GWENDOLINE
"EMMANUELLE" MEETS "RAIDERS OF THE LOST IN ARK" IN THE GUILTY PLEASURE MOVIE TO END THEM ALL!
Freely adapted from John Willie's celebrated erotic comic strip, which appeared in his bondage and fetish magazine "Bizarre" during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and directed by acclaimed master of erotica Just Jaeckin (Lady Chatterley's Lover; The Story Of O; Emmanuelle), the much sought after fantastical comedy-adventure GWENDOLINE is without a doubt one of the greatest "guilty pleasure" movies of all time. Now, this cult classic is finally coming to DVD, uncut for the first time in the UK and loaded with extra features.
Combining the sensual imagery of "Emmanuelle" with the tongue-in-cheek heroics of the Indiana Jones movies, GWENDOLINE stars Brent Huff (Glass Trap; Submerged; Beautiful), French model and actress Zabou (La crise; C'est la vie) and, as the eponymous heroine, Tawny Kitaen (Hercules:The Legendary Journeys; Witchboard; Bachelor
Party), the former Mrs. David Coverdale best known for her appearances in the now legendary "trilogy" of Whitesnake music videos.
In search of her father who has mysteriously disappeared while on a mission to find a mythical species of butterfly, Gwendoline (Tawny Kitaen)and her sexy sidekick Beth (Zabou) travel as stowaways on a ship bound for the Far East. On arrival, the cute companions are abducted and imprisoned by a gang of lecherous seamen with
extremely dishonourable intentions. Luckily, the two heroines are rescued by a hunky but mercenary adventurer, Willard (Brent Huff), a man for whom money means more than anything. Quickly realizing that Willard could be of some assistance,Gwendoline blackmails him into joining her and Beth on their quest and soon the trio are
embarking on a daring and deadly journey into the Land of the Yik Yak, a country ruled by a diabolical dominant Amazon queen and her army of scantily-clad, fetishistic female warriors. There, Gwendoline must defeat the evil queen and
prevent Willard from being forced to spawn a new race of female warriors before facing certain death.
A fun-filled voyeuristic voyage into a fantasy world of flesh-baring fetishists, GWENDOLINE is an unmissable adventure guaranteed to delight fans of off-the-wall cult cinema.
GWENDOLINE (cert. 18) will be released on DVD by Nucleus Films on 5th June 2006. Special Features include: widescreen (2.35:1) presentation enhanced for widescreen TVs; audio commentary by director Just Jaeckin and Frédéric Albert Levy,
moderated by Tony Crawley; The Perils of Just - an all new interview with director Just Jaeckin; Gwendoline and the BBFC (the BBFC cuts lists for the original UK 1984 cinema and video releases); Tawny Kitaen's Lui Magazine Glamour Shoot;
theatrical trailer; UK promo trailer; American opening credits; image gallery (posters, stills, press books, poster art, video art); double-sided
sleeve; English Stereo 2.0; English Stereo 5.1; French Stereo 2.0 (with English subtitles); French Stereo 5.1 (with English subtitles).
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Toto The Hero
Second Sight is delighted to announce the long awaited release of the multi-award winning world cinema classic Toto The Hero. It will be released for the first time ever on DVD on 15 May 2006.
Former circus performer Jaco Van Dormael’s first feature proved a sweeping hit at film festivals and box office alike, garnering the prestigious Camera D’Or at Cannes Film Festival and a BAFTA nomination.
Convinced that a nursery fire lead to them being mixed up as babies, Thomas has been consumed with jealous hatred for his wealthy and successful neighbour Alfred, the man he believes stole the life that should have been his. And now, an old man, he reflects on the past, the tragedies of his own life and his thoughts turn to vengeance.
The film switches between the three ages of Thomas: the youngster (Thomas Godet), the adult (Jo De Backer) and the bitter old man (Michel Bouquet). The song Boum by famed French singer Charles Trenet continually recurs as an anthem to his nostalgia.
Skilfully cutting between past and present, comedy and tragedy, Van Dormael’s poignant, dream-like film has been hailed as a true original.
Extras include 52 minute ‘making of’.
Title: Toto The Hero
Release Date: 15 May 2006
RRP: £19.99
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Monsieur Hire
This stylish psychological drama from one of France’s most acclaimed directors, Patrice Leconte, will be released for the first time ever on DVD courtesy of Second Sight on 15 May 2006.
Starring Sandrine Bonnairre (La Ceremonie) one of the most esteemed actresses in her homeland and Michel Blanc, (Tenue De Soiree) one of France’s most popular and prolific funny men, who has also turned his hand to acting and directing with great aplomb.
A young girl is found murdered and the police are led to the reclusive Monsieur Hire (Blanc). Living a mundane existence his greatest pleasure is to watch Alice (Bonnaire) who lives in the opposite apartment. One night she catches sight of his pallid face at the window, illuminated momentarily by a flash of lightning. Her initial fear gives way to seemingly seductive intentions as they are drawn into each other”s lives.
Patrice Leconte’s highly acclaimed film is an enigmatic tale of love and obsession played with haunting subtlety.
With such films as The Hairdresser's Husband and The Girl On the Bridge, Leconte has built a reputation as one of the most respected and versatile French directors.
Title: Monsiur Hire
Release Date: 15 May 2006
RRP: £19.99
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THE GAME – SPECIAL EDITION DVD
“Extremely stylish”
The Times
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of the Special Edition of David Fincher’s stylish psychological thriller The Game.
Available on DVD from 8 May 2006 this Special Edition DVD includes:
* Alternate ending
* Director’s Commentary
* 30 mins On Location Footage
* CGI Test Footage
Starring Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys, Falling Down) alongside Sean Penn (Mystic River, 21 Grams) and Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, White Noise).
Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas), a wealthy San Francisco investment banker, appears to have everything a man could desire - huge house, expensive clothes, executive car.
On his 48th birthday, however, his younger brother Conrad (Penn) buys him an invite to take part in an exclusive, elaborate live-action game - a game which soon turns into Van Orton’s worst nightmare. Thrown into a world where the line between reality and fiction is dangerously blurred Van Orton loses the one thing most important to him - his ability to be in control.
From the visionary director David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en), The Game is a grippingly dark and imaginative thriller played out against a sinister backdrop of dim and dirty city streets.
“Clever and unsettling…those who dare to play will enjoy the intriguing ride.”
The Mirror
Title: The Game Special Edition Release Date: 8 May 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £15.99
Second Sight is delighted to announce the long awaited release of the multi-award winning world cinema classic Toto The Hero. It will be released for the first time ever on DVD on 15 May 2006.
Former circus performer Jaco Van Dormael’s first feature proved a sweeping hit at film festivals and box office alike, garnering the prestigious Camera D’Or at Cannes Film Festival and a BAFTA nomination.
Convinced that a nursery fire lead to them being mixed up as babies, Thomas has been consumed with jealous hatred for his wealthy and successful neighbour Alfred, the man he believes stole the life that should have been his. And now, an old man, he reflects on the past, the tragedies of his own life and his thoughts turn to vengeance.
The film switches between the three ages of Thomas: the youngster (Thomas Godet), the adult (Jo De Backer) and the bitter old man (Michel Bouquet). The song Boum by famed French singer Charles Trenet continually recurs as an anthem to his nostalgia.
Skilfully cutting between past and present, comedy and tragedy, Van Dormael’s poignant, dream-like film has been hailed as a true original.
Extras include 52 minute ‘making of’.
Title: Toto The Hero
Release Date: 15 May 2006
RRP: £19.99
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Monsieur Hire
This stylish psychological drama from one of France’s most acclaimed directors, Patrice Leconte, will be released for the first time ever on DVD courtesy of Second Sight on 15 May 2006.
Starring Sandrine Bonnairre (La Ceremonie) one of the most esteemed actresses in her homeland and Michel Blanc, (Tenue De Soiree) one of France’s most popular and prolific funny men, who has also turned his hand to acting and directing with great aplomb.
A young girl is found murdered and the police are led to the reclusive Monsieur Hire (Blanc). Living a mundane existence his greatest pleasure is to watch Alice (Bonnaire) who lives in the opposite apartment. One night she catches sight of his pallid face at the window, illuminated momentarily by a flash of lightning. Her initial fear gives way to seemingly seductive intentions as they are drawn into each other”s lives.
Patrice Leconte’s highly acclaimed film is an enigmatic tale of love and obsession played with haunting subtlety.
With such films as The Hairdresser's Husband and The Girl On the Bridge, Leconte has built a reputation as one of the most respected and versatile French directors.
Title: Monsiur Hire
Release Date: 15 May 2006
RRP: £19.99
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THE GAME – SPECIAL EDITION DVD
“Extremely stylish”
The Times
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of the Special Edition of David Fincher’s stylish psychological thriller The Game.
Available on DVD from 8 May 2006 this Special Edition DVD includes:
* Alternate ending
* Director’s Commentary
* 30 mins On Location Footage
* CGI Test Footage
Starring Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys, Falling Down) alongside Sean Penn (Mystic River, 21 Grams) and Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, White Noise).
Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas), a wealthy San Francisco investment banker, appears to have everything a man could desire - huge house, expensive clothes, executive car.
On his 48th birthday, however, his younger brother Conrad (Penn) buys him an invite to take part in an exclusive, elaborate live-action game - a game which soon turns into Van Orton’s worst nightmare. Thrown into a world where the line between reality and fiction is dangerously blurred Van Orton loses the one thing most important to him - his ability to be in control.
From the visionary director David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en), The Game is a grippingly dark and imaginative thriller played out against a sinister backdrop of dim and dirty city streets.
“Clever and unsettling…those who dare to play will enjoy the intriguing ride.”
The Mirror
Title: The Game Special Edition Release Date: 8 May 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £15.99
Christ Stopped At Eboli
‘great, haunting film’
The Sunday Telegraph
Infinity Arthouse is delighted to announce the release of the multi award-winning masterpiece Christ Stopped At Eboli from renowned Italian director Francesco Rosi. It will be available for the first time as a double DVD set on 15 May 2006.
Winner of the BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film, Christ Stopped At Eboli tells the story of the life-changing exile of anti-Fascist intellectual Carlo Levi to a remote village in Southern Italy.
The triumph of the human spirit is the theme of Rosi’s epic film, in which Carlo Levi is exiled in 1935 by the ruling Fascist dictatorship to a poverty-stricken village in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Levi finds himself in a stark world, in which the peasants scratch a meagre living from the land, a world little changed since the Middle Ages. But, as Levi grapples with this new environment, it is the peasants’ wisdom, humanity and spirit that help him cope with his sense of helplessness and isolation.
Renowned for his political thrillers, Palme d’Or-winning director Francesco Rosi’s many credits include Salvatore Giuliano, Hands over the City, The Mattei Affair, Three Brothers, Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. An accomplished screenwriter, Rosi also wrote the screenplay for Christ Stopped At Eboli based on Carlo Levi’s autobiographical novel.
The film’s distinguished cast features Gian Maria Volonté (Carlo Levi) best known to UK audiences for the Spaghetti Westerns’ A Fistful of Dollars, and For a Few Dollars More, alongside Paolo Bonacelli (Midnight Express), Alain Cuny (La Dolce Vita) and Irene Papas (Zorba the Greek).
