F1 Legends Of The 1950's - Volume 3 - 1958-1959 DVD

Advantages: Donald Pleasence at his best.
Disadvantages: It's alternative American title; 'Raw Meat' is abysmal

...), The Cat and the Canary (1978), Excalibur (1981), The Keep (1983), Electric Dreams (1984), Legend (1985), Labyrinth (1986), Raw Deal (1986), High Spirits (1990), The Krays (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), Black Beauty (1994) and The Saint (1997). GEOFFREY FOOT - EDITOR Worked on British comedies Blue Murder at St. Trinians (1956) & The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery (1966). Aswell as the Norman Wisdom comedy Trouble In Store (1953), and the bawdy sex comedies Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1977), Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) and Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (1977). Was also employed as Editor on John Hough’s Eyewitness (1970) & The Legend of Hell House (1973). And on historical biopics Rob Roy (1953), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) and Genghis Kahn (1965... Read review

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Advantages: Probably the best British TV science-fiction series ever
Disadvantages: Poor transfer to DVD in places, although given the equipment in use....

..., in conversation with Kneale. The three series can be neatly summed up as follows: 1953: "The Quatermass Experiment" - an alien threat in the here and now; 1955: "Quatermass II" - an alien threat that has been here for some time; and 1958 "Quatermass and the Pit" - an alien threat that has been here for 5 million years. Shot in black and white, each half-hour segment is faithfully transferred to DVD, complete with marks on the film and in one part, a fly walking across the lens. Camera technology back then was crude and panning created slightly fuzzy shots, although the majority of the programmes can still be viewed perfectly. Leaving behind the first rocket experiments but firmly rooted in the austerity of the early 1950s, Kneale's "The Quatermass Experiment" dealt with the near-future British Rocket Group's (and its head, Professor Bernard... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting, Entertaining and Well Depicted
Disadvantages: None

...for their fateful flight on February 3, 1959. Before that Ritchie makes a call to his brother where they patch up their differences. It has been declared by some that this crash which killed three music legends was the day music died. Bob is fixing a car when he hears on the news that his brother's plane crashed without any survivors. The news hits the whole Valenzuela family very hard. Donna and all his school friends are devestated and the films ending is very sad. Ritchie Valens was only 17 years old when he passed, eight months after he signed to Del-Fi Records and produced three songs that hit the Billboard 100. I found this a really interesting watch about a artist from the late 1950's I knew little about. I recommend this film to anybody who has any kind of interest in music as it is very entertaining and the soundtrack to the film is also very... Read review

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