Aberdeen 2000  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Lena Headey, Ian Hart, Charlotte Rampling, Louise Goodall, Jason Hetherington
Helen (Charlotte Rampling) lives in Aberdeen. She is dying but determined to reconcile with her London lawyer daughter, Kaisa (Lena Headey), with her absent father. To that end, Helen talks Kaisa into traveling to Norway and bringing her alcoholic father home. Although the trip is difficult, help comes from many along the way–especially truck driver Clive (Ian Hart).
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 B. Monkey 1999  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Tim Woodward, Ian Hart, Bryan Pringle, Julie T. Wallace, Clare Higgins, Marc Warren
Alan (Jared Harris), a very proper British schoolteacher, falls head over heels for a London jewel thief, Beatrice (Asia Argento), who provides more excitement in his life than he is prepared for.
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Backbeat 1994  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Ian Hart, Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Gary Bakewell, Chris O'Neill, Scot Williams, Kai Weisinger, Jennifer Ehle, Wolf Kahler, Rob Spendlove, Paul Duckworth, Alexei Jawdokimov, Albert Welling, Marcelle Duprey, John White
The subject of this film is The Beatles–before they became famous. Seen mostly through the eyes of Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), who quit the group just before they hit it big, this is an insightful look into the personalities behind the fame.
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Born Romantic 2000 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Kane
Cast: Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Jimi Mistry, David Morrissey, Olivia Williams, Kenneth Cranham, Paddy Considine
The lives of six young singles in London overlap against the backdrop of a salsa club. Serving as the connectors are cab drivers–especially Jimmy (Adrian Lester), who is more than willing to impart psychological advice.
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Breakfast on Pluto 2005  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Gavin Friday, Ruth McCabe, Ian Hart, Eva Birthistle, Steven Waddington
Patrick "Kitten" Braden's (Cillian Murphy) father is the town priest (Liam Neeson), and his mother abandoned him at birth. Now, it is the 1960s, and young adult Patrick leaves Ireland and travels to London where he becomes a transvestite cabaret singer, works as a prostitute, and is mistaken for an IRA terrorist.
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The Butcher Boy 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Aisling O'Sullivan, Pat McCabe, Sinead O'Connor, Ian Hart, Milo O'Shea, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves
Based on Patrick McCabe's award-winning novel, this is a wrenching tale showing a vision of the world through the eyes of a mentally disturbed boy who lives in Ireland. Francie (Eamonn Owens) grows up in a dysfunctional family–a suicidal mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) and an alcoholic father Stephen Rea). Following the death of both parents and alone in the world, Francie brutally murders a nasty neighbor, finally ends up in a mental institution, and is confronted by the Virgin Mary (Sinead O'Connor).
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The Closer You Get 2000 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: American Women
Director: Aileen Ritchie
Cast: Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ewan Stewart, Sean McDonagh, Cathleen Bradley, Pat Shortt, Ruth McCabe, Maureen O'Brien, Pat Laffan
A group of young men in a small Irish town routinely meet at the local pub to complain about not having enough eligible and attractive women in town. Of course, the women don't agree with that assessment. The men place an ad in a Miami newspaper inviting eligible women to come to their town. Fun, but forgettable, fare.
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The End of the Affair 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Sam Bould, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam, Deborah Findlay, Simon Turner, Heather Jay Jones
After a chance meeting with his ex-lover's (Julianne Moore) husband (Stephen Rea), Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) tracks her down, and their affair starts anew. Julianne Moore received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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 Enemy of the State 1998 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, Jason Robards, Laura Cayouette, Ian Hart, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Jack Black
Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Dean (Will Smith) becomes caught up in an attempt by Congressman Phillip Hammersley (Jason Robards) to protect the privacy of citizens when a friend drops a tape–showing National Security Agency agent Reynolds (Jon Voight) faking the congressman's suicide–in Dean's briefcase. Then, Reynolds attacks ex-NSA agent Edward Lyle (Gene Hackman) who reluctantly joins forces with Dean.
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 Finding Neverland 2004  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore, Joe Prospero, Nick Roud, Luke Spill, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Mackenzie Crook
This story relates the process that playwright James Barrie (Johnny Depp) went through to develop his classic "Peter Pan." It involves meeting a widowed mother (Kate Winslet) and her four sons in the park and becoming attached to them–especially to Peter who is a troubled boy. As Barrie spends day after day with the family (to the dismay of his own wife (Radha Mitchell)), he begins to form the story of a boy who does not want to grow up, his friends in Neverland, and a pirate with a hook for his arm. The film received an Academy Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture and Actor (Depp). 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/20/2007 | | All I've got to say is... WOW. What a great movie. It made me laugh and even cry. This was an amazing movie, filled with tender moments. Freddie Highmore (Peter) was so cute in this movie and Johnny Depp (perfecting his accents once again) was great, too. You would never know this movie was connected to Peter Pan, but when you remember this detail, you begin to realize the obvious connections between James Barrie's real life and his beloved children's story. So emotional... everyone must see this movie. |
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Frogs for Snakes 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Hamlin, Ian Hart, John Leguizamo, Lisa Marie, Debi Mazar, Ron Perlman, Clarence Williams III, Justin Theroux
This gangster farce features Barbara Hershey in the role of Eva, a waitress who moonlights for her loan shark husband, Al Santana (Robbie Coltrane)–who, in turn, moonlights as an Off Off-Broadway performer. Eva is fed up with the collection game, but Al sends her out on one last assignment: collecting $100,000 from his son, Flav (Justin Theroux). "Frogs for Sale" combines violence with comedy and takes it too far over the limit.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 PG, 152 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Tom Felton
Renowned throughout the wizard world, 11-year-old Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) first discovers his fame when he enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and his friends, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermoine Granger (Emma Watson), begin to suspect that the sorcerer's stone is hidden at the school, and, by story's end, they have become involved in a great adventure to uncover mysteries surrounding the relic. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Musical Score.
