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ppint. 11th Feb 2023		DVD Blazing Saddles - Warner Bros. (2004)	30th anniversary special edition special features: scene-specific commentary by mel brooks • 2 blazingly boffo documentaries: back in the saddle and intimate portrait: madeline kahn (excerpt) • black bart: 1975 pilot episode of the proposed tv series spinoff • additional scenes • trailer audio: °5.1 dolby digital °°1.0 mono aspect ratio: 2.40:1 run time: 89 minutes approximately languages: °english °°german hearing impaired: english, german, italian subtitles: arabic, bulgarian, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, english, german, greek, hebrew, hungarian, icelandic, italian, norwegian, portuguese, romanian, slovenian, swedish, turkish © 1974, renewed 2002. package design & supplementary material compilation © 2004 warner bros entertainment inc. .. this dvd is not to be exported, re-supplied, or distributed by way of trade outside the eu without a proper licence ...
ppint. 30th Jan 2023		DVD Once Upon A Time In The West - Paramount (2003)	same cat#, same bar-code number, same discs, in black plastic case with swinging hinged black plastic second disc mount; only the single-sided paper insert as slips into the case to provide front, spine and back cover art & information.
ppint. 25th Jun 2022		DVD Russell Howard Live - 4 DVD (2008)	recorded live at the bloomsbury theatre during russell howard's ''adventures'' tour extras: russell howard on the road - behind the scenes tour film running time 69 minutes approximately extras running time 22 minutes approximately dolby digital main soundtrack: stereo subtitles: english h-o-h aspect ratio: 16:9 colour: pal disc format: 1XDVD-9 © avalon television ltd 2007 © channel four television corporation mmviii packaging © mmviii channel 4 dvd
ppint. 16th Jun 2022		DVD Bill Bailey Tinselworm - Universal (2008)	paper insert is very close to that of lee wrecker's xxxxian tinselworm except with uk & irl 12 classifications in their normal symbols in place of the xxxxian pg, front and rear; layout of the bottom quarter of the detailed information on the back cover - and cat# & bar-code number
ppint. 12th Mar 2022		DVD The Bodyguard - Warner Home Video (2004)	post-brexitastrophe, this may now be a uk (or british isles, because of the treaty of dublin) dvd
ppint. 12th Mar 2022		DVD The Bodyguard - Warner Home Video (2004)	aspect ratio: 1.85:1 wide-screen run time: 124 minutes (2hrs 4minutes) approximately languages: °english, °°french audio: °5.1 dolby digital, °°2.0 dolby surround hearing impaired: english sub-titles: arabic, dutch, english, french dual layer format special features: • new making-of documentary memories of the bodyguard • whitney houston i will always love you music video • trailer
ppint. 26th Feb 2022		DVD The Thomas Crown Affair - MGM (2004)	alex biasi's three images belong with the remake, dvd+blue-ray-catted as ''the thomas crown affair [1999]'' and not with this, the original 1968 film with completely different cast list, producer, director etc, etc. as comprehensively detailed.
ppint. 26th Feb 2022		DVD Box Set Doctor Zhivago - Warner Bros. (2007)	two disc set metro-goldwyn-mayer presents a carlo ponti production david lean's film of boris pasternak's ''doctor zhivago'' starring geraldine chaplin, julie christie, tom courtenay, alec guinness, siobhan mckenna, ralph richardson, omar sharif, rod steiger, rita tushingham music by maurice jarre screenplay by robert bolt directed by david lean special features: introduction by omar sharif feature-length audio commentary by omar sharif, rod steiger and sandra lean music-only audio track 10 vintage documentaries including doctor zhivago: the making of a russian epic (60 minutes) new york press interviews with omar sharif and julie christie audio: 5.1 dolby digital aspect ratio: 2.35:1 regular/colour run time: 192 minutes approximately languages: english, french hearing impaired: english subtitles: arabic, bulgarian dutch, english, french, german, italian, romanian, spanish dual layer format doctor zhivago © 1965, doctor zhivago: the making of a russian epic © 1995, supplementary material © 2001 turner entertainment co. package design © 2007 turner entertainment co. and warner bros. entertainment inc. distributed by warner bros. home video, a division of warner bros. entertainment uk ltd. www.warnerbros.co.uk
ppint. 17th Feb 2022		DVD Wings Over The Serengeti - DD Home Entertainment (2006)	a national geographic explorer presentation running time: 52 minutes format: 4:3 full screen audio: stereo produced by patrick morris written by liz bomford music by christopher gunning narrated by john badila program © 1994 wildlife film productions ltd.
