Educating Rita 1983  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Dearbhla Molloy, Patrick Daly, Kim Fortune, Philip Hurd-Wood, Hilary Reynolds, Jack Walsh, Christopher Casson, Rosamund Burton
A simple cockney girl Susan/Rita (Julie Walters) goes to an alcoholic English professor, Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) for literature lessons and ends up changing her life for the better. Meanwhile, his life seems to get worse. Caine and Walters were both nominated for Academy Awards.
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High Spirits 1988  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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 Indian Summer 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Alive and Kicking
Director: Nancy Meckler
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher, Dorothy Tutin, Anthony Higgins, Bill Nighy, Philip Voss, Diane Parish, Aiden Waters, Natalie Roles, Freddy Douglas, Kenneth Tharp, Michael Keegan-Dolan, Ruth Lass, Linda Bassett, Hilary Reynolds
A young dancer, Tonio (Jason Flemyng), has AIDS, yet he refuses medication, fearing that it will hinder his dancing ability. Meanwhile, he must come to terms in his personal relationship with friend and lover Jack (Antony Sher).
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| 1. Educating Rita (1983)
2. High Spirits (1988)
3. Indian Summer (1996)
aka: Alive and Kicking
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