Life of Brian 1979  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Monty Python's Life of Brian
Director: Terry Jones
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Charles McKeown, Neil Innes, George Harrison, Terence Baylor, Kenneth Colley, John Young, Gwen Taylor, Sue Jones-Davies
Brian (Graham Chapman) was born the same time as Jesus Christ, and it is his misfortune that three wise men mistake him for the Savior. Although Brian does try, but fails, to convince the Romans that he is not the Messiah, he finds himself being chased either by the adoring believers or government officials and spends most of his time running from them. The Monty Python gang (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) take on multiple roles in this comedy.
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Solomon and Gaenor 1999 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paul Morrison
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, William Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Bethan Ellis Own, Adam Jenkins, Cyril Shaps
Set in Wales during 1911, this is the story of an illicit romance involving a young Jew, Solomon (Ioan Gruffudd), and a Protestant, Gaenor (Nia Roberts), whose affair leads to pregnancy. At a time when anti-Jewish riots were commonplace, this mixed-ethnic pairing leads to nothing but problems. This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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The Theory of Flight 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird, Ray Stevenson, Sue Jones-Davies, Nia Roberts, Jill James, Ruth Jones, Gwenyth Petty
While doing community service as his sentence for jumping from a London skyscraper (he is obsessed with flying), Richard is assigned to wheelchair-confined Jane (Helena Bonham Carter). Jane's degenerative motor-neuron disease makes speech difficult and, at first, the two do not get along. But, they are stuck with each other and soon form a bond. When Jane confides that she wants a meaningful sexual relationship before she dies, Richard helps find a mate.
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| 1. Life of Brian (1979)
aka: Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
3. The Theory of Flight (1998)
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