A wealthy publisher is filled with jealous rage over his daughter's marriage and pregnancy. His wife tries desperately to console her husband and keep the fragile pieces of the family together but can she? 'Bouquet of Barbed Wire' and 'Another Bouquet' follow the emotional torments of a wealthy middle class family who spiral deep into a mesh of lies secrets and lurid betrayals. A fantastically successful 70's drama that shocked a nation described as a modern Greek tragedy.
From the vaults of British television comes a comedy gem starring two consummate actors who were also a couple in real life: Dame Judi Dench and her husband Michael Williams. They play a pair of middle-aged dating-game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Laura a brainy translator and Mike a shy landscape gardener are introduced by Laura's glamorous younger sister who is intent on finding a mate for her spinsterish sibling. Awkward and rumpled Mike
Based on real events, Soldier of Orange tells the story of Dutchman Erik Lanshof (a star-making performance by Rutger Hauer) and a small group of students as they struggle to survive the Nazi occupation to the end of the Second World War. The destinies of the characters range from joining the German army to making for England, the OSS and the Resistance. Across a canvas lasting almost three hours director Paul Verhoeven unfolds a saga of friendship, espionage and romance with almost documentary realism--though not as graphically violent as his later American films the torture scenes are intense--crafting a deeply affecting film widely regarded as the greatest ever made in Holland. Comparable recent films such as Enigma (2001) and Charlotte Gray (2002) do not come close. Hauer is brilliant at the heart of what is a detailed and thoughtful drama made with integrity and passion. Co-star Jeroen Krabbé has gone onto a notable career in Hollywood, while Edward Fox and Susan Penhaligon provide more familiar faces for British audiences. The film is shot in Dutch, German and English and subtitled as necessary. Twenty years later Verhoeven made Starship Troopers in 1997, a satirical science-fiction companion to this modern European classic.--Gary S Dalkin
Includes the seminal chillers: Die Screaming Marianne (1971) Marianne following the sudden death of her mother stands to inherit the family fortune along with several documents that could incriminate her corrupt judge of a father. Now her sister and her father both want their hands on Marianne's inheritance and they'll stop at nothing even murder to get it! House Of Whipcord (1974) A bizarre correctional institute is set up by a small group of people disillusioned
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis.
Selected episodes from the hit series A Fine Romance.
Patrick has been in a coma for four years - ever since the 'accidental' death of his mother and her lover. Kept at a small rundown hospital he is experimented on by the insensitive Dr Roget who describes Patrick as '170lbs of limp meat hanging off a comatised brain'. However Patrick has been slowly developing powerful psycho-kinetic powers... When a new nurse is assigned to him he falls in love with her leaving notes on her typewriter using his telekinesis... But she soon realises that Patrick may be using his powers for far more sinister purposes as nurses and doctors at the hospital begin to die under mysterious circumstances...
From acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall Basic Instinct Black Book) comes this gripping World War II tale about the Nazi invasion of Holland and the cunning British espionage response. When Erik Hazelhoff's (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner Batman Begins) privileged life ends after the Nazis invade Holland he escapes to England where he joins the British military. A real-life James Bond Erik suavely maneuvers through beach bombings double-agents and intimate settings with the wit of a true hero.
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