La Patinoire 1999  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Ice Rink
Director: Jean-Phillipe Toussaint
Cast: Tom Novembre, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marie-France Pisier, Dolores Chaplin, Bruce Campbell, Mireille Perrier, Dominique Deruddere, Gilbert Melki, Eva Ionesco, Dominic Gould
While rushing to finish his latest film in time for the Venice Film Festival, the director (Tom Novembre) receives little cooperation from his producers, actors, and stars.
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 The Lord of the Rings 1978  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Christopher Guard, John Hurt, Dominic Gould, Michael Scholes, William Squire, Andre Morell, Norman Bird, Annette Crosbie, Anthony Daniels, Simon Chandler, Michael Graham Cox, David Buck, Peter Woodthorpe, Fraser Kerr
The Hobbits and Middle Earth are the focus of this film–a combination of animation and live-action cinema–covering part of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy. The Hobbit Frodo (voice of Christopher Guard) is assigned the mission of destroying the all-powerful, magical ring that allows its users to rule the world. With warriors Gandelf (voice of William Squire), Aragorn (voice of John Hurt), and Boromin (voice of Michael Graham Cox) in tow, Frodo sets off on a difficult journey, eluding the evil Mordor's warriors, to take the ring to a place where it can be destroyed.
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The Maid 1991  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ian Toynton
Cast: Martin Sheen, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Victoria Shalet, James Faulkner, Dominic Gould, Isabelle Guiard, Catherine Lachens, Joe Cosgrove, Carina Barone
Sheen is a Wall Street executive who becomes the maid to a French businesswoman (Bisset) in order to win her affection. Predictable, slow romantic comedy.
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| 1. La Patinoire (1999)
aka: The Ice Rink
2. The Lord of the Rings (1978)
3. The Maid (1991)
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