 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Jiri Trnka
Cast: Richard Burton, Tom Criddle, Ann Bell, Michael Meacham, John Warner, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Hugh Manning, Josh Ackland, Alec McCowen, Stephen Moore, Barbara Jefford, Jack Gwillim, Roger Shepherd, Laura Graham
Shakespeare's play about star-crossed lovers is presented through Czechoslovakian Trnka's fascinating puppeteering. The English-language version is narrated by Richard Burton.
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Up at the Villa 2000  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, Massimo Ghini, Dudley Sutton, Lorenza Indovina, Clive Merrison, Roger Hammond, Linda Spurrier, Ben Aris, Anne Ridler, Ann Bell
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's romantic thriller set in Italy during the 1930s, this film features Kristin Scott Thomas in the role of the beautiful young widow, Mary Panton, who is currently residing in a villa. Intrigue evolves from Mary's one-night affair with an illegal immigrant, Karl Richter (Jeremy Davies), while she is also being courted by both playboy Rowley Flint (Sean Penn) and the very respectable Sir Edgar Swift (James Fox).
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The Witches 1966 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Devil's Own
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Brett, John Collin, Michele Dotrice, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Duncan Lamont, Leonard Rossiter, Martin Stephens, Carmel McSharry
Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) can't seem to get away from voodoo. While teaching in Africa, she had a nervous breakdown after an encounter with a witch doctor. She takes a teaching job in a small town in England while recovering. But–the town seems to be the home of a coven of witches, and they intend to sacrifice a girl. Perhaps Gwen's "training" can help.
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The Woman in White 1997  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tim Fywell
Cast: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Simon Callow, Ian Richardson, Andrew Lincoln, John Standing, Susan Vidler, Adie Allen, James Wilby, Ann Bell, Kika Markham
Half-sisters Marian and Laura Fairlie (Tara Fitzgerald and Justine Waddell) find themselves involved with a mysterious woman dressed in white who may hold the key to success in their futures.
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| 1. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
2. Up at the Villa (2000)
3. The Witches (1966)
aka: The Devil's Own
4. The Woman in White (1997)
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