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  1. 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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  2. Les Miserables (1998) (1999)

    Subject
    French studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £15.99

    A film adaptation of the story by Victor Hugo, set in France in 1796.

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  3. In Love and War (1996)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minuites), £15.99

    Richard Attenborough’s biographical film on the true-life events that inspired the young Ernest Hemingway to write his novel ‘A Farewell to Arms’, starring Sandra Bullock.

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  4. Scarlet Letter, The (1995)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 130 minutes), £15.99

    Film adaptation of Hawthorne’s classic tale of morality and puritanism in 17th century Boston

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  5. My Own Private Idaho (1991 Film)

    Director
    Gus Van Sant
    Producer
    Allan Mindel
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Feature film. A story about street hustlers that incorporates a reworking of the Hal/King Henry/Falstaff triangle. Some of the dialogue is taken from Henry IV Part 1.

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