PEGGY SU!    DVD

Set among Liverpool’s Chinese community, the film made the headlines recently when it was awarded an Arts Council grant from the Lottery fund to boost its BBC funding. PRICE £8:00+£1 PP

 Letter To Brezhnev (1985) - starring Margi Clarke, Alexandra Pigg, Peter Firth, Alfred Molina, Neil Cunningham, Tracy Lea, Ken Campbell and Angela Clarke in a great film. Liverpool girls meet Russian sailors in town, and one of them falls in love with her fella. He has to go back to Russia, but she writes to Brezhnev for permission to marry him.  DVD

  THE MUSCLE MARKET PRICE £10:00+£1 PP    DVD

FILM SET IN LIVERPOOL.THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT SPOT THE COMEDIAN./.JACKIE HAMELTON,KEN ROSE, ECT (CHECK OUT THE CAST LIST)

FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY 1965   DVD U.K. film. Brian Epstein presents: Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, The Black Knights, Cilla Black, Earl Royce and the Olympics, and The Blackwells. 14 dazzling numbers! Great Liverpool location footage includes: Birkenhead Market, Locarno Ballroom, Alelphi Hotel, the Pier Head, the Mersey Tunnel and, of course, the world famous Cavern Club. (A real fight broke out at the Locarno Ballroom and was kept in the film!) Terrific scene in Frank Hessy's music store featuring hundreds of real fans pushed up against the windows while Gerry and the Pacemakers play inside. A very cool document of the Liverpool Mersey Beat boom. Fab film! Jimmy Savile, Julie Samuel, George A. Cooper, Eric Barker, T.P. McKenna, Mona Washbourne. Songs include Gerry & the Pacemakers: "Baby You're So Good To Me," "Fall In Love," "Ferry Cross The Mersey," "I'll Wait For You," "It's Gonna Be All Right," "She's The Only Girl For Me," "This Thing Called Love," "Why Oh Why." Cilla Black: "Is It Love?" The Fourmost: "I Love You Too." The Black Knights: "I Got A Woman." The Blackwells: "Why Don't You Love Me?" Earl Royce & the Olympics: "Shake A Tail Feather!" George Martin Orchestra: "The Liverpool Scene."  £10+£1PP

. THESE DANGEROUS YEARS) 1957   (DVD)

DANGEROUS YOUTH (a.k.a. THESE DANGEROUS YEARS) 1957 U.K. film. Brutal Liverpool gang leader becomes a rock n roll star then ends up in the Army. The Dingle Boys are a menace to the distinct! British teen idol Frankie Vaughan sings, "Isn't It a Lovely Evening?" and "These Dangerous Years." Good Liverpool film footage. George Baker, Thora Hird, Eddie Byrne, Kenneth Cope, Carole Lesley. PRICE £10:+£1 PP

RIFF RAFF        DVD

Film Details

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Ken Loach

Director	Ken Loach
Starring	Robert Carlyle, Ricky Tomlinson, Emer McCourt

Director	Ken Loach
Starring	Robert Carlyle, Ricky Tomlinson, Emer McCourt

Film Description

Witty and naturalistic, Riff-Raff has strong messages for workers in Thatcher's Britain: drugs, day-dreams and horoscope escapisms are out, mutual support and retaliation, in! There are vintage Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson roles, plus an unforgettable foreman who sees laziness everywhere except in his own tea-leaves. PRICE £8:00+£1 PP

DISTANT VOICES        DVD

The second film in Terence Davies’s autobiographical series (TRILOGY, THE LONG DAY CLOSES) is an impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on Davies’s own family. The first part, DISTANT VOICES, opens with grown siblings Eileen (Angela Walsh), Maisie (Lorraine Ashbourne) and Tony (Dean Williams), and their mother (Freda Dowie) arranged in mourning clothes before the photograph of their smiling father (Pete Postlethwaite). Soon after, the family poses in a similar tableau, but for a happier occasion – Eileen’s wedding. While relatives sing at her reception, Eileen hysterically grieves for her dad, and recalls happy times of her youth. Tony and Maisie’s memories, however, are more troubled. Davies intermingles and contrasts scenes like the family peacefully lighting candles in church with the brutal man beating his wife and terrorizing his young children. In STILL LIVES, set (and filmed) two years later, the siblings are settled in life, but not all happily. For Eileen, relief from her drab existence comes only when singing at the pub. With his skillfully composed frames and evocative use of music in place of dialogue, Davies creates a lovely, affecting photo album of a troubled family wrestling with the complexity of love. PRICE £10:00£1+PP