Extras: Italian Portraits - Francesco Rosi
Title: Christ Stopped At Eboli
Release Date: 15 May 2006 RRP: £19.99 Running Time: 2hrs 25mins
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The Harem
‘one of Italy’s most impeccable films’
Variety
Infinity Arthouse is delighted to announce the release of this erotic masterpiece from one of Italian cinema’s most controversial directors, Marco Ferreri. It will be available for the first time ever on DVD on 15 May 2006.
Originally released in 1967, The Harem is a sumptuously sensual, darkly satiric drama starring screen siren and Academy Award nominee Carroll Baker (Baby Doll, Giant) as a seductive woman who deceitfully lures the three men she desires to her villa, pushing them to their limits by toying with their sexual needs and male egos.
Dubbed ‘the master of bad taste’ by the Sunday Times, Marco Ferreri established a reputation as a maker of blackly humorous satires on middle-class life and attitudes. He provoked a scandal at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival with his film La Grande Bouffe, a reworking of the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, which won the Grand Jury Prize and entertained and disgusted in equal measure. Ferreri’s many other pungently original features include The House of Smiles, La Carne and Tales of Ordinary Madness.
The film features a wonderful soundtrack by the legendary Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morriocone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso.
An erotic masterpiece from one of Italy’s most controversial directors
Title: The Harem Release Date: 15 May 2006 RRP: £15.99
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God is Great, I’m Not
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of the heartwarming romantic comedy God is Great, I’m Not, featuring the enchanting Audrey Tautou, star of the Oscar nominated Amélie and A Very Long Engagement.
In a captivating performance overflowing with gamine charm and gallic exuberance, Tautou plays 20 year old Michelle – a fashion model whose life is at an all time low. She’s broken up with her boyfriend and is having a crisis of faith – if only she could find something to believe in.
Trying and rejecting Christianity and Buddhism (“All this positive energy is exhausting!”) as the cure for her spiritual malaise, an answer seems to present itself in the form of the handsome François (Edouard Baer), a vet and non-practicing Jew. When Michelle decides to convert to Judaism, however, it has disastrous consequences for their relationship…
Directed with quirky élan by Pascale Bailly, God is Great, I’m Not is a light-hearted comedy of existential manners that explores the modern day quest for spiritual enlightenment and the myriad ways in which men and women fail to communicate.
Bonus features include: Making of, Deleted Scenes, Photo Gallery, Trailer and Filmographies.
Title: God is Great, I’m Not Release Date: 8 May 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £9.99
‘great, haunting film’
The Sunday Telegraph
Infinity Arthouse is delighted to announce the release of the multi award-winning masterpiece Christ Stopped At Eboli from renowned Italian director Francesco Rosi. It will be available for the first time as a double DVD set on 15 May 2006.
Winner of the BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film, Christ Stopped At Eboli tells the story of the life-changing exile of anti-Fascist intellectual Carlo Levi to a remote village in Southern Italy.
The triumph of the human spirit is the theme of Rosi’s epic film, in which Carlo Levi is exiled in 1935 by the ruling Fascist dictatorship to a poverty-stricken village in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Levi finds himself in a stark world, in which the peasants scratch a meagre living from the land, a world little changed since the Middle Ages. But, as Levi grapples with this new environment, it is the peasants’ wisdom, humanity and spirit that help him cope with his sense of helplessness and isolation.
Renowned for his political thrillers, Palme d’Or-winning director Francesco Rosi’s many credits include Salvatore Giuliano, Hands over the City, The Mattei Affair, Three Brothers, Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. An accomplished screenwriter, Rosi also wrote the screenplay for Christ Stopped At Eboli based on Carlo Levi’s autobiographical novel.
The film’s distinguished cast features Gian Maria Volonté (Carlo Levi) best known to UK audiences for the Spaghetti Westerns’ A Fistful of Dollars, and For a Few Dollars More, alongside Paolo Bonacelli (Midnight Express), Alain Cuny (La Dolce Vita) and Irene Papas (Zorba the Greek).
Extras: Italian Portraits - Francesco Rosi
Title: Christ Stopped At Eboli
Release Date: 15 May 2006 RRP: £19.99 Running Time: 2hrs 25mins
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The Harem
‘one of Italy’s most impeccable films’
Variety
Infinity Arthouse is delighted to announce the release of this erotic masterpiece from one of Italian cinema’s most controversial directors, Marco Ferreri. It will be available for the first time ever on DVD on 15 May 2006.
Originally released in 1967, The Harem is a sumptuously sensual, darkly satiric drama starring screen siren and Academy Award nominee Carroll Baker (Baby Doll, Giant) as a seductive woman who deceitfully lures the three men she desires to her villa, pushing them to their limits by toying with their sexual needs and male egos.
Dubbed ‘the master of bad taste’ by the Sunday Times, Marco Ferreri established a reputation as a maker of blackly humorous satires on middle-class life and attitudes. He provoked a scandal at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival with his film La Grande Bouffe, a reworking of the Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, which won the Grand Jury Prize and entertained and disgusted in equal measure. Ferreri’s many other pungently original features include The House of Smiles, La Carne and Tales of Ordinary Madness.
The film features a wonderful soundtrack by the legendary Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morriocone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Cinema Paradiso.
An erotic masterpiece from one of Italy’s most controversial directors
Title: The Harem Release Date: 15 May 2006 RRP: £15.99
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God is Great, I’m Not
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of the heartwarming romantic comedy God is Great, I’m Not, featuring the enchanting Audrey Tautou, star of the Oscar nominated Amélie and A Very Long Engagement.
In a captivating performance overflowing with gamine charm and gallic exuberance, Tautou plays 20 year old Michelle – a fashion model whose life is at an all time low. She’s broken up with her boyfriend and is having a crisis of faith – if only she could find something to believe in.
