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  •  Academy Awards 2007 
    Best Motion Picture of the YearThe Departed
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleForest Whitaker
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleHelen Mirren
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Alan Arkin
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleJennifer Hudson
    Best Achievement in DirectingMartin Scorsese
    Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenLittle Miss Sunshine
    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published The Departed
    Best Achievement in CinematographyPan's Labyrinth
    Best Achievement in EditingThe Departed
    Best Achievement in Art DirectionPan's Labyrinth
    Best Achievement in Costume DesignMarie Antoinette
    Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original ScoreBabel
    Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original SongAn Inconvenient Truth
    Best Achievement in Makeup Pan's Labyrinth
    Best Achievement in Sound Dreamgirls
    Best Achievement in Sound Editing Letters From Iwo Jima
    Best Achievement in Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
    Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Happy Feet
    Best Foreign Language Film of the Year The Lives of Others
    Best Documentary, Features An Inconvenient Truth
    Best Documentary, Short Subjects The Blood of Yingzhou District
    Best Short Film, Animated The Danish Poet
    Best Short Film, Live Action West Bank Story



    DVD
    ??/??/????
    $5.99
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1929
    Wings (USA 1927)
    Director: Lucien Hubbard
    Richard Arlen (David Armstrong), Clara Bow (Mary Preston), El Brendel (Herman Schwimpf), Gary Cooper (Cadet White), Hedda Hopper (Mrs. Powell), Roscoe Karns (Lieutenant Cameron), Henry B. Walthall (David's father), Arlette Marchal (Celeste),

    WWI flying aces fight the Bosch and fall in love. Did this get remade as Pearl Harbor? AA Best Film 1929 (the 1st). Available on DVD through non-US sources, how sad is that?



    DVD
    02/20/2006
    £15.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 125


    DVD
    01/05/1999
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 130


    DVD
    02/06/2007
    $14.98
    UR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 132
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1930
    All Quiet on the Western Front (USA 1930)
    Director: Lewis Milestone
    Louis Wolheim (Katczinsky), Lew Ayres (Paul Baumer), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Kemmerick), Scott Kolk (Leer), Owen Davis (Peter), Walter Browne Rogers (Behn), William Bakewell (Albert), Russell Gleason (Mueller), Richard Alexander (Westhus),

    The trials and tribulations of an enthusiastic young recruit who ends up fighting in the horror that is World War I. Still as powerful and moving today as I presume it was in 1930. An absolute must have film.



    DVD
    02/01/2005
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1930
    Broadway Melody (USA 1929)
    Director: Harry Beaumont
    Charles King (Eddie Kearns), Anita Page (Queenie Mahoney), Bessie Love (Hank Mahoney), Jed Prouty (Uncle Jed), Kenneth Thomson (Jock Worriner), Eddie Kane (Francis Zanfield),

    Sound and vision came together for this early musical that set the template for the next 30 years.



    DVD
    01/31/2006
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1931
    Cimarron (USA 1931)
    Director: Wesley Ruggles
    Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle Taylor (Dixie Lee), Nance O'Neil (Felice Venable), William Collier (The Kid), Roscoe Ates (Jesse Rickey), George E. Stone (Sol Levy), Stanley Fields (Lon Yountis), Robert McWade (Louie Heffner), Edna May Oliver (Mrs. Tracy Wyatt), Judith Barrett (Donna Cravat),

    The 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush is the setting for this lavish western. AA Best Film 1931.



    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    09/06/2005
    $19.97
    NR
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1932
    Grand Hotel (USA 1932)
    Director: Edmund Goulding
    Greta Garbo (Grusinskaya), John Barrymore (Baron Felix von Geigern), Joan Crawford (Flaemmchen), Wallace Beery (Preysing), Lionel Barrymore (Otto Kringelein), Lewis Stone (Dr. Otternschlag), Jean Hersholt (Senf), Robert McWade (Meierheim), Purnell Pratt (Zinnowitz), Mary Carlisle (honeymooner), Frank Conroy (Rohna),

    Sterling Hollywood drama featuring the occupants of the titular hotel. Garbo plays a Russian ballet dancer prima donna who's jewels are coveted by her nefarious manager (John Barrymore). Dated but classic.



    DVD
    ??/??/????
    $0.99
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1934
    Cavalcade (USA 1933)
    Director: Frank Lloyd
    Lionel Belmore (Uncle George), Billy Bevan (), Mary Forbes (Duchess of Churt), Betty Grable (Girl on Couch), Lawrence Grant (Man at Microphone), Bonita Granville (Fanny younger), Ursula Jeans (Fanny Bridges), Frank Lawton (Joe Marryot), Margaret Lindsay (Edith Harris), Beryl Mercer (Cook), Herbert Mundin (Alfred Bridges),

    Noel Coward's play brought to Hollywood life. the story of two English families over a Thirty year span. 1934s Academy Award winner is also distressingly unavailable on DVD except from Asian sources. For shame, Hollywood.



    DVD
    05/08/2006
    £5.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 101


    DVD
    12/28/1999
    $24.95
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 105
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1935
    It Happened One Night (USA 1934)
    Director: Frank Capra
    Clark Gable (Peter Warne), Claudette Colbert (Ellie Andrews), Walter Connolly (Alexander Andrews), Roscoe Karns (Mr. Shapeley), Jameson Thomas (King Westley), Alan Hale (Danker), Arthur Hoyt (Zeke), Blanche Frederici (Zeke's Wife), Charles C. Wilson (Joe Gordon), Irving Bacon (Station Attendent), Ward Bond (Bus Driver),

    Capra screw-ball comedy par excellance. Netted five Academy Awards; Picture, Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing.



    DVD
    06/01/2006
    £13.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 132


    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $19.97
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 132
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1936
    Mutiny on the Bounty (USA 1935)
    Director: Frank Lloyd
    Charles Laughton (Captain William Bligh), Clark Gable (Fletcher Christian), Franchot Tone (Byam), Herbert Mundin (Smith), Eddie Quillan (Ellison), Dudley Digges (Bacchus), Donald Crisp (Burkitt), Henry Stephenson (Sir Joseph Banks), Francis Lister (Captain Nelson), Spring Byington (Mrs Byam), Movita (Tehanni),

    Awesome. Endlessly mimicable classic. Laughton is just superb.



    DVD
    02/16/2004
    £13.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 177


    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1937
    Great Ziegfeld (USA 1936)
    Director: Robert Z. Leonard
    William Powell (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.), Myrna Loy (Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (Anna Held), Frank Morgan (Billings), Fanny Brice (herself), Virginia Bruce (Audrey Dane), Reginald Owen (Sampson), Ray Bolger (himself), Ernest Cossart (Sidney), Joseph Cawthorn (Dr Florenz Ziegfeld Sr.), Nat Pendleton (Sandow),

    The life and loves of stage show extravaganza producer, Flo Ziegfeld.



    DVD
    02/01/2005
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 116
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1938
    The Life of Emile Zola (USA 1937)
    Director: William Dieterle
    Robert Barrat (Major Walsin Esterhazy), Louis Calhern (), Morris Carnovsky (), Donald Crisp (Maitre Labori), Harry Davenport (Chief of Staff), Gilbert Emery (Minister of War), Lumsden Hare (M. Richards), Holmes Herbert (Commander of Paris), Gloria Holden (Alexandrine Zola), Walter Kingsford (Colonel Sandherr), John Litel (Charpentier),

    Hollywood account of French author, Emile Zola, and his tangle with the Government over the Dreyfus scandal, the dubious treason trial of an army captain. 3 Oscars awarded.



