A Robert Redford-directed suspense thriller, a wild-western TV series, a series of engaging documentaries from one of the stars of inquisitive television, all rounded out with a couple of fantastic detective / who-dun-it shows! September is a great month for DVDs with GrownUps and Madman Entertainment.
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The Company You Keep
You can't escape the past.
From Academy Award® winning director Robert Redford (ORDINARY PEOPLE) and Academy Award® winning producer Nicholas Cartier (THE HURT LOCKER) comes a suspense thriller based on the novel by Neil Gordon.
With an incredible, award-winning ensemble cast including Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Jenkins and Stanley Tucci, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP explores how far you would go for what you believe in and to protect the ones you love.
When a former member of the radical protest/terrorist organisation the Weather Underground (Sarandon) turns herself in to the FBI, Ben Shepard (LaBeouf), an aggressive young journalist, starts searching around for leads on the other members.
Before long Ben uncovers Jim Grant (Redford) a former Weatherman and a fugitive wanted for murder. After living for more than thirty years under an assumed identity as a civil rights lawyer and single father in New York, he must now go on the run.
With the FBI in hot pursuit and Shepard getting closer to discovering his secret, Grant sets off on a cross-country journey to track down the one person that can clear his name and allow him to go home to his daughter.
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The High Chaparral: Season 3
From the creators of BONANZA.
The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s. Big John wants to establish his cattle empire despite Indian hostility. He's aided by brother Buck and son Billy Blue. When Blue's mother was killed (in the first episode) John united his family with the powerful Montoyas by marrying their daughter Victoria (whose brother Manolito now lives with them as well).
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Stephen Fry: Inquisitive Documentaries Collection
Stephen Fry's interesting treks uncover unique lands, their people and historical goodies.
Collected together for the first time, become an armchair traveler as Stephen shows us what makes America "so unique, so diverse, so very American"; witness as he follows in the footsteps of Douglas Adams to uncover some of the rarest and most threatened animals on earth; and examines the incredible invention that sparked a cultural revolution.
Stephen Fry in America
Stephen travels around each of America's states in a black cab in order to discover what makes the country distinct and get under the skin of American life. Breathtaking scenery, quirky people and diverse environments help demonstrate why America is so unique.
Last Chance to See and Return of the Rhino
In the 1980s celebrated writer Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to embark on a groundbreaking expedition in search of the world's endangered animals. Twenty years later, Stephen returns with Mark to see if the species still exist, uncovering some of the weirdest, most remarkable and most troubled creatures on earth.
The Gutenberg Press
The printing press was the world's first piece of mass-production technology. In this BAFTA nominated program, Stephen investigates this incredible machine and the man who invented it, Johann Gutenberg. To learn the process and challenged, he commissions a modern day craftsman to build a working replica of the original 15th century machine.
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Lord Peter Wimsey: The Complete Fourth Series
Dorothy L Sayers' urbane, fiercely intelligent detective and his rich, often murderous world of high society.
The Jazz Age: the height of fashion, of opulence and excess. In the Roaring Twenties high living was King and low cunning was Queen. Amidst the art deco and cocktails, diabolical masterminds plotted, schemed and murdered their way to untold fortunes … and standing in their way was the dapper, monocled Lord Peter Wimsey, the quintessentially English gentleman detective.
With the aid of his manservant Bunter and Scotland Yard's Inspector Charles "Parker Bird" Parker, Lord Peter risks life and limb to thwart fiendish plots as they investigate cases littered with red herrings and corpses at the heart of the idle rich.
In The Nine Tailors, Lord Peter Wimsey was on the case when Lady Wilbratham's stolen emerald necklace was swiped at the wedding of Charles Thorpe's son. The culprits were captured thanks to Wimsey's brilliant detection, but the jewels whereabouts remained a mystery and were never recovered. Years later, Wimsey gets a second chance to solve the case when a mutilated corpse is discovered in the grave of Lady Thorpe, providing fresh clues to the missing emeralds.
British cinematic legend Ian Carmichael is joined by an all-star cast as Dorothy L Sayers' urbane, fiercely intelligent detective and his rich, often murderous world of high society is brought to life in the complete first series of colourful and authentic 1920s whodunits.
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Bergerac: The Complete Series 1-3
John Nettles stars as Bergerac in the top selling BBC crime drama.
Handsome, blue-eyed and brooding, maverick cop Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac of Jersey's Bureau des Étrangers is one of television's most popular detectives.
Moving with the power of Bergerac's vintage red Triumph Roadster sports car, each episode guarantees full-throttle excitement, ingenious plots and colourful characters as Bergerac patrols the harbour cafes, cliff-top mansions and secluded coves on the trail of the villains, murderers, spies and smugglers of the holiday island and tax haven.
Combining action with atmosphere, and spectacle with suspense, BERGERAC launched John Nettles to international stardom for 9 series, leading him to another long-running role as D.C.I. Barnaby in Midsomer Murders. Collected for the first time, this nine disc set includes all 29 episodes from the first three series, plus three exclusive Audio Commentary with series stars John Nettles and creator Robert Banks Stewart.