Released Date:
1975-02-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
115 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (1539 Reviews)
Director:
Ken RussellBoth trifles and structure are tossed out the door by director Ken Russell in this film. Here, historical content matters not so much as metaphors, feelings, emotions, and interpretations, and pay close attention, as every word and frame is intended to be important. The film takes place on a single train ride, in which the sickly composer Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma, confront the reasons behind their faltered marriage and dying love. Each word seems to evoke memories of past, and so the audience witnesses events of Mahler's life that explain somewhat his present state. Included are his turbulent and dysfunctional family life as a child, his discovery of solace in the "natural" world, his brother's suicide, his [unwanted] conversion from Judiasm to Catholicism, his rocky marriage and the death of their young child. The movie weaves in and out of dreams, flashbacks, thoughts and reality as Russell poetically describes the man behind the music.
Released Date:
1977-04-03
Languages:
English, Syriac
Countries:
Italy, UK
Runtime:
382 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.7 (10997 Reviews)
A reverent depiction of the life of Christ using the Gospel accounts.
Released Date:
1980-03-28
Languages:
English
Countries:
Australia
Runtime:
95 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (757 Reviews)
Director:
Simon WincerEverett De Roche (original screenplay)
Jon George (additional dialogue)
Neill D. Hicks (additional dialogue)
A modern-day politician is faced with an incomprehensible in this mystical-fantasy. Senator Rast is a very powerful man. But his is nothing compared to the extraordinary power of the enigmatic stranger who mysteriously comes to "visit" him. Possessing uncanny magical prowess and miraculous psychic abilities, the peculiar, but seemingly benevolent, visitor quickly gains a spell-binding hold over the senator and his family. But a power-lusting political backer is also vying for control over the up-and-coming senator. And he would kill the influential stranger, without question, for that power. But he and the senator are about to be enlightened.
Released Date:
1981-07-09
Languages:
English
Countries:
Australia
Runtime:
87 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.3 (574 Reviews)
Director:
David HemmingsDavid Ambrose (screenplay)
James Herbert (novel)
Keller is an experienced pilot whose plane crashes in a field near a town. He ends up being the sole survivor, but he's unable to remember what happened that caused the plane to crash. He also can't explain how come he's the only one who survived without even a scratch while everyone else on board died. A local female psychic, Hobbs, who's been having visions ever since the night of the crash, and Keller's own sense of survivor's guilt convince Keller that he needs to get to the bottom of things. Meanwhile, some of the children killed in the crash begin appearing to some of the locals and an eerie series of strange deaths occurs. Keller and Hobbs approach the local priest, who seem to be the only one in town who believes in Keller's innocence and Hobbs disturbing visions.
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
600 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (7266 Reviews)
The story of God's creation of the Earth and the landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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