Aria 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Nicola Swain, Jack Kayle, Buck Henry, Anita Morris, Beverly D'Angelo, Julie Hagerty, Genevieve Page, Bridget Fonda, Albie Selznick, Elizabeth Hurley, Peter Birch, Tilda Swinton, Sophie Ward
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy"), Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H"), Ken Russell ("Altered States") and seven other well-known directors each interpreted a different aria in this film about opera. Each of the 10 segments is unique.
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The Shell Seekers 1989  TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Sam Wanamaker, Denis Quilley, Sophie Ward, David Simeon, Irene Worth, Christopher Bowen, Andrew Keir, Michael Gough, Patricia Hodge
Penelope (Angela Lansbury) suffers a severe heart attack. During her recovery she comes to realize the mistakes she has made in her life and is determined to regain the happiness she knew in her younger days, especially on the beach. Excellent made-for-TV adaptaton of Rosamunde Pincher's best seller.
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 Wuthering Heights 1992  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Simon Shepherd, Jeremy Northam, Jason Riddington, Simon Ward, Robert Demeger, Dick Sullivan, Paul Geoffrey, John Woodvine, Jennifer Daniel, Janine Wood, Jonathan Firth
Emily Bronte's 18th-century story about star-crossed lovers is again brought to the screen. In this version of the romantic drama, Juliette Binoche plays Cathy, while Ralph Fiennes takes on the role of Heathcliff. As an orphan, Heathcliff was raised by the Earnshaw family, and when Hendley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam) takes over Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is forced to work in the stables. Meanwhile, Hendley's sister Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love, but Cathy opts for wealth over love and marries Edgar Linton (Simon Shepherd). Cathy dies in childbirth. Eighteen years later, Cathy's daughter Catherine (also played by Juliette Binoche) meets Heathclliff who forces her to marry his son Linton (Jonathan Firth) so that he will have avenged his enemies by controlling the estate. But, Cathy's ghost appears, Heathcliff dies, and, once again, even death cannot part those ill-fated lovers.
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Young Sherlock Holmes 1985  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock, Michael Hordern, Susan Fleetwood, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Earl Rhodes, Brian Oulton, Patrick Newell, Donald Eccles, Walter Sparrow, Vivienne Chandler
This film uses the premise that Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and Dr. John Watson (Alan Cox) met for the first time when they were young college students. Then the film explores what might have happened when those two characters first got together, updated with 1980s special effects and action, though different from the "old" Sherlock.
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| 1. Aria (1987)
2. The Shell Seekers (1989)
3. Wuthering Heights (1992)
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
4. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
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