Becket 1964  N/R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Donald Wolfit, John Gielgud, Pamela Brown, Martita Hunt, Sian Phillips, Paolo Stoppa, Gino Cervi, Felix Aylmer, David Weston, Percy Herbert, Christopher Rhodes, Inigo Jackson, Niall MacGinnis
Twelfth-century England is the setting for this insightful story. It involves the long friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Richard Burton). Their friendship reaches a crisis when Becket must choose between his duties to God as Archbishop and his loyalties to the King. Among the several Academy Award nominations were Best Picture, Director, Actor (both Burton and O'Toole), and Supporting Actor (John Gielgud for his role as King Louis VII of France).
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The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Bible
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero, Zoe Sallis, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pupella Maggio, Robert Rietty, Peter Heinze
Using the Book of Genesis as its source, this film has some good moments with stars taking on roles of well-known Biblical characters. Among those featured are Adam (Michael Parks), Eve (Ulla Bergryd), Cain (Richard Harris), Abel (Franco Nero), and Noah (John Huston).
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Casanova 2005 TV, 172 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sheree Folkson
Cast: David Tennant, David Foxxe, Tamzin Griffin, Peter O'Toole, Clare Higgins, Rose Byrne, Andrew Vincent, Dervla Kirwan, John Sandilands, Rosanna Lavelle, Tim Scott-Walker, Zac Fox
In this made-for-BBC story of the passionate Casanova, David Tennant takes on the title role of young Casanova, while Peter O'Toole plays the aging Casanova who tells the maid, Edith (Rose Byrne), all about his younger days of romantic adventures.
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Casino Royale 1967 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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Club Paradise 1986  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Adolph Caesar, Eugene Levy, Joanna Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Mary Gross
The dream of turning a beachfront in the West Indies into a thriving "Club Med" type business features an ex-fireman (Robin Williams) from the windy city forming a partnership with a local (Jimmy Cliff). Highlight: Jimmy Cliff's music is great.
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Creator 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers, John Dehner, Karen Kopins, Kenneth Tigar, Ian Wolfe, Rance Howard
A Nobel Prize-winning biology professor, Doctor Harry Wolper (Peter O'Toole), is obsessed with the possibility of cloning his dead wife, Lucy (Karen Kopins), who died 30 years ago. To accomplish this feat, he gathers two assistants: an impressionable graduate student, Boris (Vincent Spano), and the eccentric undergraduate, Meli (Mariel Hemingway).
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 Fairytale: A True Story 1997 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nighy, Bob Peck, Anton Lesser, Tim McInnerny
Based on a true story, this plot revolves around two English girls who took a photograph, in 1917, of what is assumed to be fairies. The picture was taken to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole), who vouched for its authenticity, and it was published in a magazine.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969 G, 150 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker, Sian Phillips, Michael Bryant, Alison Leggatt, Jeremy Lloyd, Clive Morton, Jack Hedley, Leo Britt, Patricia Hayes, Elspeth March, Jack May, Jenny Runacre
Arthur Chipping "Mr. Chips" (Peter O'Toole) is a professor at Brookfield Academy for Boys in England. He falls in love with music-hall singer Katherine Bridges (Petula Clark) and marries her. As Mrs. Chips, Katherine overcomes her past and warms the hearts of students. Later, she dies, but Mr. Chips continues his teaching career and becomes an icon. Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and the film received a nomination for Best Musical Score.
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Gulliver's Travels 1996 TV, 188 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, John Standing, Alfre Woodard, Geraldine Chaplin, Peter O'Toole, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Phoebe Nicholls, Karyn Parsons, Edward Petherbridge, John Wells
An all-star cast, Jim Henson's special effects, and good performances make this made-for-TV miniseries a joy to watch and is probably the most faithful retelling of the Jonathan Swift social satire. Lemuel Gulliver (Ted Danson) returns home to Mary (Mary Steenburgen) after a long absence and acts out his wild adventures that include the tiny Lilliputians, the huge Brobdingnags, the Laputas (the no-common-sense scientists), and the intelligent horses surrounded by wild humans.
