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Michael White might just be the most famous person you've never heard of. A notorious London theatre and film impresario, playboy, gambler, bon vivant, and eccentric friend of the rich and famous, Michael transformed Britain's cultural scene in the 1970s, producing over 200 shows and movies including 'Oh! Calcutta!', 'The Rocky Horror Show' and 'Monty Python's The Holy Grail', as well as introducing Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch and Yoko One to London audiences... In this intimate documentary, filmmaker Gracie Otto introduces us to this larger-than-life character, featuring interviews with many of his closest friends including Yoko Ono, Anna Wintour, Kate Moss, John Waters, Barry Humphries and, of course, the man himself. - Director:
- Gracie Otto
- Cast:
- Michael White, Gracie Otto, Naomi Watts
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Jason Flemyng stars with rising star Kirsty Mitchell in this funny and thought-provoking story of the conflict between love and the realisation of a dream, the power of money and what happens when we turn our backs on everything familiar... Charlie Davidson (Jason Flemyng) is thirty-something, single and seems to have it all: a successful London publishing company, a beautiful and intelligent girlfriend, everything money can buy. But something is missing... When his best friend suddenly dies, Charlie decides to find a real purpose in his life. Driving off into the heart of the countryside, he stumbles across a surreal and lonely hotel, with a landlocked lighthouse in the woods beyond, inhabited by a series of strange and fascinating characters who will change his life for ever, including Grace (Kirsty Mitchell), an attractive waif who he meets in a junkyard in the village... - Director:
- David Fairman
- Cast:
- Jason Flemyng, Kirsty Mitchell, Annabelle Apsion
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Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd) is a missionary's widow who meets Mark Bellis (Ray Milland), a charming artist and rogue, on the ship taking them back to Victorian London. When Olivia opens a boarding house, Mark becomes her lodger, but then quickly graduates to become her lover. Soon Olivia falls completely under the spell of Mark and casts aside her religious scruples to fall in with Mark's ambitious and immoral schemes of theft and blackmail. But perhaps his schemes are too ambitious when he attempts to swindle their own friends, leaving Olivia to decide whether to completely fall in with the devil - or redeem herself by betraying the man she loves... - Director:
- Lewis Allen
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- Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Employed as a servant in the household of Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), the pure-hearted Joseph (Peter Firth) is in love with Fanny Goodwill (Natalie Ogle), one of the housemaids. But Joseph is plagued by the unwanted attentions of the copiously endowed former actress Lady Booby (Ann-Margret), who becomes even more aggressive after the death of her husband. When he refuses the advances of his employer, Joseph is beaten by her minions and left for dead before being rescued by a passing coach. He finally reunites with his friend Parson Adams (Michael Hordern), who has just saved Fanny from rape... - Director:
- Tony Richardson
- Cast:
- Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern
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It's the Nazis vs. the nutsies when the legendary Marx Brothers foil Axis criminals during A Night In Casablanca. As the manager of a hotel swirling in intrigue, Groucho is up to his fake moustache in joyful if unfulfilled lechery. Chico - heywatzamatter - becomes Groucho's bodyguard by self-decree. Harpo, pantomime's clown prince, says more in whistles and gestures than most comics say in pages of dialogue. - Director:
- Archie Mayo
- Cast:
- Maureen O'Sullivan, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
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When an explosion at a top-secret government lah injures an elderly janitor, no one conld have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform...into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable. This chilling vision of the dark side of technology from Stephen King will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. - Director:
- Michael Gornick
- Cast:
- Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter
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With Geraldine McEwan in the title role, this seven-part series explored more fully and at length the rich and varied characters that populated her work and in so doing, created a superbly satisfying drama, a strikingly different yet complementary partner to its big screen counterpart. Despairing of dreary rain-soaked Newcastle, Miss Brodie is reinvigorated by the opportunity to teach at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in her beloved Edinburgh. The visionary Miss Brodie soon finds herself at odds with some members of the teaching staff, and some parents, with her outspoken attitudes towards her girls, the curriculum she swiftly casts aside, and her beloved Mussolini. Taking those girls with potential under her wing, the inquisitive, the attractive, the talented, the outcast, Miss Brodie inspires a spirited rebellion in her charges, much to the chagrin of the aptly named Miss Gaunt, whilst befriending likeminded teachers of art and music. - Director:
- Tina Wakerell
- Cast:
- Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Amanda Kirby
