 Blackball 2003  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: National Lampoon's Blackball
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Paul Kaye, James Cromwell, Alice Evans, Bernard Cribbins, Vince Vaughn, Johnny Vegas, Imelda Staunton, Ian McNeice, James Fleet, David Ryall, Kenneth Cranham, Felicity Montagu
Aggressive, youthful, arrogant Cliff (Paul Kaye) is a lawn bowls superstar and intends on being part of the British team when it meets rival Australia. To do this he must beat current champion Ray (James Cromwell) who does not care for the antics of Cliff. The competition between the two becomes more personal when Cliff starts dating Ray's daughter, Kerry (Alice Evans).
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Coming Through 1985  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman, Philip Martin Brown, Felicity Montagu, Fiona Victory, Norman Rodway, Alison King, Lynn Farleigh, Malcolm Storry, Robin Paul Bassford, Benjamin Whitrow
Through flashbacks–intertwined with a man and woman who are obsessed with D. H. Lawrence–the life of Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh) including his love for aristocratic Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) is told.
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Confetti 2006  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Debbie Isitt
Cast: Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman, Vincent Franklin, Jason Watkins, Jimmy Carr, Felicity Montagu, Alison Steadman, Ron Cook, Selina Cadell, Julia Davis
In this improvised mockumentary, wedding planners Archie and Gregory (Vincent Franklin and Jason Watkins) spend 10 weeks assisting three engaged couples who vie for the prize of a new house and their picture on the cover of "Confetti" magazine. Matt and Sam (Martin Freeman and Jessica Hynes) want their ceremony to be just like a Broadway musical; Isabelle and Josef (Meredith MacNeill and Stephen Mangan) want their wedding to have a tennis theme; and nudists Joanna and Michael (Olivia Colman and Robert Webb) want no clothes worn at their ceremony. Stress abounds, and the couples create chaos as they battle to win the prize.
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| 1. Blackball (2003)
aka: National Lampoon's Blackball
2. Coming Through (1985)
3. Confetti (2006)
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