Arabian Knight 1995  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle, Hilary Pritcher, Sean Connery, Windsor Davies, Donald Pleasence, Clinton Sundberg, Paul Matthews, Joan Sims, Felix Aylmer, Dermot Walsh, Miriam Margolyes, Joss Ackland, Eddie Byrne
Based on "The Thief of Baghdad," this animated story involves the perilous adventures of a poor cobbler, Tack (Sean Connery), who upsets master vizier Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price) and is sentenced to be executed. But, after King Nod's (Anthony Quayle) daughter, Princess Yum Yum (Hilary Pritcher), takes a liking to him, his execution is stayed and he joins the princess on a quest to save the kingdom. Work on this animated film began in 1968 but was not released 25 years later.
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Asylum 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Hugh Bonneville, Marton Csokas, Gus Lewis, Joss Ackland, Judy Parfitt, Rhydian Jones, Wanda Ventham, Robert Willox, Maria Aitken, Sarah Thurston, Alwyne Taylor, Hazel Douglas, Anna Keaveney
While her husband, Max (Hugh Bonneville), is assigned to serve as deputy director of a psychiatric hospital, Stella (Natasha Richardson) crosses the path of inmate Edgar (Marton Csokas), becomes attracted to him, and enters into an affair. She helps Edgar escape and follows him despite the fact that she knows he murdered and disfigured his wife. It does not take Stella long to learn that Edgar's brutality does not lie only in his past.
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Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey 1991 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, George Carlin, Amy Stock-Poynton, Jim Martin, Hal Landon Jr., Chelcie Ross, Annette Azcuy, Sarah Trigger, Hal Landon Sr., Robert Noble, Taj Mahal
That dumb duo–teenagers Bill and Ted (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves)–find themselves dead at the hands of their look-alike robots. So, they must convince everyone from God to the Grim Reaper to allow them permission to come back to life in order to get to the "Battle of the Bands" where they plan to perform with their rock group. They do manage to return to Earth and now must compete against their look-alike robots in "The Battle of the Bands." Some funny lines, but boy, are they ever dumb!
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D3: The Mighty Ducks 1996  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Matt Doherty, Marguerite Moreau, Ty O'Neal, Kenan Thompson, Joshua Jackson, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby, Heidi Kling, Joss Ackland, Elden Ratliff, Shaun Weiss
This sequel to the original 1992 film shows the "ducklings" growing up, and Charlie (Joshua Jackson) and his teammates are recipients of sports scholarships to play hockey at a prep school. Problems quickly develop as uptight Coach Orion (Jeffrey Nordling) works to turn the affable group into fierce competitors. Will their old coach, Gordon (Emilio Estevez), be able to bring sanity back to the players and save the day?
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A Different Loyalty 2004  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Sharon Stone, Rupert Everett, Julian Wadham, Michael Cochran, Anne Lambton, Jim Piddock, Richard McMillan, Mimi Kuzyk, Emily VanCamp, Tamara Hope, Mark Rendall, Damir Andrei, John Bourgeois, Sonja Smits, Joss Ackland
American war correspondent Sally Tyler (Sharon Stone) is working in Beirut during the Cold War when she meets and marries British intelligence agent Leo Cauffield (Rupert Everett). Then, Leo disappears, and Sally searches for him. The clues lead to the Soviet Union where Sally goes to find Leo. It turns out that Leo is a dedicated Communist, and now Sally is torn between love for her husband and love for her country.
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Firelight 1997   R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nicholson
Cast: Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane, Dominique Belcourt, Kevin Anderson, Lia Williams, Joss Ackland, Sally Dexter, Emma Amos, Maggie McCarthy, Wolf Kahler
Set in 1830's England, the beautiful cinematography of this film adds greatly to the story about a governess, Elisabeth (Sophie Marceau), who agrees to bear the child of the aristocrat Charles Godwin (Stephen Dillane) in return for paying off her father's debt. She gives up the infant at birth only to be reunited with her daughter Louisa (Dominique Belcourt) seven years later when hired by Godwin as the governess for Louisa. 1 User Review
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| | wonderful film | sugar mom 01/11/2007 | I have seen this film three times and it it just mesmerizing to me. Truely this mother has live for her child she has never seen, and a true passion for the father of there child. I am very happy they get together at the end of the movie. Please see this movie.