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Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III 1994  TV, 260 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Genie Francis, Rip Torn, Billy Dee Williams, Kyle Chandler, Jonathan Frakes, Cathy Lee Crosby, Cliff De Young, Lesley-Anne Down, Mariette Hartley, Peter O'Toole, James Read, Robert Wagner
In this finale of the "North & South" miniseries, the Civil War has ended, and the Hazard and Main families enter the period of Reconstruction.
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High Spirits 1988 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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Imperium: Augustus 2003 TV, 178 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Augustus
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler, Massimo Ghini, Gottfried John, Ken Duken, Russell Barr, Juan Diego Botto, Valeria D'Obici
The oft-told tale of Augustus (Peter O'Toole), his "adoption" by Julius Caesar, and his teaming with Marc Antony (Massimo Ghini) to bring Caesar's assassins to justice is told in this made-for-TV epic.
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 Joan of Arc 1999 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Neil Patrick Harris, Maury Chaykin, Olympia Dukakis, Jonathan Hyde, Robert Loggia, Shirley MacLaine, Peter O'Toole
This made-for-TV miniseries stays true to basic historical facts but does have a tendency to meander as it relates the story of young Joan D'Arc's (Leelee Sobieski) inspired attempt to save France.
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Kidnapped 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie, Finlay Currie, Peter O'Toole, Miles Malleson, Oliver Johnston, Andrew Cruickshank
This Disney film is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of David Balfour (James MacArthur) who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David teams up with Alan Breck Stewart (Peter Finch) and the duo travels across Scotland in an attempt to regain what is rightfully his.
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Kim 1984 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Davies
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Ravi Sheth, Julian Glover, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Mick Ford, Bill Leadbitter, Roger Booth, Peter Childs, Noel Coleman, Sneh Gupta, Nadira, Lavlin
This made-for-TV version of Rudyard Kipling's story provides good viewing as orphaned Kim (Ravi Sheth) is recruited by the British and trained by the British Secret Service's Mahbub Ali (Bryan Brown) for espionage work in India. With mentors Mahbub Ali and a Buddhist monk (Peter O'Toole), Kim cooperates in helping spy on Russian infiltrators in the Himalaya Mountains.
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King Ralph 1991 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, James Villiers, Joely Richardson, Niall O'Brien, Julian Glover
Las Vegas lounge singer Ralph's (John Goodman) life takes a major turn when a search reveals that he is the only heir to the English throne after the entire royal family is accidentally wiped out. Can Willingham (Peter O'Toole) school him in the ways of royalty?
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Lassie 2005 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Steve Pemberton, Jonathan Mason, Hester Odgers, Jemma Redgrave, Peter Dinklage, Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, Kelly Macdonald, John Standing, Robert Hardy
After the financially troubled Carracloughs–Joe (Jonathan Mason), Sarah (Samantha Morton), and son Sam (John Lynch)–sell their pet dog, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole) on the eve of World War II, the Duke takes Lassie to his castle in Northern Scotland. With help from the Duke's niece Cilla (Hester Odgers), Lassie breaks free and takes off on an incredible 500-mile journey to reach the Carraclough family in Yorkshire in time for Christmas.
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The Last Emperor 1987  PG-13, 164 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Victor Wong, Maggie Han, Lisa Lu, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Tsou Tijger
The last imperial ruler of China, Pu Yi (John Lone), led the most unusual of lives. At three-years old, he was named Emperor and was not allowed to leave Peking. After World War II, the Communists put him in prison for 10 years until his release at which time he became an ordinary citizen serving under Mao Tse Tung. This film won an impressive nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director.
