The Mother (2003)
Drama | Romance
A woman has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.
Starring: Anne Reid, Peter Vaughan, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Cathryn Bradshaw
Director: Roger Michell
Straw Dogs (1971)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton
Director: Sam Peckinpah
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Drama | Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant
Director: James Ivory
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Drama | Romance
As Mike and Anna, two film actors involved in a tumultuous affair, and Charles and Sarah, the star-crossed Victorian lovers whom the actors portray, Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons are at their compelling best. Just as his character Charles' reputation is ruined by the enigmatic Sarah, Mike finds he cannot accept the intangible affections of the wily Anna. The skillful interweaving of these two love stories – one period, one contemporary – yields a fascinating insight into the passion and mystery that can pull two people together…and just as easily tear them apart.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Peter Vaughan, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell
Director: Karel Reisz
The Razor's Edge (1984)
Drama | Romance | War
Bill Murray makes an unforgettable dramatic debut as Larry Darrell, the free-spirited seeker, in this gripping adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel. When Larry returns from World War I disillusioned with Jazz Age values, he undertakes a quest which leads him to reject his rich fiancée (Catherine Hicks) and his superficial lifestyle to go search for truth in the Himalayas. But Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as difficult as treading "the sharp edge of a razor" and returns to civilization, where he tastes life's dark side when he tries to save a hometown girl turned prostitute (Theresa Russell). The provocative story and Murray's brilliant acting make The Razor's Edge an extraordinary film that cuts a clear path to the heart.
Starring: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, James Keach, Peter Vaughan
Director: John Byrum
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano / The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Drama | Music | Romance
Shortly after the Second World War, Max, a transplanted American, visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet. The shopkeeper recognizes the tune Max plays as one on a wax master of an unreleased recording, discovered and restored from shards found in a piano salvaged from a cruise ship turned hospital ship, now slated for demolition. This chance discovery prompts a story from Max, which he relates both to the shopkeeper and later to the official responsible for the doomed vessel, for Max is a born storyteller. While gaining his sea legs, he was befriended by another young man, the pianist in the same band, whose long unlikely name was Danny Boodman T.D….
Starring: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bill Nunn, Mélanie Thierry, Clarence Williams III, Peter Vaughan
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
