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A visually stunning film adaptation of Thackeray’s novel, in which an 18th century Irish rogue yearns for success but in his quest for riches loses his sense of perspective.
This chillingly dark comedy, based on the 1965 stage play by David Halliwell, was filmed in bleak, wintry Oldham in 1974 and has rarely been seen in almost 40 years. Expelled art student Scrawdyke leads his...
Kubrick’s controversial screen version of the novel by Anthony Burgess. A violent and bleak vision of the future. The DVD includes the illustrated screenplay containing 800 still images from A Clockwork...
Film version of the Peter Shaffer play recounting the Spanish conquest of Peru, when 167 conquistadors led by Pisarro killed 7000 of the Inca’s god-king Atahualpa’s army of 80,000 in a single battle. In...
The Birthday Party was originally presented on stage in London in 1958 and since then the play has been frequently revived. Its author, Harold Pinter, is now recognised as one of the greatest talents in...
Feature film starring, and co-directed by, Richard Burton, based on a production of Christopher Marlowe’s play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus at the Oxford Playhouse. Screenplay by Nevill Coghill.
A film based on Robert Bolt’s play about Sir Thomas More’s personal conflict when King Henry VIII asks his support in breaking with Rome and forming the Church of England.
The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...
While the plague rages throughout Europe, sadistic Italian prince Prospero dallies with devil worship. To entertain his fellow Satanists, Prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the...
Based on a novel by Robin Maugham, the drama is the story of a sinister manservant who insinuates himself into the life of his master and gradually reverses their respective roles. It captures the unease...
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