Items Matching Tag 'Laurence Olivier'

The World at War: Ultimate Restored Edition (Blu-ray Details)
Originally broadcast in 1973 and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, ‘The World at War’ was produced by Thames Television over a 4 year period. The 26-part documentary series interviewed major members of the Allied and Axis campaigns, civilian eyewitnesses, enlisted men, officers and politicians and made use of the rare colour film footage to investigate the events surrounding World War II to...

Laurence Olivier: Shakespeare Collection (UK) (DVD Details)
A box set of Laurence Olivier in six of Shakespeare`s works: Henry V Hamlet King Lear Richard III The Merchant Of Venice As You Like It

World At War, The: Complete TV Series (UK) (DVD Details)
Acknowledged to be the most comprehensive television history of the Second World War ever made. Featuring rare documentary footage and candid interviews, the programme charts the Second World War from beginning to end with narration by Sir Laurence Olivier and Eric Porter. Contains all five volumes, with 32 and a half hours of video.

Three Sisters (UK) (DVD Details)
In a remote little town in turn of the Century Russia, three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts), Irina (Louise Purnell), and Masha (Joan Plowight) - and their brother Andrei (Derek Jacobi) fantasise about their return to their former home in Moscow. For them Moscow is a city of dreams, magnetism and inspiration - a far cry from their current life - an oppressive and overbearing existence, devoid of...

Wuthering Heights (UK) (DVD Details)
An acclaimed Hollywood production of Emily Bronte`s classic tale of passion, hatred and revenge. When Mr. Earnshaw encounters Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier), a ragamuffin orphan, he kindly brings the boy into his home and makes him part of the family. And from the start, Heathcliff falls hopelessly in love with the daughter of the house, the beautiful, headstrong Catherine (Merle Oberon). She...

Battle Of Britain (Special Edition) (UK) (DVD Details)
A magnificent war epic about the greatest air battle in history, when the outnumbered RAF fought off an invasion by the powerful German Luftwaffe. Packed with vivid and exciting action which used over 100 vintage aircraft in filming and boasting an all-star cast headed by Laurence Olivier.

Entertainer, The (UK) (DVD Details)
Laurence Olivier was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Archie Rice, a down-and-out vaudeville entertainer in a seedy coastal resort, who is faced with an emotional crisis when he is visited by his daughter.

Marathon Man (UK) (DVD Details)
From William Goldman`s best-selling novel comes one of the most daring and affecting thrillers ever brought to the screen. Dustin Hoffman plays the likeable graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwillingly trapped in a killing game of intruige involving a Nazi fugitive, Christian Szell. Laurence Olivier received an Academy Award nomination for his chilling portrayal of the sadistic...

Khartoum (UK) (DVD Details)
Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier face off in this epic, stirring drama of two men and two empires. With stunning desert battles staged by the creator of the Ben-Hur chariot race, Khartoum is a magnificently staged action spectacle with outstanding portrayals and breathtaking cinematography. In 1883, British Prime Minister Gladstone (Ralph Richardson) dispatched General Charles Gordon (Hesto...

Spartacus (Double Disc Set) (US) (DVD Details)
Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends - including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator that led a Roman slave revolt - in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era. The assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes and visceral fight sequences won Spartacus four Oscars®; the blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized...

Clash Of The Titans (US) (DVD Details)
You`ve visited lands where a Cyclops roams (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), skeletons duel (Jason and the Argonauts) and cowboys lasso dinosaurs (The Valley of Gwangi). They are the worlds of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion effects master who creates another dazzling realm in Clash of the Titans. Olympian gods, mythological monsters and heroic mortals populate this imaginative spectacle. Harry...

49th Parallel (UK) (DVD Details)
49th Parallel is a powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked to make a flag waver by the Ministry of Information, the brilliantly gifted film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger elected to set the action in Canada. The film features a stellar cast, who all waived their fees...

Bounty, The (UK) (DVD Details)
Hopkins delivers `a brilliant portrayal` as William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days of battling severe sea squalls and Bligh`s ever-increasing cruelty, the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants to sail again, and the desperate men turn...

Hamlet (Original Version) (UK) (DVD Details)
Laurence Olivier delivers one of his greatest Shakespearean performances as Hamlet. Seldom has the tragic story of the Danish prince tortured by his duty to his murdered father and by the guilt he feels at the prospect of revenge, been so brilliantly portrayed. It is the tragedy of a man who thinks but fails to act. For as long as Shakespeare is performed, this film will stand as a definitive...