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A Run for Your Money
Alec Guinness, Donald Houston, Moira Lister e Hugh Griffith sono i protagonisti di questo classico della bizzarria gallese nominato ai BAFTA dagli Ealing Studios. Realizzato durante il periodo d'oro del dopoguerra, A Run for Your Money fu diretto da Charles Frend ed è qui presentato in una rimasterizzazione in alta definizione da elementi originali del film nel suo formato originale.Dai Numero 9 e suo fratello Twm vincono un concorso sui giornali: 100 sterline ciascuno e un viaggio a Londra per vedere il Galles giocare contro l'Inghilterra a Twickenham. Ma quando i due collier arrivano a Paddington, perdono il loro contatto e si imbattono in un'attraente bionda che, per caso, sente che sono in bolletta... -
Honeymoon
Zavvi - La casa della cultura popUltima voce del famoso ciclo di film sul balletto di Michael Powell, questa coproduzione inglese/spagnola, raramente vista, riunisce Powell con gli ex allievi di The Red Shoes e Oh... Rosalinda!!, con Ludmilla Tcherina e Leonide Massine protagonisti insieme al ballerino di flamenco di fama mondiale Antonio e al protagonista inglese Anthony Steel.Con immagini mozzafiato della Spagna, girate in Technicolor e Technirama dal direttore della fotografia premio Oscar Georges Perinal, e partiture di balletto dirette da Sir Thomas Beecham, il film uscì in Europa nel 1959 come Luna de Miel e in Gran Bretagna tre anni dopo come Honeymoon. È presentato qui in un nuovissimo trasferimento in alta definizione da elementi originali del film nel suo formato originale.Kit e Anna, una coppia ricca e felice, stanno girando la soleggiata Spagna in una Bentley aperta nella loro favolosa luna di miele. Ma Anna è una prima ballerina che ha rinunciato alla sua carriera per il matrimonio, una situazione che il focoso ballerino spagnolo Antonio trova intollerabile! -
The Dove
Zavvi - La casa della cultura popUn edificante dramma familiare basato sulle esperienze di vita reale di Robin Lee Graham che, all'età di sedici anni, ha iniziato una circumnavigazione in solitaria del mondo nella sua piccola barca - la persona più giovane ad averlo mai fatto. Con una splendida fotografia di Sven Nykvist, frequente collaboratore di Ingmar Berman, e una bellissima colonna sonora di John Barry, The Dove ha ricevuto una prestigiosa Royal World Charity Premiere nel Regno Unito. È presentato qui come una nuovissima rimasterizzazione in alta definizione da elementi originali del film nel suo formato originale Panavision.Un ragazzo che ha abbandonato la scuola superiore parte dalla California per circumnavigare il mondo con il suo sloop di 23 piedi, The Dove. È un viaggio che ha richiesto cinque anni per essere completato - cinque anni di lotta contro gli elementi, solitudine, mari pericolosi e terribili difficoltà, ma è stato un viaggio che ha trasformato un ragazzo in un uomo. Un uomo che ha trovato avventura, libertà e amore.Caratteristiche specialiTrailer teatraleDove Tales: un breve ricordo dell'assistente del regista Rosemary MarksGalleria di immagini -
The Playboy of the Western World
Brian Desmond Hurst adatta e dirige la commedia scandalosa di JM Synge in quello che sarà l'ultimo film di una carriera di grande successo che risale alla metà degli anni 30. Con la splendida fotografia della contea di Kerry del pluripremiato premio Oscar Geoffrey Unsworth e una memorabile colonna sonora dell'influente compositore Seán Ó Riada, The Playboy of the Western World ha come protagonisti Siobhán McKenna e Gary Raymond insieme a una serie di attori dell'Abbey Theatre di Dublino. È presentato qui come una nuovissima rimasterizzazione in alta definizione da elementi originali del film nel suo rapporto d'aspetto originale del cinema.Stanco e scarmigliato, Christy Mahon inciampa in una locanda remota sulla costa irlandese e racconta a chiunque lo ascolti come ha ucciso il suo padre tiranno con una vanga. Mentre affascina la gente del posto e incanta le ragazze, la sua storia cresce nel suo racconto... fino al giorno in cui il padre di Christy si fa vivo - e non è così morto come ci si aspettava!CARATTERISTICHE SPECIALI:L'uomo che giocava a fare il playboy: 2021 intervista con Gary RaymondTrailer teatraleGalleria di immagini -
Behind the Mask
Michael Redgrave gives a striking performance as a distinguished surgeon fighting against the depersonalisation of progress in this engrossing medical drama from director Brian Desmond Hurst. Also featuring Niall MacGinnis, Tony Britton, Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave in her film debut, Behind the Mask is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Backroom rivalry at the Graftondale Royal Hospital surgical unit is unspoken but self-evident. Sir Arthur Gray, a staunch traditionalist, is determined to keep things going his way in spite of his rival's ambitions to turn the hospital into a laboratory . Then, while carrying out a delicate heart operation, Sir Arthur has a momentary blackout. -
