Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend 1985  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bill L. Norton
Cast: William Katt, Patrick McGoohan, Sean Young, Julian Fellowes, Kyalo Mativo, Olu Jacobs, Edward Hardwicke, Hugh Quarshie, Richard Aguirre, Mark Mangini
This Disney film (though with a small amount of nudity and a few somewhat brutal scenes), tells the story of a writer and his scientist wife who endanger their lives in the jungles of Africa to take a baby brontosaurus back to his mother.
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The Bunker 1981  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Piper Laurie, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton, Michael Lonsdale, Susan Blakely, Edward Hardwicke, Martin Jarvis, Michael Kitchen, Andrew Ray, Yves Brainville
Anthony Hopkins won the Emmy for his role of Adolph Hitler during the last weeks of Hitler's life, which were spent in a Berlin bunker. Piper Laurie was nominated for her role as Magda Goebbels.
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David Copperfield 2000 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Max Dolbey, Michael Richards, Sally Field, Nigel Davenport, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Andrews, Frank MacCusker, Freddie Jones, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Hamilton, Julie Cox, Sarah Smart, Alan Howard, Alec McCowen
In this made-for-TV, two-part Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, Max Dolbey takes on the role of young David Copperfield while Hugh Dancy plays the adult David as Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical novel is once again presented on film. The setting, filmed in Ireland, gives the look and feel of Copperfield's 19th-century England in which he grew up under the thumb of his cruel stepfather Murdstone (Anthony Andrews) but with support from others such as Aunt Betsy (Sally Field).
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The Gathering Storm 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Derek Jacobi, Tom Wilkinson, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Tom Hiddleston, Edward Hardwicke
Albert Finney is excellent as Winston Churchill, winning a golden Globe Award for his efforts in this BBC production. It covers the period from the early 1930s when Churchill was a lone voice in warning the nation of the threat posed by the Nazis to his position as Prime Minister. But the centerpiece of the biography is the story of his personal life with his wife, Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave).
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Holocaust 1978  TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1988 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror
Director: Brian Mills
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Raymond Adamson, Alastair Duncan, Ronald Pickup, Rosemary McHale, Kristoffer Tabori, Edward Romfourt, James Faulkner, Fiona Gillies, Philip Dettmer, Stephen Tomlin, Bernard Horsfall, Don McKillop, William Ilkley
The Baskerville family may have a curse on it in the form of a hound, and Dr. Mortimer (Alastair Duncan) asks Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) to investigate the death of the late Sir Charles Baskerville in order to prevent the new heir, his nephew Sir Henry (Kristoffer Tabori), from suffering the same fate. Holmes sends his assistant Dr. John Watson (Edward Hardwicke) to Baskerville Hall to look into the issue while Holmes performs his own investigation and realizes that someone in the family is ensuring that the curse continues.
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Mary, Mother of Jesus 1999 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Christian Bale, Pernilla August, Melinda Kinnaman, David Threlfall, Geraldine Chaplin, Simone Bendix, Hywel Bennett, John Shrapnel, Robert Addie, Edward Hardwicke
This made-for-TV film tells the story of Mary of Nazareth (Pernilla August) raising her son, Jesus (Christian Bale), and their strong and loving relationship.
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The Master Blackmailer 1992  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Hammond
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Hardy, Norma West, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Colin Jeavons, Nickolas Grace, Serena Gordon, David Mallinson, Sarah McVicar
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverto," this made-for-TV offering brings Jeremy Brett back as master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Art dealer Milverto (Robert Hardy) is also a master blackmailer who has high society Londoners under his control. Sherlock Holmes goes undercover as a plumber to get the goods on Mr. Milverto. Faithful to Doyle's story with some additional, but unnecessary, material added.
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Oliver Twist 2005 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Ian McNeice, Lewis Chase, Jeremy Swift, Frances Cuka, Alun Armstrong, Paul Brooke, Levi Hayes, Patrick Godfrey
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' story, Barney Clark takes on the role of well-mannered nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist who meets London pickpocket Artful Dodger (Harry Eden) and joins a group of boys who steal for their master, Fagin (Ben Kingsley).
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Parting Shots 1999 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley, Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt, Peter Davison, Edward Hardwicke, Nicholas Gecks
Things aren't going well for photographer Harry Sterndale (Chris Rea), and now matters worsen when he finds out he has cancer and has only a short time to live. So why not kill all of those who had hurt him in the past? And why not hire an assassin to kill him? You guessed it–the medical diagnosis was wrong. Now he must evade the police and the hit man.
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Richard III 1995  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Downey Jr., John Wood, Jim Broadbent, Bill Paterson, Edward Hardwicke, Jim Carter, Adrian Dunbar, Roger Hammond, Tim McInnery, Dominic West
The story remains the same as Richard uses seduction and murder to attain power in Shakespeare's story of the treacherous English monarch Richard III (Ian McKellen). There is a twist to the screen adaptation: the time has been updated to the 1930s, and the hunchbacked king is a Fascist. After killing members of his family, Richard finally does gain the throne and attempts to set up a dictatorship. In this version of Shakespeare's story, the famous lines, "My horse! My horse! My kingdom for a horse." are uttered by Richard when his jeep gets stuck in the mud.
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The Scarlet Letter 1995 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Joan Plowright, Robert Prosky, Roy Dotrice, Diane Salinger, Amy Wright, Dana Ivey, Edward Hardwicke
This is another film adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel about the public disgrace suffered by Hester Prynne following her adulterous affair resulting in an illegitimate birth.
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Shadowlands 1993 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, John Wood, Robert Flemyng, Michael Denison, Joseph Mazzello, Gerald Sim, Peter Firth, Julian Firth
Anthony Hopkins plays real-life scholar C.S. Lewis, and Debra Winger takes on the role of poet Joy Gresham as they begin their relationship through letters to each other. They fall in love, marry, and live happily until Joy's untimely death. Debra Winger was nominated for an Oscar. This film is an adaptation of the TV film of 1985.
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The Sign of Four 1987 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Peter Hammond
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Robin Hunter, Alf Joint, John Thaw, Kiran Shah, Jenny Seagrove, Ronald Lacey, Rosalie Williams, Derek Deadman, Ishaq Bux, Terence Skelton, Marjorie Sudell, Emrys James, Gordon Gostelow
Miss Mary Morstan (Jenny Seagrove) has been receiving jewels each year, and now her unknown benefactor asks for a meeting with her. She goes to Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) for help and advice. The investigation uncovers the "Sign of Four," a lost treasure in the hands of four convicts on the Andaman Islands where Mary's father had disappeared 10 years ago.
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Venom 1982  R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Piers Haggard
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Lance Holcomb, Cornelia Sharpe, Susan George, Mike Gwilym, Paul Williamson, Michael Gough, Edward Hardwicke
A deadly snake escapes from its cage and terrorizes a London townhouse, especially international crooks (Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, and Susan George) who have kidnapped an American boy. Interesting how the snake only goes after the bad people (who populate big cities). Big-name cast.
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| 1. Baby ... Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
2. The Bunker (1981)
3. David Copperfield (2000)
4. A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
5. The Gathering Storm (2002)
6. Hell Below Zero (1954)
7. Holocaust (1978)
8. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
9. Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
10. The Master Blackmailer (1992)
11. Oliver Twist (2005)
12. Parting Shots (1999)
13. Richard III (1995)
14. The Scarlet Letter (1995)
15. Shadowlands (1993)
16. The Sign of Four (1987)
17. Venom (1982)
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