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Classic mystery series starring Peter Falk as Detective Columbo, a genius detective working in Los Angeles investigating murders and crimes through different walks of life. and different sections of society The feature length episodes look at a single mystery as Columbo uses his bizarre yet effective genius to find those responsible. and bring them to justice. Columbo is a solitary and odd detective with a unqiue style about him which makes him well suited to his job as he can see what others cannot. - Director:
- Peter Falk
- Cast:
- Peter Falk, Majel Barrett, Shaaron Claridge
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All 6 episodes of the classic British sitcom written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth. The show follows hotel manager Basil Fawlty (Cleese) as he runs the Torquay hotel 'Fawlty Towers' with the help of his wife Sibyl (Prunella Scales), chambermaid Polly (Booth) and Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs). - Director:
- John Howard-Davies
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- John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs
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All 6 episodes of the classic British sitcom written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth. The show follows hotel manager Basil Fawlty (Cleese) as he runs the Torquay hotel 'Fawlty Towers' with the help of his wife Sibyl (Prunella Scales), chambermaid Polly (Booth) and Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs). - Director:
- Bob Spiers
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- John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs
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British Sounds / A Film Like Any Other (1970)See You at Mao / Un film comme les autres
A Film Like Any Other (1968)
An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968 made in the immediate wake of the workers' and students' protests. The picture consists of two parts, each with with identical image tracks, and differing narration.
British Sounds (1970)An examination of the daily routine at a British auto factory assembly line, set against class-conflict and The Communist Manifesto. - Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
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The collected legendary cult TV series starring Patrick McGoohan. 'The Prisoner' centres on a British Intelligence agent (Patrick McGoohan) who is kidnapped from his London home and taken to a strange island village, where he's subjected to a brainwashing programme by an unseen foe. His new identity as 'Number Six' is confusing at first, giving way to anger and frustration along with a great desire to get away. Various agents of the mysterious regime that run this island, invariably called 'Number Two' seem intent on finding out why he resigned his covert post in the intelligence service. Number Six gamely attempts to resist the brainwashing of the omnipresent yet unseen 'Number One' whose voice booms at him from every corner of the village and whose eye appears to see all. Number Six's futile attempts at escape only intensify the sensory barrage (including hypnosis, hallucinogenic drug experiences, identity theft, mind control and dream manipulation) of Number One. The series was filmed on location in the rather spooky grounds of Clough Williams-Ellis' Italianate Hotel Portmeirion in North Wales. - Director:
- Don Chaffey
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- Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick
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Experience the excitement and the terror felt by movie-going audiences when R.K.O. released the original monster classic. Behold the discovery of the giant ape King Kong on Skull Island, his terrifying battle against the prehistoric creatures that live there, and his brutal murder of the ship's sailors that follow him. See King Kong's voyage to New York and his fatal attraction to the beautiful Fay Wray, leading to death and destruction as Kong pursues her through New York City. Witness the awe-inspiring finale as Kong ascends the Empire State Building, only to be shot down by fighter pilots in a breathtaking display of 1930's aerial photography. - Director:
- Merian C. Cooper
- Cast:
- Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
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At the height of the Chinese civil Megan Davis Megan Davis, an American missionary, travelled to Shanghai to marry her childhood sweetheart. Separated during a raid, Megan is taken prisoner by the local warlord, General Yen (Nils Asther), who, intrigued by her innocence and strength, spirits her away to his summer palace. Initially repulsed by her captor's barbaric behaviour, Megan soon realises that beneath Yen's ruthless demeanor lies the soul of a poet and philosopher. And as war rages around them, these two strangers find themselves hopelessly entangled in a dangerous web of desire, betrayal and unattainable love. - Director:
- Frank Capra
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- Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori
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An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events unfiold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York city, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment their lives are turned upside down, until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable experience. - Director:
- Alejandro Monteverde
- Cast:
- Eduardo Verástegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez
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L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a blackmail case...and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. But Raymond Chandler's legendary gumshoe solves it in hard-boiled style - and style is what 'The Big Sleep' is all about. - Director:
- Howard Hawks
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- Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
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Brian Friel's 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!' is one of the great pieces of modern Irish drama, and cemented Friel's reputation as the greatest living Irish playwright. A young man, Gar O'Donnell debates with his on-screen alter-ego whether or not he should leave the depressing environment of his home town and migrate to stay with his aunt in Philadelphia. Through Gar, the audience is taken on an emotional roller-coaster, as he ruminates on what he is leaving behind - his family, his friends, his first love, and we discover the seemingly stagnant reasons for leaving Ireland are the reasons he cannot bear to leave. Donal McCann delivers a truly great performance as Public Gar, the repressed antagonist who is manifested openly on screen by his extroverted alter-ego Private Gar played by Des Cave. With a great supporting cast including Siobhan McKenna, 'Philadelphia, Here I Come!' is a compelling essay on Ireland and it's emigre history, Ireland's relationship with America and what it means to be Irish. It is also a heart-breaking fable about growing up and making tough decisions, about fading dreams and lost loves. - Director:
- John Quested
- Cast:
- Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna
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As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy, a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans. The film is an intimate portrait of New Orleans in the wake of the destruction, and tells the heartbreaking personal stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal and survived to tell the tale of misery, despair and triumph. - Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- Darleen Asevedo, Jay Asevedo, Shelton 'Shakespeare' Alexander
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Children of Paradise (1945)Les Enfants Du Paradis
Set amidst the glittering theatre world of 19th century Paris, the story revoles around the beautiful and free-spirted courtesan, Garanace, and the four men who compete for her affections; a mime-artist, an actor, an aristocrat and a criminal. As the melodrama unfolds, we are treated to one of cinema's greatest love stories, a captivating tale of passion, deception and murder. - Director:
- Marcel Carné
- Cast:
- Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
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'Dirty Pretty Things' stars Audrey Tautou in a harrowing tale of struggle and survival for two immigrants who learn that everything is for sale in London's secret underworld. Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe mad Turkish chambermaid Senay toil at a west London hotel that teems with illegal activity. Then late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all-they know! - Director:
- Stephen Frears
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- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo
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David Summer (Dustin Hoffman) is a quiet American mathematician who has moved with his wife Amy (Susan George) back to a remote Cornish farmhouse near the village where she grew up. The couple have relocated to rural England in an attempt to flee the violence of America but their placid life is brutally interrupted when the savagery and violence they sought to escape engulfs them and threatens to destroy their lives. - Director:
- Sam Peckinpah
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- Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
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Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (1945)Ladies of the Park
When Helene (Maria Casares) discovers her love for Jean (Paul Bernard) has become unrequited, she carefully hatches her revenge by willingly inflaming a relationship between Jean and dancer Agnes (Elina Labourdette). However, Jean is unaware of certain aspects of Agnes' life which Helene hopes will ruin his reputation as their passions for each other grows. - Director:
- Robert Bresson
- Cast:
- Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette
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