Posts Tagged ‘19th-century’

The Secret Garden (1993)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kate Maberly | Heydon Prowse | Andrew Knott | Maggie Smith | Laura Crossley | John Lynch | Walter Sparrow | Irène Jacob | Frank Baker | Valerie Hill | Andrea Pickering | Peter Moreton | Arthur Spreckley | Colin Bruce | Parsan Singh
Directors: Agnieszka Holland
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After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family?

Emma (1996)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow | James Cosmo | Greta Scacchi | Alan Cumming | Denys Hawthorne | Sophie Thompson | Jeremy Northam | Toni Collette | Kathleen Byron | Phyllida Law | Edward Woodall | Brett Miley | Brian Capron | Karen Westwood | Paul Williamson
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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Emma is a very beautiful young woman who decides to devote her life in finding the right mate for the people around her. But, her cause will come to contestation when she will find love in the face of a much sought after man.

Scrooge (1951)

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy
Countries: UK
Actors: Alastair Sim | Kathleen Harrison | Mervyn Johns | Hermione Baddeley | Michael Hordern | George Cole | John Charlesworth | Francis De Wolff | Rona Anderson | Carol Marsh | Brian Worth | Miles Malleson | Ernest Thesiger | Glyn Dearman | Michael Dolan
Directors: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Stingy old Ebenezer Scrooge is known as the meanest man in London. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, whose little son, Tiny Tim, is crippled and may soon die. He also has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred, because his birth cost the life of his beloved sister. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell his business partner, Jacob Marley.

River Queen (2005)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: New Zealand | UK
Actors: Samantha Morton | Kiefer Sutherland | Cliff Curtis | Temuera Morrison | Anton Lesser | Rawiri Paratene | Stephen Rea | Wi Kuki Kaa | Mark Ruka | Tyson Reweti | Grayson Putu | Nathan Passfield | Laura Coyte Douglas | Julie Ranginui | Brandon Lakshman
Directors: Vincent Ward
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An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah (Samantha Morton) and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonisation of New Zealand.

The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Alberto Reyes | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Gustavo Sanchez-Parra | Adrian Alonso | Nick Chinlund | Giovanna Zacarías | Carlos Cobos | Antonio Banderas | Michael Emerson | Shuler Hensley | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Mary Crosby | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Mauricio Bonet | Fernando Becerril
Directors: Martin Campbell
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The Legendary Zorro goes off on another adventure to protect the future of California and its citizens. This time, he fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe that there’s more to Armand than meets the eye, and our hero is intent on finding out what that is. Little does he know, there are others working to uncover certain truths as well.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Keira Knightley | Talulah Riley | Rosamund Pike | Jena Malone | Carey Mulligan | Donald Sutherland | Brenda Blethyn | Claudie Blakley | Sylvester Morand | Simon Woods | Kelly Reilly | Matthew MacFadyen | Pip Torrens | Janet Whiteside | Sinead Matthews
Directors: Joe Wright
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The story is based on Jane Austen’s novel about five sisters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy) arrive in their neighborhood.

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Friday, September 14th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: James Fleet | Tom Wilkinson | Harriet Walter | Kate Winslet | Emma Thompson | Gemma Jones | Hugh Grant | Emilie François | Elizabeth Spriggs | Robert Hardy | Ian Brimble | Isabelle Amyes | Alan Rickman | Greg Wise | Alexander John
Directors: Ang Lee
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When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars, his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery Willoughby more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried. But this is a romance, and through the hardships and heartbreak, true love and a happy ending will find their way for both the sister who is all sense and the one who is all sensibility.

War and Peace (1956)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | Romance | War
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Audrey Hepburn | Henry Fonda | Mel Ferrer | Vittorio Gassman | Herbert Lom | Oskar Homolka | Anita Ekberg | Helmut Dantine | Tullio Carminati | Barry Jones | Milly Vitale | Lea Seidl | Anna-Maria Ferrero | Wilfrid Lawson | May Britt
Directors: King Vidor
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At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon’s forces controlled much of Europe. In Russia, one of the few countries still unconquered, the army prepares to face Napoleon’s troops in Austria. Among the soldiers are Nicholas Rostov (Jeremy Brett) and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Mel Ferrer). Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda), a friend of Andrei’s and self-styled intellectual who “knows what’s right but still does wrong,” is not interested in fighting. Pierre’s life changes when his father dies, leaving him a vast inheritance. He is attracted to Natasha Rostov (Audrey Hepburn), Nicholas’s sister, but gives in to baser desires and marries the shallow, materialistic Princess Helene (Anita Ekberg). The marriage quickly ends when Pierre discovers his wife’s true nature. Andrei is captured and later released by the French, and returns home only to watch his wife die in childbirth. During a visit to the country months later, Pierre and Andrei meet again. Andrei sees Natasha and falls in love, but his father will only permit the marriage if they postpone it for one year. While Andrei is away in Poland on a military mission, Natasha is drawn to Anatole Kuragin (Vittorio Gassmann), a scoundrel and libertine. Pierre tells Natasha of Anatole’s past before she can elope with him. Napoleon (Herbert Lom) invades Russia. Pierre visits Andrei on the eve of the battle, and observes the battle that follows. Traumatized by the carnage, he vows to kill Napoleon himself.

Corpse Bride (2005)

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Helena Bonham Carter | Emily Watson | Tracey Ullman | Paul Whitehouse | Joanna Lumley | Albert Finney | Richard E. Grant | Christopher Lee | Michael Gough | Jane Horrocks | Enn Reitel | Deep Roy | Danny Elfman | Stephen Ballantyne
Directors: Tim Burton | Mike Johnson
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Blue-tinted, eye-ball-popping, maggot-infested beauty Emily (Bonham Carter) has become known as the Corpse Bride after waiting for her fiancé where the couple planned to rendezvous before getting hitched. When her groom arrives, he kills her, and she rests in the ground to wait for her soul mate, whether he knows he is the Corpse Bride’s groom or not. It’s a cold dark night, the moon is full, the stars are bright and the forest is a little bit creepy. Wandering through the black mangled trees, Victor (Depp) just can’t memorize his wedding vows. Victor’s hesitance towards marriage causes him to jumble the words. Two prominent families have arranged their children to be married in order to overcome financial difficulties. As the objects of betrothal, Victor and Victoria (Watson) met for the first time the night before their wedding. It only makes sense that Victor, a groom with cold feet, would have trouble remembering tedious wedding vows. Thus Victor ends up in the dark forest ringing his hands and muttering his vows, the vows that the Corpse Bride hears, bringing her out of the grave. Victor suddenly finds himself married to another woman, a voluptuous bombshell bride who also happens to be dead. Whisked away to the Land of the Dead, Victor finds out that living amongst corpses is not as easy as it seems. Heads easily loose their owners and eyes never seem to stay in their sockets, an adjustment that Victor seems reluctant to accept. Once taken into the Land of the Dead, it is nearly impossible to return, causing Victor to choose between risking Victoria’s life or giving up his own.

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Brad Pitt | Kirsten Dunst | Stephen Rea | Antonio Banderas | Christian Slater | Virginia McCollam | John McConnell | Mike Seelig | Bellina Logan | Thandie Newton | Indra Ové | Helen McCrory | Lyla Hay Owen | Lee E. Scharfstein
Directors: Neil Jordan
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It hadn’t even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis had lost his wife, and now he had lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis’ mortal blood and then replaces it with his own turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.