This tape is from the BBC Classic Collection and is a super family film.Set in Victorian London it is a true adventure.
Barnacle is a young sweep but falls down the wrong chimmney and straight into a mysterious conspiracy.He takes fright and escapes but not before stealing some valuable belongings......
Perfect for settling down in front of the telly en masse,on a Sunday afternoon-I highly recommend this.
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Not a bad movie, but not great either. It goes on for a long time and takes a long time to get into it. I know it was originally made for TV, but the main character doesnt have the pinache that the subsequent movie character has.
The story line definately drags on for a long time and even 90 minutes in you still have no idea who is being Bourne's past, career and memory loss.
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Frank Jones (Michael Caine) has a son (Nigel Havers) who works in a top secret British intelligence agency. Frank has had experience in that line, but now has retired to a quiet and safe life. His son tells him that strange things are happening, and he's planning on leaving and marrying an older woman he's fallen in love with. He says a Soviet mole was found, that security is all over the place encouraging people to rat on each other. The higher ups seem convinced that if they don't do something, their American friends in the CIA will stop working with them.
Frank isn't thrilled over the marriage plans, and he tells his son that it's unlikely anything off key can be happening in the agency. It's obvious that Jones loves his son deeply and wants ... Read More:
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I admire George Orwell more than I admire any other English writer of his generation, but I have (I hope) no illusions about his genius; most of his novels aren't very good, and "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" is not an exception. It's a half-baked, second-rate novel that probably should have been a handful of brilliant essays (and, in fact, probably was - Orwell's essay about working in a bookshop is better-written and more valuable than his fictional depiction of the shop Gordon ends up working in). Nevertheless, I am glad someone decided to make a movie out of it. Richard E. Grant is a glassy-eyed pleasure as Gordon, Helena Bonham-Carter makes the utmost out of a pretty rubbish character (she's no better in the book), and the film has some fine comic moments as ... Read More:
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I admire George Orwell more than I admire any other English writer of his generation, but I have (I hope) no illusions about his genius; most of his novels aren't very good, and "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" is not an exception. It's a half-baked, second-rate novel that probably should have been a handful of brilliant essays (and, in fact, probably was - Orwell's essay about working in a bookshop is better-written and more valuable than his fictional depiction of the shop Gordon ends up working in). Nevertheless, I am glad someone decided to make a movie out of it. Richard E. Grant is a glassy-eyed pleasure as Gordon, Helena Bonham-Carter makes the utmost out of a pretty rubbish character (she's no better in the book), and the film has some fine comic moments as ... Read More:
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Frank Jones (Michael Caine) has a son (Nigel Havers) who works in a top secret British intelligence agency. Frank has had experience in that line, but now has retired to a quiet and safe life. His son tells him that strange things are happening, and he's planning on leaving and marrying an older woman he's fallen in love with. He says a Soviet mole was found, that security is all over the place encouraging people to rat on each other. The higher ups seem convinced that if they don't do something, their American friends in the CIA will stop working with them.
Frank isn't thrilled over the marriage plans, and he tells his son that it's unlikely anything off key can be happening in the agency. It's obvious that Jones loves his son deeply and wants his son to be happy in ... Read More:
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Frank Jones (Michael Caine) has a son (Nigel Havers) who works in a top secret British intelligence agency. Frank has had experience in that line, but now has retired to a quiet and safe life. His son tells him that strange things are happening, and he's planning on leaving and marrying an older woman he's fallen in love with. He says a Soviet mole was found, that security is all over the place encouraging people to rat on each other. The higher ups seem convinced that if they don't do something, their American friends in the CIA will stop working with them.
Frank isn't thrilled over the marriage plans, and he tells his son that it's unlikely anything off key can be happening in the agency. It's obvious that Jones loves his son deeply and wants his son to be happy in ... Read More:
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Frank Jones (Michael Caine) has a son (Nigel Havers) who works in a top secret British intelligence agency. Frank has had experience in that line, but now has retired to a quiet and safe life. His son tells him that strange things are happening, and he's planning on leaving and marrying an older woman he's fallen in love with. He says a Soviet mole was found, that security is all over the place encouraging people to rat on each other. The higher ups seem convinced that if they don't do something, their American friends in the CIA will stop working with them.
Frank isn't thrilled over the marriage plans, and he tells his son that it's unlikely anything off key can be happening in the agency. It's obvious that Jones loves his son deeply and wants his son to be happy in ... Read More:
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