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.
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I CLAUDIUS PART 1 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
A caustic and often funny romp set 24 BC during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ending in AD 54 with Nero on the throne. Claudius (Jacobi) is Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, grandson of Mark Antony, who bears witness to the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue of his remarkable family. For the most part he escapes their evil scheming by virtue of a stutter and limp that mark him as a fool. A remarkable, ground-breaking series, with towering per
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I CLAUDIUS PART 2 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
A caustic and often funny romp set 24 BC during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in AD 54 with Nero on the throne. Claudius (Jacobi) is Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, grandson of Mark Antony, who bears witness to the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue of his remarkable family. For the most part he escapes their evil scheming by virtue of a stutter and limp that mark him as a fool. A remarkable, ground-breaking series, with towering perfo
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I CLAUDIUS PART 3 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
A caustic and often funny romp set 24 BC during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in AD 54 with Nero on the throne. Claudius (Jacobi) is Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, grandson of Mark Antony, who bears witness to the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue of his remarkable family. For the most part he escapes their evil scheming by virtue of a stutter and limp that mark him as a fool. A remarkable, ground-breaking series, with towering perfo
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I CLAUDIUS PART 4 (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
A caustic and often funny romp set 24 BC during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in AD 54 with Nero on the throne. Claudius (Jacobi) is Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, grandson of Mark Antony, who bears witness to the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue of his remarkable family. For the most part he escapes their evil scheming by virtue of a stutter and limp that mark him as a fool. A remarkable, ground-breaking series, with towering perfo
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IN LOVE AND WAR (1996)
Certification15 Our Rating
Tearjerking drama based on the young Ernest Hemingway's real life romance, the inspiration for his classic "A Farewell To Arms". As an 18-year-old soldier in WW1, love is the last thing on his mind, until a near-fatal injury puts his life in the hands of a beautiful, older nurse. Superb performances.
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JESUS OF NAZARETH DISC ONE (PARTS 1 & 2) (1977)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Epic, made for TV, serialisation of the life of Christ stretching to a bum-numbing six hours and featuring an impressively star-spangled cast. Aesthetically spectacular and emotionally gutsy enough to entertain even the most cynical of non-believers. Continued on 7813.
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JESUS OF NAZARETH DISC TWO (PARTS 3 & 4) (1977)
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The third and fourth parts of Zeffirelli's epic life of Christ.
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NORA (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
It was the beginning of the 20th Century when the young and still unacknowledged James Joyce met the strong and forthright country lass Nora. Joyce fell in love, as did she, but his frustration, jealousy and inner demons constantly threatened to pull them apart. Nora is a passionate and absorbing film, with some fine performances.
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SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (1997)
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Brad Pitt adopts a dodgy accent to portray up-himself Austrian Heinrich Harrer. Accompanied by David Thewlis, the self-obsessed climber makes an attempt on the Himalayas, gets captured and incarcerated in a British POW camp, escapes, then sets off on an odyssey through sweeping plains and air-brushed sunsets, finally ending up in Tibet. Befriended by a young Dalai Lama, Harrer is eventually able to wallow in the smug self-satisfaction of a man who's "found himself". It all looks very pretty, but
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