For Queen and Country 1988  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Stellman
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Amanda Redman, Sean Chapman, Craig Fairbrass, Bruce Payne, Geff Francis, George Baker, Michael Bray, Frank Harper, Graham McTavish, Brian McDermott
When Reuben James (Denzel Washington) returns home from the army where he served as an English paratrooper, he tries to make a new life for himself in the civilian world. But Reuben finds many of his friends are now involved in illegal occupations, and, even worse, racism abounds. Tempers reach new heights, and violence follows.
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 King Lear 1998  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Ian Holm, Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman, Michael Bryant, David Lyon, Michael Simkins, Adrian Irvine, Paul Rhys, Timothy West, Finbar Lynch, David Burke, Martin Chamberlain, Victoria Hamilton, Nicholas R. Bailey, William Osborne
This made-for-TV film stars Ian Holm in the title role of King Lear, and Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman, and Victoria Hamilton play his daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. When Lear decides to leave his kingdom to the daughter who proves that she loves him most, tragedy lies in wait. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Timothy West) and his sons Edmund and Edgar (Finbar Lynch and Paul Rhys) have their own family problems to deal with. Tragedies lie ahead for both families. This is one of the better productions of Shakespeare's tragedy.
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 Sexy Beast 2000  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White, Alvaro Monje, James Fox, Robert Atiko, Nieves del Amo Oruet, Enrique Aleman Fabrega, Gerard Barray
Gary "Gal" Dove (Ray Winstone) has retired from the criminal world and is enjoying the good life at his villa in Spain when a huge boulder crashes into his pool–an omen of things to come. "Things" happen in the form of Don "Malky" Logan (Ben Kingsley) who appears at the villa with plans for a bank robbery, and Malky won't take "No" for an answer.
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| 1. For Queen and Country (1988)
2. King Lear (1998)
3. Sexy Beast (2000)
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