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| 1.Little Dorrit [1987] starring: Derek Jacobi, Max Wall, Bill Fraser, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood October 27, 2008 |
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| The film in itself was quite good, but the DVD itself is very disappointing: it has no subtitles at all.
In this day and age there is no excuse for a film to come out on DVD without any subtitles. The dialogue in this film is wonderfully beautiful, and it is a real shame not to share this in the form of sub-titles. English is not my native tongue, and I would've really appreciate it. No are no extras on the DVD either, just the film. This is basically a VHS cassette ... Read More: |
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| 2.Day Of The Jackal [1973] starring: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton directed by: Fred Zinnemann August 11, 2003 |
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| Wow. They don't make 'em like this any more. DOTJ is one of the best movies ever made, helped in no small part by the first class Frederick Forsyth story.
The Jackal is the infamous English assassin, a cold unsympathetic man who can feign charm to help him on his journey to killing Charles de Gaulle.This isn't a Whodunnit, of course. It's a thrill-of-the-chase yarn as the French police race to find their suspect and protect a President who refuses to change his schedule in the face of the threat. ... Read More: |
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| 3.King Lear starring: Paul Scofield, Anne-Lise Gabold, Ian Hogg, Tom Fleming, Alan Webb directed by: Peter Brook June 06, 2005 |
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| This is Lear in a completely different light from any other version, I think that much can be guaranteed. Whether or not you like it probably depends on how orthodox you are in terms of Shakespeare, but as for me, I find I prefer this version to, say, the much praised Michael Hordern one. This is lean, mean Lear, stark and brooding and focusing very much more on the psychology than on outwardly events. I find that I think of it as the essence of the play. It's intense, even intrusive in its psychological examination ... Read More: |
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| 4.1984 starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Roger Lloyd-Pack directed by: Michael Radford September 20, 2004 |
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| '1984' as I see it.
Personally, I find myself terryfied (if not paranoid) of any brutal history repeating itself - be it identical or remotely similar to Orwell's disthopia. In real life we all survived a certain '1984', the year Orwell's claims were supposed to come to prophecy. But how much freedom can we expect from the 'modern' world today - growing fast on (amongst other things) greed, hipocrisy, paranoia, constant charge with weapons, poverty, mass-consumerism and finally - the media, that encompasses it all by controlling ... Read More: |
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| 5.Danny, The Champion Of The World [1989] starring: Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern directed by: Gavin Millar July 18, 2005 |
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| The ultimate Father and Son duo are brought to life and Robbie Coultrane as Mr. Hazel is superb too. Buy it! |
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| 6.Far And Away [1992] starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock directed by: Ron Howard September 08, 2003 |
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| What a lethal combination of sickly sweet Ron Howard 'magic' and Tom Cruise and his poor acting skills. Yet again you see quite clearly that he is pretending and not giving a convincing performance like a genuine actor would. Not that it matters in a tatty, amateur film like this romanticised depiction of the Irish invasion of America. Professional to the end, Nicole Kidman struggles to act well with her performance being dragged down by the sub drama school style of little Mr Cruise. Like with most Ron Howard films it is trashy, lacking depth and is ... Read More: |
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| 7.Fahrenheit 451 [1966] starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser directed by: François Truffaut November 10, 2003 |
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| Rarely do film adaptations exceed the quality of the book but this by Francois Truffaut does ! The reasons are many fold. The casting is excellent. Some might consider Oscar Werner a little wooden but he underplays Montag in a slightly 'child like' way, which emphasises his growing awareness and affinity for books. Julie Christie has the uneviable task of playing both the main female characters including Montag's air head/drugged up/reality tv obsessed wife. Montag's burning of the marital bed is deeply symbolic after his wife betrays him to the authorities. He chooses ... Read More: |
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| 8.The Taming Of The Shrew [1967] starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch directed by: Franco Zeffirelli March 19, 2001 |
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| I'm studying this play and bought this Franco Zafirrelli / Elizabeth Burton version as it was dirt cheap on amazon. I found it more enjoyable than the BBC version (as did my wife), even though we both preferred John Cleese's to Richard Burton's Petruchio. It gains over the BBC version by not having that awkward out of place hymn at the end (and after Shakespeare note-worthily eschewed religious arguments in Kate's final speech)! Also, the dialogue is here more clearly and comprehensibly spoken; it is just a shame it misses out the majority of it! There are a lot of visual ... Read More: |
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| 9.Harold & Maude - Paramount Originals (includes Limited Edition reproduction film poster) [1971] starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack, Vivian Pickles, Ellen Geer directed by: Hal Ashby July 23, 2007 |
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| You can see where Wes Anderson gets his visual style from when watching this film. A great story! |
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| 10.Harold & Maude [1971] starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner directed by: Hal Ashby May 13, 2002 |
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| This is my favourite film of all time and I'd recommend it to anyone. Life affirming, poignant, moving - altogether fabulous. I've just bought this dvd to replace the video version which I no longer have the technology to play. There's no way I could be without a copy of this film, it makes the greyest day a little brighter. |
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