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Nosferatu


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Nosferatu

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Nosferatu is a 2024 US/UK/Hungary horror mystery by Robert Eggers
Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Exists as a Theatrical Version and an Extended Version.

Summary Notes

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

UK: The Theatrical Version is uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong horror, injury detail, violence, sex:
  • 2025 Universal [Theatrical + Extended Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 7th April 2025
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Robert Egger's Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.

Special Features

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Nosferatu: A Modern Masterpiece
  • Feature Commentary with Writer/director Robert Eggers

Black Cab

Black Cab is a 2024 US horror thriller by Bruce Goodison
Starring George Bukhari, Nick Frost and Synnove Karlsen BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

A couple who find their jovial cab driver diverts them to a remote, haunted road, revealing disturbing motives and his true intentions.

Australia: Uncut and ACB MA 15+ rated for strong horror themes, violence and coarse language:

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When Anne and Patrick hail a black cab after a night out, their driver is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk.

In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms. That is, until they realize the driver has no intention of taking them home. Locked in the cab with no means of escape, the driver transports the couple to a stretch of deserted and supposedly haunted road. But what is his purpose? Is he mad or just plain evil? And why has he selected Anne and Patrick as his victims?

Bonus Feature:
Behind-the-Scenes Picture Gallery

 

 

 

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An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty, Yumeno KyusakuS Girl Hell , Die Alone


Link Here 19th April 2025

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Full Body Massage

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Full Body Massage is a 1995 US TV movie by Nicolas Roeg
Starring Mimi Rogers, Bryan Brown and Christopher Burgard BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

A successful but world-weary art dealer finds out that her usual masseur has sent a substitute for her regular weekly massage at her home. They find that they are both mutually attracted, and annoy one another a great deal.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong nudity, sex:

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Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers, Bosch) and Bryan Brown (Cocktail, F/X) sizzle in this highly provocative drama from acclaimed director Nicolas Roeg (Walkabout, The Man Who Fell to Earth). Nina (Rogers), a successful but world-weary art dealer, is surprised to find that her regular masseur has sent a substitute, Fitch (Brown), to continue her weekly massage sessions. Fitchs therapeutic caresses, while charged with sexual tension, gain emotional significance as the opinionated pair first clash, and then bond while relaying thoughtful meditations on intimacy and human relationships. Free to discuss her life, hopes and failures, Nina is liberated from her confused world, indulging in a strange, erotic mysticism with her handy muse. Brilliantly helmed by British director Roeg, Full Body Massage is an exhilarating and sophisticated portrait of sensual love.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • - HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION
  • - English SDH
  • - Full Frame Version [SD]
  • - Painting by Numbers - Gareth Williams on Full body Massage
  • - Original Trailer

An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty

An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty is a 1984 Hong Kong action romance by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Starring Patricia Ha, Alex Man and Kuo-Chu Chang BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex:

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One of the last films produced at Hong Kong's legendary Shaw Brothers studio, and absolutely one of their finest -- a visually ravishing and erotically charged story of a free-spirited female poet Yu (Patricia Ha, Nomad) who, frustrated by the conservative times in which she lives, refuses to behave in the ways nice young ladies are supposed to.

Despite plentiful clothes-off action, this is so much more than a soft-core 'romp,' boasting an artistic ambition that Shaw Brothers didn't always show in their kung fu movies. Directed with intelligence and real style by Eddie Fong Ling-ching, this is one of the major films from Hong Kong's Golden Age. 88 Films are proud to present this sensual masterpiece in the UK for the first time on Blu-ray.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • - HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION
  • - 2.0 Mandarin with English Subtitles
  • - Audio Commentary by Journalist David West
  • - Alex Man on An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty by Fred Ambroisine
  • - Trailer
  • - Stills Gallery
  • - Presented in a slipcase featuring new artwork by Justin Coffee and including a double-sided foldout poster

Yumeno KyusakuS Girl Hell

Yumeno KyusakuS Girl Hell is a 1977 Japan horror mystery drama by Masaru Konuma
Starring Asami Ogawa, Yûko Asuka and Eimei Esumi BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Utae and Aiko attend an all-girl private school where the devoutly religious principal seems to be raping some of the students, including Utae.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, threat:

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Passions are inflamed in an elite school for girls in 1930s Japan in Yumeno Kyusakus Girl Hell, as two of its students find solace away from the crowd in each others company. But can their love flourish amongst the corrupting influence of their parents and the schools sinister principal, whose actions transform their lives into a living hell on earth?