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Un dramma d'avventura pieno d'azione ambientato nell'estate del 1588, The Devil-Ship Pirates ha come protagonista Christopher Lee in una memorabile interpretazione del malvagio capitano di un corsaro spagnolo. Elegantemente diretto da Don Sharp - e uno dei numerosi film di cappa e spada realizzati dalla Hammer negli anni '60 - è qui presentato in un restauro in alta definizione da elementi originali della pellicola nel suo formato Hammerscope, come mostrato in sala.Mentre la flotta britannica è impegnata in una battaglia disperata con l'Armada, un vascello spagnolo, il Diablo, si ferma in un'insenatura solitaria sulla costa della Cornovaglia per riparazioni di emergenza. Trovando un villaggio vicino, gli spagnoli terrorizzano la popolazione locale e prendono le ragazze del villaggio come ostaggi. -
Insignificance
Un tour de force artistico del pluripremiato regista Nicolas Roeg, Insignificance rimane uno dei film più convincenti e idiosincratici di Roeg. Un adattamento distintivo dell'acclamata opera teatrale di Terry Johnson, con interpretazioni bravura di Theresa Russell, Michael Emil, Gary Busey e Tony Curtis ed è qui presentato in un nuovissimo trasferimento in alta definizione da elementi originali del film nel suo formato originale.In una calda notte del 1954, un professore, un'attrice, un senatore e un giocatore di baseball convergono in un hotel di New York, le loro interazioni si muovono fluidamente attraverso il tempo in una favola post-bellica che può solo finire in distruzione. O forse sì? -
Futtocks End and Other Short Stories
A notable presence in the British film industry for several decades and a key director of 1970s film comedies – including outings for Frankie Howerd, Alf Garnett and Danny la Rue – Bob Kellett also produced four of the funniest short films ever made for British cinema. Starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Windsor, David Lodge, Wilfrid Brambell, Joan Sims and Michael Hordern, these films were wordless – their humour carried by performance, sound effects and music – and have all been newly restored in High Definition by Network's inhouse award-wining Restoration Team from original film elements in their original as-exhibited aspect ratio. -
Just Like a Woman
Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews star as a bickering couple going through an acrimonious separation in this swinging, offbeat comedy from producer Bob Kellett and idiosyncratic writer/director Robert Fuest. Also starring John Wood, Dennis Price, Miriam Karlin, Peter Jones and Clive Dunn, Just Like a Woman is presented here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that Scilla is a key part of the television show that Lewis produces. But while Lewis copes by picking up a passing starlet, Scilla indulges her passion for bathrooms by getting one custom-designed by an ex-Nazi architect! -
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion dollar globalised digital industry.Described as a 'love letter' to the movies, Cousins visits the key sites in the history of cinema; from Hollywood to Mumbai; from Hitchcock's London to the village where Pather Panchali was shot, and features interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors including Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Gus van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Claire Denis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, Jane Campion and Claudia Cardinale. -
Rentadick
Originally scripted by comedy legends John Cleese and Graham Chapman, this hilarious farce was the first of only two main features from cult director (and Oscar-winning editor) Jim Clark. Starring James Booth, Richard Briers and Richard Beckinsale as three hapless private investigators, Rentadick is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Armitage, a rich scientist, has problems. Not only is his luscious wife being pursued (and caught) by all and sundry, but his laboratory is under threat of industrial espionage. He engages private detectives to protect both his business and his wife, but the service he receives is certainly not what he was expecting! -
Young Wives' Tale
Joan Greenwood reprises her hit stage performance as a frustrated housewife in the film adaptation of this popular West End farce. Co-starring Nigel Patrick and Derek Farr – and showcasing a memorable early performance from Audrey Hepburn – Young Wives' Tale is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Compelled to live together due to the post-war housing shortage, the Pennants and the Bannings just about get along... but add in a brace of babies, a succession of nannies and a shy-but-pretty lodger, and the situation very soon starts to unravel! -
The Rainbow Jacket
Ealing Films' exciting horseracing drama features a memorable performance from Bill Owen as a jockey with a troubled past. Also starring Kay Walsh, Robert Morley and Wilfrid Hyde White, The Rainbow Jacket was filmed on many of the country's key racecourses – including Newmarket, Epsom and Sandown Park – and is featured here as a remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Sam Lilley, a champion jockey who lost his license, trains young George – a keen racegoer with ambitions to ride professionally. But when George gets his first race it comes down to a photo-finish – and Sam has bet heavily on the boy winning. -
Simon and Laura
Multiple-award-winning screen legend Peter Finch stars alongside Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow and Ian Carmichael in this whimsical satire on then-BBC programming that prefigures the current Reality TV landscape by fifty years! Adapted from Alan Melville's hit West End play and directed by Oscar-winner Muriel Box, Simon and Laura is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. A cunning idea for a new television programme showing the trials and tribulations of a famous married couple seems a surefire hit. But this perfect couple with their perfect life also argue, bicker and throw things at each other regularly when no-one is watching... Can they keep up their façade for the viewing millions? -
Windom's Way
Peter Finch delivers a BAFTA-nominated performance as a compassionate doctor caught up in escalating tensions between the native population and local police in this dramatic adaptation of James Ramsay Ullman's best-selling novel. Co-starring Mary Ure and directed by Ronald Neame, the multiple-award-nominated Windom's Way is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Dr Alec Windom cares for the local population in his remote practice in the Far East. When the exploited workers rebel against the colonial authorities the local police respond violently – and Windom is caught in the middle. -
Brief Encounter
Film legends Sophia Loren and Richard Burton star in this moody adaptation of Noel Coward's emotional tale about a chance meeting that progresses from friendship into an unexpected but impossible love. Directed by BAFTA-winning Alan Bridges and scripted by John Bowen (both of whom had worked to great acclaim on TV's Play for Today), Brief Encounter is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original widescreen theatrical aspect ratio as well as a legacy transfer of the as-filmed full-frame version. When a tiny piece of grit in Anna's eye leads to an unexpected meeting with Alec at the local railway station, neither of them could guess that what begins as a casual friendship could turn so easily into a tormenting relationship. -
Charley's (Big Hearted) Aunt
One of a series of hit wartime comedies starring Arthur Askey as everyone's favourite cheeky chappie, Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt co-stars Arthur's partner-in-crime, Stinker Murdoch, alongside Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. Energetically directed by Walter Forde (who would re-team with Askey and Murdoch a year later for The Ghost Train), this updated version of Brandon Thomas's uproarious farce is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Arthur, Stinker and Albert – a trio of reprobate students – are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming. After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon – the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy! -
Will Any Gentleman..?
Harking back to the phenomenally successful Aldwych Farces of the 1930s, Vernon Sylvaine's hilarious adaptation of his own hit West End play stars George Cole on top form as a bewildered bank clerk caught up in a series of unfortunate events! Directed by Oscar-nominated Michael Anderson and co-starring Veronica Hurst, Jon Pertwee, William Hartnell, Sid James and Joan Sims, Will Any Gentleman...? is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Strait-laced Henry Sterling's peaceful life is periodically shattered by his wastrel brother's antics. But when he attends a local theatre to pay his brother's bouncing cheque he stays to watch the show – and ends up being hypnotised into thinking he's a devil-may-care philanderer! -
A Touch of Love
Oscar-winning actor Sandy Dennis gives an acclaimed performance alongside Ian McKellen in this thoughtful 1960s drama about the complications arising from a young woman's sexual awakening. Written by Margaret Drabble from her own novel The Millstone, A Touch of Love is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Rosamund, a determined but unworldly student, accidentally becomes pregnant during a casual encounter. As the reality of her situation hits home, Rosamund seems locked into one of two unappealing options – until she decides that there's a third way. -
The Dark Eyes of London
The definitive British horror film and a worthy successor to his work on the Universal Monsters movies, screen icon Bela Lugosi takes centre stage as a demented scientist on a killing spree in The Dark Eyes of London – the first British film to receive the H censor rating for being Horrific for Public Exhibition . Adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace, this landmark British film is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.