Anne of the Thousand Days 1969  PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Peter Jeffrey, Katherine Blake, Joseph O'Conor, Vernon Dobtcheff
Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold), married to Henry VIII (Richard Burton), becomes the victim when divorce is not granted by the Pope. Henry solves the problem by ordering Anne's execution, withdrawing from the Roman Catholic Church, and forming the Church of England. The film had nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actor (Anthony Quinn), and won for Best Costume Design.
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The Assassination Bureau 1969  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Assassination Bureau Limited
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curt Jurgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annabella Incontrera, Jess Conrad, George Coulouris
Based on a Jack London story, this film is set on the eve of World War I and involves a journalist (Diana Rigg) who offers money to the head of the Assassination Bureau (Oliver Reed) to target himself as the next victim.
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Before Sunset 2004 R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig, Diabolo, Albert Delpy, Marie Pillet, Denis Evrard
In this sequel to Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (1995), nine years have passed since Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) separated at a Vienna train station after spending one memorable evening together. Now, Jesse is in Paris promoting his new novel that happens to be written about that special evening with Celine. They experience a chance meeting at the bookstore, slip off for one hour, and the feelings come rushing back. A Best Writing Academy Award nomination was received.
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The Body 2001  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonas McCord
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, John Wood, Makram Khoury, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ian McNeice, Mohammed Bakri, Lillian Lux, Yoav Dekelbaum
When an Israeli archeologist (Olivia Williams) finds a crucified body from the First Century A.D., the Vatican sends a New Testament researcher (Antonio Banderas) to Jerusalem to investigate. Could it be the body of Christ? Tensions mount, and trouble spreads in the aftermath.
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The Canterbury Tales 1972 NC-17, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Franco Citti, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, J.P. Van Dyne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Adrian Street, O.T., Derek Deadman, George Bethell Datch, Nicolas Smith, Dan Thomas
Following "The Decameron" (1971), Pier Paolo Pasolini is back with his second bawdy classic. Several of Chaucer's tales, including those of the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Cook, the Merchant, the Miller, the Summoner, and the Reeve are told with both humor and drama. The stories reveal 14th-Century English culture–including sexual, social, and political life.
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A Dandy in Aspic 1968  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow, Lionel Stander, Harry Andrews, Peter Cook, Per Oscarsson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Barbara Murray, Norman Bird
British double agent Alexander Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) is dedicated to his espionage world, but he finds love and support from Caroline (Mia Farrow).
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Darling Lili 1970 G, 139 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Michael Witney, Lance Percival, Jacques Marin, Andre Maranne, Niall MacGinnis, Vernon Dobtcheff, Gloria Paul, Bernard Kay, Doreen Keogh, Carl Duering, Laurie Main, Louis Mercier
This story about World War I espionage features Julie Andrews in the role of Lili. Posing as a British music hall singer, Lili is really a German spy whose assignment is to uncover enemy plans. Her mission is jeopardized when she falls in love with handsome American pilot, Major William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), and, as a result, she puts both of their lives in danger when William realizes her secret but does not tell the authorities.
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The Day of the Jackal 1973   PG, 144 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair, Tony Britton, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, David(2) Swift, Denis Carey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Lonsdale, Olga Georges-Picot, Derek Jacobi, Raymond Gerome
Conspiring French generals hire the Jackal (Edward Fox) to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) in the early 1960s. The French Security Force is suspicious when the French generals who hired the Jackal have gone into hiding. They kidnap the generals' errand boy, and when questioned he reveals the assassins name. The Security Force hires ace detective Lebel (Michel Lonsdale) to track down the Jackal before he kills DeGaulle. The Jackal now assumes a new identity that will make it even more difficult for Lebel to catch him before he completes the assassination. And the mystery deepens.
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Deja Vu 1997 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Victoria Foyt, Vanessa Redgrave, Glynis Barber, Michael Brandon, Vernon Dobtcheff, Graydon Gould, Noel Harrison, Aviva Marks, Anna Massey
When Sean (Stephen Dillane) and Dana (Victoria Foyt) meet, they fall in love instantly. But, neither one is available, and, to make matters worse, Dana learns that Sean and his wife are vacationing at the same guest house she will be visiting with her fiance.
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The Destructors 1974 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Eric Styles
Cast: Samantha Morton, Lee Ross, Rupert Graves, Miriam Margolyes, Frank Finlay, Nicholas Woodeson, Lauren Richardson, Felix Billson, Holly Aird, Vernon Dobtcheff
Eva (Samantha Morton) is about to marry Harry (Lee Ross) and settle into the secure life as a farmer's wife. But when her distant cousin, Joseph Lee (Rupert Graves) arrives for the wedding, Joseph appears to be everything Harry is not. Eve envisions a life of passion with Joseph Lees that she knows will never be experienced with Harry. Which path will Eva take? Will she pursue the dream of Joseph or settle for the conventional Harry?