    DVD
    02/24/2003
    £12.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 121


    DVD
    02/18/2003
    $29.95
    UR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 127
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1939
    You Can't Take It With You (USA 1938)
    Director: Frank Capra
    Jean Arthur (Alice Sycamore), Lionel Barrymore (Grandpa Martin Vanderhof), James Stewart (Tony Kirby), Edward Arnold (Anthony P. Kirby), Mischa Auer (Kolenkhov), Ann Miller (Essie Carmichael), Spring Byington (Penny Sycamore), Samuel S. Hinds (Paul Sycamore), Donald Meek (Poppins), H.B. Warner (Ramsey), Halliwell Hobbes (DePinna),

    Director Frank Capra hit Oscar gold again with another screwball comedy involving the rich and the poor.



    DVD
    06/01/2006
    £13.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 224


    DVD
    11/06/2001
    $79.98
    G
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    11/09/2004
    $39.92
    G
    Runtime: 238


    DVD
    10/27/1998
    $24.98
    G
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    03/07/2000
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 233
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1940
    Gone with the Wind (USA 1939)
    Director: Victor Fleming
    Clark Gable (Rhett Butler), Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara), Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara), Barbara O'Neil (Ellen O'Hara), Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes), Olivia de Havilland (Melanie Hamilton), Evelyn Keyes (Suellen), George Reeves (Brent Tartleton), Ann Rutherford (Carreen), Fred Crane (Brent Tarleton), Hattie McDaniel (Mammy),

    Colossal adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's celebrated novel. Perfectly cast, beautifully directed, gorgeous technicolor...dated romantic slush or cinematic perfection? You be the Judge! Fiddle-dee-dee. Four disc LOADED DVD!!



    DVD
    10/04/2004
    £5.99
    PG


    DVD
    09/07/1999
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    11/20/2001
    $39.95
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 130
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1941
    Rebecca (USA 1940)
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Laurence Olivier (Maxim de Winter), Joan Fontaine (Mrs. de Winter), George Sanders (Jack Favell), Judith Anderson (Mrs. Danvers), Gladys Cooper (Beatrice Lacy), Nigel Bruce (Major Giles Lacy), Reginald Denny (Frank Crawley), C. Aubrey Smith (Colonel Julyan), Melville Cooper (Coroner), Florence Bates (Mrs. Van Hopper), Leonard Carey (Ben),

    Hitchcock at the top of his game. Perfect mystery movie with a perfect cast and many memorable moments. A classic for those of you who dig classics.



    DVD
    01/14/2003
    $14.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    03/07/2000
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1942
    How Green Was My Valley (USA 1941)
    Director: John Ford
    Sara Allgood (Mrs. Beth Morgan), Donald Crisp (Mr. Morgan), Evans Evans (Gwilym), Barry Fitzgerald (Cyfartha), Richard Fraser (Davy), Ethel Griffies (Mrs. Nicholas), Louis Jean Heydt (Miner), Patric Knowles (Ivor), Anna Lee (Bronwyn), John Loder (Ianto), Eve March (Meillyn Lewis),

    Of Unions and Welsh Miners from Richard Llewellyn's novel. Hollywood stands in for Wales, but otherwise still a gem.



    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 134
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1943
    Mrs. Miniver (USA 1942)
    Director: William Wyler
    Greer Garson (Kay Miniver), Walter Pidgeon (Clem Miniver), Teresa Wright (Carol Beldon), May Whitty (Lady Beldon), Reginald Owen (Foley), Henry Travers (Mr. Ballard), Richard Ney (Vin Miniver), Henry Wilcoxon (Vicar), Christopher Severn (Toby Miniver), Brenda Forbes (Gladys), Clare Sandars (Judy Miniver),

    Hollywood flagwaver concerning a British family dealing with normal life amidst the chaos of WWII. Propaganda, but good propaganda. Six Oscars for this one; Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Best Direction.



    DVD
    11/17/1998
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    02/15/2000
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    10/25/2000
    $79.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    HD
    11/14/2006
    $28.99
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 145
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1944
    Casablanca (USA 1942)
    Director: Michael Curtiz
    Humphrey Bogart (Rick Blaine), Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa), Paul Henreid (Victor Laszlo), Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault), Conrad Veidt (Major Heinrich Strasser), Sydney Greenstreet (Senor Ferrari), Peter Lorre (Ugarte), S. Z. Sakall (Carl), Madeleine Lebeau (Yvonne), Dooley Wilson (Sam), Joy Page (Annina Brandel),

    The ultimate Hollywood romance. Bogart and Bergman at their finest and a superb cast of villains and heroes. Come on, get the DVD and play it again. Three Academy Award winner.



    DVD
    02/06/2007
    $14.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1945
    Going My Way (USA 1944)
    Director: Leo McCarey
    Bing Crosby (Father Chuck O'Malley), Barry Fitzgerald (Father Fitzgibbon), Frank McHugh (Father Timothy O'Dowd), James Brown (Ted Haines jr.), Gene Lockhart (Ted Haines Sr.), Jean Heather (Carol James), Porter Hall (Mr. Belknap), Fortunio Bonanova (Tomaso Bozanni), Stanley Clements (Tony Scaponi), William Frawley (Max),

    If you buy off on happy singing priests as personified by Mr Bing Crosby, then this is pleasant enough. Took Seven trophies away from the Academy Awards including one for best song, Swinging on a Star. Carry those moonbeams and the DVD, home in a jar.



    DVD
    02/06/2001
    $29.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1946
    The Lost Weekend (USA 1945)
    Director: Billy Wilder
    Ray Milland (Don Birnam), Jane Wyman (Helen St. James), Phillip Terry (Wick Birnam), Howard Da Silva (Nat), Doris Dowling (Gloria), Frank Faylen (Bim), Mary Young (Mrs. Deveridge), James Millican (Nurse), Douglas Spencer (Beetle),

    Surprisingly raw dip into alcoholism for such an early film. Ray Milland is the fellow with the problem.



    DVD
    07/05/2004
    £15.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 163


    DVD
    10/28/1997
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 170


    DVD
    07/18/2000
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 168
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1947
    Best Years of Our Lives (USA 1946)
    Director: William Wyler
    Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Hoagy Carmichael (Butch Engle), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish), Gladys George (Hortense Derry), Roman Bohnen (Pat Derry), Ray Collins (Mr. Milton),

    Life after WWII for three returning servicemen is not all it's cracked up to be. Brilliantlly observed tale by director William Wyler. Bagged 7 Oscars plus one honorary one for Harold Russell.



    DVD
    03/07/2000
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    01/14/2003
    $14.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 118
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1948
    Gentleman's Agreement (USA 1947)
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Gregory Peck (Phil Green), Dorothy McGuire (Kathy Lacey), John Garfield (Dave Goldman), Celeste Holm (Anne Dettrey), Anne Revere (Mrs. Green), June Havoc (Miss Wales), Albert Dekker (John Minify), Jane Wyatt (Jane Lacey), Dean Stockwell (Tommy Green), Nicholas Joy (Dr Craigie), Sam Jaffe (Professor Lieberman),

    Newspaper editor, Peck, masquerades as Jewish to write an article on anti-semitism in New York. Powerful and provocative even today. Raided Oscar for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm) and Best Director.



