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Jane Austen's novel, Mansfield Park, is combined with some of her comically surreal teenage writings, her letters and various biographical and historical details to construct the passionate story of a decadent, aristocratic family as seen through the eyes of one of their playthings: a young cousin, Fanny Price, dropped into their midst but always reminded she will never be their class equal. When a highly desirable and well-established young man, Henry Crawford, seeks her hand in marriage, the family is overjoyed. But she refuses him and is consequently sent back to her achingly poor and overcrowded "home" in Portsmouth. She longs for the one person who is forbidden to her: Edmund, the idealistic second son who has been her ally and soulmate since she first arrived at Mansfield Park as a little girl. But he is on the verge of marriage to Henry's teasingly enticing sister, Mary. Henry follows Fanny to Portsmouth. If she continues to refuse her wealthy and not unattractive suitor, she risks certain poverty and isolation. The ensuing ardent entanglements are played out against the subtle backdrop of the slave trade which we are reminded is "paying for the party" at Mansfield Park.

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For nine years, taxi driver Malcolm has been happily married to two women, Natalie and Norma. Dividing his time between taxi shifts and two wives keeps Malcolm a very busy man! One day Noddy Holder, pop singer, comes to town - the other guy whom both wives adore. By chance Natalie, a great costume designer, gets to design Noddy's stage outfit and Norma, a superb karaoke singer, gets to perform with Noddy on the big day. It seems Malcolm's little marital secret is about to be revealed. Each wife wants Malcolm to escort her to the show. Malcolm tries to avoid his fate, but every plan fails. In desperation he asks crazy Sam Tex for help. Sam's plan is to blow up the theatre before the event so there is no venue. In his haste to stop the bomb, Malcolm crashes his taxi. Escaping from hospital he rushes to the concert. Natalie and Norma both grab him - just as the bomb goes off. Everyone escapes - including Malcolm. Malcolm is chased by the police - and also by his two very angry wives. They close in at the Blackpool Tower. There is only one way out - up he goes. Where will it end?

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This film is a comedy following the unfortunate path of the rather obtuse character Mary Rose - a portly old lady blighted by a drawing pin which constantly manages to end up in the path of her large descending bottom each time she tries to take a rest.

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Hetty's baby is still born. Unable to grieve for this terrible loss, she takes off on the road, in a vain attempt to escape into drink, sex and speed.

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Milk is a quirky British Comedy about a family in mourning. The death of an 81 year old woman sets the scene for this tale about family funerals and the difficulty of burying one's mother. Or not to bury her, as the case may be. Adrian is an unmarried, unworldly and somewhat unstable dairy farmer, who hasn't had life work out the way he wanted. Despite the ambitions of his youth, he still finds himself at home, slopping after the dairy cows, still waiting for the lightning that never came. His cosmopolitan mother, Lucy, needed looking after in her self-enforced, bed-ridden seclusion - and the dairy farm needed a man. Until the morning she woke up dead! Set in the Wiltshire countryside, the action begins when Adrian discovers Lucy's body and ends with its offbeat disposal 48 hours later. In the meantime, Adrian's extended family piles into the dilapidated farmhouse to mourn her passing and to scramble over her loot. Much of the comedy springs from the intense selfishness that often overcomes people at such times, as if the dead person's love can be sequestered like property, as if Lucy's love could be possessed as easily as her favourite painting. Upon finding his mother dead, Adrian executes her pet parrot and confiscates her precious painting. Then Lucy's mourners arrive: her refined and reticent older daughter, Harriet, her clever and neglected younger daughter, Virginia, her elegant and greedy brother, Harry, her elderly and urban lover, John and finally her closest friend Veronica Price. They all want a piece of Lucy, they all have conflicting plans for her funeral and Adrian intends to confound them all on both counts.

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An experimental film depicting an introspective, emotional journey of a woman through separation, loss, initiation and return. For more information see: www.monomyth.com.

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A modern ghost story inspired by real-life events and ancient mythology. A mother cat takes supernatural revenge for the drowning of her kittens.

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In this black comedy Mrs Buchan and her followers believe they will gain salvation in the forthcoming doomsday if they wear their hair in large quiffs. Their faith is shaken when one of the sect defects and forms a new schism who place their trust in platform shoes.

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An old con man is released from jail determined to reform. He just has one more job to do. But from the moment he comes out, Poole is being pursued by a sinister gangland boss to whom he owes money. Poole finds what he believes is a sanctuary in a suburban house belonging to a domineering old woman, Mrs Mooney, and her emotionally repressed daughter Alice. Here, Poole indulges in a private passion - his huge model train system and he slowly draws Alice into his strange fantasy world. Their developing love affair is deepened by a mutual need to escape the past. But as the criminal noose is tightened around Poole, he is forced to take flight - with Alice on the real Orient Express. It becomes a journey from romance to nightmare to Venice at carnival time where Poole and Alice are forced to make painful choices between illusion and reality. Can the con man really rid himself of the habits of the past, even for the love of his life?

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A man lies dying - you see pictures. A short film about the final few seconds.

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No. 13 Features Steve Nallon, the voice of Mrs Thatcher for Spitting Image. It's set to become a cross-dressing comedy classic! There's an unusual love triangle at No.13 on a quiet suburban street. Beryl, John, and John's mum. Or is she?

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William is the divorced owner of a quiet London bookshop. His life is very simple until, one day, the most famous film star in the World walks into his shop and kisses him. A new romantic comedy from the makers of "Four Weddings and a Funeral".