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History Unlimited

co.uk

In association with Amazon

Site Last Updated June 2008

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Additions to the Film Store

The selections from the 2008 BAFTAs and Oscars are now either available on DVD or available for pre-order from Amazon. Sound track albums and related books are all available.

Additionally, we have filled in a few gaps in our existing pages — some early Gothic, some classic documentaries and WWII drama, an enduring Western, an historical extravaganza and lots of music. This is a continuing process and there will be more to come!

Stop Press, June 2008

Newly released: The Godfather Trilogy — The Coppola Restoration. 5 disc boxed set which includes first-time re-mastered versions of The Godfather and Godfather Part II, both under the supervision of Francis Ford Coppola. Many extras and special features, including the director’s commentary on all three films. Available from the 1970-1974 page of the Film Store.

Recent Film Additions

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / Andrew Dominic

Elizabeth: The Golden Age / Shekar Kapur

I’m Not There / Todd Haynes

No Country For Old Men / Coen Brothers

Sweeney Todd — The Demon Barber of Fleet Street / Tim Burton

There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly / Julian Schnabel

La Vie En Rose / Olivier Dahan

Lest We Forget ….

The Old Dark House / James Whale 1932

Werewolf of London, The Wolf Man / Stuart Walker/George Waggner 1935/1941

Night Mail , West Highland / Wright & Watt/John Grey 1936/1960

Went The Day Well? / Alberto Cavalcanti 1942

The Humphrey Jennings Collection / Humphrey Jennings 1943

Western Approaches / Pat Jackson 1944

The Searchers / John Ford 1956

Jazz on a Summer's Day / Aram Avakian / Bert Stern 1958

Charge of the Light Brigade / Tony Richardson 1968

The Cotton Club / Francis Ford Coppola 1984

Brassed Off / Mark Herman 1996

Legend of 1900 / Guiseppe Tornatore 1999

And Also

Blade Runner — The Final Cut: available from the Film Store since its release in December 2007. This is the ultimate and definitive collectors’ edition, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original release. The box set contains all 5 versions of the film, plus around 80 interviews with actors and filmmakers, plus a feature length documentary — and more. The 2006 re-mastered Director’s Cut is still available, as is the Soundtrack Album and Philip K Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Additions to the Bookshop

Prehistory: More on genetic research

The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa / Stephen Oppenheimer

The Origins of the British: A Genetic Detective Story / Stephen Oppenheimer

Rome & Byzantium: Classical authors and a 19th Century giant

Commentaries: On The Gallic War & On The Civil War / Julius Caesar

The Jugurthine War/The Conspiracy of Cataline / Sallust

Life of Herod / Flavius Josephus

The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus / Cassius Dio

The History of Rome / Theodor Mommsen

England: Language, Diarists & Queen Victoria

The Cambridge History of the English Language / Various Authors

Dr Johnson's Dictionary / Samuel Johnson

The Paston Letters / Ed Norman Davis

The Concise Pepys / Samuel Pepys

A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain / Daniel Defoe

Rural Rides / William Cobbett

Diary 1847-1889 / William Allingham

The Making of the English Landscape / WG Hoskins

Queen Victoria / Elizabeth Longford

Queen Victoria: A Personal History / Christopher Hibbert

Europe

A History of Venice / John Julius Norwich

Letters on England / Voltaire

20th Century

Ten Days that Shook the World / John Reed

Religion & Myth

The Confessions of St Augustine / Augustine of Hippo

Civilisation & Exploration: Ages of Reason

Republic / Plato

The Nicomachean Ethics / Aristotle

A Treatise of Human Nature / David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding / David Hume

The Wealth of Nations: I-III / Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations: IV-V / Adam Smith

Rights of Man / Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason / Thomas Paine

On the Origin of Species / Charles Darwin

We have added some 140 literary sources and 60 soundtrack albums to our Film Store. Fifteen artists, 60 albums and 1700+ tracks have been added to the Ragtime page in our Jazz Store.

