Your Guide To The Best Theater DVDs Starting With The Highest Reviews.

The Last of the Mohicans (BBC Masterpiece Theatre TV Mini-Series)

Starring: Philip Madoc
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Koch Vision
Release Date: 2007-02-13
Running Time: 344 minutes

Not to be confused with the 1992 Michael Mann feature of the same name, nor with any of the many other adaptations on screens big and small, this version of The Last of the Mohicans, produced by the BBC and originally aired in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theater in the early 1970s, is widely considered the most faithful to James Fenimore Cooper's novel. That's a mixed blessing, to say th... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Camp

Starring: Joanna Chilcoat
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 2004-02-24
Running Time: 110 minutes

Charming and frequently hilarious, IFC Films' Camp is like Fame for the musical-theater set. It's set at Camp Ovation, a summer retreat for budding actors and singers who chant Stephen Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" on their bus rather than "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall." Into this environment comes a--gasp!--straight male, Vlad (Daniel Letterle), who turns upside down the lives of ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Masterpiece Theatre: My Family and Other Animals

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2006-06-27
Running Time: 90 minutes

"Why do we put up with this bloody climate?" moans Larry Durrell during the rainy prelude to this Masterpiece Theater presentation. It's 1935 and 12-year-old Gerald (Eugene Simon, Casanova) is living with his family in Bournemouth. His father passed away years ago. Much like Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents, his mother (Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake) sees widowhood as a cha... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Othello

Starring: Eamonn Walker
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2002-03-12
Running Time: 96 minutes

Set amid the racially charged politics of London's Metropolitan Police Force, Andrew Davies's deft and gripping adaptation of Othello achieves an ideal balance of realism, contemporary relevance, and respect for the rhythms of Shakespeare's play. John Othello is a black police officer who is named commissioner after he defuses a race riot. His friend and colleague Ben Jago (Shakespeare's I... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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John Le Carre's A Perfect Spy

Starring: Ray McAnally
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2006-03-14
Running Time: 390 minutes

What traits of nature and nurture go into the making of a master of deception? British agent Magnus Pym’s training begins in a chaotic childhood. His charismatic con man father trades secrets for love, bouncing in and out of jail and his son’s life. Schooled at Oxford and mentored by two masters of espionage, Magnus is poised for greatness—except that his mentors are on opposite sides of the... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Steambath (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: José Pérez (II)
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2002-09-24
Running Time: 90 minutes

This unique play presents the afterlife as a steam bath, in which dead souls continue to obsess about the same petty concerns that obsessed them in their lives, until they are cast into a dark void by God, the Puerto Rican attendant (José Pérez). But new arrival Tandy (Bill Bixby) at first refuses to accept what's happened, and when he finally does, he pleads to be allowed to return to his ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Sally Lockhart Mysteries - Ruby In the Smoke (Masterpiece Theatre)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2007-04-24
Running Time: 86 minutes

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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection

Starring: Robin Williams
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Studio: KOCH Vision
Release Date: 2008-09-02
Running Time: 1387 minutes

One of the first gems of the cable TV age, Faerie Tale Theatre brings 26 classic tales to life. Produced over a five-year span (1982-87) for Showtime, FTT brought together creative dramatics and whimsical writing with some of the top talents of the day. Executive producer/host Shelley Duvall (who was coming off her breakout role in The Shining) shepherds this mix of theatrical... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Merchant of Venice / Trevor Nunn, Royal National Theatre

Starring: Peter De Jersey
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Trevor Nunn
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2004-05-04
Running Time: 141 minutes

William Shakespeare's controversial classic comes to bristling life in this riveting production from theater legend Trevor Nunn. Relocated to Europe between the two world wars, the story follows the misadventures of young heiress Portia, who must don the disguise of a male lawyer to save the life of her love, and the financially obsessed Shylock (Notting Hill's Henry Goodman), determined to litera... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Masterpiece Theatre: The Bronte Collection

Starring: Toby Stephens
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Running Time: 342 minutes

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