The Duchess 2008  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Saul Dibb
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Simon McBurney, Aidan McArdle, John Shrapnel, Alistair Petrie, Patrick Godfrey, Michael Medwin, Justin Edwards, Richard McCabe, Calvin Dean, Hannah Stokely
In the 18th century, Lady Spencer (Charlotte Rampling) arranges for her beautiful 17-year-old daughter Georgiana (Keira Knightley) to marry the Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish (Ralph Fiennes), and Georgiana becomes the Duchess. The couple produces two daughters, but Georgiana finds herself living with a husband who entertains mistresses. Meanwhile, Georgiana has adapted well to the royal lifestyle and has become an admired royal figure. Problems lie ahead when the duke takes Georgiana's best friend Bess Foster (Hayley Atwell) as his live-in lover, and an unhappy Georgiana begins an affair with the Earl of Grey (Dominic Cooper). The affairs cause conflicts and could become the items for scandal. The film received an Oscar for Costume Design and was nominated for another Oscar.
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 Ever After: A Cinderella Story 1998  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
aka: Ever After
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt, Jeroen Krabbe, Jeanne Moreau, Lee Ingleby, Kate Lansbury, Matyelok Gibbs, Walter Sparrow, Anna Maguire
This Cinderella story is set in 16th-century France where 18-year-old Danielle (Drew Barrymore) loses her father (Jeroen Krabbe) when he suffers a heart attack and finds herself serving her widowed stepmother Baroness Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and new siblings Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey) and Marguerite (Megan Dodds). Danielle's life is miserable–until she meets Prince Henry (Dougray Scott), the future King of France, who whisks her away.
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Heat and Dust 1982 R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, Nickolas Grace, Zakir Hussain, Barry Foster, Patrick Godfrey, Jennifer Kendal
Fascinated by her Great-Aunt Olivia's (Greta Scacchi) letters, Anne (Julie Christie) heads to India to research Olivia's life and find out why she was a subject of scandal 60 years ago. As she investigates, Anne is pulled into India's culture as the film cuts back and forth from modern-day India and Anne's life to life in India as seen by Olivia.
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The Importance of Being Earnest 2002 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox, Patrick Godfrey, Charles Kay
Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) and Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) are two English friends who use the same imaginary soul, "Ernest Worthing," as an excuse to escape boring lives. All goes well until they both use the pseudonym with the same people at the same time resulting in a montage of mistaken identities.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1982  TV, 510 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Caird, Jim Goddard, Trevor Nunn
Cast: Roger Rees, Emily Richard, David Threlfall, John Woodvine, Jane Downs, Alun Armstrong, Ian McNeice, Lucy Gutteridge, Griffith Jones, John McEnery, Patrick Godfrey, Suzanne Bertish, Griffith Jones, Morland Graham, Ralph Truman
In this made-for-TV miniseries based on Charles Dickens' classic tale, Roger Rees takes on the role of Nicholas Nickleby who, along with his mother (Jane Downs) and sister (Emily Richard), must rely on help from his Uncle Ralph (John Woodvine) until Nicholas can find the means to rescue them from their lot in life. The film won an Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series and received nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor (Roger Rees) and Outstanding Supporting Actor (David Threlfall) in a Limited Series
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Maurice 1987 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy
Two Cambridge underclassmen (James Wilby and Hugh Grant) fall in love with each other and then find diverse ways of dealing with homosexuality in the class society of Edwardian England.
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Oliver Twist 2005 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Ian McNeice, Lewis Chase, Jeremy Swift, Frances Cuka, Alun Armstrong, Paul Brooke, Levi Hayes, Patrick Godfrey
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' story, Barney Clark takes on the role of well-mannered nine-year-old orphan Oliver Twist who meets London pickpocket Artful Dodger (Harry Eden) and joins a group of boys who steal for their master, Fagin (Ben Kingsley).
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The Remains of the Day 1993 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith, Peter Cellier, Peter Eyre, Caroline Hunt, John Haycraft, Paula Jacobs, Ben Chaplin, Patrick Godfrey
Years into his career as butler, James Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) looks back on younger days when he had choices concerning his future. Through flashbacks, James remembers Mary Kenton (Emma Thompson), the head housekeeper, who fell in love with him and provided the challenges to him concerning his employer, Lord Darlington (James Fox) and his devotion to the Nazi cause in pre-World War II Britain. There were eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Director.
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| 1. The Duchess (2008)
2. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
aka: Ever After
3. Heat and Dust (1982)
4. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
5. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
6. Maurice (1987)
7. Oliver Twist (2005)
8. The Remains of the Day (1993)
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