The Deceivers 1988  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb, Tariq Yunus, Gary Cady, Neena Gupta, Salim Ghouse
While serving in India during 1825, an agent of the British East India Company, William Savage (Pierce Brosnan), infiltrates a gang of highwaymen and finds himself succumbing to their ways and committing his own secret acts of murder.
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The Flame Trees of Thika 1981  TV, 355 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, William Morgan Sheppard, David Bradley, John Nettleton, Carol MacReady, Paul Onsongo, Tony Osoba
Based on Elspeth Huxley's book, this made-for-TV miniseries relates the joys and struggles of young Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) and her parents–Tilly and Robin (Hayley Mills and David Robb)–as they begin work on a Kenya coffee plantation in 1913.
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 Ivanhoe 1982  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Camfield
Cast: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey, Lysette Anthony, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Pickup, George Innes, David Robb, Stuart Wilson, Michael Gothard, Tony Haygarth, Philip Locke
This TV version of the Sir Walter Scott classic is well done; the photography is excellent, with good performances all around. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) returns to England after the Crusades only to immediately get involved in a struggle against the tyranny of Prince John (Ronald Pickup). King Richard (Julian Glover) has been kidnapped, and Prince John refuses to pay the ransom. With help from Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)–whose Jewish father, Isaac of York (James Mason), was held by the anti-Semites and Ivanhoe rescued–Ivanhoe finds hope in rescuing the throne of England. Then, Ivanhoe's partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) will right many of the wrongs in England.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Vaughan, Sonia Aquino, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Henry Goodman, Alison Steadman, David Robb
This complex biography of movie great Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush) shows how his troubled personal life was often hidden when he took over a role and immersed himself in the character he portrayed.
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 Regeneration 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Lines
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, David Hayman, Stuart Bunce, Tanya Allen, Dougray Scott, John Neville, Paul Young, Alastair Galbraith, Julian Fellowes, David Robb
Two poets, Siegfried Sassoon (James Wilby) and Wilfred Owen (Stuart Bunce), meet in an asylum during World War I. Owen is there because he could not cope with battlefield horrors, but Sassoon has been committed because he made a public statement condemning the war. Dr. William Rivers (Jonathan Pryce) is the psychiatrist whose job it is to "cure" the men quickly so they can be sent back into battle. Based on a novel by Pat Barker, which is based on the real-life story of Siegfried Sassoon.
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Treasure Island 1999  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Rowe
Cast: Jack Palance, Kevin Zegers, Patrick Bergin, Walter Sparrow, David Robb, Christopher Benjamin, Malcolm Stoddard, Peter Rowe, Al Ashton, Jake Fry, Philip Whitchurch, Cody Palance, Dermot Kearney, Chris Caine, Daphne Williams
Jack Palance takes on the role of pirate Long John Silver who strives to get his hands on the treasure map that is in the possession of young Jim Hawkins (Kevin Zegers) in this adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
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| 1. The Deceivers (1988)
2. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
3. Freedom Fighter (1988)
4. Hellbound (1993)
5. Ivanhoe (1982)
6. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
7. Regeneration (1997)
aka: Behind the Lines
8. Treasure Island (1999)
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