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Thicker Than Water (1994 Film)
''Thicker than Water'' is a 1993 Welsh thriller television film directed by Marc Evans and starring Theresa Russell, Jonathan Pryce, Robert Pugh and Catherine Neilson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Dylan Jones, about a Welsh doctor who attempts to put his life together after the death of his pregnant wife. Plot Debbie and Jo (both portrayed by Theresa Russell) are identical twins. Jo is killed in a car accident, and her husband, Cardiff physician Sam Crawford (Jonathan Pryce) is grieving for her. Despite this, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo for Sam to overcome his grief. Sam meets with, and is drawn to, Chloe (Catherine Neilson), his wife's former colleague. Meanwhile, Debbie, whose fertility problems seems exacerbated by a post-viral weakness, insists that she still feels Jo's presence. Mysterious circumstances lead Sam to suspect that Jo's death wasn't an accident at all. Cast * Theresa Russell as Debbie and Jo * Jonathan Pryce as Sam Crawford * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Evans
Marc Evans (born 1963) is a Welsh director of film and television, whose credits include the films ''House of America'', '' Resurrection Man'' and ''My Little Eye''. Biography Evans was born in 1963 in Cardiff, Wales. He studied for a history of art degree at the University of Cambridge, and then took a year out before taking a one-year course in film at the University of Bristol, where one of his contemporaries was Michael Winterbottom. Career Evans worked as a runner for a commercials company in London, before beginning directing on TV dramas, starting out with Welsh-medium productions for S4C, and worked on episodes of ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''. He then switched to film, with ''House of America'' (1997) about a young immigrant coming from Wales to the United States, who falls foul of the American dream. In 1998 controversy started over his ''Resurrection Man'', an extreme horror period drama set amid sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. The later films of Marc Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Parry Jones
Rhys Parry Jones is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Llew Matthews in ', in the S4C children's series ' and as Rhacsyn from the children's series ''Rhacsyn a’r Goeden Hud.'' Jones has also featured in episodes of ''EastEnders'', Tracy Beaker and the BBC Wales sitcom '' High Hopes'' as well as providing the voices of Patrick, Mr Krabs, Painty The Pirate, Mermaid Man, and Larry in S4C's Welsh dubbing of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. In late 2007, he appeared in ''Flick'', a Welsh horror film co-starring Faye Dunaway, Hugh O'Conor and Michelle Ryan. Based in Cardiff, Jones appears in the films ' and ''Patagonia'' by Marc Evans, the latter set in , which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on 10 June 2010. in 2011, he became one of four voice actors in S4C’s Welsh dub of SpongeBob SquarePants, along side Dewi Rhys Williams, Richard Elfyn and Siân Naomi. he provided the voices of Patrick, Mr Krabs, Painty The Pirate, Mermaid Man, and Larry. In 2018, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Marc Evans
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Thriller Television Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Films
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits '' Jurassic Park'', '' The Fugitive'' and '' The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow''. * May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Television Films
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Richards
Ri Richards (born November 1964) is a Welsh actress known for both English-language and Welsh-language television roles. She is best known for playing Moira Price in the award-winning comedy ''Satellite City'' and Yvonne Richards in ''Pobol y Cwm''. Her film appearances include a supporting role in ''Solomon and Gaenor'' (1999). Richards was married to Peter Alner, a taxi driver, until his death in November 2016. After he died of cancer, she helped launch a campaign to raise funds for charities that care for the terminally ill. Films *''Solomon and Gaenor'' (1999) *''Patagonia'' (2010) *''Dante's Daemon'' (2013) Television English language *''A Mind to Kill'' (1994; also filmed in Welsh) *''Satellite City'' (1996-99) *''Mine All Mine'' (2004) *'' High Hopes'' (2005) *''Casualty'' (2005) *'' Belonging'' (2006) *'' TARDISODE'' #8 (2006) *'' We Hunt Together'' (2022) Welsh language *''Pobol y Cwm'' (2002) *''Alys'' (2011-12) *''Gwaith/Cartref ''Gwaith/Cartref'' (English: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Palfrey
Lisa Palfrey (born 9 February 1967) is a Welsh actress. She is known for playing the roles of Gwenny in ''House of America'' (1997), Mrs Nice in ''Guest House Paradiso'' (1999), Maureen in ''Pride'' (2014), Mrs Dai Bread 1 in ''Under Milk Wood'' (2015), Cynthia in the Netflix original television series ''Sex Education'' and Eleanor James in the Sky One original television series '' COBRA''. Early life Palfrey was born in Wales on 9 February 1967, her mother is Eiry Palfrey, an actress and author. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, a Welsh language secondary school near Pontyclun. Career Palfrey started acting at the age of 20 when she played the role of 15-year-old girl, Jane Sanderson, in the BBC One television series '' The District Nurse''. Her first major role was in the film ''The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain''. She has gone on to star in the cult film ''House of America'', and appeared as Melanie Collier in the medical drama television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan David (actor)
Alan Davies (born 29 December 1941), known professionally as Alan David, is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles. Life and career David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. After working in repertory at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, David was a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1970 and 2003, most notably as Touchstone in ''As You Like It'' (1977), various rôles in the 1986 revival of ''Nicholas Nickleby'' and Polonius in ''Hamlet'' (2001). His regular London appearances include parts at the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre and Royal Court Theatre. He has had many television credits ranging from ''Coronation Street'' in 1973, ''The Sweeney'' (1975) through to '' Virtual Murder'' (1992), ''Honey for Tea'' and "The Unquiet Dead", an episode of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005. He also appeared as the 'rival' of Boycie as Llewellyn in ''The Green Green Grass''. In 2007 he played Griff in the BBC s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Russell
Theresa Lynn Russell ( Paup; born March 20, 1957) is an American actress whose career spans over four decades. Her filmography includes over fifty feature films, ranging from mainstream to independent and experimental films. Born in San Diego, Russell was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, where she had a turbulent upbringing marked by poverty, and dropped out of high school at age 16. Russell subsequently began modeling, which brought her to the attention of film producer Sam Spiegel. Through Spiegel, she was cast in Elia Kazan's ''The Last Tycoon'' (1976), playing the daughter of a prominent film executive. In 1978, Russell starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the critically-acclaimed crime drama ''Straight Time''. Her next role was a lead in English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller ''Bad Timing'' (1980), which earned critical praise. Russell and Roeg began a romance while shooting the film, and it marked one of six projects they would collaborate on fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and starring Van Johnson, one of the first filmed "family musicals" made directly for television. That film was made in Technicolor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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