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Hello! Leslie Phillips and Peter O'Toole head to Venus -
29 November 2005
Two of Britain's acting greats Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips are set to star together in a new film Venus. - -The film, directed by Roger Michell (Enduring Love, Notting Hill), has just started filming in London and tells the tale of two ageing actors. - -Despite b
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Peter O'Toole - filmography
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Iron Road
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Director: David Wu
Certificate: 
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
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Dean Spanley
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
Director: Toa Fraser
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Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
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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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Stardust
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
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Stardust - HD DVD Version
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »
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Lassie
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Gregor Fisher
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Lassie is the timeless story of the remarkable bond between a young boy and his dog set in a Yorkshire mining town. After falling on hard times, the Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling. When Lassie finds herself transported five hundred miles away ..read more »
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from 8,355 members
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Troy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ..read more »
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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen, Fry
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Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
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Augustus
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Roger Young
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AUGUSTUS - THE FIRST EMPEROR. The classic tale sees Augustus travelling to Spain in order to help Julius Caesar in his struggle against the troops of Pompey. After victory and assignment to Greece, Augustus hears of Caesar's assassination. What ensues is the story of a power struggle between ..read more »
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from 351 members
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Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
(1999)
Starring: Peter O'Toole
Director: Tom Kinninmont
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A play by Keith Waterhouse which is based on the life and writings of the late Jeffrey Bernard who, amongst other things, was a womaniser, heavy drinker and Soho hellraiser...
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from 356 members
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The Manor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Peter O'Toole
Director: Kenneth Burns
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A wickedly funny and intelligent comedy of manners, where lies and deception rule.
An investigator (Martin Dejdar) searches for the truth of two dead men in an old manor run by an overbearing woman (Greta Scachhi) and finds out quickly that he's caught in a web of lies and deceit. Everyone is a ..read more »
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Joan Of Arc
(1999)
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe
Director: Christian Duguay
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A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret. Inspired by these voices Joan led her troops to unite against their ..read more »
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Phantoms
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber
Director: Joe Chappelle
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Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-..read more »
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Gulliver's Travels
(1996)
Starring: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox
Director: Charles Sturridge
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This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
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King Ralph
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt
Director: David S. Ward
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When a freak accident wipes out the entire royal family, an exhaustive search of the bloodline reveals a distant heir: Ralph Jones. A good-natured, down-to-earth Las Vegas lounge singer, Ralph is quickly given a crash course in royal manners. But his unconventional behavior provides fuel for a ..read more »
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High Spirits
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenburg
Director: Neil Jordan
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Peter O'Toole stars as the drunken owner of the Castle Hotel which he desperately needs to sell to pay off his endless bills. To attract buyers, he advertises the property as the most ghost-ridden hotel in the Emerald Isle... Unfortunately, when prospective buyers arrive, he press-gangs his loyal ..read more »
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The Last Emperor
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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The story of Pu Yi, who ascended to the Imperial Throne in China at the age of three and became the country’s last Emperor. Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bernardo Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi is a prisoner in the ..read more »
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Creator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Ivan Passer
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An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to "recreate" his pet wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
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Creator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano
Director: Ivan Passer
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An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to 'recreate' his wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
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Supergirl
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
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Strength, flight, invincibility, heat vision, an unswerving sense of justice: they're all family traits, Kara, SUPERMAN's cousin also survived the cataclysm that destroyed their homeworld of Krypton. On Earth she becomes SUPERGIRL! Helen Slater plays the title role, posing as Midvale prep-schooler ..read more »
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Masada
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Barbara Carrera, Peter O'Toole, Giulia Pagano
Director: Boris Sagal
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An epic true story of Jews fleeing Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Pursued to a mountain stronghold of the Herods, they face lives enslaved, or suicide.
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Caligula
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole
Director: Tinto Brass
Certificate: 
A reputedly faithful cinematic depiction of the historical events of Caligula's Rome, including the decadence and debauchery that marked his reign. This notorious release has faced rather hysterical hostility from would-be censors. Financed by Penthouse Magazine magnate Bob Guccione, who was ..read more »
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Zulu Dawn
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Director: Douglas Hickox
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ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant ..read more »
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The Stunt Man
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Chuck Bail
Director: Richard Rush
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A Vietnam veteran who kills a stunt man takes his place in an action film. The director of the film insists that the stunt man perform more dangerous and terrifying feats....
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Rosebud
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Kim Cattrall
Director: Otto Preminger
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Legendary filmmaker Otto Preminger (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) directs this dramatic tale concerning a group of terrorists who kidnap five beautiful women from a yacht in Greece and hold them for ransom.
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Man of La Mancha
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco
Director: Arthur Miller
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Cervante's immortal story of Don Quixote and his spiritual quest for 'The Impossible Dream' of honour, chivalry and adventure. Broadway's greatest fantasy musical comes to the small screen with Peter O'Toole in the title role with Sophia Loren as his fair lady, Dulcinea.
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The Ruling Class
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe
Director: Peter Medak
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A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole.
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Murphy's War
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Horst Janson
Director: Peter Yates
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Peter O'Toole stars as Murphy, a stranded Irish merchant seaman who is the sole survivor of a WWII German U-boat attack in foreign waters. Rescued by Louis (Philippe Noiret), a French oil engineer, he is taken to a small village hospital and treated by Doctor Haiden (Sian Phillips), a strong-willed ..read more »
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Under Milk Wood
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole
Director: Andrew Sinclair
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Hollywood icons Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole star in the screen adaptation of Dylan Thomas's classic play. A celebration of life and death, the film follows the people and events in a small Welsh harbour village, from one spring to the next. Captain Cat, the blind sea captain, ..read more »
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The Night Of The Generals
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: Anatole Litvak
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The tense story of a manhunt for a psychopathic sex killer during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and Paris in World War II. An Intelligence major is assigned to the task of finding the killer, who is believed to be a top-ranking German officer...
