Films Of The Year: The Queen / The Devil Wears Prada / The Last King Of Scotland / Little Miss Sunshine (4 Discs)
The Queen (Dir. Stephen Frears): Tradition prepared her. Change will define her. ; ; In the wake of the death of Princess Diana in 1997 Queen Elizabeth II (the outstanding Helen Mirren) must come to terms with a nation in mourning a new government under pressure to deliver an outpouring of grief and a Royal family in turmoil... ; ; The Devil Wears Prada (Dir. David Frankel): As assistant to the impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (Streep) young Andy Sachs (Hathaway) has landed a job that "a million girls would die for." Unfortunately her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda's personal whipping girl just might be the death of her! ; ; The Last King Of Scotland (Dir. Kevin Macdonald): A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive. ; ; Little Miss Sunshine (Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris): Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human this film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. ; ; A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival where it played to standing ovations the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all.
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Films Of The Year: The Queen / The Devil Wears Prada / The Last King Of Scotland / Little Miss Sunshine (4 Discs)
The Queen (Dir. Stephen Frears): Tradition prepared her. Change will define her. ; ; In the wake of the death of Princess Diana in 1997 Queen Elizabeth II (the outstanding Helen Mirren) must come to terms with a nation in mourning a new government under pressure to deliver an outpouring of grief and a Royal family in turmoil... ; ; The Devil Wears Prada (Dir. David Frankel): As assistant to the impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (Streep) young Andy Sachs (Hathaway) has landed a job that "a million girls would die for." Unfortunately her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda's personal whipping girl just might be the death of her! ; ; The Last King Of Scotland (Dir. Kevin Macdonald): A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive. ; ; Little Miss Sunshine (Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris): Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human this film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. ; ; A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival where it played to standing ovations the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all.
Electric Edwardians: The Films Of Mitchell And Kenyon
Probably the most exciting film discovery of recent times the films of Mitchell & Kenyon were commissioned by travelling exhibitors at the dawn of the twentieth century for screening in town halls at village fetes or local fairs. Advertised as 'local films for local people ' the audience paid to see their neighbours children family and themselves on the screen glimpsed at local football matches leaving work marching in civic processions or enjoying the annual works holidays.The hugely successful BBC TV series The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon introduced audiences to these miraculous views of the past. For the first time there is now the opportunity to explore the Collection in greater depth.The material on this DVD is taken from 28 hours of footage of scenes of everyday life and represents a cross-section of the subjects covered in the Collection. From factory gates to football matches the leaving of Liverpool to the leaving of work the workers on holiday and at play this material provides an unparalleled opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the working communities of the time. The films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon take us on a tour of everyday life in Edwardian Britain.This DVD features 35 items in five sections: Youth and Education The Anglo-Boer War Workers High Days and Holidays People and Places as well as five additional 'hidden' items. It also includes a specially commissioned score by the Sheffield-based duo In The Nursery.
