John Hurt

John Hurt

Born: January 22, 1940
Died: January 25, 2017
in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history.

Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013.

Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.

Movies for John Hurt...

Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Title: Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
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Bare Knuckle
Title: Bare Knuckle
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Bare Knuckle chronicles Lenny McLean’s origin as a young street fighter in 1970s East End London, the haunting effects of horrific childhood abuse, and his bitter rivalry with Roy Shaw across three unlicensed boxing matches, culminating in Lenny taking the championship title of “The Guv’nor”. In his later life, Lenny McLean went on to become a bestselling author, and won TV and film roles, the most well known being “Barry the Baptist” in Guy Ritchie’s debut Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, shortly before passing away in 1998.
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Ayamé
Title: Ayamé
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Facing total extinction, a military operation turns to the stars in order to relocate the entire human race. During the exodus, one man is sent to rescue his former comrade after she mysteriously disappears while executing a covert operation off world.
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Damascus Cover
Title: Damascus Cover
Character: Miki
Released: October 23, 2017
Type: Movie
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
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That Good Night
Title: That Good Night
Character: Ralph
Released: June 20, 2017
Type: Movie
A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.
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My Name Is Lenny
Title: My Name Is Lenny
Character: Leslie Salmon
Released: June 9, 2017
Type: Movie
The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "The Guv'nor".
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The Journey
Title: The Journey
Character: Harry Patterson
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
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Jackie
Title: Jackie
Character: The Priest
Released: December 2, 2016
Type: Movie
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Title: The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Character: Siegfried Sassoon
Released: November 13, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in their own words.
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ChickLit
Title: ChickLit
Character: Francis Bonar
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: Movie
ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a 'mummy porn' novel in the style of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and it gets snapped up. The only snag is that the publisher insists that the young woman 'author' does press and publicity. The guys have to keep their involvement a secret and so engage an out of work actress to 'role play' the part of the author. This leads to her becoming the star in the film of the book, the tables are turned on the guys and she is in control - leaving them with the awful prospect of having to secretly churn out sex novels for the foreseeable future.
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Title: The Last Panthers
Character: Tom
Released: November 12, 2015
Type: TV
The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.
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Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Title: Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Character: Sailor John (voice)
Released: July 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet. Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on the hunt for Sodor's lost treasure. When Thomas rocks the boat with some new friends, trouble soon rushes in. Will Thomas track down the treasure in time, or will Sailor John set sail with it? Join Thomas and Friends in this explosive movie adventure.
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A.K.A Nadia
Title: A.K.A Nadia
Character: 347
Released: July 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Maya is a happily married mother of two. She is a successful choreographer and everything seems to be perfect...but this life is a lie. Unbeknownst to her family and everyone around her, she has a hidden past.
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Break
Title: Break
Character: Jack
Released: May 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Following an initial misunderstanding between an older couple and a young family, fate takes a hand in bringing both parties closer together. One small act of kindness is then reciprocated by a very big one.
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The Alchemist's Letter
Title: The Alchemist's Letter
Character: The Alchemist (voice)
Released: April 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Pixel Veil presents “The Alchemist’s Letter,” a richly inventive and visually stunning dark fairly tale. When Veridian, an estranged young man, receives his late alchemist father Nicolas’ inheritance (voice of Academy Award® nominated John Hurt), he is exposed to the ill-fated reality that his father built a tumultuous gold making machine powered by his own memories. The film takes us on an enchanted journey through the vessels of the machine where we explore the contents of the alchemist’s most precious memories, all in an attempt to give his son one last life lesson and save his relationship with his daughter (voice of Eloise Webb) from following down the same fateful path.
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Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
Title: Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
Character: Narator
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death in 2015, filmmaker Reiner Moritz produced his documentary Dmitri Shostakovich, A Man of Many Faces. With British actor John Hurt as narrator, Moritz examines Shostakovich's life, focusing in on two events in particular: the 1936 banning of his highly successful opera Lady Mabeth of the Mtsensk District, and the composer's labelling as a "formalist and cosmopolitan" in 1948. Despite such setbacks, Shostakovich went on to pursue a resilient and fulfilling career that testifies to the power of art in the face of a dictatorial terror regime. In telling his story, Mortiz weaves together rare footage of the composer himself talking and performing his Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings with captivating performances of his 15 symphonies and 6 concertos by Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and filmed excerpts of Lady Macbeth and his quartets.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Hercules
Title: Hercules
Character: Cotys
Released: July 23, 2014
Type: Movie
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
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Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
Title: Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
Character: Billy Irvine
Released: April 21, 2014
Type: Movie
"As a dedicated cinema fan, I was obsessed with Heaven's Gate from the moment it was announced in early 1979, and unfortunately history has shown that on occasion a fan can become so obsessed they turn violent toward the object of their obsession, which is what happened to me during the holiday break of 2006. This is the result." - Steven Soderbergh
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Title: Only Lovers Left Alive
Character: Christopher Marlowe
Released: December 12, 2013
Type: Movie
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Title: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Character: The War Doctor
Released: November 23, 2013
Type: Movie
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
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The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
Title: The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
Character: The War Doctor
Released: November 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical screenings of The Day of the Doctor.
