The Acid House 1998  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Arlene Cockburn, Kevin McKidd, Maurice Roeves, Stephen McCole, Garry Sweeney, Michelle Gomez, Gary McCormack, Tam Dean Burn, Billy McElhaney, Barbara Rafferty, Doug Eadie, Andrea McKenna
Based on three short stories by Irvine Welsh, these tales about drugs and other abuses include: "The Granton Star Cause" about a man's worst day on Earth, "A Soft Touch" involving the tale of a cheating wife, and "The Acid House" capping off the other two with its plot of a drug experiment in which the user swaps places with the unborn baby of very wealthy parents.
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Local Hero 1983  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, Norman Chancer, Jenny Seagrove, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Christopher Rozycki, Jennifer Black, John M. Jackson, Tam Dean Burn, Kenny Ireland, Harlan Jordan
Mac and Felix (Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster) represent Knox Oil and Gas, a company whose officers want to buy out a quiet fishing village and turn it into an oil refinery. Most of the citizens want to take the money and run, BUT old Ben (Fulton Mackay) sees the error of their decisions and holds out. Very clever and fun.
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Miss Julie 1999 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tam Dean Burn, Heathcote Williams, Eileen Walsh, Sue Maund, Joanna Page, Andrea Ollson, Sara Li Gustafsson, Bill Ellis, Duncan MacAskill
Based on Swedish playwright August Strindberg's 1889 play, Mike Figgis' adaptation has Saffron Burrows in the role of Miss Julie who flirts and torments the servants. Peter Mullan takes on the role of Jean, the servant who plans to rise above his station using Miss Julie as part of his game plan. But, all is lost when Jean's lover, Christine (Maria Doyle Kennedy), catches on, and her jealousy leads to Miss Julie's ultimate destruction.
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| 1. The Acid House (1998)
2. Local Hero (1983)
3. Miss Julie (1999)
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