ppint. 16th Feb 2022		DVD Terry Pratchett's Hogfather - 20th Century Fox (2007)	single disc (hogswatch 1 disc edition is noted at foot of printed paper insert front; disc is # disc 1) colour dvd9: dual layer single-sided disc: layer transition may trigger a slight pause run time 185 minutes (3 hrs 5 mins) approximately full frame version 16:9 aspect ratio 1.7:1 approximately dolby digital language: english 5.1 audio description 5.1 main feature sub-titles: english for the hearing impaired
ppint. 15th Feb 2022		DVD Jason Manford Live - Universal (2011)	jason manford live from his show ''off on tour we go'' filmed at the manchester men bonus: access all areas - behind the scenes on tour bonus: your questions answered - jason manford answers some questions from fans manufactured and distributed in the eu by universal pictures (uk) ltd. colour film and packaging both ©2011 aspect ratio 1.78:1 feature running time: 1 hr 21 mins (81 minutes) approximately bonus running time: 16 mins approximately dolby digital feature soundtrack: english stereo 2.0 sub-title tracks: english sdh
ppint. 15th Feb 2022		DVD Bill Bailey Dandelion Mind - Universal (2010)	bill bailey dandelion mind live in dublin manufactured in the eu by universal pictures (uk) ltd. colour film and packaging both ©2010 aspect ratio 1.78:1 feature running time: 1 hr 31 mins (91 minutes) approximately bonus running time: 47 mins approximately dolby digital feature soundtrack 5.1 sub-title tracks: none
ppint. 30th Jan 2022		DVD Box Set The St. Trinian's Collection - Optimum Releasing (2006)	collects all four of the original three b+w and one eastman colour sidney gilliat and frank launder presentations of st. trinian's films based on the original b+w ronald searle cartoons published in various magazines and books: each on their own disc, contained in a card slip-cased four bay card +clear plastic four-disc-holder digipack: the belles of st. trinians (1954) blue murder at st. trinian's (1958) the pure hell of st. trinian's (1961) the great st. trinian's train robbery (1966) packaging © 2006
ppint. 29th Dec 2021		DVD Moomins On The Riviera - Lionsgate (2015)	n. b. ''based on tove jansson's original comic series'' - not written by her.
ppint. 29th Dec 2021		DVD Moomins On The Riviera - Lionsgate (2015)	audio: dolby digital surround 5.1 aspect ratio: anamorphic 1.85:1 run time: 74 minutes approximately language: english subtitles: english for the hearing impaired programme content and photography ©2014 handle productions oy. pictuk cie © moomin characters™ package design ©2015 & distributed by lionsgate home entertainment uk distributed in a slip-through card sleeve near-identical with the colour-printed paper insert - - though the insert is printed in b+w on its reverse for colouring-in.
ppint. 9th Dec 2021		DVD Black Books 3 - VCI / 4DVD (2004)	package design © 2004 distributed with an unfolded, colour-printed ''chapter index'' (episode guide) colour: pal aspect ratio: 16:9 anamorphic soundtrack: english, stereo, dolby digital sub-titles: english for the hard of hearing feature length: 147 minutes approximately extras: 41 minutes approximately packaging states ''the complete 3rd series'' in two places; this is given on-disc as ''the complete series 3''
ppint. 9th Dec 2021		DVD Black Books 2 - VCI / 4DVD (2004)	disc is undated save for the date of the tv series mmi (2001): packaging insert is dated 2004 distributed with single, unfolded colour-printed ''chapter index'' (episode guide) special features include: out-takes • photo gallery • black dolls • audio commentary • series 3 teaser trailer colour: pal aspect ratio: 16:9 anamorphic soundtrack: english, stereo sub-titles: english for the hard of hearing feature duration: 144 minutes approximately extras duration: 20 minutes approximately packaging states ''the complete 2nd series'' in two places: on-disc this ''the complete series 2''.
