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Stalky and Co. (1982)Stalky & Co.
To survive in this school, throw away the rulebook. Behind the doors of Study No. 5 in Mr. Prout's (John Sterland)'s house, you will find a typical group of private schoolboys. You'll also find revenge, hatred, violence and passion. A stunning adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, this series follows a group of boys in an unnamed school known as the 'Coll'. Meet Stalky (Robert Addie), the charming but ruthless leader of the pack, M'Turk (Robert Burbage), a comic John Ruskin devotee, and Beetle (David Parfitt), the literary brains of the group widely known to be based on Kipling himself. The boys are determined to make their mark on the world, defend the honour of their house and leave the school as men of valour and achievement. - Director:
- Rodney Bennett
- Cast:
- Robert Addie, David Parfitt, Robert Burbage
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8½ (1963)Otto e mezzo / Eight and a Half
Marcello Mastroianni is (Fellini's alter ego) Guido, a successful filmmaker who, embarking on his next film, discovers he has a complete "director's block": he has no story to tell! Harassed by his producers, his mistress (Sandra Milo) and his wife (Anouk Aimee), while struggling to find the inspiration for his film, he increasingly retreats in dreamy recollections of his life and lovers, until fantasy, memories and reality merge in the director's mind - and on screen, in an astonishing, masterful spectacle, culminating in an electrifying triumph of optimism. As Guido-Federico says at the end of 8 1/2: "Life is a party, let's live it together!" - Director:
- Federico Fellini
- Cast:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale
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It Happened to Jane (1959)La indómita y el millonario
In this classic romantic comedy, Jane Osgood (Doris Day), a single mum with two children, is in the live lobster business. But when her first big order for the Marshall Town Country Club turns up dead through no fault of her own, it kills her chances for a successful season. Discovering budget cuts at the railroad are to blame, she turns to George Denham (Jack Lemmon), her longtime admirer and an attorney, to seek compensation from the railroad's tyrannical owner, Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs). Jane wins in her local courthouse, but Malone agrees to pay only for the lobsters, not damages. She refuses his offer on principle and the battle is on. The press has a field day with this modern-day David and Goliath story. And the whole country turns to Cape Anne, Maine, to watch as one woman stands up to "the meanest man in the world." It could happen to anyone but... - Director:
- Richard Quine
- Cast:
- Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
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New Year's Concert: 2018: Vienna Philharmonic (Riccardo Muti) (2018)Neujahrskonzert 2018
Coverage of the Wiener Philharmoniker's 2018 New Year's Concert featuring Riccardo Muti on the conductor's podium. This year's concert features works by Johann Strauss, Franz von Suppé and Alphons Czibulka.
Tracklisting:
- Johann Strauss IIThe Gypsy Baron: Entrance March
- Josef Strauss
Viennese Frescoes op. 249
- Johann Strauss II
Bridal Parade op. 417
Light of Heart op. 319
- Johann Strauss I
Maria Waltz op. 212
Wilhelm Tell Galopp op. 29b
- Franz von Suppé
Boccaccio: Ouverture
- Johann Strauss II
Myrtle Blossoms op. 395
- Alfons Czibulka
Stephanie-Gavotte op. 312
- Johann Strauss II
Magic Bullets op. 326
Tales from the Vienna op. 325
Festival March op. 452
Town and Country op. 322
A Masked Ball op. 272
Roses from the South op. 388
- Josef Strauss
Letter to the Editor op. 240
Bis
- Johann Strauss II
Thunder and Lightning op. 324
New Year's Address
The Blue Danube op. 314
- Johann Strauss I
Radetzky March op. 228- Director:
- Henning Kasten
- Cast:
- Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmony
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Clarissa (1991)Samuel Richardson's Clarissa - History of a Young Lady
Sean Bean plays Lovelace, a handsome young rake with one ruthless ambition: to seduce - and thus destroy - the beautiful young virgin Clarissa Harlowe (Saskia Wickham), a wealthy heiress famed for her virtue. As Clarissa is forced by her scheming family into the predatory Lovelace's arms, it seems that his strategy is certain to succeed. But Lovelace has failed to reckon with both Clarissa's strength of character and his one fatal weakness: his own heart. For the first time in his life, he is shocked to find himself genuinely infatuated by his prey - a failing that drives him to new heights of decadence and sows the seeds of his own destruction. - Director:
- Robert Bierman
- Cast:
- Saskia Wickham, Lynsey Baxter, Hermione Norris
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Ben White (Bill Paterson) is so fed up with the sleaze and corruption in British politics, he quits his prestigious job as a TV foreign correspondent to stand as an independent candidate. During the General Election he trounces the disreputable Conservative MP Paul Madison (Robert Duncan) and his outspoken wife, Victoria (Celia Imrie). But can he handle media intrusion, parliamentary skulduggery and an illicit romance at Westminster? When he attempts to pass a new law to curb press freedom Ben swiftly finds himself the target of press harassment by a tabloid reporter Pam 'The Ferret' (Dervla Kirwan), writer for The Comet. And, after reuniting with MP Helen Nash (Samantha Bond), who happens to be an old and married flame, Ben finds both his personal and political lives exposed to public scrutiny. Can he survive the scandal? - Director:
- Guy Jenkin
- Cast:
- Bill Paterson, Josephine Butler, John Bowler
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One of the BBC's most popular drama series of the 1970s, The Brothers followed the lives of the Hammond family and their successful road haulage company. The first series of The Brothers begins with a family in mourning-cruelly torn apart by secrets, lies and betrayals. Led by their domineering mother, Mary Hammond (Jean Anderson), the Hammond brothers Edward (Glyn Owen), Brian (Richard Easton) and David (Robin Chadwick) return home for the reading of their father's will - only to learn that Robert's young secretary Jennifer Kingsley (Jennifer Wilson) has also been invited. Edward expects to inherit the family business: after all Brian, married to the scheming Anne (Hilary Tindall), is a well-paid accountant and David is a disinterested playboy with a glamorous girlfriend, Jill (Gabrielle Drake). But Edward is shocked to discover that not only does his father's will demand each brother owns twenty fiver per cent of the company, but the last quarter goes to Jennifer... Forced into alliances that no one wants, the three brothers and Jennifer must find a way to work together, whilst Mary wonders how many other skeletons are going to come tumbling out of the closet to destroy the family.... - Director:
