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by paulofilmo
Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:37 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: UK TV Film Recommendations
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Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

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Late Spring (Film)
Yasujiro Ozu's film stars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko, he a widower, she his daughter and the two live together amicably enough until he decides she should be married and sets about arranging a match. Behind this simple plot, Ozu shows the pair's essential humanity even when each is implacably opposed to the other's wishes.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami
(Black and White, In Japanese with Subtitles, 1949, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Film)
Jim Sharman's now-classic camp rock musical stars Tim Curry as sweet transvestite Frank N Furter, who is disturbed by stranded teenagers Brad Majors and Janet Weiss just as he's making the Perfect Man. Trapped in his remote castle with his servants Magenta and Riff-Raff and Furter's eccentric mix of partygoers, can they survive a night of depravity with their virtues intact? With a shed-load of iconic songs and references to almost B horror and sf movie ever made liberally scattered throughout, the film has become a legend.
Director: Jim Sharman
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell
(Widescreen, 1975, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Film)
His/her tale told in flashback via his/her songs, Hedwig was born in the GDR and wanted to be a woman from an early age. Promise of marriage to a US army serviceman, providing he had a sex change operation, promised a way out, but one botched operation later, leaving the 'angry inch', he/she's dumped alone in America. Hooking up with Tommy Gnosis, the two form a band but then Gnosis quits, stealing Hedwig's material and going on to stadium-filling fame while a bitter Hedwig is reduced to supper club gigs, shadowing Tommy's tour with a set of songs that tell the story of his/her life.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Rob Campbell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

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