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Power, Corruption & Lies (Definitive Edition) expands New Order’s 1983 album with restored audio and archival material. The set includes a DVD featuring rare live performances from the early 1980s, capturing the band’s shift toward a more electronic sound in raw, energetic concert recordings. Additional period footage provides visual context for the album’s development and its place in New Order’s evolution.

Venture into the heart of one of the most captivating mysteries in American history. Hoffa's story spans decades of intrigue, power plays and the labyrinthine underworld of organised crime. Witness Jimmy Hoffa's relentless pursuit of power, alongside his tumultuous relationship with the federal government. This labour leaders fierce dedication to his cause brought him incredible respect from the masses, but also brought danger to his door. What really happened to James Riddle Hoffa.

Featuring interviews with New Order's Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, Record On: Power, Corruption and Lies unravels the creative process behind New Order's 1983 album, Power, Corruption and Lies as well as standalone single Blue Monday and explores the themes inside the album, of a band finding new direction and moving on from its past. Taking inspiration for their evolving sound from New York's new-wave clubs of the early 1980s and newly acquired sequencers and keyboards, electronic instrumentation quickly drove New Order's songwriting process, conceiving global smash-hit Blue Monday. This film also explores the impact of the technological shifts that took place in the early 1980s as the digital-age began to percolate through all parts of society - from commerce and financial trading, to offices and home entertainment; with contributions from graphic designer Peter Saville, Blue Monday producer Michael Johnson and American record producer Arthur Baker.

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

After overthrowing the tyrant who slaughtered his family, a battle-scarred king confronts his defeated enemy in a final war of words that will determine whether vengeance crowns him a liberator or a tyrant.