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Plunging head first into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good natured little persons careen through time twisting interactions with Napoleon, Robin Hood, and Agamemnon, among others, with a map the little people stole from their employer, the Supreme Being. But their intention is to rob their way through the past, which does not make their boss happy. Meanwhile, Evil is after the map in order to become the Supreme Being himself. The result is an extraordinarily visual extravaganza that overflows with Gilliam's ecstatic...
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Plunging head first into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good natured little persons careen through time twisting interactions with Napoleon, Robin Hood, and Agamemnon, among others, with a map the little people stole from their employer, the Supreme Being. But their intention is to rob their way through the past, which does not make their boss happy. Meanwhile, Evil is after the map in order to become the Supreme Being himself. The result is an extraordinarily visual extravaganza that overflows with Gilliam's ecstatic...
In the role that led to film stardom in Croupier and an Oscar nomination in Closer, Clive Owen is simply dazzling as Stephen Crane con artist, swindler, and purported savior of a struggling sports car company. Sacked from an investment bank after one dodgy deal too many, Stephen lands a job at Douglas Motors, a business distinguished by old fashioned craftsmanship and plagued by decades of familial mismanagement. There he finds himself playing surrogate son to the family patriarch, confidant to the adulterous son in law, and lover to the beautiful but willful daughter. All the while, he fends off forays from his erstwhile boss (Leslie Phillips), a deliciously evil banker bent on recovering...
In the role that led to film stardom in Croupier and an Oscar nomination in Closer, Clive Owen is simply dazzling as Stephen Crane con artist, swindler, and purported savior of a struggling sports car company. Sacked from an investment bank after one dodgy deal too many, Stephen lands a job at Douglas Motors, a business distinguished by old fashioned craftsmanship and plagued by decades of familial mismanagement. There he finds himself playing surrogate son to the family patriarch, confidant to the adulterous son in law, and lover to the beautiful but willful daughter. All the while, he fends off forays from his erstwhile boss (Leslie Phillips), a deliciously evil banker bent on recovering...
One of the most acclaimed war films ever made! The astonishing True Story of Britain's worst military defeat. In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Despite the defeat, the Zulus are first humiliated at Roark's Drift and then crushed at the Battle of Ulundi.
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday. Her remarkable likeness to a Pretty family member who tragically died in an accident 8 years ago both baffles and unsettles the family.
Malice Aforethought is set in the 1930s, as popular country doctor, Edmund Bickleigh decides to murder his detestable wife when he falls in love with wealthy Madeleine Cranmere. Successfully achieving his goal, he is forced to continue his murderous activities as his life, and the women in it, spin out of control.
Shortly after the Second World War, Max, a transplanted American, visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet.
The feature adaptation of Roger Lewis' book about the actor best remembered as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies.
Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial. Based on one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller's The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusettes in 1692. In the small puritan town, where people lives are dedicated to serving God, seven girls are discovered in the woods and are accused of engaging in "The Devil's" work. As time goes by the village becomes consumed by cries of witchcraft. One by one, the blameless victims of this mass hysteria are torn from their homes and families.
From the critically-acclaimed director of Notting Hill and the Academy Award -nominated writer of My Beautiful Laundrette (1987, Best Writer) comes a sensual tale of lust, jealousy and self-discovery. After her husband dies, May (Anne Reid), a shy suburban housewife, moves to London to be near her grown children and their families. Quite unexpectedly, she becomes attracted to Darren (Daniel Craig, Tomb Raider), a handsome carpenter half her age who's currently having an affair with her daughter. After Darren returns her advances, the two embark on a forbidden affair that threatens to destroy May's family in this powerful film that proves that with great passion comes a great price.
No Way Out In his innocence, Godber is looking forward to Christmas, but Fletch knows that if, "there’s one big event around here, it’s not the coming of Our Lord, it’s the tunnelling of Tommy Slocombe". And this Christmas, he is determined to stay well clear of Tommy Slocombe, his dodgy mates and their even dodgier plans for escape. As he says to Harry Grout, "look at the state of me a ferret, I ain’t." The Desperate Hours So far, Christmas doesn’t look good for Fletch & Godber Mackay has discovered the illicit liquor they’ve been brewing in their cell since July and they’re up before the Governor. However, whilst they’re waiting to see...
In the sumptuous setting of late 19th century France, a man of honour will fight to save his enemy. Based on the notorious Dreyfus Affair, Prisoner of Honour recounts the incredible true story of a captain of the French army who was wrongfully charged with treason because was a Jew. When Capt. Dreyfus is imprisoned on Devil’s Island only one man is willing to challenged the priviledged and corrupt military leaders who have sent him there. Colonel George Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss), determined to uncover the truth, soon finds that there was no investigation, no proof and no fair trial. He is determined to find justice for his fellow officer, but Picquart must defeat his own...
A group of slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness and jealousy during their entrapment.
Meek mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman), working in supposed seclusion, has taken up residence in the small Cornwall town where his young wife Amy (Susan George) was raised. He immediately becomes the butt of jokes for the local toughs, who see him as a milquetoast and Amy as fair game to prove their macho superiority. Immature and frustrated, Amy encourages the attentions of the louts who have come to work on their roof, precipitating a series of harrowing events - of which a brutal rape is only the beginning. Amidst it all, David discovers his own sense of primitive outrage, and his own acumen for violence.
...The Last Resort
Set on a remote island off the coast, Hotel Splendide follows the Blanche family's attempts to maintain a crumbling, dilapidated hotel and health spa following the death of the family matriarch. Under his mother's tutelage, Ronald Blanche (Daniel Craig) has been instructed in the art of a healthy regime, based on boiling everything within an inch of it's life.
His sister Cora (Katrin Cartlidge) runs the treatment room where services consist solely of mud baths and enemas, and Desmond Blanche (Stephen Tompkinson), determined to keep the spirit of his mother alive, is leading the hotel into ruinous straits. Into this bizarre universe bursts Kath (Toni...
He goes by the name of Jason Bourne. But he doesn't know who he really is, nor why he is so good at killing with cold-blooded proficiency. What he does know is this: he's a walking, running target.Richard Chamberlain (as Bourne) and Jaclyn Smith headline a breathless heart-stopper based on the bestseller by master espionage yarn author Robert Ludlum (filmed again in 2002 starring Matt Damon and Franka Potente). Bourne is an amnesia victim determined to uncover his forgotten past. Why does his face show signs of plastic surgery? Who stitched microfilm beneath the flesh of his hip? Why did two passersby flee after recognising him? The answers are puzzle pieces scattered from Zurich to Paris...
The classic British TV series brought to the big screen tells the story of two prisoners who want nothing more than to stay in gaol. Norman and his cellmate Lennie have been happily serving "Porridge" (slang for prison term) for a long time. The pair's idyllic life is brought to an abrupt and hilarious end when Rudge and Oakes, two new inmates, decide that they can't spend any more time inside and trick a rookie prison guard into hosting a prison celebrity soccer match. The game goes ahead and Rudge and Oakes' escape plan works perfectly, except that Norman and Lennie find themselves caught up in the escape and on the outside of their beloved prison. They must now face the biggest challenge...
19th Century France. Captivating adventure of love, honour, and obsession. Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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