ppint. 9th Dec 2021		DVD Black Books - VCI / 4DVD (2002)	packaging design ©2002: therefore this edition bearing the vci logo on package and disc was not published/released before 2002, and was most likely published/released in 2002 disc bears only the mm (2000) date of the c4 tv series. distributed with a colour-printed once-folded single sheet episode guide and forward by dylan moran (which is not entirely serious) in which he states this to be the first dvd release of the series special features include: cast commentary • out-takes • photo gallery • series 2 trailer colour: pal aspect ratio: 16:9 anamorphic soundtrack: english, stereo, dolby digital sub-titles: english for the hard of hearing feature duration: 142 minutes approximately packaging states ''the complete 1st series'' in two places: this is not given on-disc at all.
ppint. 29th Oct 2021		DVD Box Set When Dinosaurs Ruled - Green Umbrella (2007)	second word in title is^W was mis-spelled and should^W have^W has had an "r" inserted, to give "dinosaurs".
ppint. 28th Oct 2021		DVD The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - Entertainment In Video	two-disc version/edition: second disc: pg (pg IRL): special features
ppint. 28th Oct 2021		DVD The Nightmare Before Christmas - Touchstone	no date on disc nor printed paper insert.
ppint. 25th Oct 2021		DVD The Glory Days Of Ferrari 1947-1987 - Green Umbrella	nor disc nor printed paper insert bears any date, other than in the title. running time: 45 mins approx
ppint. 20th Oct 2021		DVD Miss Potter - Momentum Pictures (2007)	*must* find time to set up & watch tonight or tomorrow night, before i give it as an all souls/early winter solstice present next saturday...
ppint. 11th Oct 2021		DVD Box Set Black Adder: Remastered - BBC (2009)	Review and maybe - quite possibly - should be adjudged even better than fawlty towers as, after the somewhat uneven first series "the black adder", "blackadder II", "blackadder III" and especially the final series, "blackadder goes forth", add to the frequently extremely and inspirédly silly, an underlying level of acutely observed historically acute criticism *and* from time to time satirically creative writing, for which the wonderfully funny fawlty towers rarely aimed. - but this mayn't've been - and may not be, still - to all viewers' taste, nor fit all viewers' ideas of what a sitcom should perhaps be. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 9th Oct 2021		DVD The Snowman • Father Christmas - Universal (2005)	subtitled: raymond briggs' special double edition (on colour-printed paper insert, not on disc) not specifically dated on disc, but colour-printed paper insert design © 2005 universal studios aspect ratio 4:3 full frame subtitled tracks: none feature soundtrack: english stereo
ppint. 8th Oct 2021		DVD Alice Through The Looking Glass [2016] - Disney	Rated 9/10 sequel to the first johnny depp film inspired by, rather than based on, one of lewis carroll's two classic fantasy/satire novels, q.v.; these tim burton and james bobbin films are strangely compellingly weird, definitely "deppraved" variations upon their originals' themes, plus others barely present, only hinted at, or deeply buried... - yet they work really well, handling "grown-up" themes, including some that fundamentally affected the man that rev. charles dodgson - lewis carroll - was, and does so in ways that are - and remain - entertaining, whilst going into the core ideas in some depth, as it were, "under the covers". - this sequel creates an original setting by "backstrapolating" from the wonderland-based world of the first film, to look into the fraught and more than a little mentally and spiritually abusive childhood and teenage of hatter tarrant hightopp, and invents an eccentric - of course! (?) - time-travelling, time-collecting and time-obsessed lord of time - or slave of his obsession with time - ? - whose iron, steel and clockwork (naturally) steampunk chronosyllogismobile alice has to hijack, to prevent the death - or worse - of the hatter, and the erasure of the outcome of - and even, of the reality of - the frabjous day, itself... - this film moves much farther away from lewis carroll's originals than tim burton's first, q.v., but imnsho he, james bobin and its other makers kept faith with carroll's thematic concerns, and the story and images are - again, very weirdly - well in keeping with many of those that were his abiding concerns. - these two deppraved productions should definitely be viewed in the order in which they were made, as hatter's problems are symptomatic of those faced by underland itself, and which could destroy it, twice over. and under. