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Old 15-06-2008, 11:54 AM
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Old 15-06-2008, 01:47 PM
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Cook, Thief, Wife, Lover as well as Draughtsman's Contract.

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My Beautiful Launderette
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Old 15-06-2008, 02:36 PM
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mine is a film by ALAN CLARK
ROB,SUE AND RITA TOO
Rita, Sue and Bob Too and Alan Clark? It'd be a bit crowded but he was fond of multiple partners

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Old 15-06-2008, 02:41 PM
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Old 15-06-2008, 09:29 PM
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there was also aggreat u.s film called AFTER HOURS 1986 ANYONE SEEN THIS
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mean time, educating rita, rita sue and bob too, withnail and i and a few childrens film foundation films for example terry on the fence and haunters of the deep
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That could have been so good but some of the dialogue is clunky and a couple of the actors would have struggled in soapland.
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Old 15-06-2008, 09:47 PM
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The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa.............Hoskins at his impeccable best!
.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!
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It's close between Distant Voices, Still Lives and My Beautiful Laundrette.

Runners up would be Death & Transfiguration (the final part of the Terence Davies Trilogy), Excalibur (seriously flawed - but often magnificent), The Cook, The Thief etc., and The Long Good Friday.

Some very interesting films in the decade I think...
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Old 17-06-2008, 03:17 AM
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Already mentioned, but seen at the cinema here in Vancouver, then enjoyed on VHS and DVD again and again and again: THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and WITHNAIL AND I.

Timeless faves.
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Old 17-06-2008, 03:47 AM
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David Lean's final epic: A Passage to India.
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i saw WITHNAIL AND I in 86 at the screen on the green in islington just great times.
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Old 19-06-2008, 01:58 AM
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WITHNAIL AND I is reported by one of my favourite specialty video stores here as their Number One all-time rental - a pretty good record in a shop that has tens and tens of thousands of popular movies, art-house and foreign films.

I want to add Terry Gilliam's astounding BRAZIL (1985) to my list of top fave Brit movies of the 1980's. I have the 3-disc Criterion set, most useful for comparing the incredibly butchered USA Paramount release with the full version seen by the civilized world.

BRAZIL fans may find the comments from Buffalo, NY's Film Seminar series interesting Buffalo Film Seminars Goldenrod Handouts Scroll down to "Fall 2005" and you'll find their PDF on BRAZIL. The Buffalo series is fascinating, so I hope you'll explore some of the other entries - including several PnP's.
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The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa.............Hoskins at his impeccable best!
The Long Good Friday. Definitely. With Helen Mirren hauling off and giving one to Hoskins what's not to like. A real sizzle duo.

I'd also add:

Chariots of Fire
Gandhi
Educating Rita
The Shooting Party
Hope and Glory

I'd happily see any of these over again.

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The Elephant Man
Distant Voices, Still Lives
The Mission
Local Hero
Excalibur
The Ploughman's Lunch
Comfort and Joy
Cal
Greystoke
The Bounty
Passage to India
Castaway
A Room with a View
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