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Hamlet (DVD): Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, Kate Winslet, Jack Lemmon, Billy... Hamlet (DVD)
Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, …
R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 In Stock

Director and star Kenneth Branagh brings another Shakespearean adaptation to the screen. Hamlet (Branagh), Prince of Denmark, vows revenge when informed by the ghost of his murdered father (Brian Blessed) that the present king Claudius (Derek Jacobi) was responsible. Spurning the romantic advances of his sweetheart Ophelia (Kate Winslet), Hamlet attempts to open the eyes of his mother Gertrude (Julie Christie), whom Claudius has now wed. However, Hamlet's procrastination when it comes to killing Claudius costs more lives.

The Words of Gandhi (Paperback, 2nd ed): Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Attenborough The Words of Gandhi (Paperback, 2nd ed)
Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Attenborough
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were during his long and inspiring life. His enlightening thoughts and beliefs, especially on violence and the atomic bomb, reveal his eloquent foresight about our contemporary world. The words of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century, chosen by the award-winning director Richard Attenborough from Gandhi's letters, speeches, and published writings, explore the prophet's timeless thoughts on daily life, cooperation, nonviolence, faith, and peace.

This bestselling volume includes an introduction by Attenborough and an afterword by Time magazine Senior Foreign Correspondent Johanna McGeary that places Gandhi's life and work in the historical context of the twentieth century. This book and the film Gandhi were the result of producer/director Richard Attenborough's long commitment to keeping alive the flame of Gandhi's spiritual achievement and the wisdom of his actions and his words. They are the wisdom and words of peace. Also included are twenty striking historical photographs, specially selected from the archives at the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi, that capture the important personal, political, and spiritual aspects of Gandhi's career.

The Railway Children (DVD): Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Richard Attenborough, Gregor Fisher, Jemima Rooper, Jack Blumenau,... The Railway Children (DVD)
Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Richard Attenborough, Gregor Fisher, Jemima Rooper, …
R307 R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Save R156 (51%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Made-for-television film adaptation of Edith Nesbit' s classic novel. When their father (Michael Kitchen) is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying, young Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are forced to move to Yorkshire with their mother (Jenny Agutter, who played Bobbie in the 1971 film version). The local railway provides a useful focus for them, and they strike up a friendship with an elderly gentleman (Richard Attenborough) who vows to help them prove their father's innocence.

A Matter Of Life And Death (DVD): David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Abraham... A Matter Of Life And Death (DVD)
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Marius Goring, … 1
R436 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R191 (44%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

One night over Europe, a crippled Lancaster Bomber struggles home across the English Channel, all crew dead except for the young pilot (David Niven) desperately scanning the radio for signs of life. A young radio operator picks up his signal, and in the final moments of the young flyer's life, a special bond is formed. The next morning, washed up on an English beach, the pilot is alive and somehow he survived. It's a miracle...or is it?

Guns at Batasi (Blu-ray disc): Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton, Mia Farrow, Cecil Parker, Errol... Guns at Batasi (Blu-ray disc)
Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton, Mia Farrow, …
R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Richard Attenborough stars in this 1960s British military drama based on the novel by Robert Holles. When British Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Attenborough) is sent to a military outpost in Africa with orders to keep the peace during a changeover in the local government, his troubles are compounded by the political views of contentious female officer Miss Barker-Wise (Flora Robson) and the amorous intentions of pretty young United Nations secretary Karen Eriksson (Mia Farrow).

