 The Crying Game 1992  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Brown, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna, Jack(2) Carr, Joe Savino, Birdy Sweeney, Andree Bernard, Tony Slattery
Irish Republican Army volunteer Fergus (Stephen Rea) is assigned to guard kidnapped British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker). As time passes, the two become friends, and after a British attack, Fergus runs to London where the plot twists and turns. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Director, Supporting Actor (Jaye Davidson), and Film Editing. An Oscar was won for Best Writing. Outstanding acting by all.
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The General 1998  R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Pat Laffan, Eanna MacLiam, Eamonn Owens, Paul Hickey, Tom Murphy, Tommy O'Neill, John O'Toole, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ned Dennehy
This is the fictionalized biography of Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), an Irish gang boss, who pulled off daring robberies, collected $6 million, and earned the reputation of Ireland's most notorious criminal.
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How Harry Became a Tree 2001  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
aka: Bitter Harvest
Director: Goran Paskaljevic
Cast: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon, Pat Laffan, Gail Fitzpatrick, Mairead Ni Conghaile, Catriona Canavan
Reset in 1924, rural Ireland, this Chinese story involves the efforts of cranky farmer Harry (Colm Meaney) to stir up animosities among his fellow villagers in order to increase his own importance.
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Innocent Lies 1995  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Patrick Dewolf
Cast: Adrian Dunbar, Stephen Dorff, Gabrielle Anwar, Sophie Aubry, Joanna Lumley, Florence Hoath, Alexis Denisof, Marianne Denicourt, Melvil Poupaud, Bernard Haller, Keira Knightley
In the last days before World War II, during September 1938, British police detective Alan Cross (Adrian Dunbar) arrives in a French coastal town to attend the funeral of one of his good friends. He uses the trip to investigate the death of his friend, and the trail leads him to the estate of the aristocratic Graves family who appear to be hiding more than a few secrets.
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Kidnapped 2005 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Brendan Maher
Cast: James Pearson, Iain Glen, Adrian Dunbar, Paul McGann, Gregor Fisher, Kirstin Smith, John Bach, Gilbert Goldie, Gavin Richards, Alexander Gandar
This "Masterpiece Theatre" production of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel compares favorably with previous filmings of the story of David Balfour (James Pearson) who is kidnapped to keep him from claiming his inheritance, and he is held on a slave ship on its way to the "New World." But Scottish outcast Alan Breck (Iain Glen) rescues Balfour, and the two race across Scotland with bounty hunters in hot pursuit.
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Richard III 1995 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Downey Jr., John Wood, Jim Broadbent, Bill Paterson, Edward Hardwicke, Jim Carter, Adrian Dunbar, Roger Hammond, Tim McInnery, Dominic West
The story remains the same as Richard uses seduction and murder to attain power in Shakespeare's story of the treacherous English monarch Richard III (Ian McKellen). There is a twist to the screen adaptation: the time has been updated to the 1930s, and the hunchbacked king is a Fascist. After killing members of his family, Richard finally does gain the throne and attempts to set up a dictatorship. In this version of Shakespeare's story, the famous lines, "My horse! My horse! My kingdom for a horse." are uttered by Richard when his jeep gets stuck in the mud.
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Widows' Peak 1994 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, Jim Broadbent, Gerard McSorley, Michael James Ford, Britta Smith, Ingrid Craigie, Eileen Colgan
This film is set in Kilshannon, Ireland, during 1926. Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson) arrives on the scene and moves into a home on Widows' Peak. Trouble begins when she meets Miss O'Hare (Mia Farrow), and their worlds collide. Joan Plowright plays Mrs. Doyle-Counihan, the unofficial social leader of Widows' Peak.
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| 1. The Crying Game (1992)
2. The General (1998)
3. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)
aka: Bitter Harvest
4. Innocent Lies (1995)
5. Kidnapped (2005)
6. Richard III (1995)
7. Widows' Peak (1994)
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