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The Science of Sleep -
12 February 2007
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-It's taken over a year for MicheL Gondry's movie to get a UK reLease since its Sundance premiere. During that time it's twice been pushed back in the caLendar, presumabLy because Warner Bros - who picked up internationaL distribution rights at the fes
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review by from Nottingham, England
One of the best British films....ever! 26 July 2004
review by A customer from West yorkshire
Don't waste your time watching it! 14 September 2005
review by A customer from London
classic science fiction 3 June 2004
L - filmography
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The Toxic Avenger
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Andree Maranda, Mitchell Cohen, Pat Ryan Jr.
Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, L
Certificate: 
In a crazy spoof of heroic monster movies that spawned two sequels, The Toxic Avenger is about the transformation of a mild-mannered, scrawny janitor into a thundering, muscular hero out for justice, morality, and in one case, a bit of sex. Melvin (Mark Torgl) has a job as a custodian at a work-out ..read more »

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from 614 members
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Stuck On You
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Irwin Corey, Virginia Penta, Mark Mikulski
Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, L
Certificate: 
Bill and Carol are two troubled lovers whose relationship winds up in Family Court--and lands them a round-trip ticket through time, as they visit other trouble relationships in history. A goofy low-budget romp from the folks at Troma, creators of THE TOXIC AVENGER.

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from 160 members
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The Rake's Progress - Stravinsky
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Leo Goeke, Felicity Lott, Samuel Ramey
Certificate: 
A performance Stravinksy's Rake's Progress, inspired by William Hogarth's sequence of anecdotal pictures, which charts the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell after inheriting an unexpected legacy. Performed from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera; conducted by Bernard Haitink.

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from 29 members
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Billy Liar
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
Director: John Schlesinger
Certificate: 
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BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was a British landmark in the fertile cinema of the late 1950s and early '60s, and launched the career ..read more »

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from 3,783 members
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The Day The Earth Stood Still
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Lock Martin, Frank Conroy, Edith Evanson
Director: Robert Wise
Certificate: 
All of Washington, D.C., is thrown into a panic when an extraterrestrial spacecraft lands near the White House. Out steps Klaatu (Michael Rennie, in a role intended for Claude Rains), a handsome and soft-spoken interplanetary traveler, whose bodyguard is Gort (Lock Martin), a huge robot who spews ..read more »

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from 6,741 members
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Battleground
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy
Director: William A. Wellman
Certificate: 
"Dedicated to the battered bastards of Bastogne," this dramatic historic film directed by William Wellman tells the story of a U.S. Army division in the European theatre near the end of World War II. In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, the Germans launch a final attack that became ..read more »

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