![]() | Murder in Samarkand - A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror by Craig Murray
Buy new: £13.29 / Used from: £9.08 His upcoming film. Controversial without even a frame being shot. Filming with Steve Coogan next year.
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![]() | A Mighty Heart [2007]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.50 Unjustly overlooked in theaters. Jolie is superb as Mariane Pearl during the search for her husband, reporter Danny Pearl, kidnapped by Islamist terrorists.
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![]() | The Road To Guantanamo [2006]
A searing indictment of how America has thrown away its most basic principles in the War on Terror. Won the Silver Bear at Berlin in February.
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![]() | Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £3.32 Ferociously intelligent and loads of fun. This American DVD is the only way to get the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, the UK disc is 1.78:1
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![]() | 9 Songs [2004]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £3.00 His most controversial film. Directors like Kubrick and Ridley Scott had talked about shooting a serious porno for years, Winterbottom finally did it and did it well.
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![]() | Code 46 [2003]
Buy used from: £2.00 "Blade Runner" meets "Lost In Translation." A deleriously romantic fever dream of a sci-fi film noir mystery. Shot, gorgeously, on location in Shanghai, India and Dubai.
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![]() | Code 46 (Holmes) by Original Soundtrack
Buy used from: £6.59 Fantastic, ambient score. Missing two songs from the film, however, "Song #6, by Freak Power, which plays in the Shanghai nightclub and "Warning Sign" by Coldplay, which plays over the finale.
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![]() | In This World [2003]
Buy new: £7.77 Stunning documentary-style fictional look at the obstacles facing two Pakistani refugees who cross overland to Britain, seeking a better life in the developed world.
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![]() | Twenty Four Hour Party People [2002]
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £1.99 Wonderfully lively history of The Factory and the Manchester music scene in the 1980's, through the eyes of the showman at the heart of it all.
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![]() | 24 Hour Party People by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £10.58 / Used from: £3.47 Winterbottom managed to get all the artists except Morrissey to sign off on the film and allow the use of their music, impressive.
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![]() | The Claim [2001]
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £1.97 Winterbottom's grittily realistic western is a retelling of "The Mayor of Casterbridge" set in 1860's California. It features gorgeous photography and a stunning cast of independent film greats.
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![]() | Claim by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £1.44 Michael Nyman's brilliant score was largely unused. He wrote a glorious ten minute piece for the intercut burning of the town and the wedding at the end of the film, simply gorgeous. Operatic genius.
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![]() | Wonderland [1999]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.05 A simple masterpiece. A symphony of London life, with a breathtakingly lovely score by Michael Nyman.
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![]() | Wonderland by Michael Nyman
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.45 Nyman's achingly romantic score gives an epic sweep to the emotions behind Winterbottom's intentionally ordinary characters.
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![]() | With Or Without You
Buy used from: £12.28 Belfast-set sex comedy about a couple trying to have a baby and having their marital fidelity tested at the same time. Charming but slight, probably his most mainstream and approachable work.
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![]() | I Want You (Beloved) [1998]
Hypnotically weird tale of lust and murder, gorgeously photographed. Not much narrative, but plenty of atmosphere.
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![]() | Welcome To Sarajevo [1997]
Buy used from: £4.95 A crisply told story of reporters covering the siege of Sarajevo. Filmed on location, it feels authentic, in spite of being Winterbottom's most Hollywood-looking production.
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![]() | Welcome to Sarajevo by Original Soundtrack
Buy used from: £8.49 A mix of pop tunes from the film and Adrian Johnston's score. Available for less from amazon.com in the US.
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![]() | Jude [1996]
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.00 Winterbottom's film of his favorite novel is grim but full of life and a showcase for the dazzling, pre-stardom Kate Winslet. The UK DVD is pan and scan. Track the American disc down used instead.
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![]() | Adrian Johnston-Jude-film score
Buy used from: £32.77 Adrian Johnston's score is alternately haunting and lovely and at times both.
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![]() | Jude the Obscure: Jude (Shooting Scripts) by Hossein Amini
Buy used from: £3.78 Hossein Amini's original script. His fascinating introduction is worth the price alone.
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![]() | Go Now [1995]
Buy used from: £6.49 His BBC television film about a man who learns he has multiple sclerosis, is moving without resorting to easy sentimentality. The Australian DVD is easily found at eBay.
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![]() | Butterfly Kiss [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £11.99 His first feature shows immense potential and uses The Cranberries' "No Need To Argue" to heartbreaking effect. This disc is fullscreen, only available in widescreen from Japan at amazon.co.jp
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![]() | Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic [1993]
Buy new: £4.96 / Used from: £1.00 Winterbottom directed this feature-length episode from Series One, a fascinating serial killer thriller about an amnesiac prime suspect who wants to know if he's guilty as much as the police do.
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![]() | Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Set 1 (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Buy used from: £28.34 Directed feature-length episode "Death At The Bar."
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