robert-bucknor's - FAVOURITES List
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Fawlty Towers is a British comedy series written by and starring Monty Python’s John Cleese. Also starring Cleese’s then wife Connie Booth the show centres around Basil Fawlty the bad tempered and rude owner of Fawlty Towers, a bed and breakfast in Torquay, who, along with his wife, the long suffering chambermaid (Booth) and hapless Spanish waiter (Andrew Sachs) attempt to keep their various guests happy. - Director:
- John Howard-Davies
- Cast:
- John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs
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A group of real-estate salesmen-cum-con artists live on the edge. All the time. Life is good for only one. For the rest, life hangs in the balance. There is no room for losers. The name of the game is simple: A-B-C. A-Always. B-Be. C-Closing. Always be closing. Sell or go under. Right under. Deep rock bottom under. That's the name of the game. It's simple. - Director:
- James Foley
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, Leigh French, Jack Lemmon
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When two young private detectives are hired to take a closer look into the mysterious disappearance of a little girl, they soon unravel a multitude of twists and turns where nothing is what it seems. Ultimately they must risk everything their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives in the search to find her. Morgan Freeman and Amy Ryan are electrifying, and Casey Affleck carries a beautifully understated intensity in this mesmerising, edge-of-your-seat crime thriller. - Director:
- Ben Affleck
- Cast:
- Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck
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Gone with the Wind (1939)Lo que el viento se llevó
Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel set during the American Civil War. Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). She soon meets her match in the roguish Captain Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and in the war itself which destroys the genteel way of life she has always known. With determination she rebuilds her life from the shattered remains the Union Army leaves behind. - Director:
- Victor Fleming
- Cast:
- Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
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La Grande Illusion (1937)The Grand Illusion
Set in the German prison camps of WW1, the film stars Jean Gabin as Marechal, and Marcel Dalio as Rosenthal. Like the charming aristocrat Captain de Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay), these two French aviators were shot down and now spend most of their time escaping from German prison camps before inevitably being recaptured. Between escapes, they do what they can to amuse themselves, but after a tunnel they've dug is discovered, the three are sent to Wintersborn, a forbidding fortress of a prison commanded by former ace pilot Von Rauffenstein (Erich Von Stroheim). Von Rauffenstein cannot help but strike up a friendship with Captain de Boeldieu, a kindred spirit from the doomed nobility. - Director:
- Jean Renoir
- Cast:
- Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo
Internationally hailed by critics as his masterpiece, Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St Matthew is a visually stunning, emotionally stirring film version of the life of Christ, based upon the writings of the apostle Matthew. Pasolini's vision is both deeply religious and determinedly polictical, with the messiah portrayed as a peasant outcast, driven by anger at social injustice. Convincing performances by an entirely non-professional cast, impressive cinematography and an inventive use of music, from Bach to Billie Holiday, combine to great effect in this landmark of world cinema. - Director:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast:
- Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini
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Bollywood romantic drama following one man's mission to earn the right to die. Renowned magician Ethan Mascarenhas is left paralysed after the outcome of one of his tricks proves disastrous. Despite being confined to his wheelchair and reliant upon his nurse, Sofia D'Souza, who he is also romantically involved with, Ethan always manages to see the positive side of life. However, 14 years after the accident, he decides he is ready to die and campaigns to the court for his right to euthanasia. This leaves a divide among his family and friends, some offering their support, others unable to understand his actions. But will the court rule in his favour. - Director:
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Cast:
- Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shernaz Patel
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After the success of 'Easy Rider', its star and co-creator Peter Fonda was given the green light to shoot the movie of his choice. The result was 'The Hired Hand', an elegiac western that stands firmly as a classic of modern American cinema. Chasing their dream of a better life, Harry (Fonda) and his good friends Arch (Warren Oates) have drifted across the plains of America together. However, Harry has grown tired of his transient existence and decided to return to the wife and the child that he left years before. At first, refusing to accept him back, his wife orders him to sleep in the barn and work the farm, strictly as a hired hand. Soon their romance rekindles, and they rediscover the happiness they had lost. But as bad news of Archie reaches Harry, he is forced to make the most costly choice of his life. - Director:
- Peter Fonda
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- Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom
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Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter and twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and all hell will break loose! - Director:
- Brian O'Malley
- Cast:
- Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin
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With huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one TV dance party.
- Director:
- John Waters
- Cast:
- Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine
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Hell Drivers (1957)Hard Drivers
When ex-con Tom Yately (Stanley Baker) signs up as a driver for Hawlett's, he uncovers shady dealings between the manager and the viciously ambitious head driver - the drivers are paid per trip, with a bonus system encouraging them to drive at reckless speeds and take dangerous risks. The stakes are raised when a fatal accident claims the life of Tom's only workplace ally, and he vows to take revenge. - Director:
- Cy Endfield
- Cast:
- Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins
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Hidalgo (2004)Océano de fuego
Filled with heroic action, incredible special effects, stunning cinematography, and starring Vigo Mortensen two-times Golden Globe Winner Omar Sharif and sexy newcomer Zuleikha Robinson, Hidalgo is the epic adventure that brings to life legendary Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen), the greatest long distance rider ever, and his beloved mustang Hidalgo. With his glory days long past, Hopkins is invited to enter the Ocean Of Fire, a death-defying 3,000-mile race across the Arabian Desert. Pitted against the finest Arabian horses and villainous competitors vowing victory at all costs, this race for extraordinary riches becomes a race for their very lives. - Director:
- Joe Johnston
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson
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"Harry Brown" is a powerful, fresh and gritty British action thriller following one man's (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency and guns run the streets. Modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown, is forced to dispense his own brand of justice as he bids to clean up the run-down estate he calls home. - Director:
- Daniel Barber
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley
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In 1945 the Nazis flew to the Dark Side of the Moon, and established a secret hideout, where they've been preparing for their grand return. The year is 2018, and the Americans return to the Moon in search for powerful energy source, Helium-3. They end up landing too close to the secret Nazi fortress, and although the big Nazi weapon "Gotterdammerung" is not yet ready to be deployed, soon the skies are full of iron, as the Nazi war machines take a pre-emptive move against threat from Earth.
The 'Dictator's Cut' of Iron Sky is an all-new take on the film, following the original vision of the director Timo Vuorensola. This version is 20 minutes longer, loaded with new visual effects, new music from Laibach - and, of course, tons of new, politically incorrect humour.- Director:
- Timo Vuorensola
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- Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant, Udo Kier
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At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commanding astronaut as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the astronaut's mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him. - Director:
- Egor Abramenko
- Cast:
- Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov
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