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Alfie (1965)

Director, Lewis Gilbert. Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron. A wild and ribald comedy, filled with sex and sin, about a successful London playwright who is also a shallow womanizer trying to figure out what life is all about. 113 min. DVD 558

Aldgate, Tony. "Alfie." History Today, Vol. 46, October 1996

Carson, Bruce. "Comedy, sexuality and "Swinging London" films." Journal of Popular British Cinema nr 1 (1998); p 48-62.

Fuller, Graham. "Ordinary Bloke." Film Comment v. 40 no. 2 (March/April 2004) p. 26-7, 29-30, 32, 34, 36

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Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV, 1998)

Director, John Henderson. Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Sian Phillips, Geoffrey Palmer, Steve Coogan, Gary Olsen, Greg Wise, Desmond Barritt, Ian Richardson. Alice has already traveled to Wonderland once, now she is taking another journey to the fascinating world with the memorable character Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, Red King and Queen, Red and White Knights, and Jabberwocky. 86 min. DVD 3461

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

Directed by William Sterling. Cast: Peter Sellers, Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Ralph Richardson, Robert Helpmann, Flora Robson, Dudley Moore. A live action musical rendition of Lewis Carroll's beloved story of Alice who follows the frantic White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and through the magical, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland. 95 min. DVD 3675

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Amazing Grace (UK / USA, 2006)

Directed by Michael Apted. Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Albert Finney, Youssou N'Dour, Ciaran Hinds. A dramatization of the life of the human rights activist, cultural reformer and member of Parliament, William Wilberforce who sustained a twenty-year fight in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade. Wilberforce encountered intense opposition from members of Parliament but his minister John Newton, a reformed slave ship captain who penned the hymn "Amazing Grace" urged him to see the cause through. 118 min. DVD 8799

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An American Werewolf in London (UK, 1981)

Directed by John Landis. Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine. It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital. 98 min. DVD 8105

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Anna Karenina (1948)

Director, Julien Duvivier; Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Sally Ann Howes. Story of passion and family conflict set in 19th century upper-class Russia. Anna (Leigh), the wife of a stuffy bureaucrat, falls in love with a dashing cavalry officer. Ultimately discarded by her lover, she is driven to suicide. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. 110 min. 999:22

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Makoveeva, Irina. "Cinematic Adaptations of Anna Karenina." Studies in Slavic Cultures. 2:111-34. 2001

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Aventure Malgache (1944)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A film made by Hitchcock during WW II at the request of the British government. When viewed by government officials they decided that the films were inflammatory and withheld them from distribution. Aventure Malgache, is set in Vichy-controlled Madagascar where the Resistance leader battles to keep his island free. 58 min. 999:990

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)

Directed by Simon Callow. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Rod Steiger, Cork Hubbert, Austin Pendleton, Beth Dixon, Lanny Flaherty, Mert Hatfield, Earl Hindman, Anne Pitoniak. Plain-faced and unhappy, the eccentric Miss Amelia marries and publicly humiliates Marvin Macy, a charming con man who has fallen in love with her, causing him to battle to break her. Based on the story by Carson McCullers and play by Edward Albee. 100 min. 999:643

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Barry Lyndon (1975)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger. Redmond Barry is a reckless scoundrel who fakes and fights his way up the 18th century social ladder toward his single-minded goals of power, wealth and status. Army desertion, duels, gambling, and betrayal are Lyndon's stepping stones to acquiring success and fortune. Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray 185 min. DVD 251; VHS 999:199

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Beat Girl (1962)

Directed by Edmond T. Greville. Cast: Gillian Hills, David Farrar, Christopher Lee, Adam Faith, Oliver Reed, Noelle Adam. This is the British version of Rebel Without a Cause, set in the beatnik world where jaded restless kids rule the night in smokey coffee bars, at suicidal chickie runs and at wild impromptu parties. 79 min. 999:1745

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Beautiful People (UK, 1999)

Directed by Jasmin Dizdar. Cast: Linda Bassett, Charlotte Coleman, Edin Dzandzanovic, Nicolas Farrell, Julian Firth, Walentine Giorgiewa, Dado Jehan. "In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees; one of the]families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs. Holland match." [IMDB] 117 min. DVD 1948