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 Lawrence of Arabia 1962   N/R, 222 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, Donald Wolfit, Anthony Quayle, Jose Ferrer, Jack Hawkins, Michel Ray, Zia Mohyeddin
For a glimpse of understanding the mindset of the Middle East, this movie is a must. It is the story of T.E. Lawrence's (Peter O'Toole) adventures as a young British officer when he was sent to protect his country's interests in the growing animosities between the Arabs and Turks during World War I. Among the kudos given this picture were seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Cinematography. Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif were nominated for Best Actor and Supporting Actor Oscars.
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The Lion in Winter 1968 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Stock, Nigel Terry, Kenneth Griffith, O.Z. Whitehead
Love and hate are exhibited in this excellent movie showing how decisions were made concerning the throne of England. Katharine Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Peter O'Toole was also good in his portrayal of an aging Henry II. There were two other Oscars (Best Writing and Musical Score) and four nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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Lord Jim 1965 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Jack Hawkins, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Daliah Lavi, Akim Tamiroff, Andrew Keir, Jack MacGowran
This is a good film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a merchant seaman (Peter O'Toole) who jumps ship in a storm and then spends his life trying to atone for his act of cowardice.
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 Man of La Mancha 1972   PG, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Brian Blessed, Ian Richardson, Gino Conforti, Marne Maitland, Rosalie Crutchley
This musical version of Don Quixote is one Broadway success that fails miserably in its transition to the screen. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/09/2007 | | Simple and lovely point of view about one of the most complex novels of all times. |
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The Manor 1999 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Ken Berris
Cast: Martin Dejdar, Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole, Laura Harris, Edie McClurg, Fay Masterson, Mark Huntley, Robert Russell, Jiri Labus, Nicholas Bell, Jessica Hathaway
Ghosts haunt Ravenscroft Manor when Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Hatcher (Martin Dejdar) arrives on the scene to look into the death of stable boy Patrick Roarke (Mark Huntley). In fact, the recently deceased Mr. Ravenscroft (Peter O'Toole) still drops by for "visits." During the investigation, Hatcher learns that Patrick had been having affairs with the lady of the manor Mrs. Ravenscroft (Greta Scacchi), her teenage daughter Gillian (Laura Harris), and the governess Charlotte (Gabrielle Anwar). Could jealousy have played any role in Patrick's murder?
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Murphy's War 1971 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson, John Hallam, Ingo Mogendorf
A U-boat sinks a British merchant ship off the coast of South America during the final days of World War II. Surviving crew members are gunned down by the submarine's crew, and Murphy (Peter O'Toole) is the sole survivor. Rescued by a Frenchman (Philippe Noiret), Murphy is taken to a hospital where he is nursed back to health by Dr. Hayden (Sian Phillips, O'Toole's wife at the time). Now it is time to revenge the sinking by the U-Boat.
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My Favorite Year 1982 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper, Lainie Kazan, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Anne DeSalvo, Basil Hoffman, Lou Jacobi, Cameron Mitchell
The year is 1952, and the TV show "The Comedy Cavalcade" is about to debut starring an aging film star. One of the show's young writers is given the job of watching over the film star and ensuring that he does not come into contact with any alcohol before showtime. This film gives an inside look at the pressures of those days when TV was "live" and anything could happen. Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Oscar. 1 User Review
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| | A fine comedy. 6 or 7 scenes are worth their weight in gold. | 1fatts 03/12/2007 | Richard Benjamin's first directing job is surprisingly assured and successful. The apocryphal story is that when Mel Brooks was the junior writer on Sid Ceaser's Your Show of Shows, the reknowned actor, womanizer and drunk, Errol Flynn, was scheduled to be the week's guest, and Mel Brooks was assigned to babysit Flynn and make sure he showed up sober. Brooks claims it never happened and, in fact, that Flynn was never on the show. Who cares! It's a great premise anyway. Peter O'toole turns in another over-the-top performance as the Flynn character, here named "Allan Swan". Those of us old enough to remember Caeser in his hayday really appreciate the take that Joseph Bologna does on the character. The scene where the young writer, Stone nee Steinberg, takes the matinee idol home to Brookyn for dinner (His aunt shows up in her wedding gown; "I only wore it once" she says in a New York Yiddish accent.) is hard to over-appreciate.