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Title: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Character: The War Doctor (archive voice)
Released: November 23, 2013
Type: Movie
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Title: Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity fans and special surprises.
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Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Title: Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Character: The War Doctor
Released: November 14, 2013
Type: Movie
The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Title: Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's frank and open conversations combine with personal interviews from some of the greats who have worked with him.
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Muse of Fire
Title: Muse of Fire
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the? man on the street? Denmark with Jude Law, Baz Luhrmann in Hollywood, Prison in Berlin, and on the street with Mark Rylance. Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!
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Snowpiercer
Title: Snowpiercer
Character: Gilliam
Released: August 1, 2013
Type: Movie
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
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Jayne Mansfield's Car
Title: Jayne Mansfield's Car
Character: Kingsley Bedford
Released: July 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences that will either tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions.
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Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Title: Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Character: The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
Released: June 6, 2013
Type: Movie
A spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was recorded and broadcast live from the historic Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Russia, the city where the world's most loved ballet was created. This was a 3-D live screening celebrating two hundred seventy-five years since Russian ballet started in the exquisite splendor of the Winter Palace.
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Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Title: Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 24, 2013
Type: Movie
A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast of young people, including many supporting roles taken by students of Gresham's School, the film weaves dramatisation with a documentary narrative.
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Sightseers
Title: Sightseers
Character: Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
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Title: Labyrinth
Character: Audric Baillard
Released: November 24, 2012
Type: TV
Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.
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Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Title: Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Adapted from the multi-award winning BBC1 series, Planet Dinosaur 3D recreates the lost world of the dinosaurs in a groundbreaking stereoscopic production. This is one of the most ambitious animated programmes ever attempted for broadcast TV, recreating every detail of these extraordinary animals in an entirely digital production that stretches the boundaries of broadcast 3D with a scale and ambition normally reserved for Hollywood feature films. Planet Dinosaur 3D is a thrilling and immersive journey into a lost world. Pulling together cutting edge research from around the world this programme uses the latest, stunning fossil evidence to chart the rise and fall of the 'Ultimate Killers'; from the iconic Spinosaurus, the largest predator ever to walk the Earth, to Microraptor and the feathered, flying dinosaurs from China. At last, thanks to the advances in technology, and for the first time ever, these monsters can be experienced in all their full, magnificent wonder.
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More Than Honey
Title: More Than Honey
Character: Narrator (english voice)
Released: August 11, 2012
Type: Movie
With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybees — spanning California, Switzerland, China and Australia — more ambitious than any previous work on the topic.
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Title: The Hollow Crown
Character: The Chorus
Released: June 30, 2012
Type: TV
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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The Snipist
Title: The Snipist
Character: The Ministry
Released: May 24, 2012
Type: Movie
The struggle of a lone sniper in a dystopian future Britain plagued with rabies and ruled over by a sinistrous Ministry of Information.
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The Gruffalo's Child
Title: The Gruffalo's Child
Character: The Owl (voice)
Released: December 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!
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Immortals
Title: Immortals
Character: Old Zeus
Released: November 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
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On Borrowed Time
Title: On Borrowed Time
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2011
Type: Movie
Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.
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In Love with Alma Cogan
Title: In Love with Alma Cogan
Character: MC
Released: October 4, 2011
Type: Movie
The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life, but will not accept that the local council, which own the theatre are planning to install more commercial management in an attempt to boost audience numbers. As the story unfolds he realises it may be time to move on and put behind him the ghost of 50s & 60s singer Alma Cogan, who performed at the theatre many years ago. Sandra, his devoted long-suffering assistant and Norman decide to leave the theatre to fulfill her dream of being a professional singer and unexpectedly enjoying a late blossoming romance. From Wikipedia.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character: Control
Released: September 16, 2011
Type: Movie
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
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Title: Planet Dinosaur
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 14, 2011
Type: TV
The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth, using the latest fossil evidence and immersive computer graphics.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character: Ollivander
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
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23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
Title: 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
Character: Professor Orit
Released: July 9, 2011
Type: Movie
An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit, the professor who was driven to madness by his obsessive pursuit of the unified theory. Convinced that the answer somehow lay in the relationship between the numbers two, three and five, Professor Orit's obsession started the journey which has led his former student to the top of the world.