The Powell and Pressburger Collection (DVD, Boxed set): David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Abraham Sofaer, Peter Finch,... The Powell and Pressburger Collection (DVD, Boxed set)
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Abraham Sofaer, Peter Finch, …
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Collection of eleven classic films from influential filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. 'The Battle of the River Plate' (1956) tells the true story of the famous 1939 naval battle. Hans Langsdorff (Peter Finch) is captaining the crack German battleship Graf Spee through the South Atlantic, unaware that a small number of lightweight British battle cruisers are hot on his trail. When the British cruisers manage to trap the powerful German ship in the Uruguayan harbour of Montevideo, they attempt to trick Langsdorff into believing that an entire battle fleet is waiting to destroy his vessel at sea. In 'A Canterbury Tale' (1944), a British sergeant, a land girl and a United States Army officer arrive at a Kent village on the same train. The newcomers are brought face to face with the bizarre menace causing bewilderment in the tight-knit community: someone is pouring glue onto the hair of girls who dare to venture out at night with visiting servicemen. Powell and Pressburger offered this 'propaganda' piece as their contribution to the war effort, but the authorities were unsure how its oddball tone would go down with the Allies. In '49th Parallel' (1941), Laurence Olivier and Leslie Howard are among the stars who try to prevent Nazi sailors, from a sunken U-Boat, reaching neutral USA through Canada in this classic war film, which was intended to persuade America to join World War II. Pressburger won an Academy Award for the story and the film was directed by Powell. In 'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945), a woman (Wendy Hiller) has always known what she wanted in life, and now she is about to marry a millionaire. But when she ends up stranded on a Hebredian island due to a storm, she begins to see things a little differently. 'Ill Met By Moonlight' (1957) was the final film created by Powell and Pressburger together. Set on the island of Crete during the Nazi occupation, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and David Oxley as British officers assigned to kidnap the German commander-in-chief General Kreipe (Marius Goring) and spirit him back to Cairo. If successful, the morale of the Germans would be weakened and the resistance would be stronger. But once he is captured, the British officers have to get him past German patrols at almost every turning. In 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (1943), stuffy ex-soldier Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) recalls his career which began as a dashing officer in the Boer War. As a young man he lost the woman he loved (Deborah Kerr, who plays three roles) to a Prussian officer (Anton Walbrook), whom he fought in a duel only to become lifelong friends with. Candy cannot help but feel that his notions of honour and chivalry are out of place in modern warfare. The film's title comes from 'Evening Standard' cartoonist David Low's satirical comic creation, Colonel Blimp. In 'The Red Shoes' (1948), ballet impressario Boris Lermontov (Walbrook) hires up-and-coming ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) and talented young composer Julian Craster (Goring) to work with him on a new ballet, an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story 'The Red Shoes'. The show is a great success and Victoria and Julian fall in love, but Boris is jealous and makes moves to spoil their happiness. 'A Matter of Life and Death' (1946) is a classic wartime propaganda movie, commissioned by the Ministry of Information, but turned into a fantastical allegory by the Archers, aka Powell and Pressburger. David Niven plays an RAF pilot who is ready to be picked up by the angels after bailing out of his plane. But an administrative error in Heaven leads to a temporary reprieve, during which he must prove his right to stay on Earth. A tribunal in heaven ensues to decide the case. In 'They're a Weird Mob' (1966), Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) is an Italian immigrant who arrives in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist on his cousin's magazine, only to find that when he gets there the magazine has folded, the cousin has done a runner and the money his cousin sent for the fare was borrowed from the daughter of the boss of a local construction firm. 'The Tales of Hoffman' (1951) is an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera and follows Hoffman's (Robert Rounseville) tales of his love for the doll Olympia, the courtesan Giuletta (Ludmilla Tcherina) and the frail diva Antonia (Anne Ayars), and of how his quest for the eternal woman was always thwarted by evil. Finally, in 'Black Narcissus' (1946), a group of British nuns are sent into the Himalayas to set up a mission in what was once the harem's quarters of an ancient palace. The clear mountain air, the unfamiliar culture and the unbridled sensuality of a young prince (Sabu) and his beggar-girl lover (Jean Simmons) begin to play havoc with the nuns' long-suppressed emotions. Whilst the young Mother Superior, Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), fights a losing battle for order, the jaunty David Farrar falls in love with her, sparking uncontrollable jealousy in another nun, Sister Ruth (Kathleen Byron).

Sea of Sand (DVD): Michael Craig, Barry Foster, Ray McAnally, John Gregson, Percy Herbert, George Murcell, Andrew Faulds,... Sea of Sand (DVD)
Michael Craig, Barry Foster, Ray McAnally, John Gregson, Percy Herbert, … 1
R307 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R95 (31%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

War drama starring Richard Attenborough, John Gregson and Michael Craig. Captain Williams (Gregson) is a martinet mine expert who undertakes to whip the hitherto lackadaisacal British Long Range Desert Group patrol into shape. This brings him into conflict with patrol leader Captain Cotton (Craig), but earns him the respect of hard-bitten trooper Brody (Attenborough). The wisdom of Williams' no-nonsense approach is demonstrated when the patrol is besieged by the highly-disciplined members of the German Afrika Korps.

A   Bridge Too Far (Blu-ray disc): Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Edward Fox, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Hardy Krüger, Ryan... A Bridge Too Far (Blu-ray disc)
Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Edward Fox, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, …
R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Richard Attenborough's star-studded account of the failed 1944 Arnheim assault. Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Robert Redford and Sean Connery are among those battling against insurmountable odds - foul weather, bad luck, negligence on the part of intelligence officers - to secure one of the bridges essential to the Allied advance into Germany. Gene Hackman, Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins also star. The screenplay is by William Goldman ('Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'All the President's Men').

