Butley 1974  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Pinter
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Susan Engel, Georgina Hale, Michael Byrne, Simon Rouse, John Savident, Oliver Maguire, Patti Love, Susan Wooldridge, Darien Angadi, Colin Haigh, Lindsay Ingram
Alan Bates reprises his Broadway role of English Literature Professor Ben Butley who returns to London University after a vacation weekend. On his first day back, Butley learns that his estranged wife Anne (Susan Engel) wants a divorce and plans to remarry. Then, his male lover Joey (Richard O'Callaghan) announces that he has a new boyfriend. The bad news continues with Edna (Jessica Tandy) complaining that Butley has stolen one of her tutorial students, and it goes on and on–making for one VERY BAD day.
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Anna Massey, Zoe Tapper, Robert Lang, Georgina Hale, Millicent Martin, Marcia Warren, Michael Culkin, Clare Higgins, Timothy Bateson, Olivia Caffrey
Elderly Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright) is living out her last years in a London retirement home. One day, after retrieving her mail, she trips and is helped up by a young writer, Ludovic (Rupert Friend), who takes her to his sublet apartment where they strike up a friendship with Ludovic taking on the role of her grandson.
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Preaching to the Perverted 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Guinevere Turner, Christien Anholt, Tom Bell, Julie Graham, Georgina Hale, Julian Wadham, Ricky Tomlinson, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Sue Johnston, Don Henderson, Charlotte Weston, Imogen Bain, Edward Jewesbury, Angela Easterling, Ian Embleton
The London underground S&M world and the government's attempts to stop it are satirized in this funny, near-porno film. Tanya (Guinevere Turner) is the sadomasochistic queen of London, and naive Peter (Christien Anholt) is sent by moral crusader Henry (Tom Bell) to infiltrate and bring back evidence to help his cause. Not unexpectedly, Peter falls for Tanya and longs for the day when she will have "normal" sex.
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The Watcher in the Woods 1980  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Hough
Cast: Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Ian Bannen, Eleanor Summerfield, Richard Pasco, Benedict Taylor, Georgina Hale
While an American family is living in an English country manor, they learn that their daughter resembles the long-dead daughter of their bizarre neighbor.
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| 1. Butley (1974)
2. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
3. Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
4. The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
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