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A Room with a View: Special Edition

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1986

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About: E.M. Forster's turn-of-the-century novel about Edwardian manners is expertly adapted for the screen. Lucy (Helena Bonham Carter) travels to Florence with her chaperone (Maggie Smith) in tow. There, Lucy meets and falls for a fellow countryman's moody son (Julian Sands). But like any proper Englishwoman of that era, she must fight her feelings … and it's a losing battle. Merchant-Ivory's first big hit won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
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Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: The classic Italian Renaissance play "Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso," which fuses music with an often comedic yet romantic story line, is brought to the stage by British vocal company I Fagiolini. Esteemed London theatre producer Peter Wilson directs the live stage show featuring talented musical guest stars Eligio Quinteiro and Steven Devine and a hilarious take on the narration from actor Simon Callow.
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Thunderpants

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2002

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About: Life is a gas -- literally, not figuratively -- for poor Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook), whose gastrointestinal condition leaves an invisible cloud of odor constantly hovering about him. The smell drives everybody away except his friend Alan (Rupert Grint of the Harry Potter films), who has no sense of smell. With Alan's help, Patrick pursues his dream of becoming an astronaut and, along the way, learns the scent of both fame and infamy.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1994

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About: At various social gatherings, Charles (Hugh Grant), a commitment-challenged, suave Brit, tries to reconnect with Carrie (Andie MacDowell), a beautiful, alluring American who is about to make a seemingly terrible mistake: marry Hamish (Corin Redgrave), a wealthy, boring man. Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, James Fleet and Simon Callow co-star in this taut comedy about love, friendship and destiny.
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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2001

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About: James Fox, Geraldine James and Simon Callow star in this movie about a rich man and his daughter who open their home, and their hearts, to a young Hans Christian Andersen, whose gifts as a writer and a storyteller flourish under their generosity. My Life As a Fairy Tale also takes you on a magical, entertaining and humorous journey through a set of Andersen tales wound together.
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The Good Father

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1987

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About: Anthony Hopkins stars as Bill Hooper, a man embittered by his divorce and loss of custody of his son. Feeling betrayed personally and politically, Bill finds an outlet for his anger in his friend Roger Miles (Jim Broadbent), who's also going through a custody battle. Living out his own need for reprisal, Bill persuades Roger to employ dishonest tactics to gain the upper hand in the case, escalating the situation into an ugly, all-out war.
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Maurice

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1987

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About: Set in pre-World War I England, Maurice (based on the controversial E.M. Forster novel written in 1914 but not published until 1971) is all about the coming of age of two young college men (Hugh Grant and James Wilby) who meet at Cambridge University and fall in love. The movie casts a critical light on the era's moral hypocrisy, as Maurice and Clive struggle to make room for their forbidden love in an intolerant society.
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Crowley

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2008

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About: A botched experiment in virtual reality transmits the soul of infamous British occultist Aleister Crowley into the body of shy professor Haddo (Simon Callow), whose life quickly descends into a maelstrom of sex, violence and depraved behavior. Eager to foil Haddo's satanic efforts is handsome physicist Dr. Joshua Mathers (Kal Weber). Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson co-wrote the screenplay for this supernatural thriller.
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