Roadshow - March 2012 Releases

RED DOG

LABEL:                 Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:     28 March 2012
DIRECTOR:             Kriv Stenders
STARRING:             Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Noah Taylor
CATEGORY:           Family
RRP DVD:              $39.99
RRP Blu-Ray:         $39.99

Red Dog tells the story of a charismatic kelpie who roamed the Western Australian outback in the 1970s, hitching rides, adopting people and uniting communities along the way.

Night in the mining town of Dampier, Western Australia, a dog lies in the backroom of the town's only pub, dying. Not just any dog, but the most loved and infamous dog of the entire Pilbara region – Red Dog.

Slowly through the night word spreads and people from the town gather in the pub. Part vigil, part wake, part celebration, they swap stories of Red Dog's life, his rise to fame, his glories and tragedies.

Red Dog had first hitched a ride into Dampier some ten years earlier with publican Jack and wife Maureen. At the time, Dampier was more outpost than town and Red Dog's rangy personality matched the spirit of the land and the colourful characters who came from throughout the world looking for work.

Red Dog endeared himself to (almost) everyone who crossed his path including Peeto, a large brash man with a surprisingly soft and gentle heart; Vanno, an Italian who Red Dog helps find love; and Jocko, a miner with a dark and disturbing past. However, it was not until Red Dog came across John that he settled down.

John - himself a wanderer - took a job in Dampier driving the Hamersley Iron company bus. Red Dog proudly took his place beside his chosen master and the arrangement was a match made in heaven. Even when John's attention was diverted toward the new girl in town, Nancy, Red Dog held his ground.

But tragically, John's life was cut short. Red Dog could not accept that John was gone and waited weeks at John's beach shack in the hope he would return. When John didn't show, Red Dog set out to find him.

He travelled thousands of miles hitchhiking by car, truck, rail, ship and air. From the south of Perth to the north of Darwin. He even journey to Saganoseki, Japan, and back. And in every town, he searched every face for that of his master. To every person he met it was as if he asked the same question: “Have you seen John?”

Back at the pub, the room has filled with people. Memories of Red Dog come fast and furious: His monumental appetite for food and love, his war with the evil Cribbages, his epic brawls with the giant Red Cat. And how ultimately he spoke to their lonely souls and brought them together as a community in this hot and desolate place.

But Red Dog is not yet ready to die. Unnoticed, he shakily gets off the table in the backroom room and weakly wanders off into the night.

As his friends in the pub realize that he's gone, they stream out into the dawn calling him to come back, to come home. But Red Dog is already heading towards a final journey, into legend.

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ALAN PARTRIDGE'S MID MORNING MATTERS

RELEASE DATE:     7 March 2012
STARRING:             Steve Coogan
RRP DVD:              $19.99

Alan's back, and his star has fallen even further as he hosts daytime radio show Mid Morning Matters. Prepare for another excruciatingly hilarious insight into the unstoppable ego of Alan Partridge.

After eight years of absence, Steve Coogan has brought back to life one of his most renowned and outrageous characters – Alan Partridge. Unable to resurrect his TV career, our unique presenter Alan is now hosting a radio show called Alan Partridge Mid Morning Matters on North Norfolk Digital with Sidekick Simon, a lab technician he met in a pub, who Alan thinks is so hilarious he decides to give him a break on live radio. Filmed through a webcam-eye-view, this is Alan Partridge for the digital age, although he hasn't quite caught up with the rest of us.

Spreading his usual mix of banality and wincingly tasteless comments, our anti-hero's star seems to have dipped to ever increasingly desperate depths. Tricky callers, fascinating listener phone-ins and a slightly disturbing insight into the inner workings of Alan's mind prove to be a winning mix for this mock-radio show comedy.

Through the series, Alan discovers his fascinating ancestry in "Who Does Alan Think Alan Is?", unwittingly becomes an agony aunt and, inspired by the Frost/ Nixon interview, decides to do Partridge/Partridge. It's hard hitting stuff as Alan asks Alan some deep, probing questions.

With other gripping segments such as "Guess What Alan is Firing His Friend's Air Rifle Into", and "What's the Best Thing Ever?", Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters is a hilarious, but increasingly bizarre, romp through the digital airwaves.

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LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE: SERIES 15 & 16

RELEASE DATE:     7 March 2012
STARRING:             Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde
                           Thora Hird
NUMBER OF DISCS: 4
RRP DVD:              $59.99

The BBC's longest running comedy series, Last of the Summer Wine, follows the comic trials and tribulations of life for a group of retired friends.

Here we are again in the beautiful Yorkshire village of Holmfirth, where it's time to catch up with our three mischievous, merry men. Clegg IS drinking far too much homebrew for his own good, Foggy, on the other hand, isn't full of beer, but brilliant new ideas, such as amazing new bicycle safety underwear and a rather treacherous three-man sail-board. Neither is life without incident for Compo, as he discovers Nora Batty's penchant for a man in riding-gear, he launches himself as a one-man band and test drives the most unlikely mode of Transport – a giant wheel. Only in Holmfirth!

Includes the 1992 & 1993 Christmas Specials. Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg and Brian Wilde as Foggy, Thora Hird and guest star John Cleese.

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THE CUP

LABEL:                 Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:     14 March 2012
DIRECTOR:             Simon Wincer
STARRING:             Stephen Curry, Brendan Gleeson
CATEGORY:           Drama
RRP DVD:              $39.99
RRP Blu-Ray:         $39.99

Two brothers. One dream. The odds were incredible and the story is true.

At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflective of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.

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DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE

2011 Christmas Special

RELEASE DATE:     7 March 2012
STARRING:             Matt Smith, Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey
RRP DVD:              $29.99
RRP Blu-Ray:         $34.99

Catch the yuletide episode of the hugely popular Doctor Who series starring Matt Smith as the Doctor, alongside a stellar guest cast including Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Bill Bailey (Black Books), Arabella Weir (The Fast Show) and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong & Miller). Join Matt Smith in the emotional festive special, packed full of Christmas thrills and chills.

Set during World War II, Madge Arwell receives tragic news that her husband Reg has died in combat. Unable to break the news to her two children, Cyril and Lily, she takes them away to a country home for Christmas. But there's something familiar about the caretaker – a man with a bow tie who seems to bring Christmas spirit and other strange things with him.

Most exciting of all there's a big blue box sitting under the Christmas tree, but is it really a present or a gateway to a magical, mysterious adventure...

The Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray includes 3 x 45 minute documentaries where fans and celebrity's showcase and celebrate their favourite moments of the season featuring Matt Smith's extraordinary run as the Doctor.

As seen on Prime TV..

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