Directed by one of the most-regarded directors of Nikkatsus Roman Porno erotic line, Masaru Konuma (Flower and Snake, Wife to be Sacrified), this Gothic-styled erotic nightmare adapted from a story by the 'unfilmable' literary maestro Yumeno Kyusaku (Dogra Magra) is by turns sensual, surreal, horrific and otherworldly, and counts among the studios boldest works.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • HIGH DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO
  • ORIGINAL MONO 2.0 AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
  • AUDIO COMMENTARY BY ANNE MCKNIGHT AND JASPER SHARP
  • PLANET GIRL: INTRODUCTION BY KEI CHIBA
  • LIFE ON MARS: INTRODUCTION BY KEN TERAWAKI
  • STILLS GALLERY
  • TRAILER

Pinocchio 964

964 PINOCCIO is a 1991 Japan Sci-Fi horror by Shozin Fukui
Starring Haji Suzuki, Onn-chan and Kôji Ôtsubo BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, sex, sex references:

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Pinocchio 964, a lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is abandoned by his owners due to his inability to maintain an erection, while the corporate entity plans to kill him.

Rulers of the City

Rulers of the City is a 1976 Italy / West Germany crime thriller by Fernando Di Leo.
Starring Jack Palance and Al Cliver and Harry Baer. BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, nudity, drug misuse:

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Tony (Harry Baer, Fox and His Friends), a debt collector for a small-time Roman boss, dreams of making it big. He meets Rick (Al Cliver, Zombie Flesh Eaters) and decides to back him up in order to screw over an American gangster, called Scarface Manzari (Jack Palance, Batman), who monopolizes all the crime in the city. But Rick is driven by revenge on Manzari because he had treacherously killed his father after a robbery years earlier. An Italian crime classic from Fernando Di Leo (The Boss), Rulers of the City features his trademark violence and action with a strain of dark humour producing one of the filmmaker's most enjoyable slices of Eurocrime. Newly restored in 4K it is presented on Blu-ray in the UK for the first time.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

  • 2020 4K restoration of the original negative, presented with both original Italian and English audio options, available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
  • Uncompressed mono PCM audio
  • Violent City - an archival featurette including interviews with Fernando Di Leo, Al Cliver, editor Amedeo Giomini, and weapons expert Gilberto Galimberti
  • A new interview with Eurocrime authority Mike Malloy on the childhood revenge theme in poliziotteschi
  • Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Limited edition booklet with new writing by Francesco Massaccesi

Duel

Duel is a 1971 USA action thriller by steven spielberg
Starring Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott and Eddie Firestone BBFC link 2020 IMDb

Originally made as a TV movie. Recognising the director's talent, producers commissioned extra material to bring the film to feature length for a theatrical release. This theatrical version was later shortened for DVD and Blu-ray

Summary Notes

While traveling through the desert for an appointment with a client, the businessman David Mann from California passes a slow and old tanker truck. The psychotic truck driver feels offended and chases David along the empty highway trying to kill him.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated for moderate threat:

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TERROR IN YOUR REAR-VIEW MIRROR!!

Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorised by an evil truck. Spielbergs first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the directors big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that 'belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers' (Daily Variety).

Dennis Weaver stars as the travelling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out. Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying 'characters' in movie history: a massive, roaring, 40-ton truck with sheer menace. A few years later, the action of Spielbergs blockbuster hit Jaws would echo Duels tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous, inhuman foe.

Bonus Features:
Original TV Movie Version of Duel in 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio (HD)
A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen
Richard Matheson: The Writing of Duel
Photograph & Poster Gallery

 

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New Religion / Neu Mirrors

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New Religion / Neu Mirrors is a 2022 Japan horror drama by Keishi Kondo
Starring Kaho Seto, Satoshi Oka and Saionji Ryuseigun BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Miyabi, a call girl, meets clients who photograph parts of her body. She realizes each photo brings her daughter's spirit closer. As only her eyes remain to be captured, it leads to societal collapse in this fantasy film.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for brief strong gore, nudity:

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After her daughter's death in an accident, Miyabi gets a divorce, starts working as a call girl and moves in with her new boyfriend. In a meeting with a new customer, he asks to take a picture of her body -- first her spine, then, her feet, and after that, he begins to photograph her every time they meet. One day, while at home, Miyabi feels a small hand touching her leg and soon realizes that every time she allows her body to be photographed she can feel her daughter's spirit reaching closer and closer.