    DVD
    04/14/2003
    £9.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 155


    DVD
    09/19/2000
    $29.95
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 155
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1949
    Hamlet (UK 1948)
    Director: Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier (Hamlet), Eileen Herlie (Gertrude), Basil Sydney (Claudius), Jean Simmons (Ophelia), Felix Aylmer (Polonius), Norman Wooland (Horatio), Terence Morgan (Laertes), Stanley Holloway (Gravedigger), Peter Cushing (Osric), Esmond Knight (Bernardo), Anthony Quayle (Marcellus),

    Olivier does the Shakespeare thing, and nobody does it better.



    DVD
    07/09/2001
    £19.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 105


    DVD
    06/05/2001
    $24.95
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    09/05/2006
    $19.94
    UR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 109
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1950
    All the King's Men (USA 1949)
    Director: Robert Rossen
    Broderick Crawford (Willie Stark), John Ireland (Jack Burden), Joanne Dru (Anne Stanton), John Derek (Tom Stark), Mercedes McCambridge (Sadie Burk), Shepperd Strudwick (Adam Stanton), Ralph Dumke (Tiny Duffy), Anne Seymour (Lucy Stark), Katharine Warren (Mrs. Burden), Raymond Greenleaf (Judge Stanton), Walter Burke (Sugar Boy),

    Broderick Crawford scores as the initially well-intentioned political figure who succumbs to the power-corrupts thing.



    DVD
    02/27/2006
    £17.99
    12
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 134


    DVD
    04/18/2005
    £12.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 134


    DVD
    10/05/1999
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    01/14/2003
    $14.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1951
    All About Eve (USA 1950)
    Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Bette Davis (Margo Channing), Anne Baxter (Eve Harrington), George Sanders (Addison De Witt (Narrator)), Celeste Holm (Karen Richards), Gary Merrill (Bill Simpson), Hugh Marlowe (Lloyd Richards), Gregory Ratoff (Max Fabian), Barbara Bates (Phoebe), Marilyn Monroe (Miss Casswell), Thelma Ritter (Birdie), Walter Hampden (Master of Ceremonies),

    Theatrical bitchiness abounds when rising starlet, Eve (Anne Baxter), runs into fading diva, Margot Channing (Bette Davis at her most potent). Throw in a George Sanders at his most Sandersesque and you have a film more than worthy of its 6 Oscar wins.



    DVD
    10/09/2006
    £6.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 109


    DVD
    06/13/2000
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 114


    DVD
    04/27/1999
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1952
    An American in Paris (USA 1951)
    Director: Vincente Minnelli
    Gene Kelly (Jerry Mulligan), Leslie Caron (Lise Bouvier), Oscar Levant (Adam Cook), Georges Guetary (Henri Baurel), Nina Foch (Milo Roberts), Ann Codee (Therese), George Davis (Francois), Paul Maxey (John McDowd), Noel Neill (American Girl), Hayden Rorke (Tommy Baldwin), Mary Young (Old Woman Dancer),

    Infectious Hollywood musical par excellance. Caron and Kelly shine, even if the plot is doesn't hold water.



    DVD
    02/12/2007
    £9.99
    U
    Runtime: 147


    DVD
    04/06/2004
    $9.98
    UR
    Aspect: 1.37:1
    Runtime: 152
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1953
    The Greatest Show on Earth (USA 1952)
    Director: Cecil B. DeMille
    Betty Hutton (Holly), Cornel Wilde (Sebastian), Charlton Heston (Brad Braden), Dorothy Lamour (Phyllis), Gloria Grahame (Angel), Henry Wilcoxon (Gregory of the FBI), Lyle Bettger (Klaus), Lawrence Tierney (Mr. Henderson), Emmett Kelly (himself), Cucciola (himself), Lee Aaker (boy),

    The greatest cinema showman, Cecil B. DeMille, takes on the greatest show - the circus. Noisy, colourful entertainment with oodles of genuine circus atmosphere courtesy of Barnum and Bailey's. Carried off two Oscars: Best Picture and Best Writing.



    DVD
    01/14/2002
    £19.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 114


    DVD
    10/23/2001
    $14.94
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 118
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1954
    From Here to Eternity (USA 1953)
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Burt Lancaster (Sergeant Milton Warden), Montgomery Clift (Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt), Deborah Kerr (Karen Holmes), Donna Reed (Alma), Frank Sinatra (Angelo Maggio), Philip Ober (Captain Dana Holmes), Mickey Shaughnessy (Sgt. Leva), Harry Bellaver (Mazzioli), Ernest Borgnine (Sgt. James "Fatso" Judson), Jack Warden (Corp. Buckley), John Dennis (Sgt. Ike Galovitch),

    Lives and loves of assorted Hawaii military folk in the run up to the Pearl Harbor attack.



    DVD
    05/08/2006
    £9.99
    15
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 103


    DVD
    10/23/2001
    $24.95
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 108
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1955
    On the Waterfront (USA 1954)
    Director: Elia Kazan
    Marlon Brando (Terry Malloy), Karl Malden (Father Barry), Lee J. Cobb (Johnny Friendly), Rod Steiger (Charley Malloy), Pat Henning (Kayo Dugan), Leif Erickson (Glover), James Westerfield (Big Mac), Tony Galento (Truck), Tami Mauriello (Tullio), John Hamilton (Pop Doyle), John Heldabrand (Mutt),

    Gritty tale of corruption among the dockside unions. Film that marks a changing of the guard in Hollywood signalling rougher films to come. Oscar accepted it with 8 Oscars.


    DVD
    06/19/2001
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1956
    Marty (USA 1955)
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Betsy Blair (), Ernest Borgnine (), Augusta Ciolli (Catherine), Joe De Santis (), Joe Mantell (Angie), Esther Minciotti (Mrs. Pilletti), Jerry Paris (Thomas), Karen Steele (Virginia), Frank Sutton (Ralph), Minerva Urecal (Mrs. Rosari),


    DVD
    07/06/2004
    £19.99
    U


    DVD
    05/18/2004
    $26.99
    G
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1957
    Around the World in Eighty Days (USA 1956)
    Director: Michael Anderson
    David Niven (Phileas Fogg), Cantinflas (Passepartout), Noel Coward (Hesketh-Baggott), John Gielgud (Foster (Butler)), Trevor Howard (Fallentin), Robert Morley (Ralph), Ronald Squire (Member), Basil Sydney (Member), Finlay Currie (Whist Partner), Martine Carol (Tourist), Fernandel (Coachman),

    Special Edition release for this completely over the top version of the Jules Verne classic. Great fun. Even more so for cameo spotters.