The movie lags here and there and ten or twelve minutes of tightening would have been to the good, but I'm quibbling. The cast shines; the writing is sharp; and the nod to "Your Show of Shows" brings warmth to those of us who remember when. |
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The Night of the Generals 1967 PG, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray, Coral Browne, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Juliette Greco, Yves Brainville, Sacha Pitoeff, Charles Millot
When Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute, the evidence points to three German Generals (Donald Pleasence, Charles Gray, and Peter O'Toole). The case remains unsolved, and Grau is taken off the case. Two years later, Grau is in Paris when another prostitute is killed. With help from Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), Grau obtains evidence that traps the General, but then Grau is killed. The case continues on until 1965 when Morand confronts the General with the evidence, and then the General kills himself.
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 One Night with the King 2006 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael O. Sajbel
Cast: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, John Noble, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Omar Sharif, James Callis, Peter O'Toole, Javen Campbell, Jyoti Dogra, Dilshad, Nimrat Kaur
In this Biblical story, Hadassah's (Tiffany Dupont) life began as an orphaned Jewish girl from Babylon, but she changed her name to Esther in order to disguise her ethnicity. Her life then changes, she marries King Xerxes (Luke Goss) and, as Queen of Prussia, saves the Jews from annihilation. 8 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 09/29/2007 | | Luke Goss as the King is amazing. In this movie, he is one of the best actors I've ever seen. Completely convincing. |
| | Petals 04/17/2007 | | This is one of the very best movies that I have ever watched!!!!! |
| | Anonymous 04/12/2007 | | Most wonderful I've seen this movie five times in one day.The king and Hadassah this is true it happend. |
| | may 03/21/2007 | | It,s a beautiful ,very attractive movie.I love all the scenes between the king and Esther,and Luke Goss as king is very good ,and handsome. |
| | loved the movie | amuncy61 03/10/2007 | | It was right on with the book of Esther. It only told about the love between the king and Hadassah (Esther) but after the movie, I read the book in the Bible and was able to enjoy it better. |
| | rejoyce 03/09/2007 | | This movie is the most excellant of all times. I was very impressed with the King played by Luke Goss, and Queen Esther played by Tiffany Dupont, but everyone was wonderful. This is a MUST SEE movie for everyone. |
| | Follows the Bible fairly well | Anonymous 02/11/2007 | | |
| | the queen 02/07/2007 | | well done from the acting to the sceenes and what a smile the king has. |
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Phantoms 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Chappelle
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber, Clifton Powell, Nicky Katt, Edmund Wyson
In the tiny town of Snowfield, Calif., 150 people are found dead–some decapitated, others marbleized–and 350 are missing. Sounds like this could be a good horror show? Well, forget that idea when the perpetrator turns up as a mutant butterfly that enters the bodies of its victims. Bad, bad, bad!!
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Ratatouille 2007 G, 110 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, Jake Steinfeld
In this Pixar film, Remy the rat (voice of Patton Oswalt) wants nothing more than to become a gourmet chef. To achieve that goal, he teams up with a human, Linguini (Lou Romano), who works as a garbage boy at Paris' once-five-star restaurant, Gusteau's. Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett) had written a book, "Anyone Can Cook," that Remy cherishes. Gusteau is no longer living, but that doesn't stop Remy from being able to communicate with him and gaining great culinary ideas. Remy hides under Linguini's chef's hat and gives him directions for concocting delicious recipes. Now, Gusteau's is becoming a very popular restaurant once again–despite Skinner (Ian Holm) the greedy manager of Gusteau's who has his own faulty ideas of how to run a restaurant The film received an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and received four other Academy Award nominations.
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Rogue Male 1976 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Mark McManus, Ray Smith, Hugh Manning, Robert Lang, Cyd Hayman, Philip Jackson, Nicholas Ball, Ian East, Maureen Lipman, Ray Mort
This made-for-TV remake of Fritz Lang's 1941 film, "Man Hunt," is set in 1939 before the British went to war against Germany. Big-game hunter Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) fails in an attempt to shoot Hitler. Thorndyke is captured, tortured, and left for dead. He survives and heads back to England, but the Gestapo is on his trail, so he must go underground to do battle with his enemies.
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The Ruling Class 1972 PG, 154 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Michael Bryant, James Villiers, Kay Walsh, Carolyn Seymour, Hugh Burden, Graham Crowden, Patsy Byrne, Joan Cooper
There are lots of wild happenings in this black comedy as the crazy son Jack Gurney (Peter O'Toole)–who thinks he is Jesus Christ– inherits an estate from his nobleman father. Thus begins the mayhem as family members try to retrieve the estate from our "hero." Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
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The Sandpiper 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Morgan Mason, Robert Webber, Torin Thatcher, James Edwards, Tom Drake, Peter O'Toole
This story involves the love triangle between a pious, Episcopalian priest (Richard Burton), his wife (Eva Marie Saint), and an adventuresome artist (Elizabeth Taylor). A Best Song Academy Award was received for "The Shadow of Your Smile." Otherwise, this is a pretty weak entry.
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The Savage Innocents 1959 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O'Toole, Marie Yang, Anna May Wong, Lee Montague, Francis De Wolff, Marco Guglielmi, Kaida Horiuchi, Andy Ho
Canadian Eskimo Inuk (Anthony Quinn) hunts in the frozen tundra, and this is the life he understands. Eskimo hunting rituals extend to Eskimo customs when Inuk offers his wife Asiak's (Yoko Tani) sexual favors to a priest. But, when the offer is refused, Inuk kills the priest–an act that results in the pursuit of Inuk by two Mounties (Peter O'Toole and Carlo Giustini), his capture, and defying severe weather on the return.
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Stardust 2007 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Ian McKellen, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Mark Strong, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Nathaniel Parker, Ben Barnes, Ricky Gervais, Peter O'Toole, Robert De Niro, Sarah Alexander, Joanna Scanlan, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett
Ian McKellen narrates this tale about Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) who lives with his father Dunstan (Nathaniel Parker) in the Victorian English town of Wall, which is separated from the enchanted town of Stormhold by a wall. In an effort to impress the beautiful Victoria (Sienna Miller), Tristan goes to Stormhold to recover a fallen star. The star has turned into a beautiful woman, Yvaine (Claire Danes), who is less than enthusiastic about being taken to Wall. Another problem enters the scene when the scheming sons of Stormhold's king (Peter O'Toole) also want the star, which their father tossed into the heavens on his deathbed. The star holds the key to the kingdom. That same star knocked Yvaine from the sky and now hangs around her neck. Then, to add to Tristan's trials, witches (Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Alexander, and Joanna Scanlan) want Yvaine's heart because it will bestow beauty and eternal life on anyone who cuts it out and eats it. The special effects, along with the characters, provide great viewing.
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The Stunt Man 1980 R, 129 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Rush
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, Adam Roarke, Philip Bruns, John Pearce, Dee Carroll
Cameron (Steve Railsback) is a fugitive who stumbles onto a movie set at a beach resort and pretends to be a stunt man in order to avoid detection. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actor (Peter O'Toole) and Director.
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Supergirl 1984 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter Cook, Simon Ward, Marc McClure, Hart Bochner, David Healy
Superman's cousin, Supergirl (Helen Slater), comes to Earth and is immediately embroiled in a fight against the evil forces of the jealous Selena (Faye Dunaway).
