Junket 89 Year: 1970
Cast:
Stephen Brassett
as. Junket
John Blundell as. O'Fred
Linda Robson as. Daisy
Mario Renzullo as. Boofles
Freddy Foote as. Burns
John Barrow as. Boston
Pauline Quirke as. Molly
Tommy Taylor as. Titch
Christopher Benjamin as. Headmaster
Fanny Carby as. Mrs. Trowser-Legge
Richard Wilson as. Mr. Potter
Paul Nicholson as. Birdwatcher
Robert Lankesheer as. Butler
Sonia Fox as. Maid
Directed by: Peter Plummer
Written by: David Ash
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| An old
classic production from the Childrens Film Foundation.
Richard Wilson plays Mr Potter, the science master stars
alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson now more commonly
famous for their roles as sisters in 'Birds of a Feather'. |
A Passage to India
Year: 1984
Cast:
Judy Davis as
Adela Quested
Victor Banerjee as Dr. Aziz
Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore
James Fox as Richard Fielding
Alec Guinness as Professor Godbole
Nigel Havers as Ronny
Richard Wilson as Turton
Antonia Pemberton as Mrs. Turton
Michael Culver as McBryde
Art Malik as Ali
Saeed Jaffrey as Hamidullah
Clive Swift as Major Callendar
Anne Firbank as Mrs. Callendar (as Ann Firbank)
Roshan Seth as Amritrao
Sandra Hotz as Stella
Directed by: David Lean
Written by: E M Forster/David Lean
David Lean's
final film, a faithful adaptation of EM Forster's tale of
racism in colonial India, Set in 1928.
Judy Davis stars as a young British woman travelling through
India with her fiancé's mother to meet up with her fiance,
Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers). Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee),
meets up with the woman and invites them to visit the
Marabar Caves. Adela (Judy Davis) suffers a breakdown that
eventually leads her to accuse Aziz of rape. A classic tale
of racism and social detoriation between British and Indian
communities. |
Foreign Body
Year: 1986
Cast:
Richard Wilson as
Col. Partridge
Victor Banerjee as Ram Das
Warren Mitchell as I.Q. Patel
Geraldine McEwan as Lady Ammanford
Denis Quilley as Prime Minister
Amanda Donohoe as Susan Partridge
Eve Ferret as Norah
Anna Massey as Miss Furze
Stratford Johns as Mr. Plumb
Trevor Howard as Dr. Stirry
Jane Laurie as Jo Masters (as Janet Laurie)
Rashid Karapiet as Mr. Nahan
Sinitta Renet as Lovely Indian girl
Marc Zuber as Macho escort
Janet Henfrey as Landlady
Anne Firbank as Mrs. Plumb
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Written by: Celine La Frerniere/Roderick Mann
| Ram Das
moved to England after losing his job in India. After he
comes to the rescue of a pretty girl in the street he ends
up pretending to be a doctor. He takes the charade further
by renting an office and treating many patients, all in the
name of love. |
Whoops Apocalypse
Year: 1986
Cast:
Richard Wilson as
Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
Stuart Saunders as Governor of Santa Maya
Graeme Garden as Man who walks to the phone
Marc Smith as Dan Hickey (TV anchorman)
Loretta Swit as President Barbara Adams
John Benfield as Secret Service agent
Ben Robertson as Secret Service agent
Peter Cook as Sir Mortimer Chris
Alexander Davion as Maguadoran general
Herbert Lom as Gen. Mosquera
Daniel Benzali as William Kubert (US Defense Secretary)
Phil Marquis as Rock pit guard
Murray Hamilton as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston (former
President)
Shane Rimmer as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Robert Arden as White House reporter
Blain Fairman as White House Reporter
Directed by: Tom Bussmann
Written by: Andrew Marshall/David Renwick
| A comedy
spoof/satire that finds a small British colony being invaded
by it's communist neighbour. A task force is sent in to deal
with the situation and things soon begin to get out of hand.
|
Prick Up Your Ears
Year: 1987
Cast:
Gary Oldman as Joe
Orton
Alfred Molina as Kenneth Halliwell
Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay
Frances Barber as Leonie Orton
Janet Dale as Mrs. Sugden
Julie Walters as Elsie Orton
Bert Parnaby as The Magistrate
Margaret Tyzack as Madame Lambert
Lindsay Duncan as Anthea Lahr
Wallace Shawn as John Lahr
Richard Wilson as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Written by: Alan Bennett/John Lahr
| A film about
the life and death of British playwright, Joe Orton.
|
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Year: 1989
Cast:
Richard E. Grant
as Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Rachel Ward as Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson as John Bristol, Bagley's Boss
Jacqueline Tong as Penny Wheelstock
John Shrapnel as Psychiatrist
Susan Wooldridge as Monica
Hugh Armstrong as Harry Wax
Mick Ford as Richard
Jacqueline Pearce as Maud
Christopher Simon as Waiter
Gino Melvazzi as Waiter
Victor Lucas as Tweedy Man
Dawn Keeler as Tweedy Woman
Kerry Ann White as Girl in Elevator
Vivienne McKone as Sullivan Bristol Receptionist
Directed by: Bruce Robinson
Written by: Bruce Robinson
| A young
advertising execute stuggles to come up with the slogan for
a revolutionary spot cream. The result of his obsession is a
stress related boil on his shoulder that sprouts eyes and a
mouth. Has Dennis Dimbleby Bagley finally lost it? |
A Dry White Season
Year: 1989
Cast:
Donald Sutherland
as Ben du Toit
Janet Suzman as Susan du Toit
Zakes Mokae as Stanley Makhaya
Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Stolz (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Susan Sarandon as Melanie Bruwer
Marlon Brando as Ian McKenzie
Winston Ntshona as Gordon Ngubene
Thoko Ntshinga as Emily Ngubene
Leonard Maguire as Bruwer
Gerard Thoolen as Colonel Viljoen
Susannah Harker as Suzette du Toit
Andrew Whaley as Chris
Rowen Elmes as Johan
Stella Dickin as Susan's Mother
David de Keyser as Susan's Father
Richard Wilson as Cloete
Directed by: Euzhan Palcy
Written by: Andre Brink/Collin Welland
| A tale of
injustice and exploitation. A schoolteacher's gardeners son
is brutally beaten by the police to demonstrate to other
black school children. |
Unnatural Pursuits
Year: 1981
Cast:
Alan Bates as
Hamish Partt
Brent Anderson as Sunny (Hotel Clerk)
Bob Balaban
Jack Gilpin
Paul Guilfoyle
David Healy
Tom Hickey
John Mahoney
Sara Newman as Suzie (video store clerk) (as Sara Mansfield)
Deborah Rush
Sarah Sutton as Wendy
Keith Szarabajka as Digby Mason
Richard Wilson as Hector Duff
Paul Zimet
Directed by: Christopher Morahan
Written by: Simon Gray
| Simon Gray's
comic fantasy comes to life in Unnatural Pursuits where Alan
Bates plays a playwright determined to gain commercial and
artistic credit for his latest play. |
Carry On Columbus
Year: 1992
Cast:
Jim Dale as
Christopher Columbus
Bernard Cribbins as Mordecai Mendoza
Peter Richardson as Bart Columbus
Maureen Lipman as Countess Esmeralda
Alexei Sayle as Achmed
Rik Mayall as The Sultan
Sara Crowe as Fatima
Julian Clary as Don Juan Diego
Keith Allen as Pepi the Portuguese Poisoner
Leslie Phillips as King Ferdinand
June Whitfield as Queen Isabella
Richard Wilson as Don Juan Felipe
Rebecca Lacey as Chiquita
Jon Pertwee as Duke of Costa Brava
Nigel Planer as The Wazir
Directed by: Gerald Thomas
Written by: John Antrobus/Dave Freeman
| The King and
Queen of Spain finance Christopher Columbus in his latest
quest to find a new sea route to india. |
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Year: 1992
Cast:
Frances Barber as
Miss Trumble
Simon Callow as Eddie Cherdowski
Peter Capaldi as Gavin Bellini
Elaine Collins as Yvonne
Bill Gavin
Sophie Hall as Nancy
Robert James as Campbell
Phyllis Logan as Karla
Jeremy Northam as John
Catherine Russell
Clive Russell as Clegg
Ann Scott-Jones
Richard Wilson as Uncle Sal
Directed by: Stefan Schwartz
Written by: Peter Capaldi
| Gavin
Bellini, half Scottish, half Italian and living in London
working as an illustrator. A chance encounter with his uncle
sets him on a journey back to Glasgow to attend his fathers
suprise party. Upon the way he meets with some odd
characters that could eventually lead to romance. |
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Year: 1997
Cast:
Bill Murray as
Wallace 'Wally' Ritchie
Peter Gallagher as James 'Jimmy' Ritchie
Joanne Whalley as Lorelei 'Lori'
Alfred Molina as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
Richard Wilson as Sir Roger Daggenhurst
Geraldine James as Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
John Standing as Gilbert Embleton
Anna Chancellor as Barbara Ritchie
Nicholas Woodeson as Sergei
Simon Chandler as Hawkins
Cliff Parisi as Uri
John Thomson as Dimitri
Janet Henfrey as Ms. Goldstein
Terry O'Neill as Spencer
Isabel Hernández as Consuela (as Isabel Hernandez)
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Written by: Robert Farrar
| Bill
Murray's character is mistaken for a spy whilst taking part
in the "Theatre of Life". He must stop a plot to assasinate
Russian leaders at a banquet in aid of peace. |
Women Talking Dirty
Year: 1999
Cast:
Helena Bonham
Carter as Cora
Gina McKee as Ellen
Eileen Atkins as Emily Boyle
Kenneth Cranham as George
James Nesbitt as Stanley
James Purefoy as Daniel
Ken Drury as Bill O'Brien
Julien Lambroschini as Claude
Barbara Rafferty as Janine
Elaine C. Smith as Irene O'Brien
Richard Wilson as Ronald
Freddie Highmore as Sam
Bertie Highmore as Col
Steve Street as Man in flash car
Jackie Balfour as Midwife
Directed by: Coky Giedroyc
Written by: Isla Dewar
| Ellen and
Cora develop an unlikely friendship that is put to the test
when they are forced to share a dark secret. |
Work in Progress
Year: 2000
Cast:
Richard Wilson as
Industry
Tony Haygarth as Lux
Directed by: Tom Bertino
| A short
visionary animation piece by Tom Bertino. At only 6
minutes long this is a short comedy animation. |
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