awwatchedthese's - Rented List
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In the Bedroom (2001)Crimen imperdonable
Summer time on the coast of Maine. In The Bedroom centres on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson) is a doctor practising in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler (Sissy Spacek), a choral music teacher. Their only child, Frank (Nick Stahl), has become involved in a love affair with a local single mother (Marisa Tomei). As the beauty of this brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy. - Director:
- Todd Field
- Cast:
- Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl
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The year is 1173. England and France are at war. As King Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor, is captured and imprisoned by the king himself, Richard and his brothers are forced to lead the fight against their own father in a heartless war. Supported by King, Louis of France, the three brothers face a journey wrought with traps and betrayal in their quest to seize their father's throne, freeing their mother and country from tyranny. Allegiances shift with each victory and defeat as the destinies of England and France sway in a balance. - Director:
- Stefano Milla
- Cast:
- Debbie Rochon, Mishael Lopes Cardozo, Greg Maness
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A haunting, sumptuous period thriller, 'The Miniaturist' tells the story of a house where, beneath the lavish beauty and privilege, lie forbidden passions and dangerous secrets. In 1686,18-year-old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor-Joy) travels to the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of affluent merchant, Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell). Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift; a cabinet house replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive Miniaturist (Emily Berrington), whose tiny creations mirror what is happening within the house in unexpected ways - seemingly predicting and unravelling the future with unsettling accuracy. As Nella begins to uncover the secrets of the cabinet house and those of the Brandt household she realises the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the Miniaturist hold their fate in her hands - and will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? - Director:
- Guillem Morales
- Cast:
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires
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All thirteen episodes from the first series of the gritty 1970's television police drama. John Thaw and Dennis Waterman star as Jack Regan and George Carter, two of the tough, uncompromising cops from Scotland Yard's Flying Squad. In this series, the team take on big-time bullion thieves, Regan gets accused of police harrassment, and a gang of crooks kidnap Regan's daughter to force the police away from a daring robbery. - Director:
- Terry Green
- Cast:
- John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan
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First introduced to fans in the hugely successful ITC series 'Department S', this is 'Jason King', brought vividly to life by Peter Wyngarde in a series of high-spirited adventures which turned him into a world-famous celebrity. Jason King is an author and bon vivant who savours life to the full, from good food to gorgeous girls. Wherever he goes in search of material for his books he encounters more stirring drama, deeper intrigue, more unexpected situations and more beautiful women than any one man has the right to experience! Coping with everything in his own elegant, flamboyant manner, anything can happen to him - and usually does! - Director:
- Cyril Frankel
- Cast:
- Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey
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Spring and Autumn: Series 1 (1973)Spring & Autumn
Not every widowed seventy-year-old is lucky enough to have a daughter willing to provide him with a home in his declining years, and not every daughter is unlucky enough to have a father as awkward, cantankerous and mischievous as Tommy Butler... Comedy veteran Jimmy Jewel stars as Tommy, a retired railway worker who goes to live with his long-suffering daughter Vera (June Barry) when his home is demolished. While his son-in-law Brian (Larry Martyn) hardly welcomes the new domestic arrangement, Tommy, having left all his old friends behind, feels particularly lost - until he strikes up an unlikely friendship with twelve-year-old tearaway Charlie Harris (Charlie Hawkins). This warm, touching sitcom was written by the hugely successful team of Vince Powell and Harry Driver, and originally ran from 1973 to 1977. This set includes the pilot play from 1972 alongside all six episodes from series one. - Director:
- Stuart Allen
- Cast:
- Jimmy Jewel, Charlie Hawkins, Gaye Brown
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The marriage of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) and Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen's (Stella Gonet)'s Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. 'Spencer' is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days. - Director:
- Pablo Larraín
- Cast:
- Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Nielen
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In 1943, two intelligence officers from the Royal Navy (Clifton Webb, Robert Flemyng) attempt to pull off the most daring espionage mission of the Second World War. The Allies are about to invade Sicily - but the Germans must be convinced that their real target is Greece. A briefcase containing plans for the fake invasion is attached to a body dressed as a British major and given an elaborate false identity. The 'man who never was' is then left at sea for the Germans to find. However, Nazi intelligence believes that the find may be just too good to be true - and a desperate cat-and-mouse game begins in the heart of war torn London... - Director:
