Anna Karenina 1985  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Paul Scofield, Ian Ogilvy, Anna Massey, Judi Bowker, Joanna David, Valerie Lush, Judy Campbell, Paul Geoffrey, Nicholas Selby, Ralph Nossek, Neil Amswych, Philip Bowen, Oscar Quitak
Jacqueline Bisset takes on the title role of Anna Karenina in Leo Tolstoy's story. Anna is married to Russian nobleman Karenin (Paul Scofield) when she meets and falls in love with a dashing Russian, Count Vronsky (Christopher Reeve). They try to keep their love a secret, but, when it becomes known, many problems ensue in Anna's personal life as well as her public life when people cannot accept her immoral behavior. Anna has given up everything for the man she loves, and this could lead to tragic results.
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 Excalibur 1981  R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, Patrick Stewart
This entertaining film about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table adds new dimensions to the legend by providing an adult version starring Nigel Terry as King Arthur.
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 Wuthering Heights 1992  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Simon Shepherd, Jeremy Northam, Jason Riddington, Simon Ward, Robert Demeger, Dick Sullivan, Paul Geoffrey, John Woodvine, Jennifer Daniel, Janine Wood, Jonathan Firth
Emily Bronte's 18th-century story about star-crossed lovers is again brought to the screen. In this version of the romantic drama, Juliette Binoche plays Cathy, while Ralph Fiennes takes on the role of Heathcliff. As an orphan, Heathcliff was raised by the Earnshaw family, and when Hendley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam) takes over Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is forced to work in the stables. Meanwhile, Hendley's sister Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love, but Cathy opts for wealth over love and marries Edgar Linton (Simon Shepherd). Cathy dies in childbirth. Eighteen years later, Cathy's daughter Catherine (also played by Juliette Binoche) meets Heathclliff who forces her to marry his son Linton (Jonathan Firth) so that he will have avenged his enemies by controlling the estate. But, Cathy's ghost appears, Heathcliff dies, and, once again, even death cannot part those ill-fated lovers.
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| 1. Anna Karenina (1985)
2. Excalibur (1981)
3. Wuthering Heights (1992)
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
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