in special education classes at...

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  5. Passport to Pimlico (1949 Film)

    Director
    Henry Cornelius
    Producer
    E V H Emmett
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. A small urban community defies the attempts of Whitehall to suppress its independence.

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  6. Whisky Galore! (1949)

    Director
    Alexander Mackendrick
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.99

    When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in...

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  7. Next of Kin (1942 Film, Video)

    Director
    Thorold Dickinson
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The most powerful and realistic of all the ‘careless talk’ films. This feature film tells the story of a raid on a submarine pen on the North West coast of France. A well organised German spy ring, much...

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  8. Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies; History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £15.99

    Feature film from a story by Graham Greene. The village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops dsguised as British soldiers as part of Hitler’s plan for the invasion of Britain. Music by William...

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  9. Dangerous Comment (1939 Film)

    Director
    John Paddy Carstairs
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    One of three CARELESS TALK films. Professionally made, but even on release it was felt to be remote from the lives of ordinary people, its heroes too upper class and its traitors too inevitably working...

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