Miriam Brickman
Nascimento : 1916-11-08, London, England, UK
Morte : 1977-07-02
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Setembro de 1944, os Aliados confidencialmente mandam para a Normandia um grande grupo de soldados para a operação Market Garden, cuja intenção era dar um fim para a Segunda Guerra Mundial, invadindo a Alemanha e destruindo as indústrias de guerra do 3º Reich. Durante a operação, disparidades políticas no campo de batalha, mó sorte nas condições meteorológicas e falhas na inteligência levam ao desastre da missão. A história do mais trágico erro tático da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que custou a vida de muitos soldados.
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Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!
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A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.
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Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated formalities of being greeted by a host nation. But housed with the Ambassador and his family, the Prince finds the atmosphere stuffy and dull; he longs for freedom and, for once, rebels against his upbringing with all its constraints and responsibilities, escaping for a week of romance, and unexpected drama…
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When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.
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A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
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A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
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Um russo (Woody Allen), na véspera de ser executado pelo franceses por um assassinato que não cometeu, recorda toda a sua vida desde criança até ser forçado a se alistar e defender seu país da invasão napoleônica, que ironicamente lhe propiciou condecorações quando se tornou acidentalmente um herói. No entanto sua situação se complica, pois se casa com a mulher que sempre amou, mas esta planeja matar Napoleão.
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A situação na África do Sul está se tornando cada vez mais insuportável, devido à política do Apartheid. Rina (Nicol Williamson) consegue em juízo a liberdade de Twuala Shack (Sidney Poitier), seu cliente sem saber que é um Departamento de Segurança Nacional. Jim (Michael Caine), amante de Rina, de repente se vê envolvido em um vôo emocionante de helicóptero com Shack, e tenta escapar do cerco policial para atravessar a fronteira, não imaginando que tudo segue num plano muito bem engendrado. Obra prima do cinema político/ação indispensável. Filme com brilhantes interpretações, com destaque para Poitier.
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A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.
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Sean Connery no apresenta uma interpretação poderosa nesta fantástica visão de um mundo futuro dividido em duas sociedades. O Vortex é uma luxuriante e exclusiva comunidade, formada por cientistas e intelectuais imortais completamente preservada do contato com o mundo exterior. Do lado de fora do Vortex, existe um mundo desolado arrasado pela guerra e poluição, povoado pelos Brutos, selvagens primitivos e assassinos que adoram um deus arerrorizante, Zardoz. Mas um bruto rebelde (Sean Connery) está decidido a sobreviver seguindo suas próprias leis, que podem ameaçar o equilíbrio da civilização e... possivelmente destruí-la. Co-estrelando Charlotte Rampling, Zardoz é uma aventura sofisticada, freqüentemente elogiada por seus efeitos especiais e complexo imaginário.
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A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
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A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.
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Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.
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This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.
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Após um trágico acidente que matou sua filha, o casal Laura (Julie Christie) e John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) muda-se para Veneza, afim de esquecer a tragédia. Porém, quando chegam lá, uma estranha mulher começa a dizer que sua filha está enviando mensagens do mundo dos mortos, e os dois iniciam uma perigosa relação de curiosidade sobre o outro lado da vida.
Young Socialists from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea march to London and discuss their economic struggles en route. Supporting them are Ken Loach, Corin Redgrave, Arnold Wesker and other leading cultural figures of the left of British politics. The march is intercut with scenes dramatising parallel injustices in the English Civil War era and earlier - featuring Frances de la Tour in queenly mode as Elizabeth I. The film's unconventional structure also features frequent extracts of the rousing pop concert, with the band Slade, which culminated the epic march.
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This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
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The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain Cat.
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A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humour that hides their pain.
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David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) é um acadêmico americano muito calmo. Ele se casa com a inglesa Amy (Susan George) e, buscando fugir do estilo de vida da cidade grande, os dois se mudam para a zona rural da Cornualha, onde Amy cresceu. Ali, David não é bem acolhido pela população, sobretudo pelos homens. As provocações se tornam cada vez mais agressivas e um evento brutal poderá despertar o lado espantosamente violento de David.
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Após profecia de bruxas - que dizem que ele seria rei -, Macbeth mata o soberano e assume o trono. Só que, em seu reinado de sangue, ele jamais alcança a paz: sua esposa, tomada pela culpa, começa a enlouquecer; ao mesmo tempo, os inimigos conspiram para retomar o poder.
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A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
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Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
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Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.
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A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
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A primeira de várias incursões de Jagger no cinema, o pôlemico Performance sofreu várias montagens diferentes até seu lançamento. Um gângster (James Fox) jurado de morte por seus pares se refugia na mansão de um rockstar decadente (Mick Jagger), junto com duas garotas andróginas (Anita Pallenberg e Michelle Breton), e lá tem seus sentidos testados por um coquetel de drogas e perversão. Ao mesmo tempo, há um choque entre os mundo do gângster e do roqueiro, com suas diferenças.
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A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.
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Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
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A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
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A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
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A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
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Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.
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A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
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A herdeira de uma fazenda contrata seu rejeitado pretendente como pastor de ovelhas. Depois comete o erro de apaixonar-se e casar com um oficial da cavalaria.
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Em um Estado totalitário num futuro próximo, os “bombeiros” têm como função principal queimar todo e qualquer tipo de material impresso, principalmente livros, pois foi convencionado que literatura é propagadora da infelicidade. Um dos bombeiros começa a se qustionar sobre essa sua tarefa.
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Em um Estado totalitário num futuro próximo, os “bombeiros” têm como função principal queimar todo e qualquer tipo de material impresso, principalmente livros, pois foi convencionado que literatura é propagadora da infelicidade. Um dos bombeiros começa a se qustionar sobre essa sua tarefa.
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Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.
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Diana Scott é uma modelo ambiciosa determinada a chegar ao topo. Usando sua sexualidade, ela controla os homens poderosos à sua volta, mas acaba se tornando prisioneira do estilo de vida que tanto desejava.
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In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.
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O preguiçoso e irresponsável Billy Fisher trabalha como assistente em uma funerária no norte da Inglaterra. Seus devaneios constantes e histórias desprovidas de verdade são a causa das más decisões que afastam seus amigos e familiares, que o apelidam de “Billy Mentiroso.”