American Friends 1991  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tristram Powell
Cast: Michael Palin, Connie Booth, Trini Alvarado, Alfred Molina, David Calder, Simon Jones, Alun Armstrong, Bryan Pringle, Fred Pearson, Susan Denaker
In line for the presidency of his college, the Reverend Francis Ashby (Michael Palin) leaves for a vacation in San Francisco and a possible love affair that threatens his career path.
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Brideshead Revisited 1981  TV, 660 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Phoebe Nicholls, Diana Quick, Jane Asher, Simon Jones, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Le Mesurier, Laurence Olivier, Stephane Audran, Michael Gough
Set around the era of World War I and World War II, this 11-hour miniseries reveals the problems of a particular British aristocracy. The tale is spun through the friendship of two young men–Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte (Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews)–who came from diverse backgrounds and meet at Oxford.
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The Devil's Own 1997  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Ruben Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitch Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Simon Jones, Julia Stiles, Paul Ronan, Ashley Carin, David Wilmot, David O'Hara
An honest cop, Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford), unwittingly allows an Irish Republican Army leader, McGuire Devaney (Brad Pitt), into his home as a boarder and suffers the consequences when Devaney's other personality of cold-blooded killer emerges.
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 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981  TV, 198 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Cast: Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Joe Melia, Mark Wing-Davey, Martin Benson, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Steve Conway, Cleo Rocos, Andrew Mussell
A popular BBC radio series, based on Douglas Adams' novel, was followed by a TV series from which this miniseries was developed. The title refers to the electronic book that provides the knowledge necessary to navigate the galaxy. It tells the story of Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) who travels the galactic superhighway running across all sorts of beings and adventures. Lots of fun.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1994 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, Joss Ackland, James Remar, Mara Wilson, William Windom, Robert Prosky, Simon Jones, Jane Leeves, Katherine Narducci, Mary McCormack, Alvin Greenman, Allison Janney
A Manhattan department store manager, Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins), hires Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) to play Santa Claus for the Christmas season. He does a great job and soon claims that he is, in fact, the real Santa. When Kris is framed for an assault and threatened with being placed in an insane asylum, a lawyer Bryan Bedford (Dylan McDermott) comes to his defense. Meanwhile, Dorey's young daughter Susan (Mara Wilson) has her own doubts about Santa, but Kris changes her mind, and she convinces the judge that he also should believe that legally, at least, Santa Claus is real. After winning the case, Bryan asks Dorey to marry him, and Susan gets her Christmas wish and something to believe in.
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
aka: The Meaning of Life
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe, Andrew MacLachlan, Mark Holmes, Valerie Whittington, Jennifer Franks, Imogen Bickfor-Smith
Monty Python's Flying Circus dishes out a series of satires on facets of life. The film opens with the episode "Every Sperm is Sacred" that sets the tone for the film, and the following skits range from such subjects as birth, death, sex, and war in their own unique and hilarious way.
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Privates on Parade 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Blakemore
Cast: John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick, Nicola Pagett, Bruce Payne, Joe Melia, David Bamber, Simon Jones, Patrick Pearson, Neil Pearson
An army entertainment group (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) dodges bullets and unwanted lovers as its members entertain the troops.
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Twelve Monkeys 1995 R, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: 12 Monkeys
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, David Morse, Jon Seda, Joseph Melito, Simon Jones, Bill Raymond
The title of this film refers to a riddle, and a 21st-century prisoner (Bruce Willis) must solve it when he is sent back in time to 1996 to find a virus, named "Army of the 12 Monkeys," that now threatens human life in 2035. Brad Pitt received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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| 1. American Friends (1991)
2. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
3. The Devil's Own (1997)
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
6. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
aka: The Meaning of Life
7. Privates on Parade (1982)
8. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
aka: 12 Monkeys
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