    DVD
    11/21/2000
    $24.95
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1958
    Bridge on the River Kwai (UK 1957)
    Director: David Lean
    James Donald (Major Clipton), Alec Guinness (Colonel Nicholson), Jack Hawkins (Major Warden), Sessue Hayakawa (Colonel Saito), Percy Herbert (Grogan), William Holden (Shears), Geoffrey Horne (Lieutenant Joyce), Andre Morell (Colonel Green), Ann Sears (Nurse), Harold Goodwin (Baker),

    DVD
    04/27/1999
    $24.98
    G
    Aspect: 2.35:1

    DVD
    05/02/2000
    $24.98
    G
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1959
    Gigi (USA 1958)
    Director: Vincente Minnelli
    John Abbott (Manuel), Jacques Bergerac (), Leslie Caron (), Maurice Chevalier (Honore Lachaille), Eva Gabor (Liane d'Exelmans), Hermione Gingold (Madame Alvarez), Isabel Jeans (Aunt Alicia), Louis Jourdan (Gaston Lachaille), Monique Van Vooren (Showgirl),


    DVD
    02/13/2006
    £24.99
    PG


    DVD
    09/13/2005
    $39.92
    G
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1960
    Ben-Hur (USA 1959)
    Director: William Wyler
    Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (Quintas Arrius), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Haya Harareet (Esther), Hugh Griffith (Shake Ilderim), Martha Scott (Miriam), Sam Jaffe (Simonides), Cathy O'Donnell (Tirzah), Finlay Currie (Balthasar), Ferdy Mayne (Captain, Rescue ship), Robert Brown (Chief of Rowers),

    A nobleman has to prove himself in the Roman arena. Hollywood spectacle at its finest. The chariot race is still amazing. Ridiculously loaded four, yes four, disc set, including a terrific restoration of the 1926 silent version of same, which has to be DVD extra of the decade! Highly recommended.



    DVD
    12/18/2001
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1961
    Apartment (USA 1960)
    Director: Billy Wilder
    Jack Lemmon (C. C. (Bud) Baxter), Shirley MacLaine (Fran Kubelik), Fred MacMurray (J. D. Sheldrake), Ray Walston (Joe Dobisch), Jack Kruschen (Doctor Dreyfuss), David Lewis (Al Kirkeby), Hope Holiday (Mrs Margie MacDougall), Joan Shawlee (Sylvia), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Dreyfuss), Johnny Seven (Karl Matuschka), Joyce Jameson (The Blonde),


    DVD
    11/17/2003
    £19.99
    PG
    Runtime: 145


    DVD
    10/20/1998
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 2.20:1


    DVD
    04/01/2003
    $29.98
    NR
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Runtime: 152
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1962
    West Side Story (USA 1961)
    Director: Robert/Robbins Wise
    Natalie Wood (Maria), Richard Beymer (Tony), Russ Tamblyn (Riff), Rita Moreno (Anita), George Chakiris (Bernardo), Simon Oakland (Lieutenant Schrank), Ned Glass (Doc), William Bramley (Officer Krupke), Tucker Smith (Ice), Tony Mordente (Action), David Winters (A-Rab),

    Though I can't stand The Sound of Music, I'm perfectly happy with this film, possibly the best Hollywood movie musical. Great songs, great choreography and dancing (particularly Russ Tamblyn), wishy-washy leads but a superb supporting cast make up for that. Highly recommended.



    DVD
    04/09/2001
    £24.99
    12
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Runtime: 227


    DVD
    04/03/2001
    $39.95
    NR
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1963
    Lawrence of Arabia (UK 1962)
    Director: David Lean
    Peter O'Toole (Lawrence), Alec Guinness (Prince Feisel), Anthony Quinn (Auda Abu Tayi), Jack Hawkins (General Allenby), Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali), Jose Ferrer (Turkish Bey), Anthony Quayle (Colonel Brighton), Claude Rains (Mr. Dryden), Arthur Kennedy (Jackson Bentley), Donald Wolfit (General Murray), I.S. Johar (Gasim),

    Tale of complicated military genius, T.E. Lawrence and his travails in the Middle East during WWI. Still eyepopping film-making and much worshipped by the likes of Mr Spielberg. A 7 Oscar tally.



    DVD
    02/03/2003
    £12.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.66:1
    Runtime: 117


    DVD
    09/30/1997
    $24.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    06/19/2001
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.66:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1964
    Tom Jones (UK 1963)
    Director: Tony Richardson
    George Devine (Squire Allworthy), Rachel Kempson (Bridget Allworthy), Angela Baddeley (Mrs Wilkins), Joyce Redman (Jenny Jones (Mrs. Waters)), Jack MacGowran (Partridge), Albert Finney (Tom Jones), Diane Cilento (Molly Seagrim), Wilfrid Lawson (Black George), John Moffatt (Square), Peter Bull (Thwackum), David Warner (Blifil),

    Historical drama gets a big raspberry from this irreverent tale of the life of an orphaned fellow. A breath of fresh air in its day, this now seems to have dated somewhat. A bag of 4 Oscars here.



    DVD
    04/05/2004
    £13.99
    U
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Runtime: 163


    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $26.98
    G
    Aspect: 2.20:1
    Runtime: 172
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1965
    My Fair Lady (USA 1964)
    Director: George Cukor
    Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (Prof. Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (Alfred Doolittle), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Pickering), Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Higgins), Jeremy Brett (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Theodore Bikel (Zoltan Karpathy), Mona Washbourne (Mrs. Pearce), Isobel Elsom (Mrs. Eynsford-Hill), Marjorie Bennett (Cockney with pipe), Henry Daniell (Prince Gregor),

    One of those movies I love to hate. Audrey is shrill and annoying, but then she's meant to be. Harrison is a chauvenist of the finest order, perhaps they deserve eachother... Contrived to nab 8 Oscars though.



    DVD
    11/28/2005
    £22.99
    U


    DVD
    08/13/2002
    $19.98
    G
    Aspect: 2.20:1


    DVD
    11/15/2005
    $26.98
    G
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1966
    Sound of Music (USA 1965)
    Director: Robert Wise
    Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher Plummer (Baron Von Trapp), Richard Haydn (Max Detweiler), Peggy Wood (Mother Abbess), Anna Lee (Sister Margaretta), Portia Nelson (Sister Berthe), Ben Wright (Herr Zeller), Daniel Truhitte (Rolfe), Norma Varden (Frau Schmidt), Marni Nixon (Sister Sophia), Gil Stuart (Franz),

    I had to be bound and gagged in order to sit through this, but the film does have a legion of fans, so who am I to pass judgment? I note that some of the songs are tolerable; if you've managed to go your entire life without them being played to death. I always root for the Wehrmacht.



    DVD
    02/12/2007
    £12.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Runtime: 116


    DVD
    01/26/1999
    $27.95
    G
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 120
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1967
    A Man for All Seasons (UK 1966)
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More), Wendy Hiller (Alice More), Leo McKern (Thomas Cromwell), Robert Shaw (Henry VIII), Orson Welles (Cardinal Wolsey), Susannah York (Margaret More), Nigel Davenport (The Duke of Norfolk), John Hurt (Richard Rich), Corin Redgrave (William Roper), Colin Blakely (Matthew), Cyril Luckham (Archbishop Cranmer),

    Sir Thomas More sticks to his Catholic guns in the face of a King seeking a divorce by any means. Magnificent tale of monarchs and morals that could only have one outcome. 6 Oscars.



    DVD
    02/03/2003
    £15.99
    15
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Runtime: 105


    DVD
    01/09/2001
    $19.98
    NR
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 109
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1968
    In the Heat of the Night (USA 1967)
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Sidney Poitier (Virgil Tibbs), Rod Steiger (Bill Gillespie), Warren Oates (Sam Wood), Lee Grant (Mrs. Leslie Colbert), Larry Gates (Eric Endicott), James Patterson (Mr. Purdy), William Schallert (Mayor Schubert), Beah Richards (Mama Caleba), Peter Whitney (George Courtney), Buzz Barton (Conductor), Matt Clark (Packy Harrison),

    Entertaining clash of prejudice in this murder mystery with top-notch performances from Poitier and Steiger. A clutch of 5 Oscars.



