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RADIO DAYS |
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| Imaginary biography of Woody Allen's childhood days in New York suburb. Old radio songs lead into reminiscences of mainly Jewish neighbors | |
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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN |
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| Famous story by E. Nesbit of Edwardian children moving to Yorkshire where their father is imprisoned as a spy. They have adventures whilst trying to prove his innocence. | |||
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RAIN MAN |
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| Dustin Hoffman & Tom Cruise. Brash young man learns that father's fortune has been left to autistic brother. He tries to get the money out of his brother but in the process things turn out very differently. | |||
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RAISE THE RED LANTERN |
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| Award winning Chinese film of a spirited girl who becomes the concubine of the old master. Great visual ritual. EST. | |||
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RAN |
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| Freely adapted Japanese version of 'King Lear' by Kurosawa. Feudal Japan. Ageing warlord wants peaceful retirement but youngest son, driven into exile, realizes a man with bloodstained past can have no peace. | |||
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REAR WINDOW |
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| Hitchcock thriller. News photographer confined to bedroom with broken leg sees a murder through window. Artificial but gripping drama. | |||
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REBECCA |
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| From Daphne Du Maurier classic novel. Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine. Timid girl meets handsome widower and marries him but finds she must live in the shadow of first wife Rebecca. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. | |||
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THE REBEL |
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| Hancock comedy in which as disgruntled city gent he goes to Paris to fulfill his ambition to be a Left Bank painter. | |||
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REBEL WITH A CAUSE |
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| Dubbed version of Italian film of final period of life of Che Guevara in Bolivia where with help of CIA he was caught and killed. | |||
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REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE |
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| Released a month after of death of James Dean, this film made him a cult figure. Well-to-do youth rebels against environment. | |||
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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE |
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| Dir John Huston. A boy's initiation into manhood as a Union soldier in American Civil War. Sensitively told and acted. Reserve from your library the book on battle between director & studio 'Picture' by Lillian Ross. | |||
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THE RED BALLOON |
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| Lonely boy finds a red balloon which becomes his constant companion & finally lifts him to the skies. Absorbing & perfectly timed fantasy. One of the great film shorts. | |||
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REDS |
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| Romantised biography of John Reed, crusading journalist caught up in Russian October Revolution & wrote 10 Days.... Warren Beatty & Diane Keaton | |||
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REMBRANDT |
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| Alexander Korda film with Charles Laughton. Comic yet tragic study. Rembrandt's new style painting loses him clients & sinks to poverty. | |||
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THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE |
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| Husband returns from war having been given up as dead. There are doubts as to whether he is who he says even though his wife accepts him as genuine. Gerard Depardieu. English dubbing. | |||
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THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER |
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| Novel by Rebecca West. 3 women love army officer who returns from France & wounded suffering from amnesia. His wife is now a stranger to him. Glenda Jackson, Julie Christie, Alan Bates. | |||
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REVOLUTION |
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| The film which unfortunately bankrupted Goldcrest Films. Story of struggle of American Colonies for independence. Dir. Hugh Hudson. | |||
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RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON SUNSET STRIP |
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| Well-known American comic of early 80's gives a live performance. | |||
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RICHARD III |
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| Pleasing filming of melodramatic view of Richard Crookback's seizure of throne of England and subsequent defeat.Laurence Olivier. | |||
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RIGOLETTO |
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| Jonathan Miller's modern-day version set in Mafia controlled Manhattan. English National Opera filmed live at London Coliseum. | |||
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ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS |
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| Visconti film of poor family from the south moving to industrial Milan. Startling & compassionate study of cultural divisions in Italy and a landmark in Italian cinema. Alain Delon. Italian-EST. | |||
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THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER |
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| From a D H Lawrence short story.Young boy has gift of foretelling racing winners whilst riding his old rockinghorse. Such luck soon turns to tragedy. Compelling tale. John Mills,Valerie Hobson | |||
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ROGER AND ME |
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USA 1989 90 mins. Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine) traces the decline of his home town, Flint, Michigan after General Motors closes plants laying off thousands of workers. The action spans 3 years as Moore tracks down the GM chairman in order to confront him with the human consequences of corporate policy. Moore terms it a ‘docucomedy’, a political sketch rather than a measured analysis, deploying humour and exaggeration to make its point. | |
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| ROMERO |
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USA 1989 101 mins He spoke the truth in a country torn apart by social injustice. He stood for human rights during an era of shocking violence and torture. But the brutal dictatorship chose not to listen to him and he was assassinated for his beliefs. His name was Oscar Romero, Archbishop of El Salvador. This is his courageous – and true – story. Starring Raul Julia, Richard Jordan and others. | |
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ROMEO & JULIET (ZEFFERELLI) |
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| Fast moving version of Shakespeare. Milo O'Shea, Michael York. Olivia Hussey,138 mins. | |||
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ROMEO & JULIET (BBC) |
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| Cedric Messina's rich & colourful production combines resonance & immediacy of theatre with realism of television. 169 mins. | |||
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ROMEO & JULIET (BALLET) |
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| The Prokofiev ballet, the immortal story of tragic young love is a feast for eye and ear. The Scala Milan ballet & orchestra. | |||
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ROOM AT THE TOP |
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| Ambititious & ruthless young man cheats his way to success. Lawrence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Dir. Jack Clayton. | |||
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A ROOM WITH A VIEW |
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| Winner of 3 Oscars & 4 Baftas. Lucy, young English woman whose emotions are rocked when she sees a murder & life is alterd by arrival of strange young man. EM Forster novel. Merchant Ivory production. | |||
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ROSALIE GOES SHOPPING |
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| Off-beat comedy. Rosalie juggles family finances using 37 credit cards. Ignoring priestly criticism she points out that the Vatican cannot pay its bills! Dir. Percy Adlon (Bagdad Cafe). | |||
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ROSELYNE AND THE LIONS |
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| Two young lovers struggle to be taken seriously at Munich's Circus Koenig. Their double act is threatened with the male lover's jealousy and he pushes himself to point of no return. German-EST. | |||
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