Trying and rejecting Christianity and Buddhism (“All this positive energy is exhausting!”) as the cure for her spiritual malaise, an answer seems to present itself in the form of the handsome François (Edouard Baer), a vet and non-practicing Jew. When Michelle decides to convert to Judaism, however, it has disastrous consequences for their relationship…
Directed with quirky élan by Pascale Bailly, God is Great, I’m Not is a light-hearted comedy of existential manners that explores the modern day quest for spiritual enlightenment and the myriad ways in which men and women fail to communicate.
Bonus features include: Making of, Deleted Scenes, Photo Gallery, Trailer and Filmographies.
Title: God is Great, I’m Not Release Date: 8 May 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £9.99
Universal is delighted to announce the release of three great DVDs in May:
The Night We Called It A Day – 22 May
Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith star in this hilarious award-winning comedy based on the true story of Frank Sinatra’s comeback tour of Australia.
Scorched – 15 May
Three disgruntled small town bank tellers decide to rob their local branch in this quirky, multi-stranded comedy crime caper featuring an all star cast including Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Alicia Silverstone and Rachel Leigh Cook.
Undertow – 15 May
The critically acclaimed David Gordon Green directs this dramatic thriller starring the talented Jamie Bell of Billy Elliot fame.
The Night We Called It A Day – 22 May
Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith star in this hilarious award-winning comedy based on the true story of Frank Sinatra’s comeback tour of Australia.
Scorched – 15 May
Three disgruntled small town bank tellers decide to rob their local branch in this quirky, multi-stranded comedy crime caper featuring an all star cast including Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Alicia Silverstone and Rachel Leigh Cook.
Undertow – 15 May
The critically acclaimed David Gordon Green directs this dramatic thriller starring the talented Jamie Bell of Billy Elliot fame.
Stuart Sutcliffe – The Lost Beatle.
He was the first to sport a Beatles haircut and appeared on the sleeve of Sergeant Pepper, but Stuart Sutcliffe has been dubbed by many as the lost Beatle, who left the band before they broke into the big time and died soon after.
The tragic tale of one of the earliest members of the world’s most popular band, a man who was John Lennon’s best pal and credited with giving them their distinctive style, but died within a year of quitting the band, is chronicled in Stuart Sutcliffe – The Lost Beatle.
Released by Digital Classics for the first time ever on DVD on 6 March 2006, this is the definitive documentary of his life and times and his role in the early days of the Beatles.
Featuring some of his closest friends and colleagues, including Beatles associates and former fiancée Astrid Kircherr, who first gave him the distinctive moptop haircut that the rest of the band – and later teenagers everywhere – adopted, the documentary charts Sutcliffe’s story. This unique production blends archive footage, interviews, along with Sutcliffe’s own words and art, to paint a truly remarkable picture of this influential man.
Sutcliffe was instrumental in the early days of the Beatles, when they travelled to sleazy Hamburg, experimented with drugs, women and honed their craft in front of tough crowds on the notorious Reeperbahn. But, after becoming engaged to German artist Kircherr, he realised his true calling was as an artist, quitting the band and leaving his best pal Lennon. But as acclaim for his paintings grew, his health failed and Sutcliffe tragically died from a brain haemorrhage. All that remains of his legacy is his paintings and his photograph lurking at the back of his old mates’ seminal album, Sergeant Pepper. Stuart Sutcliffe – The Lost Beatle tells his story.
Release Date: 6 March 2006 RRP: £12.99 Catalogue No.: DC10008
He was the first to sport a Beatles haircut and appeared on the sleeve of Sergeant Pepper, but Stuart Sutcliffe has been dubbed by many as the lost Beatle, who left the band before they broke into the big time and died soon after.
The tragic tale of one of the earliest members of the world’s most popular band, a man who was John Lennon’s best pal and credited with giving them their distinctive style, but died within a year of quitting the band, is chronicled in Stuart Sutcliffe – The Lost Beatle.
Released by Digital Classics for the first time ever on DVD on 6 March 2006, this is the definitive documentary of his life and times and his role in the early days of the Beatles.
Featuring some of his closest friends and colleagues, including Beatles associates and former fiancée Astrid Kircherr, who first gave him the distinctive moptop haircut that the rest of the band – and later teenagers everywhere – adopted, the documentary charts Sutcliffe’s story. This unique production blends archive footage, interviews, along with Sutcliffe’s own words and art, to paint a truly remarkable picture of this influential man.
Sutcliffe was instrumental in the early days of the Beatles, when they travelled to sleazy Hamburg, experimented with drugs, women and honed their craft in front of tough crowds on the notorious Reeperbahn. But, after becoming engaged to German artist Kircherr, he realised his true calling was as an artist, quitting the band and leaving his best pal Lennon. But as acclaim for his paintings grew, his health failed and Sutcliffe tragically died from a brain haemorrhage. All that remains of his legacy is his paintings and his photograph lurking at the back of his old mates’ seminal album, Sergeant Pepper. Stuart Sutcliffe – The Lost Beatle tells his story.
Release Date: 6 March 2006 RRP: £12.99 Catalogue No.: DC10008
ELVIS ‘56
“Before Elvis there was nothing”
John Lennon
Featuring his early performances of some of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.
Elvis needs no introduction. It was 50 years ago that The King made his breakthrough to superstardom. Elvis ’56, released on DVD courtesy of Wienerworld on March 13, 2006, is the definitive account of the rise of Elvis Presley during that great year.
From the moment Elvis burst onto TV screens in the Dorsey Brothers Show and the Ed Sullivan Show, music was never the same again. Both these shows, along with fantastic rare clips can be found on this DVD, which features Elvis giving amazing performances of some of the greatest rock and roll songs ever recorded, including Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, Blue Moon and Love Me Tender.
Elvis was not only a star but one of the most influential artists of all time. He racked up 149 songs on Billboard magazine’s top 100 chart, 114 of which achieved top 10 status and a staggering 18 reaching number one.