    DVD
    02/06/2006
    £19.99
    U
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 144


    DVD
    08/12/1998
    $19.94
    G
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 146
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1969
    Oliver! (UK 1968)
    Director: Carol Reed
    Ron Moody (Fagin), Shani Wallis (Nancy), Oliver Reed (Bill Sykes), Harry Secombe (Mr. Bumble), Mark Lester (Oliver Twist), Jack Wild (The Artful Dodger), Hugh Griffith (The Magistrate), Joseph O'Conor (Mr. Brownlow), Peggy Mount (Widow Corney), Leonard Rossiter (Mr. Sowerberry), Hylda Baker (Mrs. Sowerberry),

    Noisy and exhuberrant adaptation of Dickens. Annoying, but you'll find yourself singing along. 5 Oscars.



    DVD
    01/01/2000
    $24.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    02/21/2006
    $29.95
    X
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1970
    Midnight Cowboy (USA 1969)
    Director: John Schlesinger
    Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo), Jon Voight (Joe Buck), Sylvia Miles (Cass), John McGiver (Mr. O'Daniel), Brenda Vaccaro (Shirley), Barnard Hughes (Towny), Ruth White (Sally Buck), Jennifer Salt (Crazy Annie), Gilman Rankin (Woodsy Niles), Bob Balaban (Young Student), Paul Benjamin (Bartender),

    Tale of two losers, although one doesn't know he's a loser, trying to make their way in an unforgiving New York. Awesome performances from the entire cast, especially Brenda Vaccaro, and a beautiful score from John Barry, highlight the sort of film they don't make anymore.



    DVD
    07/05/2004
    £17.99
    PG


    DVD
    11/02/1999
    $19.98
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    11/06/2001
    $29.98
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1971
    Patton (USA 1970)
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    George C. Scott (Gen. George S. Patton), Karl Malden (Gen. Omar Bradley), Stephen Young (Captain Hansen), Michael Strong (Brig. General Hobart Carver), Cary Loftin (Gen. Bradley's driver), Albert Dumortier (Moroccan Minister), Frank Latimore (Lt. Col. Henry Davenport), Morgan Paull (Capt. Richard N. Jenson), Karl Michel Vogler (Field Marshal Rommel), Peter Barkworth (Col. John Welkin), John Barrie (Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Coningham),

    1971 Academy Award winner for Best film, Scott got one too, but turned it down. Astonishingly good biopic of gung-ho Patton. Malden is excellent in support too. Make up your own mind as to whether Patton or Montgomery were right in their choice of tactics. Did I mention one of Jerry Goldsmith's best ever music scores too?



    DVD
    03/06/2006
    £9.99
    18
    Runtime: 99


    DVD
    09/25/2001
    $26.09
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1972
    French Connection (USA 1971)
    Director: William Friedkin
    Gene Hackman (Popeye Doyle), Fernando Rey (Alain Charnier), Roy Scheider (Buddy Russo), Marcel Bozzuffi (Pierre Nicoli), Eddie Egan (Simonson), Arlene Farber (Angie Boca), Sonny Grosso (Klein), Tony LoBianco (Sal Boca), Alan Weeks (Drug Pusher), Robert Weil (Auctioneer),

    Study of a boorish single-minded detective on the trail of a drug king-pin. Welcome to the 70s. Along with Dirty Harry, set the template for all cop dramas from here on in. 5 visits from Oscar.



    DVD
    05/11/2004
    $19.99
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1973
    The Godfather (USA 1971)
    Director: Francis Coppola
    Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Richard Castellano (Clemenza), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Sterling Hayden (Captain McCluskey), John Marley (Jack Woltz), Richard Conte (Barzini), Al Lettieri (Sollozzo), Diane Keaton (Kay), Abe Vigoda (Tessio),

    The original film strikes out on its own. One of the best films of all time. A soap opera par excellence with gore.



    DVD
    11/28/2005
    £19.99
    PG


    DVD
    03/31/1998
    $24.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    09/06/2005
    $26.98
    PG


    HD
    01/16/2007
    $29.98
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1974
    The Sting (USA 1973)
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Paul Newman (Henry Gondorff), Robert Redford (Johnny Hooker), Robert Shaw (Doyle Lonnegan), Charles Durning (Lieutenant William Snyder), Ray Walston (J.J. Singleton), Eileen Brennan (Billie), Harold Gould (Kid Twist), John Heffernan (Niles), Dana Elcar (F.B.I. Agent Polk), Jack Kehoe (Erie Kid), Dimitra Arliss (Loretta),

    Reunion for the Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid team of Redford, Newman and director, Hill, this time plopped into 1930s Chicago and planning to con an old adversary. Opulent and entertaining if not quite up to the earlier film. Awesome Scott Joplin tinkly piano bits on the soundtrack too. Highly recommended.



    DVD
    09/27/2004
    £17.99
    18
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 190


    DVD
    05/24/2005
    $14.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 200
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1975
    The Godfather Part 2 (USA 1974)
    Director: Francis Coppola
    Danny Aiello (Tony Rosato), John Aprea (Young Tessio), Carmen Argenziano (michaels buttonman #2), Kathleen Beller (Girl in "Senza Mamma"), William Bowers (Senate Committee Chairman), Richard Bright (Al Neri), James Caan (Sonny), Carmine Caridi (Carmine Rosato), John Cazale (Fredo), Dominic Chianese (Johnny Ola), Sofia Coppola (Child uncredited),

    Extension of Coppola's earlier Oscar winner is just as good, looking back on the early life of a mafia Don.



    DVD
    08/07/2006
    £8.99
    18
    Runtime: 128


    DVD
    12/16/1997
    $24.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    09/24/2002
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 133
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1976
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (USA 1975)
    Director: Milos Forman
    Michael Berryman (Ellis), Peter Brocco (Col. Matterson), Dean R. Brooks (Dr. Spivey), Alonzo Brown (Miller), Scatman Crothers (Turkle), Mwako Cumbuka (Warren), Danny DeVito (Martini), William Duell (Sefelt), Josip Elic (Bancini), Lan Fendors (Nurse Itsu), Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched),

    Story of a loose cannon who arrives at the local psychiatric hospital and the battle of wills involving the head nurse. Wonderfully observed version of Ken Kesey's novel. By turns, funny, sad and ultimately liberating.



    DVD
    07/11/2001
    £19.99
    12
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Runtime: 114


    DVD
    12/05/2006
    $26.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 120


    DVD
    11/20/1997
    $24.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    04/24/2001
    $24.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1977
    Rocky (USA 1976)
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Talia Shire (Adrian), Burt Young (Paulie), Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed), Burgess Meredith (Mickey), Thayer David (Jergens), Joe Spinell (Gazzo), Tony Burton (Apollo's trainer), Frank Stallone (Timekeeper),

    Boxing Underdog has his day. Key feel-good film of the 70s. Stallone has never been better cast.



    DVD
    07/05/2000
    $19.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1978
    Annie Hall (USA 1977)
    Director: Woody Allen
    Woody Allen (Alvy Singer), Beverly D'Angelo (Actress in Rob's TV Show), Colleen Dewhurst (Mom Hall), Shelley Duvall (Pam), John Glover (Actor Boy Friend), Jeff Goldblum (Lacey Party Guest), Shelley Hack (Street Stranger), John Dennis Johnston (L.A. Policeman), Carol Kane (Allison), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall), Alan Landers (Lacey Party Guest),

    Annie Hall is just such a gem a perfectly flawed romance, terrific gags and even if you have nothing in common with these people you'll feel the pain.



