Angels and Insects 1995  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Jeremy Kemp, Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Douglas Henshall, Saskia Wickham, Chris Larkin, Annette Badland, Anna Massey, Lindsay Thomas
This film adaptation of A.S. Byatt's "Morpho Eugenia" involves an insect collector (Mark Rylance) whose household contains more than a few similarities to the insect world he collects, and both reflect the decadent world of Victorian England in which they reside.
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Anna Karenina 1985  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Paul Scofield, Ian Ogilvy, Anna Massey, Judi Bowker, Joanna David, Valerie Lush, Judy Campbell, Paul Geoffrey
Jacqueline Bisset takes on the title role in Leo Tolstoy's story about a woman who gives up everything for the man she loves.
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Another Country 1984  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Betsy Brantley, Rupert Wainwright, Tristan Oliver, Cary Elwes, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Frederick Alexander, Adrian Ross Magenty, Tristram Jellinek, Anna Massey
Set in a 1930s' English boarding school, this adaptation of Julian Mitchell's play is faithful in its delivery of exploring how his homosexuality leads Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) to Marxist politics and then on to espionage.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Clive Revill, Anna Massey, Richard Wattis, Lucie Mannheim, Megs Jenkins, Victor Maddern
A young mother (Carol Lynley) reports her daughter missing, but police are suspicious as to whether the child actually exists.
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Captain Jack 1999 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert(2) Young
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Peter McDonald, Gemma Jones, Maureen Lipman, Sadie Frost, Anna Massey, David Troughton, Michele Dotrice, Patrick Malahide, Kathryn Pogson
Sea Captain Jack Armistead (Bob Hoskins) doesn't think that his hero, Captain Scoresby, has been adequately honored for his trip from northern England to the Arctic waters in 1791. So he decides to retrace the route in his un-seaworthy (and condemned) ship. He gathers a motley crew consisting of two elderly sisters and an Australian hitchhiker–as well as a stowaway–and sets out on the voyage. Meanwhile, authorities and journalists are hot on his tail.
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The Corn Is Green 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ian Saynor, Bill Fraser, Patricia Hayes, Anna Massey, Artro Morris, Dorothea Phillips, Toyah Willcox, Huw Richards, Bryn Fon, Dyfan Roberts, Robin John
Katharine Hepburn gives a strong performance as the eccentric spinster teacher in this remake of the 1945 film based on Emlyn Williams' play. The teacher brings education to a South Wales mining town and to a young man who discovers the joy of learning.
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Deja Vu 1997 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Vanessa Redgrave, Glynis Barber, Michael Brandon, Vernon Dobtcheff, Graydon Gould, Noel Harrison, Aviva Marks, Anna Massey
When Sean (Stephen Dillane) and Dana (Victoria Foyt) meet, they fall in love instantly. But, neither one is available, and, to make matters worse, Dana learns that Sean and his wife are vacationing at the same guest house she will be visiting with her fiance.
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Driftwood 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronan O'Leary
Cast: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern, Anna Massey, Aiden Grenell, Kevin McHugh, John Cleere, Eamon Rohan, Liam Rigney, Ger Ryan, Caroline Grey
Sarah (Anne Brochet) is a sculptor living a reclusive life who, one day while walking on the beach, discovers an unconscious man (James Spader) who has washed up on the shore. He suffers from amnesia and relies on Sarah for his survival because, although there is a community nearby, she tells him that they are the only two people on the island. The two become lovers, but as the man wants more and more to find a civilized society, Sarah uses desperate means to keep him to herself.
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Frenzy 1972 R, 116 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Vivien Merchant, Billie Whitelaw, Jean Marsh, Michael Bates, Bernard Cribbins
Richard Blaney (Jon Finch) is the prime suspect in the necktie murders of his wife (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) and girlfriend (Anna Massey). Scotland Yard inspector Oxford (Alec McCowen) solves the case. Another great Alfred Hitchcock film.
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Gideon's Day 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Gideon of Scotland Yard
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Cyril Cusack, Andrew Ray, James Hayter, Ronald Howard, John Marion-Crawford, Laurence Naismith, Derek Bond, Grizelda Harvey, Frank Lawton, John Loder, Miles Malleson
The activities in the life of Scotland Yard Inspector Gideon (Jack Hawkins) are followed as he investigates murders and robberies as part of his daily routine.
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The Grotesque 1995  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Grave Indiscretion
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Cast: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey, Jim Carter, Anna Massey, Trudie Styler, Steven Mackintosh, John Mills, Maria Aitken
Eccentric British archaeologist Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) prefers his laboratory to his home and family, both of which he manages to ignore. Then a new butler, Fledge (Sting), enters the picture, and lifestyles undergo a change.
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The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox, Patrick Godfrey, Charles Kay
Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) and Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) are two English friends who use the same imaginary soul, "Ernest Worthing," as an excuse to escape boring lives. All goes well until they both use the pseudonym with the same people at the same time resulting in a montage of mistaken identities.
