THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1968) - DVD & Blu-ray Release of Historical Drama Starring Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave & John Gielgud

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Product Description: From director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Hotel New Hampshire) comes this brilliant retelling of the tragic events during the Crimean War. Starring Trevor Howard (The Third Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gandhi), John Gielgud (Arthur, Julius Caesar, Murder on the Orient Express), David Hemmings (Blow-Up, Gladiator, Barbarella), and Vanessa Redgrave (Julia, Howard's End, Atonement), this epic political satire is an impressive achievement (Boxoffice) that will forever be revered as moviemaking at it's best. British Captain Nolan (Hemmings) is a devoted officer disgusted with his commander, Lord Cardigan (Howard), whose reckless arrogance threatens the lives of his men. Lord Raglan (Gielgud), a foolish officer with misguided war strategies and a fading memory, struggles to command as they are sent to Turkey in response to a Russian invasion. As egos and incompetence collide, the infamous charge into battle unfolds in a climax that is both harrowing [and] magnificent (Time). Rounding out the cast are Harry Andrews (The Hill, Moby Dick, Equus), Jill Bennett (For Your Eyes Only, Moulin Rouge), Mark Burns (Death in Venice, Stardust, Exodus), and Ben Aris (Get Carter, The Three Musketeers), all delivering gripping performances in this unforgettable war epic.

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New on Blu-ray: ACES HIGH (1976) Starring Malcolm McDowell and Christopher Plummer

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Product Description: The fighter pilots of the First World War were glamorized as dashing, devil-may-care aces, but Gresham (Malcom McDowell, A Clockwork Orange), commanding officer of the squadron, lives with the reality and knows that it is very different. Young, brave and a true patriot, but exhausted and old before his time, he meets each batch of eager recruits with quiet despair, knowing their families are unlikely to see them again. When the latest arrival turns out to be young Croft (Peter Firth, Equus), fresh from his old school, the strain threatens to become intolerable. Based on the acclaimed play Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff, Aces High tells a moving story of comradeship and courage, loneliness and fear, directed by Jack Gold (The Tenth Man) and produced by Benjamin Fisz (Battle of Britain), and containing some of the most magnificent aerial battles ever staged. The stacked cast also features Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, David Wood, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson and Ray Milland.

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New on Blu-ray: LUDWIG (1973) Starring Helmut Berger & Romy Schneider

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Product Description: A string of masterpieces behind him – including Ossessione, Senso, The Leopard and Death in Venice – the great Italian director Luchino Visconti turned his attentions to the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1972, resulting in an epic of 19th-century decadence. Dominated by Helmut Berger (The Damned, The Bloodstained Butterfly) in the title role, Ludwig nevertheless manages to find room for an impressive cast list: Romy Schneider (reprising her Elisabeth of Austria characterisation from the Sissi trilogy), Silvana Mangano (Bitter Rice), Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger), John Moulder-Brown (Deep End) and Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter) as Richard Wagner. As opulent as any of Visconti’s epics – Piero Tosi’s costume design was nominated for an Academy Award – Ludwig is presented here in its complete form in accordance with the director’s wishes.

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DVD & Blu-ray: OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS (1951)

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Product Description: From Carol Reed, the renowned director of Night Train to Munich, Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, The Man Between, Trapeze and Oliver!, comes this thrilling drama starring Ralph Richardson (The Sound Barrier), Trevor Howard (The Offence), Robert Morley (When Eight Bells Toll), Wendy Hiller (Separate Tables), Kerima (The Devil Is a Woman), George Coulouris (Citizen Kane), Wilfrid Hyde-White (The Browning Version) and James Kenney (The Slasher). When the immoral Peter Willems (Howard) is accused of stealing in his position at a Dutch East Indies port, he persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard (Richardson), to take him up-river to a secret trading post on a remote Indonesian island. There, he falls in love with the beautiful native woman Aissa (Kerima), as the cunning Babalatchi (Coulouris) tries to trick and blackmail him into disclosing the entrance of the secret trading route. Beautifully shot in black-and-white by John Wilcox (The Last Valley) and Edward Scaife (An Inspector Calls), Outcast of the Islands is a compelling adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel.

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New on Blu-ray: OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965) Starring Sophia Loren and George Peppard

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Product Description: A fearsome rumor reaches Britains World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and then New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort. Operation Crossbow is the partly fact-based tale of how that team succeeded against daunting odds. Michael Anderson (The Dam Busters, Logans Run) directs, guiding a huge cast in a film that builds to a spectacular finale, yet never neglects wars unsparing personal costs. As a record of a wartime espionage incursion and as an intrigue-filled thriller, Operation Crossbow is on both counts Operation Accomplished.

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New on Blu-ray: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), this film, directed by David Lean and based on Noël Coward's play Still Life deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release.

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