 Fairytale: A True Story 1997  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nighy, Bob Peck, Anton Lesser, Tim McInnerny
Based on a true story, this plot revolves around two English girls who took a photograph, in 1917, of what is assumed to be fairies. The picture was taken to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole), who vouched for its authenticity, and it was published in a magazine.
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Hard Times 1994  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Barnes
Cast: Bob Peck, Bill Paterson, Alex Jennings, Alan Bates, Harriet Walter, Richard E. Grant, Beatie Edney, Christien Anholt, Patsy Byrne, Dilys Laye
In this made-for-TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel criticizing England's industrial revolution, Thomas Gradgrind (Bob Peck) is a school teacher in an industrial town, and his philosophy that facts are the only important thing in life brings tragedy to his family
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Jurassic Park 1993 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, B.D. Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Ariana Richards, Miguel Sandoval, Cameron Thor, Christopher John Fields, Gerald R. Molen
Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) is ready to open a dinosaur theme park where scientists have used DNA from extinct dinosaurs to create present-day clones. Hammond invites dinosaur experts Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), along with scientist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Hammond's grandchildren Lex and Joe (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello) to preview the park prior to its opening. While they are touring the park, the security system is broken into, and the man-eating dinosaurs break free turning their delightful day at the park into just the opposite. Plenty of action and thrills with Oscar-winning visual and sound effects.
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Slipstream 1989  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Lisberger
Cast: Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton, Susan Leong, Rita Wolf, Eleanor David, F. Murray Abraham, Ben Kingsley, Robbie Coltrane, Paul Reynolds, Ricco Ross
Set in a future era, when pollution reigns over the Earth, two police officers–Tasker (Mark Hamill) and sidekick Belitski (Kitty Aldridge)–arrest a fugitive, Byron (Bob Peck). Bounty hunter Matt (Bill Paxton) hears there is a bounty out for Byron, tricks Tasker and Belitski, grabs the prisoner, and whisks him away on his plane. Tasker and Belitski follow in hot pursuit.
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Smilla's Sense of Snow 1997 R, 121 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Bille August
Cast: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Loggia, Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Mario Adorf, Emma Croft, Bob Peck, Peter Capaldi
A Copenhagen boy falls from the roof of his building and dies in the snow. Smilla (Julia Ormond), daughter of a long-dead Inuit and American doctor (Robert Loggia), is suspicious of circumstances surrounding the death but has her work cut out for her in convincing others of the validity of her doubts.
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| 1. Fairytale: A True Story (1997)
2. Hard Times (1994)
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. Slipstream (1989)
5. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
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