 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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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Return of the Jedi
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Alec Guinness, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny(2) Baker, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Sebastian Shaw, Peter Mayhew, Michael Pennington, Kenneth Colley
George Lucas comes through with a myriad of special effects in this third installment of the "Star Wars" adventures. This time many questions are answered about Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
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Summer's Lease 1989  TV, 220 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Martyn Friend
Cast: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach, Annette Crosbie, Jeremy Kemp, Caroline Waldron, Suzanne Hay, Sammy Glen, Gabrielle Anwar, Leslie Phillips, Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
In this made-for-TV miniseries, British housewife Molly Pargeter (Susan Fleetwood) arrives in Tuscany with her family for what could be a perfect family holiday. But, it turns out that there is more to this vacation than she had planned, and there are secrets surrounding their missing landlord. Molly teams up with her off-beat father (John Gielgud), and, together, they work to solve the mysteries. John Gielgud won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Special.
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| 1. Hamlet (1969)
2. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
aka: Return of the Jedi
3. Summer's Lease (1989)
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