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Becket (1964)

Directed by Peter Glenville. Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud. As young men, Thomas a Becket and King Henry II of 12th century England wench and carouse together. In middle age, Henry appoints Becket Archbishop of Canterbury but a stormy clash develops when Becket, sobered by his office, challenges Henry's royal edicts. 151 min. 999:208

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Bedazzled (1967)

Directed by Stanley Donen. Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Michael Bates. A short-order cook is hopelessly in love with a waitress who barely knows he's alive. Enter the Devil, who grants him seven wishes in order to win her over, but his efforts are hampered by the Seven Deadly sins including the insatiable Lillian Lust! Special features: Peter and Dud: an interview with the devil ; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore on the Paul Ryan show ; a "Bedazzled" conversation with Harold Ramis ; original theatrical trailer ; still gallery. 104 min. DVD 7840

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Cook, William. "The legacy of Bedazzled." New Statesman. Jul 25, 2005. Vol. 18, Iss. 869; pg. 40, 3 pgs

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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson. Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team. 112 min. DVD 1948

Beyond the Gates (aka Shooting Dogs) (UK / Germany, 2005)

Director, Michael Caton-Jones. Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Clare-Hope Ashitey. A powerful re-telling of the true events of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. In April 1994 the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, Christopher, a Catholic priest and Joe Connor, an idealistic English teacher give sanctuary to twenty-five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school, which is under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege from the Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they are murdered by the extremist militia. Filmed in the original location of the scenes it portrays with many survivors of the massacre employed as part of the production crew and in minor acting roles. 112 min. DVD 8785

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Bhaji on the Beach (1995)

Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Cast: Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria, Akbar Kurtha, Mo Sesay, Lalita Ahmed, Shaheen Khan. A comedy about a group of Indian women, living in England, who are brought together by a day at the beach. In the course of their day together , their ordinary lives become an extraordinary celebration. A unique look at female friendship. 100 min. 999:1331

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Black Narcissus (1947)

Director, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron. This film marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith. Special features: Audio commentary by Michael Powell and documentary on Jack Cardiff and Black Narcissus, rare behind-the-scenes production stills, including shots not used in the final version of the film, original theatrical trailer. 101 min. DVD 510

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Blackmail (1929)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Richard. A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killers identity, but so has someone else. During production of this silent feature, Hitchcock added dialog with the advent of talking pictures in America, making this England's first talkie. 85 min. DVD 159; VHS 999:74

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Blow Up (UK / Italy, 1966)

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles. A young London photographer believes he was an inadvertent witness to murder and that a picture he took may be incriminating evidence. 102 min. DVD 2213; 999:75

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Bollywood Queen (UK, 2002)

Directed by Jeremy Wooding. Cast: Preeya Kalidas, James McAvoy, Amerjit Deu, Ray Panthaki, Ronny Jhutti. Nineteen-year-old Geena is entranced by the glamour of Bollywood and seduced by the sounds of R & B girl groups. When Geena meets Jay she finds that life can be just like the adventure and romance of the Bollywood movies she loves. 88 min. DVD 3847

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Bon Voyage (1944)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A film made by Hitchcock during WW II at the request of the British government. When viewed by government officials they decided that the films were inflammatory and withheld them from distribution. Bon Voyage, is about an RAF pilot who has escaped from a POW camp and made his way back to London with the help of the French resistance. The second, Aventure Malgache, is set in Vichy-controlled Madagascar where the Resistance leader battles to keep his island free. 58 min. 999:990

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Borderline (UK, 1930)

Directed by Kenneth MacPherson. Cast: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Helga Doorn, Gavin Arthur, Charlotte Arthur, Blanche Lewin. This experimental silent film, made in Switzerland by an independent British film company, is chiefly remembered as Paul Robeson's first film. Boldly blending Eisensteinian montage and domestic melodrama, the film features Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, as lovers caught up in a tangled web of interracial affairs. 63 min. DVD 7281

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Brassed Off!(UK /USA, 1996)

Director Mark Herman. Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Jim Carter, Sue Johnston, Stephen Moore, Ken Colley, Grimethorpe Colliery Band. A story about two old friends and ex-lovers whose surprise reunion turns their lives and the lives of everyone else in town hilariously upside down! 101 min. DVD 5841

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Brazil (1985)

Directed by Terry Gilliam. Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins. In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions.

142 min. DVD 101 (the final cut, with audio commentary by Terry Gilliam).

131 min. VHS 999:1435

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Brazil: The Production Notebook

Two documentary films on the making of Brazil plus a production notebook of special features: Screenwriters illuminate the script's development through three drafts and three treatments; the production designer displays his designs for the films unique sets; the costume designer discusses the couture of fantasy and fascism; includes storyboards for original dream sequences many of which didn't make it into the film; the composer unveils the sources of his score; includes special effects study with raw footage of unfinished effects; theatrical trailer, and publicity and production stills. Contents: What is Brazil? - Rob Hedden (1985, 30 min.) -- The Battle of Brazil: a Video History - Jack Mathews (1995, 56 min.) 86 min. DVD 102

Brazil: The "Love Conquers All" Version

This 94 minute version of Brazil, rearranged in the hope of making the film commercial, stands as a fascinating document to the power of editing to change a picture. Everything is different in this version, the only Brazil not cut by the director, Terry Gilliam. Sometimes known as the syndicated television version or the Sheinberg Edit (from Universal's then boss Sid Sheinberg), it includes all the cuts and changes Gilliam refused to make, from the alternate opening to the infamous happy ending. 94 min. DVD 103

Bread and Roses(UK / France / Germany / Spain / Italy / Switzerland, 2000)

Director, Ken Loach. Cast: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez, Monica Rivas. Maya is an illegal alien who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer. 110 min. DVD 5453

The Brides of Fu Manchu(UK / West Germany, 1966)

Director, Don Sharp. Cast: Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache, Marie Versini. Christopher Lee returns as Sax Rohmer's insidious Asian villain Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen. Based on the story "The bride of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer. 80 min. DVD 7860

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Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Director: David Lean. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne. Captured by the Japanese, British soldiers and their ranking officer, Colonel Nicholson are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge. Despite cruel treatment by the brutal Colonel Saito, Nicholson displays unyielding courage and the bridge becomes a matter of obsessive British pride to him. Meanwhile, the British High Command has instructed a commando team to destroy the vital span. DVD special features (Disc 2): Exclusive documentary: Adaptation of Boulle's novel, casting, history of production, score, release, restoration and more; original featurette: Rise and fall of a jungle giant; USC short film introduced by William Holden; an appreciation by filmmaker John Milius; photo gallery; interactive and animated menus; scene selections with motion; theatrical trailer; talent files. 161 min. DVD 547; VHS 999:400

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Brownlow, Kevin. "The making of David Lean's film of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai.'" Cineaste v22, n2 (Spring, 1996):10 (7 pages).

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Bridget Jones's Diary(UK / France, 2001)

Director, Sharon Maguire. Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones. In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding. Special features: Portrait of the make-up artist; domestic and international TV spots; a guide to Bridget Britishisms; the young and the mateless (an expert's guide to being single); "Bridget Jones: the edge of reason" excerpt; 'Bridge Jones's diary' reviews; behind-the-scenes featurette; deleted scenes; the complete 'Bridge Jones's diary' columns. 98 min. DVD 7860

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Brief Encounter (1946)

Directed by David Lean. Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey. Deftly explores the thrill, pain and tenderness of an illicit romance in the dour, gray Britain of 1945. From a chance meeting on a train platform, a middle-aged married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a quietly passionate, ultimately doomed love affair, set to a swirling Rachmaninoff score. Written by Noel Coward, based on his play "Still Life". 86 min. DVD 1182

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Britannia Hospital (1982)

Director, Lindsay Anderson. Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Joan Plowright, Jill Bennett, Malcolm McDowell. In this dark comedy with an element of deeper social criticism, chaos results when the panicked staff of a major British hospital attempts to prepare for a visit by the Queen Mother, only to face every problem imaginable. 123 min. 999:2162

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British Avant-garde in the Twenties

Focuses on the burgeoning British avant-garde scene of the 1920s - an era of great formal experimentation influenced by the 'art' cinema of USSR and Germany. This compilation of rare, short films, some of which have not been seen for decades, features early work by Len Lye, Hans Richter and the entertaining Bluebottles - an H.G Wells scripted comedy starring husband and wife team Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester (best known for The Bride of Frankenstein). The varied films on this compilation represent the many distinct avant-garde styles of the period.".