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A swashbuckling romantic adventure set in 19th Century France, picking up where the Alexander Dumas original leaves off...The sword of the Count of Monte Cristo is not only valuable in itself, but the engraved symbols provide clues to the whereabouts of his missing fortune. The country's conniving chief minister will stop at nothing to gain possession of the sword. But he is challenged by an officer loyal to Emperor Louis Napoleon. Aiding the officer is a beautiful countess, leading a double-life as a masked vigilante. - Director:
- Maurice Geraghty
- Cast:
- George Montgomery, Rita Corday, Berry Kroeger
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Miles Ravencourt (Laurence Harvey) is an amoral aristocrat who needs to pay off his gambling debt and plans to carry out the robbery of a mail van. So he enlists the help of 3 troubled men, all equally desperate for money: American ex-GI Joe (Richard Basehart) who hopes to use his share of the haul to bring his British wife to the US professional boxer Mike (Stanley Baker) who finds himself unable to work in his chosen profession when his hand is broken, while his life savings are stolen by his disreputable brother in law and American airman Eddie (John Ireland) has left his wife upon discovering that she is unfaithful. - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cast:
- Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart
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"Gonks Go Beat" is a charming sixties re-imagining of the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, with a groovy sixties twist! Planet Earth is in great turmoil - there's trouble brewing between the rock and roll loving residents of Beatland and their ballad singing neighbours on Balladisle. Concerned that their musical Battle Royale may result in war, an alien race send an emissary, Wilco Roger, to sort things out. While a race of glove puppets on the planet Gonk dance wildly and Wilco teams up with Mr. A and R, salvation may be at hand when two young people, one from Beatland and one from Balladisle, fall in love...A way-out fantasy musical with hot music from Lulu and The Luvvers, The Nashville Teens, The Graham Bond Organisation and more. - Director:
- Robert Hartford-Davis
- Cast:
- Kenneth Connor, Terry Scott, Frank Thornton
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Don Ameche and Alice Faye pair up as husband and wife, Baron and Baroness Duarte, and head to South America in this musical classic. In order to avoid some financial problems, the Baron switches places with impersonator Larry Martin "Direto da Broadway" (also Ameche). When Martin's affections for the Baroness are too kind and romantic, both the Baroness and Martin's sirlfriend Carmen (Carmen Miranda) realize their men are up to something. Filmed in brilliant Technicolor, 'That Night in Rio' is a delightful comedy filled with rousing musical numbers including Faye's passionate and romantic, "They Met in Rio". - Director:
- Irving Cummings
- Cast:
- Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda
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Karl Hutton (Kiefer Sutherland) is a US soldier stationed in London during World War II, who soon falls for the charms of Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd) - a London showgirl with a dangerous mind and a body to kill for. Seduced by her romanticised vision of gangster life, Karl soon finds himself taken by Betty on a wild ride of petty crimes and good times. But this is anything but innocent fun, and as the crime spree escalates in its scale he soon finds himself facing up to the consequences of the most serious crime of all - murder. - Director:
- Bernard Rose
- Cast:
- Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland, John Lahr
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The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)Four Desperate Men
Criminal Matt Kirk (Aldo Ray) makes a daring escape on his way to prison with the help of his gang. When their boat's propeller becomes fouled they drift ashore on the tiny island of Pinchgut and take the island's caretaker and his family hostage. With their cover soon blown, the island is surrounded by armed police and a state of siege ensues. - Director:
- Harry Watt
- Cast:
- Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum
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Ramu (Jon Hall) and his fiancee Tollea (Maria Montez) are due to be married, but before the ceremony can begin Tollea is kidnapped and forced against her will to return to the island of her ancestors. Her evil sister Naja (Maria Montez) rules her subjects with an iron will, helped by the poisonous venom of the ceremonial cobra. Ramu and his friend Kado (Sabu) set out to rescue Tollea and land on the forbidden island where all strangers are killed. As the island's volcano begins to erupt the evil Naja decides to sacrifice some of her subjects and the two strangers in order to placate the angry volcano god. But when Naja learns that her prisoner Ramu is engaged to her hated sister, she decides to have him for herself and eliminate her sister instead... - Director:
- Robert Siodmak
- Cast:
- María Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu
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In the Age of Aquarius, the deranged Gemini twins share everything - teddy bears, lovers and murder! Judy Geeson and Martin Potter play 20-year-old siblings with an unusually close relationship. Their bizarre fantasy world is shattered by the arrival of Clive (Alexis Kanner), a flamboyant London criminal with a massive gambling debt. As the twins become exposed to the sleazy underbelly of swinging London nightlife, they tumble into a bubbling cauldron of kinky sex, blackmail and sickening violence. - Director:
- Alan Gibson
- Cast:
- Judy Geeson, Martin Potter, Michael Redgrave
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