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Crossing to Freedom   1990     2 stars    TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Stone  
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mare Winningham, Susan Wooldridge, Michael Kitchen, Claire Drummond, Alastair Haley, Juliette Mole, Annette Badland, Ron Donachie

  This TV remake of 1942's "The Pied Piper" is not of the same caliber; Peter O'Toole takes on the role of the crotchety man who leads a group of youngsters through Nazi-occupied France toward freedom during World War II. Based on a Nevil Shute novel and filmed on location in France.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Jungle Book   1994     2 and a half stars    PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
aka: Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book

Director: Stephen Sommers  
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Stefan Kalipha, Faran Tahir, Ron Donachie, Anirudh Agarwal, Sean Naegeli, Liza Walker, Rachel Robertson

  As a young Indian boy, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) was raised by wolves. The movie begins with an older Mowgli falling in love with Kitty (Lena Headey). Together, Mowgli, Kitty, and Kitty's boyfriend Capt. Boone (Cary Elwes) set off to find a lost city. Along the way they encounter Mowgli's animal friends. Disney.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel   1999     2 and a half stars    TV, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Patrick Lau  
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green, Ronan Vibert, Christopher Fairbank, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie, Beth Goddard, Milton Johns

  Not a bad remake of the classic story as Richard E. Grant takes on the role of Sir Percy Blakeney who saves aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution. Witty.


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1. Crossing to Freedom (1990)
2. The Jungle Book (1994)
   aka: Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
3. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)


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