DVD PICKS
Dean Spanley (Icon): A quirky period piece set in the Edwardian era it tells the story of a father (Peter O’Toole) and son (Jeremy Northam) who attend a lecture by a visiting Hindu Swami (Art Malik). There they encounter Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), with whom Henslowe strikes up an unlikely friendship. Based on the 1936 novella by Irish author Lord Dunsany it is directed by Toa Fraser from a screenplay by Alan Sharp.
Extras include:
- Stereo and 5.1 Surround audio
- Making of featurette
- Cast and crew interviews
Although it didn’t get a huge cinema release, it is well worth getting on DVD.
* Listen to my interview with director Toa Fraser *
North Face (Metrodome): A tense documentary that relives 48 hours in the lives of the two climbers who scaled the eponymous wall of the Eiger Mountain in 1936. Directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas and Georg Friedrich.
Extras include:
- Making Northface
- Visual Effects Of ‘Nothface”
- Deleted Scenes
- Interview With Philipp Stoelzl and Kolja Brandt
- The Myth Of The Eiger North Face
- Timeline Of Attempts On The Eiger Mountain
- Cast & Crew Biographies
- Theatrical Trailer
- UK Exclusive Trailer
Trouble the Water (ICA): An Oscar-nominated documentary that follows the story of aspiring rap artist and self proclaimed hustler Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her husband Scott as they try to survive the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
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