Tag Archives: based on novel

Scrooge

IMDB Rating: 8.00
5553 votes

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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.
Actors
Ebenezer ScroogeAlastair Sim
Mrs. DilberKathleen Harrison
Bob CratchitMervyn Johns
Also posted in 1951, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Road to Wellville

IMDB Rating: 5.20
4779 votes

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In Welville, at Battle Creek, eccentric rich Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (a historical figure) runs a stylish health farm for the wealthy, an idea ahead of his time, based on extreme vegetarianism, neither sex, masturbation or even sensual stimulation, but laughing therapy and purging the 'polluted' body, mainly by exercises, often in open air, vicious diet, his invention corn flakes, laxatives, anal yogurt cure, enemas and brutal mechanical cleansing. Eleanor Lightbody drags her sickly, incredulous husband Will along to the therapy; the couple is almost immediately separated and getting horny for more available members of the opposite sex. Kellogs stubbornly willful adopted son (among over 30 kids) George is a filthy embarrassment, paid off just to stay away. Charles Ossining panics when arriving in Battle Creek he finds his aunt's fortune made him partner in the empty shell- health food company Per-fo, not the planned corn-flakes factory; however with a former Welville-employee and George's name they hope to get rich from their own cornflakes brand. When an electric therapy goes fatally wrong and several other patients die, Will's incredulous reluctance turns to panic...
Actors
Dr. John Harvey KelloggAnthony Hopkins
Eleanor LightbodyBridget Fonda
William LightbodyMatthew Broderick
Also posted in 1994, Comedy | Comments (0)

The Beguiled

IMDB Rating: 7.10
2437 votes

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During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first the all-female staff and pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one by one he charms them and the atmosphere becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.
Actors
Cpl. John McBurneyClint Eastwood
Martha FarnsworthGeraldine Page
Edwina DabneyElizabeth Hartman
Also posted in 1971, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, War, Western | Comments (0)

The Outlaw Josey Wales

IMDB Rating: 7.70
13398 votes

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Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his "life." He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that's not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he's wrapped himself in, down inside there's still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he's pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago.
Actors
Lone WatieChief Dan George
Josey WalesClint Eastwood
Laura LeeSondra Locke
Also posted in 1976, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

IMDB Rating: 2.50
386 votes

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Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service. Young and curious as he is, he reluctantly accepts the juicy duty. However his heart belongs to Liz, who demands the highest commitment until she lets him go all the way.
Actors
Timothy LeaRobin Askwith
Sidney NoggettAnthony Booth
Rosie NoggettSheila White
Also posted in 1974, Comedy | Comments (0)

Confessions of a Pop Performer

IMDB Rating: 1.60
287 votes

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Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage to get it all the time! Signing up with a pop group, our boisterous hero progresses rapidly from local gigs to scoring a titillating hit with The Climax Sisters, with plenty of ribald adventures along the way! A classic for those who want to know how to "get more" out of music!
Actors
Timothy LeaRobin Askwith
Sidney NoggettAnthony Booth
Mr. LeaBill Maynard
Also posted in 1975, Comedy | Comments (0)

Confessions of a Driving Instructor

IMDB Rating: 2.00
300 votes

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Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
Actors
Sidney NoggettAnthony Booth
Timothy LeaRobin Askwith
RosieSheila White
Also posted in 1976, Comedy | Comments (0)

Confessions from a Holiday Camp

IMDB Rating: 1.50
288 votes

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In a typical British holiday camp during summer the employees are bored to hell. In order to enjoy the summer and have some holiday while working they celebrate erotic parties. This is great pleasure for them until the arrival of a new manager who tries to change the bad habbits and turns their lives into hell.
Actors
Timmy LeaRobin Askwith
Sidney NoggettAnthony Booth
Mr. LeaBill Maynard
Also posted in 1977, Comedy | Comments (0)

The General’s Daughter

IMDB Rating: 6.00
17000 votes

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Military police detectives Paul Brenner and Sarah Sunhill investigate a horrifically bizarre rape and murder of a respected female Pysch-Ops officer who is also the daughter of a renowned retiring general. Yet the case becomes more complicated when the autopsy showed no evidence of sexual assault. Furthermore, that is but the beginning of the twists when they discover the victim's secret life, her past and a disturbing determination by senior staff to keep this investigation short and quiet.
Actors
Warr. Off. Paul Brenner/Sgt. Frank WhiteJohn Travolta
Warr. Off. Sara SunhillMadeleine Stowe
Lt. Gen. Joseph CampbellJames Cromwell
Also posted in 1999, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Spencer’s Mountain

IMDB Rating: 6.50
554 votes

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Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he and Clay get into a bit of trouble. If he has one dream in life it's to build his wife Olivia a beautiful house on a piece of land he inherited on Spender's mountain. When his eldest son, Clayboy, graduates at the top of his high school class and has the opportunity to go to college, Clay has only one option left to him.
Actors
Clay SpencerHenry Fonda
Olivia SpencerMaureen O'Hara
Clayboy SpencerJames MacArthur
Also posted in 1963, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)