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Hollow Reed 1996 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Angela Pope
Cast: Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Ian Hart, Jason Flemyng, Sam Bould, Shaheen Khan, Kelly Hunter, Tim Crouch, Jane Hill, Simon Chandler
When Martyn Wyatt (Martin Donovan) admits to being homo-sexual, his marriage to Hannah (Joely Richardson) unravels, and he loses custody of their son, Oliver. But it soon becomes apparent that Oliver is suffering from beatings at the hands of Hannah's lover, Frank Donally (Jason Flemyng), which leaves Martyn with no choice but to go through the court system in his fight for Oliver.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Horror
Director: David Attwood
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, John Nettles, Geraldine James, Ron Cook, Liza Tarbuck, Danny Webb, Richard Hawley, Paul Kynman, Jim Norton, David McNeill, Casper Zafer
Dr. James Mortimer (John Nettles) asks Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) for help in protecting Sir Henry Baskerville (Matt Day) who is the heir to the Baskerville estate following his uncle Sir Charles Baskerville's mysterious death. Mortimer tells Holmes and Holmes' assistant, Dr. Watson (Ian Hart), about a curse that supposedly involves a hound that kills the Baskerville heirs. Watson accompanies Sir Henry to the estate where he finds conflicting clues before Holmes arrives at the estate to help solve the case.
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Liam 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Megan Burns, Anne Reid, Russell Dixon, Julia Deakin, Andrew Schofield, Bernadette Shortt
Most of this story is told through the perspective of seven-year-old Liam (Anthony Borrows) whose Irish immigrant father (Ian Hart) lost his job at a Liverpool dock yard during the 1930s' Depression when dire economic times exacerbated problems between Jews and Catholics. The Jewish Samuels family, for example, owned the dock yard at which many Irish Catholics were working. Liam's sister, Teresa (Megan Burns), tried to solve the family's financial plight by finding work at the Samuels' estate, where she now finds herself serving as a look-out for Mrs. Samuels (June Gurnett) who is enjoying an illicit affair right under her husband's nose.
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 Michael Collins 1996 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Charles Dance, John Kenny, Richard Ingram
Set during Ireland's fight for freedom from British control in 1921, Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) was a hero in what would later become the Irish Republican Army. This is the story of the battle for his cause: the liberation of part of Ireland.
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Monument Ave. 1998 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Billy Crudup, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jason Barry, Colm Meaney, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Ian Hart, Famke Janssen
Bobby O'Grady (Denis Leary) is a loyal member of Jackie O'Hara's gang, but when Jackie orders a hit of one of Bobby's cousins, a rift develops, violence erupts, and Bobby becomes disillusioned with the only world he knows.
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 Robinson Crusoe 1997 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
Director: Rod Hardy, George Miller
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Lysette Anthony, Ian Hart, Polly Walker, Martin Grace, James Frain, Sean Brosnan, Damian Lewis, Ben Robertson, Tim McMullan, Jim Clark
Daniel Defoe's classic tale of the shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe (Pierce Brosnan) fending for himself is retold in this film. After another shipwrecked man, whom Crusoe names Friday (William Takaku), is saved by Crusoe, the two learn how to survive on the remote island.
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Spring Forward 1999 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gilroy
Cast: Ned Beatty, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Ian Hart, Peri Gilpin, Bill Raymond, Catherine Kellner, Hallee Hirsh, Justin Laboy, Kristin Laboy
Murphy (Ned Beatty), who works for the Connecticut Parks and Recreation Department, becomes the mentor of a young man (Liev Schreiber) just recently released from the penitentiary. This compelling story takes place during one year as the two men, from very different backgrounds, bond through one-on-one conversations.
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson, Naomie Harris, Kelly Macdonald, James Fleet, Ian Hart, Dylan Moran, Raymond Waring, Jeremy Northam, Benedict Wong
This film about 18th century Englishman Tristan Shandy (Steve Coogan) has been described as "unfilmable" by many. But, director Michael Winterbottom attempts to tell the story through his alter ego, director Mark (Jeremy Northam), and uses two-thirds of the footage to reveal behind-the-scenes action of this "art" film.
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 Wonderland 1999 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Ian Hart, John Simm, Stuart Townsend, Kika Markham, Jack Shepherd, Enzo Cilenti, Sarah-Jane Potts
Set in London during a four-day period (Thursday through Sunday), this drama centers on three sisters–Debby (Shirley Henderson), Nadia (Gina McKee), and Molly (Molly Parker)–who weather their own crises amidst the teeming metropolis filled with anonymous faces.
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| 1. Aberdeen (2000)
2. B. Monkey (1999)
3. Backbeat (1994)
4. Born Romantic (2000)
5. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
6. The Butcher Boy (1997)
7. The Closer You Get (2000)
aka: American Women
8. The End of the Affair (1999)
9. Enemy of the State (1998)
10. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
11. Finding Neverland (2004)
12. Frogs for Snakes (1998)
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
14. Hollow Reed (1996)
15. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
16. Liam (2000)
17. Michael Collins (1996)
18. Monument Ave. (1998)
19. Robinson Crusoe (1997)
aka: Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
20. Spring Forward (1999)
21. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
22. Wonderland (1999)
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