THE IMPRESARIOS( DUCUMENTARY).THIS VERY RARE DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES ERNI MAC,BILLY UKE SCOTT,WHO WERE LEGENDARY IN LIVERPOOL FOR SUCH CLUBS AS "THE BROADWAY" CLUB AND LATER ON "THE MONTROSE".THIS DVD FEATURES RARE FOOTAGE OF A HOST OF LOCAL ENTERTAINERS SUCH AS A VERY YOUG "STEVE FAYE". THIS IS A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS A RECORDED HISTORY OF THE SHOWBUSINESS THAT PRODUCED MANY FAMOUSE NAMES FROM LIVERPOOL. PRICE £10:00 + £1 PP

DVD GUMSHOE, the directorial debut of British director Stephen Frears, is an entertaining salute to Hollywood's classic private eye movies. Albert Finney stars as Eddie Ginley, a second-rate British vaudevillian who has always been a fan of detective books and films. He finally gets the chance to make his fantasies a reality when there's a murder and he plays "gumshoe" to find the killer, much to the chagrin of his level-headed brother (Frank Finlay) and sister-in-law (Billie Whitelaw). In the process, he gets mixed up with the members of a black South African liberation movement, a mysterious and sinister "fat man" (George Silver), patterned after character actor Sydney Greenstreet, and an attractive American married woman (Janice Rule). As Eddie comes closer to solving the mystery, the film offers numerous plot twists, along with a lot of laughs PRICE £10:00+£1 PP   I Thank a Fool 1962 - UK DVD <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Starring: Diane Cilento, Cyril Cusack, Peter Finch, Susan Hayward, Kieron Moore Directed by: Robert Stevens PLOT DESCRIPTION Dr. Susan Hayward makes a tragic mistake when she leaves her Canadian practice to follow her ailing, married lover to England. Dying slowly and in great pain, her love begs her to help him die quickly. With great compassion, she does so with a large morphine injection. Unfortunately, her mercy lands her in court where she must face the ruthless and ambitious prosecuting attorney.Also great film footage of Newbrighton,and Pier Head Price £10+ £1PP   THE MAGNET     DVD This is a delightful film about a young boy growing up in a small riverside town,just across from Liverpool, in 1950.He experiences guilt after conning a younger boy out of a magnet and wrongly believing that this has lead to the other boy's death.Humour is provided by the boy's father a psychiatrist/psychologist who has a theory and an answer for everything, unfortunately these are usually wrong. Lots of nostalgia for those of us brought up at that time and place:New Brighton Pier and Lido;Mersey Ferry and Dockland Overhead Railway;Blitzed Area of Liverpool below Anglican Cathedral;Biscuits being delivered in large tin boxes. Most memorable scene:Liverpool/Chinese boy(played by Geoffrey Yin)- When his mother shouts at him in Chinese from a window,he turns to his friends and says "Me mam sez I've gotta ave mi tea" ...in a strong Liverpool accent. PRICE £10:00+PP  £10+£1PP The Bullion Boys (1993)  DVD Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-secret operation was known only to a handful of security men and senior bank officials... and a group of Liverpool dockers who handle the move. Billy Mac, the dockers' leader, hatches an ingenious plan to steal some of the gold bars from under the noses of the guards. PRICE £10:00 £1+PP   THE MAN FROM THE PRU  DVD Who murdered Julia Wallace on January 20, 1931? Though no motive was established, her husband was found guilty of the brutal murder and sentenced to death. But the Appeal Court of England made legal history by overturning the jury's verdict. In this chilling thriller, Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Carrington) stars as William Wallace, a cold man absorbed in his work and neglectful of his wife. The night of her murder, he receives a mysterious phone call to meet with a Mr. Qualtrough. Neither the man nor the address he is given exist. But the stage is set in this riveting drama, as Wallace's impassive response to his wife's death nearly gets him hanged. If Wallace didn't do it, who did? Did Julia look for emotional warmth elsewhere only to encounter a monster? THE MAN FROM THE PRU is a fascinating and terrifying film based on the unsolved murder that has haunted England since 1931. PRICE £10:00 £1+PP       DANCIN THRU THE DARK A WILLY RUSSELL FILM SET IN LIVERPOOL   DVD   Plot Summary for Dancin' Thru the Dark (1990) Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend - and the love of her life - Peter. Linda has to decide. Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter? PRICE £8:00+PP  £8.00+£1 PP   Our Day Out by Willy Russell   Willy Russell is one of Britain's most popular playwrights Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school. "The skill and zest of the show...derive from its success in following the adult argument through while preserving all the fun of a story mainly played by children...I have rarely seen a show that combined such warmth and such bleakness." set in 1970's Liverpool. PRICE £8:00 + £1 PP    VIRGIN OF LIVERPOOL     Great film, great performances from Imelda, Ricky and especially Johnny. He's hilarious. For Ricky Tomlinson this is a welcome return to form after Once Upon a time in the Midlands. He's back in his home town, his home environment and it really comes across in his performance. He doesn't need to worry about his accent so he can just get on with performing. For Johnny this is also a lot better than Sex Lives of The Potato Men, in this movie he is more himself, I think he identifies with the character and he does look like he's enjoying it. Some of the shots of Liverpool are awesome, and there's some great air to air scenes towards the end and a dramatic rescue from the Mersey. A must see for any fans of British comedy, highly recommended. PRICE £7 +£1 PP     HILLSBOROUGH THIS FILM IS A DRAMATISED RECONSTRUCTION OF EVENTS BETWEEN 1989 AND 1991. PRICE £5+£1 PP     NEW BRIGHTON ROCK TV SHOW The pop concert New Brighton Rock was held over two days: Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd May 1984 at the town's open air swimming pool and transmitted on Saturday 23rd June 1984 ITV by Granada Television.A strain was placed on local Police resources due to an on-going committment to the 1984 Miner's Strike. nevertheless, the event was covered by Merseyside Police's Wirral Division. It featured many famous musical artists of the day, such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Gloria Gaynor, Madness, Nik Kershaw and Spandau Ballet. PRICE £5+£1 PP       SCULLY'S NEW YEAR'S EVE (TV PLAY)   Scully's New Year's Eve - w Alan Bleasdale. The first TV glimpse of Bleasdale's alienated, down-at-heel scouse youth Franny Scully, as he invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's new year's eve party, which Bleasdale had developed in stories for Radio Merseyside, as played by Andrew Schofield. Became a series for Granada television. John Junkin and Janine Duvitski also featured.(VERY RARE TV PLAY.ONE NOT TO MISS) PRICE £10+£1  PP     THE RECKONING     (DVD) Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police. PRICE £6 +£1 POSTAGE

