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Win The Summer Of British Film Boxset!
This is the Summer of British Film and to celebrate we have teamed
up with OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT to give you a chance to win five
classic British Films on DVD!
From the much loved THE DAM BUSTERS, the classic new-wave comedy
BILLY LIAR to “Britain’s best Horror Film” THE WICKERMAN, also the
controversial 9 SONGS by Michael Winterbottom and the all time
classic THE THIRD MAN. These are all now available to buy, but for
your chance to win, answer the question below.
Also available on DVD as part of the Summer of British film season
from ITV DVD comes A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A MATTER OF LIFE AND
DEATH, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS and HENRY V.
Which film was the biggest box office success of 1955?
1. The Dam Busters
2. 9 Songs
3. Billy Liar
The competition will run until 30th September 2007.
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other competitions click here
OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND
ITV DVD CELEBRATE
A SUMMER OF BRITISH FILM
ITV DVD and OPTIMUM HOME
ENTERTAINMENT are teaming up this summer to celebrate the best
of British film with a collection of classic movie titles to be
made available at great prices from 23rd July 2007. ITV and
Optimum boast the largest, and the best, library of classic
British cinema titles. A Matter of Life and Death, Billy Liar,
Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, Henry V, The Red Shoes, 9
Songs, The Third Man, The Wicker Man and The Dam Busters are
just a selection from the fantastic range of 100 films being
made available to coincide with the BBC2’s Summer of British
Film. Throughout the summer months, BBC2 will feature seven
documentaries and movie showcases, as well as theatrical
screenings of digitally-re-mastered movie classics like Brief
Encounter and The Dam Busters at more than 200 screens around
the UK.
From OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT are five classic British films,
ranging from the much loved THE DAM BUSTERS. Classic new-wave
comedy with BILLY LIAR to “Britain’s best Horror Film” THE
WICKERMAN and more.
BILLY LIAR, one of the few comedies of the British ‘New Wave’
directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and starring Tom
Courtenay and Julie Christie, explores complex ideas and
difficult truths concerning economic hardship and the abandoning
of dreams to responsibility. Gently subversive the film marries
visual and verbal with and a genuine capacity to entertain with
a rather poignant rumination on the futility of dreams.
The controversial 9 SONGS, which made headlines as the most
sexually explicit film to be awarded an 18 certificate by the
BBFC was directed by award-winning director Michael Winterbottom
(Wonderland, 24 Hour Party People, Code 46). A modern-day love
story, the movie charts the progress of a couple’s relationship
over the course of 9 concerts they go to, also featuring music
from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Von Bondies, Elbow, Primal
Scream, The Dandy Warhols, Super Furry Animals, and Franz
Ferdinand amongst others.
An all time classic, THE THIRD MAN stars Joseph Cotton, Alida
Valli, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles in Carol Reed’s film of
Graham Greene’s novel. Set in a bombed out, post-war Vienna, The
Third Man features some of cinema’s most memorable set pieces as
pulp novelist Holly Martins seeks out the truth about the “third
man” present at the time of his friend Harry Lime’s suspicious
death.
Described by Empire as “Britain’s Best Horror Film”, THE WICKER
MAN was directed by Robin Hardy and stars Edward Woodward, Britt
Ekland, Diane Cilento, Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt in a
unique, and bona-fide horror masterpiece, as a devout Christian
policeman travels to a remote Scottish isle to investigate the
disappearance of a young girl.
A much-loved British classic, THE DAM BUSTERS Michael Anderson’s
1954 drama, captures the tension and bravery of an audacious
raid on The Ruhr Valley, the centre of Nazi Germany’s industrial
complex, and the quintessentially English combination of
inventiveness and dogged determination. The Dam Busters was
Britain’s biggest box-office success of 1955 and was shot in
black and white to allow the integration of original footage of
the bomb trails, giving the film a ‘gritty’ documentary style.
Also available on DVD as part of the Summer of British film
season from ITV DVD comes A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A MATTER
OF LIFE AND DEATH, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS and HENRY
V.
Many of these releases also feature extras.
With these fantastic DVD releases, Summer 2007 is truly set to
be the Summer of British Film.
Prizes
Prizes : 2 British Summer Collection Boxsets (Dam Busters, the Third
Man, Wickerman, Billy Liar and 9 songs)
Terms and
Conditions of Entry
The draw is open to UK residents only and
entrants must be aged over 18. Only 1 entry is allowed per person/email address. Entries
must be received by the 30th September 2007. The winner will be
drawn at random from all correct entries received by laterlife.com during the term of the
competition. No correspondence will be entered into. laterlife.com accepts no
responsibility for any entries that are late, incomplete, unintelligible, misdirected,
lost due to disconnection, telephone systems or computer equipment or software failure or
data loss. The winners will be notified personally by email, to the email address provided
in the entry, within one week from the closing date. No cash alternative is
available and the prize is not transferable. Winners names may be published on the
website. Submission of an entry will be taken as acceptance of the rules. Please note the competition
is not open to laterlife.com employees,
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