All the King's Men 1999 TV, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Jarrold Cast: David Jason, Maggie Smith, David Troughton, Ian McDiarmid, William Ash, Stuart Bunce, Sonya Walger, James(2) Murray, Phyllis Logan, Tom Burke, Ben Crompton, Emma Cunniffe
This BBC offering examines what really happened to the Royal British Army's Sandringham Company, which was made up entirely of servants and gardeners from King George V's Estate. The Company marched off to World War I in 1915 and was never seen again.
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Cheri 2009 R, 92 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomeltry, Anita Pallenberg, Harriet Walter, Iben Hjejle, Gaye Brown, Rollo Weeks, Joe Sheridan, Tom Burke
In Paris during the early 20th century, Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer) is retiring from her life as a seductress when she begins a six-year, on-again-off-again love affair with Cheri (Rupert Friend) who happens to be the immature son of her former rival, Madame Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates). Along the way, Charlotte steps in and plots to separate Lea and Cheri by arranging a match between Cheri and 18-year-old Edmee (Felicity Jones).
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning 2000 PG, 85 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Doug Lefler Cast: Christopher Masterson, Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey, Henry O, Tom Burke, Ken Shorter, John Woodnutt, Lubomir Misak, Karin Hayduova, Peter Hric
Young stableboy Geoffrey (Christopher Masterson) checks out the cellar and, low and behold, comes face to face with dragon Drake (voice of Robby Benson). Drake and Geoffrey bond, and by story's end, save the kingdom.
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The Libertine 2004 N/R, 130 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Dunmore Cast: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Johnny Vegas, Tom Hollander, Tom Burke, Rupert Friend, Jack Davenport, Trudi Jackson, Stanley Townsend, Francesca Annis
The second Earl of Rochester, playwright John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), lived life to the fullest in 17th-century England–until his scandalous ways led him to an early grave–with critical acclaim arriving only posthumously.
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| 1. All the King's Men (1999)
2. Cheri (2009)
3. Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
4. The Libertine (2004)
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