Neu Mirrors is a spin-off short film that attempts to answer certain unanswered questions of New Religion and begins just after a scene in the previous film.

Aizawa wakes up in a strange hotel room. A voice calls him from his earphone. Aizawa notices a man in a white shirt in the room and a photo book at his feet. There are the faces of many strangers and his own face printed on it.

Then, Aizawa's reality dissolves into a nightmare world.

EXTRAS:

  • - Neu Mirrors - Short Film (30 mins)
  • - Director Interview (30 mins)
  • - Behind the Scenes (30 mins)
  • - Outtakes (11 mins)
  • - Director Feature Length Audio Commentary
  • - Early Concept Movie
  • - Crowdfunding Teaser
  • - Theatrical Trailer
  • - International Trailer
  • - Slipcase and Reversible Sleeves with original artwork for both films
St Patrick's Day Massacre

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St Patrick's Day Massacre is a 2025 UK horror by Steve Lawson
Starring Marta Svetek, Ayvianna Snow and Manoj Anand BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

On a trip to Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, four friends agree to spend the night in an abandoned tavern, where they are stalked by an undead killer in search of revenge for a tragedy that occurred centuries before.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, horror, language:

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On a trip to Dublin to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, four college friends are lured to an abandoned tavern by a mysterious Irishman named O'Reilly. After agreeing to stay the night, the four young women learn that the tavern is also home to a hideous undead killer, Darragh O'Donoghue, who stalks the corridors with his rusty scythe, seeking bloody revenge for a tragedy that occurred two centuries before.

Die Alone

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Die Alone is a 2024 Canada/US horror thriller by Lowell Dean
Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith and Frank Grillo BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Tells the story of a young man who has amnesia. He bands together with a rugged survivalist in a zombie-like outbreak to find his girlfriend.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for strong bloody violence, gore, language, suicide:
  • 2025 Lightbulb Film Distribution (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 10th March 2025
  • 2025 Lightbulb Film Distribution R2 DVD at UK Amazon #ad released on 10th March 2025
 

 

 

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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy, The Punch And Judy Man


Link Here 6th April 2025

UK flagReleased on 3rd March 2025

Bangkok Dog

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Bangkok Dog is a 2024 Thailand action film by Chaya Supannarat
Starring Elliott Allison, Byron Bishop and Sahajak Boonthanakit BBFC link 2020 IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

The story focuses on an American agent sent to a dangerous undercover mission in Thailand to dismantle a sadistic crime lord.

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for strong sadistic violence\n:

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Agent Andrew Kang is sent to Thailand on a dangerous undercover mission to take down the human trafficking ring run by the sadistic crimelord Dominick Mesias. His street smarts and fighting skills win over the local gangsters and he rises up the Bangkok underworld but the closer he gets to cracking the case, the more he loses himself in the role.

Erotic Ghost Story Trliogy

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Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy is a film set
Starring Amy Yip, Hitomi Kudo and So Man

There are no censorship issues with this release beyond noting that there are shorter Mandarin versions
UK: BBFC aggregate 18 rated:

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This triple-bill of paranormal perversion delivers everything you'd want from a Category III movie, plus a bit more besides. In the first tale from Story of Ricki director Ngai Choi Lam, a trio of sexy spirits fall for the same hunk. The second movie, the directorial debut of Peter Ngor has the God of Carnal Desire, God Wu Tung on a quest for revenge after his favourite conquest is zapped by other god like beings and in the third piece from Kai-Ming Lai, a man journeys into the afterlife only to be greeted by a very powerful woman. A trilogy like no other, this one hits the spirited saucy spot.

The Punch And Judy Man

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The Punch And Judy Man is a 1963 UK comedy by Jeremy Summers
Starring Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms and Ronald Fraser IMDb

Cut by the BBFC for a U rated cinema release in 1962. a shortened version was released on VHS and DVD. Uncut and 12 rated for 2025 Blu-ray but the BBFC notes that it required the removal of an old BBFC U rating card.

