Amanda Root Starring on DVD

A list of film and TV DVDs in our catalogue which star or feature Amanda Root.

BFG, The DVD
(starring Voices Of, David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne, Ballard Berkeley, Michael Knowles, Don Henderson, Mollie Sugden, Jimmy Hibbert, Frank Thornton, Myfanwy Talog and Don Henderson) (directed by Brian Cosgrove) Created by the popular storyteller, Roald Dahl, the adventures in this wonderful tale of the "Big Friendly Giant", will capture the imagination of children of every age. A full-length animated feature film.

BFG/Gulliver's Travels/Titanic/Kid Called Danger/Home Team (Boxset) DVD
(starring Voices Of :, David Jason, Amanda root, Angela Thorne, Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Clayton Taylor, Malc Melonas, Steve Guttenberg, Ryan Slater and Sophie Lorain) (directed by Peter R.Hunt, Brian Cosgrove, Eric Hendershot and Allan A. Godstein) Five films. The BFG - Created by the popular storyteller, Roald Dahl, the adventures in this wonderful tale of the "Big Friendly Giant", will capture the imagination of children of every age. A full-length animated feature film. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift's classic story told in a live action/animation with music. The entire land of Lilliput was constructed in minute detail and Richard Harris as Gulliver played against the real sets with animated characters photographed over the live action giving an unusual effect. Titanic - Meet Geoffrey the cat, a family of mice, ducks, squirrels and two Dalmations as they travel on board the Titanic. A Kid Called Danger - Trying to impress his father, the thirteen year old son of a policeman sets out to prove that he has what it takes to be a detective. Home Team - Exciting kid's adventure. Henry Butler is a former baseball hero who finds himself forced into community service at a children's home. The administrator of the home, Karen, is desperate to find an outlet for the children and tries to persuade Bulter to coach the kids at football. But Bulter rejects the idea. The kids go ahead anyway and become the laughing stock of the league with no strips, no sponser and no coach. But they are determined to carry on...

Anna Karenina (1999) DVD
(starring Helen McCrory, Stephen Dillane, Mark Strong, Amanda Root, Kevin Mckidd and Douglas Henshall) (directed by David Blair) Tolstoy's tragic tale set in 19th century St Petersburg. Anna is the pampered wife of Karenin, a rich but icy government official. She meets and falls in love with the dashing Captain Vronsky and when she asks her husband for a divorce, he tells her that if she proceeds with her mad idea she will never see her son again. But Anna is madly in love with Vronsky and after he resigns his commission the pair run away together. But Vronsky soon gets bored and misses his army life...

Catherine Cookson - Man Who Cried, The DVD
(starring Ciaran Hinds, Kate Buffery, Amanda Root and Daniel Massey) (directed by Michael Whyte) Set against the backdrop of the Depression in the 1930's and the Second World War and telling the story of Abel Mason and his relationship with four very different women. After an affair ends in tragedy, Abel leaves his vicious wife and travels North with his ten year old son Dick. To secure a home and employment for his son and himself he bigamously marries the widow of a wealthy garage owner and then falls hopelessly in love with her sister.

Persuasion (BBC) DVD
(starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds) (directed by Roger Mitchell) After rejecting Captain Wentworth's proposal seven years ago Anne learns that he has now returned from sea. Bitterly regretting her decision she hopes that when they meet again they will fall into each others arms. But it is not to be. A series of misunderstandings seem to occur and social etiquette seems determined to keep them apart.

 
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