Grampous Claws despises the joy of Christmas and wants to be rid of it forever. So with the help of two traitors from Santa's home, the disgruntled (and very smelly) Shovel and Bucket, he hatches a plan to kidnap Frosty the Snowman (a magical yeti who is the source of all Santa's Christmas magic. Can Christmas and all the joy in the world be saved? There's only one way to find out!
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THE RELUCTANT HEROINE Alan Yentob meets writer and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, author of the influential Golden Notebook, in a film made in 2007. 45mins MARILYN MONROE: THE MORTAL GODDESS An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars. Her sad and difficult childhood is recounted, including her mother's breakdown and her life with unsympathetic foster parents. After being "discovered" by Hollywood, Monroe endured many insecurities and problems that came along with a world that called her a "goddess", but saw her as a sex object. Although her movie roles reveal a sense of humor, warmth, and talent, her life continued-with three failed marriages, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and a tragic, controversial death. Interviews with actress Sheree North, Gloria Steinem, Donald Spoto and Monroe's first husband offer information and reflections. (Released in 1996.)
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One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows-Primo Levi. The Oscar®-winning Helen Mirren will introduce audiences to Anne Frank's story through the words in her diary. The set will be her room in the secret refuge in Amsterdam, reconstructed in every detail by set designers from the Piccolo Theatre in Milan. Anne Frank this year would have been 90 years old. Anne's story is intertwined with that of five Holocaust survivors, teenage girls just like her, with the same ideals, the same desire to live: Arianna Szörenyi, Sarah Lichtsztejn-Montard, Helga Weiss and sisters Andra and Tatiana Bucci. Their testimonies alternate with those of their children and grandchildren. Off "the set", a girl of today will lead us on a journey to get to know the places that were part of Anne's short life and her feelings. She speaks to us through social networks. In fact, photos and posts are her language, and in this way Martina gives us her interpretation of what she discovers, what she sees, from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany to the Holocaust Memorial in Paris, up to and including her visit to the secret refuge in Amsterdam. In the documentary we also hear the voices of Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, historian and professor of Jewish studies at various American universities.Original soundtrack by Lele Marchitelli. Produced in collaboration with Anne Frank Fond Basel. (Released in 2019.)
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Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée's dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers' Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. (Released in 2011.)
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MARY POPPINS In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father. (Released in 1964.) Directed by Robert Stevenson. Starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson . MARY POPPINS RETURNS Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives. (Released in 2018.)
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