Summary Notes

Dark comedy about a seaside Punch and Judy man driven to distraction by his social climbing wife and his hatred for the snobbery of local government. He is persuaded to go to the Mayor's gala evening but it's all too much for him.

UK: Passed Universal, suitable for all uncut for:

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Appearing in his second feature film-starring role, comedy legend Tony Hancock gives a memorable performance in this bittersweet comedy of small-town snobbery and one-upmanship.

Content to scratch out a living in the faded seaside town of Piltdown, puppeteer Wally Pinner (Hancock) is unhappily married to Delia (Sylvia Syms), a gift-shop owner with social pretensions. When Wally is invited to perform at the town's anniversary gala reception, however, Delia scents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise the couples social standing...

EXTRAS:

  • NEW Hard Knocks: Paul Merton on The Punch and Judy Man
  • Excerpt from ABC Series HANCOCK'S
  • BEHP Audio interview extract with Jeremy Summers
  • Blackpool Show: Season 1 Episode 7 (1966)
  • Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
  • Theatrical trailer
 

 

 

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Link Here 5th April 2025

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The Mask Of Satan

The Mask Of Satan is a 1960 Italy horror by Mario Bava.
Starring Barbara Steele and John Richardson and Andrea Checchi. IMDb

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population, accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family's tomb with a cross over it for protection. Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and his assistant, Dr. Andre Gorobec, are going to a congress in Russia and they accidentally find the tomb. Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

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THE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE From writer/director Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) comes a modern-day reimagining of his father's classic BLACK SUNDAY featuring FX by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN), music by Simon Boswell (SANTA SANGRE) and hailed as an impressive evolution of '80s Italian horror that not enough fans have seen (At The Mansion Of Madness): When a group of skiers becomes trapped in a crevasse, their discovery of a long-frozen female corpse will unmask an ancient evil, unlock a portal of the damned and unleash a nightmare of Satanic vengeance. Mary Sellers (STAGEFRIGHT), Debora Caprioglio (Klaus Kinski's PAGANINI) and Michele Soavi (director of THE CHURCH and THE SECT) star in this visual roller coaster (Ninja Dixon) - also known as DEMONS 5: THE DEVIL'S VEIL - now scanned in 2K from the original camera negative for the first time ever in North America.

Special Features The Curse Of The Mask - Interview With Director Lamberto Bava Una Americana A Roma - Interview With Actress Mary Sellers Sabina The Teenage Witch - Interview With Actress Debora Caprioglio

Performance

Performance is a 1970 UK crime drama by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg.
With James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg. Melon Farmers link  BBFC link 2020  IMDb

The film has a history of censorship at the hands of the BBFC and Its own distributor, Warner. BBFC cuts wre later waived but the extensive footage removed by Warners is still missing.

Summary Notes

A violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
  • 2025 The Criterion Collection R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 25th February 2025
  • 2025 The Criterion Collection (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 25th February 2025

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The grimy criminal underworld and hedonistic rock-and-roll counterculture of late-1960s London collide in this mind-scrambling, kaleidoscopic freak-out. On the run from his vengeful boss, a ruthless gangster (James Fox) hides out in the Notting Hill home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and his companions (Anita Pallenberg and Michele Breton), who open the doors of his perception as the lines between reality and fantasy, male and female, persona and self, dissolve in a hallucinogenic haze. Built around Jaggers most magnetic narrative-film performance, this visionary collaboration between enigmatic artist Donald Cammell and first-time director Nicolas Roeg is a daringly transgressive, endlessly influential journey to the dark side of bohemia.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by producer Sandy Lieberson, with uncompressed monaural original-UK-version soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998), a documentary by Kevin Macdonald and Chris Rodley
  • Influence and Controversy: Making 'Performance' (2007), a documentary about the making of the film
  • The True Story of David Litvinoff, a new visual essay by Keiron Pim, biographer of dialogue coach and technical adviser David Litvinoff
  • Performers on 'Performance,' a documentary featuring actors James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and others
  • The Two Cockneys of Harry Flowers, a program on the dialogue overdubbing done for the U.S. version of the film
  • Memo from Turner, a program featuring behind-the-scenes footage
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Ryan Gilbey and a 1995 article by filmmaker and scholar Peter Wollen
 




 


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