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G.I. Jane
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(1997 Ridley Scott)
Lt. Jordan O'Neil (Demi Moore) finds herself embroiled in Washington politics when she is selected as the first woman to participate in the Navy S.E.A.L.S. training programme as an experiment to integrate female combat fighters. She must struggle to overcome a physically gruelling schedule, constant harassment, and sabotage whilst burdened with the knowledge that the future of women in the military depends on her success. [Hollywood]Region 1
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Game of Death
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(1978 Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee) 50:-
Game of Death' is at last available as nature intended. Now re-instated is the legendary one-on-one nunchaku battle between Bruce Lee and top Jeet Kune Do instructor Dan Inosanto, which conceptually is totally unique to this movie.
Directed by 'Enter the Dragon's' Robert Clouse, the full uncut 1978 version features Bruce Lee as Billy Lo, a martial arts master on the run from a vicious crime syndicate, who will stop at nothing to secure his formidable talents. [Scanbox]Region 2
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Gang's All Here, The
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(1943 Busby Berkeley) 80:-
svensk titel: Tutti Frutti
A young soldier's fast-struck love affair with a New York City nightclub singer, despite his long-standing betrothal to a wealthy childhood friend, provides the catalyst for this dizzying parade of home-front melodrama, comic set-pieces and mind-boggling musical numbers (including 'The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat' and 'The Polka-Dot Polka'). [20th Century]Region 2
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Garage
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(2007 Lenny Abrahamson) 50:-
Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station on the outskirts of a small town in the mid-west of Ireland. He is limited, lonely, yet relentlessly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy.
"Garage" is the story of Josie's hapless search for intimacy over the course of a summer, which sees his life changed forever. A landmark in Irish cinema, "Garage" is a beautifully portrayed cinematic drama interspersed with razor sharp shards of black humour, with acutely observed characters that leave a lasting impression. [Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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Gay Sex in the 70's
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(2008 Joseph Lovett) 80:-
The end of an era. The beginning of a movement. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, "Gay Sex in the 70's" director Joseph Lovett focuses his story on New York City between 1969 and 1981, using remarkable present-day interviews and stunning archival footage to take viewers back to days just after Stonewall.
Lovett takes us back to the piers, the trucks, the Central Park rambles, the back rooms, and the baths. It was a time where repression and fear were replaced by a sexual explosion, where shame became joy. In recreating the gay story of the 70s, Lovett shows that AIDS was not the only legacy of this period. [Peccadillo]Region 2
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Gentleman's Agreement
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(1947 Elia Kazan) 80:-
svensk titel: Tyst överenskommelse
Gregory Peck stars as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. [20th Century]Region 2
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Get him to the Greek
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(2010 Nicholas Stoller)
Comedy about Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), an aspiring music executive, who has 72 hours to deliver the wild rock legend, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), from London to Los Angeles for a comeback concert. In order to keep his job, Aaron must navigate a minefield of mayhem and debauchery to get Snow to the world famous Greek Theatre on time! [Universal]Region 2
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
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(1962 Norman Taurog) 50:-
The year was 1962. Teens twist at the Peppermint Lounge. John Glenn orbits earth. Wilt Chamberlain score 100 points in a single game. And Elvis digs the possibilities of 'Girls! Girls! Girls!'
This time he's a charter-boat skipper who helps tourists land the big ones. Of course, plenty of beautiful girls (including Stella Stevens) want to land Elvis. But there's something Elvis likes almost as much as romance - a boat! He yearns for a sleek sailboat with $10,000 price tag. Let's see, that makes him about $9,999 short. [Paramount]Region 2
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Gladiator
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(2000 Russell Crowe)
Forced into slavery by the corrupt, incestuous heir to be throne, Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) becomes a gladiator. His prowess in the arena will eventually lead him to Rome, the Colosseum and a vengeful showdown with the new emperor.
3-Disc Extended Special Edition [Universal]Region 2
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Go
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(1999 Doug Liman)
18-year-old check-out girl Ronna (Sarah Palley) is trying to score some rent money before she is evicted on Christmas eve. Accompanied by reluctant partner in crime Claire (Katie Holmes), she embarks on her first drug deal... Meanwhile, impulsive Brit Simon (Desmond Askew) is driving a stolen car with buddy Marcus (Taye Dlggs) during a no-holds-barred night of partying In Vegas, as Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) find themselves in the middle of a real-life drug sting - and a very creepy Christmas dinner... [Columbia]Region 1
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Godfather - Trilogy
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5-DVD Box Set 80:-
'The "Godfather Trilogy" became a role model in terms of storytelling in film. Francis Ford Coppola's masterful adaptation of Mario Puzos novel is an epic story of family Corleone's rise and fall. The trilogy received incredible 28 Academy Award nominations and won nine of them, including for best film with "The Godfather" and "Godfather, pt II". [Paramount]Region 2
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Gods and Generals
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(2003 Ronald F Maxwell) 50:-
The American Civil War comes to life as countrymen fight one another in sweeping battle scenes led by men with the courage and conviction to defend their beliefs with their very lives.
A cast including Robert Duvall as General Robert E. Lee, Stephen Lang as "Stonewall" Jackson and Jeff Daniels as Lawrence Chamberlain, give battle on the fields of Virginia, where the armies of the North and South collide. Based on Jeffrey M. Shaara's bestseller, 'Gods and Generals' faithfully recreates the world of 1861 and the strife of a nation at war with itself. [Warner]Region 2
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Going in Style
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(2917 Zach Braff)
Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. [Warner]Region 2
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Golden Compass, The
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(2007 Chris Weitz)
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world - and all those beyond - is threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). With the help of Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds. [Entertainment]Region 2
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Goldfinger
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(1964 Guy Hamilton)
With "Goldfinger", the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes.
