Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, An American Tragedy George Eastman (Clift), is a charming but aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief tryst with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Winters), but he forgets all about her when he falls for dazzling socialite Angela Vickers (Taylor). Just when George's personal and professional futures seem assured, Alice, pregnant with his child, demands that
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ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)
Certification12 Our Rating
An intense observation of an idealistic man's descent into temptation and corruption adapted from Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, loosely based round the career of populist Louisiana governor Huey Long, and with a selection of pretty much the best actors Hollywood has to offer. Perhaps on occasion just too worthy, All The Kings Men is a still a powerful dramatic tragedy.
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BECKETT ON FILM (DISC 3) (2000)
Certification12 Our Rating
3.1 Happy Days, 3.2 Catastrophe, 3.3 Rough for Theatre II, 3.4 Breath, 3.5 That Time
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DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
Certification15 Our Rating
David Lean's epic romance set against the turbulant backdrop of the Russian revolution. One man's struggle for moral political and personal survival amidst the complex web of intrigue and tangled loyalties that accompanied the fall of the Tsar.
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IT (2017)
Certification15 Our Rating
In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one, leaving behind bloody remains. In a place known as 'The Barrens', a group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange encounters with an evil clown and their determination to kill It.
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JOHN OSBORNE AND THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP (2006)
CertificationE Our Rating
A timely look at the playwright John Osborne who redefined British theatre in 1956 with 'Look Back In Anger'. Using previously lost material from his plays, 'The Entertainer', 'Luther', 'Inadmissable Evidence', 'Epitaph for George Dillon', 'A Patriot for Me', talking heads too numerous to mention, from the cream of British thespianism, and recollections of Osborne himself, this is a fascinating insight into a genuinely angry man and his defining body of work.
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LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN (1989)
Certification18 Our Rating
Brooklyn 1952; Tralala is a tart, Vinnie is her brutal pimp, Georgina and Regina are transvestites on the make and Harry is a corrupt union official. These are just a few of the gallery of characters in this extremely stylish, if violent, look at urban demi-mondes.
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ON THE BLACK HILL (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
Adapted from Bruce Chatwin's book and very much 'Thomas Hardy does Wales'. We follow four generations, in particular the intense relationship of two identical twin brothers, Ben and Lewis, of a Welsh hill-farming family. Visionary direction and ravishing scenery, our countryside at its very best.
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RELATIVE VALUES (2000)
CertificationPG Our Rating
1950s England and an eligible young Earl announces his marriage to a beautiful Hollywood actress, much to the horror of his family and her ex, a fellow movie star. An old style comedy of manners and most importantly, class.
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (2008)
Certification15 Our Rating
Set in the 50s, and adapted from the critically acclaimed 1961 book of the same name by Richard Yates, this is a tale of a couple trying to free themselves from their conformist suburban Connecticut lifestyle, where living the 'American Dream' has become akin to a lifeless existence.
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