Maureen Lipman
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maureen Diane Lipman CBE (born 10 May 1946) is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist, and comedienne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maureen Lipman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 10, 1946
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The Pianist
2002-09-17
The Pianist
Overview: The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-17
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The Agent
2009-09-18
The Agent
Overview: It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch, but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on the author's resourcefulness.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Oklahoma!
1999-09-26
Oklahoma!
Overview: A dark-themed and redesigned West End production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's seminal Broadway musical tells the story of farm girl Laurey and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud.
Genres: Romance Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-26
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Educating Rita
1983-06-16
Educating Rita
Overview: Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-16
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Up the Junction
1968-01-25
Up the Junction
Overview: A young woman trades her upper-class existence for a new life in an economically depressed suburb of London.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-25
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Carry On Columbus
1992-10-02
Carry On Columbus
Overview: Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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Solomon & Gaenor
1999-04-30
Solomon & Gaenor
Overview: A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cy
Release Date: 1999-04-30
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Captain Jack
1999-05-28
Captain Jack
Overview: Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung hero, Captain Scoresby, who set sail from the town bound for the Arctic in the 18th Century. Assembling a crew of oddballs and misfits, the cantankerous captain weighs anchor and voyages into the unknown. His ship has been certified unseaworthy, and he's pursued by the Royal Navy, NATO and journalists, but nothing is going to stop Captain Jack fulfilling his wildest dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-28
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Jewish Britain on Film
2023-05-14
Jewish Britain on Film
Overview: Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London’s East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Britain’s earliest surfing film, an interview with actor Maureen Lipman at the beginning of her career and many more surprising and tender moments in history captured on screen. Francesca Ter-Berg (Fran & Flora, Sam Lee) provides a beautiful original soundtrack.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-14
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Cold Enough for Snow
1997-12-31
Cold Enough for Snow
Overview: Doting parents must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002-01-01
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Overview: This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and several film scores. Rodgers, together with lyricists Lorenz Hart and later Oscar Hammerstein II, wrote many of the best known musicals of the 20th Century, including Babes In Arms, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. This performance at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, directed for the stage by Simon Callow, includes songs, dance, staged numbers and anecdotes featuring leading stars from both Broadway and London's West End. The cast comprises luminaries drawn from Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, Chicago, The King and I and other recent productions as well as from television. This musical extravaganza features many of Rodgers' best-loved classics.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969-08-25
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Overview: A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-25
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Winter Solstice
2003-12-25
Winter Solstice
Overview: When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-25
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988-12-10
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Overview: British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-10
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The King's Beard
2002-10-02
The King's Beard
Overview: A king whose beard is long and beloved. An aspiring barber looking for acknowledgement. A kingdom unaware of the dark secret behind their ruler's lush beard.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-02
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Eskimo Day
1996-04-04
Eskimo Day
Overview: Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-04
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973-03-10
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Overview: On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund, and the alcoholism and debauchery of the older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-10
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Lighthouse Hill
2004-05-04
Lighthouse Hill
Overview: After his best friend dies, Charlie hits the road and stumbles into Lighthouse Hill, a village where residents seem to know a lot more about him than they should.
Genres: Comedy Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-04
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Shift Work
1986-09-24
Shift Work
Overview: It's Julie's last night as a mini-cab driver and it's a night full of adventures she'll never forget.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-24
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George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002-11-01
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Overview: Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
Run For Your Wife
Overview: John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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The Evacuees
1975-03-05
The Evacuees
Overview: The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-05
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The People’s Jack
1970-01-26
The People’s Jack
Overview: A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who campaigned for the right for voters to determine their representatives, not the House of Commons.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-26
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Absurd Person Singular
1985-01-01
Absurd Person Singular
Overview: A movie in three acts following three couples who, over three years, each host a Christmas party. The camera stays in the kitchen and we are treated to Ayckbourn's beautifully detailed look at middle class life.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Schnoz
2020-11-08
The Schnoz
Overview: When Lydia's grandma bestows a precious gift upon her, she knows it's going to be memorable - 'This is something to treasure your whole life. Happy 21st birthday bubelah.' Grandma hands her a cheque - for a nose job.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-08
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Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978-11-07
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Overview: Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent. However, Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-07
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Absent Friends
1985-09-29
Absent Friends
Overview: Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-29
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Love's Labour's Lost
1985-01-05
Love's Labour's Lost
Overview: When the King of Navarre and three of his cronies swear to spend all their days in study and not to look at any girls, they've forgotten that the daughter of the King of France is coming on a diplomatic visit. And the lady herself and her attendants play merry havoc with their intentions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-05
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The Knowledge
1979-01-01
The Knowledge
Overview: Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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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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On Your Way, Riley!