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Flawless 2007 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Nathaniel Parker, Shaughan Seymour, Nicholas Jones, David Barrass, Joss Ackland, Silas Carson, Derren Nesbitt, Rosalind March, Kevan Willis, Jonathan Aris, Simon Day
Laura (Demi Moore) works as an executive for the London Diamonds Corporation but has been passed over for many promotions in favor of less-qualified men. She is frustrated and even faces being fired. Scheming janitor Hobbs (Michael Caine) needs a partner to carry out a diamond heist and convinces Laura to join him as a way to get even with those who have hurt her career. The plan is set, but will Hobbs and Laura's edgy relationship prove to be their downfall, will the London Diamonds Corporation executives catch on, or will Laura and Hobbs be successful in stealing the diamonds?
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 Great Expectations 1974 TV, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Peter Bull, Heather Sears, Andrew Ray, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Sam Kydd, John Clive
This is a good remake of the Charles Dickens' classic concerning the orphan, Pip (Simon Gipps-Kent as young Pip and Michael York as older Pip), and his unknown benefactor. While growing up with his foster parents, blacksmith Joe Gargery and his wife (Joss Ackland and Rachel Roberts), Pip befriends convict Magwitch (James Mason) and comes to his aid. Later, Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estella (Sarah Miles) who is the ward of the bitter Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) and has been taught to have different expectations about life than those of Pip. When Pip gains wealth through a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, he does well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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The Happiness Cage 1972 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Mind Snatchers
The Demon Within
Director: Bernard Girard
Cast: Christopher Walken, Joss Ackland, Ronny Cox, Ralph Meeker, Marco St. John, Susan Travers, Tom Aldredge, Bette Henritze, Birthe Neumann, Claus Nissen
U.S. Army Private Reese (Christopher Walken) is in constant trouble, so he is sent to a medical facility at a remote location. Hmmm, it appears he is part of a mind control experiment intended to take care of people like him.
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ennio DeCancini
Cast: Alec Guinness, Adolfo Celi, Simon Ward, Diane Cilento, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eric Porter, Doris Kunstmann, Joss Ackland, John Bennett, Barbara Jefford
Set at the end of World War II, Hitler (Alec Guinness) is hidden away in his bunker with while his dreams of the Third Reich fall apart as the Allies close in.
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The House on Turk Street 2002 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: No Good Deed
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgard, Doug Hutchison, Grace Zabriskie, Joss Ackland, Jonathan Higgins, Shannon Lawson, Joris Jarsky, Robert Welch, Richard Jutras, Tony Calabretta
Based on Dashiell Hammett's short story "The House on Turk Street," this is the tale of policeman Jack Friar who is searching for a friend's teenage runaway. He chances on the hideout of a gang of criminals who are planning a bank robbery, is taken hostage, and finds a mutual attraction for the gang leader's girlfriend (Milla Jovovich).
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The House That Dripped Blood 1970 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Nyree Dawn Porter, Joanna Dunham, John Bennett, Chloe Franks, Tom Adams, Robert Lang
Scotland Yard Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) investigates the murders of four past-owners of a now-unoccupied country home. Each of the four owners' stories are presented in this film: (1) "Method for Murder"–a mystery writer is killed in a manner similar to one of his book's victims; (2) "Waxworks"–the owner is lured to a wax museum where an axe awaits; (3) "Sweets to the Sweet"–a man's daughter is into voodoo dolls; and (4) "The Cloak"–a horror film star is provided with a vampire's cloak.
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 The Hunt for Red October 1990  PG, 137 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Richard Jordan, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Firth, Timothy Carhart, Larry Ferguson, Fred Dalton Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard
Something strange is happening in the U.S.S.R. submarine force: the CIA suspects that one of its submarine captains, Commander Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), is leading his submarine, Red October, on a mission that will start World War III. The U.S. Navy knows the submarine is headed their way, but they can only surmise why. Only one person, CIA operative Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), comes up with another reason for the mission of Red October. He believes that Ramius is planning to defect and is assigned the job of going out there to find out what is really going on.
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Incident at Victoria Falls 1991 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Director: Bill Corcoran
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Claude Akins, Richard Todd, Joss Ackland, John Indi, Steven Gurney, Sunitha Singh, Neil McCarthy, Jenny Seagrove, Jerome Willis
Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) is ready for retirement, but King Edward (Joss Ackland) persuades him to bring back a valuable diamond from South Africa. Intrigue and adventure follow.
