North Square (2000) 3 x DVD9

North Square is a drama set in a criminal chambers in Leeds and centres on a group of young, irreverent barristers all determined to make their mark by using unorthodox methods and unconventional approaches to counter the dusty practices of a legal profession they want to lead into the twenty-first century. They are led by their chief clerk, the highly manipulative Peter McLeish played brilliantly by Phil Davis, who is determined to make a success of this enterprise and has no scruples about negotiating with the criminal families that rule Leeds in order to maximise business opportunities even as it poses a moral quandary for some of the lawyers.
Peter is obsessed by his work and doesn't appear to have a social life. He's struggling to make his new enterprise work and will do anything to make it succeed.

3 x DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 10 x ~50 min
7.24 Gb + 7.27 Gb + 7.23 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Creator: Peter Moffat
Cast: Philip Davis, Kevin McKidd, James Midgley, Rupert Penry-Jones, James Murray, Helen McCrory
Country: UK
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12 Angry Men / 12 разгневанных мужчин (1957) DVD5

The defence and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:32:11 | 4.30 Gb + 3% rec
English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch), Russian (Dolby AC3, 5 ch)
Subtitles: Russian, English, Deutsch
Genre: Drama, Mystery

Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns
Country: USA
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The Corridor People (1966) DVD9

"Introducing the most bizarre characters on television. Screwballs like Kronk, a fatherly C.I.D. man; a private eye Phil Scrotty; Inspector Blood and Sergeant Hound. They are all in a new off-beat thriller series 'The Corridor People', which starts on Friday." -TV Times introduction, August 26th, 1966

Consisting of only four episodes the Granada series 'The Corridor People' was very much a product of its televisual times, following in the footsteps of such contemporaries as 'The Avengers' and 'Adam Adamant Lives!' However, unlike these more popular series this stylized swinging sixties Mystery/Detective/Thriller/Spy drama has failed to develop any long-term fan base or appreciation. Perhaps this was due to its limited run which prevented the building of a viewing base or perhaps it was just too off the wall and leftfield even for the psychedelic decade.

DVD9 | PAL 4:3 | 01:40:03 | 7.56 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: none
Genre: Thriller, Adventure

Creator: Edward Boyd
Cast: Elizabeth Shepherd, John Sharp, Gary Cockrell, Alan Curtis, William Maxwell
Country: UK
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At War as at War / Na voyne, kak na voyne / На войне как на войне (1968) DVD5

At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) is a 1968 World War II drama directed by Viktor Tregubovich and based on a story by Viktor Kurochkin. The film tells about the weekdays of the crew of a self-propelled tank destroyer, commanded by the young and inexperienced junior lieutenant Maleshkin. The tank battle scenes are spectacular!

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:25:00 | 4.00 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian (Dolby AC3, 2 ch), Russian (Dolby AC3, 6 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: History, War, Drama

Director: Viktor Tregubovich
Cast: Mikhail Kononov, Oleg Borisov, Viktor Pavlov, Fyodor Odinokov, Mikhail Gluzsky
Country: Soviet Union
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The Ernie Kovacs Collection (1951 – 1962) 6 x DVD9

With a gift for inventive comedy that was alternately cerebral, goofy and just plain absurd, Ernie Kovacs transformed television's early era into his own personal playground - and invited viewers to enjoy every sight gag and loony character.

Kovacs, whose offbeat humor graced the airwaves for just a decade in the 1950s and 60s, served healthy portions of the offbeat to his audiences, who had never seen anything quite like this cigar-wielding charmer. Wickedly funny but not offensive, Kovacs' unique humor and flair for improvisation would ripple across generations, influencing TV funnymen from Johnny Carson and Monty Python to David Letterman.

Distribution of this special collection is designed to introduce audiences to Kovacs' genius. Kovacs, who died in a 1962 car accident, left behind a stunning body of work that survives thanks to the indefatigable efforts of his wife and co-star, the late Edie Adams.

With many of the programs newly transferred from original 16mm kinescopes and curated by noted film/television historian Ben Model, The Ernie Kovacs Collection DVD box set is the first-ever comprehensive collection of Kovacs' work-encompassing the full breadth of existing material, from his local Philadelphia morning shows in the early 1950's and national evening shows to the ABC prime time specials in the early 1960's that cemented his legend. Along with such iconic pieces at The Nairobi Trio and such signature characters as poet Percy Dovetonsils, Miklos Molnar, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Mr. Question Man, and Uncle Gruesome, fans will finally get to enjoy Kovacs' genuine gift for improvisation, charm and warmth as host of his many variety shows.

The DVD set also includes the rare color version of Kovacs' famous "Silent Show" (aka "Eugene"), an unprecedented wordless classic featuring a hapless character wandering through a typically Kovacsian world of surreal visual gags.
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Omicidio per appuntamento / Date for a Murder (1967) DVD9

Giorgio Ardisson stars as Vince Dreyser, an American gumshoe detective in Rome who agrees to meet an old chemist friend named Walter Dempsey (Hans von Borsody), who is also in the city to marry a woman named Lidia. When his friend fails to show up, Dreyser begins searching for him, only to be attacked by two gangsters. The baffled detective attempts to keep his obligations to look after Fidelia Forrester (Ella Karin), the wild hippie daughter of his wealthy employer, while continuing his investigation into Dempsey's whereabouts. Dreyser's search soon leads him to yet another gangster, whom he shoots to death, but as people start being murdered left and right it becomes clear that there is another, more sinister hand at work.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:27:56 | 4.40 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English, Deutsch, Italiano (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: none
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Mino Guerrini
Cast: George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Gunther Stoll, Mario Brega, Hans von Borsody
Country: Italy, West Germany
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Alice Sweet Alice / Communion (1976) DVD9

At church on the day of her First Holy Communion, little Karen Spages (Brooke Shields, Pretty Baby) is accosted by a diminutive figure in a yellow slicker and Halloween mask. The fiend strangles the child, hides her body and sets it on fire (using a church candle), and rips a cross from her neck—a cross given to her by Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich, The Number 23), the young and popular priest in this New Jersey parish.
It's an unthinkable crime, and there is only one suspect: Karen's sister, 12-year-old Alice (Paula Sheppard, Liquid Sky), who's been moody and difficult since her parents divorced. Their mother, Catherine (Linda Miller, An Unmarried Woman), reeling from the death of her youngest child, refuses to believe Alice was responsible.
Catherine and her ex-husband have to try and prove that their daughter is not a killer—and find the person responsible before they become the next victims...

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:46:27 | 6.18 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: none
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Alfred Sole
Cast: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Tom Signorelli, Brooke Shields, Miss Lillian Roth
Country: USA
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