Contents: Tusalava / Len Lye (1929) -- Crossing the Great Sagrada / Adrian Brunel (1924) -- Bluebottles / Ivor Montagu (1928) -- C.O.D-a mellow drama / Desmond Dickensen (1929) -- Everyday / Hans Richter (1929) -- Equation: X+X=0 / Robert Fairthorne/Brian Salt (1936). Video/C MM438

British Avant-garde in the Thirties

Coming from a decade which saw the founding of British realism as well as a flourishing surrealist movement, the thirteen films in this collection reveal a diversity of aesthetics and politics. Different styles and genres jostle each other from Len Lye's magical advertisement of Shell Oil, The birth of the robot, to Norman McLaren's anti-war classic Hell Unltd, while Elton and Anstey's Housing problems points to the future format of the television documentary.

Contents: Song of Ceylon / director, Basil Wright; producer, John Grierson (1934, 38 min.) -- Bread / Kino Production Group (1934, 11 min.) -- Tell me if it hurts / director/producer, Richard Massingham (1934, 19 min.) -- Beyond this open road / director, B. Vivian Braun (1934, 10 min.) -- Coal face / director, Alberto Cavalcanti; producer, John Grierson (1935, 11 min.) -- Housing problems / director/producer, Arthur Elton (1935, 15 min.) -- The birth of the robot / director/producer, Len Lye (1935, 6 min.) -- A colour box / director, Len Lye; producer, John Grierson (1935, 3 min.) -- Camera makes whoopee / director/animator, Norman McLaren (1935, 18 min.) -- Hell unltd / directors/producers, Norman McLaren, Helen Biggar -- Love on the wing / director, Norman McLaren; producer, Alberto Cavalcanti (1938, 5 min.) -- N or NW / director, Len Lye (1938, 8 min.) -- Spare time / director, Humphrey Jennings; producer, Alberto Cavalcanti (1939, 14 min.). Video/C 9417

The Buddha of Suburbia (UK, TV, 1993)

Directed by Roger Michell. Cast: Naveen Andrews, Brenda Blethyn, Roshan Seth, David Bamber. Karim is the son of an assimilated Indian businessman in London. When his Zen-obsessed father becomes the guru of the swinging suburban scene, Karim is swept up into the world of theater, art, drugs, rock and roll and sexual exploration. Based on the novel by Hanif Kureishi. 215 min. DVD 8772

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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Directed by Otto Preminger. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Clive Revill, Noel Coward. Ann Lake goes to pick up her daughter, Bunny, at a London preschool but is told that they have no child registered by that name. The police can find no evidence that Bunny ever existed and wonder if the child was only a figment of Ann's imagination. 107 min. DVD 6130

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Burning an Illusion (1981)

Directed by Menelik Shabazz. Cast: Cassie McFarlane, Victor Romero, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Chris Tummings. A young British-born woman of color comes of age while seeking security through marriage. But the false arrest and merciless beating of her boyfriend by police forces a turning point in both their lives. While in prison, Del asks Pat to bring him books on Black history; she reads them first. As she becomes more politically aware, their relationship changes and Pat begins to question her middle-class aspirations and attitudes. She begins shedding her old biases to reclaim her African heritage. Non-US (PAL) format DVD. 101 min. DVD 6200

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Butterfly Kiss (UK, 1995)

Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Cast: Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves, Paul Brown Freda Dowie, Des McAleer, Ricky Tomlinson. When unpredictable and dangerous Eunice falls for sad and solitary Miriam who is hard of hearing, they take to the roads of grimy England. When Eunice turns out to be a sociopathic killer, can Miriam save her before she herself is ruined? 90 min. DVD 3616