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A Few Perfect Pairings

Some examples of Amazon book and film prices. Many of the DVDs featured here are at a fraction of the RRP. For reviews go to the relevant pages in our Bookshop and Film Store. Note that orders over £15.00 direct from Amazon qualify for free delivery in the UK.

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Lawrence of Arabia / David Lean

1962. Colour. UK. 227 mins. DVD.

Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif. Revolt in the desert. Special Edition with good extra features. Perfectly paired with:

Seven Pillars of Wisdom / T E Lawrence. Bookshop 20th Century.

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Zulu / Cy Enfield

1964. Colour. UK. 133 mins. DVD.

Michael Caine, Stanley Baker and lots of Zulus. The defence of Rorke’s Drift. Perfectly paired with:

The Washing of the Spears / Donald R Morris. Bookshop British Empire.

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Little Big Man / Arthur Penn

1970. Colour. USA. 134 mins. DVD.

Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George. Manifest Destiny and Genocide. Amazon Perfectly paired with:

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / Dee Brown. Bookshop Americas.

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Apocalypse Now Redux / Francis Ford Coppola

1979. Colour. US. 194 mins. DVD.

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando. Director’s cut with 50 additional minutes. The original release is also available from the Film Store. Perfectly paired with:

Dispatches / Michael Herr (who wrote the narration). Bookshop 20th Century.

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Brazil / Terry Gilliam

1985. Colour. UK. 137 mins. DVD.

Terry Gilliam’s exorbitant fantasy. Perfectly paired with:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Terry Gilliam

1998. Colour. USA. 113 mins. DVD.

Hunter S Thompson’s gonzo journalism translated to the big screen.

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Gods and Monsters / Bill Condon

1998. Colour. USA. 101 mins. DVD.

The twilight days of Frankenstein director James Whale. Perfectly paired with:

Frankenstein / James Whale

1931. BW. USA. 69 mins. DVD.

The original iconic adaptation of the original literary source.

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Being John Malkovich / Spike Jonze

1999. Colour. USA. 112 mins. DVD.

Surreal first feature from Spike Jonze, with John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and … John Malkovich. Perfectly paired with:

Adaptation / Spike Jonze

2002. Colour. USA. 110 mins. DVD.

Spike Jonze’s second feature begins on the set of his first …

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O Brother Where Art Thou? / Joel & Ethan Coen

2000. Colour. USA. 103 mins. DVD.

Exuberant comedy filled to the brim with American traditional music. Perfectly paired with:

Down From The Mountain / Nick Doob

2001. Colour. USA. 98 mins. DVD.

The concert of the film.

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Shadow of the Vampire / E Elias Merhige

2000. Colour/BW. USA. 91 mins. DVD.

John Malkovich as F W Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck in an intriguing take on the making of Nosferatu. Perfectly paired with:

Nosferatu / F W Murnau

1921. BW. Silent. Ger. 72 mins. DVD.

The classic vampire movie that set the standard for a genre.

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Enemy at the Gates / Jean-Jacques Annaud

2001. Colour. UK. 131 mins. DVD.

Jude Law, Ed Harris. Sniperism at the siege of Stalingrad. Perfectly paired with:

Stalingrad / Antony Beevor. Bookshop 20th Century.

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Kingdom of Heaven / Ridley Scott

2005. Colour. USA. 144 mins. DVD.

Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis. The fall of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Director’s Cut 4 Disc Extended Edition is also available from the 2005 page. Perfectly paired with:

The Crusades / Zoe Oldenbourg. Bookshop Medieval & Crusades.

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No Direction Home / Martin Scorsese

2005. BW. USA. 240 mins. DVD.

Scorsese’s Bob Dylan documentary, covering the years 1961-1966. Perfectly paired with:

The Last Waltz / Martin Scorsese

1978. Colour. 112 mins. DVD.

The farewell concert of The Band.

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Good Night, and Good Luck / George Clooney

2005. BW. USA. 93 mins. DVD.

Ed Morrow takes on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Perfectly paired with: