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    Isadora 1968 POSTER

    Isadora

    1968

    English

    6.8

    11

    80%

    65%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    dance

    dancer

    Drama

    historical figure

    Music

    Romance

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director James Fox James Fox as Gordon Craig John Brandon John Brandon as Gospel Billy Cynthia Harris Cynthia Harris as Mary Desti Jeremy Child Jeremy Child as Party Guest
    A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
    Sweet Dreams 1985 POSTER

    Sweet Dreams

    1985

    English

    7.0

    2

    90%

    81%

    1950s

    biography

    Biography

    country music

    Drama

    fame

    historical figure

    Music

    singer

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director Ed Harris Ed Harris as Charlie Dick Ann Wedgeworth Ann Wedgeworth as Hilda Hensley John Goodman John Goodman as Otis Jessica Lange Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline
    The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
    The Gambler 1974 POSTER

    The Gambler

    1974

    English

    7.1

    21

    82%

    77%

    Action

    Crime

    debt

    Drama

    gambling

    mafia

    money

    professor

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director James Caan James Caan as Axel Freed James Woods James Woods as Bank Officer Carmine Caridi Carmine Caridi as Jimmy Melanie Mayron Melanie Mayron as Student
    New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
    Morgan! 1966 POSTER

    Morgan!

    1966

    English

    6.5

    1

    65%

    76%

    Comedy

    divorce

    Drama

    Fantasy

    flight of fancy

    london, england

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director Peter Collingwood Peter Collingwood as Geoffrey David Warner David Warner as Morgan Brian Wilde Brian Wilde as Mr. Gilbert Royston Tickner Royston Tickner as Workman
    Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.
    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960 POSTER

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960

    English

    7.5

    2

    87%

    87%

    Drama

    england

    factory worker

    kitchen sink realism

    northern england

    nottingham

    Romance

    working class

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director Albert Finney Albert Finney as Arthur Seaton Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage as Blousy Woman Colin Blakely Colin Blakely as Loudmouth Robert Cawdron Robert Cawdron as Robboe
    A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
    Who'll Stop the Rain 1978 POSTER

    Who'll Stop the Rain

    1978

    English

    6.6

    18

    81%

    63%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    chase

    Crime

    Drama

    drug smuggling

    Thriller

    vietnam

    vietnam veteran

    vietnam war

    War

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director Joaquín Martínez Joaquín Martínez as Angel Gail Strickland Gail Strickland as Charmian Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty as John Converse Jonathan Banks Jonathan Banks as Marine
    John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
    The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981 POSTER

    The French Lieutenant's Woman

    1981

    English

    6.9

    15

    83%

    67%

    Action

    adultery

    based on novel or book

    dorset

    Drama

    lieutenant

    love

    Romance

    tragedy

    Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Director Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons as Charles and Mike Leo McKern Leo McKern as Dr. Grogan Doreen Mantle Doreen Mantle as Lady on Train Edward Duke Edward Duke as Nathaniel
    In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
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