 All the King's Men 1999  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: David Jason, Maggie Smith, David Troughton, Ian McDiarmid, William Ash, Stuart Bunce, Sonya Walger, James(2) Murray, Phyllis Logan, Tom Burke, Ben Crompton, Emma Cunniffe
This BBC offering examines what really happened to the Royal British Army's Sandringham Company, which was made up entirely of servants and gardeners from King George V's Estate. The Company marched off to World War I in 1915 and was never seen again.
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Among Giants 1998 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Miller
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Pete Postlethwaite, James Thornton, Rob Jarvis, Andy Serkis, Lennie James, Alan Williams, Emma Cunniffe, Steve Huison, Sharon Bower
Ray (Pete Postlethwaite) and his cohorts are painting towers on the Yorkshire moors when Gerry (Rachel Griffiths) happens upon them and asks for a job. Suddenly life changes for this all-male work party as the beautiful Gerry moves into their midst.
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 Great Expectations 1999  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, Selina Cadell, Emma Cunniffe, Tony Curran, Gemma Gregory, David Horovitch, Clive Russell, Ifan Meredith, Lesley Sharp, Gabriel Thomson
In this BBC version of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," Ioan Gruffudd takes on the role of working-class Pip who dreams of rising to "gentleman" status in order to win the love of the elusive Estella (Gemma Gregory as young Estella and Justine Waddell as older Estella) who has been taught by the bitter Miss Haversham (Charlotte Rampling) to have higher expectations than those of Pip. Orphaned Pip (Gabriel Thomson as young Pip) has been raised by blacksmith Joe Gargery (Clive Russell) and his wife (Lesley Sharp). As a child, Pip saves the life of convict Matwitch (Bernard Hill), and now Pip finds that a mysterious benefactor has given him wealth. It turns out that the benefactor is Matwitch, and Pip is on his way to gaining his "gentleman" status in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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| 1. All the King's Men (1999)
2. Among Giants (1998)
3. Great Expectations (1999)
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