-
You've just added this product to the cart:
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
$15.00A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the “Yaya sisterhood” – long time friends of the mother.
-
You've just added this product to the cart:
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
$15.00A study of Tennessee Williams’s life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams’ work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, ‘Edward R. Murrow (I)’, and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan’s Notebook by Kim Hunter.
-
The Arbor (2010)
$15.00Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. Andrea Dunbar wrote honestly and unflinchingly about her upbringing on the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford and was described as ‘a genius straight from the slums.’ When she died tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, Lorraine was just ten years old. The Arbor revisits the Buttershaw Estate where Dunbar grew up, thirty years on from her original play, telling the powerful true story of the playwright and her daughter Lorraine. Also aged 29, Lorraine had become ostracised from her mother’s family and was in prison undergoing rehab. Re-introduced to her mother’s plays and letters, the film follows Lorraine’s personal journey as she reflects on her own life and begins to understand the struggles her mother faced.
-
Normal Service (1988)
$15.00It’s General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won’t survive the strain.
-
Deathtrap (1982)
$15.00A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student’s script.
-
Julia (1977)
$15.00At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
-
Man of La Mancha (1972)
$15.00In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other prisoners gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, and begin a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense–the story of Don Quixote.
-
Move (1970)
$15.00A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer’s block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
-
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)
$15.00An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
-
Karaoke
$25.00Daniel Feeld, writer of the film Karaoke, starts to believe that his characters are coming alive.
-
The Producers (1967)
$15.00Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
-
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
$15.00Based on the successful 1956 Broadway production of the same name by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jule Styne, the film focuses on Ella Peterson, who works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. Peterson, based on Mary Printz, who worked at Green’s service, listens in on others’ lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer’s block and desperately needs a muse.
- Home
- Pre-Order
- SALE
- Shop
- Action
- Adventure
- Animation
- Art
- Astrology & Space
- Biography
- Body & Mind
- Bollywood
- Comedy
- Crime
- Dance
- Documentary
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Fitness
- Food & Drink
- Foreign
- Garden & Home
- History
- Horror
- Kids
- Merchandise
- Movie & Theatre
- Musical
- Music
- Mystery
- Nature & Wildlife
- Religion
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Soap
- Special Interest
- Sport
- Stand-Up
- Thriller
- Transport
- Travel & Places
- TV Movie
- War
- Western
- World
- Boxsets
- TV Series
- HD
- Top Rated
- Search
- Blog
- My Account
