City of Lost Children 1995  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marc Caro, Joseph Lucien
Mad Krank (Daniel Emilfork) orders Cyclops (men who have had one eye removed and replaced with computer-driven devises) to kidnap children. He then steals the children's dreams and cannibalizes them.
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The First Circle 1991  TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sheldon Larry
Cast: Robert Powell, Victor Garber, Dominic Raacke, Gunther Maria Halmer, F. Murray Abraham, Raf Vallone, Vernon Dobtcheff, Daniel Emilfork, Christopher Plummer, Laurent Malet, Alexandra Stewart, Corinne Touzet
This made-for-TV drama is based on an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel that is set in the "First Circle of the Gulag" during the Stalin era in Russia. It is here that scientists and engineers were forced to conduct military and scientific research, and the story follows these efforts through the eyes of one of the participants.
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Lady L 1965  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Paul Newman, Sophia Loren, David Niven, Claude Dauphin, Cecil Parker, Marcel Dalio, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, Peter Ustinov, Daniel Emilfork
This film doesn't take advantage of the talent, but it does have some good moments. Lady L (Sophia Loren) tells her story to her biographer.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1978 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady, Terence Stamp, Ian Holm, Daniel Emilfork, Kenji Tanaki, Neil McCarthy
This TV version of the Arabian Nights story features the genie and flying carpet is OK but does not measure up to the 1940 version.
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Travels with My Aunt 1972  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, Raymond Gerome, Daniel Emilfork, John Hamill
At his mother's funeral, a boring banker, Henry (Alec McCowen), meets an older woman (Maggie Smith) who claims to be his aunt. Before long, she has Henry in tow on a madcap adventure through Europe as she attempts to rescue one of her lovers who is being held for a ransom. Based on a Graham Greene bestseller, the film received an Oscar for Costumes and had several nominations, including Maggie Smith for Best Actress. 1 User Review
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| | Wonderful! | Anonymous 08/18/2007 | | Total hillarity and escape! You will love it! Not for kids, however. |
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Joss Ackland, Daniel Emilfork, Nigel Havers, John Le Mesurier
Junk-food magnate Robby (George Segal) travels to Europe, determined to gain the favors of his pastry-chef ex-wife, Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset) while all around him the great chefs are being systematically murdered in the method of how their famous recipes are prepared. Some good Morley scenes in this comedy/mystery.
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| 1. City of Lost Children (1995)
2. The First Circle (1991)
3. Kill! (1971)
aka: Kill! Kill! Kill!
4. Lady L (1965)
5. The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
6. Travels with My Aunt (1972)
7. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
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