The Affair of the Necklace 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Walken, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Peter Eyre, Simon Shackleton, Victoria Shalet, Hayden Panettiere, Simon Kunz, Paul Brooke, Frank McCusker, Hermione Gulliford
During the era just before the French Revolution, Jeanne de la Motte Valois (Hilary Swank), sets out to regain her family's confiscated wealth. First, she marries Count Nicholas de la Motte (Adrien Brody) who has access to the royal court, and, through his contacts, Jeanne schemes to steal a valuable necklace and use it to buy back the family's estate.
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Dragonslayer 1981  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Albert Salmi, Sydney Bromley, Chloe Salaman, Ian McDiarmid, Emrys James, Douglas Cooper, Roger Kemp, Ken Shorter, Jason White, Yolanda Palfrey
It is the sixth century, and a ferocious dragon is terrorizing the English countryside where the king sacrifices virgins in exchange for peace. The villagers summon wizard Ulrich (Ralph Richardson) to come to their aid. Along with his young apprentice Galen (Peter MacNicol) and beautiful Valerian (Caitlin Clarke), Ulrich sets out to slay the dragon. But, Ulrich's abilities fail him, and it rests on Galen to confront the dragon and enter into a vicious battle. The special effects are great.
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The Golden Bowl 2000 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace, Robin Hart, Mattia Sbragia, Francesco Giuffrida, Marta Paola Richeldi, Rossano Rubicondi
This film is based on Henry James' novel about impossible marriages in the midst of upper-crust British society. When U.S. billionaire Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) and his daughter Maggie (Kate Beckinsale) meet socialite Mrs. Assingham (Anjelica Huston) in Europe, she introduces Maggie to penniless Prince Amerigo (Jeremy Northam), and they make plans to marry. Mrs. Assingham also encourages Adam to marry Charlotte (Uma Thurman). All does not end happily because it turns out that Charlotte and Amerigo were once lovers, and now they enter an adulterous relationship.
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Julius Caesar 1970   G, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Jill Bennett, Christopher Lee, Peter Eyre
This version of Shakespeare's tragedy is good viewing but not as well done as the earlier 1953 rendition.
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Luna 1979 R, 142 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Tomas Milian, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Peter Eyre
This soap opera relates the misfortunes of opera star widow Caterina Silveri (Jill Clayburgh) who must face her son Joe's (Matthew Barry) drug addiction and goes to extremes in the process. 1 User Review
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| | froggy 01/29/2008 | | Saw this movie only once. I've looked for years to find the name of this movie. No one I know has ever seen the movie. I've always liked Jill, but I did find this movie to be a bit bizarre. I cant say the movie is boring or dull or that it had any redeeming factors. It was like watching a train wreck , you couldn't look away. |
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The Pied Piper 1972 G, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Donovan, John Hurt, Michael Hordern, Jack Wild, Roy Kinnear, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors, Cathryn Harrison, Keith Buckley, Roger Hammond, Peter Eyre, Hamilton Dyce, Andre Van Gyseghem, John Falconer
This is a chilling version of the Grimm Brothers' story about the mysterious piper (Donovan) who is hired to rid the squalid town of Hamelin of rats in the 14th century. When payment is not made, he leads the children out of town. Despite its 1972 "G" rating, this movie is not for children.
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Princess Caraboo 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Austin
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea, Peter Eyre, Jacqueline Pearce, Roger Lloyd-Pack, John Sessions, John Wells, John Lynch, Kate Ashfield, Arkie Whiteley, Ewan Bailey
Supposedly based on a true story, this is the tale of a young woman (Phoebe Cates) who shows up in an English village during the early 1800s speaking a strange language. She is taken in by the Worralls (Jim Broadbent and Wendy Hughes) whose butler, Frexos (Kevin Kline) convinces them to have her tried for vagrancy. During the trial, she uses pantomime to convince the magistrate that her name is "Caraboo" and that she is a princess who was kidnapped by pirates but managed to escape by swimming ashore. The Worralls take her back to their home, but a reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), still thinks she is a fraud and investigates to find out whether or not Caraboo is telling the truth. Fun, with a good cast and story.
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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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The Situation 2007 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukh, Nasser Memarzia, Said Amadis, Cherine Amar, Omar Berdouni, Shaun Evans, Thomas McCarthy, John Slattery, Peter Eyre, Sean Gullette, Fatiha Watili, Hamid Basket
Set in present-day Iraq, this film reveals human stories behind the headlines of military, political, and CIA actions of the war.
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Surviving Picasso 1996 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Peter Eyre, Jane Lapotaire, Joan Plowright, Allegra Di Carpegna, Nigel Whitmey, Leon Lissek, Peter Gerety, Susannah Harker, Joseph Maher, Bob Peck, Dominic West
Arianna Stassinopoulos's biography of Picasso is adapted to the screen in this film about the 10-year relationship of Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) and Francoise Gilot (Natasha McElhone).
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| 1. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
2. Dragonslayer (1981)
3. The Golden Bowl (2000)
4. Hedda (1975)
5. Julius Caesar (1970)
6. Luna (1979)
7. The Pied Piper (1972)
8. Princess Caraboo (1994)
9. The Remains of the Day (1993)
10. The Situation (2007)
11. Surviving Picasso (1996)
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