Jonathan Dennis
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John Clare: "I Am"
1970-02-08
John Clare: "I Am"
Overview: A film biography by David Jones with Freddie Jones as John Clare "I am - yet what I am, none cares or knows" (John Clare) John Clare (1792-1864), farm labourer, had three obsessions: his youthful love for Mary Joyce, the countryside of his native Northamptonshire, and the need to celebrate both in his poetry. Clare cracked under the increasing strain of poverty and neglect, and spent the last 23 years of his life in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum. He imagined himself to be Lord Byron, a bigamist, and a prize-fighter; but the poems of his madness are perhaps the most remarkable he ever wrote. "Clare's asylum foretells our need for an asylum, his deprivation foretells our deprivation" (Geoffrey Grigson) Commentary spoken by Tony Church (from BBC Midlands) (David Jones and Patrick Stewart are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Tony Church appears by permission of the Northcott Theatre, Exeter)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-08
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One of Those People that Live in the World
1974-10-14
One of Those People that Live in the World
Overview: Writer/director Paul Maunder's second drama after his award-winning Going Up North for a While is a portrait of a woman's mental health crisis. In part one Julie (Denise Maunder) is haunted by her birth mother's breakdown. Her inner monologue narrates events; Julie hopes marriage and a job will "cure" her, and falls pregnant. After a traumatic delivery, she suffers an acute episode and is admitted into care. Part two takes place in a psychiatric hospital where drugs, electroconvulsive therapy and art therapy were standard treatments at the time. Maunder undertook research at Auckland's Kingseat psychiatric hospital.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-14
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Landfall
1975-01-01
Landfall
Overview: Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event, distinctions between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Romeo and Juliet
1967-03-12
Romeo and Juliet
Overview: BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-12
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Rentadick
1972-12-31
Rentadick
Overview: Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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A Killer With Two Faces
1974-12-03
A Killer With Two Faces
Overview: A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-03
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