In Which We Serve (DVD): Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Michael Wilding, Joyce Carey,... In Which We Serve (DVD)
Noël Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, …
R362 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R117 (32%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Noel Coward co-directed, wrote and starred in this patriotic World War II drama about a destroyer, told through flashbacks and the reminiscences of the surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed. Coward was awarded a Special Oscar for 'outstanding production achievement'. Also included is a 'making of' documentary.

Forgotten Woman - The Untold Story of Kastur Gandhi (Paperback): Arun Gandhi, Sunanda Gandhi Forgotten Woman - The Untold Story of Kastur Gandhi (Paperback)
Arun Gandhi, Sunanda Gandhi; Foreword by Lord Richard Attenborough
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Numerous books have been written about the legendary Mahatma Gandhi, the man who freed India, but nothing about the woman who shared his success and failures. Known simply as "Ba Chr(45) Mother" to millions of people in India, she is truly the forgotten woman, whom history has side-lined. The woman who shared Gandhi's loves, his sorrows, his triumphs and his tragedies. Together since childhood, she knew the flaws and human frailties of the man behind the legend. They say that behind each great man there is a woman, but Kastur was not the woman behind the man. She was the one who stood by his side, even being imprisoned with him on several occasions. She overcame many obstacles as she gave up a life of wealth for one of utter poverty. Other Gandhi biographers have written about the legend. This is the story of the human being - The husband, the father, the man, as seen through the eyes of his wife and grandson. It contains never-before-published photographs.

A Bridge Too Far (DVD): Sir Richard Attenborough A Bridge Too Far (DVD)
Sir Richard Attenborough; Starring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, … 4
R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

An epic film that re-creates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War 2, A Bridge Too Far is a spectacular war picture.

Painstakingly recreated; on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the biggest military gambles in history.

In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion. the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and even worse weather led to disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fears.

The Angry Silence (Blu-ray disc): Richard Attenborough, Oliver Reed, Russell Napier, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Norman Bird,... The Angry Silence (Blu-ray disc)
Richard Attenborough, Oliver Reed, Russell Napier, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, …
R491 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R65 (13%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Powerful drama about loyalties and the industrial workplace in early 60s Britain. Factory worker Tom Arnold (Richard Attenborough) does not share the same feelings as his fellow workers in a developing industrial dispute and refuses to go on strike with them. This results in him being 'sent to Coventry' by all concerned, including his best friend Joe Wallace (Michael Craig). The newspapers soon hear about this and the story becomes a matter of national concern, with many different parties trying to use Tom's stance to their own ends.

A   Chorus Line (DVD): Michael Douglas, Greg Burge, Vicki Frederick, Charles McGowan, Audrey Landers, Yamil Borges, Nicole... A Chorus Line (DVD)
Michael Douglas, Greg Burge, Vicki Frederick, Charles McGowan, Audrey Landers, …
R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Richard Attenborough's film version of the smash Broadway musical, in which dancers audition for an important new show in front of hard-bitten director Zach (Michael Douglas). The number of hopefuls is reduced to just sixteen and Zach asks each one to step into the spotlight to reveal their hopes and fears. Meanwhile, he has to contend with his own past when his ex-girlfriend turns up looking for a part in the show. Musical numbers include 'Dance Ten, Looks Three' and 'What I Did for Love'.

Brighton Rock (Blu-ray disc): Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh, Nigel Stock, George... Brighton Rock (Blu-ray disc)
Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh, Nigel Stock, …
R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Roy Boulton directs this classic adaptation of the Graham Greene novel detailing the activities of a group of thugs in 1930s Brighton. Pinkie Brown (Richard Attenborough) is the head of a gang of small time crooks who make their money from a protection racket centred around Brighton race course. Pinkie is known for his short fuse and brutality, so his murder of a rival, Fred (Alan Wheatley), is very much in character. Pinkie believes, nonetheless, that he has got away with the crime until the promptings of a suspicious local woman, Ida (Hermione Baddeley), threaten to have the case reopened. Since only one person can identify him as the murderer, the waitress, Rose Brown (Carol Marsh), Pinkie comes up with an ingenious solution - marry Rose to stop her testifying against him. But will things go to plan?

