Christine Edzard

Little Dorrit

Christine Edzard

Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.

The Fool

Christine Edzard

Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.

As You Like It

Christine Edzard

James Fox, Cyril Cusack

Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.

The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream

Christine Edzard

A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy using the complete text of the play but performed by child actors.

The IMAX Nutcracker

Christine Edzard

Miriam Margolyes, Heathcote Williams

This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Clara to his enchanted sugar castle where she meets pastry chef Sugar Plum who uses spun sugar to concoct the dancing Sugar Fairy.

Biddy

Christine Edzard

Celia Bannerman, Sam Ghazoros

Beginning in 1864 England, and moving through a number of years, a maid helps raise two children, a boy and a girl, all the time talking about her methods in doing so.