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A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Director, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Cast: John Sweet, Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price. A modern retelling of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this is the story of four travelers who journey along the same path as Chaucer's pilgrims and how their lives are intertwined. It is set during World War II, and has breathtaking film of the Kent countryside. Special DVD features: (Disc 1) audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie; excerpts from the American version with Kim Hunter; (Disc 2) new interview with Sheila Sim; "A pilgrim's return," a documentary about John Sweet; "A Canterbury trail," a documentary visit to film locations; "Listen to Britain," a 2001 video-installation piece by Victor Burgin inspired by the film; "Listen to Britain," a 1942 documentary by Humphrey Jennings. 123 min. DVD 8324; vhs 999:863

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The Captain's Paradise (1953)

Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Cast: Alec Guinness, Yvonne de Carlo, Celia Johnson. Sir Alec Guinness is Henry St. James, captain of an international ferry boat who has discovered the secret to the perfect double life: in Gibraltar he has a British housewife, while in Tangier his second wife is a hotblooded Spanish vixen. When the Captain becomes careless with anniversary gifts, he must see if he can not only outwit two betrayed wives, but survive a very serious firing squad. 88 min. DVD 8120

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Caravaggio. (1986)

Directed by Derek Jarman. Cast: Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Davenport, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough, Garry Cooper, Dexter Fletcher. A film based on the life and art of Caravaggio, the greatest Italian post-Renaissance painter. Caravaggio was the 'enfant terrible' of Italian Art and his short life, marked with extremes of passion and moral and artistic radicalism, ended violently. 97 min. 999:2139

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Champagne (silent, 1928)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Theo Von Alten, Gordon Harker. A millionaire tries to teach his daughter a lesson by telling her that he has been ruined, to save her from the man with whom she is planning to elope. 84 min. 999:2199

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Champagne Charlie (Ealing Studios, 1944)

Director, Alberto Cavalcanti. Cast: Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Jean Kent, Austin Trevor. A comic tale of 19th century vaudeville rivals, capturing the bawdy, energetic atmosphere of the Great British music hall featuring classic Victorian musical numbers in this nostalgic tribute to a bygone era. Non-US format (PAL) DVD. 100 min. DVD 3671

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A Christmas Carol(1951)

Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Cast: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Warner, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern. On Christmas Eve, a despicable miser is visited by three spirits who show him visions of Christmasses past, present, and future. He is totally changed by these experiences and becomes cheerful and benevolent. 86 min. 999:1521

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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

A six part historical documentary focusing on the early days of the movie industry and the enormous contribution made to this industry by Europe. Includes rarely seen footage from early movies and interviews with some of the film industry's pioneers. DVD 603; Video/C 5590-5592

Clockwork Orange (1971)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Warren Clarke. Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. 137 min. DVD 574; VHS 999:715

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Corridors of Blood (UK, 1958)

Directed by Robert Day. Cast: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Basil Dignam, Frank Pettingell, Carl Bernard, Marian Spencer, Nigel Green, John Gabriel, Howard Lang, Yvonne Warren, Christopher Lee. In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer, as well as Bolton's devastating addiction to his own medicines. 87 min. DVD 9116

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Contraband (1940)

Director: Michael Powell. Cast: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight, Charles Victor, Phoebe Kershaw, Harold Warrender. Set in England during the early days of World War II, a Danish sea captain and his passenger are kidnapped by a cell of Nazi spies operating from a basement in London's Soho. The plot progresses as a chase that puts the characters in one peculiar set of surroundings after another. Most of the story takes place under blackout conditions, in which the great city becomes a mysterious dark labyrinth. 88 min. 999:3231

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Cry, The Beloved Country(1951)

Directed by Zoltan Korda. Cast: Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier. The story of two fathers living in South Africa, a black minister and a white farmer, whose lives are bound together by mutual tragedy. Based on the novel of the same title by Alan Paton. 86 min. 999:941

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The Crying Game. (UK / Japan, 1992)

Writer/director, Neil Jordan. Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker. A haunting, humorous and shocking romantic thriller about Irish terrorists in the Irish Republican Army, their hostage and the hostage's exotic girlfriend. 112 min. DVD 1177; vhs 999:1484

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[Battle of] Culloden (1967)

Director, Peter Watkins. Re-creates the 1746 Battle of Culloden between the rebellious highland Scottish forces of Bonnie Prince Charles and the regular British Army sent to Scotland to put down the rebellion. 104 min. DVD 6040; vhs Video/C 3971

Lajtha, Terry. "Brechtian Devices in Non-Brechtian Cinema: Culloden." Literature/Film Quarterly. 1981. Vol. 9, Iss. 1; p. 9 (6 pages)

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The Colditz Story (1954)

Director: Guy Hamilton. Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, Theodore Bikel. Deep inside the Reich, prisoners of every nationality make it a point of honor to attempt departure from the ultimate in escape-proof prisons. This is the true story of men who dared defy the might of Hitler's fortress, Colditz Castle. 98 min. DVD 3742

The Cruel Sea (1952)

Director: Charles Frend. Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna. Lt. Commander Ericson and his crew find they are fighting not only the Germans, but the age-old enemy, the sea, in this World War II action drama. 127 min. DVD 3738

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Cry Freedom. (UK, 1987)

Directed by Richard Attenborough. Stars Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline. Based on books Biko and Asking for Trouble by Donald Woods. Director, Richard Attenborough. Story of South African Black activist Stephen Biko and liberal White newspaper editor Donald Woods who risks his own life to bring Biko's message to the world. 157 min. DVD 8406; vhs 999:226

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The Dam Busters (1954)

Director: Michael Anderson. Cast: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr. Tells the true World War II story of how the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron carried out a raid on three of the most important dams in Germany. 125 min. DVD 3741

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Darling (1965)

Directed by John Schlesinger. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie. A London photographer's model proceeds from an immature marriage into a series of shady affairs-- first with a television talker, then with a slick promotion man, and ultimately in a palazzo as the loveless wife of an Italian prince. After becoming a prisoner of her own success through these disastrous affairs, she realizes the awful price she has paid for happiness. This is a slashing social satire and a devastating spoof of the synthetic, stomach-turning output of the television-advertising age. 122 min. 999:3014

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Brooker-Bowers, Nancy. John Schlesinger : a guide to references and resources Boston : G. K. Hall, c1978. (MAIN: PN1998.A3 S3374; MOFF: PN1998.A3 S3374)

Geraghty, Christine. "Women and 60s British Cinema: The Development of the 'Darling' Girl." In: The British cinema book. Edited by Robert Murphy. 2nd ed. London: British Film Institute, 2001. (Main Stack PN1993.5.G7.B66 2001)

Tarr, Carrie "Sapphire, Darling and the boundaries of permitted pleasure." Screen Vol XXVI nr 1 (Jan-Feb 1985); p 50-65

Mann, William J. Edge of midnight : the life of John Schlesinger (MAIN: PN1998.3.S34 M36 2004)

Phillips, Gene D. John Schlesinger Boston : Twayne Publishers, 1981 (MAIN: PN1998.A3 .P2852; MOFF: PN1998.A3 .P2852)

The Dead (UK / Ireland / USA, 1987)

Directors, John Houston. Cast: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachel Dowling, Ingrid Craigie, Dan O'Herlihy, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Sean McClory, Frank Patterson. Takes place in turn-of-the century Dublin, at a holiday feast vibrant with food and spirit. A young couple at the party, Gretta and Gabriel Conroy, seem to have everything to be grateful for. But that night, a tenor's voice recalls poignant memories, and Gabriel learns of his wife's unforgotten young love. An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring dreams, during which he is told other people's supernatural experiences and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him. Based on the short story The dead from the collection Dubliners by James Joyce. 83 min. 999:258

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Gibbons, Luke. "The cracked looking glass" of cinema: James Joyce, John Huston, and the memory of "The Dead". (The Theater of Irish Cinema)(Critical Essay) The Yale Journal of Criticism Spring 2002 v15 i1 p127(22)

Howes, Marjorie. "Tradition, gender, and migration in "The Dead," or: how many people has Gretta Conroy killed?" The Yale Journal of Criticism Spring 2002 v15 i1 p149(23)

Whelan, Kevin. "The memories of "The Dead". The Yale Journal of Criticism Spring 2002 v15 i1 p59(39)

Dead of Night (Ealing Studios, 1945)

Directors, Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne. An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring dreams, during which he is told other people's supernatural experiences and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him. 104 min. DVD 4092; vhs 999:1124