    DVD
    03/31/1998
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    09/06/2005
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    HD
    12/26/2006
    $29.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1979
    The Deer Hunter (USA 1978)
    Director: Michael Cimino
    Robert DeNiro (Michael), John Cazale (Stan), John Savage (Steven), Christopher Walken (Nick), Meryl Streep (Linda), George Dzundza (John), Chuck Aspegren (Axel), Shirley Stoler (Steven's Mother), Rutanya Alda (Angela), Pierre Segui (Julien Grinda), Joe Grifasi (Bandleader),

    The lives of a group of friends are forever changed by the Vietnam experience. Astonishing encapsulation of the effects of war on society. Cimino has directed one of the very best films on the American experience. Harrowing film boasts perfect performances. Very highly recommended.



    DVD
    05/08/2006
    £5.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    08/28/2001
    $24.95
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1980
    Kramer vs. Kramer (USA 1979)
    Director: George Benton
    Jane Alexander (Margaret Phelps), George Coe (Jim O'Connor), Howard Duff (John Shaunessy), Justin Henry (Billy Kramer), Dustin Hoffman (Ted Kramer), Joe Seneca (Partygoer), Meryl Streep (Joanna Kramer), JoBeth Williams (Phyllis Bernard), Howland Chamberlin (Judge Atkins),

    Scenes from a nasty divorce. Spectacularly played by Hoffman and Streep. Had a novelty value in 1979, but methinks such things have become too commonplace making this redundant.


    DVD
    08/14/2001
    $29.99
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1981
    Ordinary People (USA 1981)
    Director: Robert Redford
    Adam Baldwin (Stillman), Judd Hirsch (Berger), Timothy Hutton (Conrad), Dinah Manoff (Karen), Elizabeth McGovern (Jeannine), Mary Tyler Moore (Beth), Donald Sutherland (Calvin), M. Emmet Walsh (Swim Coach), Basil Hoffman (Sloan), Mariclare Costello (Audrey), Meg Mundy (Grandmother),


    DVD
    03/06/2006
    £19.99
    U
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    08/22/1997
    $24.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    02/01/2005
    $26.99
    PG
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1982
    Chariots of Fire (UK 1981)
    Director: Hugh Hudson
    Ben Cross (Harold Abrahams), Ian Charleson (Eric Liddell), Ian Holm (Sam Mussabini), Alice Krige (Sybil), Nicholas Farrell (Aubrey Montague), Cheryl Campbell (Jennie Liddell), John Gielgud (Master of Trinity), Lindsay Anderson (Master of Caius), Nigel Havers (Lord Andrew Lindsay), Daniel Gerroll (Henry Stallard), Nigel Davenport (Lord Birkenhead),

    Loaded two-disc release of the tale of two British athletes in the run up to the 1924 Paris Olympics. Lovingly created film is a little leisurely paced, but is a treasure. Parodies of the Vangelis scored slow-mo running may have done the feature some damage over the years. Highly recommended.



    DVD
    08/28/2001
    $24.95
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    02/20/2007
    $24.96
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1983
    Gandhi (UK 1983)
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Ian Bannen (Police Officer), Candice Bergen (Margaret Bourke-White), Michael Bryant (Secretary), Avis Bunnage (Colin's Mother), Norman Chancer (Reporter), Ian Charleson (Charlie Andrews), Geoffrey Chater (Government Advocate), Ernest Clark (Lord Hunter), John Clements (Advocate General), James Cossins (Brigadier), Daniel Day-Lewis (Youth),

    Loaded 2-disc version of Richard Attenborough's reverential biopic of the fellow who kicked the British out of India. Superb performance from Ben Kinglsey.


    DVD
    04/10/2001
    $29.99
    PG
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1984
    Terms of Endearment (USA 1983)
    Director: James L. Brooks
    Jeff Daniels (Flap Horton), Danny DeVito (Vernon Dahlart), Huckleberry Fox (Teddy), John Lithgow (Sam Burns), Shirley MacLaine (Aurora Greenway), Nancy Mette (Woman at Party), Jack Nicholson (Garrett Breedlove), Mary Kay Place (Doris), Debra Winger (Emma Horton),


    DVD
    10/14/2002
    £13.99
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 180


    DVD
    12/16/1997
    $24.98
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 153


    DVD
    09/24/2002
    $26.98
    PG
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 180
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1985
    Amadeus (USA 1984)
    Director: Milos Forman
    F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salieri), Tom Hulce (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Elizabeth Berridge (Constanze Mozart), Simon Callow (Emanuel Schikaneder), Roy Dotrice (Leopold Mozart), Christine Ebersole (Katerina Cavalieri), Jeffrey Jones (Joseph II), Charles Kay (Count Orsini-Rosenberg), Kenny Baker (Parody Commendatore), Lisabeth Bartlett (Papagena), Barbara Bryne (Frau Weber),

    Perfect fusion of film and music in this superb adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play. Rivalry between the obnoxious and childish Mozart and his nemesis Salieri is beautifully played out. Watch the requiem mass composition scene and see how film should be. 8 well-deserved Oscars.


    DVD
    02/29/2000
    $29.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1986
    Out of Africa (USA 1985)
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Malick Bowens (Farah), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Bror/Hans Von Blixen-Fineckel), Graham Crowden (Lord Belfield), Maryam D'Abo (), Michael Gough (Delamere), Suzanna Hamilton (Felicity), Iman (Mariammo), Rachel Kempson (Lady Belfield), Stephen Kinyanjui (Kinyanjui), Michael Kitchen (Berkeley), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Bror),


    DVD
    12/09/1997
    $24.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    03/23/1999
    $29.95
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    08/15/2000
    $19.95
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    06/05/2001
    $19.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    05/30/2006
    $24.96
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1987
    Platoon (USA 1986)
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Tom Berenger (Sgt. Barnes), Willem Dafoe (Sergeant Elias), Keith David (King), Johnny Depp (Lerner), Kevin Dillon (Bunny), Dale Dye (Captain Harris), Richard Edson (Sal), Reggie Johnson (Junior), Ivan Kane (Tony), John C. McGinley (Sergeant O'Nill), Mark Moses (Lt. Wolfe),

    Two-disc special edition treatment for Oliver Stone's superlative recreation of the 'Nam. Best ever performances from Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and remind yourself that Charlie Sheen was really something too before spending the rest of his life on tabloid magazine covers.