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The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Title: The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Character: Narrador
Released: July 5, 2011
Type: Movie
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The Confession
Title: The Confession
Character: Priest
Released: July 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.
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Melancholia
Title: Melancholia
Character: Dexter
Released: May 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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Title: The Confession
Character: Priest
Released: March 28, 2011
Type: TV
On Christmas Eve, a hit-man enters a church to confess his sins to a priest. While at first the Confessor seems to be an evil, cold-blooded killing machine and the Priest the ultimate arbiter of good, as the Confessor’s journey is revealed, it becomes clear that both men are much more complicated than either could have suspected.
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Title: Human Planet
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: TV
A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.
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Sailcloth
Title: Sailcloth
Character: Man
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
An elderly widower sets in motion series of events to veil his disappearance from a nursing home. After gathering necessities he heads to the local pier where a beloved companion awaits him, ready for their last great journey.
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
Title: Whistle and I'll Come to You
Character: James Parkin
Released: December 24, 2010
Type: Movie
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Title: Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Character: Carnak
Released: December 10, 2010
Type: Movie
A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character: Ollivander
Released: November 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
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Love at First Sight
Title: Love at First Sight
Character: Arthur
Released: November 16, 2010
Type: Movie
It's never to late for a love at first sight. Especially when you are in your 70's.
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Brighton Rock
Title: Brighton Rock
Character: Phil Corkery
Released: September 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Title: A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Character: Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Released: August 4, 2010
Type: Movie
A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and overcomes obstacles both natural and man-made while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Throughout his voyage, Sammy never forgets about Shelly - the turtle he saved on his first day and loves passionately from afar.
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Lou
Title: Lou
Character: Doyle
Released: June 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 months ago and hasn't been seen since. Mother-daughter relations hit bottom when Rhia takes in Doyle, her father in-law, who is in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Doyle turns Lou's initial hostility around with exciting tales of his South Seas adventures. But coursing deepest in his mind are fractured memories of Annie, his late wife. Before long, Doyle "sees" Annie in Lou and imagines he is courting her all over again.
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The Gruffalo
Title: The Gruffalo
Character: Owl (voice)
Released: December 25, 2009
Type: Movie
The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to frighten them away. But what will the mouse do when he meets this frightful monster for real?
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Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Title: Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."
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Ballybrando
Title: Ballybrando
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 2009
Type: Movie
An documentary recounting the story with interviews of cast, crew and production team and including producer Barry Navidi, who had worked for six years to get Divine Rapture made.
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44 Inch Chest
Title: 44 Inch Chest
Character: Old Man Peanut
Released: October 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Title: Waking Sleeping Beauty
Character: The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2009
Type: Movie
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
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The Limits of Control
Title: The Limits of Control
Character: Guitar
Released: May 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
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An Englishman in New York
Title: An Englishman in New York
Character: Quentin Crisp
Released: April 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
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Title: Merlin
Character: The Great Dragon (voice)
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: TV
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
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New York, I Love You
Title: New York, I Love You
Character: Bellhop
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Title: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Character: Trevor Bruttenholm
Released: July 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.
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Recount
Title: Recount
Character: Warren Christopher
Released: May 25, 2008
Type: Movie
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Character: Harold Oxley
Released: May 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
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Outlander
Title: Outlander
Character: Rothgar
Released: April 24, 2008
Type: Movie
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
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The Oxford Murders
Title: The Oxford Murders
Character: Arthur Seldom
Released: January 18, 2008
Type: Movie
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
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Lecture 21
Title: Lecture 21
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
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Title: Masters of Science Fiction
Released: August 4, 2007
Type: TV
Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community. The show is hosted by physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Boxes
Title: Boxes
Character: Le père de Fanny
Released: June 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and the dead. In this breakneck period of her life, time is running faster and faster and Anna takes a run-up to face the past and try to go towards the future. And, maybe, to manage to still believe in love?
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Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Title: Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Character: Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Released: March 10, 2007
Type: Movie
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Title: The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
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Interview with John Hurt
Title: Interview with John Hurt
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2007
Type: Movie
The actor of John Merrick answers questions about the work on "The Elephant Man"
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Whaledreamers
Title: Whaledreamers
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 2006
Type: Movie
"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these “mothers of the sea” and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales. Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity’s reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
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The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Title: The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 16, 2006
Type: Movie
This compelling drama/documentary details the events leading up to, and surrounding the resignation of Harold Wilson as Prime Minister in 1976.
