Gold, Jack

Goodnight Mister Tom

John Thaw stars in this touching adaptation of Michelle Magorian's award-winning novel, Goodnight Mister Tom.

Tom Oakley (John Thaw) is a cantankerous old man who, at the start of World War II, finds his life irrevocably changed. Without warning, little Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) is evacuated from London and sent to live with Tom in a small village. Willie is a quiet, sad child with a disturbing past, but Tom patiently takes on the job of improving Willie's reading and writing abilities and fosters his natural talent for drawing. Through Tom's friendship and attention, Willie's anxieties are smoothed away and a strong bond develops between this unlikely pair.

However, just as Willie celebrates his tenth birthday, his mother summons him back to the unexpected terrors of Blitz-torn London. Aware of the nightmare that awaits the boy, Tom is forced to act to save the child... and has to fight to keep him.

Escape From Sobibor

Based on the novel by Richard Raske, Escape From Sobibor tells the story of a partially successful mass escape from a WWII Nazi death camp.

Man Friday/Raise the Titanic

MAN FRIDAY: Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic ROBINSON CRUSOE. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity. RAISE THE TITANIC: Based on Clive Cussler's novel this action-drama deals with the recovery of the passenger liner Titanic which sank in icy waters in 1912.System Requirements:Running Time 226 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 012236187530 Manufacturer No: 18890

BBC Shakespeare Tragedies DVD Giftbox

Shakespeare is rightly considered the world's greatest playwright for the soaring beauty of his language, for his profound insight into human nature, for the truths he dramatized and for the realism of the characters he created. He was, and remains, a superb entertainer.

These BBC and Time-Life film productions feature some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent (Anthony Hopkins, Sir John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom and more), these DVD's now are the number-one choice for continuing personal enjoyment.

This special Drama DVD Giftbox Set contains 5 of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies: *Romeo and Juliet

*Hamlet

*Macbeth

*Julius Caesar

*Othello.

The Plays contain sub-titles in English that can be turned on or off.

TV Guide Raves: "Shakespeare Would Be Amused.by the care, money, time and talent that are being lavished on the mammoth task of producing all 37 of his plays."

Into the Blue

As Seen on Mystery!

"...a well-crafted tale..." - Chicago Tribune

"...a good-looking thriller..." - The Sunday Times

Based on the novel by Robert Goddard

In this intriguing mystery, John Thaw (Inspector Morse) portrays unlikely hero Harry Barnett, a failed British businessman working as a caretaker at a villa in Rhodes. When Heather Mallender (Abigail Cruttenden), a young woman with whom he has a one-night stand, suddenly vanishes "into the blue," the police target Harry as prime suspect in her disappearance. To prove his innocence, Harry must flee the island to retrace Heather's steps and discover her fate.

approx. 104 mins.

Escape From Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

The Return of the Native

The Naked Civil Servant

Between Oscar Wilde and Boy George, Quentin Crisp was the most important gay icon in England. The TV movie The Naked Civil Servant, adapted from Crisp's autobiography and broadcast in 1975, had a significant social impact in the cause of gay rights, and it's easy to see why. Packed with witty aphorism but also unflinching in its portrayal of the verbal and physical abuse Crisp received for being an openly effeminate homosexual; throughout most of Crisp's life, simply being flamboyant was a political statement, one not always appreciated by other gay men who sought to pass unsuspected. The film briskly moves from when he stumbled into London's gay demimonde to his bohemian social world and career as an artist's model to a particularly superb scene when he was put on trial for solicitation. The Naked Civil Servant also brought the brilliant John Hurt, who played Crisp with intelligence and humanity, to wide acclaim. Hurt has since appeared in movies as diverse as Alien, The Elephant Man, V for Vendetta, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but Crisp remains a signature role for this unique actor. The fortuitous combination of Crisp and Hurt makes The Naked Civil Servant essential viewing. Extras on the dvd include a short television piece in which Crisp interviewed Tina Brown when she was editor of Vanity Fair and a sweet, reminiscing commentary by Hurt, director Jack Gold, and producer Verity Lambert. --Bret Fetzer

The Naked Civil Servant created a furor in 1975 when it premiered on PBS in North America with viewers threatening to yank their support of their local stations. It was a film ahead of its time about a man even more ahead of his time. The Naked Civi Servant is based on the autobiography of Quentin Crisp a man struggling to live an openly flamboyant gay lifestyle during a time when homosexuality was against the law in Britain. His outlandish behavior shocked the intolerant pre-WWII British society and provoked frequent homophobic attacks but Crisp staunchly refused to compromise his lifestyle and went on to become a cult celebrity and an international gay icon a 20th-Century Oscar Wilde. This colorful heartwarming coming of age tale is by turns funny and tragic.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051290823 Manufacturer No: E2908

Kavanagh QC, Set 1

The fact that John Thaw was able to make his eponymous character in Kavanagh Q.C. stand out as a unique personality distinct from the superficially similar Inspector Morse says much about his understated skills as an actor. Thaw brought his trademark mixture of curmudgeonly belligerence and gruff sensitivity to Kavanagh, but the barrister--who first appeared on British television screens in 1995 while the Oxford detective was still alive and kicking--is no polished-up Morse. He is far more worldly, is married, and has a family. And although he is often troubled by his cases, he is never afraid to play the system. He knows that there are devious, even superficial lawyers, some of them in his own chambers, whom he must face across the courtroom, but he acknowledges them as an unavoidable aspect of the world in which he works. The plots are often convoluted, but Kavanagh's wielding of the trusty sword of truth is always irresistible, particularly when the case involves some kind of high level government aberration. The four episodes included in Set 1 are "Nothing But the Truth," "Heartland," "A Family Affair," and "The Sweetest Thing." --Piers Ford