Don't Look Back 1967  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: D.A. Pennebaker
Cast: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bob Neuwirth, Donovan, Alan Price, Derroll Adams, Allen Ginsberg, John Mayall, Marianne Faithfull, Tito Burn
This documentary of Bob Dylan was first presented in 1967, largely centered on a 1965 concert, and now has been restored with an upgraded soundtrack. The music is great, and insights into the folk hero abound.
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 Hamlet 1969  G, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Judy Parfitt, Mark Dignam, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Livesey, Anjelica Huston, Michael Elphick, Ben Aris, Michael Pennington, Gordon Jackson, Clive Graham, Peter Gale, John J. Carney
Filmed as a play, this is another version of Shakespeare's play about the Danish prince, Hamlet (Nicol Williamson), whose father was killed. Soon after the king's murder, his widow Gertrude (Judy Parfitt) marries Claudius (Anthony Hopkins) who was the king's brother. The ghost of the king talks to Hamlet and tells him to be kind to Gertrude but to murder Claudius. To accomplish the goal and avoid suspicion, Hamlet fakes madness. His "madness" sets off a string of deaths–including those of Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet's chief counsel Polonius (Mark Dignam), and Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Marianne Faithfull) who had loved Hamlet, and Hamlet as well.
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Intimacy 2001 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Alastair Galbraith, Susannah Harker, Philippe Calvario, Marianne Faithfull, Fraser Ayres, Michael Fitzgerald, Robert Addie
Once a week, Claire (Kerry Fox) arrives at Jay's (Mark Rylance) London flat where they have sex. Few words are spoken, and then they part. Jay has walked out on his wife and children, while Claire turns out to be a married woman. Despite their physical intimacy, happiness eludes them. Are you surprised?
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 Marie Antoinette 2006 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Coogan, Clara Braiman, Melodie Berenfeld, Judy Davis, Jason Schwartzman, Rose Byrne, Al Weaver, Shirley Henderson, Molly Shannon, Rip Torn, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
In 1770, the 14-year-old daughter of the Empress Maria Teresa (Marianne Faithfull), Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) was engaged to the Dauphin Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman) and traveled to France for the marriage, which was planned to seal the alliance between Austria and France. Marie arrives at Versailles, marries the Dauphin, and enters into a world where she must produce an heir to gain security. But, Louis does not cooperate, and by the time she becomes queen, Marie Antoinette has alienated both royalty and the public. An Oscar was received for Best Costume Design.
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Shopping 1994  R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Fraser James, Sean Bean, Marianne Faithfull, Jonathan Pryce, Daniel Newman, Lee Whitlock, Eamonn Walker, Ralph Ineson, Jason Isaacs
Ex-con Billy (Jude Law), with girlfriend Jo (Sadie Frost) along for the ride, gets his kicks out of stealing cars then ramming them into store windows, stealing until the police arrive, then riding off at high speed with the police in pursuit. But the town's drug lord, Tommy (Sean Pertwee), isn't happy with the infringement of his territory, and a deadly car race begins.
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The Turn of the Screw 1992  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rusty Lemorande
Cast: Patsy Kensit, Stephane Audran, Julian Sands, Marianne Faithfull, Bryony Brind, Joseph England, Thomas Kryger, Doreen Mantle, Peter Whitman, Mickey Monroe
Henry James' classic novel is updated to the 1960s in this adaptation. Jenny (Patsy Kensit) is hired to be a nanny for two children who live in a large, old mansion. When it appears that the children are possessed by evil spirits, Jenny tries to come to the rescue.
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| 1. Don't Look Back (1967)
2. Hamlet (1969)
3. Intimacy (2001)
4. Marie Antoinette (2006)
5. Shopping (1994)
6. The Turn of the Screw (1992)
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