Pure Genius Brilliant Films (29 titles)

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Whale Rider

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  • our price: £15.79
• Whale Rider on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes,  Rawiri Paratene,  Vicky Haughton
  Director: Niki Caro
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  New Zealand's Maori culture is the focus of WHALE RIDER, the powerful coming-of-age tale of Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), a 13-year-old girl who feels destined to become leader and chief to her tribe although that role has always been reserved for males. In part, the role is her birthright, as her ..read more »
  
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The Green Mile

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• The Green Mile on DVD (1999)
  Starring: Tom Hanks,  Michael Clarke Duncan,  James Cromwell
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  A DVD collection of three dramatic American films: THE GREEN MILE (1999, 18), PAY IT FORWARD (2000, 13), and PROOF OF LIFE (2000, 15).THE GREEN MILE: Director Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison tale (the first being 1994's nearly flawless THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) is a ..read more »
  
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The Shawshank Redemption

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• The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
  Starring: Tim Robbins,  Morgan Freeman,  Robert Gunton
  Director: Frank Darabont
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  City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ..read more »
  
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Gandhi

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• Gandhi on DVD (1982)
  Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Candice Bergen,  Edward Fox
  Director: Richard Attenborough
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  Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
  
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The Godfather

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• The Godfather on DVD (1972)
  Starring: Marlon Brando,  Richard Conte,  James Caan
  Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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  Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.
  
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial

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• ET - The Extra-Terrestrial on DVD (2002)
  Starring: Drew Barrymore,  Henry Thomas,  Dee Wallace
  Director: Steven Spielberg
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  The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of ..read more »
  
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Hotel Rwanda

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• Hotel Rwanda on DVD (2004)
  Starring: Don Cheadle,  Sophie Okonedo,  Nick Nolte
  Director: Terry George
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  Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
  
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Pan's Labyrinth

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  • our price: £7.93
• Pan's Labyrinth on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Ivana Baquero,  Sergi Lopez,  Maribel Verdu
  Director: Guillermo del Toro
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  Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
  
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To Kill A Mockingbird

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• To Kill A Mockingbird on DVD (1962)
  Starring: Gregory Peck,  Mary Badham,  Philip Alford
  Director: Robert Mulligan
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  Robert Mulligan's classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the racially charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a poignant coming-of-age story. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay (written by Horton Foote),..read more »
  
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It's A Wonderful Life

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• It's A Wonderful Life on DVD (1946)
  Starring: James Stewart,  Donna Reed,  Lionel Barrymore
  Director: Frank Capra
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  The legendary James Stewart (HARVEY, VERTIGO) stars as George Bailey. George is a noble man who has spent much of his life on a crusade to stop shady local businessman Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore - TREASURE ISLAND, DUEL IN THE SUN) from taking over the picturesque town of Bedford Falls. However, ..read more »
  
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