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Deadly Game (aka Third Party Risk) (UK, 1954)

Directed by Daniel Birt. Cast: Simone Silva, Finlay Currie, Maureen Swanson, Ferdy Mayne. Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, Phil runs into an old friend and agrees to drive his car to London for him. After saying goodbye to his old buddy, another hotel guest, the enigmatic Mr. Darius, as well as a local police inspector, tell Phil that his old friend has become involved in criminal enterprises. When Phil finds him murdered upon returning to Britain, he finds himself in possession of an envelope filled with mysterious microfilm that everyone seems to want. 63 min. DVD 8360

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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Directed by Stephen Frears. Cast: Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Aduramo, Yemi Ajibade, Nizwar Karanj,Dhobi Oparei. Nigerian exile Okwe and Turkish chambermaid Senay toil at a west London hotel that is full of illegal activity. Late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all they know. 97 min. DVD 2389

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The Draughtsman's Contract (1983)

Director, Peter Greenaway. Cast: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne Louise Lambert, Neil Cunningham, Hugh Fraser. An English noblewoman hires a young draughtsman to create twelve drawings of her estate in return for twelve sexual favors. This simple arrangement soon spirals out of control and the draughtsman finds himself as the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery. 104 min. DVD 5927; vhs 999:2381

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Early British Film

Includes works of Cecil Hepworth; James Williamson, et al. See

Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914: 999:1007; 999:1008

What Do Those Old Films Mean?: Great Britain 1900-1912: along the Great Divide Video/C 1406:1

The Early Films of Peter Greenaway. Disc 1 (1969-1978)

A collection of Peter Greenaway's early avant-garde films created between 1969 and 1978. A series of highly innovative and witty short films which are immensely playful and take pleasure in outlandish detail, fake erudition and corkscrew narratives. Contents: A Walk Through H (1978, 41 min.) -- H is for House (1976, 9 min.) -- Windows (1974, 4 min.) -- Intervals (1969, 6 min.) -- Dear Phone (1976, 17 min.) -- Water Wrackets (1978, 11 min.). DVD 2374

The Early Films of Peter Greenaway. Disc 2 (1978-1980)

Presents two major works by Peter Greenaway. In Vertical Features Remakes (1978, 44 min.), a playful parody of avant-garde theorising, academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper, Greenaway's best-known fictional character. The Falls (1980, 187 min.), is divided into 92 biographies of people who have all been affected by "VUE," the Violent Unknown Event, a phenomenon in some way connected with birds and flying. DVD 2375

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Easy Virtue (silent, 1927)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Isabel Jeans, Robin Irvine, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams. Easy virtue: After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past. 80 min. DVD 159

The Edge of the World (1937)

Director, Michael Powell. Cast: Michael Powell, Eric Berry, Finlay Currie, Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie. Centers on the story of two families living in a fishing community in the Shetland Islands, who are forced to leave their homes when their waters are fished out. Special bonus: "Includes Powell's ... Return to the Edge of the world and his heartbreaking World War II short, An Airman's letter to his mother.". Filmed on location on the Outer Hebrides island of Foula. 73 min. 999:2958

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Edward II. (1991)

Directed by Derek Jarman. Cast: Steve Waddington, Andrew Tiernan, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, Kevin Collins, Jerome Flynn, John Lynch, Dudley Sutton, Annie Lennox. "Edward II embraces the essential dramatic themes of passion, murder, and unrequited love. Steven Waddington plays the monarch as a man whose destiny hangs on his overpowering passion and lack of responsibility to the British throne. He rebuffs his wife, Isabella, lavishing affection on the handsome Gaveston -- a choice that ultimately seals his fate." Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe. 91 min. 999:671

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8 1/2 Women (UK / Netherlands / Luxembourg / Germany, 1999)

Directed by Peter Greenaway. Cast: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette, Amanda Plummer, Polly Walker. After seeing Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, a father and son are inspired to turn their Swiss mansion into a chateau of sexual pleasure. But soon their wild sexual fantasies begin to unravel, and the two men discover that when fantasy becomes reality, the balance of power can shift. 121 min. DVD 7492