The Bride 1985  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, David Rappaport, Cary Elwes, Guy Rolfe, Tony Haygarth, Alexei Sayle
This remake of the 1935 classic pales in comparison as it tells the story of Dr. Frankenstein's second attempt to create life.
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 Cleopatra 1999  TV, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, John Bowe, Art Malik, Nadim Sawalha, Owen Teale, Bruce Payne, Sean Pertwee, Philip Quast, Daragh O'Malley, David Schofield, Kassandra Voyagis, Indra Ove
In this made-for-HBO miniseries, this is the story of the out-of-wedlock child produced by Julius Caesar and Cleopatra (Timothy Dalton and Leonor Varela), as well as their son's possible selection to be Caesar's successor. This sets off Caesar's assassination with Marc Antony (Billy Zane) and Octavian (Rupert Graves) left to divide the Roman Empire while Cleopatra casts her spell on Marc Antony.
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The Lords of Discipline 1983  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, Matt Frewer, John Lavachielli, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Mark Breland, Malcolm Danare, Greg Webb, Ed Bishop
Set at Carolina Military Institute in the Deep South, racism is the theme of this story when the school admits its first Black cadet. Cadet Will McClean's'' (David Keith) faculty mentor (Robert Prosky) gives him the mission of trying to prevent the plots of a secret group, "The Ten," who are cadets determined to support their out-dated way of life.
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Moby Dick 1998 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Bruce Spence, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robin Cuming, Shane Feeney-Connor, Piripi Waretini, Vivianne Benton, Dominic Purcell, Gregory Peck
The Melville classic tale becomes a TV miniseries and a Video/DVD release. Ishmael (Henry Thomas) ships out on the whaler Pequad, captained by Ahab (Patrick Stewart) who is out to get revenge on the great white whale that took Ahab's leg. Gregory Peck, who starred in the 1956 version, makes an appearance as a priest.
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| 1. The Bride (1985)
2. Cleopatra (1999)
3. The Lords of Discipline (1983)
4. Moby Dick (1998)
5. Quadrophenia (1979)
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