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  1. Comes a Horseman (1978)

    Director
    Alan Pakula
    Subject
    American Studies; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 119 minutes), £19.99

    Set in the American West during the 1940s, the film centres on a pair of little-guy ranchers who join forces against the depredations of a ruthless land baron determined to expand his empire at any cost....

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  2. Rogue Male (1976)

    Director
    Clive Donner
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 100 minutes), £14.99

    In early 1939, with the Second World War looming, aristocrat Sir Robert Hunter (Peter O’Toole) attempts to avert the impending catastrophe by assassinating Adolf Hitler. But his mission fails. Captured by...

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  3. Jarman Volume 1: 1972-1986 (1972)

    Director
    Derek Jarman
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 515 minutes), £39.99

    The first of two deluxe box sets brings together a selection of his feature films on Blu-ray for the first time. Volume 1 contains IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUN, SEBASTIANE, JUBILEE, THE TEMPEST, THE ANGELIC...

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  4. Every Picture Tells a Story: The Art Films of James Scott (1967)

    Director
    James Scott
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 263 minutes), £19.99

    The son of artists William and Mary Scott, James Scott’s filmmaking career began while a student at the Slade School of Fine Art in London in the 1960s. After his acclaimed debut THE ROCKING HORSE, Scott...

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  5. Opus (1967 Film)

    Director
    Don Levy
    Producer
    James Archibald
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary film about contemporary British art and culture. Includes a brief scene from Peter Hall’s production of Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company in which David Warner delivers a soliloquy.

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  6. At Last the 1948 Show (1967)

    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 320 minutes), £29.99

    AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW debuted in 1967 and it is now considered a pioneering comedy series. This Collector’s Edition includes all 10 surviving shows, plus two near-complete reconstructions and a partially...

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  7. Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 361 minutes), £29.99

    A madcap sketch show with a cult following, DO NOT... was a huge influence on television comedy. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Eric Idle, with performances and additional material by...

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  8. Shakespeare Wallah (1965 Film)

    Director
    James Ivory
    Producer
    Ismail Merchant
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £14.99

    Feature film. An English troupe of actors tour post-Raj India staging performances of Shakespeare to dwindling audiences as British dominance of, and interest in, British culture fades. The film is an ironic...

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  9. Bad Sleep Well, The (1960 Film)

    aka: The Bad Sleep Well

    Director
    Akira Kurosawa
    Producer
    Akira Kurosawa; Tomoyuki Tanaka
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £8.99

    Kurosawa directed three adaptations from Shakespeare. Two were recreated as samurai movies: Macbeth became THRONE OF BLOOD (1957), and King Lear inspired his last major film, the epic RAN (1985). THE BAD...

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  10. Halas & Batchelor Collection (1948)

    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 133 minutes), £9.99

    Affectionately referred to as ‘the British Disney’, Halas & Batchelor’s highly influential and internationally acclaimed body of work encompassed children’s series, public education films, adverts...

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