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A Midwinter's Tale (1995)
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Original name: In the Bleak Midwinter
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
Style:
black and white, clever, witty, talky, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, theater, shakespeare, actor, actress, audition, gay subtext, theatre group, hamlet, village, friends, village life, showbiz, unemployment, lifestyle, actor's life, nothing goes right, silly humor, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, holiday, stage play, shakespeare's hamlet, cross dressing, love ...
Time:
90s, 1930s, 1990s
Place:
england, london, australia
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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