 BILL SHANKLY

THE BILL SHANKLY STORY

"Through the Darkness of Despair"

There was a smog so thick hanging over Anfield in 1959 that the roof of the famous Kop could hardly be seen, but in the back seat of a car in Manchester, a Ray of Hope was rising. Mr TV Williams had driven there to meet a certain Mr William Shankly. Bill had applied for the Liverpool job in the early 50’s but had failed to impress the board that he was the man for the job. Luckily for us Mr TV Williams had seen something that the others seem to have missed, “one of the biggest hearts in the game”.This is a story of a legend and a genius.Every Liverpool fan should own this dvd.

PRICE £6+PP

 THE STORY OF BLACK MERSEYBEAT

THIS IS THE STORY OF THE MERSEYBEAT ERA .TOLD BY THE  BLACK LIVERPOOL MUSICIANS.LOOK OUT FOR BILLY BUTLER (RADIO MERSEYSIDE  PRESENTER) IN A GOLD LAME SUIT. A SIGHT NOT TO BE MISSED

PRICE £6 +PP

 FRANKIE VAUGHAN

THIS IS YOUR LIFE

A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE FIRST BRITISH POP STARS

PRICE £5+ PP =£600

THE FRUIT MACHINE      DVD

'The Fruit Machine' is one of the most original and refreshing films I have seen, combining a terrific storyline and a superb cast of actors, with outstanding performances from Robbie Coltrane, Robert Stevens and Claire Higgins; as well as the two young protagonists. This film is in turn witty, stylish and absolutely terrifying and deserves much more recognition than it received. Price £7+£1 postage

Violent Playground (1958) - starring Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood (previously Violet Pretty), David McCallum, PeterCushing and our own Scousers List member Tom Eves (in his real-life role of a fireman) and Mag's da-in-law (as the hot dog seller). The film also starred as a young thug, a certain Freddie Fowell, who went on to become better known as Freddie Starr. Tom Eves remembers the following- "One scene required the fire engine to race up past the Bluecoat Chamber sand intercept David McCallum, who had just set fire to a building. I think he came running out of a back door of Boots or Cranes and jumped into a car. A stuntman drove the car and nearly clobbered the fire engine." PRICE £10:00+PP    DVD

Plot Summary for The Long Day Closes (1992)     DVD The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old "Bud." A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the camera's angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Bud's dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.PRICE £8:00£1 +PP

coast to coast Starring:  Lenny Henry , John Shea , George Baker  ,   DVD Directed by:  Sandy Johnson Run time: 96 min. Synopsis: This comedy concerns two buddies trying to make a go of it. Ritchie Lee (Lenny Henry) is the owner of an ice cream van that serves as a place to store his disco equipment, used to play music for ... An often very funny blend of road movie, buddy-buddy comedy and thriller parody, Johnson's film is short on visual delights (it was made for TV) but full of fine performances, strong throwaway lines (courtesy Stan Hey), and deft off-the-wall touches. Shea and Henry make for a good double act as the US air force man and the soul-crazy Liverpudlian DJ who find themselves pursued by cops and murderous mobsters as they travel from Merseyside, via the Lake District, to the Essex coast. Lively, sharp and fast, it also features a wondrous Tamla selection on the soundtrack. PRICE £10:00+PP                     DVD  BACK BEAT    (1993) - starring Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Chris O 'Neill, Scot Williams and Kai Weisinger. The story of the FITH Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe before they became famous.  In the movie, John is played by Liverpool actor Ian Hart, with American actor Stephen Dorff as Stuart.   Liverpool actor Scot Williams, who played the first Beatles' drummer Pete Best says: "It's 11 years since the movie, but it has become something of a cult classic and is still spoken of very fondly." PRICE £8:00+£1 PP                    DVD Waterfront (B&W, 1950) Seeming even shorter than its mere 80 minutes, Waterfront is the tragic (if melodramatic) tale of a derelict father (RN) who returns to his family after many years at sea. (Yet again he plays a hard drinker and also appears with a very young Richard Burton.) Newton's performance is touching and poignant. One of my favorites! ***** PRICE £10:00+PP     NO SURRENDER starring Michael Angelis , Avis Bunnage ,           James       Ellis , Ray McAnally , Tom Georgeson , Bernard Hill directed     Peter Smith A story about a man, a woman and 400 old age pensioners by Alan Bleasdale. One group of pensioners are Catholic the other are Protestant. They meet in a nightclub in Liverpool     It's Liverpool on New Year's Eve. Mike (Michael Angelis) an ex-singer, takes over as manager of a seedy nightclub owned by local criminals and quickly discovers that his predecessor has disappeared, leaving him with a string of nasty surprirses. In company with Bernard, a bouncer who has bounced once too often and Cheryl, the kitchen help who wants to be a singer, Mike finds that he has on his hands a pop group who can't play, a bad gay comedian, a nervous breakdown calling himself a magician (Elvis Costello) and even more worrying, a double booking for New Years Eve of two boisterous groups of old age pensioners who have hated each other all their lives One group is a second generation Irish pensioners' social club in fancy dress for a non existence prize, who inlcude a drunken blind ex-boxer Paddy LewIs  ONE OF LIVERPOOLS FUNNIEST FILMS THIS IS A RARE LIVERPOOL CLASSIC  PRICE £10:00+£1PP      DVD GOING OFF BIG TIME     DVD  While holed up at his solicitor's house, a gangster reflects on his life of crime. Liverpudlian comedy scripted by leading man (and 'Phoenix Nights' writer) Neil Fitzmaurice, featuring Bernard Hill and Scouse stand-up Stan Boardman PRICE £7+£1 PP IN UK    DOCKERS  DVD Bill Anderson's DOCKERS was largely written by actual dock workers, who were assisted by screenwriters Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh. This edgy Channel 4 drama, which follows the disputes of sacked Liverpool dockers, stars Ricky Tomlinson of THE ROYLE FAMILY.

PRICE £7+£1PP

In this comedy, two rabid football fans begin an unstoppable train of events when they physically harass a referee. ~ PRICE £7+£1 PP