Animal Farm 1999  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Alan Stanford, Caroline Gray, Gail Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Keogh, Jer O'Leary
George Orwell's allegory of Communist Russia is told in this film about the animals on Manor Farm. Led by the pig, Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov), the animals stage a revolution only to find out that one very ambitious pig, Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart), deems himself "more equal than others" and turns their dreamed-of Utopia into a world they had not envisioned.
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Anna Karenina 1985  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Paul Scofield, Ian Ogilvy, Anna Massey, Judi Bowker, Joanna David, Valerie Lush, Judy Campbell, Paul Geoffrey
Jacqueline Bisset takes on the title role in Leo Tolstoy's story about a woman who gives up everything for the man she loves.
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Bartleby 1970  PG, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Friedman
Cast: Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons, Raymond Mason, Charles Kinross, Neville Barber, Robin Askwith, Hope Jackman, John Watson, Christine Dingle, Rosalind Elliot
Based on a story by Herman Melville, this is the tale of Bartleby (John McEnery) who withdraws from society, preferring to live in his solitary world. He takes a job with an accountant (Paul Scofield) but is fired after he is unable to perform his tasks. Even then, Bartleby shows up for work daily until he enters a hospital and it is learned that he suffers from several ailments. The accountant is at first happy to be rid of Bartleby but later suffers over Bartleby's death. Plodding.
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Carve Her Name with Pride 1958 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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The Crucible 1996  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Breuler
Based on Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem witch trials, this is an excellent film concerning the effects caused by jealousy and religion in old Massachusetts. Paul Scofield stands out as Judge Danforth who is determined to rid evil from Salem, and Winona Ryder is very convincing as Abigail Williams who deceives, lies, and wreaks havoc in order to steal her ex-lover who is the husband (Daniel Day-Lewis) of hated rival Elizabeth Proctor (Joan Allen).
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A Delicate Balance 1973 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, Betsy Blair
In this film adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a Connecticut family, Agnes and Tobias (Katherine Hepburn and Paul Scofield) find their lives are affected by one evening of unexpected guests arriving at their home. First, Agnes' alcoholic sister Claire (Kate Reid) stops to visit, and then their daughter Julia (Lee Remick) appears on the scene announcing that she is going through her fourth divorce. As if that was not enough, their best friends Harry and Edna (Joseph Cotten and Betsy Blair) come to visit, and it appears that they plan to stay forever. What has happened to their life of quiet domesticity?
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 Hamlet 1990  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, John McEnery, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pete Postlethwaite, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney, Trevor Peacock, Christien Anholt
Hamlet (Mel Gibson), the Prince of Denmark, finds his life changing after his father's murder. Soon after Hamlet's father dies, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alan Bates). When his father's ghost (Paul Schofield) appears, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him and orders Hamlet to avenge his murder. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and the death toll rises. Victims include Claudius, Hamlet's friends and family, and even Hamlet. A very good remake of the Shakespeare classic.
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 King Lear 1971 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Tom Fleming, Ian Hogg, Soren Elung Jensen, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Barry Stanton
Paul Scofield plays the aging King Lear, father of three very ambitious daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia (Irene Worth, Susan Engel, and Anne-Lise Gabold). Lear bases the decision for whom to leave his kingdom to on who loves him the most. Cordelia won't play her father's game, and he exiles her. Now, Goneril and Regan deceive Lear and plot to take away all of his power. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Alan Webb) and his two sons Edmund and Edgar (Ian Hogg and Robert Langdon Lloyd) have their own problems, which are also based on unfaithfulness and scheming against the father. This intricate Shakespeare play is staged in an interesting manner.
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A Man for All Seasons 1966 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Vanessa Redgrave, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Cyril Luckham, Jack Gwillim, Thomas Heathcote
This historical epic of a turning point in English history centers on Catholic Cardinal Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield), who disputes Henry VIII's (Robert Shaw) desire to divorce Anne Boleyn. Once Henry sets himself up as head of his new Church of England, More stands up for his principles and resigns. This film won six Academy Awards; among them were Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Scofield). Wendy Hiller and Robert Shaw were also nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Actor.
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Martin Chuzzlewit 1994 TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedr James
Cast: Keith Allen, David Bradley, Emma Chambers, Julian Fellowes, Paul Francis, John Mills, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Sawalha, Paul Scofield, Maggie Steed, Tom Wilkinson, Peter Wingfield
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1844 story is a social comedy about an English family that sent its youngest son to America to gain business sense. He succeeds and years later returns home as an old man whose relatives now scheme to inherit his property.
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Quiz Show 1994  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, Christopher McDonald, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Mira Sorvino, Johann Carlo, Elizabeth Wilson, Allan Rich, Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson
Now this is a movie! Robert Redford directed this film based on the television quiz show scandals of the 1950s. This movie really captures the more naive era when people still believed what they saw on their television sets. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Paul Scofield), Director, and Writing.
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Scorpio 1973 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, James Sikking, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, Burke Byrnes, William Smithers, Shmuel Rodensky
The daring world of espionage is the setting for this film about Soviet defector Cross (Burt Lancaster) who tries to escape the bullet of a CIA-blackmailed assassin, Laurier (Alain Delon).
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That Lady 1955 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Francoise Rosay, Dennis Price, Christopher Lee, Anthony Dawson, Robert Harris, Peter Illing, Jose Nieto
This historical drama is about Princess Eboli of Spain, Ana de Mendoza (Olivia de Havilland), who is jailed by King Philip (Paul Scofield) after her affair with a commoner (Gilbert Rowland) is discovered.
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The Train 1964 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Paul Bonifas, Albert Remy, Jacques Marin, Howard Vernon, Charles Millot, Richard Munch, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola
During World War II, Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders that art works at the Jeu de Paume Museum be moved to Nazi Germany. In an effort to save the priceless works of art, the head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) convinces railway official and member of the French Resistance Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to delay the train's departure until after the Allied Forces arrive. Using sabotage and deception, Labiche and his colleagues try to find a way to delay the train.
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| Oscar: Best Actor for A Man for All Seasons (1966) |
1. Animal Farm (1999)
2. Anna Karenina (1985)
3. Bartleby (1970)
4. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
5. The Crucible (1996)
6. A Delicate Balance (1973)
7. Hamlet (1990)
8. King Lear (1971)
9. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
10. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
11. Quiz Show (1994)
12. Scorpio (1973)
13. That Lady (1955)
14. The Train (1964)
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