Matthew Scurfield
Nascimento : 1948-02-02, Cambridge - England - UK
História
Matthew Scurfield is an actor and the eldest child of author George Scurfield and his wife Cecilia. His autobiography, I Could Be Anyone, was published in 2008.
Anton Zakharov
Logo após a 2ª Guerra Mundial, o mundo se divide entre dois grandes blocos: o capitalista e o comunista. Em plena Guerra Fria vive Sally Tyler (Sharon Stone), uma americana solitária que vive em Beirute devido ao trabalho de seu marido. Lá ela conhece Leo (Rupert Everett), por quem se apaixona e faz com que se divorcie. Até que inesperadamente Leo desaparece, com o governo o acusando de ser um desertor e seguir uma "lealdade diferente". Sem saber em quem acreditar e sendo perseguida pelas ruas, Sally recebe uma carta que pode mudar os rumos de sua vida para sempre.
DCI Fynch
When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered child. Jack sees an opportunity to unwittingly involve both women in a scheme which he hopes will unmask his daughter's killer. Written
Jovem ucraniano, que estava indo tentar a sorte na America, é o único sobrevivente de um naufrágio. Ele vai parar em pequeno vilarejo na costa inglesa onde mora uma jovem solitária que coleciona presentes trazidos pelo mar. Tida como louca por uns e bruxa por outros, ela é alvo de desconfiança e desprezo. Quando os dois se apaixonam, enfrentam o preconceito e a fúria de uma cidade inteira para viver seu amor.
Duke of Exeter
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
Horse Dealer
No final do século passado, no pequeno estábulo da fazenda do Sr. Grey nasceu um potro com uma marca de nascença muito especial: uma estrela branca, bem no meio de sua testa. Negra era seu nome! Destinado a viver em um mundo sofrendo as mudanças do tempo, Beleza Negra fez vários amigos, como o simpático Jerry Barker e o jovem Joe Green, mas também muitos inimigos. Confiou em estranhos... Sobreviveu às armadilhas da natureza... E enfrentou todo o tipo de perigo... Sempre em busca de um lugar seguro, onde pudesse encontrar amor e carinho. Das belas paisagens do campo aos becos mais escuros de Londres, ele viveu a maior aventura de sua vida.
Bernard Cross
A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocrisy of everyday life. But her dreams of glamour and excitement are shattered when she is seduced by a pilot, setting in motion a chain of events...
Inspector Rigby
At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
Guard
Um homem perde sua identidade vivendo sob um regime repressivo. Nesta história baseada no clássico de George Orwell, Winston Smith (John Hurt) é um funcionário público cuja função é reescrever a história de forma a colocar os líderes de um país fictício sob uma luz positiva. As escapadelas românticas com Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) proporcionam sua única fonte de distração, mas os políticos desaprovam o relacionamento. Em uma sociedade monitorada de perto, não há como escapar do Grande Irmão.
KGB man #1
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
Conrad
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue led by a mysterious man known simply as Mr. Brown.
Mr. Dyson M.P.
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
2nd. Nazi
Em 1936, o arqueólogo Indiana Jones é contratado para encontrar a Arca da Aliança, que segundo as escrituras bíblicas conteria "Os Dez Mandamentos" que Deus revelou a Moisés no Monte Horeb. Mas como a lenda diz que o exército que a possuir será invencível, Indiana Jones terá um adversário de peso na busca pela arca perdida: o próprio Adolf Hitler.
Streaky Jeffries
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
Jefferson
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
Harvey
A married couple have their preconceptions of life tested by their guest