Cutthroat Island 1995  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Stan Shaw, Harris Yulin, Patrick Malahide, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Paul Dillon, Rex Linn, Christopher Masterson, Carl Chase, Peter Geeves, Angus Wright, Ken Bones
The thrill of piracy on the high seas is brought to the screen in this film about beautiful Morgan Adams (Geena Davis) who is the daughter of a pirate. When her father dies, Morgan inherits her father's ship and sets out–as the ship's captain–to find pieces of a missing treasure map and to avenge her father's murder. Because the map is printed in Latin, Morgan joins forces with a well-educated slave, William Shaw (Matthew Modine), who can interpret the map. It isn't long before Morgan discovers that her nasty uncle, Dawg Brown (Frank Langella), is also searching for pieces of the map, and a battle ensues with lots of sword-fighting action.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988  PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Michael Starke, Jean Boht, Sally Davies, Debi Jones, Carl Chase, Nathan Walsh, Andrew Schofield, Chris Darwin, Frances Dell, Matthew Long
This two-part film begins with "Distant Voices" and features a wedding and a funeral. Loosely based on director Terence Davies' family, the story looks at his dysfunctional family in which the son Tony (Dean Williams) and his mother (Freda Dowie) must deal with memories of Tony's violent father (Pete Postlethwaite). It begins with the family posing with the picture of their father at his funeral and remembering him. Memories of the past are next brought up at Tony's sister Eileen's (Angela Walsh) wedding when Eileen grieves for her father, but Tony and his mother share different memories. Later, in part two, "Still Lives," at another wedding, the film probes the two years between and reopens emotional scars. Sequel: "The Long Day Closes."
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| 1. Cutthroat Island (1995)
2. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
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