Madman wants to help fill your Christmas stockings this year with a range of titles the whole family will love.
Whether it’s the intimate portrait of an Australian music icon in Paul Kelly – Stories of Me, to the telling of a story so unbelievable it has to be true in Bernie, the story of passion that changed a nation forever in A Royal Affair, right through to the gripping kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships in the star-studded 360, Madman’s Christmas DVD and Blu-Ray line up has you covered for gifts this Christmas.
The complete Christmas catalogue includes:
– Paul Kelly – Stories of Me (SRP $29.95 DVD / $34.95 BD): This intimate documentary charts the remarkable life of one of Australia’s most gifted and beloved singer-songwriters. For almost 40 years, in over 350 songs, Paul Kelly has been mapping out the Australian landscape and its people. For the first time in a feature length film, the man behind the music is revealed, as Kelly speaks candidly about the people who have helped shape his life and music.
– Bernie (SRP $29.95 DVD / $34.95 BD): In the tiny town of Carthage, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) is one of the town’s most beloved residents. When Bernie befriends Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), a sour yet affluent older widow, the two become inseparable – and Marjorie, increasingly dependent. As Bernie’s extroverted personality becomes stifled, we realise that even the nicest guys can be pushed too far.
– A Royal Affair (SRP $34.95 DVD / $39.95 BD): In 1766, Denmark is ruled by fear and oppression. Caroline Mathilde is married to the mad King Christian VII, who ignores and humiliates her. When the King introduces Struensee (Mads Mikkelson), the new royal physician, Queen Caroline finds an unexpected political ally. Their attraction is initially one of shared beliefs about how Denmark should be governed, but it soon blossoms into a passionate affair. Together, they start a revolution.
– 360 (SRP $29.95 DVD / $34.95 BD): From a simple decision made by one man – to remain faithful to his wife – springs a series of events which ripple around the globe with dramatic consequences, eventually returning 360o to the place of his initial decision. From uplifting, beautiful and romantic moments through to desperate, confused and conflicted interludes, each protagonist in 360 has their own vivid, entertaining, funny, tragic narrative as their stories weave and intertwine across the globe. Featuring Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins and Rachel Weisz as well as Academy Award nominee Jude Law and rising star Ben Foster, 360 shows that we’re all truly connected.
– Alien Deep (SRP $29.95 DVD / $34.95 BD): As the discoverer of the wreck of the Titanic, Bob Ballard believes the tough job of shining a light into the abyss has only just begun. The oceans cover 71% of the planet – a mere 5% of which has been explored. In that 5%, Ballard has
found the Titanic, the Bismarck, the carrier Yorktown and entirely new forms of life. Just think of what’s waiting for us in the remaining 95%!
– Metalocalypse: Season 4 (SRP $34.95 DVD / $34.95 BD): As the prophecy foretold, they licked their wounds and returned from the air to the earth. Brutality wields its uncomfortable death-hammer in the fourth season of METALOCALYPSE. Excruciating horrors loom, waiting for the right moment to crush us all into a smooth repugnant paste, with very few lumps. Experience the lurking blackness of dating, the waking death of flying economy and much more. Will our beloved Dethlok survive these deathly trails or will they perish like a flaming serpent cast down by Odin? The METALOCALYPSE indeed looms nearer.
– This is England: The 80s Collection (SRP $69.95 DVD): Collected for the first time are all three of Shane Meadows’ award-winning releases – THIS IS ENGLAND the movie, THIS IS ENGLAND ’86 and THIS IS ENGLAND ’88 the TV series’. Set against the back drop of Thatcher’s Britain, unemployment figures rose, Youth Training Schemes fell and the kids refused to toe the factory line and spilled out onto the streets. This compelling and award winning series follows the lives of a group of disenfranchised ‘80’s youth!
– U.K. Classic Crime Collection: It’s time for crime again with the U.K. Classic Crime Collection. Featuring introductory volumes – available at a limited time low price – from these unequalled sleuths, on the case and sure to excite every crime drama lover. The collection includes Miss Marple (RRP $19.95), Bergerac (RRP $24.95), Campion (RRP $19.95), Dangerfield (RRP $19.95), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (RRP $19.95), The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (RRP $19.95), Jonathan Creek (RRP $19.95), The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (RRP $19.95), Paul Temple (RRP $19.95) and Midsomer Murders (RRP $19.95).