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Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov - filmography
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Victoria And Albert
(2 discs)
on DVD (2001)
Starring: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Diana Rigg
Director: John Erman
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A dramatic miniseries featuring an acclaimed, superstar cast, VICTORIA & ALBERT is a history-based love story which tells of the passionate romance between the two royal figures. This epic production recaptures the court life of Victorian England with beauty and accuracy. In addition, it adds new ...
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
Director: Nick Willing
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A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and Gene Wilder.
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Animal Farm
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Peter Ustinov
Director: John Stephenson
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British production of George Orwell's revolutionary novel, where animals (workers) take over their farm (means of production) and form a society. An esteemed cast of actors voice the convincing animatronic animals, which, BABE-style, were created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Director Stephenson ...
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The Bachelor
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Stacy Edwards
Director: Gary Sinyor
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Jimmie Shannon values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco, begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find "the one." When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne ...
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Stiff Upper Lips
(1998)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates
Director: Gary Sinyor
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Young upper-class fellow Edward arrives with his friend Cedric at the family manse, Ivory Hall. He plans to pair off Cedric with his sister Emily. Emily, on the other hand, falls in love with a son of local peasant, George. Old Aunt Agnes sends all the bunch off, first to Italy and then to India, ...
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Lorenzo's Oil
on DVD (1992)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov
Director: George Miller
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The true story of determined parents, economist Augusto and linguist Michaela Odone who battled time and the medical establishment to save the life of their son who was diagnosed in 1985 with a rare disease (Adrenoleukodystrophy). Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best (Original) Screenplay, ...
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Around The World In 80 Days
on DVD (1989)
Starring: Jack Klugman, Robert Wagner, Eric Idle
Director: Buzz Kulik
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An all-star television adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, set in the late 19th Century. An Englishman named Phileas Fogg makes a bet that, using all the modern forms of transportation, he can travel around the world in 80 days. He and his sidekick begin their voyage in a hot-air balloon, and make ...
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Around The World In Eighty Days
(2 discs)
on DVD (1988)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson-Soul
Director: Buzz Kulik
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Jules Verne's classic adventure, this time recorded for television, stars Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg who places a bet that he can circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. His sidekick Passepartout is played by Eric Idle, and they are pursued by a detective (Peter Ustinov) to check they are ...
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The Secret Identity Of Jack The Ripper
on DVD (1988)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jan Leeming
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
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Between August and November 1888, a ruthless murderer who soon became known as Jack the Ripper was stalking the streets of Whitechapel, creating fear and panic among the local people. The Ripper was never caught, and the mystery remains unsolved to this day. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this ...
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Appointment With Death
on DVD (1988)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher
Director: Michael Winner
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Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, a posh 1937 tour of the holy land turns murderous when a malicious, wealthy dowager (Piper Laurie) is mysteriously poisoned. Each of her fellow tourists had the means and the motive to kill her and any of them would have enjoyed plunging the lethal hypodermic ...
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Evil Under The Sun
on DVD (1981)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Peter Ustinov is Hercule Poirot, the master detective, in this Agatha Christie murder mystery film. An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star. Is the killer one ...
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Tarka The Otter
on DVD (1979)
Starring: Peter Ustinov
Director: David Cobham
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TARKA THE OTTER, based on the Henry Williamson book, is the classic story of one otter's life in the English countryside. Tarka must use his animal instincts to outwit not only man but man's best friend. Peter Ustinov narrates this much-loved tale.
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Death On The Nile
on DVD (1978)
Starring: Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Guillermin
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A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ...
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Logan's Run
(1976)
Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan
Director: Michael Anderson
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Winner of an Oscar for Best Special Effects. A dazzling preview of America in the 23rd Century, a perfect world of total pleasure, but living past 30 is a crime. Based on the novel by William F. Nolan.
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Robin Hood
on DVD (1973)
Starring: Brian Bedford, Andy Devine, Peter Ustinov
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
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This Disney release presents the imaginative "animal" version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest (a fox), and his valiant sidekick (a bear) plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince (a scraggly lion) and his ...
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Hot Millions
(1968)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith
Director: Eric Till
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Marcus Pendleton is released from prison after serving his time for embezzlement, only to find that the world has changed. Realising that computers are the new ledgers, he masquerades as Caesar Smith, a computer programmer, and finds employment in this corporate world. So begins his biggest ...
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Blackbeard's Ghost
on DVD (1968)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Blackbeard has been cursed by his wife so that his spirit constantly lingers between the world of the living and the dead. In an attempt to break the curse, he returns to Earth to enact a good deed, but can he break away from his evil past?
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Topkapi
on DVD (1964)
Starring: Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov
Director: Jules Dassin
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Five years after directing the heist classic RIFIFI, Jules Dassin returns to robbery with TOPKAPI. Again there is a long and daring break-in, as his heroes attempt to steal the priceless Emerald Dagger from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, but in contrast to the bleak RIFIFI, the mood in ...
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Billy Budd
(1962)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas
Director: Peter Ustinov
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Adapted from the last book written by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil, with innocence standing by as the helpless victim. A naive young man is pressed into the service of the British Navy at the very end of the 18th century. He views first hand the cruelty and extreme brutality of the ...
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Spartacus - HD DVD Version
(1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ...
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Spartacus
on DVD (1960)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 BC. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains for ...
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Les Espions
on DVD (1957)
Starring: Curt Jurgens, Gerard Sety, Vera Clouzot
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
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This French thriller sees a down-on-his-luck doctor lured by the American military to look after a mysterious patient in return for a handsome reward. Soon his hospital is overrun with international spies, all desperate to get their hands on the information that the patient holds.
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Lola Montes
(1955)
Starring: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
Director: Max Ophuls
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The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her circus after having been the lover of various important men.
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Vice Versa
(1948)
Starring: Roger Livesey, Anthony Newley, Petula Clarke
Director: Peter Ustinov
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When businessman Paul Bultitude and his son Dick compare their numerous displeasures of life, they have no idea that their moaning will bring about such radical ...
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Muppet Show, The - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: The Muppets, Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Director: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
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Perhaps the strangest variety show ever to air on television, the wildly popular MUPPET SHOW helped to spawn an entire series starring Jim Henson's crew of puppet comedians. Combining musical numbers with comedy, THE MUPPET SHOW centred on the efforts of Kermit the Frog and his team of performers ...
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Peter Ustinov - An Audience With Peter U...
Starring: Peter Ustinov
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Features footage from Peter Ustinov's appearance on ITV's popular 'An Audience With...' programme.
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A true classic 14 May 2004
...livier, hero worshipping Tony Curtis, senator Charles Laughton and slave trader Peter Ustinov (even better than Oliver Reed!).
If you are not a fan of Kubrick, don't be p...
26 April 2004
