Beautiful People 1999  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jasmin Dizdar
Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Charles Kay, Rosalind Ayres, Roger Sloman, Edin Dzandzanovic, Heather Tobias, Danny Nussbaum, Nicholas Farrell, Gilbert Martin, Siobhan Redmond
Bosnian filmmaker Dizdar came to London to make this film, which is largely about relocated Bosnians. Several stories intersect from time to time as important issues are tackled, usually in a (very dark) comedic manner. For example, a heroin addict falls asleep on a pallet at an airport and awakens on a battlefield in Bosnia. His heroin helps during a surgery and he returns home a hero.
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 Black Beauty 1994  G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Caroline Thompson
Cast: Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, Peter Davison, Alun Armstrong, John McEnery, Eleanor Bron, Peter Cook, Alan Cumming, Lyndon Davies, Rosalind Ayres, Adrian Ross Magenty, Georgina Armstrong, Anthony Walters, Gemma Patemoster
This adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic tale is narrated by no other than Black Beauty (voice of Alan Cumming); so, the audience is treated to the story from a horse's point of view. Black Beauty's life is told through the hardships suffered from cruel owners to the friendliness of his true family. A good film and suitable for children.
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Christmas in the Clouds 2005 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Kate Montgomery
Cast: Timothy Vahle, Sam Vlahos, Mariana Tosca, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene, Sheila Tousey, Rosalind Ayres, Rita Coolidge, Lois Red Elk, Jonathan Joss, Shirley Cheechoo, Karina Moeller
Ray Clouds on Fire (Timothy Vahle) runs a ski resort owned by a Native American Nation, and he does a thorough job of preparing the establishment for a travel guide who is coming to inspect the premises. But twists and turns rise to the fore when Ray mistakenly identifies Tina Littlehawk (Mariana Tosca) and treats her royally. Meanwhile, the real travel agent, Stu O'Malley (M. Emmet Walsh), must endure mismanagement from the eccentric staff.
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From Beyond the Grave 1973 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
aka: Creatures
Creatures from Beyond the Grave
Tales from Beyond the Grave
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Wendy Alnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Angela Pleasence, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson, Tommy Godfrey
The character of an antique shop proprietor (Peter Cushing) carries over into four short stories in this anthology involving cheating customers and how they must answer for their crimes by enduring supernatural fates imposed on them by the shop proprietor.
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Stardust 1974 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres, Marty Wilde, Edd Byrnes, Michael Elphick, Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds
Jim Maclaine (David Essex) is a member of a working-class British rock group that gains fame and fortune. But Jim succumbs to the trappings of money, groupies, and, finally, drugs. This film is the second part of a "two-parter"–the first was "That'll Be the Day."
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That'll Be the Day 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Whatham
Cast: David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth, Billy Fury, Keith Moon, Rosalind Ayres, Brenda Bruce, Robert Lindsay, Beth Morris
Jim McLaine's (David Essex) maturation process takes him from his working-class background to his "breaking out" with rock music. Set in the 1950s, this is the first half of a story, which finishes with "Stardust."
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The Weather in the Streets 1983  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin Millar
Cast: Michael York, Lisa Eichhorn, Joanna Lumley, Rosalind Ayres, Faith Brook, Isabel Dean, Sebastian Shaw, Norman Pitt
Olivia (Lisa Eichhorn) falls in love with Rollo (Michael York), a married man. When she gets pregnant, she is faced with hard choices. A very slow, overly-long film with Lisa Eichhorn as the only bright spot.
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| 1. Beautiful People (1999)
2. Black Beauty (1994)
3. Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
4. From Beyond the Grave (1973)
aka: Creatures
aka: Creatures from Beyond the Grave
aka: Tales from Beyond the Grave
5. Stardust (1974)
6. That'll Be the Day (1973)
7. The Weather in the Streets (1983)
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