Roadshow - August 2009 Releases

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VALKYRIE

STUDIO:                 MGM
RELEASE DATE:      9 July 2009
DIRECTOR:             Bryan Singer
STARRING:             Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh
CATEGORY:           Thriller
RATING:                M Contains violence and offensive language
RRP DVD:              $29.99

Tom Cruise stars in this action-packed film from the director of The Usual Suspects and X-Men.

Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolph Hitler, this engrossing thriller re-enacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Co-starring Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp and Eddie Izzard, Valkyrie delivers gripping suspense and pulse-pounding excitement from start to finish!

DVD Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Tom Cruise, Brian Singer, Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander;
2 x Featurettes - The Journey to Valkyrie - The Valkyrie Legacy

Also available on BluRay with the following special features:
Audio Commentary by Tom Cruise, Brian Singer, Christopher McQuarrie & Nathan Alexander

Seven Featurettes:
1. The Journey To Valkyrie;
2. The Road To Resistance: A Visual Guide;
3. The African Front Sequence;
4. Taking To The Air;
5. Recreating Berlin; 6. The Valkyrie Legacy;
7. 92nd Street 8: Reel Pieces with Tom Cruise and Brian Singer

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TUESDAY

STUDIO:                 Hopscotch
RELEASE DATE:      9 July 2009
DIRECTOR:             Sacha Bennett
STARRING:             Philip Glenister, Kevin R McNally
CATEGORY:            Thriller
RATING:                 M Contains offensive language
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Same Bank. Same Day. Different Story.

Tuesday is a taut, fast-moving heist story, revealed by the suspects through a series of police interrogations. By coincidence, four experienced criminals, two beautiful bank clerks and one desperate, penniless man nearing retirement decide to rob the same bank on the same day. Two detectives must piece together seemingly unrelated people and clues and determine who really stole the Meidan-i-Noor - an emerald the size of a fist.

DVD Special Features: The Making of Tuesday; Interviews with Cast; Gag Reel

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MURDER MOST ENGLISH

STUDIO:                 Reel
RELEASE DATE:      23 July 2009
STARRING:             Anton Rodgers
CATEGORY:            Television
NUMBER OF DISCS:  2
RRP DVD:               $34.99

Murder Most English contains four terrific tales of detective sleuthing based on the Flaxborough novels of Colin Watson.

Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love, the series was filmed in 1977 and is a glowing tribute to an England long-gone of heavy tweed jackets, dial telephones, typewriter ribbons and old-fashioned investigation and deduction.

Told over seven episodes: Hopjoy Was Here, Lonelyheart 4122, The Flaxborough Crab and Coffin Scarcely Used tell tales of mysterious murders, dire disappearances and conniving conspiracies that are designed to keep the local investigators at bay, but their layers of intrigue simply draw the detectives in deeper. One surprising and prescient tale considers the effects of an early variation on Viagra that sets the small town astir in most unexpected ways. But whatever the crime and whoever the culprit, one thing you can be sure of is a case or two of Murder Most English.

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TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

RELEASE DATE:      7 July 2009
STARRING:             Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne
CATEGORY:            Television
NUMBER OF DISCS:  2
RRP DVD:               $39.99

A passionate, sensual and very modern version of Thomas Hardy's infamous novel, combining young, upcoming acting talent with recognisable and much-loved faces.

As this drama opens, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield, dressed in white, dances in the May Day celebrations in her village. She catches a glimpse of a handsome stranger, but he ignores her. Later Tess is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune. Here she meets a very different man - the manipulative and fraudulent Alec. Will her very innocence prove to be her downfall?

One year later a changed Tess watches the May dances. Embarking on a new chapter in her life, she leaves her home, finding work as a dairy maid. Here Tess meets the stranger from the celebrations - Angel Clare. He seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent.

A thrilling story of seduction, murder, cruelty and betrayal unfolds. Whilst unstintingly gorgeous and romantic, this new adaptation is an intense, moving and provocative depiction of the tragically beautiful story.

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WHITECHAPEL

RELEASE DATE:      7 July 2009
STARRING:             Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis
CATEGORY:            Television
NUMBER OF DISCS:  1
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Spooks heart-throb Rupert Penry-Jones stars in this atmospheric, brooding drama that sees a modern day police force face an age-old adversary.

The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. The locals live in fear and the police remain clueless - with no motive, no evidence and no hope of catching this barbaric killer. But this is not the 19th century and the time of Jack the Ripper. This is now.

Assigned to the case is fast-tracked D.I. Chandler - a novice in the business of murder, an expert in the politics of policing and three day courses. His fellow officers, however, are anything but. Chief among them is D.S. Miles, the archetypal cynical, seen-it-all detective. Tipped-off by 'Ripperologist' Edward Buchan, Chandler realises that this modern day killer is copying the infamous Whitechapel murders, down to the very last detail. Can Chandler do what his fellow officers failed to do over 100 years before, and catch the person responsible?

Cinematic and stylish, with a distinctive gothic edge and gallows wit, Whitechapel is a far cry from most police procedural dramas. Prepare for ambitious storylines, memorable, realistic characters and enough scares to keep the blood racing. As seen on TVOne.

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Published 1st Sep 2009

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