Best Selling Biography & Entertainment DVDs

All four episodes of the ITV travel series following comedian Billy Connolly as he completes a lifelong dream by travelling the world's most famous highway. Mounting his trusty trike, Billy puts a modern spin on 'Easy Rider' as he journeys along the 2488 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica. To the ac...

Documentary about the life and death of Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna. The film charts Senna's career from his Formula One debut in the mid-1980s to his tragic death in a crash on the San Marino Grand Prix racing track in 1994, which was being watched...

Set against the imposing mountains and isolated beaches in a remote part of New Zealand, This Way of Life is an intimate portrait of a Maori family and their relationship with nature, adversity, their horses and society at large. Peter and Colleen Karena are in their early 30’s. They have s...

Some Secrets Are Kept Forever… Vincent Ward's deeply personal and incredibly moving film unravels and re-imagines the story of Puhi, the Tuhoe woman he documented in 1978 for his early film In Spring One Plants Alone. Then she was 80 and caring for her adult son, and Ward was 21, a young a...

The Story Behind New Zealand’s Most Successful Drama Series. The West family, their friends and associates laughed, cried, loved, drank and swore their way into the hearts of audiences at home and around the world. Now, Outrageous Fortune: Revealed, goes behind the scenes of this iconic sho...

A landmark documentary series from the BBC to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years as Head of State of the united Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth. For the first time in modern history a Monarch reaches their Diamond Jubilee. To mark the occasion The Diamond Queen presents a definitive analy...

At the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, no-one's heard of Tim Minchin, a young musician who in a last ditch attempt to get noticed decides to give comedy a go. He needs to start to make an income if his childhood sweetheart, now his wife, is to get her way and start a family. This will ...

“Your horse is a mirror to your soul, and sometimes you may not like what you see. Sometimes, you will.” So says Buck Brannaman, a gentle spirit and sage on horseback who travels the country for nine gruelling months a year, helping horses with people problems. BUCK follows Brannaman from his ab...

**A unique and exclusive look into the life of the quiet Beatle.** By the age of 25 George Harrison had achieved unparalleled international fame and financial success as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. He spent years navigating the Lennon-McCartney song writing team, while quietly establishing...

A journey into the heart of Aboriginal protest music, featuring The Black Arm Band. 'murundak - songs of freedom' journeys into the heart of Aboriginal protest music following the Black Arm Band, a gathering of some of Australia’s finest Indigenous musicians, as they take to the road with t...

The life and tragic times of country music’s greatest star! As Elvis was to rock’n’roll, Hank Williams was to country music. Found dead in his Cadillac at the tender age of 29, Hank had already redefined country blues. Utilizing rare performan...

After more than 40 years of perpetual success this DVD provides an insight into a unique performer. Kenny Rogers - Going Home is an essential DVD for all fans. Featuring some of the superstar's most memorable performances and songs, it also reveals an insight into his life, family, music and achi...

Unquestionably Britain's greatest female vocalist, Dusty Springfield made some of the finest recordings of the sixties. Dusty Springfield: Once Upon A Time 1964-1969 features 20 complete songs filmed from 1964 to 1969 and has all of her greatest hits and more. Included on the DVD are her early c...

A year in the life of the Danish Royal Family. A television crew is present when key employees in the hub of the royal household plan everything from a state visit to Vietnam, a COP15 dinner with the entire world watching, to a summer visit in small Danish towns. However, the television crew i...

Genius. Recluse. Cold War Icon. Chess master Bobby Fischer was all this and more. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, from his troubled childhood to his rock star status as World Champion and Cold War poster child, to his life as a fugitive on the run. BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD...

PHYSICAL GRAFITTI went 16 times platinum in the US, and is widely revered as Led Zeppelin's greatest album. Then the most popular rock band on the planet, with five top-selling albums already released, the Physical Graffiti double album bought Zeppelin unprecedented success, with Rolling Stone calli...

This innovative feature length documentary, directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger (Reclusive janitor by day, visionary artist by night) and his 15,000 page novel and incredible paintings. In the Realms of the Unre...

Karate-kicking midgets! Paper-mache monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the '70s and '80s had it all. Boasting cheap labour, exotic scenery and non-existent health and safety regulations, the Philippines was a dreamland for exploitation filmmakers whose renegade productions we...