The David Lean Centenary Collection (DVD): Ralph Richardson, Anne Todd, Nigel Patrick, Dinah Sheridan, John Justin, Jack Allen,... The David Lean Centenary Collection (DVD)
Ralph Richardson, Anne Todd, Nigel Patrick, Dinah Sheridan, John Justin, …
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Collection of ten classic films from the award-winning British director. In 'The Sound Barrier' (1952), Ralph Richardson stars as an aircraft manufacturer whose all-consuming passion with making the ultimate supersonic jet kills both his son and son-in-law and almost destroys him and the rest of his family. In 'Hobson's Choice' (1953), Lancashire bootmaker Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) keeps a tight rein on his three daughters until his eldest, Maggie (Brenda De Banzie), marries his assistant, Willie Mossop (John Mills), and sets him up in his own bootmaking firm. To Hobson's consternation, Willie has soon become his father-in-law's main business rival. In 'Blithe Spirit' (1945), cynical writer, Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison), asks a medium (Margaret Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he can collect material for his latest book. No one is more surprised than the medium when she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of Condomine's first wife (Kay Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away, preferring to taunt her less sophisticated replacement (Constance Cummings). In 'Brief Encounter' (1945), a respectable, happily married doctor (Trevor Howard) comes to the aid of an equally upstanding housewife (Celia Johnson) when a passing train blows cinder into her eye. Thus begins a tentative romance, conducted in the tearooms and railway cafe of a small English town. In 'Great Expectations' (1946), orphan, Pip (Anthony Wager), befriends an escaped convict before being elevated to higher circles as the companion of Miss Havisham and her niece, Estella (Jean Simmons), with whom the boy quickly falls in love. When the adult Pip (Mills) discovers a mysterious benefactor has paved the way for him to become a gentleman, he assumes Miss Havisham is responsible. In 'Oliver Twist' (1948), Oliver (John Howard Davis) is a young orphan boy who is expelled from the workhouse run by Mr Bumbel (Francis L. Sullivan). After becoming an apprentice to an undertaker, Oliver decides to run away to London, only to meet the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) and fall amongst his gang of thieves, led by the scheming Fagin (Alec Guinness). In 'Madeleine' (1949), Madeleine (Ann Todd) is the eldest daughter in a respectable Victorian Glasgow family. She begins an affair with Frenchman, Emile L'Anglier (Ivan Desny), without her father's knowledge. Meanwhile, Madeleine's father insists on her seeing various suitors. When Madeleine becomes engaged to William Minnoch (Norman Wooland), Emile threatens to reveal their relationship. 'The Passionate Friends' (1944) is an episodic tale of an average working class family in the interwar years. The story traces the melodrama caused by illicit affairs, family bereavement, the first ripples of women's liberation and political instability in the country during the General Strike. It highlights the fact that these internal wranglings are all happening in one house in an average street, and that each average house has its own dramatic stories to tell. Finally, 'In Which We Serve' (1942) is a World War II drama about a destroyer, told through flashbacks and the reminiscences of the surviving crew after their beloved ship is torpedoed.

Brothers in Law (DVD): Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Terry Thomas, Miles Malleson, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley,... Brothers in Law (DVD)
Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Terry Thomas, Miles Malleson, Jill Adams, …
R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

A Boulting Brothers comedy starring a host of British stars. Roger Thursby (Ian Carmichael) is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge (Miles Malleson) and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.

Gandhi (English, Italian, Blu-ray disc): Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Ian... Gandhi (English, Italian, Blu-ray disc)
Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, …
R436 R298 Discovery Miles 2 980 Save R138 (32%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning epic follows the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Ben Kingsley), from his beginnings as a young Indian lawyer to his triumph as a revolutionary - whose philosophy of non-violent protest helped gain India its independence. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Chaplin - (1992) (DVD): Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins Chaplin - (1992) (DVD)
Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins; Directed by Sir Richard Attenborough 1
R307 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R80 (26%) Ships in 15 - 30 working days

From legendary director Richard Attenborough comes the epic story of a true cinematic icon, Charlie Chaplin.

In this award-winning masterpiece we follow Chaplin’s increasingly complicated life from a poverty stricken music hall entertainer in England to eventual triumph in America. The story of Chaplin is the story of cinema as we watch him grow from developing silent era slapstick to becoming one of the most important, pioneering fathers of film making, the art-form of a new century. But although he was able to reflect wondrous, magical humour in his work his private life was afflicted with infamy, sadness and a growing sense of loss.

Chaplin’s complex and dramatic career is lovingly brought to life by a stunning array of Hollywood talent. The cast includes unforgettable performances from Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Dan Akroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, the stunning Marisa Tomei and Geraldine Chaplin as her own grandmother. Chaplin also includes a soul stirring film score from celebrated composer John Barry.

Oh! What A Lovely War  (DVD): Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Vanessa... Oh! What A Lovely War (DVD)
Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, …
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

It was the War to end all wars - well not quite. For with the ricochet of one bullet, the entire course of human history was changed forever... Now, for the first time, Academy Award - winner Richard Attenborough's directorial debut is available on DVD.

Based on the stage musical of the same name, Oh! What A Lovely War features a stellar cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York. By fusing the surreal with the factual, and juxtaposing savagely funny satire with quiet sorrow, Attenborough has created the oddest and most outstanding film ever made about the "game" that became World War One.

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