Bond (Sean Connery) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), from robbing Fort Knox. Goldfinger is surrounded by evil henchmen such as the sexy female pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and Oddjob (Harold Sakata), who kills with his steel-rimmed bowler hats. In order to stop Goldfinger, Bond has to survive several perilous situations, including a huge, deadly laser. [MGM]Region 1
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Gone in 60 Seconds
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(2000 Dominic Sena) 50:-
Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie feed the need for speed with Gone In 60 Seconds on Blu-ray's high definition disc. Gear up for action-packed thrills as this revolutionary new format gets your motor running. Forced out of retirement to save his kid brother from an evil mobster, legendary car booster Memphis Raines re-assembles his old crew and floors it in a full-throttle race to pull off the ultimate auto heist. [Touchstone]Region 2
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Gosford Park
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(2001 Robert Altman]
It is November 1932. Gosford Park is the magnificent country estate to which Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), gather relations and friends for a weekend shooting party. They have invited an eclectic group. As the guests assemble in the gilded drawing rooms above their personal maids and valets swell the ranks of the house servants in the teeming kitchens and corridors below-stairs. But all is not as it seems: neither amongst the bejeweled guests lunching and dining at their enormous leisure, nor in the attic bedrooms and stark work stations where the servants labour for the comfort of their employers. Part comedy of manners and part mystery, the film is finally a moving portrait of events that bridge generations, class, sex, tragic personal history - and culminate in a murder. Or is it two murders…? [Paramount]Region 2
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Graduate, The
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(1967 Mike Nichols)
svensk titel: Mandomsprovet
Deep in the suburbs of Pasadena, a bored, confused and alienated twenty-one year old graduate named Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) awkwardly drifts from moment to moment, in constant turmoil over his lack of direction and the uncertain, impending future. Driven by a desire for experience and desperate to avoid the corporate, deluded and mediocre world of his affluent parents, Benjamin succumbs to the advances of an older woman and begins an affair with the persuasive and enigmatic Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) the wife of one of his father's business partners. But what starts as a farcical fling becomes painfully complicated when Ben finds himself falling in love with her daughter. [Universal]Region 2
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Grapes of Wrath, The
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(1940 John Ford) 80:-
svensk titel: Vredens Druvor
Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by the weather and the greed of the banking industry. With little work potential on the horizon of Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up heads for the promised land - California. But the arduous trip and harsh living conditions they encounter offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face. [20th Century]Region 2
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Grease
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(1978 Randal Kleiser) 50:-
John Travolta solidified his position as the most versatile and magnetic screen presence of the decade in this film version of the smash hit play Grease. Recording star Olivia Newton-John made her American film debut as Sandy, Travolta's naive love interest. The impressive supporting cast reads like a "who's who" in this quintessential musical about the fabulous '50's. Grease is not just a nostalgic look at a simpler decade - it's an energetic and exciting musical homage to the age of rock n'roll! [Paramount]Region 2
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Great Debaters
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(2007 Denzel Washington)
When African American poet Mel Tolson (Denzel Washington) creates a debate team at historically black Wiley College in the 1930s, he pushes the team to a level of excellence that allows them to take on Harvard University. But despite public success, personal clashes foment as the father (Forest Whitaker) of one of Tolson's students (Denzel Whitaker) begins to resent his son's loyalty to his coach. [Weinstein] Region 1
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Great Expectations / Oliver Twist
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(1946/1948 David Lean) 80:-
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: David Lean directed this stylish film presentation of Charles Dickens' heart warming story of a young man befriending an escaped convict who becomes his unknown benefactor, and of the consequences for the young man as he establishes himself in the world.
OLIVER TWIST: David Lean's atmospheric production remains the definitive version of the Charles Dickens masterpiece. Oliver Twist is expelled from a harsh orphanage by the miserly Mr.Bumble for daring to ask for more. After an unhappy apprenticeship to an undertaker, oliver escapes to the foggy streets of London where he falls in with a group of thieves headed by the mercurial Fagin and the Artful Dodger. [Carlton]Region 2
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Gremlins
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(1984 Joe Dante) 50:-
Anyone who lived through the '80's experienced the magic of 'Gremlins'. For everyone else, now is the time to see one of the decade's defining movies, a wildly original blend of comedy and horror. When Billy (Zach Galligan) receives an adorable, mysterious pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he's given three rules for its care. Inadvertently, he breaks the rules, and a resulting army of duplicate furballs wreaks havoc throughout the town... [Warner]Region 2
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Gremlins 2: Det Nya Gänget
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(1990 Joe Dante) 50:-
originaltitel: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The rules are the same but the laughs are bigger and the thrills are better. This time, Billy and everyone's favourite Mogwai, Gizmo, must face off against a new batch of Gremlins who definitely think that New York is their kind of town. [Warner]Region 2
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Grizzly Man
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(2005 Werner Herzog) 50:-
"Grizzly Man" is Herzog's breathtaking feature documentary which combines his own work with original footage by Timothy Treadwell, the intrepid bear expert who for thirteen summers risked his life living with Grizzly Bears in Alaska, until eventually he got killed by one of the bears he sought to protect.
Whilst Treadwell perhaps paid the inevitable price for his work, the one hundred hours of footage he shot over this period is among the most incredible, stunning and moving ever committed to film. Grizzly Man is a modern day masterpiece which uncovers as much about human nature as it does the bears Treadwell set out to study. [Atlantic]Region 2
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Gudar och Människor
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(2010 Xavier Beauvoir)
originaltitel: Des Hommes et Des Dieux
When an Islamic fundamentalist group massacres a team of foreign workers, fear sweeps through the region and the brothers are faced with abandoning their monastery and the community who depend on them, or making the courageous decision to stay. [Sandrew Metronome]Region 2
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