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When twice-divorced single mother Erin Brockovich finds herself with no money, no job and no prospects, she thinks her life can't get any worse. That is until she is involved in a car accident from which her lawyer Ed Masry (Albert Finney) fails to win her any kind of settlement. With little alternative, Erin manages to browbeat Ed into offering her a job in the law firm as compensation for the loss. With her trashy clothes and sassy personality, her colleagues fail to take her seriously, but that soon changes when she discovers a suspicious cover-up involving contaminated water in a local community, causing devastating illness amongst its residents. Erin's down-to-earth manner and genuine concern for the victims' lives soon makes them listen to her and earns her their trust and respect. Supported and encouraged by her next door neighbour and boyfriend George (Aaron Eckhart) a Harley Davidson biker, and with the help of a major law firm, Erin and Ed attempt to achieve the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in US history... - Director:
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast:
- Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin
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Based on Nancy Mitford’s much-loved novels The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate – part thinly-veiled memoir, part biting satire, and part fascinating window on a vanished way of life – this delectable BBC drama follows the romantic adventures of three young aristocrats in the decade between the wars. Upper class girls, Fanny Logan, her cousin Linda and friend Polly are about to make their society debuts. Though Fanny takes the traditional course to find romance, her young friends are determined to break convention in their search. As Linda chases love throughout Europe, the beautiful but icy Polly contracts a marriage that shocks society and breaks her mother's heart. Their compelling story of disappointment, heartbreak and passion is laced with exquisite characters such as the Bolter, Fanny’s mother, who finds it impossible to stay with one man; the bombastic Uncle Matthew, whose temper belies a heart of gold; and Polly’s glamorous, manipulative cousin Cedric, whose arrival in the middle of an enormous family crisis drags her mother, Lady Montdore, back from the depths of despair. - Director:
- Tom Hooper
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, John Light, John Hopkins
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British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiance, Vera, the love of his life, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame... until Vera suddenly shows up with a surprise of her own. - Director:
- Mark Herman
- Cast:
- Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Mary Steenburgen
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)Doppelgänger
Sci-fi adventure and suspense has never been more exciting or intense as when you Journey to the Far Side of the Sun. One hundred years in the future two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the Sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned they must embark on a life-or-death mission to determine whether they have arrived back home or on the strange mirror world. - Director:
- Robert Parrish
- Cast:
- Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark
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Following an indiscretion involving the producer's wife, rep actor Chick Byrd (Kenneth More) is fired from the play in which he has had a leading role. Heading to London in search of bigger and better things, he is reunited with a number of similarly straitened thespians, as well as his spirited, kind-hearted former love, Judy (Billie Whitelaw). But it seems Byrd may be poised to find fame and even some fortune when, in desperation, he manages to land himself the starring role in a deodorant commercial... - Director:
- Alvin Rakoff
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price
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It was supposed to be a routine shopping trip to Milan by train. Emily Delahunty, a successful romance author and lonely eccentric, shares her railway journey with eight strangers and, with a novelist’s eye, observes her fellow passengers. But as the train rolls through the picturesque Italian countryside, a bomb interrupts the tranquil atmosphere, shattering the compartment and the lives of the people in it. - Director:
- Richard Loncraine
- Cast:
- Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper
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When Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger as well as unexpected humanity and humor - they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime. - Director:
- Peter Farrelly
- Cast:
- Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
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Set in Florence and the English countryside, the film tells the story of a young English couple, Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and George Emerson (Julian Sands), who encounter passion whilst on holiday in Italy. Defying the Victorian conventions of their elders they dare to be true to their feelings, each other and true love. - Director:
- James Ivory
- Cast:
- Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott
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Captain Scott (Kenneth More) is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt (Lauren Bacall), when a rebellion breaks out amongst the tribesmen. Scott and his men take the Prince and his governess into the hills in order to take the young Prince to safety in Kalapur, 300 miles away, on the pretext that while he is alive, no rebellion can succeed. But the last convoy has left, and their only chance of escape is a temperamental old train, called the "Empress of India". - Director:
- J. Lee Thompson
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom
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Jonathan Tibbs (Kenneth More) reckons that a good way to improve the fortunes of his uncle's London gun company is to sell their products in the Wild West, so he sets off for Fractured Jaw. Once there, a series of misunderstandings give him the completely false reputation of being a smooth-talking, fast-on-the-draw gunman, and he is inveigled into becoming sheriff. With the two trigger-happy local ranches squaring up against each other, it's as well he is getting advice from sassy and sweet-on-him Kate (Jayne Mansfield). - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Morley
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The second version of John Buchan's classic thriller sees Kenneth More as the innocent man caught up in international intrigue. Richard Hannay meets a young nanny and takes her back to his flat. He soon learns she is not all that she seems to be and when she is murdered he becomes the prime suspect. On the run from the police, he heads to Scotland and searches for the connection with the '39 steps'. - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie
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Spoiled heiress Epifinia is looking for a man in her life, but she is not finding it an easy task as the lucky man not only has to cope with her attitude, but also has to measure up to her gather’s strict expectations, which is that any prospective husband must, from a 500 pounds start multiply his initial investment to 15000 pounds, and this within 3 months! Epifinia however as not having any success in landing her man with the Midas touch. In despair she decides to jump into the Thames but as luck would have it the good Dr. Kabir just happens to be rowing past, and, after some persuasion rows to Epifinia’s rescue. Little could she have known however, that her handsome beau in a boat had been issued with a similar test of character, as set by his devoted mother. Can they ever measure up to the demands made by their respective parents? - Director:
- Anthony Asquith
- Cast:
- Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim
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Family tensions explode for a loving couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond. Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) and his tough young son, Billy (Doug McKeon). The Three generations collide. But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman and Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father and Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter's love. - Director:
- Mark Rydell
- Cast:
- Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
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Very Important Person (1961)A Coming-Out Party
As the subject of a This Is Your Life-style television show, eminent aviation scientist Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) revisits his wartime experience on a secret reconnaissance mission which ended abruptly when the bomber he was testing was downed over Germany. Captured and held in a prisoner of war camp, Pease found himself among a motley, relentlessly optimistic group of RAF officers - who were tireless in helping their brilliant but ill-tempered fellow prisoner carry out his audacious escape plan! - Director:
- Ken Annakin
- Cast:
- James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter
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Three lonesome animals in search of home take on 200 miles of rugged wilderness in this truly incredible journey. Traverse the majestic Canadian countryside with this unlikely trio of devoted travelling companions: Bodger, a bull-terrier; Tao, a Siamese cat; and Luath, a Labrador retriever. Filmed against magnificent, colourful panoramas, this inspiring Disney animal adventure classic will lift your heart and spirit to a joyous new level. - Director:
- Fletcher Markle
- Cast:
- Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed
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