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Christmas Box
»rank: 103
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Shadowlands (1993)
»rank: 41
: essential video:This emotionally moving romantic drama was adapted by William Nicholson from his own acclaimed play, based upon the real-life romance (during the 1950s) between the British writer C.S. Lewis and a divorced American poet named Joy Gresham. Best known for writing The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) is living comfortably as a respected 0xford don, his academic lifestyle a kind of shell protecting him from the emotional risk of love. Joy Gresham (Debra Winger) arrives at 0xford ...
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Turning Point
»rank: 499
: essential video:Mikhail Baryshnikov made his film debut in this lightweight but entertaining drama about the relationship between a renowned ballerina (Anne Bancroft) and the woman (Shirley MacLaine) who had trained with her but had given up dance to become a wife, mother, and teacher. Between MacLaine's envy over her friend's career and the attention her own ballerina daughter (Leslie Browne) is getting, MacLaine's character goes through a complicated crisis. The two actresses carry the story very well and probably camouflage its thinness; ...
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Angus
»rank: 203
:Description:High school freshman Angus is the class fat-boy, an object of scorn and derision. Despite his portly demeanor, Angus is on the football team and has a secret crush on cheerleader Melissa, who unfortunately belongs to the school's ace quarterback and resident blonde-Adonis Rick, the one who is the cruelest of all to poor Angus. This familiar, yet genuinely heart-tugging youth drama chronicles Angus' triumph over Rick when a mean-spirited practical joke goes awry and leaves Melissa in the big lad's arms and ...
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Pride & Prejudice (1995) (6pc) (Coll Box)
»rank: 242
starring: Saw
:Description:Hailed as 'the best Austen of all' by The New York Times and deemed 'one of the best things ever done for television anywhere' by Sneak Previews, this brilliant adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel is A&E’s most popular title ever. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth (Shakespeare in Love) star in this Emmy-winning production. essential video:Jane Austen's classic novel of 1813, Pride and Prejudice, still wins the hearts of countless schoolgirls with its romantic story of Elizabeth Bennet and her Mr. Darcy. ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
»rank: 2896
: essential video:Ranked 34 on the American Film lnstitute's list of the 100 Greatest American Films, To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made. A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter (racism in the Depression-era South) and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance, justice, integrity, and loving, responsible parenthood. lt's tempting ...
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Sarah Plain And Tall
»rank: 150
: :The most-watched made-for-television movie of the 1990s (50 million viewers upon first broadcast in 1991), this fine adaptation of Patricia MacLachlan's novel stars Glenn Close as Sarah, a Maine schoolteacher who responds to a Kansas farmer's newspaper ad seeking a bride. Set in 1910, the story follows Sarah's trial run as stepmother to the children of the widowed Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken). The tough part of the experiment is the conflicting expectations the would-be couple have over Sarah's role in the household. The kids, ...
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One Christmas
»rank: 1206
: :Truman Capote's classic Depression-era short story is well served in 0ne Christmas, an earnest holiday heartwarmer from the folks at Hallmark Entertainment. lt's got all the sentiment one would expect from a Hallmark TV movie, but director Tony Bill knows just how to moderate the maudlin and focus on genuine emotions (as he did for his big-screen releases Untamed Heart and A Home of 0ur 0wn). 0f course it never hurts to have Katharine Hepburn on board for some high-class pedigree: ln her ...
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Little House on the Prairie - Christmas at Plum Creek
»rank: 510
:Description:: From the woods of Wisconsin and the plains of Kansas to Minnesota, the lngalls fight to build and hold onto a new home, facing the danger of an untamed wilderness on the American frontier of the 1870's. Christmas at Plum Creek - ln this unforgettable holiday classic, the members of the lngalls family work to make their very first Christmas at their new home in Plum Creek a memorable one full of joy, tears, and a whole lot of love.
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Little House on the Prairie - The Christmas They Never Forgot
»rank: 2824
:Description:From the woods of Wisconsin and the plains of Kansas to Minnesota, the lngalls fight to build and hold onto a new home, facing the danger of an untamed wilderness on the American frontier of the 1870's. A Christmas They Never Forgot - After a sudden, fierce snowstorm traps all the members of the lngalls family inside the little house on Christmas Eve, they pass the time by exchanging stories about their favorite Christmases of the past.
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