Bertie & Elizabeth 2002 TV, 120 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Giles Foster Cast: James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Charles Edwards, Amber Rose Sealey, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Hannah Wiltshire, Robert Hardy, Paul Brooke, Jeremy Child, David Ryall
This British made-for-TV entry is the love story of Bertie and Elizabeth who were married in 1923 and became England's Queen Elizabeth (Juliet Aubrey) and King George VI (James Wilby) in 1936 when his brother Edward VIII abdicated. George provided the leadership needed by his country during World War II but died of cancer in 1952. Elizabeth became the "Queen Mum" and lived until 2002 as a well-loved member of the royal family.
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Go Now 1995 R, 88 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt, Sophie Okonedo, Berwick Kaler, Darren Tighe, Sara Stockbridge, John Brobbey, Tom Watson
Nick (Robert Carlyle) and Karen (Juliet Aubrey) are lovers who weather the storms associated with Nick's serious illness when Nick learns he has multiple sclerosis. The question is: Have Nick and Karen formed a bond that is deep enough to accept the disability and get on with life? 1 User Review
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| | WOW ! | tink 04/22/2007 | WHAT AN EXCELLENT FILM, HAPPY, FUNNY, SAD & SERIOUS.
TOPPED OFF BY EXCELLENT ACTING BY JULIET AUBREY ( WHO'S EXPRESSIONS TOLD THE STORY ALONE) & ROBERT CARLISLE. |
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Iris 2001 R, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre Cast: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Eleanor Bron, Angela Morant, Penelope Wilton, Sioban Hayes, Juliet Aubrey, Joan Bakewell
After 40 years of marriage, playwright/novelist/philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench) is the subject of husband John Bayley's Jim Broadbent) memoirs. The story skips back and forth from young, sexually adventurous, Oxford student Iris (Kate Winslet) to Alzheimer-ridden Iris in this profile of an amazing woman's life. Jim Broadbent received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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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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Middlemarch 1994 TV, 375 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page Cast: Juliet Aubrey, Douglas Hodge, Trevyn McDowell, Robert Hardy, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Hordern, Caroline Harker, Clive Russell, Jonathan Firth, Judi Dench
The BBC TV presented this miniseries based on George Eliot's classic novel, which is set in the English festival town of Middlemarch just before the Industrial Revolution during the 1830s. The lives of Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey), the Rev. Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), Dr. Tertius Lydgate (Douglas Hodge), and Rosamond Vincy (Trevyn McDowell) interweave in the midst of social and political reform.
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Still Crazy 1998 R, 95 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Gibson Cast: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey, Helena Bergstrom, Bruce Robinson, Hans Matheson, Phil Daniels
This British comedy relates the memories, rehearsals, rivalries, arguments, etc. of a fictional band, Strange Fruit. The rock band reunites at the urging of band member Tony Costello (Stephen Rea) in order to perform at the Wisbech Rock Festival–an outdoor concert where, 20-years earlier, a bolt of lightning short-circuited the band's future.
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Welcome to Sarajevo 1997 R, 101 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nusevic, Kerry Fox, Goran Visnjic, James Nesbitt, Emily Lloyd, Igor Dzambazov, Gordana Gadzic, Juliet Aubrey, Drazen Sivak
The story of the war in Bosnia is told in semi-documentary style through the eyes of journalists. During British correspondent Michael Henderson's (Stephen Dillane) broadcasts from a Bosnian orphanage, he finds it impossible to maintain objectivity and becomes involved with one of the children, Emira (Emira Nusevic), who he decides to take back illegally to England.
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| 1. Bertie & Elizabeth (2002)
2. Go Now (1995)
3. Iris (2001)
4. Jacob (1994)
5. Middlemarch (1994)
6. Still Crazy (1998)
7. Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
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