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Bible, The - In The Beginning
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris
Director: John Huston
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Focusing and dramatizing the first 22 chapters in The Book of Genesis, "The Bible in the Beginning...," exquisitely and diligently explores the origins of mankind. The stories of Adam and Eve, the story of Cain and Abel, Noah and the Ark, the Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Sarah, ..read more »
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How To Steal A Million
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Audrey Hepburn, Charles Boyer
Director: William Wyler
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Director William Wyler went to Paris to shoot this frothy caper comedy. Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn) lives with her father, Charles (Hugh Griffith). He keeps them in luxury by selling an occasional painting--maybe a Renoir, maybe a van Gogh. A well-known art connoisseur, he has an endless supply ..read more »
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What's New Pussycat
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen
Director: Clive Donner
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A classic 1960s sex comedy, written by Woody Allen. Deciding that he is finally ready to settle down with his fiancee Carole (Romy Schneider), fashion editor Michael James (Peter O'Toole) realises that he has a real problem: He is so very handsome, and his job as editor for a Parisian fashion ..read more »
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Lord Jim
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach
Director: Richard Brooks
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This faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1900 novel tells the story of a romantic young Englishman, Jim (Peter O'Toole), who takes to the sea on a merchant vessel in his quest for adventure. Imagining himself to be a great man with a bright future, Jim instead deserts at the first true test of ..read more »
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Becket
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Donald Wolfit
Director: Peter Glenville
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A historical costume drama of the grandest order, "Becket" is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II and Thomas à Becket, a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. Once proposed for the office, Becket immediately perceives what the King does not:..read more »
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn
Director: David Lean
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David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
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Kidnapped
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Peter Finch, Bernard Lee, James MacArthur
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Kidnapped and cheated of his inheritance, David Balfour joins forces with a Jacobite adventurer. When they are falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands.
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The Making Of Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
Certificate: 
A documentary about the making of the film 'Lawrence Of Arabia' which is the story of a British Officer, T.E. Lawrence, who helped the Arabs revolt against the Turks during World War I. Also includes rare footage of the production of this epic.
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Sherlock Holmes - Valley Of Fear
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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A man who discovered gold in America is found dead. Holmes is called in to investigate the murder. What he discovers is that the victim was terrified of retribution...
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Sherlock Holmes - The Baskerville Curse
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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The Baskerville family suffer a curse which means that anyone on the moors may be attacked by a hell hound. Holmes is called in to investigate the curse and keep Henry Baskerville safe.
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Sherlock Holmes - A Study In Scarlet
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole
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When the body of a man is found in a house in London, Holmes is called in to investigate some interesting clues; a woman's wedding ring and a timetable for the Atlantic Steamship Company.
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Lenny Bruce - Ladies And Gentlemen
on DVD
Starring: John Lone, Peter O'Toole
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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For many, Lenny Bruce was the undisputed godfather of contemporary stand-up comedy and an iconoclast. This anthology includes John Magnuson's LENNY BRUCE PERFORMANCE FILM (the only full-length Bruce performance ever committed to film) and Fred Baker's seminal documentary WITHOUT TEARS.
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Troy - HD DVD Version
Starring: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ..read more »
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Strumpet City
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Murray
Director: Tony Barry
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Set in Dublin during the Lockout of 1913, Hugh Leonard's faithful adapttion portrrays the lives of the Irish workers, the strike, the riots and the hardships of early 20th Century Ireland. It's a story bursting with unforgetable characters caught up in the bitter struggles of the age, driven by ..read more »
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Man Friday
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
Director: Jack Gold
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Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic, 'Robinson Crusoe'. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man ..read more »
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Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage
to Watch Now
(2008)
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O'Toole
Director: Michael Campus
Certificate: 
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Run time: 100 minutes
This touching and inspirational film tells the early true-life story of renowned "Painter of Light," Thomas Kinkade. Returning home from college one Christmas, young artist Thomas Kinkade is dismayed to learn that attempts to promote local tourism have failed and his mother is dangerously close to ..read more »
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Joan of Arc - Part 1
to Watch Now
(1999)
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe
Director: Christian Duguay
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Run time: 92 minutes
Once there lived a legend whose coming had been foretold by the great prophet Merlin. It was said that after nearly a century of war, a maiden would unite her divided people. It did not say how...
This star-studded epic mini-series tells the triumphant yet tragic true story of one of history's ..read more »
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Joan of Arc - Part 2
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(1999)
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe
Director: Christian Duguay
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Run time: 92 minutes
Once there lived a legend whose coming had been foretold by the great prophet Merlin. It was said that after nearly a century of war, a maiden would unite her divided people. It did not say how...
This star-studded epic mini-series tells the triumphant yet tragic true story of one of history's ..read more »
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Rosebud
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(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Kim Cattrall
Director: Otto Preminger
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Run time: 13 minutes
Kay, in her late twenties, has just moved into a new flat. Her new neighbours are a stylish lesbian couple who are very much in love. Kay is fascinated by their easy physical intimacy, and images of women and female sensuality begin to take over her erotic fantasies.
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Man Friday
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(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
Director: Jack Gold
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Run time: 109 minutes
Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic, 'Robinson Crusoe'. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity.
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Yahoo !!!! 26 October 2008
...a cast of 1000's - well known actors, many don't do too much ,e.g. Gueilgud but Peter O'Tooles cameo was good. I have never read the book so I don;t know how true this serie...
O'Toole in rude health 7 September 2008
