A chance encounter with a distant family he hardly knows is a life-changing experience for Daniel, who attends a reunion with his parents and ends up drawn into alluring, unfamiliar territory. Steven Poliakoff's exciting drama, Almost Strangers, follows Daniel's sincere attempts to help his glamorous aunt and cousins - efforts which inevitably backfire. Stars Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew Mcfadyen, Claire Skinner, and Toby Stephens
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Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece of aristocracy and romantic yearnings between the wars came to life a quarter-century ago, in one of television's best series, starring Jeremy Irons, Claire Bloom, Anthony Andrews, and Sir Laurence Olivier. Relive the epic drama of Brideshead Revisited in this special silver anniversary edition, including a new featurette, "Revisiting Brideshead," and interviews with many of the stars.
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The best-selling novelist offers four new dramas, featuring Robson Green, Emily Mortimer, Nigel Havers, and Amanda Root. In The Gambling Man, young Rory Conner rises from poverty to comfort, on his gambling skills and a secret web of lies. In The Glass Virgin, socialite Annabella Lagrange discovers, at 17, that her father is threatening to bankrupt her family, and her mother is a local prostitute. Plus The Dwelling Place and The Man Who Cried.
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Four beloved novels by Charles Dickens come to life in these acclaimed BBC productions, featuring some of Great Britain's most experienced actors, including Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, and Daniel Radcliffe. Relive the uplifting story of Dickens' favorite child, David Copperfield. Explore mysterious nooks and crannies in The Old Curiosity Shop. Sample the comic episodes of The Pickwick Papers and uncover dark family mysteries in Dombey and Son.
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Mrs. Trotter now reigns over her hard-won world as proprietor of the Bentinck, London's most elegant and discreet hotel. But as World War I breaks out, her generosity to British soldiers headed off to war threatens to bankrupt her in 16 new episodes from the popular British drama. Gemma Jones stars as the incomparable Louisa Leyton Trotter in the conclusion of John Hawkesworth's acclaimed Masterpiece Theatre series.
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Is it just the song, or does the power of love transcend the music? Gloomy Sunday won major German film awards, then ran for more than a year in Boston. The poignant, glowing tale of passion and pain in World War II-era Budapest, directed by Rolf Schubel, stars Stefano Dionisi, Joachim Krol, Ben Becker, and Erika Marozsan. In German with English subtitles. "A coup de theatre that is as daring as it is satisfying," writes the Los Angeles Times.
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A devoted wife in a small French mining town fears her husband is having an affair with her younger sister, and struggles to save her failing marriage, in this award-winning film from director Frederic Fonteyne. Emmanuelle Devos shimmers as the heroine in the haunting tale of love, sexual obsession, and betrayal. Gilles' Wife is an altogether extraordinary piece of work, writes critic Leonard Maltin.
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Five of his popular films capture the breadth and unique talents of Jimmy Stewart's long career. From The Stratton Story (1949) to The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), the rangy actor never missed a beat, from Westerns to dramas to comedies and sophisticated satires. The collection also includes The Naked Spur (1953), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), and The FBI Story (1959). Each disc contains trailers and short films, some with cartoons.
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Thomas Hardy's last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure recounts the life of a poor stone carver, Jude Fawley, who escapes a loveless arranged marriage for a scandalous liaison with his cousin. The BBC presentation for Masterpiece Theatre stars Robert Powell, Fiona Walker, John Franklin-Robbins, and Daphne Heard.
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After the series ended its long TV run, Little House on the Prairie returned with three movies, created by series producer/star Michael Landon. In Look Back to Yesterday, Bless All the Dear Children, and The Last Farewell, the Ingalls family and their friends regroup for more heartwarming drama. The set features interviews with series star Melissa Gilbert and a documentary, "Farewell to Walnut Grove," about the final end of the story.
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Christopher Anderson is an American trying to do his job, developing a country house near London into a new business school for his U.S. corporate bosses. But the staff and their jealously-guarded collection of photographs have other ideas, and they're not the most helpful kind. Stephen Poliakoff's revealing BBC drama stars Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Liam Cunningham, and Andy Serkis.
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Daphne Du Maurier's exciting pirate adventure comes to life in this Masterpiece Theatre presentation. It is the British era of the Restoration, and Dona St. Columb flees her husband for the peace and solitude of her Cornwall estate. Instead, she finds French pirates have occupied the town, and one of them has taken over her family's home. Tara Fitzgerald and Anthony Delon star in this stylish tale of love and betrayal.
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Based on a true story, this Masterpiece Theatre presentation of Aristocrats paints an intimate portrait of 18th-century upper-class life in England and Ireland. They were beautiful sisters, a king's great-granddaughter, wives of politicians and peers. But Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox were also well-educated, strong-minded, prone to unconventional idea and even scandal. Based on Stella Tillyard's notable biography.
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Casanova is the world's most notorious lover, addicted to the pleasures of the flesh. From his glamorous youth in Venice to his old age in an obscure castle, Casanova (played by David Tennant and Peter O'Toole) travels the world, loving many, but unable to find true happiness without the married Henriette (Laura Fraser). An encounter brings back memories as Casanova is dying, and he desperately attempts to see Henriette once more.
