2001: A Space Travesty 2001  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Ophelie Winter, Ezio Greggio, Peter Egan, Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld, Damien Masson Pierre, Sam Stone, Verona Feldbusch, Michel Perron, Paul Rainville
When the U.S. President, a Bill Clinton look-alike, is taken hostage on another planet, Marshal Dick Dix (Leslie Nielsen) is called in to effect the rescue. Unfortunately, the aliens have cloned the good President, and the clone is having the time of his life on Earth. Dick also must deal with the spaceship's computer, SAL, that acts like, talks like, and DRESSES like an Italian Godfather. Absolutely horrible, but you still can't help loving Leslie Nielsen.
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Bean 1997  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, Larry Drake, John Mills, Danny Goldring, Johnny Galecki, Chris Ellis, Andrew Lawrence, Peter Egan, Peter Capaldi, June Brown, Peter James
When an ineffective museum caretaker, Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), arrives in Los Angeles to preside at an art gallery exhibit featuring the famous painting, "Whistler's Mother," young curator David Langley (Peter MacNicol) is forced to put up with Bean's havoc-producing antics.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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Death at a Funeral 2007  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughn, Thomas Wheatley, Peter Egan, Peter Dinklage
Daniel's (Matthew Macfadyen) father has died, and Daniel just wants to give him a good funeral at the family's London estate. But that is easier said than done. As if it was not bad enough that the wrong corpse is delivered to the manor, the family–including sons Daniel and famous novelist Robert (Rupert Graves), the widow Sandra (Jane Asher), and Daniels's nagging wife Jane (Keeley Hawes)–definitely is dysfunctional. And then there's cousin Martha's (Daisy Donovan) straight-laced fiance Simon (Alan Tudyk) who accidentally ingests a hallucinogen brought by Martha's druggie brother Troy (Kris Marshall). Finally, to top it all off a mysterious guest Peter (Peter Dinklage) wants cash to not reveal that he was the deceased's lover. Mayhem ensues, but by story's end, the family comes to terms with each other.
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Hennessy 1975 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan, Ian Hogg, John Hallam, Patrick Stewart
An Irish Republican Army officer, Hennessy (Rod Steiger), plots to assassinate the Royal family while avenging the death of his own family members.
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To Catch a King 1984 TV, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Teri Garr, Robert Wagner, Horst Janson, John Standing, Barbara Parkins, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jane Lapotaire, Barry Foster, Peter Egan, Constantine Gregory, Peter Woodthorpe
When the Nazis plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (John Standing and Barbara Parkins) in 1940, two vacationing Americans–Joe (Robert Wagner) and Hannah (Teri Garr)–come to the rescue.
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The Wedding Date 2005  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clare Kilner
Cast: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams, Jack Davenport, Sarah Parish, Jeremy Sheffield, Peter Egan, Holland Taylor, Jolyon James, C. Gerod Harris
Kat (Debra Messing) hires professional escort Nick (Dermot Mulroney) to pose as her date for sister Amy's (Amy Adams) four-day wedding extravaganza. The purpose for Kat's deception is to impress her family AND her ex-fiance. Can they pull it off?
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| 1. 2001: A Space Travesty (2001)
2. Bean (1997)
3. Chariots of Fire (1981)
4. Death at a Funeral (2007)
5. Hennessy (1975)
6. To Catch a King (1984)
7. The Wedding Date (2005)
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