An Awfully Big Adventure 1995  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alan Rickman, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Rita Tushingham, Prunella Scales, Alan Cox, Edward Petherbridge, Gerard McSorley, Clive Merrison, Nicola Pagett, Carol Drinkwater, James Frain, Ruth McCabe
Members of a small repertory theater in London–manager Meredith Polter (Hugh Grant) and cast member Stella Bradshaw (Georgina Cates), a star-struck young actress–learn there is more than meets the eye to the company's leading man, P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman).
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 Doctor Zhivago 1965   N/R, 197 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski, Adrienne Corri, Siobhan McKenna, Jeffrey Rockland, Tarek Sharif, Bernard Kay, Gerard Tichy
Costuming and scenery are terrific in this Hollywood extravaganza. The Russian Revolution is the backdrop for Boris Pasternak's story about Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) who falls in love with Lara (Julie Christie). There is one problem: he is already married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Tom Courtenay as Pasha, a revolutionary). 1 User Review
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| | Bettu 08/19/2007 | | I saw Doctor Zhivago in 1965 and to this day watch the video/DVD about 5-6 times a year. And ..... I have personally seen Omar Sherif buying fish in the Zamalek quarter of Cairo, Egypt!! |
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Flying 1986 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Teenage Dream
Dream to Believe
Director: Paul Lynch
Cast: Olivia d'Abo, Rita Tushingham, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Steen, Renee Murphy, Sean McCann, Samantha Langevin, Nicole Logan, Samantha Logan, Eugene Clark
Robin (Olivia d'Abo) encounters obstacles to achieve her dream of being a gymnastics star. Suffering from injuries in an accident that killed her father, living with a mean stepfather, and not being accepted by many at school are a few of the barriers. She is intent on success in this predictable, but OK film that features a young Keanu Reeves. 1 User Review
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| | Preiss 07/13/2007 | | Must see it. Great performance by Olivia d'Abo. |
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Girl with Green Eyes 1964 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Desmond Davis
Cast: Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Marie Kean, Arthur O'Sullivan, Julian Glover, T.P. McKenna, Liselotte Goettinger, Patrick Laffan, Eileen Crowe
Filmed in Dublin, this is the story of Kate (Rita Tushingham), a young woman from a run-down farm who heads to Dublin, gets a job, and lives with a friend from school, Baba (Lynn Redgrave). After she meets and moves in with middle-aged Eugene (Peter Finch), life gets more complicated. Tushingham and Redgrave give fine performances.
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The Knack 1965 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Knack...And How to Get It
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Donal Donnelly, William Dexter, John Bluthal, Wensley Pithey, Charles Dyer, Peter Copley, Margot Thomas
Tolen (Ray Brooks) has a "knack" with women, and he frequently entertains them in his room. Schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford), not at all a ladies' man, asks Tolen for advice but is not satisfied with Tolen's answers. His solution: get a big bed. So, with the help of another boarder, Tom (Donal Donnelly), he gets one and as they head home with the bed they meet Nancy (Rita Tushingham) and invite her along. When they get home, she meets Tolen and the fun REALLY begins.
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The Leather Boys 1963  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Colin(2) Campbell, Dudley Sutton, Gladys Henson, Avice Landon, Lockwood West, Betty Marsden, Martin Matthews, Dandy Nichols, Elizabeth Begley
Thinking she has found an escape from her working-class doldrums, Dot (Rita Tushingham) marries a motorcycling mechanic, Reggie (Colin Campbell). But neither is ready for marriage, and it doesn't take long before they begin to go their separate ways.
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Straight on Till Morning 1972  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Tom Bell, Annie Ross, Katya Wyeth, Claire Kelly, James Bolam, Harold Berens, John Clive, Mavis Villiers
Young Brenda (Rita Tushingham) leaves her home in Liverpool and heads to London to find a husband. She meets her "Prince Charming" Peter (Shane Briant) who, in addition to being charming, is a psychotic killer.
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 Swing 1999 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Mead
Cast: Hugo Speer, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Usher, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Danny McCall, Alexei Sayle, Clarence Clemons, Nerys Hughes, Scot Williams
Martin (Hugo Speer) gets out of jail and, after tutoring by Clarence Clemons on the sax, he starts a band. The lead singer (and the only real highlight of the film) is Joan (pop singer Lisa Stansfield in her first film)–Martin's ex-girlfriend who is now married to the cop who arrested Martin. The working class of Liverpool theme, along the lines of "The Full Monty," has some good music and an optimistic outlook.
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Under the Skin 1997 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carine Adler
Cast: Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Christine Tremarco, Stuart Townsend, Matthew Delamere, Mark Womack, Clare Francis, Joe Tucker, Daniel O'Meara
Iris (Samantha Morton) fights her grief over her mother's death through an obsession with erotic fantasies and a frenzy of drinking and casual sex–while wearing her mother's wig and lingerie.
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| 1. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
2. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
3. Flying (1986)
aka: Teenage Dream
aka: Dream to Believe
4. Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
5. The Human Factor (1975)
6. The Knack (1965)
aka: The Knack...And How to Get It
7. The Leather Boys (1963)
8. Straight on Till Morning (1972)
9. Swing (1999)
10. The Trap (1966)
11. Under the Skin (1997)
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