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Virgin Films was a film production company of the early 1980s best known for making 1984 (1984). It was part of the Virgin Group and was headed by Al Clark. Nik Powell worked for the company before going over to Palace Films.
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Filmography of Virgin Films (13 films)

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Production

The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers (1989)
, 1h35
Directed by Damian Harris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce, James Spader, Jared Harris, Gina McKee

Nineteen-year-old Charles (Fletcher) is a highly sexed and precociously intelligent teenager about to attend Oxford University. Before he does he intends to use all his charm and intelligence to seduce a beautiful American girl, Rachel (Skye). Charles becomes completely besotted by Rachel, and after numerous rebuffs he eventually forges a friendship with her. Things become complicated, however, and his strategy becomes threatened. Rachel already has a boyfriend, DeForest (Spader); however, he is a control freak who does not treat her particularly well. With help from his sister Jenny (Sharp), his lunatic brother-in-law Norman (Pryce) and best friend and big brother figure/mentor Geoff (Harris), Charles eventually manages to lure Rachel away from DeForest, and his father Gordon (Paterson) is impressed with Charles' new quarry; however, as the unlikely relationship develops, Charles discovers that his seemingly "perfect" woman has numerous dislikeable habits and personality traits, just like all of the other "lesser" girls he has previously seduced. Irritated by some of Rachel's habits, Charles grows bored and is seduced by, and later sleeps with, his old flame Gloria (Skinner), ending his relationship with Rachel, who subsequently moves to New York. Charles still ends up going to Oxford University, but he does not enjoy his life there, feeling that his life is missing something following the end of his relationship with Rachel. She and Charles accidentally meet up again in a museum there and spend the whole day together, but at the end, Rachel kisses him only on the cheek, and leaves. We hear Charles in voiceover saying that he tried to remember William Blake's quotation about love being eternal, so that he could say it to Rachel, but was unable to.
Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners (1986)
, 1h48
Directed by Julien Temple
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, James Fox, Mandy Rice-Davies, Edward Tudor-Pole, Bruce Payne

The film takes place in 1958, a time in which pop culture is transforming from 1950s jazz and early rock to a new generation on the verge of the 1960s. London is post-World War II, but pre-Beatles/Stones. The storyline incorporates elements of the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
Captive
Captive (1986)
, 1h38
Directed by Paul Mayersberg
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Oliver Reed, Irina Brook, Xavier Deluc, Michael Cronin, Corinne Dacla

Gregory Le Vay est un riche homme d'affaires qui vit seul avec sa fille, dans une grande maison entourée d'un jardin immense et isolée de tout. Sa fille Rowena se fait enlever par trois jeunes hommes qui, au fil du temps, la façonneront à leur niveau plus modeste. À travers diverses manipulations psychologiques, la jeune fille se rangera du côté de ses ravisseurs.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
, 1h53
Directed by Michael Radford
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Social science fiction, Romance
Themes Politique, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about the labor movement, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, John Boswall

In a dystopian 1984, Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. The story takes place in London, the capital city of the territory of Airstrip One (formerly "either England or Britain").
Electric Dreams
Electric Dreams (1984)
, 1h35
Directed by Steve Barron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about computing, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort, Giorgio Moroder, Miriam Margolyes

Miles Harding is an architect who envisions a brick shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece that could enable buildings to withstand earthquakes. Seeking a way to get organized, he buys a personal computer to help him develop his ideas. Although he is initially unsure that he will even be able to correctly operate the computer, he later buys numerous extra gadgets that were not necessary for his work, such as switches to control household appliances like the blender, a speech synthesizer, and a microphone. The computer addresses Miles as "Moles", because Miles mistyped his name during the initial set-up. When Miles attempts to download data from a mainframe computer at work, the computer begins to overheat. In a state of panic, Miles pours a nearby bottle of champagne over the machine, which then becomes sentient.

Distribution

The Reflecting Skin
The Reflecting Skin (1990)
, 1h35
Directed by Philip Ridley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan

Eight-year-old Seth Dove becomes obsessed with the idea of vampires and soon attaches his fixation onto a reclusive local widow named Dolphin Blue. After his father’s suicide, Seth’s older brother Cameron comes home from his military tour of duty in Micronesia. Both emotionally wounded, Cameron and Dolphin begin an affair, leaving Seth to become completely infatuated with the notion of his brother’s danger. Along with this, Seth finds himself at the mercy of an unstable mother along with a group of strange, anonymous men, who plague the small children of Seth’s continually shrinking rural population.
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
, 1h34
Directed by Bruce Robinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, John Shrapnel, Susan Wooldridge

The movie is a farce about a mentally unstable advertising executive, Denis Dimbleby Bagley (played by Grant), who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. Ward plays his long-suffering but sympathetic wife. Richard Wilson plays John Bristol, Bagley's boss.
Zina
Zina (1985)
, 1h32
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Domiziana Giordano, Ian McKellen, Philip Madoc, Gaby Dellal, William Hootkins, Dominique Pinon

Le film est basé sur la vie de Zinaida Volkova, la fille aînée de Léon Trotski.