John Mills
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This adaptation of one of Charles Dickens's finest novels was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Many critics call it one of the greatest of all filmed versions of Dickens. It tells the story of the orphaned boy Pip, who is brought up as a gentlemen with the help of a mysterious benefactor and who falls in love with the beautiful Estella.
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"In the dock of a British courtroom, French aristocrat Charles Darnay stands accused of spying. The outlook appears grim until some last-minute help comes from the mysterious Sydney Carton. Darnay goes free and makes plans to marry Lucie Manette. Carton keeps his love for her to himself, yet assures her that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for her 'or for anyone you love'"--Container.
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Richard Attenborough's examination of the early life of Winston Churchill, up until his early days at Parliament, and before his marriage is a fascinating look at the formative years of one of the greatest politicians and most influential world leaders in recent history. This film has been newly remastered.
5) Cats
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A group of Jellicle cats assembly to discover which one of them will be chosen to go to the "Heaviside Layer"
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Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters,...
7) Gandhi
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Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
12) Who's that girl
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Four years in the slammer for a crime she didn't commit haven't dampened Nikki Finn's spirits, nor her determination. The spunky parolee sets out to clear her name and sets the Big Apple spinning. "Yupper-class" Mr. Mild Time encounters life-changing wild times when his straight-and-narrow path leads him to zany Nikki and zanier escapades.
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'The Quatermass conclusion': Professor Quatermass, Joe Kapp and his wife, Clare attempt to marshal assistance from American and Russian quarters. 'The enduring mystery of Stonehenge': For 5,000 years, the sacred site of Stonehenge has stood on the plain of Salisbury, England, bearing silent witness to a myriad of mysteries.
15) Tunes of glory
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Jock Sinclair is a whiskey-drinking, by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man. He expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion from a traditional military family enters the scene as Sinclair's replacement, the two men become locked in a fierce battle for control of the battalion and the hearts and minds of its men.