Movies: Sam Dastor

  • 2004
    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

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    The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work...

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  • 1998
    Jinnah

    Jinnah (1998)

    Jinnah

    7.11998HD

    Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbat...

    Jinnah
  • 1999
    The Alchemists

    The Alchemists (1999)

    The Alchemists

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    Grant Show (Melrose Place) stars in this fast-placed thriller based on the best-selling novel set in the chilling world of genetic engineering. Ruth Gemmel (Fever Pitch) joins Shaw as employees who put their lives on the line to discover a world in w...

    The Alchemists
  • 1998
    Such a Long Journey

    Such a Long Journey (1998)

    Such a Long Journey

    5.81998HD

    The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now living in Toronto. "Such a Long Journey" takes place mostly in and around a large apartment complex, i...

    Such a Long Journey
  • 1992
    Bad Girl

    Bad Girl (1992)

    Bad Girl

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    A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent....

    Bad Girl
  • 1984
    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II (1984)

    Pope John Paul II

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    Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world....

    Pope John Paul II
  • 1981
    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)

    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

    5.91981HD

    When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case....

    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
  • 2006
    Banglatown Banquet

    Banglatown Banquet (2006)

    Banglatown Banquet

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    Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery....

    Banglatown Banquet
  • 1983
    The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors (1983)

    The Comedy of Errors

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    Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders un...

    The Comedy of Errors
  • 1997
    The Heart Surgeon

    The Heart Surgeon (1997)

    The Heart Surgeon

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    Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend....

    The Heart Surgeon
  • 1972
    Made

    Made (1972)

    Made

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    This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looki...

    Made
  • 2003
    Saint Paul

    Saint Paul (2003)

    Saint Paul

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    This one hour documentary, presented by former Olympian Jonathan Edwards, dissects the story of St Paul, and aimed to reveal the background to the story of Paul....

    Saint Paul
  • 1998
    Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

    Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998)

    Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

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    A documentary on the making of the film Jinnah (1998), and the trials and tribulations faced by a British production team....

    Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
  • 1979
    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar (1979)

    Julius Caesar

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    The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic....

    Julius Caesar
  • 1970
    The People’s Jack

    The People’s Jack (1970)

    The People’s Jack

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    A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their representatives, not the House of Commons....

    The People’s Jack