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Posted on May 13, 2013 |
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The Great Escape (1963)
Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. Based on a true story.
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence
Director: John Sturges
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Posted on April 21, 2013 |
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You Only Live Twice (1967)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
After a mysterious rocketship seizes manned space missions from Earth's orbit, suspicions mount and the world superpowers are hurled toward the brink of war. Their only hope rests with James Bond (Agent 007), who races to stop the space-jackings' true mastermind, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, chief of the evil SPECTRE organization. Blofeld is bent on instigating global warfare from his massive headquarters nestled in an inactive volcano located in a Japanese island. As the countdown begins, Bond joins forces with the gorgeous Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki and scores of Ninja warriors, to mount a daring raid on Blofeld's lair and prevent a calamitous world war.
Starring: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Tetsurō Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Posted on April 18, 2013 |
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Escape from New York / New York 1997 (1981)
Action | Sci-Fi
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake's body will end the mission — and his life — unless he succeeds.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau
Director: John Carpenter
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Posted on March 29, 2013 |
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Cul-de-sac (1966)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A retired businessman and his young, vivacious wife are living quietly on small British Island until two gangsters on the run stumble into their home and into their lives.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier
Director: Roman Polanski
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Posted on January 30, 2013 |
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Prince of Darkness / John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987)
Horror
A sinister secret has been kept in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church for many years. With the death of a priest belonging to a mysterious sect, another priest opens the door to the basement and discovers a vat containing a green liquid. The priest contacts a group of physics graduate students to investigate it. Unfortunately, they discover that the liquid contains the essence of Satan himself, and they also discover that he will release HIS father – an all-powerful Anti-God! The liquid later comes to life itself, turning some of the students into zombies as the Devil comes forward to release his father. Will these students be able to stop him?
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard
Director: John Carpenter
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Posted on November 29, 2012 |
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Dracula (1979)
Horror | Romance
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic. Set in 1913 England, the blood-sucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.
Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve, Jan Francis, Janine Duvitski, Tony Haygarth
Director: John Badham
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Tags: Donald Pleasence, Frank Langella, Jan Francis, Janine Duvitski, John Badham, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier, Tony Haygarth, Trevor Eve
Posted on November 2, 2012 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front / Hallmark Hall of Fame: All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Drama | War
This is the devastating story of a generation destroyed, following the lives of Germany schoolboys goaled by their schoolmaster to join the "glorious" war. Their disenchantment begins with brutal basic training and when they see the crippled casualties being rushed to hospital as they board a train to the frontline they have the first glimps of the grim-visaged reality of war.
Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal
Director: Delbert Mann
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Posted on October 23, 2012 |
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Phenomena / Creepers (1985)
Fantasy | Horror
Poor sleepwalking Jennifer doesn't fit in at her boarding school and her uncanny ability to control insects isn't helping her popularity. With the aid of a local Entomologist, can she use her psychic insect skills to find the killer who's leaving her fellow pupils in bloody pieces?
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Donald Pleasence
Director: Dario Argento
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Posted on October 2, 2012 |
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Halloween 5 / Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Horror | Thriller
MICHAEL LIVES. AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE READY! Now Remastered In HD And Featuring An All-New Audio Commentary! Because Hell would not have him, Michael Myers survived the mine explosion thought to have killed him. One year later, his traumatized young niece Jamie (Danielle Harris of HALLOWEEN 4) is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil Uncle…and that Uncle Michael is on his way back to Haddonfield. But Dr. Loomis (the late, great Donald Pleasence) has a new plan to destroy The Boogey Man in his childhood home using Jamie as bait. Tonight, the carnage begins again: Michael Myers is back with a vengeance! Ellie Cornell and Beau Starr return for this hit sequel that features grisly gore by K.N.B. EFX Group (ARMY OF DARKNESS, SCREAM, HOSTEL), and is now fully remastered in DiviMax™ for the ultimate in Michael Myers mayhem
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Jeffrey Landman, Tamara Glynn, Don Shanks
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
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Posted on September 17, 2012 |
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer. Heinrich Himmler assigns Col. Max Radl to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin, an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable. Adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel.
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter
Director: John Sturges
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Posted on June 29, 2012 |
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Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery
At a private clinic devoted to the study of mental illness, Dr. Tremayne invites his friend and associate Nicholas to hear of his breakthrough theory developed from the study of four patients, each of whom was involved in a murder. Tremayne introduces the patients to Nicholas individually and shares their stories.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Georgia Brown
Director: Freddie Francis
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