Roadshow - March 2010 Releases

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MY SISTER'S KEEPER

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       10 March 2010
DIRECTOR:              Nick Cassavetes
STARRING:              Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Joan Cusack
CATEGORY:            Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BLURAY:          $49.99


Based on the bestselling book from Jodi Picoult, “My Sister’s Keeper” reveals surprising truths that challenge one’s perceptions of family love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

Sara (CAMERON DIAZ) and Brian Fitzgerald’s (JASON PATRIC) life with their young son and their two‐year old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents’ only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate’s life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna (ABIGAIL BRESLIN). Incensed upon learning that she was brought into this world for the singular purpose of prolonging the life of her ailing older sister, the young girl ultimately decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body.

DVD Special Features: Deleted Scenes; • Tarot Cards • Sara tucks in Anna • Brian Confronts Campbell/ Courthouse Entrance • Brian and Kate in Hospital • Mike helps his Kids • Sara Preps/Brian Tucks in Anna • Brian’s Testimony • Sara Cross‐Examines Brian • Alternate Suicide Scene; Theatrical Trailer

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FUNNY BLOKES OF BRITISH COMEDY

RELEASE DATE:       17 March 2009
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Hosted by Lenny Henry, Funny Blokes of British Comedy, pays homage to British television’s top comedic actors and the immortal characters they portray. Join us as we revisit many of the memorable side-splitting funny moments from great BBC comedies you have loved through the years.

Honouring the careers and contributions of John Cleese (Fawlty Towers), Geoffrey Palmer (As Time Goes By), Ardal O Hanlon (Father Ted), John Inman (Are You Being Served?) and many more funny blokes.

Special features include: Interviews with Geoffrey Palmer, Ardal O’Hanlon, and Richard Briers.

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THE BLACKADDER & BLACKADDER II

RELEASE DATE:       17 March 2010
DIRECTOR:              James Grey
STARRING:              Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnery, Elspet Gray, Robert East
NUMBER OF DISCS:               1 per series
RRP DVD:               $29.99 per series

Series One and Two of the critically acclaimed BBC comedy digitally remastered for the first time together with a host of special features.

Co-written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, the phenomenal Blackadder traces the deeply cynical lineage of various self-serving Edmund Blackadders from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of World War I. The series includes some of the biggest names in British comedy including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson and Miranda Richardson.

The Blackadder. In this groundbreaking first series Rowan Atkinson introduces the snivelling worm, Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Blackadder) as he emerges from the dust of dodgy documents to claim his wrongful position in history. Among tales of royal de-thronings, Black Death, witch-smellers (who root out spell-makers with their noses), and ghosts, the villainous and cowardly Edmund is a perennial survivor who never quite gets ahead. Includes all 6 episodes.

Blackadder II. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface of history (England 1558-1603) as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, perpetually courts favour from stark-raving mad Queen Bess (Miranda Richardson). Always walking a tightrope from which he can either gain the world or lose his head and accompanied by a small rabble of be-ruffed riff-raff - the serpentine Lord Blackadder’s greatest success comes from lowering the whole tone of England's Golden Age.

Special features: Newly Recorded Commentary from John Lloyd, Ben Elton & Richard Curtis (Bells), Tony Robinson & Tim McInnerny (Money), and Stephen Fry (Chains).

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TWO RONNIES (Series 5)

RELEASE DATE:       17 March 2010
STARRING:              Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
NUMBER OF DISCS:             2
RRP DVD:               $39.99

Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett were an unlikely comedy team but their talents complemented each other perfectly in a series which ran for 16 years and became a part of British television history.

From their introduction, "And in a packed programme tonight..." to the “Goodnight from him”, savour the familiar features of the comedy duo - the opening and closing news items, the party sketches, the doctor’s surgery set pieces, Ronnie Barker’s word-play speeches, the rambling monologues from Ronnie Corbett and some magnificent musical pastiches.

Many claim this fifth series showcases the two comedians at their peak. Spike Milligan, David Renwick and the Monty Python boys all helped to pen the classic sketches which regularly attracted viewers of 17 Million in their hey day.

Among these eight episodes you will find their most famous sketch, Fork Handles or ‘Annie Finkhouse’, as well as such gems as Pismonuncers Unanimus, It’s A Washout and Tomorrow’s Kitchen. The series also featured the Spike Milligan penned serial The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town (with the raspberry provided by a young David Jason!).

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Published 1st Apr 2010

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