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Jacob 1994 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean, Joss Ackland, Giancarlo Giannini, Irene Papas, Juliet Aubrey, Cecilia Dazzi, Christoph M. Ohrt, Yvonne Scio, Philip Locke, Daniel Newman
The love story of the Bible's Jacob and Rachel (Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle) is told in this made-for-TV film. After fleeing his home to avoid his older brother's wrath and finding Rachel, he must become a servant to Rachel's father (Giancarlo Giannini) in order to gain Rachel's hand in marriage. But there are many hardships to overcome to realize life's dreams.
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 K-19: The Widowmaker 2002 PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Camargo, Ravil Isyanov, Michael Gladis, James Francis Ginty, JJ Feild, Donald Sumpter, John Shrapnel, Joss Ackland, Tim Woodward, Steve Nicolson, George Anton, Shawn Mathieson
On 4 July 1961, the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, is in trouble; a coolant tube has sprung a leak that most certainly could lead to its nuclear reactor overheating. K-19's Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) makes decisions that upset the crew, while the submarine's previous commander, Captain Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), who has been demoted to K-19's executive officer, resists tensions between the two and works with Vostrikov to save the ship and to solve a problem that could have worldwide repercussions. Based on a true story.
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court 1995 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Cast: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza, Kate Winslet, Ron Moody, Daniel Craig, David Tysall
A 14-year-old baseball player, Calvin Fuller (Thomas Ian Nicholas), falls into a "time hole" during an earthquake and ends up in King Arthur's court–just in time to help defeat the evil Lord Belasco (Art Malik).
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Lady Jane 1986 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Joss Ackland, Lee Montague, Richard Johnson, Warren Saire, Sara Kestelman, Ian Hogg, Richard Vernon, David Waller
When Henry VIII died, he left the English throne to his sickly son Edward (Warren Saire) who died a short time later. On his death, 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) became Queen of England. Her right to the crown was immediately challenged, and this is the story of her battle for what was hers.
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 Lethal Weapon 2 1989  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Mark Rolston, Darlene Love, Mary Ellen Trainor, Traci Wolfe, Steve Kahan, Jenette Goldstein, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano, Grand L. Bush
This time around, our two cops Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) zero in on dishonest diplomats from South Africa. This sequel has the same high intensity action as the original and has added Joe Pesci as the character who is being "protected" by the two. Pesci is great as the fast-talking accountant who thinks he has a foolproof scheme of his own.
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The Little Prince 1974 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Sci-Fi
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill, Victor Spinetti, Graham Crowden, Donna McKechnie
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe provided the musical score for this film about a little prince (Steven Warner) from Asteroid B-612. The little prince visits Earth and is given a tour by an aviator (Richard Kiley) whose plane has crashed in the Sahara Desert. During their excursion, the young prince learns important lessons of life from not only the pilot but from others they meet, including a Fox (Gene Wilder) and a slithery Snake (Bob Fosse) as well.
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The Mighty Ducks 1992 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Lane Smith, Joss Ackland, Heidi Kling, Josef Sommer, Joshua Jackson, George Coe, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, M.C. Gainey, Matt Doherty, Brandon Quintin Adams, J.D. Daniels, Steven Brill
Set in Minneapolis, this is the story of a misfit coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) who atones for his drunken driving offense by coaching a Pee Wee hockey team and bringing them to the championship. Disney.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1994 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, Joss Ackland, James Remar, Mara Wilson, William Windom, Robert Prosky, Simon Jones, Jane Leeves, Katherine Narducci, Mary McCormack, Alvin Greenman, Allison Janney
A Manhattan department store manager, Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins), hires Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) to play Santa Claus for the Christmas season. He does a great job and soon claims that he is, in fact, the real Santa. When Kris is framed for an assault and threatened with being placed in an insane asylum, a lawyer Bryan Bedford (Dylan McDermott) comes to his defense. Meanwhile, Dorey's young daughter Susan (Mara Wilson) has her own doubts about Santa, but Kris changes her mind, and she convinces the judge that he also should believe that legally, at least, Santa Claus is real. After winning the case, Bryan asks Dorey to marry him, and Susan gets her Christmas wish and something to believe in.
