Ian McDiarmid
Biography: Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars film series. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances. Wikipedia
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Birthday: August 11, 1944
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Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015-04-18
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Overview: The Ghost crew and their allies face Darth Vader for the first time and Ahsoka Tano discovers the true identity of Darth Vader.
Genres: Adventure Animation Science Fiction Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-18
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988-12-14
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Overview: Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-14
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Dragonslayer
1981-06-26
Dragonslayer
Overview: The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Return of the Jedi
1983-05-25
Return of the Jedi
Overview: Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-25
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Overview: Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-19
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002-05-15
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Overview: Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005-05-17
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Overview: The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-17
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Sleepy Hollow
1999-11-19
Sleepy Hollow
Overview: Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-19
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Macbeth
1979-02-02
Macbeth
Overview: Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-02
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The Awakening
1980-07-09
The Awakening
Overview: When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-09
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Star Wars: A Musical Journey
2005-05-03
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
Overview: Star Wars: In Concert, originally called Star Wars: A Musical Journey, was a worldwide series of concerts featuring specially edited footage from all six of the Star Wars films (on the world's largest LED screen) set to live performances of John Williams' Star Wars score. The first performance took place in the O2 Arena in London, England. It was attended by 20,000 fans. The North American concerts started in Anaheim, California on October 1, 2009. The concerts were narrated by Anthony Daniels and conducted by Dirk Brosse. The concert took the audience through the Star Wars story line starting with Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and ending with Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The concert toured throughout the world extensively in 2009 and 2010, with an announced two-date engagement (June 3 and 4, 2011) at the Hollywood Bowl in 2011.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Crime and Punishment
2002-02-12
Crime and Punishment
Overview: John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-12
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022-09-07
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Overview: This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-07
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Annie: A Royal Adventure
1995-11-18
Annie: A Royal Adventure
Overview: Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-18
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The Odds
2009-10-20
The Odds
Overview: You know the odds. But not the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-20
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All the King's Men
1999-11-14
All the King's Men
Overview: Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen again.
Genres: Drama War Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-14
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Margaret
2009-03-26
Margaret
Overview: A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-26
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Last Night Another Dissident...
1981-07-01
Last Night Another Dissident...
Overview: Based on the story of Nina Voronel's husband, a physics professor and Jewish "dissident" in the Soviet Union.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-01
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Richard's Things
1980-12-26
Richard's Things
Overview: Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Our Hidden Lives
2005-10-03
Our Hidden Lives
Overview: Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. The stories touch on homosexuality, single women making their way in life post-war and a housewife handling the less than welcome return of her husband.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-03
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The Likely Lads
1976-02-01
The Likely Lads
Overview: With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-01
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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015-12-15
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Overview: Though lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film, the weapon’s on-screen presence evolved throughout both cinematic trilogies and into Star Wars: The Force Awakens. SportsCenter is tracing the lightsaber’s lineage through the films, and a new trailer for the special will definitely delight any fan’s inner Star Wars Kid.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-15
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015-12-26
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Overview: Alex Zane counts down the top 20 Star Wars moments as voted by the public. Includes contributions from famous fans as well as the stars and crew of the intergalactic saga.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-26
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The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001-10-16
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Overview: The entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary. From pre-production through post-production, we get to see visual effects meetings, John Williams' music sessions, and even the storm that wiped out the pod-racers & props.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-16
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Hillsborough
1996-09-11
Hillsborough
Overview: Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-11
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Restoration
1995-12-29
Restoration
Overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Great Expectations
1999-04-12
Great Expectations
Overview: A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-12
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980-11-07
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Overview: Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-07
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The Story of Star Wars
2004-08-18
The Story of Star Wars
Overview: The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2. Episodes IV,V and VI are explored in "The Story of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebal Alliance. In "The Story of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask of the greatest Star Wars villain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing Champ on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour-long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-18
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The Lost City of Z
2017-03-15
The Lost City of Z
Overview: A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-15
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991-04-22
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Overview: True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-22
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
2002-03-10
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
Overview: Indy's work with the Belgian Army takes him to the front lines of Verdun in 1916, where officers' callous stupidity sends thousands of men to their deaths for virtually no territorial gain. In Paris, Indy falls in love with the seductive German spy Mata Hari, only to suffer the pains of deceit.
Genres: Action Adventure War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-10
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Amazing Stories
1976-02-01
Amazing Stories
Overview: Weird tale of a sci fi convention and a family who are apparently being taken over by vegetables.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Science Fiction Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-01
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Overview: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-18
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Gorky Park
1983-12-15
Gorky Park
Overview: Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-15
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000-05-23
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-23
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The Skywalker Legacy
2020-03-18
The Skywalker Legacy
Overview: The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-18
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Heart of Darkness
1993-10-01
Heart of Darkness
Overview: A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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