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Bill Douglas's highly acclaimed, largely autobiographical trio of films that follow the fortunes of Jamie (Stephen Archibald) as he grows up in a poverty-stricken mining village in post-war Scotland. The films were made over a six-year period and track Jamie's growth from childhood to adolescence. Many critics regard the trilogy as one of British cinema's greatest achievements.
Saxon Logan directs this 1980s British horror. When a rich couple (Nikolas Grace and Joanna David) journey to the home of brother and sister Alex and Marion Britain (Bill Douglas and Heather Page) for dinner, they end up clashing with their hosts over their contrasting social and moral views. A destructive storm ruins their dinner plans so instead they go out to a restaurant where they meet the establishment's strange owner (Fulton MacKay) and his employee (Michael Medwin). As the foursome continue to argue over their differences, the tension builds and the night takes a blood-spattered turn for the worst.
1980s British horror. When a rich couple journey to the home of a brother and sister for dinner, they end up clashing with their hosts over their contrasting social and moral views. A destructive storm ruins their dinner plans so instead they go out to a restaurant where they meet the establishment's strange owner and his employee. As the foursome continue to argue over their differences, the tension builds and the night takes a blood-spattered turn for the worst.
Drama directed by Bill Douglas telling the story of the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs'. Having been arrested in England for campaigning for fairer wages and forming one of the first trade unions, a group of six farm workers from Dorset are sentenced to be transported to Australia in 1834 for seven years. Cameo appearances include Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Michael Hordern, Murray Melvin and Freddie Jones.
A crime, perhaps the greatest in the history of humanity, is unraveling the fabric of the web of life. In Southern California, a corporate ladder-climber awakens in the middle of the night to find himself standing naked in his backyard, thunderstruck by the images flooding his mind. Compelled to write to make sense of what has just happened, he is guided toward issues in the Arctic. The feelings exploding through his heart and mind threaten to tear him apart-his only relief is in writing them down. Fifteen hundred miles away the nine-year-old daughter of illegal Mexican immigrants is plagued by a series of cataclysmic visions about Arctic polar bears. In Russell, Kansas, an aged Chinese woman is stunned by a violent vision of a young girl and a man connected in the vast web of life. The web has been disturbed by a crime of such proportions that its perpetrators have the blood of nations on their hands. She can only watch as the crime's rippling upheaval tears at life's fabric, leaving the two strangers' lives shattered in its wake. Their survival is entwined with the fate of us all. Will they make it? Will we? So begins . . . a conspiracy of spirits.
Reviews on 2012 The Awakening are creating a stir: "Riveting...a must..." - Midwest Book Review; "Best Fiction of the Year" - Spiritual Enlightenment Magazine; "What a gift " - Deepak Chopra. Famed actor, Holmes Osborne (The Box, ER, Boston Legal, The X Files), wrote: 'With the suspense of a "Da Vinci Code," the spiritual awareness of "The Secret," and the fearsome aspect of Orwell's "1984,"' 2012 The Awakening will make a great film " A global human awakening shakes the foundations of powers that have ruled the world for eons. The heroes' struggle to envision a new way of being will determine their survival. Can they? Can we? An unlikely bookish heroine, a burnt out Naval Intelligence officer, and a deadly covert operations professional's lives become entwined in this spellbinding thriller - unraveling threads of the ancient beginnings of human consciousness. Their struggle reflects that of every human being on the planet today. Current global issues are woven elegantly into a timeless saga that draws upon ancient texts and human history, aboriginal, Eastern and Western religious scriptures, and cutting edge scientific insights into the mechanism of human consciousness. Blending history, science, socio-politics, and transcendental spirituality, this cutting edge tale of vision and intrigue will leave you breathless, riveted, and reeling. NY Times best selling novelist, Steve Alten, wrote "2012 The Awakening . . . should be required reading for everyone on Wall Street and Capitol Hill." Yet what has captivated preview readers is '2012 The Awakening's' broad vision of what may be possible for humanity - if we choose that path. Former Time Magazine Person of the Year, Coleen Rowley, called '2012 The Awakening' "visionary." Jill Dutton, editor of Evolving Magazine, wrote, "Bill Douglas is a true visionary."
Collection of four ground-breaking shorts in which gay men interact in a variety of circumstances. In 'Dream A40' (1965) a couple try to stop themselves from showing public displays of affection. In 'Vapors' (1965) two strangers meet in a New York bathhouse. In 'Come Dancing' (1970) an encounter between two men in a café takes a dark turn. Finally, in 'Encounter' (1971), a silent film with a score by Stephen Thrower, a group of men gather in the streets of New York to carry out a secret ritual.
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