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Mother's Boys 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Joanne Whalley, Peter Gallagher, Vanessa Redgrave, Luke Edwards, Colin Ward, Joey Zimmerman, Joss Ackland, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, John C. McGinley
What would make a woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) leave her husband (Peter Gallagher) and three sons? Even more interesting, what would make that same woman return a few years later and try to get back into the family fold? Weak.
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Nowhere to Run 1993 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, Joss Ackland, Tiffany Taubman, Edward Blatchford, Anthony Starke, Leonard Termo, Luana Anders, Allan Graf, Jack Lucarelli, Tony Brubaker, Ron Stein, Manny Perry
Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a fugitive from justice when he meets a widow (Rosanna Arquette) and her two children. Franklin Hale (Joss Ackland) is a land developer more interested in personal profit than the fact that he may be hurting people. Gillen steps in to save the day for the hapless family in this nearly hapless film.
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The Object of Beauty 1991 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert, Jack Shepherd, Rosemary Martin
Jake (John Malkovich) and Tina (Andie MacDowell), who live way beyond their means, are currently residing in a London hotel. When Tina's valuable Henry Moore sculpture is stolen, the couple creates even more problems for themselves as greed and infidelity take center stage.
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Once Upon a Crime 1992 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eugene Levy
Cast: John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Richard Lewis, Ornella Muti, Giancarlo Giannini, George Hamilton, Roberto Sbaratto, Joss Ackland, Caterina Boratto, Elsa Martinelli
Americans–Phoebe (Sean Young) and Julian (Richard Lewis)–meet in Rome, find a missing dachshund, and decide on a trip from Rome to Monte Carlo in order to collect a $5,000 reward for the dog's return.
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Passion of Mind 1999 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alain Berliner
Cast: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgard, William Fichtner, Sinead Cusack, Peter Riegert, Matthew Beisner, Joss Ackland, Chaya Cuenot, Julianne Nicholson, Gerry Bamman
In this psychological, romantic chiller, Demi Moore takes on dual roles of Marty and Marie who live diverse lifestyles but are all too aware of each other through dreams.
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Rasputin, the Mad Monk 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Dinsdale Landen, Renee Asherson, Derek Francis, Joss Ackland, Robert Duncan, Alan Tilvern, John Welsh
This somewhat historical account begins with the mesmerizing monk, Rasputin (Christopher Lee), being expelled from the monastery. The story continues through his entry into the Russian court where he gains the confidence of the Tsarina (Renee Asherson) through whom he pursues evil plans to undermine the country's power structure.
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Rough Cut 1980 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Patrick Magee, Al Matthews, Susan Littler, Joss Ackland, Isabel Dean, Wolf Kahler
Problems making this film involved four successive directors and a scriptwriter who refused to use his real name in the credits. The plot involves a jewel thief, Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds), who falls for the beautiful Gillian Bromley (Lesley-Anne Down), a Scotland Yard operative who has been sent to lure Rhodes into a trap.
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Royal Flash 1975 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Britt Ekland, Lionel Jeffries, Tom Bell, Joss Ackland, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern
Based on George McDonald Frazier's novel, this film is supposed to be a satire on the swashbuckling era of Victorian England but comes across as slapstick comedy.
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S*P*Y*S 1974 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Griffith, Vladek Sheybal, Kenneth J. Warren, Yuri Borienko, Michael Petrovitch, Pierre Oudrey, Jacques Marin, Shane Rimmer, George Pravda, Nigel Hawthorne, Andy Ho
In this satire on the espionage world, CIA agents Griff (Elliott Gould) and Bruland (Donald Sutherland) have repeatedly bumbled their assignments. Their ineptness results in them being targeted for elimination not only by the KGB but by the CIA as well.
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Saint Jack 1979 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, George Lazenby, Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Lu, Rodney Bewes, Mark Kingston, Monika Subramaniam, Judy Lim, Joseph Noel, Andrew Chua, Kian Bee Ong, Yan Meng Tan
During the early 1970s, an American pimp, Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), is in Singapore where he provides women for British and American businessmen, but local mobsters soon put Flowers out of business. Flowers is approached by a an American mobster, Eddie Schuman (Peter Bogdanovich), who offers Flowers the job of pimping to provide services for U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore. Complications ensue when Flowers is asked to take compromising pictures.
