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COMPETITION
Here's your chance to win five newly-released British film gems,
including the Ealing Studios comedy drama The Rainbow Jacket, courtesy of
Optimum Home Entertainment!
The Rainbow Jacket
A fine comedy drama, The Rainbow Jacket is a
story brimful with human emotions.
When a champion jockey (Bill Owen, TV’s Last of
the Summer Wine) is banned from racing he spends his time
helping a young protégé (Fella Edmunds) to become the next champion,
whilst reliving his glory days. Also starring Honor Blackman (The
Avengers, Goldfinger), Sid James (Carry On) and
Robert Morley (The African Queen, Great Expectations).
From BAFTA award-winning veteran Ealing director
Basil Dearden (Dead of Night, Pool of London, The
Blue Lamp).
An Inspector Calls
A stranger arrives at an upper class family household
at dinnertime and announces himself as Inspector Poole. He says he
is investigating the case of a young girl called Eva Smith who has
committed suicide. He slowly reveals the secrets that each and every
member of the family harbour, and how these secrets make them
complicit in her death.
From the director of The Colditz Story and
Goldfinger comes this superbly acted British drama, based on the
famous stage play which was recently revived for the West End by
Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot).
The Pot Carriers
At the Old Bailey, James Rainbow (Ronald Fraser) is
sentenced to a year in prison on charge of causing GBH. It is his
first conviction, for he is not a criminal but a man goaded into
violence by jealousy over his girlfriend, Wendy.
In prison, Rainbow is shocked by the indignities of
duties imposed on him such as ‘pot-carrying’, but he is assigned to
the kitchen gang where he soon becomes a part of their elaborate
‘fiddles’ – stealing food and selling it on for luxuries such as
tobacco. As the final big ‘fiddle’ comes in for one of the inmates
who is about to be released, it all goes horribly wrong and Rainbow
must decide whether to make the ultimate sacrifice for one of his
new friends.
The Tower of London
It’s the 15th century and Richard Duke of Gloucester
has set out to eliminate those ahead of him in succession to the
throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. With
a little help from his club-footed executioner, Mord, each murder is
accomplished, and one by one Richard takes particular delight in
removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors,
from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the
death of his brother Edward he finally becomes Richard III, King of
England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain
power. Starring Basil Rathbone, the original Sherlock Holmes.
The Constant Husband
From the vivid imagination of Sidney Gilliat
(co-writer of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and the producer
responsible for bringing the original St Trinians gang to the big
screen) comes a witty, compelling and daring detective mystery with
a difference.
When a nameless man wakes up in Wales with absolutely
no recollection of who he is or how he got there he seeks out the
help of a local psychiatrist. Through a process of regression he
slowly begins to discover an appalling past of unbelievably bad
behaviour and a callous character of extremely ill repute begins to
surface. That’s not to mention the seven wives who are beginning to
wonder where their scheming husband has disappeared too. Starring
the legendary Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady, Blithe Spirit),
Kay Kendall (Doctor In The House, The Reluctant Debutante)
and Cecil Parker (The Ladykillers, The Man In The White
Suit).
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To enter the competition
click on the following link
to send an email, with the answer to this easy question, to
competitions@zetaminor.com.
Which of Rex Harrison's Constant Husband co-stars did he
later marry?
a) Kay Kendall
b) Nicole Maurey
c) Margaret Leighton
Note that only emails with the subject line
ZM Competition - Optimum British
Classics
will be eligible!
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The usual
competition
rules apply.
This
competition closes on the 16th of March 2010. |