VHS titles from Tartan Video
A complete list of films released by Tartan Video (later rebranded Palisades Tartan) which never made it to DVD in the UK.
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- DirectorRichard JobsonStarsKevin McKiddLaura FraserSusan Lynch16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.TVD3441 - Also released on DVD
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsAnaïs RebouxRoxane MesquidaLibero De RienzoTwo sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.TVT1372 - also on DVD from Tartan
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsFranco CittiFranca PasutSilvana CorsiniA pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.TVT1296 - later released on Blu-Ray from Eureka
- DirectorBruno BozzettoStarsMaurizio NichettiMaurizio MicheliMarialuisa GiovanniniAn enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has already done it, he decides to do his own version, using an orchestra comprising mostly old ladies and an animator he's kept locked in a dungeon. Several different classical pieces are animated, while the animator plots his escape.TVT1144 - Available on DVD outside UK.
- DirectorFrancesca ComenciniStarsDelphine ZinggFrançois MarthouretJean-Claude AdelinA girl unhappy in a relationship with a much older man decides to try having an affair with a male friend of her best girlfriend.TVT1084 - Never released on DVD in the UK - very rare film.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsKirk DouglasFaye DunawayDeborah KerrAn adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.BDV12830 - Early Tartan release.
- DirectorAgnès MerletStarsValentina CerviMichel SerraultPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicArtemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male anatomy, forbidden for her eyes, led her to the knowledge of sexual pleasure. But she was also well known because in 1612 she had to appear in a courtroom because her teacher, Agostino Tassi, was suspected of raping her. She tried to protect him, but was put in the thumb screws...TVT1325 - later released on DVD by Screenbound
- DirectorJaime Humberto HermosilloStarsEmilio EchevarríaÁlvaro GuerreroMartha NavarroStudy of a family in crisis, revealed through the bathroom habits of its various members.TVT1134 - Bathroom Intimacies - Rare film.
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaadiIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.TVT1085
- DirectorDaniel B. ApplebyStarsGinger LynnKaren BlackChris DentonLeslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plot his murder. Meanwhile their friend Cliff can't seem to get used to the idea that his wife has left him, and he tries to kill himself. The murder doesn't go as planned, the suicide doesn't go as planned, and Elizabeth, Leslie, and Cliff find themselves on the run from a very angry Steve. Trouble is, Leslie isn't so sure she wants to leave, so Elizabeth is compelled to compel her to accompany them.TVT1182 - Available on US DVD.
- DirectorDjamel BensalahStarsJamel DebbouzeStéphane Soo MongoLorànt DeutschYoussef, Christophe, Stéphane and Mike are four friends from Saint-Denis. Today: direction Biarritz for 3 weeks of vacation. It is the first time that they have left their city. The holidays will quickly turn to delirium.TVT1345
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsAnne BancroftHume CronynCorey ParkerEugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends. When the boys' material is broadcast on radio, the family hears their private life played for laughs.TVT1021
- DirectorAndrew BirkinStarsCharlotte GainsbourgAndrew RobertsonAlice CoulthardFour children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift concrete sarcophagus.TVT1126
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsAlessandra MartinesPierre ArditiMarc HollogneOnce a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.TVT1344
- DirectorConrad RooksStarsConrad RooksJean-Louis BarraultWilliam S. BurroughsSemi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.TVT1236
- DirectorMike van DiemStarsPavlik Jansen op de HaarJan DecleirFedja van HuêtJacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.TVT1310
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsMoshe IvgyMohammad BakriSalim DawAn Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup (mondial), he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.TVT1142
- DirectorAnn TurnerStarsSandra BernhardVictoria LongleyFrank GallacherA feisty independent golf player wreaks havoc in a suburban Sydney home by attempting to seduce every member of the family.TVT1229
- DirectorMaría NovaroStarsMaría RojoCarmen SalinasTito VasconcelosJulia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo (Rergis) in the old "Salon Colonia". They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows Carmelo has a brother. That sudden trip will change Julia's life forever.TVT1076
- DirectorIlkka Järvi-LaturiStarsIvo UukkiviMilena GulbeMonika MägerIn August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank nearly $1 billion in gold bullion hidden in Paris for 50 years. Russian mobsters have a bold plan to hijack the gold after shutting down the capital's power at midnight. For this they need Toivo, an electrical technician. His wife is pregnant and she urges him to take the job ("$5000 buys lots of baby food"). After Toivo leaves for the plant, his wife goes into labor. Birth and blackout happen simultaneously; the baby needs an incubator, but there's no power. Jealousies within the Mob undercut the plan's smooth operation, and soon the Mob has Toivo to deal with as well.TVT1196 - Rare.
- DirectorPeter PatzakStarsReuben PillsburyChristopher ChaplinRobert MunicIn 1914 Sarajevo, a student radical touches off World War I by assassinating Austria's archduke.TVT1178 - Death Of A Schoolboy. Ultra rare.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsRegina OrozcoDaniel Giménez CachoSherlynThe life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.TVT1282 - Deep Crimson
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsWei-Qiang ZhangTara BirtwhistleDavid MoroniA ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", stylized as an Expressionistic silent film.TVT1412 - also released on Tartan DVD
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinMikhail DollerStarsAleksandr ChistyakovVera BaranovskayaIvan ChuvelyovA peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old friend who is now a labor leader. The unemployed man is arrested and sent to fight in World War I. After three years, he returns to rebel.TVT1261
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsMatthew ModineLara Flynn BoyleFred WardTwins, separated at birth and living opposite lives, are about to learn of each other- and the substantial inheritance they are entitled to.TVT1175