Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter
A retired American professor (Burt Lancaster) lives a solitary and luxurious life in a house in Rome. His world takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to rent part of his house to a countess and her companions: a lover, a daughter and the daughter's boyfriend. Forced into interaction with the unruly younger group, the professor's growing fascination begins to stir the possibilities of a life he had previously kept at arm's length.
Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is a respected but less-than-perfect surveillance expert who is wracked with self-doubt and carrying a heavy conscience since his work led to the death of two of his subjects. So when he comes to believe that his latest assignment - eavesdropping on a pair of young lovers - may end in murder, Harry can no longer avoid confronting the moral consequences of his chosen profession.
When the Vice President of the United States suddenly dies, Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is chosen by the President (Jeff Bridges) to be the first woman to hold the office. The selection however meets with strong opposition from members of both parties, in particular a powerful political adversary Senator Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman) who orchestrates a dirty-tricks campaign, which dredges up the apparent sexual misgivings of her past. Her confirmation hearings set off a firestorm of controversy as shocking secrets from Hanson's past are revealed, threatening her personal life as well as her political future. Laine Hanson has what it takes to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now she must prove she has the stomach for what it takes to get the job.
Eddie Murphy is a king of comedy and in John Landis' - "Coming to America", Murphy is also the Prince of Comedy - a very wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion (Arsenio Hall), Murphy quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies - and lots of trouble. Keep an eye out for both Murphy and Hall in some unforgettable cameo roles!
The story of the rise and fall of one of America's most infamous outlaws. After a daring escape from jail John Dillinger (Warren Oates) recruits the likes of Baby-Face Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Steve Kanaly) to take on both the depression era banks and the G-men of the nascent FBI, becoming public enemy No. 1 and a veritable folk hero in the process.
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.
Robert Shaw, the British actor best known for his roles in' From Russia With Love', 'The Sting and Jaws', turned playwright to create 'The Man in The Glass Booth'. This brilliant drama inspired by the trial of Adolf Eichmann, is concerned with quilt, paranoia, conspiracy theories and martyrdom. Maximilian Schell plays Jewish New York tycoon Arthur Goldman. Living in deep rooted paranoia and on the edge of madness in his Manhattan penthouse, Goldman is captured by Israeli agents and put on trial for Nazi war crimes, alleging that he is in fact Adolf Dorff - an S.S. colonel, torturer and killer. What follows is an emotional and intellectual rollercoaster, exploring complex themes with savagely brilliant dialogue. Director Arthur Hiller expertly reveals the true identity of the character to the audience, with heartbreaking results.
As fast Eddie Felson, he still believes that "money won is twice as sweet as money earned". He forms a profitable yet volatile relationship with Vince (Tom Cruise), a young pool hustler with a sexy, tough-talking girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio).
From humble beginnings to the heights of society, this is the astounding story of Gabrielle Chanel, the legendary couturier who became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. Orphaned at a young age, Coco Chanel was raised in a convent school, where she learned to embroider and sew. Bored adn dissatisfied with the living she could earn as a seamstress, she began singing in backstreet cafes and bars, where she attracted the attention of Etienne Balsan, a rich gentleman who immediately became intrigued by the stubborn, striking young ingénue. Swept up in her rich lover's world, Coco soon drew the eyes of society towards her with her unique, elegant style in a time of flamboyance and excess. Just as controversial was the passionate lover affair in which she became embroiled, which shattered the conventions of her society – a love so dangerous and forbidden it threatened to destroy her. Audrey Tautou starts as Coco, the woman who dared to be different and became an icon!
The Carry On team throw caution to the wind and present a glorious wallow in good clean lavatorial humour! Kenneth Williams play W. C. Boggs, the troubled owner of a small company trying to manufacture fine toiletware. Bolshy unionist, Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope) soon has the work force out on strike and it's down to Boggs, his son Lewis (Richard O'Callaghan), work's foreman, Sid Plummer (Sid James) and floral-shirted designer Charles Coote (Charles Hawtrey) to rally the troops. But they soon discover that nothing sends you further round the bend than women scorned!
Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter reprise their roles from the original 'Planet of the Apes' in this third chapter of the Apes saga. Two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius (McDowall) and Zire (Hunter) travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like celebrities - until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives.
Frankie Howard is the guest star in this classic Carry On. He plays Francis Bigger, a charlatan faith healer who ends up in hospital and what a hospital! Doctor Tinkle and Kilmore have a record most executioners would be proud of. The Matron could bring the dead back to life simply by shrieking at them and the nurses are always raising the blood pressure of the male patients - much to their delight! Carry On Doctor is a case history of rude health that will have you in stitches!
Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his bumbling mate Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) hit on the idea of a nudist camping holiday to spice things up with their girlfriends. But for Sid the fun really starts when Dr. Soaper (Kenneth Williams), Headmaster of the Chayste Place Finishing School and his Matron, Miss Haggard (Hattie Jacques), arrive with a gaggle of nubile girls. Under the crooked eye of Joshua Fiddler (Peter Butterworth) the money-grabbing camping site proprietor, chaos follows confusion. There are goings-on after lights out, collapsing tents, a mix up with a mad bull, panic in the washrooms and a rude awakening from a bunch of hippies. Prepare for an onslaught of robust breezy humour when the Carry on team take to the great Outdoors.
This time the jokes are really ancient! Roland Crump, (Kenneth Williams) and Anna Vooshka (Elke Sommer) are eminent archaeologists excavating a Roman Town that just happens to lie beneath a caravan site at the height of the summer season. Surrounding the distinguished diggers are holiday pals Ernie and Fred (Windsor Davies and Jack Douglas) who have their sights set on the local beauty spots - the female campers - and Carry On favourites Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw who are on hand to fuel the 'in-tents' humour.
In Carry On Behind, the team leave no stone unturned in their ruthless pursuit of laughter!
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