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The Empire of the Wolves 2005  R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Chris Nahon
Cast: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin, Laura Morante, Philippe Bas, David Kammenos, Didier Sauvegrain, Patrick Floersheim, Vernon Dobtcheff, Albert Dray, Elodie Navarre, Philippe Du Janerand
Jean-Louis (Jean Reno) is called out of retirement and teamed with a rookie police officer (Jocelyn Quivrin) to investigate murders in the Turkish district of Paris. Meanwhile, Anna (Arly Jover) has recurring dreams of horrible murders and has developed amnesia as well. Upon going to the doctor, Anna learns that she had undergone extensive plastic surgery. Does she hold the key to the murder investigation?
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The First Circle 1991 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sheldon Larry
Cast: Robert Powell, Victor Garber, Dominic Raacke, Gunther Maria Halmer, F. Murray Abraham, Raf Vallone, Vernon Dobtcheff, Daniel Emilfork, Christopher Plummer, Laurent Malet, Alexandra Stewart, Corinne Touzet
This made-for-TV drama is based on an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn novel that is set in the "First Circle of the Gulag" during the Stalin era in Russia. It is here that scientists and engineers were forced to conduct military and scientific research, and the story follows these efforts through the eyes of one of the participants.
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Fortunes of War 1987 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cellan Jones
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Rupert Graves, Robert Stephens, Ronald Pickup, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ronald Fraser, Greg Hicks, Alan Bennett, James Villiers, Harry Burton, Michael Cochrane
Professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) and wife Harriett (Emma Thompson) travel to Romania to teach. While there, World War II starts, and the audience follows the couple across Europe as people cope with the horrors of war. A good made-for-TV film.
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 Frankenstein 1992 TV, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
Director: David Wickes
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills, Lambert Wilson, Fiona Gillies, Timothy Stark, Jacinta Mulcahy, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Vernon Dobtcheff, John Scarborough, Roger Bizley, Michael Gothard, Marcus Eyre, Jon Laurimore, Amanda Quaid
Patrick Bergin plays Dr. Victor Frankenstein, creator of the "monster" (Randy Quaid) that develops a rage against Frankenstein and kills Frankenstein's bride, Elizabeth (Fiona Gillies). Frankenstein chases his monster to the Arctic and then discovers that he has both a physical and psychic link to the monster when he learns that if the monster is wounded, Frankenstein also suffers.
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 Hamlet 1990 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, John McEnery, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pete Postlethwaite, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney, Trevor Peacock, Christien Anholt
Hamlet (Mel Gibson), the Prince of Denmark, finds his life changing after his father's murder. Soon after Hamlet's father dies, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alan Bates). When his father's ghost (Paul Schofield) appears, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him and orders Hamlet to avenge his murder. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and the death toll rises. Victims include Claudius, Hamlet's friends and family, and even Hamlet. A very good remake of the Shakespeare classic.
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The Horsemen 1971 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, David de Keyser, Peter Jeffrey, Mohammad Shamsi, Eric Pohlmann, George Murcell, Saeed Jaffrey, Vernon Dobtcheff
An Afghani tribesman, Uraz (Omar Sharif), is physically disabled but strives to regain his macho image through horsemanship.
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 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Michael Byrne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Paul Maxwell, Kevork Malikyan, Alex Hyde-White, Richard Young, Alexei Sayle
In this third installment in the "Indiana Jones" series, the quest for the Holy Grail sends Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his father (Sean Connery) on an adventure in search of the Holy Grail–an artifact that is rumored to give eternal life to its owner. A problem lies in their way in the form of Elsa (Alison Doody) who just happens to be a Nazi spy with her own agenda for the Holy Grail.
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M. Butterfly 1993 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon, Shizuko Hoshi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tristram Jellinek, Richard McMillan, David Hemblen, David Neal, Damir Andrei, Antony Parr, Margaret Ma, Philip McGough
While impersonating a woman, Song Liling (John Lone) is an opera singer who manages to have an 18-year love affair with French Embassy accountant Rene Gallimard (Jeremy Irons). When Gallimard is promoted to vice consul, Song spies on him for the Communists. Finally, Gallimard sees Song nude and flees from the relationship. Later, Gallimard is arrested and put on trial for treason, and the affair with Song is revealed while Gallimard maintains that he had no idea of the ruse.
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March or Die 1977 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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 Mata Hari 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown, Gottfried John, William Fox, Michael Anthony, Vernon Dobtcheff, Anthony Newlands, Brian Badcoe, Tutte Lemkow, Nicholas Selby
Exotic dancer/World War I spy Mata Hari (Sylvia Kristel) obtains information from French officers and passes it along to the German Secret Service.
