The Full Monty 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer, William Snape, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Deirdre Costello, Paul Butterworth, Dave Hill, Bruce Jones, Andrew Livingston, Vinny Dhillon
Steel workers Gaz (Robert Carlyle) and Dave (Mark Addy) are laid off and come up with a money-making scheme: they will perform as male striptease dancers. They form a group called "Hard Steel," and Horse (Paul Barber), Guy (Hugo Speer), and Lomper (Steve Huison) join them with Gerald (Tom Wilkinson) doing the choreography. To pull in a crowd, they decide to go The Full Monty, which describes full frontal nudity. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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 The Interpreter 2005  PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris, Hugo Speer, Michael Wright, Clyde Kusatsu, Eric Keenleyside, Maz Jobrani, Harry O'Reilly, Yusuf Gatewood, Byron Utley
U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) reports that she overheard plans for an assassination and that she has become the killers' target. Silvia is put under the protection of U.S. Secret Service agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) who, in turn, becomes suspicious that Silvia is involved in the conspiracy, and she finds herself in the middle of the investigation.
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 Swing 1999 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Mead
Cast: Hugo Speer, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Usher, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Danny McCall, Alexei Sayle, Clarence Clemons, Nerys Hughes, Scot Williams
Martin (Hugo Speer) gets out of jail and, after tutoring by Clarence Clemons on the sax, he starts a band. The lead singer (and the only real highlight of the film) is Joan (pop singer Lisa Stansfield in her first film)–Martin's ex-girlfriend who is now married to the cop who arrested Martin. The working class of Liverpool theme, along the lines of "The Full Monty," has some good music and an optimistic outlook.
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| 1. The Full Monty (1997)
2. The Interpreter (2005)
3. Swing (1999)
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