Clockwise 1986  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Morahan
Cast: John Cleese, Penelope Wilton, Alison Steadman, Stephen Moore, Joan Hickson, Sharon Maiden, Penny Leatherbarrow, Tony Haygarth, Peter Cellier
John Cleese plays a school headmaster who is obsessed with time. He becomes completely terrified when he realizes he has missed the train to an important conference and seeks other means of getting to the conference on time. Cleese, as often happens, is excellent.
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Holocaust 2000 1977  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Chosen
Rain of Fire
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Agostina Belli, Simon Ward, Anthony Quayle, Virginia McKenna, Alexander Knox, Spiros Focas, Ivo Garrani, Adolfo Celi, Romolo Valli, Massimo Foschi, Geoffrey Keen, John Carlin, Peter Cellier, Gerard Hely
The inherent danger of nuclear power plants is exploited in this film about Robert Caine (Kirk Douglas) whose son (Simon Ward) is the devil. In that guise, he has come to build new nuclear plants with built-in failure mechanisms.
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Howards End 1992  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett, Prunella Scales, Mary Nash, Samuel West, Adrian Ross Magenty, Jo Kendall, James Wilby, Jemma Redgrave, Ian Latimer, Susie Lindeman, Peter Cellier
The English social-class system in the early 20th century is the backdrop for this creative film. Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) is dying, and she wants to leave her country manor to Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) who is not a member of the upper class. Ruth's husband, Henry (Anthony Hopkins), keeps the will a secret after Ruth dies, but he does meet and fall in love with Margaret. They marry, but their class differences cause them unhappiness. Meanwhile, Margaret's sister, Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), cannot stand Henry's snobbish ways and is trying to help working-class clerk Leonard Bast (Samuel West) improve his station in life. Thompson won an Oscar for Best Actress, and two other Oscars were awarded. Six additional nominations were received including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Redgrave).
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Jabberwocky 1977  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Michael Palin, Deborah Fallender, Annette Badland, Max Wall, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell, Peter Cellier
This film does not measure up to Monty Python's quality; however, there are some funny moments as the one member of the Monty Python troupe, Michael Palin, tries to slay the monster.
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Luther 1973 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Julian Glover, Leonard Rossiter, Maurice Denham, Peter Cellier, Thomas Heathcote, Malcolm Stoddard
John Osborne's play is adapted to the screen in this biography of 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther (Stacy Keach). The story covers Luther's growing issues with the Catholic Church and his decision to lead the Reformation movement.
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Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 1966  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Morgan!
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl, Bernard Bresslaw, Newton Blick, Nan Munro, Peter Cellier, Graham Crowden, John Rae
Vanessa Redgrave was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the wife of a young painter who, following their divorce, locks himself in a world of obsessions about Karl Marx and gorillas as he teeters on the edge of sanity.
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Othello 1965 N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi, Joyce Redman, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls, Roy Holder, Sheila Reid, Peter Cellier, Kenneth MacKintosh, Malcolm Terris
Laurence Olivier gives a great performance as the Moor who is convinced by Iago (Frank Finlay) that his innocent wife, Desdemona (Maggie Smith), has been unfaithful. Oscar nominations went to Olivier (Best Actor), Finlay (Best Supporting Actor), and Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith (Best Supporting Actress).
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Personal Services 1987 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Jones
Cast: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox, Danny Schiller, Victoria Hardcastle, Tim Woodward, Dave Atkins, Leon Lissek, Ewan Hooper, Alan Bowyer, Benjamin Whitrow, Peter Cellier, Stephen Lewis, Beverly Foster
When Christine Painter (Julie Walters) opens a brothel in London, she gets help from prostitute Shirley (Shirley Stelfox) who knows the business and from Wing Commander Morton (Alec McCowen) who enjoys wearing bras and panties. The business booms–until the police appear at the door. Loosely based on the experiences of real-life Madame Christine Payne who served as a technical director for this film.
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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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A Room with a View 1986 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier
This excellent movie, set in Edwardian England, revolves around the snobbish upper class. A young Englishwoman (Helena Bonham Carter) takes a tour with her chaperon (Maggie Smith). In a delightful way, the movie shows the workings of minds in an era long gone. The film won three Academy awards and also was nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Denholm Elliott), Supporting Actress (Maggie Smith), and Director.
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| 1. Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
2. Clockwise (1986)
3. Holocaust 2000 (1977)
aka: The Chosen
aka: Rain of Fire
4. Howards End (1992)
5. Jabberwocky (1977)
6. Luther (1973)
7. Man Friday (1975)
8. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
aka: Morgan!
9. Othello (1965)
10. Personal Services (1987)
11. The Remains of the Day (1993)
12. A Room with a View (1986)
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