- Philip Dudley
- Cast:
- Jean Anderson, Glyn Owen, Richard Easton
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Emergency Call (1952)The Hundred Hour Hunt
A medical thriller about a police inspectors frantic search for a donor with a rare blood type willing to save a young girls life. The hospital's chief surgeon Dr. Carter (Anthony Steel), aided by Scotland Yard's Inspector Lane (Jack Warner), launch a nationwide hunt to save the leukaemia sufferer's life. - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cast:
- Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton
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The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)Das Mädchen und der Mörder - Die Ermordung Trotzkis
Mexico City, 1940. Communist parades are celebrating May day. In a hotel room near Zocalo Square there are two people who are destined to play a major part in the events leading to the assassination of Leon Trotsky, the ageing idealist and 'dedicated Marxist and atheis' banished from Russia by Josef Stalin who has been given sanctuary by the Mexican Government - Frank Jacson, travelling on a Canadian passport, who claims to be a Belgian in Mexico avoiding national service, and Gita Samuels, a one-time translator. Jacson shows no outward signs of being interested in politics but is pathologically opposed to Trotsky and is involved with those who wish to silence him. In a suburb if Coyaocan, Trotsky and his wife live in a heavily protected villa. On the evening of May 23, a group of militant Stalinists invade the villa and fire machine guns at Trotsky's bed. Trotsky and his wife escape unharmed but now the job of disposing of Trotsky is left to Jacson and heraeeds the assistance of Gita to gain access to his target. But Gita, a supporter of Trotsky becoming suspicious... - Director:
- Joseph Losey
- Cast:
- Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
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Shooting Fish (1997)The Entrepreneurs
In their mid-twenties, Dylan (Dan Futterman) and Jez (Stuart Townsend) are two orphans who are over qualified and under employed. Dylan is a fast talking Yank. Jez is a tongue-tied technical genius with a bad haircut. Tired of the "rich get richer" syndrome, they decide to exploit it. Their aim is to make a million pounds each and London is their oyster. They use every coupon, enter every free prize draw, and scam anyone who can afford it. But into their lives comes Georgie (Kate Beckinsale) who has her own mission, just as driving, just as inventive, but far more altruistic. She needs money - a lot of money...and in Jez and Dylan she's struck gold! - Director:
- Stefan Schwartz
- Cast:
- Dan Futterman, Peter O'Sullevan, Stuart Townsend
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Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this captivating adaptation of Henry Williamson's famous novel is widely regarded as one of the greatest nature-themed films of all time. Only after rejecting several offers from Walt Disney did Williamson find a trusted director in British wildlife filmmaker David Cobham, and 'Tarka the Otter' was released to huge acclaim in 1979. Following the adventures of a male otter as he matures, plays, learns to fend for himself, has pups of his own, hunts and is in turn hunted, the film presents a playful, sometimes poignant but un-sentimentalised portrayal of the natural world and man's often cruel interventions within it. - Director:
- David Cobham
- Cast:
- Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown
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A tragicomedy where everyone is caught up in loving someone who already loves somebody else. One summer, aristocratic actress Irina (Annette Bening) takes her lover, the successful novelist Boris Trigorin (Corey Stoll), to her lakeside retreat. Nina (Saoirse Ronan), a naive girl who lives on a neighbouring estate, falls in love with the older Boris, who basks in her adulation. Meanwhile, Masha (Elisabeth Moss) is obsessed with Irina's son Konstantin (Billy Howie), who loves Nina. - Director:
- Michael Mayer
- Cast:
- Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Glenn Fleshler
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Impoverished British bank clerk, John Ross (Jack Watling) is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James (Pat Kirkwood). Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart (Sydney Tafler). By the time Ross realises that his former fiancee Vera Lamb (Joy Shelton) was the right girl all along, it's a shade too late. The magnificent Thora Hird steals the show in 'Once a Sinner' as the fickle Irene's slatternly mother. - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
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- Patricia Kirkwood, Jack Watling, Joy Shelton
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The winning actor brilliantly portrayed a complex man with complex emotions. His exciting performance was all at once compelling, stunning and magical. Michael Sheen won the 2006 Royal Television Society best actor award for his heart-breaking portrayal of Kenneth Williams, a consummate entertainer who was loved by everyone but himself. From the intimacy of his diaries and other sources, Martyn Hesford's Fantabulosa! creates a portrait of a fastidious performer who hankered after recognition, adulation and companionship throughout his career. Yet although he could create a thousand voices and characters, he was unable to live comfortably within his own skin. - Director:
- Andy De Emmony
- Cast:
- Michael Sheen, Cheryl Campbell, Peter Wight
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Leviathan (2014)Leviafan
The new film from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the visionary director of "The Return" and "The Banishment", tells the tragic tale of Kolya, who employs a lawyer friend to help fight his case for ownership of the land on which he and his family live when the nefarious town mayor attempts to seize it. But standing up against such men begins a whirlwind of dire consequences, infusing every area of Kolyas life and all he holds dear. A visually arresting epic which takes an unflinchingly direct look at modern day Russia and the corruption that seethes in even its quietest corners, "Leviathan" will not only open your eyes but also stay in your mind for years to come. - Director:
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast:
- Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov
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