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 8th Oct 2021		DVD Alice In Wonderland [2010] - Disney (2010)	Rated 10/10 the first, very strange johnny depp film "inspired by" the first of lewis carroll's two classic fantasy/satire novels, tim burton's "alice in wonderland" (2010) creates an original, but clearly carrollian wonderland, a world riven by the bitter sisterly rivalry of the red and white queens, at daggers drawn since a long-repressed utterly horrific betrayal, an incident too dreadful to be mentioned in more than hushed whisper, into the middle of which which alice - definitely an alice - and possibly, but not necessarily, "*the right* alice*'' - is pitchforked, (- intro précis to be completed when yr hmbl srppnt.'s a bit better recovered from the death of a friend. sorry.) the stories of the hatter, and of the jabberwock, and their fates, and whether the outcome of - the long foretold, inexorably oncoming - frabjous day depend upon whether ''the right alice'' has indeed been matched to the right job - that of the long-awaited heroine who will save everyone and wonderland* from the vengeful, demented rage of the red queen.. probably... - only probably. . . - this film moves some distance away from lewis carroll's original first "alice" fantasy novel - if that's quite the right classification for it (that creation possesses many levels besides that of ''fantasy''), but imnsho burton and its other makers kept faith with carroll's thematic concerns, and the story and images are - again, very weirdly - well in keeping with many of those that were his abiding concerns. - this "alice in wonderland" is complete and satisfying in itself, coming to a thundering fine climactic conclusory frabjous day - and one that fully satisfies alice - this alice - in the fantasy world of underland, and about her place in her real world too; she gains confidence through shaping events according to her own ideals - mostly - in the one, and discovers it transfers in its own, weird way, and ways, into insights into the difficulties and decisions she faces, in the other. - and yet the 2016 james bobin-directed sequel (q.v.) *isn't* an anticlimax of any kind, and in its own right is a superb film. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
ppint. 6th Oct 2021		DVD Alice Through The Looking Glass [2016] - Disney	distributed in a colour-printed slip-through card sleeve not identical with the colour-printed paper insert, though including the main front art from that inset in an approximately one-sixth the available back cover above the specifications, bar-code section, etc, and four of the five vignettes of the main characters from the insert's back cover. the front of the slip-through card sleeve is a rear view of depp's hatter walking away from partially submerged watch and clock faces, gear wheels etc, apparently walking on the surface of the water. the card sleeve is dated © 2017. the irl PG classification specifies viewing by children under the age of 12 should be under parental guidance.
ppint. 3rd Oct 2021		DVD Chaplin - The Daily Telegraph	nor disc nor twin pocket card sleeve bears region code nor cat#, though the disc bears VFC 32474 below the age 15 circle aspect ratio: 1.85:1 approx running time: 138 min colour pal ©1992 studio canal the second pocket is designed to take the second disc in this richard attenborough double dvd promotion, of michael douglas' ''a chorus line'' distributed free of additional charge with the sunday telegraph for the following week in its own, single pocket sleeve; but neither newspaper's date is on the twin-pocket sleeve.
ppint. 3rd Oct 2021		DVD Away From Her - The Sunday Times	nor disc nor card sleeve bears any date at all, not even of the original film's release year - which cannot have been a secret by the time this was acquired for the sunday times by packager or agency, content partners, shirley? nor disc nor card sleeve bears any clear cat#, but the disc bears VFD09153 under the (age) 12 and above the packagers' logo.

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