The Gospel of John 2003  PG-13, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, Stuart Bunce, Richard Lintern, Stephen Russell, Scott Handy, Lynsey Baxter, Christopher Plummer, Diana Berriman, Alan Van Sprang, Cedric Smith, Diego Matamoros
Narrated by Christopher Plummer, this three-hour drama relates the story of Jesus in an accurate word-by-word interpretation of the Gospel According to John, which was written during the first century.
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The Penthouse 1989   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Robin Givens, David Hewlett, Robert Guillaume, Cedric Smith, Donnelly Rhodes, Alex Bruhanski
Robin Givens plays a wealthy woman whose ex-boyfriend holds her against her will in her penthouse apartment. 1 User Review
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| | Robin Givens alone--alone--makes "The Penthouse" worthy | duane 09/13/2011 | | "The Penthouse," quite simply, is hands down the best made-for-television film ever and the reason for that is one sole factor--Robin Givens. As a pampered, sheltered young rich woman held captive in her luxurious penthouse apartment by a psychotic ex (David Hewlett), she always supplies the appropriate elements--welcoming-hostess charm (in her early scenes with Hewlett), held- hostage terror (when Hewlett fully reveals his objective), steely reserve (in her negotiating scenes with him), affection-originated forcefulness (in her telephone scene with the police going to bat for him),searing anger (in her employing reverse psychology with him), protective anguish (when he's finally gunned down by a police marksman). At all times, Robin hits the correct notes--and at all times she looks positively lickable, especially since she's almost always scrumptiously barefoot. The supporting actors--Hewlitt, Robert Guillaume, Cedric Smith, Donnelly Rhodes--are all marvelously gripping and marvelously professional but in the end "The Penthouse" soars not so much because of the script or the direction or even the supporting cast but because Robin plies her charm and her sexiness in her very first scene and doesn't let up during the entire 100 minutes. |
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2. The Penthouse (1989)
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