Bernard and the Genie 1992  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Alan Cumming, Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson, John Gabriel, Denis Lill, Beaux Bryant, Kevin Allen, Andree Bernard, Melvyn Bragg, Janet Henfrey, Marcia Ashton, Sheila Latimer, Sally Geoghegan, Angela Clarke, Bob Geldof
Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) is having a bad day, and even loses his job as an art dealer, when he rubs a tarnished lamp and releases a 2,000-year-old genie, Josephus (Lenny Henry). The two become friends. It is Christmas, and Josephus can give Bernard anything he wishes. Troubles arise when Bernard wishes for the "Mona Lisa," and the police think that he stole it, but Josephus' magic powers take care of the problem.
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China Rose 1983  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: George C. Scott, Ali MacGraw, Michael Biehn, Denis Lill, Alice Lau, James Hong, Tsin Tsi Eng, David Snell, Tong Lan Hwa, Ray Burrus
An American businessman (George C. Scott) arrives in China in search of the son he hasn't seen for many years. The American Embassy assigns an employee (Ali MacGraw) to assist, and the two head out on the search. Ho, hum. Made for TV.
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 Rebecca 1997 TV, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim O'Brien
Cast: Emilia Fox, Charles Dance, Diana Rigg, Faye Dunaway, Lucy Cohu, Geraldine James, Ian McDiarmid, John Horsley, Jonathan Cake, Denis Lill, Tom Chadbon
Based of Daphne Du Maurier's novel, this made-for-TV miniseries tells the tale of the young woman (Emilia Fox) who recently married the wealthy Maxim de Winter (Charles Dance) within a year of the death of his first wife, Rebecca. She finds that it is difficult for a middle-class woman to fit into the social world that she now inhabits. Even the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Diana Rigg, in an Emmy-winning performance), who admired Rebecca, makes her life miserable. But even bigger problems lie ahead.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson, Denis Lill, Ann Firbank, Richard Morant, Julian Fellowes
Combining two of the Baroness Orczy's classic tales, this is the story of the rescue of French aristocrats condemned to death at the guillotine.
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| 1. Bernard and the Genie (1992)
2. China Rose (1983)
3. Rebecca (1997)
4. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
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