{"id":5993,"date":"2009-07-06T07:32:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T06:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2009-07-06T07:32:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T06:32:02","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-6th-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/07\/06\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-6th-july-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 6th July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
DVD PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n Doubt<\/a><\/strong> (Disney):\u00a0In 2005,\u00a0John Patrick Shanley<\/a> wrote the hit play\u00a0Doubt: A Parable<\/a>, which won the\u00a0Pulitzer Prize for Drama<\/a> and\u00a0Tony Award<\/a> for Best Play. Now Shanley has directed a film version called\u00a0Doubt<\/strong><\/a> which stars\u00a0Meryl Streep<\/a> as\u00a0Sister Aloysius,\u00a0the stern principal of a Catholic school in the Bronx during the 1960s, who comes into conflict with a reforming priest named\u00a0Father Flynn\u00a0(Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/a>).<\/p>\n A strong supporting cast includes\u00a0Amy Adams<\/a> and\u00a0Viola Davis<\/a> and although at times it is a little too stagey, the strength of the original play shines through and gives the impressive cast a chance to flex their considerable acting muscles.\u00a0Although some audiences will be left frustrated by the climax, it is worth remembering that it contains the very crux of the play and is also what gives it a rich and lasting power.<\/p>\n The extras on the DVD and Blu-ray are as follows:<\/p>\n The Red Shoes<\/a><\/strong> (ITV DVD): Moira Shearer<\/a> stars as talented young dancer Victoria Page who finds herself torn between Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook).<\/p>\n Directed by Powell and Pressburger<\/a>, featuring cinematography by the late Jack Cardiff, this is the new digital film restoration that was premiered at this year\u2019s Cannes Classics Film Festival.<\/p>\n It was restored in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in association with The BFI, The Film Foundation, Janus Films and ITV Global Entertainment Ltd. Restoration funding was provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation, and the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.<\/p>\n Features on both editions include:<\/p>\n Three Monkeys<\/a><\/strong> (New Wave Films):\u00a0Directed by\u00a0Nuri Bilge Ceylan<\/a> (who made\u00a0Uzak (Distant)<\/a> in 2002 and\u00a0Climates<\/a> in 2006) this dark family drama is about a politician (Ercan Kesal) who accidentally kills someone whilst out driving and manages to convince his lowly driver (Yavuz Bingol) to take the wrap.<\/p>\n The plot then thickens whilst the driver is in jail, with his wife (Hatice Aslan) and son (Ahmet Rifat Sungar) getting drawn into the web of deceit.<\/p>\n It screened in competition at Cannes in 2008 to considerable acclaim<\/a> and Ceylan won Best Director<\/a> although the limited run at UK cinemas meant DVD will be the place discerning filmgoers will catch it.<\/p>\n Extras include the trailer and an interview with Nuri Bilge Ceylan.<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody<\/a><\/strong> (Manga) > Browse more DVD Releases at\u00a0Amazon UK<\/a> and\u00a0Play<\/a> Including Doubt, The Red Shoes and Three Monkeys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[799,1021,193,632],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n Blind Loves<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Films)
\n Doctor Who: The War Games<\/a><\/strong> (2 Entertain)
\n Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts<\/a><\/strong> (Drakes Avenue Pictures)
\n Horse People With Alexandra Tolstoy<\/a><\/strong> (2Entertain)
\n If War Should Come: The GPO Film Unit Collection Volume Three<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\n Lola Montes<\/a><\/strong> (Second Sight)
\n Marley & Me<\/a><\/strong> (Fox)
\n Meatball Machine<\/a><\/strong> (4Digital Asia)
\n Panda! Go Panda!<\/a><\/strong> (Manga)
\n Prison Break Season 4<\/a><\/strong> (Fox)
\n S. Darko<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate)
\n Stargate Atlantis Season 5 Volume 5<\/a><\/strong> (Fox)
\n The Genius of Photography<\/a><\/strong> (2Entertain)
\n The Grocer’s Son<\/a><\/strong> (ICA Films)
\n The Innocent Sleep<\/a><\/strong> (Bluebell Films)
\n The International<\/a><\/strong> (Sony)
\nThe Scarlet Tunic<\/a><\/strong> (Bluebell Films)
\n The Sky at Night \u2013 Apollo 11 \u2013 A Night to Remember<\/a><\/strong> (Acorn Media)
\n Viva<\/a><\/strong> (Nouveaux Pictures)
\n Watching the Detectives<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum Pictures)
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\n> Check the latest DVD prices at\u00a0DVD Price Check<\/a>
\n>\u00a0Take a look at the current UK cinema releases<\/a> (W\/C Friday 3rd July)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"