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Three DVD's

Cabaret

Winner of 8 Oscars, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli) and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey), 3 Golden Globes and 6 BAFTAs, and widely regarded as one of the finest Hollywood musicals of all time, Cabaret first burst onto cinema screens in 1972, wowing audiences the world over

Adapted from John Kander and Fred Ebb's acclaimed 1966 Broadway stage production, itself inspired by Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical 'Goodbye To Berlin' and the 1950s play (by John van Druten) and movie 'I Am A Camera', Cabaret documents the exploits of naïve but irrepressible American singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and her friends, set amongst the moral decadence and sexual ambiguity of pre-war Berlin

Director Fosse's unique razzle-dazzle choreography provides a series of sexy, show-stopping dance numbers highlighting a host of classic songs, including - Wilkommen, Mein Herr, Money, Money, Tomorrow Belongs To Me and the title song

Sound Of Music - 40th Anniversary Special Edition
(2 Disc Set)

Share the magical, heartwarming true-life story that has become the most popular family film of all time - Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music"

Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music and merriment

Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this timeless classic features some of the world's best-loved songs

Chicago

If you can't be famous - be infamous!!

Renee Zellweger is Roxie Hart, a murderess who becomes front page news in 1920s Jazz Age Chicago
After shooting her no good lover full of lead, it's off to death row with her, where she encounters the queen bee warden (Queen Latifah) and star in-mate Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones)

Managing to secure the services of suave lawyer Billy Flynnn (Richard Gere) and with the help of some media manipulation, Roxie hopes to escape her murder rap and kick start a career on the stage

But what happens after her fifteen minutes of infamy have passed her by?

Chicago is an honourable, wholly enjoyable attempt at an old-style Hollywood musical

Chicago

Winner of six Academy Awards (2002) including Best Picture and starring sexy Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary), Best Supporting Actress winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (Traffic), Best Supporting Actress nominee Queen Latifah (Bringing Down The House) and Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (Unfaithful)

"Chicago" is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike!

At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelley (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row!

They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends
But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend!

Also starring John C. Reilly (Gangs Of New York) and Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels)