Family Pictures 1993 TV, 185 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville Cast: Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, Dermot Mulroney, Jamie Harrold, Torri Higginson, Simon Reynolds, David Fox, Corey Sevier, Michael Rhoades, Sean Ryan, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Anya Alessandroni, Alexandra Petrocci, Laura Bertram
On a trip home to visit her now-divorced parents Lainey and David Eberlin (Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill), Nina (Kyra Sedgwick) looks at family photographs and, through flashbacks, remembers events concerning her brother's autism and how his illness drove apart the family.
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The Gospel of John 2003 PG-13, 180 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville Cast: Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, Stuart Bunce, Richard Lintern, Stephen Russell, Scott Handy, Lynsey Baxter, Christopher Plummer, Diana Berriman, Alan Van Sprang, Cedric Smith, Diego Matamoros
Narrated by Christopher Plummer, this three-hour drama relates the story of Jesus in an accurate word-by-word interpretation of the Gospel According to John, which was written during the first century.
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Max and Helen 1990 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville Cast: Treat Williams, Alice Krige, Martin Landau, Jonathan Phillips, Adam Kotz, Jodhi May, Nicholas Woodeson, Lulee Fisher, Ian Bartholomew, Zoltan Gera
Martin Landau turns in a fine performance as Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal who tells the story (from Wiesenthal's book) of a couple who were separated for 20 years after being in a concentration camp.
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Metroland 1997 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville Cast: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross, Elsa Zylberstein, Rufus, Jonathan Aris, Ifan Meredith, Amanda Ryan, John Wood, Brian Protheroe
Chris (Christian Bale) is living a placid life in London with his wife, Marion (Emily Watson), and their baby. Then, the appearance of his friend Toni (Lee Ross), after a 10-year absence, causes Chris to question his decision to choose marriage and family over his old life as a carefree bachelor.
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Oedipus the King 1968 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville Cast: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack, Roger Livesey, Donald Sutherland, Friedrich von Ledebur
Filmed in the manner it was first performed over 2000 years ago in a Greek amphitheater, this is the story of Oedipus (Christopher Plummer) who solves the riddle of the Sphinx and, unknowingly, kills his father and marries his mother in this Sophocles tragedy.
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| 1. Family Pictures (1993)
2. The Gospel of John (2003)
3. Max and Helen (1990)
4. Metroland (1997)
5. Oedipus the King (1968)
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