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Red Cow [BLU-RAY] Released 2020 product/publication from Menemsha Films

Acting greats Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia), Katharine Hepburn (The Rainmaker), Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights) star in this epic masterpiece directed by Anthony Harvey (They Might Be Giants). Behind the great stone walls of an English castle, the world's most powerful empire is in crisis. Three sons struggle to win their father's favor, as well as his crown. King Henry II (O'Toole) and his queen, Eleanor (Hepburn), engage in a battle of royal wits that pits elder son Richard (Hopkins) against his brothers John (Nigel Terry, Excalibur) and Geoffrey (John Castle, Man of La Mancha), while the cunning King Philip of France (Dalton) takes advantage of the internal fracturing in his bid to destroy their kingdom. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor (O'Toole), Director (Harvey) and Costume Design (Margaret Furse) and winner of 3 Academy Awards - Best Actress (Hepburn), Adapted Screenplay (James Goldman) and Music Score (John Barry).

In 1939, Royal Navy reservist George Ericson (Jack Hawkins) was given command of the new Flower-class corvette HMS Compass Rose. The ensuing wartime years in which the hardening crew performed convoy escort duties in the face of U-boat attacks and the unforgiving elements are memorably chronicled in this top-notch take on the Nicholas Monsarrat novel. Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna also star. 127 min. Standard; Soundtrack English Subtitles English; audio commentary; featurette; theatrical trailer.