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Shooting Dogs
Title: Shooting Dogs
Character: Christopher
Released: March 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
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V for Vendetta
Title: V for Vendetta
Character: Chancellor Adam Sutler
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
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The Proposition
Title: The Proposition
Character: Jellon Lamb
Released: October 6, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
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Once Upon a Halloween
Title: Once Upon a Halloween
Character: The Horned King
Released: September 26, 2005
Type: Movie
On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you several villains, to which one of them helps her in her plan, such as Peg Leg Pete from Mickey & Co., Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove, Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, Alameda Slim from Home on the Range, and Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame The cauldron also explains its origins and The Horned King, both from The Black Cauldron.
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Hiroshima
Title: Hiroshima
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 5, 2005
Type: Movie
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.
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The Skeleton Key
Title: The Skeleton Key
Character: Ben Devereaux
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
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Manderlay
Title: Manderlay
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 16, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: War Doctor
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: The Doctor
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Valiant
Title: Valiant
Character: Felix (voice)
Released: March 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
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Short Order
Title: Short Order
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
SHORT ORDER tells a story so vibrantly sumptuous each still could be served as its own meal. Amidst the quaint Parisian street night, Fifi Koko runs a petty short order diner. Although her name is famous in chef circles she has placed her uncanny culinary skills on the back burner as she falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours play out as Fifi must face her talent and unrequited love for a friend, while a collective stream of colorful creatures of the night make through Fifi's consciousness to feed her with temptation, insight, and humor on the path of her life-defining decision.
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: TV
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
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Shadowing the Third Man
Title: Shadowing the Third Man
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).
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Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Title: Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2004
Type: Movie
A comprehensive look at the history of the Hellboy character from his comic book roots through to his movie debut.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Harry (voice)
Released: June 21, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
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Hellboy
Title: Hellboy
Character: Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Released: April 2, 2004
Type: Movie
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Title: Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".
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Title: The Alan Clark Diaries
Character: Alan Clark
Released: January 15, 2004
Type: TV
Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.
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The Beast Within: Making Alien
Title: The Beast Within: Making Alien
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2003
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.
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Dogville
Title: Dogville
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 19, 2003
Type: Movie
A mysterious woman named Grace hides in a small mountain town from criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.
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Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Title: Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Character: Man from Maybury Hill
Released: May 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.
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Owning Mahowny
Title: Owning Mahowny
Character: Victor Foss
Released: May 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
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The Alien Saga
Title: The Alien Saga
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 13, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. The brilliant and terrifying result reinvented the horror and science fiction genres, creating one of the most successful and celebrated film franchises in Hollywood history. This award-winning, feature-length documentary explores the series.
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Title: I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2002
Type: Movie
The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.
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Crime and Punishment
Title: Crime and Punishment
Character: Porfiry, chief investigator
Released: June 1, 2002
Type: Movie
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
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Title: HypaSpace
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.
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Bait
Title: Bait
Character: Jack Blake
Released: February 20, 2002
Type: Movie
When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered child. Jack sees an opportunity to unwittingly involve both women in a scheme which he hopes will unmask his daughter's killer. Written
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Miranda
Title: Miranda
Character: Christian
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: Movie
A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he travels down to London to search for her only to discover that she has three identities - dancer, dominatrix and con-woman. But which one is the real Miranda?
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Title: Edge of the Universe
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 7, 2002
Type: TV
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The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Title: The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 2001
Type: Movie
This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections about the role and the crazy makeup he worked in, are fascinating, as are the stories about the makeup artist using the real remains of John Merrick archived in the London hospital. A shorter bit has the artist explaining the exact construction of his amibitious makup, and he also narrates a slide show that includes color photos of the finished work. There are some mind-boggling stills of the real Merrick's grotesquely contorted skull, where excess bone seems to have grown like tallow dripping from a horrible candle, or a foaming tumor of excess calcification.
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Shaolin: Wheel of Life
Title: Shaolin: Wheel of Life
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Have you ever done a handstand... on the tips of your index fingers? How about snapping iron bars over your head as if they were bread-sticks? You'll witness these amazing feats and much more in this astonishing London performance of China's legendary Shaolin monks. In perfecting their martial arts prowess, these devoted Buddhists have honed their physical and mental disciplines to such an uncommon degree that their movements seem almost supernaturally powerful. From the athletic contortions of a young acolyte to an older monk being hoisted aloft on the points of sharpened spears, these men and boys have conquered and crossed boundaries of control that would strike most outsiders as impossible if it weren't for their living proof. In demonstrating these and other kung fu skills, the Shaolin also enact their history as an enduring order, providing a theatrical narrative that's literally breathtaking.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Character: Mr. Ollivander
Released: November 16, 2001
Type: Movie
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Character: Dr. Iannis
Released: April 18, 2001
Type: Movie
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
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The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Title: The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 7, 2001
Type: Movie
"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous crusade for "Freedom & Democracy". Instead, the documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions made of uranium 238.