    DVD
    02/23/1999
    $29.98
    NR
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1988
    The Last Emperor (USA 1987)
    Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
    Joan Chen (Wan Jung), Dennis Dun (Big Li), Maggie Han (Eastern Jewel), John Lone (Pu Yi, adult), Lisa Lu (Tzu Hsui), Peter O'Toole (Reginald Johnston), Ying Ruocheng (Governor), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Amakasu), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Chang), Victor Wong (Chen Pao Shen), Ric Young (Interrogator),


    DVD
    01/01/2000
    $24.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    02/03/2004
    $19.95
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1989
    Rain Man (USA 1988)
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Ray Baker (Mr. Kelso), Tom Cruise (Charlie Babbitt), Valeria Golino (Susanna), Beth Grant (Mother at Farm House), Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt), Bonnie Hunt (Sally Dibbs (waitress)), Lucinda Jenney (Iris), Barry Levinson (Doctor (uncredited)), Jerry Molen (Dr. Bruner), Jack Murdock (John Mooney), Michael D. Roberts (Vern),

    A special edition of Rainman replacing the vanilla (and discontinued) one released in 2000



    DVD
    02/20/2006
    £15.99
    U


    DVD
    08/22/1997
    $19.98
    PG
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1990
    Driving Miss Daisy (USA 1989)
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Morgan Freeman (Hoke Colburn), Jessica Tandy (Daisy Werthan), Dan Aykroyd (Boolie Werthan), Patti Lupone (Florine Werthan), Esther Rolle (Idella), Joann Havrilla (Miss McClatchey), William Hall (Oscar), Alvin M. Sugarman (Dr. Well), Clarice F. Geigerman (Nonie), Muriel Moore (Miriam), Bob Hannah (Red Mitchell),

    Amiable tale of an aging Southern belle and her chauffeur, which occasionally touches on more painful issues of age and racism. The cast are great.



    DVD
    11/01/2004
    £39.99
    15


    DVD
    11/18/1998
    $29.99
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    01/26/1999
    $34.99
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1991
    Dances with Wolves (USA 1990)
    Director: Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner (Lieutenant Dunbar), Mary McDonnell (Stands With a Fist), Graham Greene (Kicking Bird), Rodney A. Grant (Wind in His Hair), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Ten Bears), Tantoo Cardinal (Black Shawl), Robert Pastorelli (Timmons), Charles Rocket (Lieutenant Elgin), Maury Chaykin (Major Fambrough), Annie Costner (Christine), Tom Everett (Sergeant Pepper),

    Reverential tale of white man's assimilation into native american culture. Costner pulls an ace. A nice nostalgia trip for those of us who were missing the western genre. Loaded three disc set.



    DVD
    02/20/2006
    £19.99
    18
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 113


    DVD
    07/15/1998
    $39.95
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1


    DVD
    08/24/2004
    $14.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.33:1
    Runtime: 118


    DVD
    08/21/2001
    $24.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 118


    DVD
    01/30/2007
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 118
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1992
    The Silence of the Lambs (USA 1991)
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling), Lawrence A. Bonney (FBI Instructor), Kasi Lemmons (Ardelia Mapp), Lawrence T. Wrentz (Agent Burroughs), Scott Glenn (Jack Crawford), Anthony Heald (Dr. Frederick Chilton), Frankie Faison (Barney), Don Brockett (Friendly Psychopath), Frank Seale (Brooding Psychopath), Stuart Rudin (Miggs), Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Hannibal Lecter),

    I was going to say "not strictly a horror film" - but it is! The genius is allowing the parallel stories of the two serial killers to exponentially increase the suspense of the whole. A perfect movie. A must-have DVD.



    DVD
    09/01/1998
    £16.99
    15
    Runtime: 125


    DVD
    08/22/1997
    $14.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 131


    DVD
    09/24/2002
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1993
    Unforgiven (USA 1992)
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood (William Munny), Gene Hackman (Little Bill Daggett), Morgan Freeman (Ned Logan), Richard Harris (English Bob), Jaimz Woolvett (The Schofield Kid), Saul Rubinek (W. W. Beauchamp), Frances Fisher (Strawberry Alice), Anna Thomson (Delilah Fitzgerald), Anthony James (Skinny Dubois),

    Grim, revisionist western, flawlessy done and acted, but there are better westerns...



    DVD
    03/09/2004
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 1.33:1


    DVD
    03/09/2004
    $79.99
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1994
    Schindler's List (USA 1993)
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler), Ben Kingsley (Itzhak Stern), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth), Caroline Goodall (Emilie Schindler), Jonathan Sagalle (Poldek Pfefferberg), Embeth Davidtz (Helen Hirsch), Malgoscha Gebel (Victoria Klonowska), Shmulik Levy (Wilek Chilowicz), Mark Ivanir (Marcel Goldberg), Beatrice Macola (Ingrid), Andrzej Seweryn (Julian Scherner),

    Spielberg grew up. 'Nuff said.



    DVD
    11/05/2001
    £15.99
    12
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    08/28/2001
    $29.98
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1995
    Forrest Gump (USA 1994)
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Rebecca Williams (Nurse at Park Bench), Sally Field (Mrs. Gump), Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest), Harold Herthum (Doctor), George Kelly (Barber), Bob Penny (Cronie), John Randall (Cronie), Sam Anderson (Principal), Margo Moorer (Louise), Ione M. Telech (Elderly Woman),

    Trials and tribulations of a simple fellow who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. Zemeckis' film, packed with technical wizardry will either warm your cockles or annoy the heck out you. Bagged 6 Oscars.



    DVD
    03/06/2006
    £22.99
    15
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    01/08/2002
    $29.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1996
    Braveheart (USA 1995)
    Director: Mel Gibson
    Mel Gibson (William Wallace), James Robinson (Young William), Sean Lawlor (Malcolm Wallace), Sandy Nelson (John Wallace), James Cosmo (Campbell), Sean McGinley (MacClannough), Alan Tall (Elder Stewart), Andrew Weir (Young Hamish), Gerda Stevenson (Mother MacClannough), Ralph Riach (Priest No. 1), Mhairi Calvey (Young Murron),

    Rousing 13th century historical epic concerning Highland's hero, William Wallace and his feud with the evil English. Action packed and extremely bloody. Gibson isn't too much of a sore thumb amidst the cream of the UK's grizzled character actors.



    DVD
    02/21/2005
    £22.99
    15
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 155


    DVD
    06/29/2004
    $19.99
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 160


    DVD
    03/25/1998
    $29.99
    R
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Runtime: 162
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1996
    The English Patient (UK 1997)
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Ralph Fiennes (Count Laszlo Almasy), Juliette Binoche (Hana), Willem Dafoe (Caravaggio), Kristen Scott Thomas (Katharine Clifton), Naveen Andrews (Kip), Colin Firth (Geoffrey Clifton), Julian Wadham (Madox), Jurgen Prochnow (Maj. Muller), Kevin Whately (Sgt. Hardy), Clive Merrison (Fenelon-Barnes), Simon Sherlock (pvt, desert train),

    Tale of illicit love bagged 9 Oscars. Beautifully put together with many astonishing scenes.



    DVD
    08/31/1999
    $24.98
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 194


    DVD
    01/08/2002
    $29.99
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 194


    DVD
    10/25/2005
    $29.99
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 194
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1998
    Titanic (USA 1997)
    Director: James Cameron
    Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson), Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Billy Zane (Cal Hockley), Kathy Bates (Molly Brown), Frances Fisher (Ruth DeWitt Bukater), Bernard Hill (Captain E.J. Smith), Jonathan Hyde (J. Bruce Ismay), Danny Nucci (Fabrizio De Rossi), David Warner (Spicer Lovejoy), Bill Paxton (Brock Lovett), Gloria Stuart (Rose DeWitt Bukater),

    Finally a loaded special edition of Cameron's soggy romantic drama. A film that people seem to love or hate (or even love to hate - although I note that a lot of its detractor's haven't actually seen it). I think the film is great cinema, ignore the romance (alright don't) and watch as a major tragedy unfolds with astonishing attention to detail before your eyes. Highly recommended.



