3 Movies Starring Pam Ferris

Meantime

Meantime

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-07-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1710 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Leigh

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Mike Leigh (deviser)

Fullplot:

An odd film, primarily looking at how the dole affects the underclass in Britain. Tim Roth stars as Colin, a slow and possibly intellectually disabled man living with his parents and brother in a housing project. He and his sarcastic manipulative brother still behave like teenagers, living with their parents, harassing each other. The problem is that they are in their late teens or twenties. Neighborhood characters include Hayley, a young woman with a crush on Colin, and Coxy (Gary Oldman) a violent local skinhead who befriends Colin. Trouble ensues when their wealthy aunt gives Colin a job and his brother becomes jealous.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-06-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (341206 Reviews)

Director:

Alfonso Cuarèn

Cast:

Writer:

J.K. Rowling (novel)

Steve Kloves (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Harry Potter is having a tough time with his relatives (yet again). He runs away after using magic to inflate Uncle Vernon's sister Marge who was being offensive towards Harry's parents. Initially scared for using magic outside the school, he is pleasantly surprised that he won't be penalized after all. However, he soon learns that a dangerous criminal and Voldemort's trusted aide Sirius Black has escaped from the Azkaban prison and wants to kill Harry to avenge the Dark Lord. To worsen the conditions for Harry, vile creatures called Dementors are appointed to guard the school gates and inexplicably happen to have the most horrible effect on him. Little does Harry know that by the end of this year, many holes in his past (whatever he knows of it) will be filled up and he will have a clearer vision of what the future has in store...

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-06-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1189 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Moran

Cast:

Writer:

Nick Moran

James Hicks

Fullplot:

In the early 1960s self-taught electronics whizz Joe Meek amazingly produces a string of home made hit singles from his studio in his flat above a leather shop in London. His biggest success is the instrumental 'Telstar' but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties. Joe's mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels,in particular his young lover Heinz Burt. Now in debt and after unwisely parting from his chief financier Major Banks,Joe finds himself unable to control his life. Increasingly paranoid,believing he is being bugged by rival record companies and that everybody is out to get him,the last straw comes when landlady Violet tells him she is selling the building in which he lives. Joe had once confiscated a shotgun from Heinz. Now it is dangerously close at hand and about to end the Joe Meek story.

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