Billy Budd 1962  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Terence Stamp, Paul Rogers, John Neville, Lee Montague, Niall MacGinnis, John Meillon, David McCallum
Herman Melville's allegory is brought to the screen with Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, the young seaman who kills a cruel officer and then must pay the consequences.
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1973   PG, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Alec Guinness, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Valentina Cortese, Lee Montague, Adolfo Celi, Michael Feast, Nicholas Willatt, John Sharp, Francesco Guerrieri, Carlo Pisacane, Aristide Caporale, Peter Firth
This is the biography of St. Francis of Assisi (Graham Faulkner) who rejected material wealth after his spiritual revelation. Francis returns to his home following the war and finds that disease and war have ruined his neighborhood. Francis is also ill, but he recovers and his life has changed. Instead of drinking in bars, Francis spends his time meditating about the beauty of life. This culminates in Francis renouncing his former life and dedicating himself to the simple life as a man of God. 1 User Review
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| | kav 05/15/2007 | | unfashionably beautiful and idealistic,no post modern cynicism at all,moving and non didactic. |
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Holocaust 1978 TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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How I Won the War 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern, Jack Hedley, Karl Michael Vogler, Ronald Lacey, James Cossins
An inept lieutenant (Michael Crawford) leads his motley troops across North Africa and into France during World War II. This black, anti-war, comedy has some great scenes and some not so great ones.
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Kim 1984  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Davies
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Ravi Sheth, Julian Glover, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Mick Ford, Bill Leadbitter, Roger Booth, Peter Childs, Noel Coleman, Sneh Gupta, Nadira, Lavlin
This made-for-TV version of Rudyard Kipling's story provides good viewing as orphaned Kim (Ravi Sheth) is recruited by the British and trained by the British Secret Service's Mahbub Ali (Bryan Brown) for espionage work in India. With mentors Mahbub Ali and a Buddhist monk (Peter O'Toole), Kim cooperates in helping spy on Russian infiltrators in the Himalaya Mountains.
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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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The Legacy 1978  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Legacy of Maggie Walsh
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack, Charles Gray, Lee Montague, Roger Daltrey, Hildegarde Neil, Marianne Broome, William Abney, Patsy Smart, Mathias Kilroy, Reg Harding
Maggie Walsh (Katharine Ross) and Pete Danner (Sam Elliott) travel to England, and, when their car is forced off the road, they stay in a mansion where Satanic followers reside. Gruesome, demonic rites occur.
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Madame Sousatzka 1988 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Twiggy, Shabana Azmi, Peggy Ashcroft, Leigh Lawson, Lee Montague, Robert Rietty, Geoffrey Bayldon, Sam Howard
A London piano teacher (Shirley MacLaine), who is rather eccentric, teaches gifted and talented students. This story is built around her relationship with a young Indian student (Navin Chowdhry).
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 Moulin Rouge 1952 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Pohlmann, Christopher Lee, Katherine Kath, Mary Clare, Lee Montague, Jill Bennett, Peter Cushing, Claude Nollier, Muriel Smith, Georges Lannes, Walter Crisham
This is the film biography of French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer). Because of his own physical growth deformity, he sought the outcasts of society and cafe frequenters where he painted their likenesses on canvas. The film catches Paris of that time in beautiful fashion. Then there's the terrific theme song. In addition to two Academy Awards, the film was nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Actor (Ferrer), Supporting Actress (Colette Marchand), and Director.
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Nobody Runs Forever 1968  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The High Commissioner
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Franchot Tone, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Burt Kwouk
Australian policeman Scobie (Rod Taylor) heads to London to bring back a diplomat (Christopher Plummer) who is in charge of high-level negotiations. The charge: murder of his wife 25 years ago. The diplomat talks Scobie into allowing him to finish the negotiations, but Scobie has his hands full saving the diplomat from assassination attempts. A tepid Cold War tale.
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The Savage Innocents 1959  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O'Toole, Marie Yang, Anna May Wong, Lee Montague, Francis De Wolff, Marco Guglielmi, Kaida Horiuchi, Andy Ho
Canadian Eskimo Inuk (Anthony Quinn) hunts in the frozen tundra, and this is the life he understands. Eskimo hunting rituals extend to Eskimo customs when Inuk offers his wife Asiak's (Yoko Tani) sexual favors to a priest. But, when the offer is refused, Inuk kills the priest–an act that results in the pursuit of Inuk by two Mounties (Peter O'Toole and Carlo Giustini), his capture, and defying severe weather on the return.
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| 1. Billy Budd (1962)
2. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)
3. Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
4. Holocaust (1978)
5. How I Won the War (1967)
6. Kim (1984)
7. Lady Jane (1986)
8. The Legacy (1978)
aka: The Legacy of Maggie Walsh
9. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (1952)
11. Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
aka: The High Commissioner
12. The Savage Innocents (1959)
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