This multi-award-winning documentary tells the inspiring story of a unique troupe of intellectually and physically disabled performers - the Merry Makers - as they prepare for the performance of a lifetime. They're aged from six to 56, and through dance, their performances inspire even the most c...

What is the truth about vampires? IS IT REAL VAMPIRES: Take part in a journey to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania to dissect the legend of Dracula. Is Bram Stoker's mythical count based on a real person? Historians, folklorists, forensic science and modern medicine add insight to enduring vam...

An amazing film of the 1954 Newport Jazz Festival from acclaimed Marilyn Monroe photographer Bert Stern. Features incredible performances from: Louis Armstrong Anita O'Day Thelonius Monk Chuck Berry Mahalia Jackson Dinah Washington The true greats of the classic age of Jazz.

Beginnings 1960–1985. This documentary filmed at the height of their success, and before Maurice’s tragic death in 2003, sees the brothers Gibb discuss the ups and downs of the bands career, as well as live performance footage, studio recording footage and more.

Jafar Panahi, the Iranian writer/director of internationally acclaimed films such as CRIMSON GOLD, THE CIRCLE and OFFSIDE, is under house arrest, and has been banned from filmmaking for 20 years. THIS IS NOT A FILM is a courageous effort by Panahi and his co-director Motjaba Mirtahmasb to fight agai...

Beginnings 1958–1982. Includes extensive interviews with Cliff Richard himself, discussing his career, musical influences, religion and motivations. Also included is footage of Cliff performing in film, on TV and in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Abandoned by his father, Steve McQueen was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines, but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career. Steve McQueen was one o...

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from...

Eight years after The Beatles themselves told the story of the world’s greatest rock and roll band in The Beatles Anthology, the complete work is released on DVD - but now featuring the final chapter; never-released footage of the last jam session of Paul, George and Ringo, playing non-Beatles...

As the biggest selling female artist of the past decade, Pink has, in the ten years since she burst onto the scene with the enormous Can’t Take Me Home album, notched up an astonishing run of hits around the world and a staggering array of awards to match. But as recent pretenders to her thron...

"Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? is a wildly entertaining, star-studded documentary that tells the story of one of the most talented and versatile singer-songwriters in pop music history and the man The Beatles dubbed their favorite American musician. The Grammy Award-...

Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob and sunglasses, she has never allowed anyone to scrutinize the inner workings of her magazine. Until now. With unprecedented access, ...

Producer, narrator and best friend to Michael Jackson, David Gest has pieced together the most important facts about Jackson’s life based on unseen first-hand accounts he has recently recorded with an important group of people who knew the star well. In addition to celebrating his many achievements...

Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in his latest doc - which was fully financed through product placement, marketing and advertising! Taking us into the world of movie marketing, Spurlock uses his unique brand of irreverent h...

Two disc set of Herzog’s documentaries. Features the documentaries Gesualdo: Death For Five Voices and The Transformation Of The World Into Music GESUALDO: DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES Exploring the tumultuous and tragic life of the notorious Carlo Gesualdo, Werner Herzog’s Death for Five...

Documentary on Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, whose 50 year rivalry in the cosmetics business is a great American story that encompasses immigration, women's roles, reinvention and image making, and a constantly changing culture. A prime time programming project in collaboration with PBS.

A wonderful insight into the activities of American Entertainers during World War II. Featuring superb film of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Frances Langford, Dinah Shore, Abbott and Costello, The Andrews Sisters and Marlene Dietrich as well as fascinating interviews with Bob...

An exclusive documentary about New Zealand’s newest hero Corporal Willie Apiata, VC. On Monday 2nd July 2007 Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that NZSAS Corporal Apiata was to receive the Commonwealth highest military honour, the Victoria Cross. From this moment, Willie Apiata was thrus...

From the Oscar-winning team behind MAN ON WIRE comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey t...

In 2002, professional footballer Pat Tillman gave up his career to join the Army Rangers. In doing so he became an instant symbol of patriotism. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex and, ultimately, more heroic than the caricature created by the media. When the government tried to tu...

Rupert Everett follows in the footsteps of romantic poet Lord Byron, 200 years after he embarked on his infamous tour of Europe. Described as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’, Byron sought to escape his notoriety in Britain by travelling through Portugal, Greece, Albania, Turkey, Swi...

Prepare to be entertained by the inspiring individuals of Young@Heart a New England senior citizens chorus that has delighted audiences worldwide with their covers of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay. As Stephen Walker's documentary begins, the retirees, led by their strict musical di...