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review by from surrey
Classic romcom of all times 26 January 2006
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, England
How to Steal a Million 22 October 2005
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Welcome Home! 23 April 2007
William Wyler - filmography
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Funny Lady
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Director: William Wyler, Herbert Ross
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Funny Lady Barbra Streisand is back and she's better than ever as the exuberant Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, sequel to acclaimed Academy Award winner Funny Girl. This lively, lavish musical opens a new chapter in Fanny's career and love life. Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), she ..read more »
 
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from 608 members
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Funny Girl
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Director: William Wyler
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One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break ..read more »
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from 1,698 member
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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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from 1,436 member
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The Children's Hour
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner
Director: William Wyler
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Based on the 1934 play by Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour is set at an exclusive girl's school managed by best friends Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. When student Karen Balkin is punished for one of her many misdeeds, the mean-spirited youngster rushes to her wealthy aunt Fay Bainter, ..read more »
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from 1,318 member
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Ben Hur
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Director: William Wyler
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This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince ..read more »
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from 8,265 members
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Ben-Hur - Blu-ray
(1959)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Director: William Wyler
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Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in ..read more »
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from 203 members
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The Big Country
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Gregory Peck
Director: William Wyler
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Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his ..read more »
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from 1,521 member
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Friendly Persuasion
(1956)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins
Director: William Wyler
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Indiana, 1862. Quakers Jess and Eliza Birdwell (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) live on their family farm. There are only minor ruffles in their quiet life--youngest son, Little Jess, has a running battle with the pet goose, Samantha; Eliza disapproves when Jess turns their weekly buggy ride to ..read more »
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from 25 members
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The Desperate Hours
(1956)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Martha Scott
Director: William Wyler
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Director William Wyler's suspense classic marks the only time cinema giants Humphrey Bogart and Frederic March worked together. And the result is everything you'd expect: taut, terrifying and terrific. Bogart plays an escaped con who has nothing to lose. March is a suburban Everyman who has ..read more »
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from 495 members
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Roman Holiday
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
Director: William Wyler
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A modern-day princess 'escapes' from her royal entourage while on a trip to Rome, and while incognito, falls in love with an American newspaperman. Oscar-winning story from then-blacklisted Dalton Trumbo was credited to Ian McLellan Hunter. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, ..read more »
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from 10,395 members
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Carrie
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins
Director: William Wyler
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A sterling performance by Olivier is the centrepiece of this drama based on the novel by Sister Carrie by Dreiser. When a farm girl follows her dreams to turn-of-the-century Chicago, she enters a bleak world of gruelling, poorly-paid factory work. Determined to better her condition, she attaches ..read more »
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from 134 members
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Detective Story
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
Director: William Wyler
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Based on the smash Broadway hit, the gritty and gripping drama of Detective Story explodes onto the big screen under the capable direction of William Wyler (The Best Years Of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur). Set amidst the hectic activity of a New York City police station, Kirk Douglas stars as ..read more »
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from 193 members
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The Heiress
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
Director: William Wyler
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In 1840's New York Catherine lives with her father, Dr. Sloper, a physician. Her mother died some years before, and Dr. Sloper still idolizes her. He never misses an opportunity to compare his daughter to her - a comparison the daughter cannot win. When Morris Townsend, a handsome but penniless ..read more »
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from 565 members
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The Best Years Of Our Lives
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews
Director: William Wyler
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Perhaps the most memorable film about the aftermath of World War II, it unfolds with the homecoming of three veterans to the same small town. The leads all touch emotional truths: Loy seems able to express longing, joy, fear and surprise - mostly with her back turned - in a particularly poignant ..read more »
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from 2,307 members
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Mrs Miniver
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Director: William Wyler
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A moving drama about a middle-class English family learning to cope with war, told in a series of dramatic vignettes. The family, headed by a lovely and gracious matriarch, endures the departure of the father for the beaches at Dunkirk, the discovery of a wounded Nazi pilot, the death of the ..read more »
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from 1,544 member
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The Letter
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort
Director: William Wyler
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William Wyler directs an unscupulously nasty Bette Davis who is at her compulsive best in Somerset Maugham's celebrated melodrama. Set in the ex- British colony of Malaya, while her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall), is away on a business trip inspecting his rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie (Bette ..read more »
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from 781 members
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The Westerner
(1940)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
Director: William Wyler
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A traditional story of the conflict between farmers and cattlemen is represented by Gary Cooper as Cole Hardin and Walter Brennan as "Judge" Roy Bean. Hardin is brought before the self-appointed Judge ("the only law west of the Pecos") as a horse-thief. Fortunately, Hardin notices the giant ..read more »
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from 35 members
Currently unavailable
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Wuthering Heights
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven
Director: William Wyler
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When Mr. Earnshaw encounters Heathcliff, a ragamuffin orphan, he kindly brings the boy into his home and makes him part of the family. Instantly Heathcliff falls hopelessly in love with the daughter of the house, the beautiful but headstrong Catherine. When a wealthy neighbor woos her, Catherine's ..read more »
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from 2,655 members
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Jezebel
(1938)
Starring: Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay
Director: William Wyler
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Set in the antebellum South, William Wyler's JEZEBEL centres on high society beauty Julie Marsden. Julie first arrives on horseback, then enters her home flamboyantly hooking the long flowing train of her dress with her riding crop and hoisting it to her shoulders. Julie is not just high-spirited-..read more »
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from 50 members
Currently unavailable
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Dodsworth
(1936)
Starring: Walter Huston
Director: William Wyler
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A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites during their "second honeymoon" European vacation. He, in turn, meets a woman who is ..read more »
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William Wyler facts
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... in Rome is in black and white but stunning! A great piece of work by producer William Wyler. A must watch romcom of all times! It will have you laughing and crying by th...