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The Sicilian 1987  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Barbara Sukowa, Giulia Boschi, Joss Ackland, John Turturro, Joe Regalbuto, Aldo Ray, Ray McAnally, Barry Miller, Richard Bauer, Andreas Katsulas
This story by Mario Puzo deserved a far better fate than what happened to it when filmmakers got their hands on the property. It did attempt to tell the story of Salvatore Giuliano, an outlaw leader using Mafia ties to achieve his dreams.
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The Silver Bears 1977 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stephane Audran, Tom Smothers, David Warner, Martin Balsam, Jay Leno, Charles Gray, Joss Ackland, Tony Mascia, Jeremy Clyde, Moustache
Filmed in Switzerland and Morocco, the story involves the efforts of Doc Fletcher (Michael Caine) to buy a bank, and he encounters assorted characters who will stop at nothing to strike it rich.
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Surviving Picasso 1996  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Peter Eyre, Jane Lapotaire, Joan Plowright, Allegra Di Carpegna, Nigel Whitmey, Leon Lissek
Arianna Stassinopoulos's biography of Picasso is adapted to the screen in this film about the 10-year relationship of Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) and Francoise Gilot (Natasha McElhone).
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Swept from the Sea 1997 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Vincent Perez, Rachel Weisz, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Kathy Bates, Tom Bell, Zoe Wanamaker, Tony Haygarth, Fiona Victory, William Scott-Masson
At the end of the 19th century, Ukranian Yanko Gooral (Vincent Perez) survives a shipwreck and makes it to the small town of Colebrook. He falls in love with Amy (Rachel Weisz) who works for the Swaffers (Joss Ackland and Kathy Bates), and they later marry–but are not allowed to live happily ever after.
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The Three Musketeers 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch, Michael York, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Frank Finlay, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Spike Milligan, Roy Kinnear, Joss Ackland, Simon Ward, Georges Wilson
This is a very good rendition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel about the swashbuckling adventures and romances of D'Artagnan (Michael York) and the three Musketeers–Athos, Aramis, and Porthos (Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay). The story begins when D'Artagnan arrives in Paris wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father (Joss Ackland) who was a Musketeer. He meets and befriends Athos, Aramis, and Porthos and then joins in their efforts to defend Queen Anna (Geraldine Chaplin) from the scheming Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston).
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White Mischief 1987 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Radford
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance, Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Hugh Grant, Trevor Howard, Geraldine Chaplin, Susan Fleetwood, Alan Dobie
England was at war in 1940 when a newly wed couple Jock and Diana Broughton (Joss Ackland and Greta Scacchi) left for diplomatic duty in Kenya. Once there, they participate in a carefree lifestyle that seems to contain little morality.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Joss Ackland, Daniel Emilfork, Nigel Havers, John Le Mesurier
Junk-food magnate Robby (George Segal) travels to Europe, determined to gain the favors of his pastry-chef ex-wife, Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset) while all around him the great chefs are being systematically murdered in the method of how their famous recipes are prepared. Some good Morley scenes in this comedy/mystery.
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| 1. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
2. Asylum (2005)
3. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
4. D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
5. A Different Loyalty (2004)
6. Firelight (1997)
7. Flawless (2007)
8. Great Expectations (1974)
9. The Happiness Cage (1972)
aka: The Mind Snatchers
aka: The Demon Within
10. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
11. The House on Turk Street (2002)
aka: No Good Deed
12. The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
13. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
14. Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
aka: Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
15. Jacob (1994)
16. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
17. A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
18. Lady Jane (1986)
19. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
20. The Little Prince (1974)
21. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
22. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
23. Mother's Boys (1993)
24. Nowhere to Run (1993)
25. The Object of Beauty (1991)
26. Once Upon a Crime (1992)
27. Passion of Mind (1999)
28. Penny Gold (1973)
29. Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
30. Rough Cut (1980)
31. Royal Flash (1975)
32. S*P*Y*S (1974)
33. Saint Jack (1979)
34. Shadowlands (1985)
aka: C.S. Lewis: Through the Shadowlands
35. The Sicilian (1987)
36. The Silver Bears (1977)
37. Surviving Picasso (1996)
38. Swept from the Sea (1997)
39. The Three Musketeers (1973)
40. White Mischief (1987)
41. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
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