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Impromptu 1991 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Lapine
Cast: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Julian Sands, Ralph Brown, Georges Corraface, Anton Rodgers, Emma Thompson, Anna Massey
Novelist Aurore Lucie Dupin, better known as George Sand (Judy Davis), was famous for her wild lifestyle and many lovers, but the frail musician Frederic Chopin (Hugh Grant) was her favorite. This is her story, at least as legend has it. Fun.
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A Little Romance 1979 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Anna Massey
This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score, which enhances the story of two families interfering in the romance of their two adolescents (Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard).
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The Looking Glass War 1969 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rogers, Susan George, Ray McAnally, Robert Urquhart, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Vivian Pickles, Timothy West
Based on a novel by John Le Carre, this film is set during the Cold War. British intelligence agents recruit a Polish refugee, Leiser (Christopher Jones), to verify missile sites in East Germany. Leiser's adventures start as soon as he crosses the border and continue, with the help of a young German woman (Pia Degermark), as he evades the police and tries to successfully complete his mission.
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 The Machinist 2004 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Larry Gilliard Jr., Reg E. Cathey, Anna Massey, Matthew Romero Moore, Robert Long, Colin Stinton, Craig Stevenson, Ferran Lahoz, Norman Bell, Jeremy Xido
Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) is a lathe operator who suffers from insomnia, can't eat, and has become isolated at work because of an accident blamed on him. Now, he appears to be getting mysterious notes and is having visions of events that may or may not be happening. What will Trevor uncover when he begins to investigate?
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Anna Massey, Zoe Tapper, Robert Lang, Georgina Hale, Millicent Martin, Marcia Warren, Michael Culkin, Clare Higgins, Timothy Bateson, Olivia Caffrey
Elderly Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright) is living out her last years in a London retirement home. One day, after retrieving her mail, she trips and is helped up by a young writer, Ludovic (Rupert Friend), who takes her to his sublet apartment where they strike up a friendship with Ludovic taking on the role of her grandson.
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 Peeping Tom 1960 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Karl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce, Martin Miller, Nigel Davenport, Esmond Knight, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Goodliffe
While this film was denounced when first shown, it now has a cult following. The gruesome story is about a psychopathic killer (Karl Boehm) who photographs his victims immediately prior to murdering them–he gets his kicks out of viewing the helpless terror on their faces.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1989 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Monnier
Cast: James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, John Mills, Anna Massey, Muriel Combeau, Alfred Lynch, Kathy Kriegel, Gerard Klein, Jean-Marc Bory, John Woodvine
Sydney Carton (James Wilby) has fallen in love with Lucie (Serena Gordon), but she marries aristocrat Charles Damay (Xavier Deluc) and does not know of Sydney's love for her. Later, the French Revolution has exploded, and Charles has been captured and sentenced to the guillotine. Unselfishly, Sydney comes up with a plot to take Charles's place at the guillotine so that Charles can return to Lucie. This Masterpiece Theater presentation of Dickens' story of ideals during the French Revolution is definitely worth watching. It is a lavish production that originally was shown in episodes in 1989 and 1990.
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The Tall Guy 1989 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Geraldine James, Emil Wolk, Anna Massey, Kim Thomson, Hugh Thomas, Harold Innocent, Joanna Kanska
An American actor, Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum), is performing in London in a two-man show with an obnoxious cohort, Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). Anderson steals the show and eventually fires Dexter but not before Dexter meets and falls in love with a nurse, Kate Lemmon (Emma Thompson). So far, so good–until Kate accuses him of cheating on her, and Dexter must now try to get her back. Not a bad romantic comedy.
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Tears in the Rain 1988 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Anna Massey, Rachael Dowling, Harry Burton, Colette Stevenson, Stephanie Cole, Janet Price, Donald Gee
As her last request, Casey's (Sharon Stone) mother (Colette Stevenson) had asked her to deliver a mysterious letter to Lord Richard Bredon (Paul Daneman). Casey travels to London, gives Lord Bredon the letter, and during the visit falls in love with his son Michael (Christopher Cazenove). Problems lie ahead when it is suggested that Casey and Michael may be separated siblings, but all is cleared up by story's end.
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The Vault of Horror 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Anna Massey, Edward Judd, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Terence Alexander, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Forbes-Robertson, Ishaq Bux
Following the theme of the previous year's "Tales from the Crypt," five men are trapped in an office building vault, and each shares visions of his own death. The five short stories that result deal with a variety of horrors, but with black humor thrown in.
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| 1. Angels and Insects (1995)
2. Anna Karenina (1985)
3. Another Country (1984)
4. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
5. Captain Jack (1999)
6. The Corn Is Green (1979)
7. De Sade (1969)
8. Deja Vu (1997)
9. A Doll's House (1973)
10. Driftwood (1997)
11. Five Days One Summer (1982)
12. Frenzy (1972)
13. Gideon's Day (1958)
aka: Gideon of Scotland Yard
14. The Grotesque (1995)
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
aka: Grave Indiscretion
15. Haunted (1995)
16. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
17. Impromptu (1991)
18. A Little Romance (1979)
19. The Looking Glass War (1969)
20. The Machinist (2004)
21. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
22. Peeping Tom (1960)
23. A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
24. The Tall Guy (1989)
25. Tears in the Rain (1988)
26. The Vault of Horror (1973)
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
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