Production Year: 2003 - Comedy - Director: John Crowley - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Cillian Murphy, Colm Meaney, Rory Keenan, Laurence Kinlan
(+) Because of the new series the box set isn't complete, which means it will be cheaper! (-) It isnt the complete box set so you'll have to buy the new dvds seperatly or wait for the new set!
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Movie
Henry Wilt (Griff Rhys Jones) is a plain, boring Liberal Studies teacher at his local college. His career is going nowhere as his boss dislikes him and so keeps on turning him over for promotion on top of this his domineering wife constantly henpecks at him. Henry who has an oft fatalistic view of life fantasises about killing his wife in a gruesome way.
One evening whilst at a party with his wife, Eva (Alison Steadman) he is humiliated by one of her old school friends, Sally (Diana Quick), when she ties him to a blow up doll called Angelique. His upset wife stays at her friend's house whilst Henry slopes home alone. On his way home he discovers the wonderful Angelique in the back seat of his car and decides to get rid of the offending article once and for all by dropping it down a foundation shaft close to his school ...
Advantages: comedy genius, family values, light relief from reality Disadvantages: humour is all based on taste and it may not be to everyones taste
In my opinion this series is one of the comedyclassics of our time. The Trotter family trials and tribulations are a great comedy escape from your own!! It is a programme that will make you laugh really hard at some of the whacky antics that they do to create money to live! The comical catchphrases and antics of Del Boy mixed with the strong family bond are a great mix I think and they create a classic world of comedy in their series. I think that the mix of Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Jason as the Trotter brothers is a sublime mix of comedy genius. There are some key comedy moments with all the characters that are guaranteed to have people talking about for years to come. ...
Advantages: Great action movie Disadvantages: none
Director: Luc Besson
Producer: Patrice Ledoux
Writer: Luc Besson
Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman and Danny Aiello
This French directed action/drama movie was released toward the end of 1994 and was a simple tale of a quiet man who happened upon the wrong place at the wrong time.
**BRIEF PLOT**
Leon, (played by Jean Reno) is a mild mannered French man living in New York City's 'little Italy'. Unbeknown to all around him he is secretly a professional hit man, (or cleaner) working for the local Mafia boss Tony, (played by Danny Aiello), who uses a 'Macaroni' retail store to front his small empire.
Leon has only one friend, which happens to be a houseplant, until he inadvertently opens his door one day and his peaceful existence changes forever.
One of his neighbours, a twelve year girl called Mathilda ...
blissman70 17.06.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Leon (DVD)
In 'Wilt' Henry Wilt is a teacher of liberal studies to students on day-release from the nearby pie factory. His night-time fantasies are full of ways in which to murder his bossy wife Eva. In 'Leon The Pig Farmer' a young Jewish estate agent suffers an identity crisis when he discovers that his real father is a Yorkshire pig farmer. 'Personal Services' is a riotous comedy which takes a look behind the scenes at the sex-life of the British. The story was inspired by the life of Cynthia Payne, the notorious Madam, who was cleared by the courts of brothel keeping.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
20/10/2003
No of Discs
3
Catalogue No
37115 05673
Barcode
5037115056733
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interviews with Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones - Stars, Unseen Footage, WILT Featurette, Director's Commentary, BAFTA Nominated Short Film THE UNKINDEST CUT
Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo English
DVD Description
Three classic cult comedies bound up in one box. WILT: The popular comedy duo Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith star in this comedy based on the Tom Sharpe novel. Henry Wilt (Jones) is a lecturer who is under the thumb of his domineering wife. Wilt lands himself in hot water when he makes a fool of himself at a party with an inflatable doll, which he later buries on a building site. Unfortunately, Wilt's wife has also gone missing and the local police--led by Inspector Flint (Smith)--are convinced that it was a real body that Wilt was hiding. PERSONAL SERVICES: A seemingly conservative woman and her clientele of kinky connoisseurs become daily tabloid sensations when it's discovered that her suburban brothel caters to some of Great Britain's elite. Members of Parliament, diplomats, judges, bankers, and even men of the cloth are all caught with their pants down in England's scandal of the decade. LEON TH EPIG FARMER: Leon (Mark Frankel), a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part-time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of a northern pig farmer. His family is disconsolate over the news, so Leon decides to go up to Yorkshire to meet his biological dad. The farmer and his wife are thrilled to learn that they have a son; they quickly make an effort to integrate his Jewish culture with their own, learning certain key Yiddish expressions and how to cook kosher food. Even so, Leon does not take easily to farm life. When he mistakenly injects sheep semen into a pig, however, Leon creates a stir by creating what might be the first ever kosher pig. He escapes with the animal to London, where both of his families meet and exchange "cultural dialogue." (Not to be confused with LEON, THE PROFESSIONAL.)
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