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Under Milk Wood
on DVD (1992)
Starring: Richard Burton, richard burton (narr.)
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This ambitious film, based on a radio play by poet Dylan Thomas, tells of the lives of a number of colourful characters living in the small Welsh village of Llareggub. Throughout the movie, a background voice (that of native Welshman Richard Burton) narrates the day-in-the-life action.
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58%
from 19 members
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1984
on DVD (1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Radford
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A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
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65%
from 1,482 members
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Wagner - Movie
(3 discs)
on DVD (1984)
Starring: Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Tony Palmer
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A seven-hour epic film of the life of the composer Richard Wagner. The musical score is performed by the London, Vienna and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
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57%
from 158 members
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Obsession
on DVD (1980)
Starring: Richard Burton, Tatum O' Neil, Norma Dell'Agnese
Director: Jules Dassin
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This is a story about a young woman coming of age and finding a deeper love with a man who just happens to be somewhat older. Tatum O'Neal plays the part perfectly as a young teenage girl falling in love with a man, Richard Burton who showed and gave her respect, love, honesty and trust. Richard ..read more »
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50%
from 2 members
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Circle Of Two
on DVD (1980)
Starring: Richard Burton, Tatum O'Neal, Nuala Fitzgerald
Director: Jules Dassin
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In 1980, on one of the rare occasions that he returned from exile in Europe to work in North America, Jules Dassin made OBSESSION. He shot the movie in and around Toronto with a largely Canadian crew. As Dassin and scriptwriter Thomas Hedley develop this story of the attraction between a sixty-year-..read more »
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54%
from 30 members
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Absolution
on DVD (1978)
Starring: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley
Director: Anthony Page
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Father Goddard (Richard Burton) hears confessions at a catholic school. In confession, student Benjamin Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend (Billy Connolly) and buried him in the forest. Goddard investigates the matter and finds a buried scarecrow.
Shortly after, ..read more »
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56%
from 124 members
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The Wild Geese
on DVD (1978)
Starring: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
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A British industrialist recruits a group of mercenaries to penetrate the African wilderness and rescue a deposed political leader awaiting execution at the hands of a military despot. While the prisoner is a man with noble visions of racial reform, the industrialist who's financing the operation ..read more »
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70%
from 409 members
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Equus
on DVD (1977)
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer's dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of ..read more »
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67%
from 266 members
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The Medusa Touch
(1977)
Starring: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick
Director: Jack Gold
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Novelist John Morlar is a man with the unique power to cause disaster at will. Detective Brunel investigates an assault on Morlar and discovers he possesses mysterious powers. ..read more »
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64%
from 730 members
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Exorcist 2 - The Heretic
on DVD (1977)
Starring: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher
Director: John Boorman
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Four years after Regan (Linda Blair) has a demon exorcised by a Catholic priest, flying reveries and visions continue to pervade her dreams. Father Lamont (Richard Burton) is released from the Vatican to discover the truth behind Regan's problems, little knowing that the search will take him to ..read more »
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47%
from 220 members
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CBS Salutes Lucy - The First 25 Years
(1976)
Starring: Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Milton Berle
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The Funniest Woman on Television, Lucille Ball, first received her due at this 1976 celebration of her first 25 years on television. CBS TV wanted to show their appreciation for the legendary comedienne, so this tribute was organized featuring cast members and other favorites of early television, ..read more »
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35%
from 8 members
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The Voyage
on DVD (1974)
Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen
Director: Vittorio De Sica
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Adriana De Mauro (Sophia Loren) finds herself unable to be with the man she loves, as his father decreed that his brother should be the one to marry her. So her love Cesar Braggi (Richard Burton) steps aside to allow his sibling Antonio (Ian Bannen), to take her hand. But when fate intervenes in ..read more »
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80%
from 1 members
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Massacre In Rome
on DVD (1973)
Starring: Richard Burton, Leo McKern, Peter Vaughan
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
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Adapted from Robert Katz's book DEATH IN ROME, this chilling tale is based on a true story of the Ardentine Massacre that took place in Italy during the German occupation of World War II. It occurred when the Italian Resistance attacked a squad of German storm troopers and killed 33 of them, ..read more »
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54%
from 95 members
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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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60%
from 126 members
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Villain
on DVD (1971)
Starring: Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Action thriller which centres around a vicious East End gangster, who loves his mother, beats up his boyfriend and has a ruthless contempt for society and his fellow men.
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67%
from 208 members
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Raid On Rommel
on DVD (1971)
Starring: Richard Burton, John Colicos, Clinton Greyn
Director: Henry Hathaway
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Posing as a Nazi officer, Allied commando Captain Foster (Richard Burton) infiltrates the heavily armed ranks of General Rommel (Wolfgang Preiss) as part of a desperate plan to destroy the heavy German artillery at Tobruk in North Africa.
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63%
from 127 members
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Where Eagles Dare
on DVD (1969)
Starring: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Patrick Wymark
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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Two soldiers are parachuted into the Bavarian Alps to rescue an American General from an almost impregnable Nazi fortress, which can be reached only by cable car. Based on the successful Alistair MacLean novel.
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77%
from 1,645 members
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The Taming Of The Shrew
on DVD (1967)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sparkle and amuse as Katharina and Petruchio in William Shakespeare’s comic look at male chauvinism and women’s lib in the 16th century.
Petruchio, a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona, journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he encounters ..read more »
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69%
from 165 members
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Cleopatra
(3 discs)
on DVD (1963)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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This epic, spectacular love story of Egyptian queen Cleopatra and the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Marc Antony has dazzled audiences with its elaborate sets, daring costumes, and thrilling sea battle since its release, but these can't compare with Elizabeth Taylor as the mesmerizing Cleopatra, ..read more »
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72%
from 221 members
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The Longest Day
(2 discs)
on DVD (1962)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ..read more »
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75%
from 1,256 members
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20 March 2004
...Richard Burton doing what he does best. When he's on screen he is very captivating and put's his telekinetic character (Morlar) across in a very disturbing and sinister way....
Burton &Taylor make a great team 14 June 2004
23 September 2004
