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Whisky Galore! Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore! and Titanic
Brave (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell; Writer: Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi, Brenda Chapman; Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson, John Ratzenberger)
A princess gets more than she bargains for when she asks for a spell.
The Illusionist (Country: UK, France; Year: 2010; Director: Sylvain Chomet; Writer: Sylvain Chomet, Jacques Tati)
A stage entertainer dedicated to a dying art finds his life transformed by a chance encounter with a young devotee.
Jaws (Country: USA; Year: 1975; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, based on the novel by Peter Benchley.; Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb)
A small seaside community dependent on tourism is terrorised by a great white shark with a hunger for human flesh.
Moana (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams; Writer: Jared Bush, from a story by Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell; Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, Oscar Kightley, Troy Polamalu, Puanani Cravalho, Louise Bush)
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.
Titanic (Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Victor Garber, Jonathan Hyde)
An epic disaster movie, with added passion and icebergs. Re-released for its 25th anniversary.
Jaws Jaws
Jaws and Whale Rider
The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep (The Water Horse) (Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Jay Russell; Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the book by Dick King-Smith; Stars: Alex Etel, Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Marshall Napier, Brian Cox, Craig Hall, Priyanka Xi), Official Site
A lonely young boy discovers a magical egg and befriends the strange creature which hatches from it. Plus read our exclusive interview with Jay Russell.
Whale Rider (Country: New Zealand/Germany; Year: 2002; Director: Niki Caro; Writer: Niki Caro, based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera; Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Rawinia Clarke, Tammy Davis, Grant Roa)
Granddaughter of Maori chief in modern New Zealand suffers rejection for her gender.
Whisky Galore! (Tight Little Island) (Country: UK,; Year: 1949; Director: Alexander Mackendrick; Writer: Compton MacKenzie, Angus MacPhail, based on the novel by Compton MacKenzie; Stars: Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Wylie Watson, Gabrielle Blunt, Gordon Jackson, Jean Cadell, James Robertson Justice, Morland Graham, John Gregson, James Woodburn, James Anderson, Jameson Clark, Duncan Macrae, Mary MacNeil, Nor)
Classic Ealing comedy where a group of Scottish islanders rescue and hide a shipwrecked cargo of whisky.
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