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1.The Importance of Being Earnest starring: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans directed by: Anthony Asquith April 04, 2000
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This is without doubt THE classic film version of the classic Oscar Wilde social comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring the best British stage and screen actors of the time beautifully realised by the famous Anthony Asquith it is one of those few films that can be enjoyed over and over both as a supreme example of the Wilde wit and for the gusto with which the actors revel in their performance of this satire on the British upper class. Cannot be bettered.

2.An Evening With the Royal Ballet starring: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Antoinette Sibley, Graham Usher directed by: Anthony Asquith, Anthony Havelock-Allan August 15, 1991
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The dvd is very nice. if you are a ballet lover, Fonteyn and Nureyev will impress you.

3.THE WINSLOW BOY starring: Robert Donat; Margaret Keighton; Cedric hardwicke; Basil Radford directed by: Anthony Asquith December 01, 1994
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This is based on a true story and is a wonderful addition to any collection. It is well written and the acting is superb. The subtle treatment of the budding romance is so well done; there's no violence or swearing in this movie - just a good story & wonderful actors.

4.The V.I.P.s starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford directed by: Anthony Asquith September 01, 1998
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This swanky trashfest is sort of Grand Hotel set in an airport lounge; as the airline exec who must tend to the pampered types hired to star in this movie puts it, "I have these awful film people to see." Orson Welles plays the hilariously named filmmaker Buda, who blusters, "It is not the purpose of the modern cinema to entertain. We use our cameras today as a surgeon uses his scalpel." Indeed, somenone's been scalpeling headlines out of the tabloids of the day, for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton helicopter in - fresh from the set of Cleopatra - to play a fabulously wealthy, fabulously famous married couple caught up in the psycho-drama of infidelity. (Where ever do these screenwriters get their ideas?) All of Taylor's dialogue seems to come from her off-screen life. "We're not hiding ... Read More

5.Woman in Question starring: Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, John McCallum, Susan Shaw, Hermione Baddeley directed by: Anthony Asquith June 13, 2000
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To me this is the film that should have set Susan Shaw on the way to fame and stardom. The film shows, in retrospect, a murder victim and the suspects from different perspectives. Depending on the differing points of view Susan Shaw is either a sweet, caring sister or a shrieking, jealous slut. Dirk Bogarde, with a dodgy accent, plays a bogus American, the characters' duplicity matching his duality. Reflecting the theme of Hamlet and later American Beauty, The Woman in Question is an atmospheric film noir examining the difference between what is and what appears to be. The denoument ( I wont give it away) is very surprising as the true sequence of events is revealed.

6.Millionairess starring: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price directed by: Anthony Asquith October 14, 1997
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The Dvd does not offer the CinemaScope version .It,s like flat Coca cola

7.Pygmalion starring: Irene Browne, Jean Cadell, O.B. Clarence, Kate Cutler, Everley Gregg directed by: Anthony Asquith June 13, 2000
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There are no few words that can express how I feel about Pygmalion. Everything about this film is perfect. Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard (Gone With the Wind) co-directed the film; Bernard Shaw wrote both the screenplay and the dialogue; and director David Lean (Doctor Zhivago, Brief Encounter, and Lawrence of Arabia) edited the film--what a pedigree! And what a debut from British actress Wendy Hiller who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as Eliza Doolittle, a scruffy flower girl who's taken off the streets and refined into a beautiful duchess. Every actress and actor has a defining role; Eliza Doolittle is Wendy Hiller's defining role. The following paragraphs are a basic--but descriptive--account of the film's premise. Pygmalion is set in London England. The film opens on a crowded sidewalk in front of ... Read More

8.Winslow Boy starring: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Margaret Leighton, Kathleen Harrison directed by: Anthony Asquith September 06, 1994
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I love to watch movies with good remakes. Such is the case with The Winslow Boy. Both this and the 1999 remake are excellent. Unfortunately, there appears to be no decent print of this version, and I reluctantly deduct one star. But my copy, though mediocre, was not unwatchable on a small screen, and I was soon engrossed in the movie. The treat of this version is to see two masters, Cedric Hardwicke and Robert Donat, at their peak. I particularly enjoyed comparing Donat's portrayal of the lawyer with Jeremy Northam's portrayal in the later Mamet version. Both are masters of insouciance. The supporting cast is fine also, especially Neil North in the title role. And then, there's the great director Anthony Asquith, who puts it all together. This fascinating study, by Terence Rattigan, of the English ... Read More

9.Pygmalion (1938) starring: Irene Browne, Jean Cadell, O.B. Clarence, Kate Cutler, Everley Gregg directed by: Anthony Asquith September 19, 1997
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There are no few words that can express how I feel about Pygmalion. Everything about this film is perfect. Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard (Gone With the Wind) co-directed the film; Bernard Shaw wrote both the screenplay and the dialogue; and director David Lean (Doctor Zhivago, Brief Encounter, and Lawrence of Arabia) edited the film--what a pedigree! And what a debut from British actress Wendy Hiller who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as Eliza Doolittle, a scruffy flower girl who's taken off the streets and refined into a beautiful duchess. Every actress and actor has a defining role; Eliza Doolittle is Wendy Hiller's defining role. The following paragraphs are a basic--but descriptive--account of the film's premise. Pygmalion is set in London England. The film opens on a crowded sidewalk in front of a theater. ... Read More

10.We Dive at Dawn / Submarine Alert starring: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell directed by: Anthony Asquith, Frank McDonald November 03, 1998
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Of the entire WWII sub genre of the 40's and 50's, this may be the most realistic. Filmed during the war in G.B., the film does an excellent job of weaving the crews personal and naval lives into a lively and coherent story. The acting is typical low-key, stiff-upper lip British. This allows the excitment to build naturally, without the hoopla of loud band music typical of Hollywood efforts. In short, I like this film. Now, the sound isn't perfect. And yes, they speak in British accents. (Afterall, it's a British movie. What would you expect? Texas drawls?) The stock footage is limited to that available during a Britain under a veil of war security. None of this detracts from a great story. On the whole the film works well and stands up to multiple viewings. One of the best of the genre. Worth a purchase.

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