The Acid House 1998  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Arlene Cockburn, Kevin McKidd, Maurice Roeves, Stephen McCole, Garry Sweeney, Michelle Gomez, Gary McCormack, Tam Dean Burn, Billy McElhaney, Barbara Rafferty, Doug Eadie, Andrea McKenna
Based on three short stories by Irvine Welsh, these tales about drugs and other abuses include: "The Granton Star Cause" about a man's worst day on Earth, "A Soft Touch" involving the tale of a cheating wife, and "The Acid House" capping off the other two with its plot of a drug experiment in which the user swaps places with the unborn baby of very wealthy parents.
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The Governess 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sandra Goldbacher
Cast: Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Florence Hoath, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Harriet Walter, Arlene Cockburn, Emma Bird, Adam Levy, Bruce Myers
Beginning in London during the 1840s, this is the story of a Sephardic Jew, Rosina (Minnie Driver), who attempts to pass herself off as a gentile by changing her name to Mary Blackchurch and taking the position of governess in the Cavendish home in Scotland. There she becomes romantically involved with the father (Tom Wilkinson) in her effort to attain salvation.
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 The Winter Guest 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rickman
Cast: Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Gary Hollywood, Arlene Cockburn, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe, Douglas Murphy, Sean Biggerstaff, Tom Watson, Alan Rickman
Set in a Scottish hamlet one cold winter's day, this film is based on Sharman MacDonald's play, consisting of four stories–each about relationships between people learning to accept each other.
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| 1. The Acid House (1998)
2. The Governess (1998)
3. The Winter Guest (1997)
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