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Nijinsky 1980 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Alan Bates, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, Jeremy Irons, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Janet Suzman
This is a good film biography of the brilliant, early 20th-century ballet star, Vaslav Nijinsky (George De La Pena), and his involvement in a homosexual affair with the Ballet Russe's manager, Sergei Diaghilev (Alan Bates).
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The Ogre 1996 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sagebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser, Agnes Soral, Sasha Hanau, Vernon Dobtcheff
An introverted, almost-childlike Abel Tiffauges (John Malkovich) was a French soldier captured during World War II and sent to a POW camp. From there he serves in a Nazi training camp where his "vocation" is kidnapping young boys for training in the camp.
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 The Order 2001 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlton Heston, Ben Cross, Sofia Milos, Brian Thompson, Vernon Dobtcheff, David Leitch, Sasson Gabai, Alon Abutbul, Joey Tomaska
Ex-thief Rudy (Jean-Claude Van Damme) once smuggled rare museum pieces, but he is now one of the good guys and is on his way to Jerusalem to retrieve a priceless ancient scroll that holds to key to Middle East peace (or war). He also intends to rescue his kidnapped father. Lots of martial-arts action.
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Revelation 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Terence Stamp, James D'Arcy, Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Liam Cunningham, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Ron Moody, Heathcote Williams, Charlotte Weston, Vernon Dobtcheff, Manuel Cauchi, Alan Talbot, Pip Torrens, Diran Meghreblian
Dating from the time of Jesus Christ, a box called "Loculus" was fought over for centuries. Originally, there were two images on its panels, but through history more were added. Many tried to unlock the secret of the box throughout the years, but without success. After missing for hundreds of years, it has surfaced, and the battle is on to get it and again attempt to unlock its secrets. But, the demonic protector of the box (Udo Kier) unleashes his fury on anyone attempting to get the Loculus.
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 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curt Jurgens, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Caroline Munro, Walter Gotell, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker, Michael Billington, Vernon Dobtcheff, Olga Bisera, Edward de Souza
Curt Jurgens stars as evil industrialist Karl Stromberg who wants to control an undersea kingdom. In order to accomplish his goal, Stromberg tries to manipulate both the Soviet and American submarine fleets. Not to worry, James Bond, Agent 007 (Roger Moore), teams up with sexy Russian agent Major Anya Amasova(Barbara Bach), and, together, they come to the rescue.
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St. Ives 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Hook
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton, Cecile Pallas, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs, Barney Craig, Desmond Barrit, Vernon Dobtcheff, Patrice Melennec, Adrian Scarborough, Chris McHallem, Enda Oates
During the Napoleonic Wars, French Captain Jacques St. Ives (Jean-Marc Barr) is captured and sent to a POW camp in Scotland. The action begins after he meets a local woman, Flora (Anna Friel), the daughter of her protective mother Susan (Miranda Richardson) and is befriended by the commander of the camp, Major Farquhar Chevening (Richard E. Grant). Loosely based on an unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel, his last.
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The Taming of the Shrew 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Hordern, Michael York, Alfred Lynch, Cyril Cusack, Natasha Pyne, Victor Spinetti, Alan Webb
Petruchio (Richard Burton) marries the wealthy, mean Katharina (Elizabeth Taylor) and has his work cut out for him in this well-executed Shakespearean tale.
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Venice/Venice 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Nelly Alard, Henry Jaglom, Melissa Leo, Suzanne Bertish, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, Vernon Dobtcheff, Zack Norman, Diane Salinger, John Landis
Dean (Henry Jaglom) is an American filmmaker who goes to the Venice Film Festival. While there, he falls in love with French journalist Jeanne (Nelly Alard), and their romance continues back home in Venice, California. This story presents an interesting contrast between love in the make-believe world of the movies and the more realistic love in true life.
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| 1. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2. The Assassination Bureau (1969)
aka: The Assassination Bureau Limited
3. Before Sunset (2004)
4. The Body (2001)
5. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
6. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
7. Darling Lili (1970)
8. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
9. Deja Vu (1997)
10. The Destructors (1974)
aka: The Marseille Contract
11. Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
12. The Empire of the Wolves (2005)
13. The First Circle (1991)
14. Fortunes of War (1987)
15. Frankenstein (1992)
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
16. Hamlet (1990)
17. The Horsemen (1971)
18. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
19. M. Butterfly (1993)
20. March or Die (1977)
21. Mata Hari (1985)
22. Nijinsky (1980)
23. The Ogre (1996)
24. The Order (2001)
25. Revelation (2001)
26. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
27. St. Ives (1998)
28. The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
29. Venice/Venice (1992)
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