Based on Peter Barnes' hit play, this caustic, hilarious and irreverent black comedy has ... more
rightly become a cult classic. The House of Gurney has a family problem - namely the 14th Earl of Gurney (Peter O' Toole) who thinks he is Jesus Christ and when re...
Written by Peter Barnes from his acclaimed play, this satirical film features the ... more
fetishistic Earl of Gurney, a member of the House of Lords who dies and is succeeded by his mad son Jack (Peter O?Toole), who believes he is God. The other somewhat-more respectable members of the family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensues. Starring Peter O?Toole, who was Oscar-nominated for his turn as the mad earl, alongside Alastair Sim and Arthur Lowe, The Ruling Class was nominated for the Palme D?Or.
Peter O'Toole gives a tour-de-force performance as Jack, a man"cured" of believing he's ... more
God - only to become Jack the Ripperincarnate. Based on Peter Barnes' irreverent play, this darklycomic indictment of Britain's class system peers behind the closeddoors of English aristocracy. Insanity, sadistic sarcasm, and blackcomedy - with just a touch of the Hollywood musical - are allfeatured in this beloved cult classic directed by Peter Medak. Special Features: New 16x9 widescreen digital transfer, supervised by directorPeter Medak and restored to the original full-length version, neverbefore available in the U.S. Audio commentary track featuring Peter O'Toole, Peter Medak,and writer Peter Barnes Peter Medak's home movies, shot on location for The RulingClass A collection of rare publicity and behind-the-scenes productionstills Original trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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Advantages: beautifully and delicately written Disadvantages: michael caine's maine accent
I watched "the cider house rules" for the first time the other night. I must say that my early and initial reactions to the film were "why is Michael Caine not a cockney? He sounds silly" and "surely they could have gotten someone else other than Peter Parker to play Homer?". These fairly plausible questions and thoughts were soon extinguished and deemed pedantoic when i was soon drawn into this delicately steady story of an emotionally immune orphan and his release into the world.
Michael Caine is Dr Wilbur Larch who runs an orphanage but also performs safe but illegal abortions, people travel there to add a child to their life or to prevent it from happening. The story tells of one child, named Homer, who didn't have much luck as an orphan; his first foster parents didn't know how to cope with such an unusually quiet baby whilst his ...
Advantages: A great Idea for a film Disadvantages: Not really as good as it could have been.
Well as the war is still on going I found myself looking at the DVD's in need of something to watch. For some reason my eye was drawn towards Rules Of Engagement, not really sure why but it carries on nicely with the war theme, which seems to be developing through my latest ops.
This time the destination is Yemen. The film is more of a courtroom Drama than an all out guns blazing make the American army look really good type of film. Of course unlike Black Hawk Down this is purely a film on true story or book adaptations here. It centres on the Court case of US marine Col. Terry L. Childers (Samuel L Jackson) following an incident at the US embassy in Yemen.
The US Marines led by Childers have been called in to rescue the US ambassador to Yemen after a large crowd gathers in front of the Embassy and starts to become violent. In ...
and prevent him being imprisoned - or even executed. Whilst there is no doubt that Childers gave the order, what is in doubt is whether his actions were reasonable and proper under the military rules of engagement, or whether he acted in haste.
The film is essentially a game of two halves - the first half of the film is action-packed, from the opening scenes right through to the terrible climax of the Yemen Embassy incident. Thereafter the pace of the plot slows down to such an extent that the film struggles to hold your attention. Unlike other films that climax in a courtroom, there are no real twists or any added intrigue - the viewer is essentially sat waiting for the verdict. Hodges travels to Yemen to try to obtain evidence that the Yemen crowd was indeed hostile, but his trip seems to serve only to reinforce the fact that innocent people ...
Based on the play by Peter Barnes, this is the tale of the 14th Earl of Gurney, who believes himself to be Jesus Christ...
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
MOMENTUM PICTURES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT; ELEVATION SALES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
25/06/2001
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
MP 055 D
Barcode
5060021171559
Languages
Main Language
English
Subtitle Language
None
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
Full Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
DVD Description
A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole.
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