 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston, Paul Gross, Jeff Harding, David Henry, James Vaughan, Nicholas Hammond, Phillip Van Dyke, Susannah Fellows, Joshua Brody
Marine biologist Professor Aronnax (Richard Crenna) and his crew, including his scientist daughter Sophie (Julie Cox) and harpooner Ned (Paul Gross), take a sea voyage in search of a sea monster that has been sinking ships. Their ship is rammed, and they discover that instead of a sea monster it is the submarine Nautilus that has been sinking the ships. The Nautilus' Captain Nemo (Ben Cross) has been sinking the ships with plans to take over the world. The castaways are taken board the Nautilus where they must confront Nemo. Good special effects.
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David Copperfield 2000  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Max Dolbey, Michael Richards, Sally Field, Nigel Davenport, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Andrews, Frank MacCusker, Freddie Jones, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Hamilton, Julie Cox, Sarah Smart, Alan Howard, Alec McCowen
In this made-for-TV, two-part Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, Max Dolbey takes on the role of young David Copperfield while Hugh Dancy plays the adult David as Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical novel is once again presented on film. The setting, filmed in Ireland, gives the look and feel of Copperfield's 19th-century England in which he grew up under the thumb of his cruel stepfather Murdstone (Anthony Andrews) but with support from others such as Aunt Betsy (Sally Field).
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The Neverending Story III 1994  G, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black, Carole Finn, Ryan Bollman, Freddie Jones, Julie Cox, Moya Brady, Tracey Ellis, Tony Robinson, Thomas Petruo, Kevin McNulty, Nicole Parker, Adrien Dorval, Kaefan Shaw
Once again we enter the world of young Bastian Bux (Jason James Richter) who escapes to the library to avoid school bullies, The Nasties, led by Slip (Jack Black). Bastian enters the world of Fantasia when he reads "Neverending Story," but the bullies find the book, enter Fantasia, and create chaos. The Childlike Empress (Julie Cox) asks Bastian to reenter the real world and retrieve the book from Slip and his gang. With help from his sister Nicole (Melody Kay), Bastian sets off on his mission to save Fantasia.
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| 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
2. David Copperfield (2000)
3. The Neverending Story III (1994)
aka: The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia
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