1985-01-02
On Your Way, Riley!
Overview: Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-02
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980-09-10
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Overview: The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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Water
1985-01-11
Water
Overview: The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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Rogue Male
1976-09-22
Rogue Male
Overview: In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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Stories of Lost Souls
2004-11-12
Stories of Lost Souls
Overview: Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-12
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Gumshoe
1971-12-01
Gumshoe
Overview: A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981-01-04
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Overview: When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-04
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016-09-12
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Overview: Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-12
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Metamorphosis
2012-08-31
Metamorphosis
Overview: Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up in his bed to find himself transformed into a large insect. After the metamorphosis, he becomes confined to his room and neglected by his family.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-31
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Outside Edge
1982-12-19
Outside Edge
Overview: The local social cricket team are up to bat and sometimes it seems they are one batsman short of of an eleven. There are good secrets and not so good secrets that come to light during the course of the day. Roger is the ultimate captain rallying his troops whilst ignoring his greatest strength, Miriam, who makes the 'fantastic' teas with or without the 'non-compulsory' help. The days builds to a climax where it seems that everything must change forever. But will it?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-19
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Regan
1974-06-04
Regan
Overview: Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo' Detective Sergeant Carter, Regan was an immediate critical and ratings hit, resulting in four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-04
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Re:Joyce!: A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell
1991-05-04
Re:Joyce!: A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell
Overview: A tribute to the work of monologist and comedienne Joyce Grenfell, performed by Maureen Lipman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-04
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Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
2018-08-04
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Overview: A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contributions from Angela's friends, family, students and admirers.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-04
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985-07-25
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Overview: The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-25
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Caught in the Act
2008-01-04
Caught in the Act
Overview: A corrupt parish council embezzle EU money to pay for their decadent lifestyles instead of funding the cultural development of their town. They soon find themselves having to perform the unimaginable task of producing one of the great Shakespearean plays for the most important festival in the EU cultural calendar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-04
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Welcome to Hull!: City of Culture
2017-02-11
Welcome to Hull!: City of Culture
Overview: Hull is the UK's City of Culture for 2017. In this BBC Arts documentary, the wonderful Hull-born comedian Lucy Beaumont, writer and star of the Radio 4 sitcom To Hull and Back, looks at the cultural treats that will be taking place in her home town - and whether being City of Culture will transform Hull forever. Lucy talks to key figures in this historic year for her home city, including the writer Richard Bean and actress Maureen Lipman, as well as discovering the rich cultural life that already exists in Hull. She will also explore the more avant-garde side of Hull with the performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti, who invented industrial music with the band Throbbing Gristle.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-11
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982-11-03
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Overview: Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-03
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Rose
2021-01-27
Rose
Overview: "Rose" is a filmed one-woman theatrical performance. A moving reminder of some of the harrowing events that shaped the century. It remains sadly relevant today as racial tensions escalate, and allegations of antisemitism are rife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-27
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Sam's Song
1979-01-01
Sam's Song
Overview: Sam and Ingrid start out with dreams of marrying someone rich who will make life easy. When they find they do not match up to each other's dreams however, they decide to set about making another dream come true. Buying their own home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Rolling Home
1982-12-03
Rolling Home
Overview: Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. Here he is visited by his daughters Val and Molly, and Molly's husband Harold, and looked after by the ward's two male nurses, Vic and Donald, who are in competition for a promotion. Donald needs the money as he and his girlfriend are trying to buy a house but are having difficulty arranging a mortgage. From the window at which he sits, Mr Wyman can see a wall. He repeatedly pesters Donald with questions about what is on the other side. Donald constructs a fantasy of the future he dreams of with his girlfriend: a house and garden inhabited by a married couple.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
Overview: The making of the 1999 film 'Oklahoma!'
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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