Blame It on the Bellboy 1992  PG-13, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Patsy Kensit, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton, Bronson Pinchot, Jim Carter, Alex Norton, John Grillo, Andrew Bailey
Three men with similar-sounding last names check into a Venice hotel. Melvyn Orton (Dudley Moore) is a real estate agent with a deal to be made; Mike Lawton (Bryan Brown) is a hit man with a job to perform; and Maurice Horton (Richard Griffiths) has a rendezvous set up by a dating service. Their missions get swapped due to a bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) who has poor English language skills. Weak farce.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Jack Scanlon, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis, Zsuzsa Holl, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Laszlo Aron, Richard Johnson, Ivan Verebely, Bela Fesztbaum, Attila Egyed
Set during World War II, this is eight-year-old Bruno's (Asa Butterfield) story of the forbidden bond he forms with a Jewish boy Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who is a prisoner in the concentration camp that Bruno's father (David Thewlis) commands. As their friendship grows, Bruno begins to question the Nazi doctrines that his family, including his mother (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) follow, and Bruno even begins to doubt the "heroism" of his Nazi father.
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Brassed Off 1997   R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson, Stephen Moore, Peter Martin, Sue Johnston, Mary Healey
A nuclear power plant is being considered for the new source of power, and this means that the town of Grimley will fold when its coal pits are closed down. One last moment of glory is possible if the miners' brass band can win the national competition. Enter Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) with her flugelhorn, and bandleader Danny (Pete Postlethwaite) foresees a win for his band.
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 Hope Springs 2003 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver, Oliver Platt, Frank Collison, Mary Steenburgen, Mary Black, Chad Faust, Tony Alcantar, Bethoe Shirkoff
After Colin (Colin Firth) is dumped by fiancee Vera (Minnie Driver), he holes up in a Vermont hotel where hotel owner Joanie Fisher (Mary Steenburgen) fixes him up with Mandy (Heather Graham). But, just when romance appears to be blooming, Vera reappears on the scene.
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Little Voice 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor, Annette Badland, Philip Jackson
"Little Voice" (Jane Horrocks) never speaks above a whisper unless she is singing a Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe song; then she is able to perfectly mimic their voices. The plot involves the attempt by her mother's lover (Michael Caine) to exploit Little Voice for the money he thinks she can earn on the stage. Brenda Blethyn received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
3. Brassed Off (1997)
4. Hope Springs (2003)
5. Little Voice (1998)
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