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A Christmas Carol   1999     3 stars    TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: David Hugh Jones  
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West, Trevor Peacock, Liz Smith, Claire Slater, Ben Tibber, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kenny Doughty, Laura Fraser

  Patrick Stewart makes an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge in this fine TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story. After visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Joel Grey), Present (Desmond Barrit), and Future (Tim Potter), Scrooge re-evaluates his treatment of Tiny Tim (Ben Tibber) and and his family. It ranks among the best of the several film renditions.



Cast
Patrick Stewart Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge
Richard E. Grant Bob Cratchit
Joel Grey The Ghost of Christmas Past
Ian McNeice Mr. Albert Fezziwig
Saskia Reeves Mrs. Cratchit
Desmond Barrit The Ghost of Christmas Present
Bernard Lloyd Marley's Ghost
Dominic West Fred
Trevor Peacock Old Joe
Liz Smith Mrs. Dilber
Claire Slater Martha Cratchit
Ben Tibber Tiny Tim
Elizabeth Spriggs Mrs. Riggs
Kenny Doughty Young Scrooge
Laura Fraser Belle

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Poster Art From art.comA Midsummer Night's Dream   1996     2 and a half stars    N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Adrian Noble  
Cast: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit, Finbar Lynch, Osheen Jones, Monica Dolan, Alfred Burke, Emily Button, Howard Crossley, Kevin Doyle, Ann Hasson, Emily Raymond, Daniel Evans, Kenn Sabberton, Robert Gillespie

  The Royal Shakespeare Company presents its interpretation of the bard's comedy in a lively and colorful fashion. It is the story of four mixed-up lovers who get caught up in an argument between Titania (Lindsay Duncan) and Oberon (Alex Jennings), the king and queen of the fairies.


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St. Ives   1998     2 and a half stars    R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Hook  
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton, Cecile Pallas, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs, Barney Craig, Desmond Barrit, Vernon Dobtcheff, Patrice Melennec, Adrian Scarborough, Chris McHallem, Enda Oates

  During the Napoleonic Wars, French Captain Jacques St. Ives (Jean-Marc Barr) is captured and sent to a POW camp in Scotland. The action begins after he meets a local woman, Flora (Anna Friel), the daughter of her protective mother Susan (Miranda Richardson) and is befriended by the commander of the camp, Major Farquhar Chevening (Richard E. Grant). Loosely based on an unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel, his last.



Cast
Jean-Marc Barr Capt. Jacques de Saint-Yves
Miranda Richardson Susan Gilchrist
Richard E. Grant Major Farquhar Chevening
Anna Friel Flora Gilchrist
Tim Dutton Francois
Cecile Pallas Mathilde
Michael Gough Comte de Saint-Yves
Jason Isaacs Alain de Keroual de St.-Yves
Barney Craig Linlithgow
Desmond Barrit Biggerstaff
Vernon Dobtcheff Bonnefoy
Patrice Melennec Couperin
Adrian Scarborough Le Bon
Chris McHallem Gautier
Enda Oates Duelling Office

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1. A Christmas Carol (1999)
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
3. St. Ives (1998)


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