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Subgenre Sampler

 
Music of the HeartMusic of the Heart (1999)
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep crafts potentially saccharine material into a credible drama, playing an real–life violin teacher who founded a series of…
NoraNora (1999)
Dir. Pat Murphy
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch
Cliche–avoiding though at times awkward biopic of Nora Barnacle's marriage to writer James Joyce in the early 20th century. Based on the book…
Not One LessNot One Less (1999)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Wei Minzhi
13–year old peasant–girl Wei Minzhi is handed the responsibility of substitute–teaching a class of children in a rural China…
October SkyOctober Sky (1999) Recommended
Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Homer H Hickam Jnr, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern
Based on the memoirs of former NASA rocket–scientist Homer H. Hickam Jnr, who had the ambition to flourish beyond his roots in West Virginia…
Oliver Twist (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Alan Bleasdale, Julie Walters, Robert Lindsay
Charles Dickens' enduring classic of orphan Oliver's hardships in Victorian London. Here the timeless story gets the lavish six hour treatment at…
OneginOnegin (1999)
Dir. Martha Fiennes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler
The classic, passionate Russian poem by Pushkin is lavished with whole–hearted sympathy in this adaptation, the dir.'s brother Ralph Fiennes…
PassionPassion (1999)
Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Claudia Karvan
Inspired by the early life of eccentric Australian pianist/composer Percy Grainger, and while well–shot and thoughtful, is firmly located at…
Pirates of Silicon ValleyPirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Dir. Martyn Burke
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle
History of the PC–computer revolution gets the telemovie treatment, with Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) and Apple founder Steve Jobs (Noah…
Playing by Heart (1999)
Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Pornographer, ThePornographer, The (1999) Recommended
Dir. Doug Aitchison
Feat. Craig Wasson
A despairing young loner finds self–esteem and success as a pornographer, but quickly finds himself on the receiving end of exploitation. Rises…

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