Tom Courtenay
1) 45 Years
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Best Actress (R) Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling & Tom Courtenay are a couple celebrating their 45th anniversary when a revelation about an ex-lover upends their marriage.
2) Summerland
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee name Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system--Let Him Have It. With those words uttered by a friend, a mentally handicapped young man shoots a policeman. But did the friend mean for him to hand over the gun or commit murder? This drama reveals the controversial postwar London murder trial that sent a mentally handicapped young man to the gallows for a murder he did not...
4) Quartet
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of...
5) Quartet
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
At a home for retired opera singers, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a body is discovered in a derelict building, DCI Cassie Stuart must untangle lies that have been covered up for nearly forty years. With her partner, DI Sunil Sunny Khan they narrow the list to four suspects, each with something to hide. As their deceptions are discovered, the people they love most begin to wonder what else they might be capable of.
8) Summerland
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Tom Courtenay star in this intensely emotional...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet he finds himself in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago becomes torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the Bolshevik revolution, but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism.
10) King of thieves
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on the infamous true events.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Noël Coward is the definitive playwright of the early 20th century, contributing a robust repertoire of brilliant material. Playwright, actor, composer, and irrepressible socialite, Coward charmed high society in both London and New York during his heyday, and his work continues to charm audiences today with its urbane wit, sly humor and distinctive style.