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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Keep the Aspidistra Flying 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Merry War
Director: Robert Bierman
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Carter, Harriet Walter, Julian Wadham, Lesley Vickerage, Liz Smith, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Clegg, Maggie McCarthy
Based on George Orwell's story, this film is about an aspiring poet, Gordon Comstock (Richard E. Grant), working in the advertising field as a copywriter, who decides to become a full-time poet, but not without major problems.
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 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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Oh, Heavenly Dog! 1980  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Joe Camp
Cast: Chevy Chase, Benji, Jane Seymour, Robert Morley, Omar Sharif, Alan Sues, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Vernon, John Stride, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Benji appears in his third film. Chevy Chase plays a murdered detective who is reincarnated in Benji's body. The plot is, of course, that Benji/Chase tries to find the killer.
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 Pride and Prejudice 1995 TV, 280 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, David Bamber, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Anna Chancellor, Susannah Harker, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Adrian Lukis, Julia Sawalha, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow, Emilia Fox, Christopher Benjamin, Anthony Calf
This excellent TV miniseries does justice to Jane Austen's classic tale of the relationships of two people caught in the 19th-century class system when headstrong Elizabeth (Jennifer Ehle) meets wealthy Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth). Darcy courts Elizabeth, and problems ensue over the issues of manners and love when the couple learns that they must deal with their different perspectives on life if they are to live their lives together.
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| 1. Frenzy (1972)
2. Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
aka: A Merry War
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
4. Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980)
5. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
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