Comfort and Joy 1984  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton, Roberto Bernardi, George Rossi, Peter Rossi, Billy McElhaney
Leave it to writer/director Bill Forsyth to come up with unusual films, and this is no exception. Bill Paterson is a popular disc jockey in Glasgow, Scotland, who gets involved in a war between rival ice cream businesses by trying to act as an on-air mediator. Good premise with some funny situations.
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London Kills Me 1991  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hanif Kureishi
Cast: Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Emer McCourt, Roshan Seth, Fiona Shaw, Brad Dourif, Tony Haygarth, Alun Armstrong, Eleanor David
Clint (Justin Chadwick) tries to escape from the drug world, but he finds that even to be a waiter he must find the means to get new shoes. Too soft on drugs and thievery.
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Oliver Twist 1982 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi, Oliver Cotton, Richard Charles, Lysette Anthony, Eleanor David, Philip Locke, Ann Beach, Artro Morris, John Barrard, Brenda Cowling
Orphan Oliver Twist (Richard Charles) is booted from his juvenile workhouse and joins other orphan boys surviving by pickpocketing on the city streets. Their leader, the evil Fagin (George C. Scott), trains them in the art of pickpocketing, and, of course, they must bring their stolen loot back to him. Along the way, Oliver gets help from Mr. Brownlow (Michael Hordern) and, later, barmaid Nancy (Cherie Lunghi), but it will take a lucky inheritance to save Oliver.
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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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Slipstream 1989 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Lisberger
Cast: Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton, Susan Leong, Rita Wolf, Eleanor David, F. Murray Abraham, Ben Kingsley, Robbie Coltrane, Paul Reynolds, Ricco Ross
Set in a future era, when pollution reigns over the Earth, two police officers–Tasker (Mark Hamill) and sidekick Belitski (Kitty Aldridge)–arrest a fugitive, Byron (Bob Peck). Bounty hunter Matt (Bill Paxton) hears there is a bounty out for Byron, tricks Tasker and Belitski, grabs the prisoner, and whisks him away on his plane. Tasker and Belitski follow in hot pursuit.
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 Topsy-Turvy 1999 R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Lesley Manville, Eleanor David, Ron Cook, Timothy Spall, Wendy Nottingham, Alison Steadman, Louise Gold, Kevin McKidd, Katrin Cartlidge, Julia Rayner, Andy Serkis, Shirley Henderson
Director Mike Leigh presents a tribute to those well-known Victorian operetta writers: Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) and Sullivan (Allan Corduner). The focus is on the London production of "The Mikado" and the tribulations encountered as two distinctly different personalities collaborate on their ninth operetta.
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| 1. 84 Charing Cross Road (1986)
2. Comfort and Joy (1984)
3. London Kills Me (1991)
4. Oliver Twist (1982)
5. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
6. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
7. Slipstream (1989)
8. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
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