A Christmas Carol 1999  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West, Trevor Peacock, Liz Smith, Claire Slater, Ben Tibber, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kenny Doughty, Laura Fraser
Patrick Stewart makes an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge in this fine TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story. After visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Joel Grey), Present (Desmond Barrit), and Future (Tim Potter), Scrooge re-evaluates his treatment of Tiny Tim (Ben Tibber) and and his family. It ranks among the best of the several film renditions.
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Different for Girls 1996  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Spence
Cast: Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Saskia Reeves, Neil Dudgeon, Miriam Margolyes, Charlotte Coleman, Nisha K. Nayar, Robert Pugh, Philip Davis, Kevin Allen
While in boarding school 16 years ago, Paul Prentice (Rupert Graves) and Karl Foyle (Steven Mackintosh) were friends. Now, they reunite in London, BUT Karl has become a transsexual and is now going by the name of "Kim." Their new relationship takes an unexpected turn.
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Dune 2000  TV, 280 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Frank Herbert's Dune
Director: John Harrison
Cast: William Hurt, Alec Newman, Saskia Reeves, James Watson, Jan Vlasak, Barbora Kodetova, P.H. Moriarty, Robert Russell, Laura Burton, Ian McNeice
Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel is brought to the screen for the second time–the first, in 1984, failed to capture the magnitude of the story. This one is not much better, but, as a TV miniseries nearly five hours long, it at least embraces some of the epic nature of the novel. The story concerns the quest for spice, and there is plenty of it on the barren planet Dune (though the story covers several planets and cultures). 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/02/2007 | | great movie |
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Heart 1999 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles McDougall
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Saskia Reeves, Kate Hardie, Rhys Ifans, Anna Chancellor, Bill Paterson, Matthew Rhys, Jack Deam, Kate Rutter, Nicholas Moss
Gary (Christopher Eccleston) sits in a wheelchair awaiting a new heart after a heart attack, and is convinced that his wife, Tess (Kate Hardie), is having an affair (which she is). When a teen is killed in an accident, Gary gets his heart. Upon recovery, Tess lets him know she is leaving, and, to complicate his life, the teen's mother (Saskia Reeves) becomes infatuated with Gary. The mother wants to be near the man who has her son's heart. A lackluster thriller.
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A Woman of Substance 1984 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Liam Neeson, Barry Bostwick, Diane Baker, Miranda Richardson, John Mills, Gayle Hunnicutt, Barry Morse, Saskia Reeves
Based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's popular novel of the same name, this TV miniseries tells the story of Emma Harte, who started as a poor shop girl and rose to head a vast empire. In the process, she overcame many obstacles, including the social issues of the 1890s-1930s in England. Jenny Seagrove plays the young Emma, and Deborah Kerr is the older Emma. Followed by a sequel: "Hold the Dream." Kerr received an Emmy nomination for her acting, and the production was also nominated for Best Miniseries.
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| 1. Butterfly Kiss (1995)
2. A Christmas Carol (1999)
3. Different for Girls (1996)
4. Dune (2000)
aka: Frank Herbert's Dune
5. Heart (1999)
6. A Woman of Substance (1984)
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