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Svengali 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Ashley, Larry Joshua, Pamela Blair, Holly Hunter, Barbara Byrne, Ron Weyand, Robin Thomas, Madeleine Potter, Brian Carney, Vera Mayer, Stuart Charno, Ed Vadas, Peter Boruchowitz
Based on George du Maurier's novel "Trilby," this modern-day musical version of Svengali involves the experiences of talented rock singer Zoe Alexander (Jodie Foster). At the request of Zoe's manager, Eve Swiss (Elizabeth Ashley), has-been musical star Svengali (Peter O'Toole) agrees to be Zoe's mentor, and she rises to stardom under his hypnotic spell.
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 Troy 2004 R, 163 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole, Julie Christie, Tyler Mane, Julian Glover, Nathan Jones, Jacob Smith, John Shrapnel, Ken Bones
King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) assembles the Greek armies to lay siege on Troy after Trojan Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) wooed Spartan King Menelaus' (Brendan Gleeson) beautiful bride Helen (Diane Kruger) and abducted her to Troy. Brad Pitt takes on the role of Greek hero Achilles, while Eric Bana plays the brave Trojan warrior, Hector. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
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Under Milk Wood 1971 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Andrew Sinclair
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Sian Phillips, Vivien Merchant, Victor Spinetti, Ann Beach, Angharad Rees, Ray Smith, Michael Forest, Glynn Edwards
This film adaptation of the Dylan Thomas play involves residents of a Welsh coastal village in stories told by blind, retired mariner, Captain Cat (Peter O'Toole). He recalls the lives of drowned shipmates, other residents of his town of Llareggub, and the love of his life who happened to be a prostitute (Elizabeth Taylor).
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Venus 2006 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw
Aging actors Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) sit around cafes talking about the theater and the problems of growing old. But things change when Ian's grandniece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) comes to stay with him. Jessie is very rough around the edges, and Ian sets out to polish her roughness by taking her to the theater and encouraging her to read. Maurice, on the other hand, sees romance in Jessie who is more than 50 years his junior. Although left impotent by prostrate surgery, Maurice employs a sly courtship that brings out the good things in Jessie, and they develop a bond.
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Zulu Dawn 1979 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Bob Hoskins, David Bradley, Paul Copley
When Gen. Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole) sends in British troops to fight the South African Zulu tribes, Col. Anthony Dumford (Burt Lancaster) leads his men into the fatal Battle of Isandhlwaba where they are greatly outnumbered. During the bloody battle, 30,000 Zulu warriors kill 1,500 British troops. This movie shows the events that led up to the siege at Rorke's Drift in "Zulu" (1964) and again shows the hostility between the British and native South Africans.
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aka: The Bible
3. Caligula (1980)
4. Casanova (2005)
5. Casino Royale (1967)
6. Club Paradise (1986)
7. Creator (1985)
8. Crossing to Freedom (1990)
9. Fairytale: A True Story (1997)
10. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
11. Gulliver's Travels (1996)
12. Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994)
13. High Spirits (1988)
14. How to Steal a Million (1966)
15. Imperium: Augustus (2003)
aka: Augustus
16. Joan of Arc (1999)
17. Kidnapped (1960)
18. Kim (1984)
19. King Ralph (1991)
20. Lassie (2005)
21. The Last Emperor (1987)
22. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
23. The Lion in Winter (1968)
24. Lord Jim (1965)
25. Man Friday (1975)
26. Man of La Mancha (1972)
27. The Manor (1999)
28. Murphy's War (1971)
29. My Favorite Year (1982)
30. The Night of the Generals (1967)
31. One Night with the King (2006)
32. Phantoms (1998)
33. Ratatouille (2007)
34. Rogue Male (1976)
35. The Ruling Class (1972)
36. The Sandpiper (1965)
37. The Savage Innocents (1959)
38. Stardust (2007)
39. The Stunt Man (1980)
40. Supergirl (1984)
41. Svengali (1983)
42. Troy (2004)
43. Under Milk Wood (1971)
44. Venus (2006)
45. What's New, Pussycat? (1965)
46. Zulu Dawn (1979)
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