This is a true account of the beginning of the reign of The King. It certainly shows just how important his impact was on society at that time and that it still influences today.
Track Listing
My Way Blue Moon
Baby What You Want Me To Do He’s Only A Prayer Away
Blue Suede Shoes Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Good Rockin’ Tonight Don’t Be Cruel
Heartbreak Hotel Trying To Get To You
Shake Rattle and Roll Anyway You Want Me
Baby Let’s Play House Ready Teddy
Tutti Frutti Love Me Tender
My Baby Left Me Peace In The Valley
Love Me
Retail Price £5.99 • Duration 61 minutes • Catalogue No. WNRD 7020 • Barcode 50 18755 7020 51
Release Date - 13 March 2006
“Before Elvis there was nothing”
John Lennon
Featuring his early performances of some of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.
Elvis needs no introduction. It was 50 years ago that The King made his breakthrough to superstardom. Elvis ’56, released on DVD courtesy of Wienerworld on March 13, 2006, is the definitive account of the rise of Elvis Presley during that great year.
From the moment Elvis burst onto TV screens in the Dorsey Brothers Show and the Ed Sullivan Show, music was never the same again. Both these shows, along with fantastic rare clips can be found on this DVD, which features Elvis giving amazing performances of some of the greatest rock and roll songs ever recorded, including Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, Blue Moon and Love Me Tender.
Elvis was not only a star but one of the most influential artists of all time. He racked up 149 songs on Billboard magazine’s top 100 chart, 114 of which achieved top 10 status and a staggering 18 reaching number one.
This is a true account of the beginning of the reign of The King. It certainly shows just how important his impact was on society at that time and that it still influences today.
Track Listing
My Way Blue Moon
Baby What You Want Me To Do He’s Only A Prayer Away
Blue Suede Shoes Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Good Rockin’ Tonight Don’t Be Cruel
Heartbreak Hotel Trying To Get To You
Shake Rattle and Roll Anyway You Want Me
Baby Let’s Play House Ready Teddy
Tutti Frutti Love Me Tender
My Baby Left Me Peace In The Valley
Love Me
Retail Price £5.99 • Duration 61 minutes • Catalogue No. WNRD 7020 • Barcode 50 18755 7020 51
Release Date - 13 March 2006
JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2 (Contender Entertainment Group). Opens at UK cinemas 7th July 2006
Writer-director Takashi Shimizu's "The Grudge" proved to be the horror sensation of 2004, subsequently spawning a box office-smashing US remake, again directed by Shimizu and produced by Sam Raimi. Now, Shimizu ramps up the fear factor even further in the long-awaited and highly anticipated sequel, JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2.
Driving home one night, pregnant "scream queen" actress Kyoko Harase (Noriko Sakai) and her fiancé are involved in a terrifying encounter with the ghostly child, Toshio, causing their car to crash and leaving Kyoko's boyfriend in a coma. Returning to work, Kyoko is invited to be the celebrity guest on a horror-themed TV show, investigating the legends behind a supposedly haunted house. But on arrival at the location, members of the crew soon begin eto disappear under mysterious circumstancesŠ Is it possible that the legends are true and the infamous "curse" has been reawakened?
An intensely unsettling ghost story full of nail-biting suspense and terror, JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2 is a worthy successor to Takashi Shimizu's original Japanese shocker.
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Writer-director Takashi Shimizu's "The Grudge" proved to be the horror sensation of 2004, subsequently spawning a box office-smashing US remake, again directed by Shimizu and produced by Sam Raimi. Now, Shimizu ramps up the fear factor even further in the long-awaited and highly anticipated sequel, JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2.
Driving home one night, pregnant "scream queen" actress Kyoko Harase (Noriko Sakai) and her fiancé are involved in a terrifying encounter with the ghostly child, Toshio, causing their car to crash and leaving Kyoko's boyfriend in a coma. Returning to work, Kyoko is invited to be the celebrity guest on a horror-themed TV show, investigating the legends behind a supposedly haunted house. But on arrival at the location, members of the crew soon begin eto disappear under mysterious circumstancesŠ Is it possible that the legends are true and the infamous "curse" has been reawakened?
An intensely unsettling ghost story full of nail-biting suspense and terror, JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2 is a worthy successor to Takashi Shimizu's original Japanese shocker.
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INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER
THE LATEST BOX OFFICE SMASH FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND THE "INFERNAL AFFAIRS" TRILOGY
with specially composed music by street bass and auto styling experts 'Fuel'.
Based on the hugely popular Manga comic by Shuichi Shigeno, adapted by Felix Chong and directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak - together the filmmaking trio responsible for the phenomenally successful Infernal Affairs trilogy - INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER finally hits UK cinemas on 12th May 2006. Already a massive box office success in Hong Kong, where it grossed more than War Of The Worlds and Batman Begins combined, INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is one of the most highly anticipated Asian films to be released in recent years.
The "D" in the title stands for 'drifting', a motor racing technique of putting a car into a controlled slide around bends without losing any speed. It is a technique used to great effect by the Night Kids, an illegal street racing team who are keen to pit their skills against the mysterious "Akina Racing God", a driver who has unwittingly perfected the art of drifting around the notorious and deadly hairpin bends of Mount Akina.
Super-stylish, super-slick and packed with edge-of-the-seat racing sequences, where real drift racers were employed to make the stunts as realistic as possible INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is a highly entertaining thrill-ride action movie guaranteed to enthrall car enthusiasts, petrolheads and Asian cinema aficionados alike with specially composed music by street bass and auto styling experts 'Fuel'.
INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is released by Contender Entertainment Group and opens at UK cinemas on 12th May 2006.
http://www.the-associates.co.uk/directfilm.php?id=2029
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THE LATEST BOX OFFICE SMASH FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND THE "INFERNAL AFFAIRS" TRILOGY
with specially composed music by street bass and auto styling experts 'Fuel'.
Based on the hugely popular Manga comic by Shuichi Shigeno, adapted by Felix Chong and directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak - together the filmmaking trio responsible for the phenomenally successful Infernal Affairs trilogy - INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER finally hits UK cinemas on 12th May 2006. Already a massive box office success in Hong Kong, where it grossed more than War Of The Worlds and Batman Begins combined, INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is one of the most highly anticipated Asian films to be released in recent years.
The "D" in the title stands for 'drifting', a motor racing technique of putting a car into a controlled slide around bends without losing any speed. It is a technique used to great effect by the Night Kids, an illegal street racing team who are keen to pit their skills against the mysterious "Akina Racing God", a driver who has unwittingly perfected the art of drifting around the notorious and deadly hairpin bends of Mount Akina.
Super-stylish, super-slick and packed with edge-of-the-seat racing sequences, where real drift racers were employed to make the stunts as realistic as possible INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is a highly entertaining thrill-ride action movie guaranteed to enthrall car enthusiasts, petrolheads and Asian cinema aficionados alike with specially composed music by street bass and auto styling experts 'Fuel'.
INITIAL D: DRIFTRACER is released by Contender Entertainment Group and opens at UK cinemas on 12th May 2006.
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AIRPORT – TERMINAL PACK
Get ready for takeoff!
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of a special box set celebrating the timeless appeal of the hugely popular, thrillingly entertaining Airport film franchise.
Airport – Terminal Pack is available on DVD from 24 April 2006. The 4-disc box set includes the original Airport (1970) as well as the DVD premieres of its three sequels Airport ‘75, Airport ’77 and The Concorde - Airport ’79.
Based on Arthur Hailey’s bestselling novel, the Oscar®-winning first Airport movie was one of the most successful films of its time, grossing more than $100 million at the box office and spawning a whole new genre – the disaster movie.
With a truly stellar cast including Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset and Jean Seberg, Airport provided Hollywood glamour and high-flying, masterful suspense in equal measure and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards®.
The original’s trailblazing success and winning formula was repeated in the other films in the series, with a roster of movie megastars including James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston and Gloria Swanson all queuing up to take their seats on the flight of their lives.
Take your seats and buckle up for Airport – Terminal Pack; first class entertainment.
Title: Airport - Terminal Pack Release Date: 24 April 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £19.99
Get ready for takeoff!
Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the release of a special box set celebrating the timeless appeal of the hugely popular, thrillingly entertaining Airport film franchise.
Airport – Terminal Pack is available on DVD from 24 April 2006. The 4-disc box set includes the original Airport (1970) as well as the DVD premieres of its three sequels Airport ‘75, Airport ’77 and The Concorde - Airport ’79.
Based on Arthur Hailey’s bestselling novel, the Oscar®-winning first Airport movie was one of the most successful films of its time, grossing more than $100 million at the box office and spawning a whole new genre – the disaster movie.
With a truly stellar cast including Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset and Jean Seberg, Airport provided Hollywood glamour and high-flying, masterful suspense in equal measure and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards®.
The original’s trailblazing success and winning formula was repeated in the other films in the series, with a roster of movie megastars including James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston and Gloria Swanson all queuing up to take their seats on the flight of their lives.
Take your seats and buckle up for Airport – Terminal Pack; first class entertainment.
Title: Airport - Terminal Pack Release Date: 24 April 2006
RRP (recommended retail price): £19.99
JAPANESE HORROR IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!
From the people who brought you the original Ring trilogy, the Ju-On movies, Dark Water and the re-make of The Grudge, comes an exciting new wave of films that will once again re-invigorate the horror genre and prove that Japanese cinema has lost none of its ability to scare the living sushi out of audiences.
Takashige “Taka” Ichise, the producer of these hugely successful movies, all of which have spawned Hollywood remakes, is currently producing a new ongoing series of six horror films under the banner of J-Horror. Three films have already been completed.
“I found myself inundated with emails from distributors around the world asking, ‘What are you doing next and how can we get a piece of it? It was very tiring having to answer all of these, so I hit on the idea of J-Horror Theatre. I spread the word that I had six highly respected directors and would make one movie with each…fortunately they all said they’d be glad to take part.”
Tartan’s Asia Extreme label has introduced audiences to many of the cult favourites from Japan, including the Ring trilogy, Dark Water, and Audition. Taking the genre back to its roots these new Japanese chillers will shock to the core and remind us how great Japanese horror can be. Premonition is the first released in June, followed by Infection in July and Reincarnation in August.
PREMONITION - RELEASE DATE: 26 JUNE RRP: £19.99
Premonition sees director Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0) weave a chilling tale of a man who can foresee the future. When Hideki picks up a newspaper he knows what he will see...death. Foreseeing the fate of everything from slayings to train crashes, there is nothing Hideki can do to stop the event... or is there? When the paper predicts the demise of his daughter in a car crash, Hideki seeks out others like himself, searching for a way to change the future. Atmospheric suspense with shades of Don’t Look Now.
Special Features: Making of Documentary, Japanese Press Conference,
Visual FX Exposed
INFECTION - RELEASE DATE: 24 JULY RRP: £19.99
A patient in a hospital dies due to malpractice. In a panic, the doctors responsible stage a cover-up. Shortly thereafter, another patient is left at the hospital doors dying of bizarre symptoms. When the patient dies, the doctors involved in the cover-up begin acting strangely…then one by one develop the same mysterious and deadly symptoms.
