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Following a dramatic rock fall at a South African gold mine, the rescue party, headed by Rod Slater, (Roger Moore) are puzzled to discover the body of General manager Frank Lemmer - a veteran miner - in the prohibited Big Dyke area of the mine.

Meanwhile, in London, the mine's managing director, Manfred Steyner, is hatching a plot against its owner Harry Hirschfeld (Ray Milland) with English financier Farrell (John Gielgud). There is a vast underground lake beyond the Big Dyke, which if released would flood and destroy the gold field, raising the world price of gold. This is the project Lemmer was involved in when he met his death. Slater must now be persuaded - innocently - to take his place and is shown a doctored copy of a geologist's survey showing a rich seam of gold beyond the Big Dyke, which Steyner encourages him to excavate. Slater encounters a plot of deception and intrigue, as well as finding romance in the form of Steyner's beautiful wife Terry (Susannah York). Slater is called on to save the mine and its workers when the conspirators try to blow it up.

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George Lazenby. For most, that name will mean nothing, but Bond fans and trivia aficionados alike will recognize him as the infamous "one-time Bond".

A unique documentary/narrative hybrid chronicling the stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969), despite having never acted a day in his life. Then after being offered the next six Bond films and a $1 million signing bonus, he turned it all down...

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Now two are left: Susy, recently blinded and still learning how to live in a sighted world, and Roat, a psychopathic killer. Roat wants a heroin-stuffed doll he thinks Susy has. All Susy wants is to survive.

Dim the lights, check the door's chain lock, and brace yourself for a chiller as polished as the steel of Roat's blade.

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - start your engines. You're about to take an incredible ride with one of the most wonderful family films of all time! Now celebrating its 35th anniversary, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never looked or sounded better.

With its clever tunes (including the Oscar nominated title song), marvellous cast and enchanting storyline, this delightful family film is lots of fun and simply 'toot sweet' to pass up! Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, who creates an extraordinary car that not only drives but also flies and floats, as it leads him, his two children and the beautiful Truty Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure!

Sean Cannery is back for his final performance as agent James Bond in this high-velocity action thriller. Agent 007 is hurled into a pulse-pounding race to save the world from Armageddon when two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil 'Spectre' organisation.

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Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino and written and directed by Eli Roth, "Hostel" is a dark, bloody exploration of torture and evil. The film centres on two young Americans backpacking through Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.

Graphic and deeply disturbing, 'Hostel' is one of the most brutal films ever made!

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Based on as Asian proverb that life can be broken down into four key emotions-happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love - The Air I Breathe follows the lives of 5 key characters: a bored banker, a ruthless crime boss, his henchman and a beautiful star, whose lives entangle when a doctor, fighting to

save the woman he loves, sets into motion the ultimate collision of fates.

Wallace and Gromit are back with 10 new Cracking Contraptions! Episodes Comprise: - The Soccamatic - The Tellyscope - The Auto Chef - The Snoozatron - The Turbo Diner - The Bully Proof Vest - The 525 CrackerVac - The Christmas Cardomatic - The Snowmanotron - Shopper 13

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Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, makes the journey into filmmaking as writer and director of this mind-bending fantasy, also starring Christian Slater. Pushing the boundaries between fiction and fantasy, "Slipstream" is the implosion of a man’s mind.

Felix Bonhoeffer (Hopkins)is an actor and screenwriter with a habit of getting lost in his own head. While working on a murder-mystery screenplay, Felix’s characters start appearing in his life: and his life starts slipping into his characters. Unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is thrown into a vortex where his dreams, time, and reality collide. As Felix enters an increasingly whirling slipstream, he soon discovers that life is random and fortune is sightless. Also starring Christian Slater and John Torturro.

In this fun-packed two-team game, players travel around an animated Virtual Game Board, propelled by the Spin-a-tron: a Wallace-built contraption that takes the place of traditional dice.

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It is 19th Century Europe and Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is a gutless bully who seeks admission into European high society.

Seeing a chance to promote their own menacing political schemes devious Otto von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) and Rudi Von Sternberg (Alan Bates) convince Flashman to disguise himself as a Prussian noble so that he can marry a gorgeous duchess (Britt Ekland). However, the hoax is discovered, and Flashman flees the continent, experiencing one calamity after another as well as some of history's most significant events in this hilarious romp that might just make you laugh instead of marvel at the next comic book 'hero' you encounter!

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This is the complete collection of all four cracking half-hour specials featuring Aardman's oscar-winning duo - charming and eccentric inventor Wallace and his faithful, four-legged friend Gromit!

A Grand Day Out (1989)
Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) likes a nice bit of cheese

with his crackers, so when this eccentric inventor finds his fridge empty and the local corner shop shut for the Bank Holiday, he is forced to look further a field for his Cheddar. The two modelling clay heroes blast off in their home-made rocket on the ultimate day trip - Wallace and Gromit (voice of Peter Hawkins) are off to the moon!
The Wrong Trousers (1993)
This time the modelling clay stars are plunged into a hilarious tale of skullduggery involving an extraordinary pair of automated trousers and a villainous penguin. Posing as an innocent lodger, the fiendish fish-eater sets about recruiting mild mannered Wallace as an unwitting accomplice to his dastardly plot - a diamond heist with a technically advanced, trouser-inspired difference. It is left to Gromit to turn detective and save the day as malice and mayhem culminate in a breathless train-top chase - around the sitting room!
A Close Shave (1995)
Trade is booming for Wallace and Gromit's Wash'n'Go window cleaning service and love is in the air as Wallace falls for the owner of the local wool shop, the lovely Wendolene. But Wallace has a new incentive - a Knit-O-Matic machine - and adventure looms. Sheep are being rustled, wool is in short supply and Wendolene's malevolent pooch is on the prowl... featuring Shaun the Sheep!
A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery - Top Bun - and business is booming, not least because a deadly Cereal Killer has murdered all the other bakers in town. Can Gromit save his master from becoming the next baker to be butchered?

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After a child is accidentally killed in a gang shooting, a group of women led by Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris) organise a protest against the ongoing violence in Chicago's Southside: They will withhold sex from their men until they agree to lay down their arms.

Lysistrata's lover, rapper/gang leader Demetrius (Nick Cannon), retaliates by intensifying his feud with rival gang lord Cyclops (Wesley Snipes). Lysistrata's movement challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world, and raises tensions in the already violent neighbourhood.

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Lieutenant Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is determined to bring down mob boss Mr Brown (Richard Conte), even if it means jeopardising his own career, but the feeling is mutual and the unscrupulous gangster is more than willing to operate outside the law to get his man.

The confrontation escalates, leading to some wince-inducing set-pieces involving such handy props as a radio and a hearing aid.

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1979. The frozen wastes of the Arctic. A 'small clerical error' finds private Rudy Spruance posted to an army hospital that doesn't 'officially' exist. In charge is the crazed colonel Woolwrap (Jeremy Northam), aided by his beautiful sergeant and secret lover (Natascha McElhone).

Rudy soon realises that he is the only sane man on the base. After various failed escape attempts he falls for the colonel's girlfriend and stumbles upon one of the US Military's best kept secrets ... A secret the Pentagon is determined will never be told. But Rudy has other ideas.