Langrishe Go Down 1978 TV, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: David Hugh Jones Cast: Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Annette Crosbie, Susan Williamson, Harold Pinter, Joan O'Hara, Margaret Whiting
This made-for-TV drama was broadcast in the U.K. in 1978. The story revolves around three unmarried sisters–Imogen (Judi Dench), Helen (Annette Crosbie), and Lily (Susan Williamson)–who live in an old mansion in Ireland. To make ends meet, Imogen had rented out part of the house to graduate student Otto (Jeremy Irons), and a love affair between Imogen and Otto bloomed, then failed. The sisters have been nursing grudges against each other ever since.
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The Secret Garden 1987 PG, 100 min. Genre: Family
Director: Alan Grint Cast: Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Gutteridge, Colin Firth, Julian Glover, Margaret Whiting
Due largely to the good cast, this is an enjoyable made-for-TV retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's story. After orphaned and spoiled Mary (Gennie James) arrives at her uncle's (Derek Jacobi) dank, dark mansion, life changes for everyone.
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1977 G, 113 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Sam Wanamaker Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton, Kurt Christian, Nadim Sawalha, Damien Thomas, Bernard Kay, Bruno Barnabe
Sinbad (Patrick Wayne) and Princess Farah (Jane Seymour) set off for the lands of Ademaspai to attempt the rescue of her brother who has been transformed into a baboon. A follow-up to "Golden Voyage of Sinbad."
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| 1. Langrishe Go Down (1978)
2. The Secret Garden (1987)
3. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
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