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review by A customer from Manchester, UJ
SUBLIME 22 August 2005
John Standing - filmography
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Before the Rains
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Leopold Benedict, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das
Director: Santosh Sivan
Certificate: 
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Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, "Before the Rains" is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan. An idealistic young Indian man finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when ..read more »
 
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from 1,136 member
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The Falklands Play
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Patricia Hodge, John Standing, James Fox
Director: Michael Samuels
Certificate: 
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Patricia Hodge and James Fox star in this BBC political drama. In 1982, Margaret Thatcher's government sent British forces to war to regain the Falkland Islands from occupying Argentinean troops. Four years later, the BBC commissioned a play on the conflict, only for playwright Ian Curteis's work ..read more »
71%
from 261 members
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8.1/2 Women
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Elizabeth Berrington, Natacha Amal, John Standing
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway's tale of sexual fantasies and blackmail. In Tokyo businessman Philip Emmenthal (John Standing) places his son Storey (Matthew Delamere) in charge of his eight and a half, recently acquired, pachinko parlours. When Storey's mother dies, he travels to his father's Geneva chateau to ..read more »
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from 1,029 member
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Mad Cows
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Phyllida Law, Greg Wise
Director: Sarah Sugarman
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Maddy (Anna Friel) is an Australian in London, trying to track down the feckless father of her baby boy. Her quest takes an unexpected turn when she is thrown in prison for stealing a bag of peas from Harrods. A plot is hatched between Maddy, her best friend Gillian (Joanna Lumley) and the prison ..read more »
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from 273 members
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Mrs Dalloway
(1997)
Starring: Lena Headey, Sarah Badel, Michael Kitchen
Director: Marleen Gorris
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Marleen Gorris directs this adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. In 1923, MP's wife Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) begins to reminisce while preparing for a party at her London home. She casts her mind back to the 1890s, when she shared a close friendship with the radical Sally Seton (Lena ..read more »
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from 1,325 member
Currently unavailable
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The Woman in White
(1997)
Starring: Tara Fitzgerald, Justine Waddell, Andrew Lincoln
Director: Tim Fywell
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Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives
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from 35 members
Currently unavailable
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The Choir
(2 discs)
(1995)
Starring: Oliver Milburn, Nicholas Farrell, Jane Asher
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
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This mini-series, based on Joanna Trollope's novel, explores the internal politics and scandals of a British cathedral choir school. It features the singing voice of first-time actor and boy treble soloist Anthony Way, a real-life student at the St. Paul's Cathedral Choral School in London.
68%
from 236 members
Currently unavailable
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Invitation To The Wedding
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Paul Nicholas, Ralph Richardson, John Standing
Director: Joseph Brooks
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During the rehearsal for the wedding of Lady Anne (Susan Brooks), David (Paul Nicholas) stands in for the groom. However, due to the pastor's (Ralph Richardson) ineptitude, David finds himself actually married to Lady Anne which is just the beginning of a rollercoaster-ride of disaster.
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from 133 members
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The Legacy
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Ian Hogg, Roger Daltrey, Charles Gray
Director: Richard Marquand
Certificate: 
An American designer goes to stay with her employer and finds the country house full of guests who have gathered to discover which one of them is to inherit a satanic legacy. One by one the list of potential candidates gets shorter, as the group come to a variety of grisly ends.
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from 150 members
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The Eagle Has Landed - Blu-ray
(1977)
Starring: Jenn, Maurice Roeves, Sven-Bertil Taube
Director: John Sturges
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John Sturges' adaptation of Jack Higgins' semi-factual novel using an all-star cast. In 1943, a group of Nazi soldiers parachute into Norfolk and infiltrate a small village near the holiday retreat of Winston Churchill. Their plan is to assassinate the British Prime Minister but the villagers are ..read more »
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from 714 members
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Au Pair Girls
(1972)
Starring: Ferdy Mayne, Me Me Lay, Gabrielle Drake
Director: Val Guest
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These sexy au pairs only came to make the beds... but they end up doing everything! Four Continental dolly-birds arrive in London to work as home-helps, but within
24-hours they all lose all of their clothes in this raucous 1970s sex comedy classic! Directed by veteran filmmaker Val Guest (..read more »
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from 501 members
Due for release on 29th July 2013
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The First Churchills - Part 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: John Neville, Susan Hampshire, John Standing
Director: David Giles
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The first part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'The Chaste Nymph', 'Bridals', 'Plot Counter Plot', 'The Lion and the Unicorn', 'Rebellion' and '..read more »
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from 225 members
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The First Churchills - Part 2
(2 discs)
(1969)
Starring: John Neville, Richard Pearson, Susan Hampshire
Director: David Giles
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The second part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'Trial of Strength', 'The Queen Commands', 'Reconciliation', 'A Famous Victory', 'Breaking the ..read more »
65%
from 137 members
Currently unavailable
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A Touch Of Love
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Sandy Dennis, John Standing, Michael Coles
Director: Waris Hussein
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British drama based on the novel 'The Millstone' by Margaret Drabble. When philosophy student, Rosamund (Sandy Dennis), has a one-night-stand with gay television presenter, George (Ian McKellen), she falls pregnant. She subsequently decides to bring up the baby on her own, refusing to involve the ..read more »
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from 46 members
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Walk, Don't Run
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Jim Hutton, Samantha Eggar, John Standing
Director: Charles Walters
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Comedy starring Cary Grant. When English industrialist Sir William Rutland (Grant) arrives in Tokyo on business, the influx of tourists for the upcoming Olympic games makes it impossible to find lodging. So Rutland fast-talks his way into sharing an apartment with beautiful Christine Easton (..read more »
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from 387 members
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Rabbit Fever
on DVD
Starring: Lisa Barbuscia, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Tara Summers
Director: Ian Denyer
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Mockumentary about the joys and pitfalls of self gratification via the currently popular 'women's accoutrement' starring some unlikely actors. Bane of the existence of many a perfectly functioning hot-blooded male in the noughties, the Rampant Rabbit vibrator, has made addicts out of many an ..read more »
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from 346 members
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Queen's Messenger
on DVD
Starring: Gary Daniels, David Westhead, Teresa Sherrer-Donovan
Director: Mark Roper
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By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong (Gary Daniels), a senior officer of the elite Queen's Messenger Corps, is given the dangerous task of delivering a delicate communication to the British Ambassador of a troubled eastern European state. Strong has sworn to protect the message ..read more »
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from 82 members
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...mpshire hold centre stage throughout but the supporting actors are all quality, John Standing is very good as Goldolphin with wonderful portrayal of the intrigues and treach...