Anamorphic presentation
DTS Digital Surround 5.1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; Dolby 2.0 Digital Stereo
From the people who brought you the original Ring trilogy, the Ju-On movies, Dark Water and the re-make of The Grudge, comes an exciting new wave of films that will once again re-invigorate the horror genre and prove that Japanese cinema has lost none of its ability to scare the living sushi out of audiences.
Takashige “Taka” Ichise, the producer of these hugely successful movies, all of which have spawned Hollywood remakes, is currently producing a new ongoing series of six horror films under the banner of J-Horror. Three films have already been completed.
“I found myself inundated with emails from distributors around the world asking, ‘What are you doing next and how can we get a piece of it? It was very tiring having to answer all of these, so I hit on the idea of J-Horror Theatre. I spread the word that I had six highly respected directors and would make one movie with each…fortunately they all said they’d be glad to take part.”
Tartan’s Asia Extreme label has introduced audiences to many of the cult favourites from Japan, including the Ring trilogy, Dark Water, and Audition. Taking the genre back to its roots these new Japanese chillers will shock to the core and remind us how great Japanese horror can be. Premonition is the first released in June, followed by Infection in July and Reincarnation in August.
PREMONITION - RELEASE DATE: 26 JUNE RRP: £19.99
Premonition sees director Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0) weave a chilling tale of a man who can foresee the future. When Hideki picks up a newspaper he knows what he will see...death. Foreseeing the fate of everything from slayings to train crashes, there is nothing Hideki can do to stop the event... or is there? When the paper predicts the demise of his daughter in a car crash, Hideki seeks out others like himself, searching for a way to change the future. Atmospheric suspense with shades of Don’t Look Now.
Special Features: Making of Documentary, Japanese Press Conference,
Visual FX Exposed
INFECTION - RELEASE DATE: 24 JULY RRP: £19.99
A patient in a hospital dies due to malpractice. In a panic, the doctors responsible stage a cover-up. Shortly thereafter, another patient is left at the hospital doors dying of bizarre symptoms. When the patient dies, the doctors involved in the cover-up begin acting strangely…then one by one develop the same mysterious and deadly symptoms.
Anamorphic presentation
DTS Digital Surround 5.1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; Dolby 2.0 Digital Stereo
R.L Rasmus announces special PBS Network Equipment Auction (Internet Auction On Steroids)
PBS to use “Internet Auction On Steroids” to liquidate former technical operations center.
Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) April 16, 2006 -- PBS, amongst the first broadcasters to implement cutting edge digital technology has taken another cyber step in the liquidation process. The entire PBS operations recently relocated to new facilities. The remaining 2500 items of excess broadcast, video, audio and technology assets will be liquidated next week in an online only “super auction”.
john_glenda.jpgSimilar to an old fashion auction, flyers were sent out, and a catalog was prepared for the three day onsite inspection. But instead of a fast talking auctioneer, the bidding is online only.
The photo catalog is fully searchable and accepts multiple types of bids. Auctioneer Chris Rasmus explains “It’s like ebay on steroids; we have 1000’s of items selling in one special event.”
The auction begins closing online at 3 PM this Thursday April 20th, ten items close every minute.
“It’s way more exciting than a live auction. You are bidding on 10 items closing simultaneously. The smart buyers utilize our MAXbid feature and let the computer do all the work for them.”
Unlike ebay, Rasmus does not ship to buyers. Assets are available for a three day pickup and individual movers and shippers are available to deal directly with the buyer.
Rasmus says this method of sale is the logical next step for traditional auctioneers. “Buyers are too busy to attend live auctions. These sales allow bidders worldwide to participate from the comfort of their home or office.” The process has been good for business too. Last year Rasmus conducted 220 internet only auctions. Next year he is shooting for 400.
The online auction of tons of video gear can be viewed at:
http://www.maxanet.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?rasmus29/category/ALL
PBS to use “Internet Auction On Steroids” to liquidate former technical operations center.
Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) April 16, 2006 -- PBS, amongst the first broadcasters to implement cutting edge digital technology has taken another cyber step in the liquidation process. The entire PBS operations recently relocated to new facilities. The remaining 2500 items of excess broadcast, video, audio and technology assets will be liquidated next week in an online only “super auction”.
john_glenda.jpgSimilar to an old fashion auction, flyers were sent out, and a catalog was prepared for the three day onsite inspection. But instead of a fast talking auctioneer, the bidding is online only.
The photo catalog is fully searchable and accepts multiple types of bids. Auctioneer Chris Rasmus explains “It’s like ebay on steroids; we have 1000’s of items selling in one special event.”
The auction begins closing online at 3 PM this Thursday April 20th, ten items close every minute.
“It’s way more exciting than a live auction. You are bidding on 10 items closing simultaneously. The smart buyers utilize our MAXbid feature and let the computer do all the work for them.”
Unlike ebay, Rasmus does not ship to buyers. Assets are available for a three day pickup and individual movers and shippers are available to deal directly with the buyer.
Rasmus says this method of sale is the logical next step for traditional auctioneers. “Buyers are too busy to attend live auctions. These sales allow bidders worldwide to participate from the comfort of their home or office.” The process has been good for business too. Last year Rasmus conducted 220 internet only auctions. Next year he is shooting for 400.
The online auction of tons of video gear can be viewed at:
http://www.maxanet.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?rasmus29/category/ALL
CHADHA CONFIRMED TO DIRECT DALLAS THE MOVIE
Gurinder Chadha has today confirmed that she will be taking up the role as director for the forthcoming film, Dallas, starring John Travolta as JR Ewing.
Rumours have been rife over the past two weeks, but Chadha today announced that the deal has finally been confirmed with 20th Century Fox.
Chadha says of her appointment: “I am obviously delighted that the deal has been confirmed after so much enthusiastic speculation. Directing a film with stars like John Travolta and J-Lo is fantastic, and shows that the market of Brit-Asian films that both Paul and I have become synonymous with, has huge credibility and respect in Hollywood.”