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Clive Owen stars in this suspense-filled thriller about British counterfeiters and the detectives determined to uncover their misdeeds. Based on the true story that nearly toppled the British government, The Magician unveils the criminal masterminds who almost accomplished the impossible: flooding the market with fake currency and undermining the entire British economy. Also starring Jay Acovone.
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Chief Inspector Barnaby tackles his toughest cases in this darkly humorous collection of British mysteries from novelist Caroline Graham.
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Midsomer's cozy villages may look idyllic, but DCI Barnaby knows well-trimmed hedges are simply camouflage, for murder. John Nettles stars as Barnaby in these contemporary British mysteries based on Caroline Graham's novels. "Strangler's Wood" (Set I) turns up the bizarre killing of a beautiful Brazilian. In Set II, Upper Marshwood's fox hunters trap a fleeing tramp in "Death of a Stranger" but who really killed him? Eight tales in all.
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Sir Laurence Olivier was called the 20th century's greatest actor, from Shakespeare on stage to the silver screen in a career spanning six decades. Less widely known today are the five films he directed in the 1940s, including three Shakespeare adaptations. The standard by which others are judged, they rank among the best ever filmed. Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III are presented here in a masterful collection from the master himself.
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$ 159.95
Writer Vita Sackville-West and diplomat Harold Nicolson were together for 50 years, and by all accounts, deeply in love, but their marriage vows seemed to exclude either fidelity or discreet affairs. Janet McTeer and David Haig star in this tempestuous portrayal of a complex, scandal-wracked marriage, based on the extraordinary literary biography written by their son, Nigel Nicolson. Recommended for mature audiences.
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Revisit the timeless BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's romantic masterpiece, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, in this special limited 10th anniversary edition. In addition to the original 5-hour film and its classic features, enjoy the new 120-page illustrated companion book and a bonus DVD, featuring new interviews and a special biography of Jane Austen, all in a deluxe gold-embossed cloth slipcase.
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John Rebus is a hard-drinking, flawed, brilliant detective in modern Edinburgh. Together with eager sidekick Siobhan Clarke, Inspector Rebus tracks violent death through twisting Scottish streets, from the gritty novels of Ian Rankin. In "The Falls," Rebus and Clarke trail a serial killer whose trademark is bafflingly bizarre. In "Fleshmarket Close," the pair invades the city's Kosovan immigrant community in search of a missing seamstress.
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He was more than just another handsome face. Ronald Reagan, whose greatest role was U.S. president in the 1980s, started out in Hollywood as a very successful actor in the 1930s and 1940s. Films collected here include Knute Rockne All American (1940), Kings Row (1942), The Hasty Heart (1949), Storm Warning (1951), and The Winning Team (1952). Each disc contains special features, ranging from cartoons to theatrical trailers and short films.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tale of adultery and revenge made its sound-version debut on the silver screen in 1934, offered in home-video format for the first time. Director Robert Vignola adapted the story of an out-of-wedlock child and Hester Prynne, her ostracized mother, in Puritan New England, forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" for all to know her shame. The demented Chillingworth is one of the great early movie villains.
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Englishman Guy Crouchback (Daniel Craig) is the hero in this brilliant adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's three satirical novels about World War II. Crouchback, disillusioned after a shattering divorce, goes off to seek new purpose by fighting the Nazis. Romance emerges once again, but injustice isn't just on the enemy side, as he soon finds out, and his idealism turns into a fascination with the absurdity of modern life.
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Michael Anderson lives life on the edge, an overstressed corporate lawyer whose tightly-wound inner springs finally burst under the pent-up pressures of home and office. But Anderson's moment of madness and mayhem leads to a hell of cover-up and denial, with irredeemable consequences for himself, his family, and his friends. Clive Owen stars in the relentless psychological thriller Split Second.
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Sometimes it's a question of who is being conned: the target or the con man? 7 Times Lucky is a dramatic thriller about a con artist who loses the boss's money and then hatches a daring scheme to get it back, and more. Kevin Pollak and Liane Balaban star as the determined thieves whose simple plan takes an unexpected, hair-rasing detour-into life-threatening territory. "A dizzyingly elaborate, adroit neo-noir," writes the Los Angeles Times.
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British soldiers prepare to rush the German army at the Battle of the Somme, 1916, in this gripping wartime drama. But surrounded by snipers, with artillery shells bursting overhead, frightened young men must wait for agonizing hours, until the signal is given, in The Trench. Outside, the hellish maelstrom of destiny and death await. Who will survive? "Emotionally powerful ... gripping and intense," writes Variety.
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Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad live in a wondrous world much like our own, but their gleeful songs and merry adventures are an enchanted page straight out of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book, The Wind in the Willows. This immensely entertaining 1983 film follows our heroes from Toad Hall to the Wild Wood, with eye-catching stop-motion animation and faithful dialogue.
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Mole, Toad, Badger, and Rat regroup in this original animated film, based on the characters from Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows. After a party of tea and scones, Toad is kidnapped during a pleasant outing on the river, and it's all the fault of the devilish Weasel, who wants to take over Toad Hall, using an impostor. Can Rat, Badger, and Mole save the day?
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Kenneth Grahame's classic book, The Wind in the Willows, has delighted young readers for decades. The television series faithfully re-created Mole End, Toad Hall, and the Wild Wood in spellbinding stop-motion animation. In the first season's 13 episodes, characters Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger seek the simple pleasures of life, away from those pesky weasels, in a music-filled family masterpiece.
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