Movies: John Shrapnel
- 2002
Whistle (2002)
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Whistle depicts the dreary off-hours of an ultra-technological hit-man who becomes 'involved' in the life of one of his victims. The hit-man's wife is not only fully cognizant of her husband's day job but she is also the cold-blooded contact with his...
- 1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
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Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother....
- 1986
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
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In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial....
- 2003
The Race for Everest (2003)
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The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the r...
- 1999
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka (1999)
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In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina...
- 1975
Hennessy (1975)
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Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent...
- 1981
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
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The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for he...
- 2005
Shadow of the Sword (2005)
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Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing....
- 1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
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Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France....
- 1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)
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Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland....
- 1991
Selling Hitler (1991)
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In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what he believes is the literary and historical scoop of the century: the personal diaries of Adolf Hitler. Over the next two years, Heidemann and the sen...
- 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
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A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession....
- 1995
King Arthur: His Life and Legends (1995)
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The legend of King Arthur spans centuries and has inspired countless novels and films. But who was King Arthur, and what was his real legacy? Through reenactments and historical images, this A&E production explores the romance, adventure and politics...
- 1981
Timon of Athens (1981)
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Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit....
- 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (2004)
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Able to inspire wonder and awe in all who gazed upon them, The Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome - the Pantheon, the Aqueducts of Rome, the Via Appia, the Baths of Caracalla, Trajan's Markets, Circus Maximus and the Colosseum - were the works of great me...
- 2014
OXI, an Act of Resistance (2014)
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The popular resistance to the current Greek economic crisis explored and expressed through the ethical and political writings of Ancient Greece....
- 1976
Hitting Town (1976)
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Ralph decides to give his sister Clare a night on the town to cheer her up. They visit a burger bar and a disco in a modern precinct, and Clare gets slightly drunk. At the end of the evening, they both end up at Clare's flat....
- 2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (2004)
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Greece, a land of breathtaking beauty and light. A land where science, art and inspiration from the gods combined to produce some of the world's greatest marvels of architecture and design. The ancient Greeks used buildings and structures to reflect ...
- 1980
The Tom Machine (1980)
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100 years in the future: Tom is both bored and worried in the humdrum, violent times. Also he is unable to remember what his job is and thus decides to leave. But everyone keeps telling him that is impossible ......
- 2009
An Organization of Dreams (2009)
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A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?...