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(0)Ian McKellen
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English
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It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein, " "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.
2) Restoration
Series
Language
English
Description
In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman.
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English
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
4) Emile
Language
English
Description
When Emile is given the opportunity to travel from England to Victoria on Canada's west coast to receive an honorary degree at the university, he goes knowing that it might be his last chance to reconnect with his only living relatives.
5) Richard III
Language
English
Description
In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.
6) Plenty
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English
Description
Susan Traherne is a former World War II French Resistance fighter who returns to her home in post-war Britain haunted by her experiences in occupied France. She finds that she is having trouble fitting back into formal British society after the war.
7) Plenty
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English
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Screen adaptation of David Hare's highly acclaimed masterpiece charting the clash of attitudes in the post-war world. Susan Traherne returns home to Britain after World War II, haunted by her experiences as a Resistance fighter in occupied France. Strong-willed and confident, Susan's unconventional behavior begins to destroy her own sanity and alters irreparably the lives of those around her.
8) Apt pupil
Language
English
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Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro star in a dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honor student who recognizes an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence, the German fugitive derives a sinister scheme to implicate the teenager in a dangerous psychological game.
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English
Description
"[A] powerful, enlightening and moving chronicle of our time. 'And the band played on' follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives. Dr. Don Francis [is] a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control who seeks to uncover the cause of a number of mysterious deaths. With little funding for a subject few will even discuss, not only must he fight the disease, but a disinterested public, the government,...
10) Asylum
Series
Language
English
Description
Asylum takes place in England, during the high-Freudian days of the 1950s, when psychiatry had started to flex its muscles. Max Raphael is a professional success, but his wife Stella has already exhausted the era's possibilities. She adores their 10-year-old son, but her marriage has long since faded into endless days, gray evenings sipping scotch by the fire, and badly concealed contempt. When Max is hired as Deputy Superintendent at a high-security...
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English
Description
After bearing an illegitimate child, a society girl Josephine Monaghan leaves home in disgrace. On the road west, she discovers that a woman alone is sexual prey for any man, so she disguises herself as a boy. As Little Jo, she confronts all the dangers the Wild West has to offer from deadly winters to murderous outlaws. But her most treacherous enemy is her own heart when she risks everything by falling in love with the one man who discovers her...
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Multiple
Description
The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason.