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Ian Holm
Born in 1931, Ian Holm started his acting career on the stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into TV and Film.
Ian's acting skills came to prominence in 1979 when he starred as Ash in sci fi thriller / horror " Alien" alongside Sigourney Weaver.
He was Oscar nominated for his supporting role as coach in Chariots Of Fire.
Ian will probably be remembered most for playing Bilboa Baggins in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
in other roles he has starred as Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element, Jack the Ripper in " From Hell" alongside Johnny Depp. He also starred in other filems such as Time Bandits, Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes and Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Also he has lent his voice to many animated films including Animal Farm, Miracle Maker and more recently Ratatouille
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Ratatouille
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm
Director: Brad Bird
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A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, ..read more »
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Ratatouille - BLU-RAY Version
(2007)
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm
Director: Brad Bird
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A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, ..read more »
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Strangers With Candy
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Justin Theroux, Matthew Broderick, Allison Janney
Director: Paul Dinello
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Jerri Blank is fresh out of jail and she decides to start a new life as an over-age high school student. With Jerri's dad in a coma, she decides she has to excel in school in a desperate bid to awaken him, although Principal Blackman and science teacher Mr. Noblet frequently throw curveballs in her ..read more »
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O Jerusalem
(2006)
Starring: JJ Feild, Said Taghmaoui, Maria Papas
Director: Elie Chouraqui
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"O Jerusalem" meticulously re-creates the historic struggle surrounding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. At the center of these events are two young, American friends - one Jewish, the other Arab. The film is told from the alternating viewpoints of the Jews, Arabs and Brits, all of ..read more »
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Lord Of War
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto
Director: Andrew Niccol
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Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ..read more »
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Lord Of War - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto
Director: Andrew Niccol
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Based on actual events, this black comedy-drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to ..read more »
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The Aviator
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR is a lavish spectacle of a motion picture that harks back to Hollywood's Golden Era in telling the story of Howard Hughes, one of 20th-century America's most pioneering and influential figures. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric billionaire, Scorsese's biopic ..read more »
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Garden State
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
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Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
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From Hell - BLU-RAY Version
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Director: Albert Hughes
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FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
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The Emperor's New Clothes
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny
Director: Alan Taylor
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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES recasts history in 19th Century France. Based on the novel by Simon Leys, The Death of Napoleon, the film supposes that Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile in St. Helena and returned to Paris in 1821, whereas the history books say he died that year. With imaginative ..read more »
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From Hell
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
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FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
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Miracle Maker
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Bryant, Julie Christie
Director: Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov
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A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A ..read more »
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Beautiful Joe
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Billy Connolly, Ian Holm, Gil Bellows
Director: Stephen Metcalfe
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Having left the Big Apple after a string of startling personal revelations, Joe (Billy Connolly) washes up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he happens upon a sultry ex-stripper named Hush (Sharon Stone) who is in serious debt to local crime czar George the Geek. Soon enough, Joe's fallen in love, and ..read more »
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Last Of The Blonde Bombshells
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron
Director: Gillies Mackinnon
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Elizabeth, the youngest of The Blonde Bombshells, recalls her days during the Second World War when the group entertained the nation. When she meets up with Patrick, the only male member of the group, she has the idea on reforming the band to play together again for one last time.
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Bless The Child
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman
Director: Charles Russell
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Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-..read more »
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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 ..read more »
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Existenz
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe
Director: David Cronenberg
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Set in the near-future, eXistenZ depicts a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. At the center of the story is Allegra Geller whose latest games system eXistenZ taps so deeply into its users fears and desires that it blurs ..read more »
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The Match
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Max Beesley, Ian Holm
Director: Mick Davis
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A romantic comedy which follows Wullie Smith and his love for Rosemary Bailey. To win her over he must help a team of misfits win their yearly football match against an opposing pub team.
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Fifth Element, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
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The Sweet Hereafter
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin
Director: Atom Egoyan
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A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest ..read more »
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A Life Less Ordinary
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
Director: Danny Boyle
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Petulant, rich honeypie Celine and scruffily adorable janitor Robert find themselves on the road to romance after he kidnaps her to avenge his termination at the hands of her callous father. But what they don't realize is that their love is celestially predetermined, as a pair of gun-toting angels ..read more »
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The Fifth Element
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
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Night Falls On Manhattan
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Sean Casey joins the New York district attorney's office after years as a street cop and a part time law student. He successfully prosecutes a high profile case and feels that at last everything is within reach, but he soon discovers the case was based on tainted evidence...
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Big Night
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Stanley Tucci, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini
Director: Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
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A bittersweet story of two brothers in search of the American dream. Primo and Secondo Pilaggi are Italian immigrants who settle on the New Jersey shore and open a restaurant, the Paradise, hoping to strike it rich. Primo, the elder brother, is a master chef from the Old World who is concerned only ..read more »
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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In this adaptation of the classic Mary Shelley tale, Kenneth Branagh stars as Victor Frankenstein, a man possessed by a mission to create life but painfully unaware of the consequences of his actions. He succeeds in his quest to create a man, but his creature (Robert De Niro) is both revolting and ..read more »
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Hour of the Pig
(1993)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Peasence
Director: Leslie Megahey
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In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a ..read more »
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Borrowers, The - Series 1
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Callard
Director: John Henderson
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The first series of the splendid BBC adaptation of Mary Norton's novel. This wonderfully believable adaptation stars Ian Holm as Pod and Penelope Wilton as his wife Homily. They are 6 inches high humans, who live like mice in the nooks and crannies of a house with their equally tiny daughter ..read more »
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Kafka
(1991)
Starring: Theresa Russell, Alec Guinness, Jeremy Irons
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Set in 1919 Prague, this mystery drama follows a lonely recluse's efforts to find the truth surrounding his closest friend's disappearance. His search arouses the suspicions of the police and turns him into a hunted man...
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli teamed with Mel Gibson for this energetic, earthy adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. From study abroad, the young Prince of Denmark returns home to find his mother has married his uncle, and his father's ghost is urging him to action; but what action?..read more »
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Another Woman
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, John Houseman
Director: Woody Allen
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A university professor, Marion Post is experiencing a type of midlife crisis, so she rents an apartment in order to write a book. The apartment is next to a psychiatrist's office, and she inadvertently hears what transpires between the doctor and some of her patients. She becomes obsessed with the ..read more »
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Dance With A Stranger
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm
Director: Mike Newell
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The moving true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Great Britain. The last man executed in that country was later found to be innocent, a regrettable (to say the least) incident which led to the abandonment of the practice.
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
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Chariots Of Fire
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Ben Cross, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson
Director: Hugh Hudson
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Director Hugh Hudson's absorbing drama, based on a true story, deals with the personal struggles faced by two very different long-distance runners competing for Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) is a devout Christian who sees victory as a testament to the glory ..read more »
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Time Bandits - BLU-RAY Version
(1980)
Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and
Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy
adventure. When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of
another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric
encounters with famous ..read more »
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Time Bandits
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
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Alien
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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All Quiet On The Western Front
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Director: Delbert Mann
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In 1914 a group of fresh-faced and idealistic German schoolboys are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the 'Glorious War'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up, however, their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training. Later, as they board the train ..read more »
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March Or Die
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow
Director: Dick Richards
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Expelled from West Point, a man enlists in the French Foreign Legion and commands a motley crew of men assigned to protect an archaeological expedition. Things don't go as planned. Filmed in the Sahara Desert and starring Gene Hackman.
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Robin And Marian
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw
Director: Richard Lester
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This romantic epic takes a bittersweet look at Robin Hood and Maid Marian in their later years. After King Richard's death in the Holy Land, Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and his trusty companion Little John finally return home to England. Despite his two-decade absence, Robin immediately determines to ..read more »
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Shout At The Devil
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins
Director: Peter R. Hunt
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Two self-styled African empire builders (Lee Marvin and Roger Moore) set out to annex a large part of the German territory in WWI Africa. After one of them (Moore) falls in love with the other's daughter (Barbara Parkins), all three set out on a dangerous quest for glory and revenge.
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The Homecoming
(1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston
Director: Peter Hall
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Possibly the best of the universally excellent films produced by the American Film Theatre, producer Ely Landau's programme that allowed moviegoers to subscribe to film versions of classic plays, Peter Hall's THE HOMECOMING is a magnificent adaptation of Harold Pinter's play. In it, a successful ..read more »
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Oh What A Lovely War
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's directorial debut OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR is a riotous, thought-provoking satire on the follies of war, based on the stage musical of the same name. Set during World War I, the story revolves around the Smith family, whose five sons enlist in the army only to end up as cannon ..read more »
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Power Game, The - Series 1
(4 discs)
(1965)
Starring: Patrick Wymark, Barbara Murray, Clifford Evans
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Features the complete episodes from the first series of the drama focussing on an ambitious executive that everyone loves to hate.
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The Treatment
Starring: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen
Director: Oren Rudavsky
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Jake Singer is an anxious young schoolteacher in New York - barely on speaking terms with his father, recently abandoned by his girlfriend, and heading for a life of compromise and mediocrity. Emotionally paralyzed by his mothers death, he embarks on a course of psychoanalysis with a maniacal ..read more »
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The Last Dragon
on DVD
Starring: Ian Holm
Director: Justin Hardy
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Fantasy becomes reality in this two hour special that imagines what the world would have been like if these incredible fire-breathing creatures actually did exist. Through vivid dramatic re-creations, stunning computer animation and life-like models of internal organs, viewers will get to see the ..read more »
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Borrowers, The - Series 2
on DVD
Starring: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton
Director: John Henderson
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The second series of the television series which follows The Borrowers, a family of tiny people who live under the stairs in an old house populated by the larger version of the human being. One day a tiny member of the family befriends a member of the 'bigger' household... Based on the novel by ..read more »
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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Box Set
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian Holm
Director: Peter Jackson
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The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring: In a time before history, in a place called Middle-earth, a dark and powerful lord has brought together the forces of evil to destroy its cultures and enslave all life caught in his path. Sauron's time has come and he needs only one small object - ..read more »
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King Lear
on DVD
Starring: Ian Holm, Amanda Redman, Barbara Flynn
Director: Richard Eyre
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Adapted from the acclaimed 1997 production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ian Holm stars as the tragic monarch, King Lear, wise, headstrong but blind to his weaknesses. Richard Eyre directs.
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All Quiet On The Western Front
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(1979)
Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Director: Delbert Mann
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Run time: 128 minutes
The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness ..read more »
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something he ate? 14 September 2003
...lly realised dynamic they create, with John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto and most notably Ian Holm all delivering excellent performances which contribute to some of the film's st...
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