2 Movies Starring Phyllida Law

The Winter Guest

The Winter Guest

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2764 Reviews)

Director:

Alan Rickman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Josep Llurba (translation and adaptation)

Sharman Macdonald (play)

Sharman Macdonald (screenplay)

Alan Rickman

Fullplot:

The film centers on four pairs - Frances is a recent widow who wants to get away from Scotland to Australia with her teenage son Alex to escape her memories, arrival of her old mother Elspeth makes her reconsider her decision. Alex approaches his first sexual experience with neighbour girl Nita. Chloe and Lily are two old women who like to attend strangers' funerals and Tom with Sam are two schoolboys who skip school to play on the beach and talk.

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (98788 Reviews)

Director:

Simon Wells

Cast:

Writer:

H.G. Wells (novel)

David Duncan (earlier screenplay)

John Logan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter - and the hunted.

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