    DVD
    02/02/2004
    £17.99
    15
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 119


    DVD
    08/10/1999
    $29.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    12/07/1999
    $39.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 1999
    Shakespeare in Love (USA 1998)
    Director: John Madden
    Joseph Fiennes (William Shakespeare), Gwyneth Paltrow (Voila De Lesseps), Judi Dench (Queen Elizabeth), Ben Affleck (Ned Alleyn), Colin Firth (Lord Wessex), Simon Callow (Sir Edmund Tilney, Master of the Re), Geoffrey Rush (Philip Henslowe), Tom Wilkinson (Hugh Fennyman), Steven O'Donnell (Lambert), Tim McMullen (Frees), Steven Beard (Makepeace, the Preacher),

    Winning tale of the romantic entanglements of ol' Will Shakespeare. Warm and funny period drama.



    DVD
    11/27/2000
    £19.99
    18
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Runtime: 117


    DVD
    01/02/2002
    $26.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2000
    American Beauty (USA 2000)
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (Carolyn Burnham), Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (Ricky Fitts), Mena Suvari (Angela Hayes), Peter Gallagher (Buddy Kane), Allison Janney (Barbara Fitts), Chris Cooper (Colonel Fitts), Scott Bakula (Jim Olmeyer), Sam Robards (Jim Berkley), Barry Del Sherman (Brad Dupree),

    Subversive slice of Americana, with Kevin Spacey's midlife crisis becoming, well, critical.



    DVD
    09/12/2005
    £19.99
    15


    DVD
    $24.95
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    11/21/2000
    $29.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    08/23/2005
    $39.99
    R
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2001
    Gladiator (USA 2000)
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Russell Crowe (Maximus), Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus), Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Oliver Reed (Proximo), Richard Harris (Marcus Aurelius), Derek Jacobi (Gracchus), Djimon Hounsou (Juba), David Schofield (Falco), John Shrapnel (Gaius), Tomas Arana (Quintus), Ralph Moeller (Hagen),

    Loaded-beyond-belief version of Ridley Scott's sword and sandal epic. 17 extra minutes of film re-incorporated and oodles of making-of featurettes. A must have for afficianados. Perfect cinema. Highly recommended.



    DVD
    06/19/2006
    £19.99
    12
    Aspect: 1.78:1


    DVD
    06/25/2002
    $29.98
    PG-13
    Aspect: 1.85:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2002
    A Beautiful Mind (USA 2001)
    Director: Ron Howard
    Russell Crowe (John Forbes Nash jr.), Ed Harris (William Parcher), Jennifer Connelly (Alicia Larde Nash), Christopher Plummer (Dr. Rosen), Paul Bettany (Charles Herman), Adam Goldberg (Sol), Josh Lucas (Hansen), Anthony Rapp (Bender), Jason Gray-Stanford (Ainsley Nielsen?), Judd Hirsch (Helinger), Austin Pendleton (Thomas King),

    Mathematical genius has other peculiar mental problems. Worthy true-life case study. Great performances from Crowe and Bettany. Not quite sure I feel it was the best film of the year though.



    DVD
    12/20/2005
    $29.99
    PG-13
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2003
    Chicago (USA 2002)
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Taye Diggs (Bandleader), Cliff Saunders (Stage Manager), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly), Renee Zellweger (Roxie Hart), Dominic West (Fred Casely), Jayne Eastwood (Mrs Borusewicz), Bruce Beaton (Police Photographer), Roman Podhora (Sergeant Fogerty), John C. Reilly (Amos Hart), Colm Feore (Harrison), Rob Smith (Newspaper photogrpaher),

    Well done version of Bob Fosse's murder-musical extravaganza. Renee Zellweger is a standout in an excellent cast. Re-released DVD contains an extra song, Class, commentaries etcetera.



    DVD
    12/10/2004
    £35.99
    12
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 250


    DVD
    05/25/2004
    £14.99
    12
    Aspect: 1.78:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 192


    DVD
    05/25/2004
    $29.95
    PG13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 200


    DVD
    12/14/2004
    $39.99
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Anamorphic
    Runtime: 250
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2004
    Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King (NZ 2003)
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Noel Appleby (Everard Proudfoot), Alexandra Astin (Elanor Gamgee), Sean Astin (Sam), David Aston (Gondorian Soldier#3), John Bach (Madril), Sean Bean (Boromir), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Billy Boyd (Pippin), Sadwyn Brophy (Eldarion), Alistair Browning (Damrod),

    I was disappointed when I saw this at the cinema. Not because it was bad, but because there wouldn't be another to look forward to...Perhaps too many hobbits looking lovingly at eachother in the last 1/2 hour. Still the three films taken together, methinks, will be the greatest cinematic achievement in my lifetime. REALLY loaded four disc extended version - 50 extra minutes, folks.



    DVD
    07/12/2005
    $29.95
    PG13


    Blu Ray
    11/14/2006
    $28.95
    PG-13
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    HD
    04/18/2006
    $28.99
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2005
    Million Dollar Baby (USA 2004)
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood (Frankie Dunn), Hilary Swank (Maggie Fitzgerald), Morgan Freeman (Eddie Dupris), Jay Baruchel (Danger Barch), Mike Colter (Big Willie Little), Lucia Rijker (Billie The Blue Bear), Brian O'Byrne (Father Horvak), Anthony Mackie (Shawrelle Berry), Margo Martindale (Earline Fitzgerald), Riki Lindholm (Mardell Fitzgerald), Michael Pena (Omar),

    Clint Eastwood's Oscar winning tale of woman boxer, Swank. Terrific direction and performances but I've gone off this bi-polar film that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy then bludgeons you senseless. One of the first three titles released on HD DVD. I'd wait and see if I were you...



    DVD
    12/05/2005
    £19.99
    15
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    04/04/2006
    $26.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.35:1
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2006
    Crash (USA 2004)
    Director: Paul Haggis
    Karina Arroyave (Elizabeth), Dato Bakhtadze (Lucien), Sandra Bullock (Jean), Don Cheadle (Graham), Art Chudabala (Ken Ho), Sean Cory (Motorcycle Cop), Tony Danza (Fred), Keith David (Lt. Dixon), Loretta Devine (Shaniqua), Matt Dillon (Officer Ryan), Jennifer Esposito (Ria),

    Kaleidoscopic examination of race relations in the 2000s in Paul Haggis' Oscar winning film.



    DVD
    02/19/2007
    £23.99
    Aspect: 2.35:1


    DVD
    02/13/2007
    $34.98
    R
    Aspect: 2.40:1
    Runtime: 152


    Blu Ray
    02/13/2007
    $34.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.40:1
    Runtime: 151


    HD
    02/13/2007
    $39.99
    R
    Aspect: 2.40:1
    Runtime: 151
    Academy Award - Best Picture 2007
    The Departed (USA 2006)
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Leonardo DiCaprio (Billy Costigan), Matt Damon (Colin Sullivan), Jack Nicholson (Frank Costello), Martin Sheen (Oliver Queenan), Vera Farmiga (Madeleine), Mark Wahlberg (Dignam), Anthony Anderson (Brown), Ray Winstone (Mr French), Alec Baldwin (Ellerby),

    Scorsese produces another instant classic with this bloody and foul-mouthed tale of undercover cops and gangsters. Rivetting, but a cold, cold fim. Best Film, Best Director.