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Based on initial poll feedback, movie posters are now thumbnail size but enlarge with only a click.
Movie trailers are retained and help get a feel for some of the movies.
The first and last movies are from youtube and the middle 3 are from archive.org.
Click the "movies" tag at top to see a list of previous movie threads.
Enjoy the Show!
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First up this week is THE ENGLISH TEACHER.Movie trailers are retained and help get a feel for some of the movies.
The first and last movies are from youtube and the middle 3 are from archive.org.
Click the "movies" tag at top to see a list of previous movie threads.
Enjoy the Show!
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This 2013 drama stars Julianne Moore as Linda Sinclair as a forty-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in the small town of Kingston, Pennsylvania. She shares a small apartment with two Siamese cats and her rich collection of great literature. She maintains no close personal relationships aside from those she has with her favorite authors and stories. Her life is far less complicated than the dramas she devours on the page, and she likes it that way. But Linda's simple life turns an unexpected page when former star pupil Jason Sherwood returns to Kingston after trying to make it as a playwright in New York. Now in his 20s, Jason is on the verge of abandoning art, pressured by his overbearing father to face reality and go to law school. Linda can't stand the thought of Jason giving up on his dreams so she decides to mount his play - a dark, angst-ridden, ambitious work - as a Kingston High School production, with flamboyant drama teacher directing. As Linda, now well out of her normal comfort zone, takes further risks in life and love, the stage is set for highly comic downfall. With the play, her reputation, and her teaching career on the line, Linda finds an unlikely ally in herself. Amidst the ruins of her formerly perfect life, can she find a way to her own unique storybook ending?
- Linda Sinclair lived by the book, but one moment will change everything.
- Life doesn't always follow the script.
This is rated R for language and some sexual content.
The IMDB link below has many of these type details for each movie.
IMDB stands for Internet Movie Data Base and is a very good source for movie details and reviews.
The English Teacher (2013) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link
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The book was written in 1949. This version of the movie was filmed in 1984.
This stars John Hurt and Richard Burton.
In the year 1984, rocket bombs and rats prey on the inhabitants of the crumbling metropolis of London. Far away on the Malabar Front, a seemingly interminable war rages against Eastasia. The Ministry of Truth broadcasts ceaselessly to the population via its inescapable network of telescreens. These devices, which pervade all aspects of peoples' lives, are also capable of monitoring their every word and action. They form part of an elaborate surveillance system used by the Ministry of Love, and its dreaded Agents, the "Thought Police", to serve their singular goal: the elimination of "thoughtcrime". Winston Smith is a Party worker, part of the vast social caste known as the "Outer Party", the rank and file of the sprawling apparatus of government. Winston works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, the section charged with modifying historical news archives for consistency. When by chance, Winston uncovers incontrovertible proof that the Party is lying, he embarks on a journey of self-questioning. In doing so, he becomes a thought-criminal. Winston begins to notice that a young Party member, Julia, is watching him. She wears the distinctive sash of the ultra-zealous Anti-Sex League, and Winston fears that she is an informant. However, to his surprise, she reveals herself as a subversive, and they embark on an illicit and dangerous relationship. This prompts Winston to explore deeper the blur between propaganda and reality. Ultimately, it leads him to O'Brien, a member of the Inner Party who sets Winston on an irreversible course of discovery.
- In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
1984 (1984) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link
https://archive.org/download/StarBlazersS02E19Memorial/George Orwell's 1984.mp4 <<<---- 1984 movie 1st link - click to play (try this link first, if it does not start the movie, try the 2nd link below)
George Orwell's 1984 : Jonas Grumby : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <<<---- 1984 movie 2nd link - click to play then click the start arrow, then expand to full screen)
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The third movie is THE HIDDEN. This 1987 film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, and Claudia Christian. This is a good 80's sci-fi action thriller. Note that the first 2 minutes of the film are low-resolution black and white as seen by a bank security camera. The video is better once outside the bank. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An alien parasite with the ability to possess human bodies goes on a violent crime spree in LA, committing dozens of murders and robberies. In pursuit of the extraterrestrial criminal is an FBI agent, and the local officer investigating the rash of violence. As they close in on the vicious intruder, the city faces a brutal threat like no other it has ever encountered.
- Law abiding people suddenly become violent criminals. A cop and an FBI agent race for answers in this sci-fi thriller.
The Hidden (1987) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link
https://archive.org/download/thehidden1987/The Hidden (1987).mp4 <<<---- The Hidden movie 1st link - click to play (try this link first, if it does not start the movie, try the 2nd link below)
The Hidden (1987) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <<<---- The Hidden movie 2nd link - click to play then click the start arrow, then expand to full screen)
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Blondie (The Good) (Clint Eastwood) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) (Lee Van Cleef) is a hitman who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) (Eli Wallach) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off of Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco come across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor, Bill Carson, that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately, Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes discovers that Tuco and Blondie met with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to lead him to it. Now The Good, the Bad and the Ugly must battle it out to get their hands on two hundred thousand dollars worth of gold.
- A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link
https://archive.org/download/TheLoneGunmen1x07PlanetOfTheFrohikes/T G T B T U (1966).mp4 <<<---- Good, Bad, Ugly movie 1st link - click to play (try this link first, if it does not start the movie, try the 2nd link below)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) : Jonas Grumby : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <<<---- Good, Bad, Ugly movie 2nd link - click to play then click the start arrow, then expand to full screen)
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The final movie is ONE CHRISTMAS. This 1994 film stars Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, and Swoosie Kurtz.
One Christmas is a timeless holiday treasure based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known.
It's Christmas 1930, and eight-year-old Buddy finds himself in New Orleans spending the holidays with his estranged father. Leaving behind his Aunt Sook and the peaceful Alabama country life. Buddy now endures a conniving, deceitful con man of a dad who seems to care more about fast buck scams than earning his son's affection.
Buddy dreams of finding Santa, a snow-covered New Orleans and a new relationship with his father. His dad is looking for something real in a life of lies. Finally, father and son realize the greatest thing they have is each other. It's a gift that comes just in time for one unforgettable Christmas.
One Christmas (TV Movie 1994) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link
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Download links for the 3 archive.org based movies: hold mouse over the link, right click, select "save link as:"
(1984) - https://archive.org/download/StarBlazersS02E19Memorial/George Orwell's 1984.mp4
(The Hidden) - https://archive.org/download/thehidden1987/The Hidden (1987).mp4
(Good, Bad, Ugly) - https://archive.org/download/TheLoneGunmen1x07PlanetOfTheFrohikes/T G T B T U (1966).mp4
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