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Equus, Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award®-winning play (which he adapted for the film) is brought to life on the screen by director Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon) and a cast that includes Richard Burton (Alexander the Great) and Peter Firth (Joseph Andrews) as psychiatrist and patient in a disturbing tale of a mysterious and unfathomable crime. Joan Plowright (101 Dalmatians), Colin Blakely (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), Jenny Agutter (Logan’s Run), Eileen Atkins (TV’s The Crown) and Harry Andrews (Alexander the Great) turn in bravura supporting performances in a film photographed by Oswald Morris (Fiddler on the Roof) with a score by Richard Rodney Bennett (Murder on the Orient Express). FEATURES: Production Year: 1977 Video: Color Run Time: 138 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Sound: Mono Subtitles: Optional English Stars: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews, Eileen Atkins, Jenny Agutter Director: Sidney Lumet Awards: Three Oscar® Nominations* EQUUS

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An investigation involving a phony diamond leads Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov)

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Brand New 2K Master! From George Cukor, the legendary director of A Bill of Divorcement, Dinner at Eight, Holiday, The Women, The Philadelphia Story, Adam’s Rib and My Fair Lady, comes this romantic comedy-drama starring screen legends Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter, Bringing Up Baby) and Laurence Olivier (Rebecca, Sleuth). Made for television, Love Among the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Hepburn and Olivier. The scene is Victorian London, where wealthy widow Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiancé. Olivier is the highly respected barrister engaged to defend Hepburn in court. The usually reserved Olivier relishes the opportunity to see Hepburn, who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by Hepburn’s adamant insistence that she has never seen him before in her life. Winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Actor (Olivier), Actress (Hepb

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Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is up to his old tricks again, driving former boss Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) quite literally insane. Escaping from a psychiatric hospital, Dreyfus repeatedly attempts to kill Clouseau, who blunders his way through a crazy caper while having the time of his life with sexy Russian spy Olga Bariosava (Lesley-Anne Down). With Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter; directed by Blake Edwards. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English DTS 5.1, DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers; TV spots; radio spots. Two-disc set.

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Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is up to his old tricks again, driving former boss Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) quite literally insane. Escaping from a psychiatric hospital, Dreyfus repeatedly attempts to kill Clouseau, who blunders his way through a crazy caper while having the time of his life with sexy Russian spy Olga Bariosava (Lesley-Anne Down). With Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter; directed by Blake Edwards. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English DTS 5.1, DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers; TV spots; radio spots. Two-disc set.

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An underrated masterpiece and one of the finest Sherlock Holmes films ever made... Considered by many Holmesians to be the best Sherlock Holmes movie ever made, Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is both an affectionate parody, and a brilliant, melancholy celebration of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective. Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) and Dr. Watson (Colin Blakely), are tasked with locating the missing husband of a mysterious woman fished out of the River Thames. The course of their investigation leads them to Scotland and encounters with a group of monks, some dwarfs and even the Loch Ness Monster. Can Holmes and Watson crack the case? Co-written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond (one of eleven screenplays they wrote together) and starring the late great Christopher Lee as Sherlock’s brother Mycroft, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is one of the most underrated films in Billy Wilder’s filmography, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film for Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Blu-ray Special Features: • Glorious 1080p presentation • Uncompressed PCM soundtrack (on the Blu-ray) • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing • A new video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard • The Missing Cases (50 mins): A presentation of the films deleted sequences, using script excerpts, production stills and surviving film footage. Includes the film’s Original Prologue, The Curious Case of the Upside Down Room, The Adventure of the Dumbfounded Detective and The Dreadful Business of the Naked Honeymooners • Deleted Epilogue Scene (audio only) • Christopher Lee: Mr. Holmes, Mr. Wilder - an archival interview with Christopher Lee about his experience working with Billy Wilder • Interview with editor Ernest Walter • Original theatrical trailer • PLUS: A collectors booklet featuring a new essay by Philip Kemp; the words of Billy Wilder; and rare archival imagery Reviews: “A wonderful, cruelly underrated film.” – Time Out “One of Wilder’s best…affectionately conceived, chock-full of marvellous subtleties, this meticulously constructed adventure-romance shouldn't be missed.” – Chicago Reader “the best Sherlock Holmes movie ever made… sorely underrated in the Wilder canon” - Kim Newman, Empire “you wouldn't expect anything directed by Wilder and scripted by his long-time associate I. A. L. Diamond to be anything less than funny and watchable, and this is both” - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian