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Old 08-24-2005, 10:06 AM   #1 of 7
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Interview Day (1996 - tv)
Mute Witness (1994)
A Foreign Field (1993)
Tales from Hollywood (1992 - tv)
Kafka (1991)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Little Dorrit (1988)
Monsignor Quixote (1985 - tv)
A Passage to India (1984)
Edwin (1984 - tv)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Lovesick (1983)
"Smiley's People" (1982 - tv mini series
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979 - tv mini series)
Star Wars (1977)
Murder by Death (1976)
The Gift of Friendship (1974 - tv)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Scrooge (1970)
Cromwell (1970)
E.E. Cummings (1970 tv)
Twelfth Night (1969 - tv)
The Comedians (1967)
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
A Majority of One (1962)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959 - tv)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Barnacle Bill (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Swan (1956)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Prisoner (1955)
Baker's Dozen (1955 - tv)
To Paris with Love (1955)
Father Brown (1954)
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Malta Story (1953)
The Square Mile (1953 - narrator)
The Card (1952)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Mudlark (1950)
Last Holiday (1950)
A Run for Your Money (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Evensong (1934 - extra)


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Old 08-24-2005, 10:13 AM   #2 of 7
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Kafka ***
A Passage to India - N/A
(been too long)
Return of the Jedi ***1/2
The Empire Strikes Back ****
Star Wars ***1/2
Murder By Death - N/A
(been too long)
Doctor Zhivago - N/A (been too long)
Lawrence of Arabia ****
Tunes of Glory ***
The Horse's Mouth ***
The Bridge on the River Kwai ****
The Ladykillers ***
The Captain's Paradise ***
The Man in the White Suit ***1/2
The Lavender Hill Mob ***
A Run for Your Money ***
Kind Hearts and Coronets ***1/2
Oliver Twist ****
Great Expectations ****



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Old 08-24-2005, 10:55 AM   #3 of 7
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
Murder by Death (1976)
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)


No interest in owning:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Great Expectations (1946)



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Old 08-24-2005, 11:32 AM   #4 of 7
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A Passage to India (1984) *
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) *
Raise the Titanic (1980) *
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) *
Star Wars (1977) *
Murder by Death (1976) *
Cromwell (1970) *
Doctor Zhivago (1965) *
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) *
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) *
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) *
The Ladykillers (1955) *
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948) *
Great Expectations (1946)
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Old 08-24-2005, 03:14 PM   #5 of 7
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Would like to see more of the comedies.
Seen:

A Passage to India (1984)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)

Favorite film: Lawrence of Arabia (only a few seconds in Empire Strikes Back)
Favorite role: Star Wars
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Old 08-24-2005, 04:30 PM   #6 of 7
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Barnacle Bill (1957)
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
Captain's Paradise, The (1953)
Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Empire Strikes Back, The (1980)
Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964)
Great Expectations (1946)
Horse's Mouth, The (1958)
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Ladykillers, The (1955)
Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Man in the White Suit, The (1951)
Murder by Death (1976)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Quiller Memorandum, The (1966)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Run for Your Money, A (1949)
Scapegoat, The (1959)
Star Wars (1977)
Tunes of Glory (1960)


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Old 08-25-2005, 12:51 AM   #7 of 7
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Return of the Jedi
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Tunes of Glory
The Horse's Mouth
Bridge on the River Kwai
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist

Own: 6

Favorite Film: Star Wars
Favorite Role/Performance: Tunes of Glory



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