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Tabloid
Title: Tabloid
Character: Vince
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.
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Lost Souls
Title: Lost Souls
Character: Father Lareaux
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: Movie
A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.
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Krapp's Last Tape
Title: Krapp's Last Tape
Character: Krapp
Released: September 8, 2000
Type: Movie
In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He isolates memories of value, fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death 'when all my dust has settled'.
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The Tigger Movie
Title: The Tigger Movie
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit suggests that Tigger go find others of his kind to bounce with, but Tigger thinks "the most wonderful thing about tiggers is" he's "the only one!" Just in case though, the joyously jouncy feline sets out to see if he can find relatives.
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New Blood
Title: New Blood
Character: Alan White
Released: November 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal who hasn't spoken to his family in years. Danny lost track of a man marked for death and is afraid to face his merciless crime boss. In Danny's plight, Alan sees a way to save both of his children, already prepared to die in order to donate his heart to his daughter, he will stand in for Danny's escaped hostage.
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You're Dead...
Title: You're Dead...
Character: Maitland
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
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One Last Score
Title: One Last Score
Character: Sean Cooper
Released: September 29, 1999
Type: Movie
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
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Title: Watership Down
Character: General Woundwort
Released: September 28, 1999
Type: TV
Watership Down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Watership Down aired for 39 episodes and three series from 1999 to 2001, on both YTV in Canada and CITV in the UK, though the latter did not broadcast the third series. It starred several well-known British actors, including Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Phil Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, John Hurt, and Richard Briers, among others. Stephen Gately sang a new arrangement of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes", which had been included in the 1978 feature film, while Mike Batt and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra contributed a completely new score. In 2003, composer Eric Robertson as well as David Greene and Mike Batt were nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series for their work on the show. Some episodes from the adaptation were released on VHS and later, DVD. In October 2005, a Region 2 DVD box set of all three series was released in the UK.
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All the Little Animals
Title: All the Little Animals
Character: Mr. Summers
Released: July 9, 1999
Type: Movie
An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.
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Love and Death on Long Island
Title: Love and Death on Long Island
Character: Giles De'Ath
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: Movie
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
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The Climb
Title: The Climb
Character: Chuck Langer
Released: March 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny's dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.
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The Commissioner
Title: The Commissioner
Character: James morton
Released: February 22, 1998
Type: Movie
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
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Night Train
Title: Night Train
Character: Michael Poole
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the new boarder and to his train sets, which they each use as an escape from reality.
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Bandyta
Title: Bandyta
Character: Babits
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.
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Contact
Title: Contact
Character: S. R. Hadden
Released: July 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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Tender Loving Care
Title: Tender Loving Care
Character: Dr. Turner
Released: May 16, 1996
Type: Movie
A worried husband hires a beautiful psychotherapist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. However, the nurse starts playing mind games. Or is he just being paranoid?
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Dead Man
Title: Dead Man
Character: John Scholfield
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A fatally wounded white man is found by an outcast Native American who prepares him for the afterlife.
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Saigon Baby
Title: Saigon Baby
Character: Jack Lee
Released: December 16, 1995
Type: Movie
Desperation for a child prompts a British executive's (Douglas Hodge) wife (Kerry Fox) to submit to an illegal adoption scheme in Vietnam
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Wild Bill
Title: Wild Bill
Character: Charley Prince
Released: December 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
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On Jupiter
Title: On Jupiter
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 3, 1995
Type: Movie
This 54 minute program - narrated by actor John Hurt - chronicles the story of Jupiter starting with Galileo Galilei's Jupiter observations in the 1600's through the impacts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on July 16-22, 1994. Computer animations and information are provided to give the viewer a solid background on the significance of Galileo's encounter with Jupiter. Also featured are interviews with comet discoverers Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy, Caltech planetary scientist Andrew Ingersoll, Galileo Project Manager Bill O'Neil and other members of the Galileo mission team.
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Rob Roy
Title: Rob Roy
Character: John Graham
Released: April 13, 1995
Type: Movie
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
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Two Nudes Bathing
Title: Two Nudes Bathing
Character: Marquis de Prey
Released: March 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short speculates upon the origins of the anonymous painting, Two Nudes Bathing, which hangs in the Louvre. The painting depicts two beautiful, naked young women engaged in a tender act. The result is the notorious painting in which the nude girls are depicted with one of them daintily holding the nipple of the other. Naturally, the finished work causes quite a stir in Comte's prudish household. Though rumors persist of a feature-length version of this film, they are unfounded: it was originally shot and produced as a 35-minute short, and that was the version that ran and was reviewed at Cannes.
