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When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

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Dennis Potter has long been acknowledged as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Though he had considerable successes with the series format it is generally accepted that his strongest work is the single play, of which he did many for both the BBC and ITV.

In celebration of both Potter's body of work and the fiftieth anniversary of ITV, this set contains three of his most significant plays. Made for 'London Weekend Television' in 1980, these rarely-seen plays form a significant part of Potter's body of work and are released here for the first time, in any format, anywhere in the world. 'Cream in my Coffee' won the Prix Italia for Best Drama in 1980 and Peggy Ashcroft won the BAFTA for Best Actress. 'Blade on the Feather' won a Best Actor BAFTA for Denholm Elliott, as well as one for Best Graphics.

Blade on the Feather
A retired spy, his peculiar butler and two beautiful women live together in a creepy cliff-top house. Enter a sinister visitor, but what is his agenda?
Rain on the Roof
A bored, frustrated housewife gives reading lessons to a Billy (Ewan Stewart), an illiterate. Unfortunately, illiteracy isn't his only problem...
Cream in My Coffee
46 years on Jean (Peggy Ashcroft) and Bernard (Lionel Jeffries) go back to the scene of their early promises. The hotel is still 5-star, although the band is smaller, the food indigestible and the porters don't know their place. But the tawdry present is overwhelmed by memories - especially of a '30s crooner who made a special fan of the young Jean...

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In 2004 a fine art graduate from Bedford, near London, met a law principal from Chicago, America. Together they produced one of the most stunning, best kept secrets in British comedy.

Work of this originality and merit did not go unnoticed as pirate copies were being exchanged in every student halls of residency both here in the UK and in the US. Shown only once back in early 2006 and due to the nature of the material, the programme couldn't air until 11pm at night. In spite of this, word spread and the cult was born. Berry and Fulcher's Snuff Box

Only one man has the particular set of skills...to lead Police Squad and save the world! Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) follows in his father's footsteps in The Naked Gun.

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Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other.

With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

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This is a fictional account of a love affair between two jurors, Keith, Rafe Spall and Helena, Louise Delamere. Their eyes meet while they are both reading the steamy pages of the sexually explicit D H Lawrence novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, during the sensational 1960s obscenity trial.

Their initial attraction quickly develops an intensity, mirroring the passionate affair between Lady Chatterley and Mellors. During the week-long trial their relationship deepens into a celebration of the novel.

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Explorer Cliff Hendricks rescues Janet from the African jungle where she was born. They marry and have four children Luke, Matthew, Paul and Rebecca. Cliff contracts a rare African virus and turns him into an invalid. Janet raises their offspring and cares for Cliff.

Paul and Rebecca rarely leave the house, Luke is the only one to strike out on his own. No one has seen Matthew since his twenty first birthday. Luke returns home for Paul's 21st birthday, finding that Janet has been selling tribal art on the internet. Paul is more reclusive, his only "friends" are marionettes he made as a child. Rebecca, has been experimenting with her sexuality. Cliff's health is deteriorating fast, he live like a caged animal under the auspices of the malicious Janet. Things turn strange when objects d'art take on lifelike characteristics. Luke suspects they may be human remains from the jungle. Paul's childhood fascination with puppets hints of a tribal-based discipline, and Rebecca's love for Luke appears to be more than just incestuous sentiments. What happened to Matthew? An investigative reporter suspects the family of serial murders and ritual killings, she's right, but will never uncover the real secret. What began as a happy occasion for Cliff erodes into a pit of darkness, a satanic feast of the flesh, unspeakable acts of twisted humanity, an unthinkable nightmare of carnality, and an apocalyptic journey into the realm of diseased minds. Discover a world of forbidden pleasures and moral decadence. Discover the cannibal taboo...

When a honeymooning couple visit the crumbling estate of the bride's ancestors, they discover her closet is filled with more than skeletons; a sinister lesbian vampire, a pair of nubile handmaidens, and two vampire hunters who have been recruited into the ranks of the undead.

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It tells four stories revolving around particular taboos (virginity, female masturbation, bloodlust, incest), each delving further back in time, as if to suggest that the same issues recur constantly throughout human history and in all walks of life, whether it s Lucrezia Borgia (Florence Bellamy)

or Erzsébet Báthory (Paloma Picasso in her only screen role) or the anonymous teenagers of the earlier episodes.

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Hank Thompson (Austin Borer) was a high school baseball phenom who can't play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He's got a great girl (Zoe Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.

When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he's got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out.

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Peter Sarsgaard plays a rich but socially inept computer engineer who meets with Molly Parker, drummer-by-day-stripper-by-night career woman.

What should have been a simple cash-for-sex arrangement sends this young computer genius and this beautiful stripper on an emotionally shattering journey into their deepest erotic fantasies where love has been deconstructed, pulling them over the edge as sex overtakes their passion becoming The Centre of the World.

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Documentarian Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) follows estranged Spinal Tap bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer) as they search for a drummer and prepare for a reunion concert in New Orleans.

Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a show that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll.

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Set during disco's heyday, 'Boogie Nights' is a hilarious and hysterical expose of the pornography industry as seen from those inside. Eddie (Mark Wahlberg) is a 17-year-old busboy looking for a break when veteran porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) spots him in a disco.

Jack immediately senses that the virile and well-endowed young man can make him very, very rich. Lead by Jack into the wickedly glamorous realm of porn movies, Eddie emerges as Dirk Diggler, the superstar who's always pleased to see you...

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From the makers of Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary comes the ultimate romantic comedy. This blockbuster film includes a fantastic all-star cast and an outstanding soundtrack. The hilarious Love Actually explores the ups and downs of relationships in the weeks building up to Christmas.

Boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, fathers and sons and rock stars and managers all combine to make Love Actually not just one story but ten very different ones. Because if you look hard enough you will find love actually is all around.

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This all-new slice of American Pie is packed with more sexy antics, hot babes and uninhibited comedy than ever before! Rob (Bug Hall), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty) are High School friends determined to score with the girls of their dreams.

They accidentally discover a legendary guide for sexual success, written by former pupils, hidden in the school library. But a few missing pages lead to hilarious surprises for everyone!