Geraldine Chaplin
1) Heidi
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Heidi is sent away to the mountains to live with her grumpy grandfather, she gets a frosty welcome. Soon, with the help of her animal friends, the two grow to love each other.
4) Roseland
Language
English
Description
A trio of romantic if bittersweet tales set in New York's esteemed Roseland Ballroom unfold in this touching drama. In 'The Waltz,' recently widowed May visits the Roseland to honor the memory of her late husband, and unexpectedly meets Stan, who offers her an opportunity for happiness. 'The Hustle' finds Russel as a gigolo who keeps company with three women but struggles to commit to any of them. Finally, in 'The Peabody', Rosa, an older Viennese...
5) Roseland
Language
English
Description
Three interlocking stories set in New York City's legendary Roseland dance palace make up this charming film, the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America.
Language
Français
Description
Divided into three narratives. First section is set around the first decade of the twentieth century in the Ardennes, where Count Forbeck unveils his architect's design for a utopian city. In a modern day mirroring of the first story, a group of professors now inhabiting Forbeck's castle seek a new form of education through the use of the imagination, under the guidance of a guru named Guarini. The last segment depicts a Wagnerian fantasy landscape...
Language
English
Description
Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore...
11) Doctor Zhivago
Language
English
Description
A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
12) Chaplin
Language
English
Description
A loving, grand scale portrait of the amazing life and times of Charlie Chaplin. His poverty-stricken childhood in England, his friendships, his many wives and scandalous affairs, and his pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover. Nominated for three **Academy Awards** and three **Golden Globe Awards** including Best Actor (Robert Downey Jr. ). Winner of Best Actor at the **BAFTA Awards.**
13) Doctor Zhivago
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet he finds himself in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago becomes torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the Bolshevik revolution, but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism.
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...