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Cruise of the Gods (2002)
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Declan Lowney actor: Rob Brydon / Steve Coogan …
Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual offer - the Children of Castor fan club-organised cruise around the Greek islands, with him as the principal celebrity - a combination of Andy's cynicism, his fans' adoration, a misguided sexual encounter and an unexpected reunion with his more famous co-star, Nick Lee, ensure the paradise cruise is far from plain sailing.
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Brassed Off (1996)
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Mark Herman actor: Ewan McGregor / Tara Fitzgerald …
other title: Grazie, signora Thatcher / Os Virtuosos …
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
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Raised by Wolves (2015)
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Caroline Moran / Caitlin Moran … actor: Helen Monks / Alexa Davies …
Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the childhood of Caitlin Moran and her brothers and sisters. Single-mum Della lives in a three bedroom council house with Germaine, Aretha, Yoko, Mariah, Wyatt and baby Cher. She is attempting to raise the children by herself, but does have visits from Grampy, who likes to come around to dispense his wisdom to his grandchildren.
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Crime and Punishment (2002)
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Julian Jarrold actor: Kate Ashfield / Kate Ashfield …
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
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The First Men in the Moon (2010)
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Damon Thomas actor: Rory Kinnear / Mark Gatiss …
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.
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Pressure (1976)
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Horace Ové actor: Herbert Norville / Oscar James …
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
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Scum (1979)
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Alan Clarke actor: Ray Winstone / Mick Ford …
other title: Abschaum - Höllenloch der Gewalt! / Escoria …
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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The Opium War (1997)
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Xie Jin actor: Lung Sihung / Bao Guo-an …
other title: Der Opiumkrieg / La guerra del opio …
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
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High Hopes (1989)
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Mike Leigh actor: Phil Davis / Ruth Sheen …
other title: Belle speranze / Grandes Ambições …
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
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Pete versus Life (Pete Versus Life) (2010)
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George Jeffries / Bert Tyler-Moore actor: 拉菲·斯波 Rafe Spall / 克里斯·吉尔 …
Pete Versus Life是Channel 4台的一部喜剧。它讲述了年轻体育记者Pete Griffiths的挣扎生活，Pete发现自己的心态不够成熟，无法应付生活中各种复杂问题，他真的希望自己的生活像体育一样有确定的规则。(文：life_is_good@YDY) Pete Versus Life is a comedy drama series which follows the life of struggling young sports journalist Pete Griffiths. Pete finds himself lacking the emotional maturity of life needed to deal with life's more intricate problems and he often ends up wishing that life had clearly defined rules like those used in sport.
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Place of Execution (2008)
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actor: Juliet Stevenson / Lee Ingleby …
other title: Ein Ort für die Ewigkeit / El lugar de la ejecución
On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly-promoted Detective Inspector George Bennett turned up enough evidence to see his suspect hanged and was hailed a hero by the people of Scardale. More than four decades later, the lingering cloud left by the missing body of Alison Carter compels controversial filmmaker Catherine Heathcote to turn her camera to Bennett.
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The Best Offer (2013)
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Giuseppe Tornatore actor: Geoffrey Rush / Jim Sturgess …
other title: La migliore offerta / A Melhor Oferta …
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
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My Week with Marilyn (2011)
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Simon Curtis actor: Michelle Williams / Kenneth Branagh …
other title: Marilyn / A Minha Semana Com Marilyn …
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
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Fanny Hill (2007)
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James Hawes actor: Rebecca Night / Alison Steadman …
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.