20th Century Flicks, Bristol

A respectable, sincere film of Robert Bolt's literate play, with Scofield as Sir Thomas More, endorsing the divine right of the Pope over and above his King, Henry VIII, who wishes to divorce Katherine Of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Watch out for Orson Welles in a marvellous cameo as Cardinal Wolsey. The film won 6 Oscars. find out more...

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (BBC) (1981)

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This BBC producion has won high praise for outstanding sets, atmospheric music and for all-round exuberance and that touch of magic. Like most BBC productions this is the definitive study version. find out more...

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (1987)

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A beautifully made costume drama set in rural Yorkshire 1920. Two returning servicemen, each in their own way shattered by their experiences, try to rebuild their lives. Intelligent, charming and a pleasure to see. find out more...

A PERFECT SPY: DISC 1 (1987)

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Another BBC adaptation of one of John le Carre's great spy novels. Centering on the hunt for the disappeared Head of British Secret Service in Vienna and the web of deceit he has weaved. find out more...

A PERFECT SPY: DISC 2 (1987)

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A PERFECT SPY: DISC 3 (1987)

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A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

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Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, An American Tragedy George Eastman (Clift), is a charming but aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief tryst with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Winters), but he forgets all about her when he falls for dazzling socialite Angela Vickers (Taylor). Just when George's personal and professional futures seem assured, Alice, pregnant with his child, demands that find out more...

A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE (1998)

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Adapted from the novel by Angela Lambert this is the tale of two men who lose their wives on the same day in the same hospital. Turning to each other for support, the widowers attempt to rebuild their lives. When one becomes distracted by the attention of a glamorous but soon-to-be-bankrupt boutique owner they wonder if she really likes him or if she sees him as easy to manipulate to save his business. Produced from the BBC and staring three of England's finest this little flick wasn't critic find out more...

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (1993)

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The lyrical and meandering autobiography of Norman Maclean and his brother Paul, as they grow up in the wilds of Montana and share their fathers passion for fly-fishing. The fishing comes to symbolise the diverging lives of the two boys and we are left with a moving and nostalgic ramble. find out more...

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)

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The well known Edwardian romance set in Tuscany. A young English girl is torn between a romantic free-thinker and the stuffy suitor that social convention has in store for her. Deservedly, a much acclaimed movie.

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