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The World of Jim Henson
Title: The World of Jim Henson
Character: The Storyteller (archive footage)
Released: November 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Episode of Great Performances about Jim Henson
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Second Best
Title: Second Best
Character: Uncle Turpin
Released: September 30, 1994
Type: Movie
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Title: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Character: The Countess
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch.
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Great Moments in Aviation
Title: Great Moments in Aviation
Character: Rex Goodyear
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.
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Thumbelina
Title: Thumbelina
Character: Mr. Mole (voice)
Released: March 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by Ms. Toad. Now Thumbelina has to escape Ms. Toad's grasp and search for Prince Cornelius. Luckily, there's a whole city of animals willing to help her.
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Monolith
Title: Monolith
Character: Villano
Released: May 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become invloved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this
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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
Title: Six Characters in Search of An Author
Character: The Father
Released: December 12, 1992
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Pirandello's play.
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Dark at Noon
Title: Dark at Noon
Character: Anthony / Le Marquis
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section of road which is practically paved with abandoned crutches. After a short trek, he meets up with the local dignitary who is to show him around, and he meets a priest and an artist. The priest gives a further clue to the events taking place in the village when he indicates that he's completely exasperated with the endless miracles that seem to be taking place. From that point onward, amazing coincidences, visions and miracles take place in great numbers.
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Red Fox
Title: Red Fox
Character: Archie Carpenter
Released: December 8, 1991
Type: Movie
“Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a screenplay by James McManus, it tells the story of when Geoffrey Harrison (Brian Cox), a top executive with British Defence Industries, is kidnapped in Paris and, when held to ransom, his company and the British Embassy are unwilling to meet his captors demands. Wanting to avoid publicity and secure a lucrative French defence contract, matters are made worse when the British and French Governments refuse to negotiate with the kidnappers. Archie Carpenter (John Hurt), Head of Internal Security at BDI, is assigned to investigate the kidnapping, and finds an unexpected ally in an Paul de Vigny (Didier Flamand), an agent with the French MI5. As Harrison’s fate hangs in the balance, Carpenter risks his life in the fight to save him but the nightmare has only just begun…
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I Dreamt I Woke Up
Title: I Dreamt I Woke Up
Character: Boorman's Alter Ego
Released: November 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains surrounding his home in Ireland.
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Journey to Knock
Title: Journey to Knock
Character: Alfred
Released: September 17, 1991
Type: Movie
Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.
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Lapse of Memory
Title: Lapse of Memory
Character: Conrad Farmer
Released: June 2, 1991
Type: Movie
After a terrible accident, a psychatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks we learn that his family had to flee from New York after his father uncovered a large case of corruption. Bruce didn't know this for most of his life, until he found a passport with a different name in it. After the first shock he tries to continue living like a normal teenager. Unknowingly his cute little girlfriend "Patrick" brings them in danger..
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Title: Performance
Character: The Father
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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King Ralph
Title: King Ralph
Character: Lord Percival Graves
Released: February 15, 1991
Type: Movie
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
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Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Title: Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 17, 1990
Type: Movie
This MPL documentary is about Paul McCartney's World Tour '90. It focuses on all the organization which was set up for this tour and also features some live performances by Paul and his band. Some interviews are given by Paul, Hamish, Wix and other members of the crew. The documentary begins with the recalling of the concert at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil on April 21st, 1990. Two days before, a torrential rain has begun to fall, and nobody can yet ensure that the show of tonight will really happen. The rain is so strong that the crew has tremendous difficulties to put up the stage. A previous date (April 19) has already been cancelled because of the rain. But that night, at the very moment when Paul and his band come on stage, the rain stops by a miracle. The show is finally attended by 184.000 people, thus establishing a new world record for the largest concert given in the history of rock'n'roll.
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Frankenstein Unbound
Title: Frankenstein Unbound
Character: Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Released: November 2, 1990
Type: Movie
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
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The Field
Title: The Field
Character: Bird' O'Donnell
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
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Resident Alien
Title: Resident Alien
Character: Actor
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.
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Windprints
Title: Windprints
Character: Charles Rutherford
Released: June 29, 1990
Type: Movie
A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Title: Who Bombed Birmingham?
Character: Chris Mullin
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
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Romeo.Juliet
Title: Romeo.Juliet
Character: La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack of availability, which has been described as making it "more rare than the dinosaur" has made it a sought-after item in some circles.
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Little Sweetheart
Title: Little Sweetheart
Character: Robert Burger
Released: October 19, 1989
Type: Movie
A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.
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Title: The Jim Henson Hour
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: TV
The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. This hour-long anthology series was hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first segment,"Muppetelevision," included comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second segment often featured rebroadcasts of original, Henson-created productions, such as episodes from Jim Henson's "The StoryTeller" anthology series.
