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Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Anne Bancroft,
Anthony Hopkins,
Judi Dench,
Maurice Denham,
Mercedes Ruehl,
Eleanor DavidRating73%
In 1949, Helene Hanff is in search of obscure classics and British literature titles that she has been unable to find in New York City. She notices an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature placed by antiquarian booksellers Marks & Co, located at the titular address in London. She contacts the shop, where chief buyer and manager Frank Doel fulfills her requests. A long-distance friendship develops over time between the two and between Hanff and other staff members, as well, including birthday gifts, holiday packages, and food parcels to compensate for post–World War II food shortages in Britain. Their correspondence includes discussions about topics as diverse as the sermons of John Donne, how to make Yorkshire Pudding, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the coronation of Elizabeth II., 1h54
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerActors Ben Kingsley,
Amy Irving,
Alec Baldwin,
Richard Jenkins,
Boyd Gaines,
Becky Ann BakerRating59%
After his young son dies from the negligience of medical professionals at a hospital, Harry Fertig (Kingsley) takes matters into his own hands and kills the negligent doctors responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie (Baldwin), looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is assigned Fertig's case. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man., 1h27
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
HIV/AIDS in filmActors Amy Madigan,
Dennis Boutsikaris,
Jennifer Hetrick,
Martha Henry,
Kenneth Welsh,
Richard MonetteRating64%
Roxy and Vinnie Ventola are a successful television screenwriting couple, who are struggling to conceive a child. Aside from that the couple have the perfect, happy marriage. After years of fertility treatments, the couple manage to conceive a daughter, Miranda, who falls ill with what is at first believed to be the flu, and then pneumonia. However, the underlying cause is soon revealed when the couple learn that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the virus. The film follows the family as they struggle to deal with the social, spiritual and physical tolls that the disease exacts on its sufferers., 1h35
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
FantasyThemes Christmas films,
Time travel films,
Ghost filmsActors Patrick Stewart,
Richard E. Grant,
Joel Grey,
Ian McNeice,
Saskia Reeves,
Kenny DoughtyRating73%
In a prologue, Ebenezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) buries his business partner, Jacob Marley, in a rural churchyard. The funeral is poorly attended., 1h29
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Reba McEntire,
Keith Carradine,
Mitchell Anderson,
Donald MoffatRating69%
Lily Marshall (McEntire) has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "Is there life beyond her family and home?", Lily wonders. The hole in Lily's life is soon filled by too much. There's a confusing new social life on campus, schoolwork keeping her up late, a part-time job keeping her from her husband and kids whose mom is turning into a stranger. Lily's strength, love and perseverance are the only things that can help her now., 1h39
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Théâtre,
Political films,
Films based on playsActors Robert De Niro,
Ed Harris,
Kathy Baker,
Charles Dutton,
Ivar Brogger,
Jordan LundRating63%
Joseph Megessey (known to most as Megs) is a Vietnam war veteran suffering post-Vietnam stress syndrome who is having trouble fitting in with society. He takes on the responsibility of drawing Dave, a fellow veteran now an alcoholic, out of his shell by coaxing him to enjoy life again, as well as urging him to face up to some of his darker memories., 1h35
Directed by David Hugh JonesOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Jeremy Irons,
Ben Kingsley,
Patricia Hodge,
Avril ElgarRating68%
Betrayal follows significant moments in the seven-year extramarital affair of art gallery owner Emma (Patricia Hodge) with literary agent Jerry (Jeremy Irons), the best friend of her husband Robert (Ben Kingsley), a London publisher. With titles such as "Two years earlier" and "One year earlier," nine sequences are shown in reverse chronological order with Emma and Jerry meeting for the first time at the conclusion of the film.