Gurinder Chadha first shot to fame over 10 years ago, with the release of what was seen as the first Brit-Asian movie, ‘Bhaji on the Beach’, which was followed by the massive box office smash ‘Bend It Like Beckham’. As well as achieving unprecedented commercial and critical success, ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ also launched the careers of stars Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
In 2005, Chadha’s love affair with Brit-Asian cinema continued, with the release of ‘Bride & Prejudice’, which again broke Box Office records, and saw the start of a superb working relationship with Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai.
Chadha, is currently promoting the film ‘Mistress of Spices’, which she has co-written and produced with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges. Berges’ directorial debut releases nationwide across the UK on Friday 21st April and again stars former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, in the lead role alongside Dylan McDermott.
Filming is scheduled to start on Dallas in October, with the remainder of the cast to be finalised in the coming weeks, and the film set for release in late 2007. Stars confirmed to date are John Travolta as the infamous JR and J-Lo as Sue Ellen, with final negotiations with Luke Wilson as Bobby and Shirley Maclaine as Miss Ellie.
Chadha, who was also rumoured to be working on a remake of the classic 60’s show ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ says of her other projects: “Jeannie is still in the pipeline, but there is still some way to go on the script. Paul and I are also working on another film that maintains the path that we have set in terms of the ‘cross-cultural’ themes that we address in our films. We will certainly not stop creating more movies about cultural experiences and issues, and we are still determined to carry on working in the UK, making British movies for an international audience. This was my starting point and will always be a critical part of my career as I move forward.”
Chadha’s current production Mistress of Spices releases nationwide on Friday 21st April.
Gurinder Chadha has today confirmed that she will be taking up the role as director for the forthcoming film, Dallas, starring John Travolta as JR Ewing.
Rumours have been rife over the past two weeks, but Chadha today announced that the deal has finally been confirmed with 20th Century Fox.
Chadha says of her appointment: “I am obviously delighted that the deal has been confirmed after so much enthusiastic speculation. Directing a film with stars like John Travolta and J-Lo is fantastic, and shows that the market of Brit-Asian films that both Paul and I have become synonymous with, has huge credibility and respect in Hollywood.”
Gurinder Chadha first shot to fame over 10 years ago, with the release of what was seen as the first Brit-Asian movie, ‘Bhaji on the Beach’, which was followed by the massive box office smash ‘Bend It Like Beckham’. As well as achieving unprecedented commercial and critical success, ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ also launched the careers of stars Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
In 2005, Chadha’s love affair with Brit-Asian cinema continued, with the release of ‘Bride & Prejudice’, which again broke Box Office records, and saw the start of a superb working relationship with Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai.
Chadha, is currently promoting the film ‘Mistress of Spices’, which she has co-written and produced with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges. Berges’ directorial debut releases nationwide across the UK on Friday 21st April and again stars former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, in the lead role alongside Dylan McDermott.
Filming is scheduled to start on Dallas in October, with the remainder of the cast to be finalised in the coming weeks, and the film set for release in late 2007. Stars confirmed to date are John Travolta as the infamous JR and J-Lo as Sue Ellen, with final negotiations with Luke Wilson as Bobby and Shirley Maclaine as Miss Ellie.
Chadha, who was also rumoured to be working on a remake of the classic 60’s show ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ says of her other projects: “Jeannie is still in the pipeline, but there is still some way to go on the script. Paul and I are also working on another film that maintains the path that we have set in terms of the ‘cross-cultural’ themes that we address in our films. We will certainly not stop creating more movies about cultural experiences and issues, and we are still determined to carry on working in the UK, making British movies for an international audience. This was my starting point and will always be a critical part of my career as I move forward.”
Chadha’s current production Mistress of Spices releases nationwide on Friday 21st April.
Rainforest Action Network heats up Hollywood this Thursday
Veteran activist Michael Brune invites A-list to take action
Los Angeles – Rainforest Action Network, the San Francisco-based group dubbed “some of the most savvy environmental agitators in the business” by The Wall Street Journal, will host a private reception at Ashes and Snow this Thursday to present a new way forward to break America’s oil addiction and save the last of Earth’s remaining old growth forests.
The invitation-only event is being co-hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr., Emmy-nominated actress Barbara Bosson, The Doors drummer John Densmore, musician Freebo, producer and political activist Robert Greenwald, actress and activist Daryl Hannah, former California State Senator and author Tom Hayden, Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman, actress Q’Orianka Kilcher, actress Mia Kirshner, actress Sharon Lawrence, actor Esai Morales, actress and electric-vehicle advocate Alexandra Paul, Crash and Mission Impossible 3 star Bahar Soomekh, visionary musician and activist John Trudell, and actress and musician Barbara Williams.
Veteran activist Michael Brune invites A-list to take action
Los Angeles – Rainforest Action Network, the San Francisco-based group dubbed “some of the most savvy environmental agitators in the business” by The Wall Street Journal, will host a private reception at Ashes and Snow this Thursday to present a new way forward to break America’s oil addiction and save the last of Earth’s remaining old growth forests.
The invitation-only event is being co-hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr., Emmy-nominated actress Barbara Bosson, The Doors drummer John Densmore, musician Freebo, producer and political activist Robert Greenwald, actress and activist Daryl Hannah, former California State Senator and author Tom Hayden, Desperate Housewives actress Felicity Huffman, actress Q’Orianka Kilcher, actress Mia Kirshner, actress Sharon Lawrence, actor Esai Morales, actress and electric-vehicle advocate Alexandra Paul, Crash and Mission Impossible 3 star Bahar Soomekh, visionary musician and activist John Trudell, and actress and musician Barbara Williams.
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