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Scandal
Title: Scandal
Character: Stephen Ward
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
Title: David Macaulay: Pyramid
Character: Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Released: January 4, 1989
Type: Movie
How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology, and religions of Egypt's people, combining live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II and buried treasure in the sacred Valley of the Kings.
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The Bengali Night
Title: The Bengali Night
Character: Lucien Metz
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
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The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Title: The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Character: The Storyteller
Released: June 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A witch weds a widowed king. Finding that his children pose a threat to her, she transforms the three boys into ravens. The girl escapes but is told she must remain silent for three years, or the boys will be trapped in raven form forever.
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Title: The Storyteller
Character: The Storyteller
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: TV
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
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Deadline
Title: Deadline
Character: Granville Jones
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.
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White Mischief
Title: White Mischief
Character: Gilbert Colville
Released: November 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
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Vincent
Title: Vincent
Character: (voice)
Released: October 8, 1987
Type: Movie
A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
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Aria
Title: Aria
Character: The Actor
Released: September 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
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Spaceballs
Title: Spaceballs
Character: Kane
Released: June 24, 1987
Type: Movie
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
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The Hunting of the Snark
Title: The Hunting of the Snark
Character: The Narrator (voice)
Released: April 1, 1987
Type: Movie
This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
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From the Hip
Title: From the Hip
Character: Douglas Benoit
Released: February 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
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Iceberg
Title: Iceberg
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production design brought public information filmmaking into the realm of state-of-the-art corporate advertising. The film was the result of a £5 million cinema and television campaign aimed at combating the growing spread of HIV and AIDS. With restrictions around the overt promotion of condom use on television and a growing chorus of moral campaigners promulgating their own agenda, the straightforward and doom-laded approach was probably the only viable option for campaign mastermind Sammy Harari. But the result was a hard-hitting and memorable campaign which undoubtedly fulfilled its brief of pervading public consciousness. There are two versions; the one shown in cinemas did not feature John Hurt's famous voiceover.
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Monolith
Title: Monolith
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
John Hurt narrates this highly charged and doom-laden public information film from the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign. A cliff-face explodes in slow motion; an industrial drill bores into a huge block of rock; the word 'AIDS' is chiselled into the polished surface of a granite headstone and a "Don't Die of Ignorance" leaflet drops onto the surface along with an elegiac bouquet of white lilies. The solemnity of the accompanying voice-over quells any vestiges of ambiguity.
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Frightmares
Title: Frightmares
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
John Hurt, the Master of Suspense, brings you three spine-chilling stories from his Theatre of Terror!
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Rocinante
Title: Rocinante
Character: Bill
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
England, mid-1980s: Bill embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses, taking photos of anything that interests him, until he meets a mysterious woman in a van, who seems to be on the run from the authorities.
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Thames Film
Title: Thames Film
Released: August 10, 1986
Type: Movie
This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the form of reading old manuscripts, books and news articles, and also a posthumous narration from poet TS Eliot reading from his own work, The Dry Salvages from the Four Quartets. Engravings, paintings, and archival film are juxtaposed against the contemporary footage, including Pieter Breughel the Elder's "The Triumph of Death" (c.1562) from the Prado Museum.
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Jake Speed
Title: Jake Speed
Character: Syd
Released: May 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Title: The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 3, 1985
Type: Movie
A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.
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The Black Cauldron
Title: The Black Cauldron
Character: The Horned King (voice)
Released: July 24, 1985
Type: Movie
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
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Live Aid
Title: Live Aid
Character: Self
Released: July 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
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After Darkness
Title: After Darkness
Character: Peter Hunningford
Released: February 1, 1985
Type: Movie
To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character: Winston Smith
Released: November 9, 1984
Type: Movie
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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The Hit
Title: The Hit
Character: Braddock
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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Success Is the Best Revenge
Title: Success Is the Best Revenge
Character: Dino Montecurva
Released: May 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.
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Champions
Title: Champions
Character: Bob Champion
Released: April 20, 1984
Type: Movie
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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The Osterman Weekend
Title: The Osterman Weekend
Character: Lawrence Fassett
Released: October 14, 1983
Type: Movie
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Character: The Fool
Released: April 3, 1983
Type: Movie
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
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The Plague Dogs
Title: The Plague Dogs
Character: Snitter (voice)
Released: October 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
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Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Title: Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Released: June 21, 1982
Type: Movie
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Partners
Title: Partners
Character: Kerwin
Released: April 30, 1982
Type: Movie
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
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Night Crossing
Title: Night Crossing
Character: Peter Strelzyk
Released: February 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
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History of the World: Part I
Title: History of the World: Part I
Character: Jesus - The Roman Empire
Released: June 12, 1981
Type: Movie
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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Heaven's Gate
Title: Heaven's Gate
Character: Billy Irvine
Released: November 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.