- Ronald Neame
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame
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The Great Museum (2014)Das große Museum
This feature documentary portrays one of the most important museums in the world: Vienna's Museum of Art History or the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. It presents a unique look behind the scenes of this fascinating institution and encounters a number of charismatic protagonists and their working fields unfolding the museum's special world - as an art institution as well as a vehicle for stately representation. - Director:
- Johannes Holzhausen
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- Not Available
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"Citizenfour" is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald's encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name "Citizenfour", in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film. "Citizenfour" places you in the room with Poitras, MacAskill, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them. "Citizenfour" not only shows you the dangers of governmental surveillance - it makes you feel them. After seeing the film, you will never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again. - Director:
- Laura Poitras
- Cast:
- Edward Snowden, Robert Tibbo, Glenn Greenwald
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Doctor in Love (1960)Dr. H. - Der Blinddarmkiller
A raucous tale of two young doctors enthusiastically tackling the most common ailment known to man – the love bug! Right from the start it’s romance and laughter all the way with Dr Richard Hare (Michael Craig) and his partner Dr Tony Burke (Leslie Phillips) adapting to life at St. Swithin’s Hospital; a country practice and wonderfully entitled ‘Foulness Anti-Cold Research Clinic. In the process, they encounter sultry night nurses, two out of work strippers – Dawn & Leonora (Joan Sims & Liz Fraser) a flirtatious receptionist (Carole Lesley) and luscious Locum Dr Barrington (Virginia Maskell). Needless to say, heartbeats and pulse – rates rush skywards, as love becomes the prescribed tonic. Even the retired surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) gets involved and all in spite of a grumbling appendix. - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
- Cast:
- Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Leslie Phillips
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Myra Breckinridge (1970)Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge
One of the most notorious films ever made, 'Myra Breckinridge' caused an outcry on its release, prompting one reviewer to call it 'a pornographic remake of Charley's Aunt'. Since then this over-the-top comedy of excess has built a huge cult following. Based on the novel by Gore Vidal, the story follows Myron, who has a sex change, becomes Myra and travels to Hollywood to claim an inheritance, though her real mission is "the destruction of the American male in all its particulars". - Director:
- Michael Sarne
- Cast:
- Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch
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Laurel Canyon (2002)Лавровий каньйон
Laurel Canyon, a street that runs through the heart of the Hollywood Hills, has for decades been a sort of Greenwich Village of the West, home to many musicians, actors, artists and other bohemian types. Among its current residents is Jane (Frances McDormand), a veteran record producer, trying to come up with a hit single for a British band whose lead singer Ian (Alessandro Nivola) is her much younger lover. Jane's son Sam (Christian Bale) and his fianc Alex (Kate Beckinsale) are both recent graduates of Harvard medical school. Conservative and serious, the couple move to Los Angeles to complete their studies. Sam and Alex begrudgingly agree to stay at Jane's house until they can find an alternative place to live. Once in the house, however, Sam and Alex's tight control over their lives begins to unravel... - Director:
- Lisa Cholodenko
- Cast:
- Frances McDormand, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale
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Back to Burgundy (2017)Ce qui nous lie
Jean (Pio Marma'O left his family and his birthplace of Burgundy ten years ago to tour the world. Learning of his father's imminent death, he returns to his childhood home. There, he reunites with his sister Juliette (Ana Girardot), and his brother Jeremie (Francois Civil) when their father passes away just before the harvest begins. Over the course of a year, in sync with the rhythm of the seasons, the three young adults rediscover and reinvent their familial bonds, maturing and blossoming along with the wine they are making. - Director:
- Cédric Klapisch
- Cast:
- Pio Marmaï, Ana Girardot, François Civil
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Geoffrey Carter (Michael Gough) - a highly strung author suffering from writer's block - petulantly insists to his wife (Patricia Roc) that they flee their annoying neighbours and move somewhere more peaceful. They find a delightfully remote woodland cottage which the owner - a melancholic, widowed artist with a Larry Adler fixation - is happy to rent them at a pittance. All too soon they realise that something is not quite right with their landlord and, much to Geoffrey's horror, he realises that the plot of his new murder mystery is being played out for real... - Director:
- Maxwell Munden
- Cast:
- Ronald Howard, Patricia Roc, Michael Gough
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