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Ended up getting:
Local Hero
Withnail & I
Lost in La Mancha
Withnail & I I got for my brother for Christmas, actually, but it was knocked down to £2.99 in the HMV sale so it was really hard to resist. Lost in La Mancha is the documentary film about the unmaking of Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote flick, and also has Johnny Depp in it. That was also knocked down to an absurdly low price, so I'll get back to you on how that one goes. Local Hero is probably one of my favourite films, has a cracking soundtrack (if you like Mark Knopfler, which I do) and I've been hankering after owning it ever since it was reissued on DVD last year.
I've noticed HMV has a tendency to overstock cult films like Withnail & I and then, months later, when management realises they've sold about all the copies they're going to sell, the price drops to something crazy and ridiculous. Exactly the same thing happened to Donnie Darko a few years ago; all the big stores here, from HMV to Virgin to Borders, insanely overordered it. It was going for about 50p in Borders at one point.
Still, got three films on a 15 pound gift voucher, so that's pretty cool.
Have also decided am going to make like several other folks on the FL and keep track of all the movies I see this year. I fancied doing it for '05, but it was too late, so this would seem like the perfect opportunity to start. Expect further updates on this one throughout the year.
( Film 2006 )
Local Hero
Withnail & I
Lost in La Mancha
Withnail & I I got for my brother for Christmas, actually, but it was knocked down to £2.99 in the HMV sale so it was really hard to resist. Lost in La Mancha is the documentary film about the unmaking of Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote flick, and also has Johnny Depp in it. That was also knocked down to an absurdly low price, so I'll get back to you on how that one goes. Local Hero is probably one of my favourite films, has a cracking soundtrack (if you like Mark Knopfler, which I do) and I've been hankering after owning it ever since it was reissued on DVD last year.
I've noticed HMV has a tendency to overstock cult films like Withnail & I and then, months later, when management realises they've sold about all the copies they're going to sell, the price drops to something crazy and ridiculous. Exactly the same thing happened to Donnie Darko a few years ago; all the big stores here, from HMV to Virgin to Borders, insanely overordered it. It was going for about 50p in Borders at one point.
Still, got three films on a 15 pound gift voucher, so that's pretty cool.
Have also decided am going to make like several other folks on the FL and keep track of all the movies I see this year. I fancied doing it for '05, but it was too late, so this would seem like the perfect opportunity to start. Expect further updates on this one throughout the year.
( Film 2006 )