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The Elephant Man
Title: The Elephant Man
Character: John Merrick
Released: October 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Title: An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Character: Host
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions).
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Alien
Title: Alien
Character: Kane
Released: May 25, 1979
Type: Movie
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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Title: Crime and Punishment
Released: May 22, 1979
Type: TV
A three-part adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where a young student commits a murder and is forced into incriminating himself.
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The Lord of the Rings
Title: The Lord of the Rings
Character: Aragorn (voice)
Released: November 15, 1978
Type: Movie
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
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Watership Down
Title: Watership Down
Character: Hazel (voice)
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
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Midnight Express
Title: Midnight Express
Character: Max
Released: August 31, 1978
Type: Movie
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
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The Shout
Title: The Shout
Character: Anthony Fielding
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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The Disappearance
Title: The Disappearance
Character: Atkinson
Released: November 30, 1977
Type: Movie
The wife of contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
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East of Elephant Rock
Title: East of Elephant Rock
Character: Nash
Released: October 22, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.
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Title: The Hollywood Greats
Released: August 4, 1977
Type: TV
Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.
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Three Dangerous Ladies
Title: Three Dangerous Ladies
Character: Lt. George Simmonds
Released: June 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
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Spectre
Title: Spectre
Character: Mitri Cyon
Released: May 21, 1977
Type: Movie
An occult criminologist investigates a businessman who dabbles in the black arts while trying to survive against a powerful demon and an evil cult.
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Title: I, Claudius
Released: September 20, 1976
Type: TV
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
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Title: I, Claudius
Character: Caligula
Released: September 20, 1976
Type: TV
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
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Stream Line
Title: Stream Line
Character: Chandler
Released: May 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.
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The Naked Civil Servant
Title: The Naked Civil Servant
Character: Quentin Crisp
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: Movie
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
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The Ghoul
Title: The Ghoul
Character: Tom Rawlings
Released: July 11, 1975
Type: Movie
A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Tony Grey
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Title: Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Character: Malcolm Scrawdyke
Released: June 11, 1974
Type: Movie
An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near fascist "party" that promotes male sexual dominance and which attracts a couple of other unsavoury confused characters.
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Title: NOVA
Character: Narrator
Released: March 3, 1974
Type: TV
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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The Playboy of the Western World
Title: The Playboy of the Western World
Character: Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter of the landlord falling for this "dashing hero". Things take an even more surprising turn, when the father enters the pub. Based on John Millington Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World.
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Title: Wessex Tales
Character: Joshua Harlborough
Released: November 7, 1973
Type: TV
An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories written by novelist Thomas Hardy.
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The Pied Piper
Title: The Pied Piper
Character: Franz
Released: December 27, 1972
Type: Movie
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
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Title: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Character: James Parkin
Released: December 24, 1971
Type: TV
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and later revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments are directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films are all shot on 16 mm colour film. The remit behind the series was to provide a television adaptation of a classic ghost story referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas.
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Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Title: Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Character: Richard Forbush
Released: July 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that... Living in Shackleton’s derelict hut, Forbush is alone at the frozen edge of the world, his only links to civilisation a two-way radio and letters to his elusive, would-be girlfriend, Tara, in London. Through an often ferocious winter in the company of the penguins, he grows increasingly attached to his hardy, endearing subjects – learning profound lessons in endurance and humility.
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10 Rillington Place
Title: 10 Rillington Place
Character: Timothy Evans
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Narrator
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: Play for Today
Character: Alec Cassell
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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In Search of Gregory
Title: In Search of Gregory
Character: Daniel
Released: November 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a mystery man called Gregory.
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Sinful Davey
Title: Sinful Davey
Character: Davey Haggart
Released: February 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is handicapped by the fact that his childhood playmate Annie is equally determined to track him down and save his soul...
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Before Winter Comes
Title: Before Winter Comes
Character: Lieutenant Pilkington
Released: January 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
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The Sailor from Gibraltar
Title: The Sailor from Gibraltar
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.
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A Man for All Seasons
Title: A Man for All Seasons
Character: Richard Rich
Released: December 13, 1966
Type: Movie
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
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Title: Gideon's Way
Character: Freddy Tisdale
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: TV
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
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This Is My Street
Title: This Is My Street
Character: Charlie
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
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The Wild and the Willing
Title: The Wild and the Willing
Character: Phil Corbett
Released: October 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
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Title: Armchair Theatre
Character: Joe
Released: July 8, 1956
Type: TV
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.