The Good Lifehas proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More ... more
than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found...
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Four more original BBC television episodes of the much-loved classic sitcom starring ... more
Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith. With their sparkling wit and biting repartee, the sparring neighbours of Surbiton Tom, Barbara, Margo and Jerry arrive on CD.
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Production Year: 1956 - Comedy - Director: Joshua Logan - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field, Hope Lange, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Casey Adams, Hans Conried, Robert Bray
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
teenager growing up in Hill Valley, California. One day he gets a phone call from his good mate Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd) telling him to meet him at 1:15pm in the morning at the Twin Pines Mall Parking lot. That night, having waken up, Marty meets Doc at the parking lot were doc shows Marty his Delorean, which he has somehow converted into a time machine. Marty is told to videotape the experiment to see whether the car actually works, however before he does so a group of Libyan terrorists track to Doc, who had stolen Plutonium from them. The altercation leads Doc being shot and Marty jumping into the time machine. Trying to escape from the terrorists, Marty speeds to 88 mph, when all of a sudden he is transported back into time, to November 5, 1955.
Now in the year 1955, Marty accidentally runs into his dad, who is a teenager. He catches ...
Advantages: Very fun and entertaining from start to finish Disadvantages: None
Backto the Future in a science fiction adventure made in 1985 directed by Robert Zemeckis (who also directed Forrest Gump) and stars Michael J. Fix and Christopher Lloyd.
Marty McFly (Fox) is an ordinary 17yr old, except for one thing; he has a rather eccentric friend, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd). One night, he invites him to the local mall in the middle of the night. Marty, being curious, agrees. When he arrives he is met by Doc, who shows him a modified DeLorean car which he says has been made into a time machine. It uses Plutonium to create a nuclear reaction that to generate the power needed to travel through time, and this will only happen once the car reaches 88 miles an hour. Doc shows Marty the time circuits and programs in 1955. Suddenly Libyan terrorists arrive, looking for their Plutonium. They kill Doc, so Marty jumps ...
Advantages: great entertaining movie at a good pace Disadvantages: none
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*SOUNDTRACK*
The power of love by Huey Lewis and the news
Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the news
Heaven is one step away by Eric Clapton
Time Bomb Town by Lindsey Buckingham
Mr Sandman by The four ace
The Balled of Davy Crockett by Fess Parker
The Wallflower by Etta James
Night Train by Marvin Berry and the Starlighters
Pledging my love by Johnny Ace
Earth Angels by Marvin Berry and the starlights
Johnny B. Goode by Mark Campbell
**IN CONCLUSION**
A good entertaining movie with some clever uses of time travel, time and space continuum and the troubles concerning 'cause and effect'
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd play there parts brilliantly, if somewhat over the top at times.
Choosing Lloyd to play the part of a rather eccentric professor worked perfectly as he acted his part with honours.
Time travelling ...
Three episodes from the television comedy series. Includes: 'Backs To The Wall', 'The Wind-Break War' and 'Silly, But It's Fun' in which the Goods manage to spend the sum of fifteen pence on Christmas.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ACORN MEDIA; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date
07/10/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
AV 9250
Barcode
5036193092503
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
A Bob Larbey Interview, Production Notes, Filmographies, Scene Indexing
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital English
DVD Description
THE GOOD LIFE is the classic 1970s farcical Britcom about an eccentric middle-class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their the land--without leaving the suburbs.Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal), much to the horror of their conservative neighbours, the Leadbetters (Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith), decide to turn their suburban home into a self-sufficient utopian garden, with hilarious results. This collection features the three episodes of the popular series: "Backs to the Wall;" "Silly, But It's Fun...;" and "The Wind-Break War."
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