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  1. BBC to film new Lawrence dramasRead the original story

    Thursday | Eastwood Today

    ... sisters and their lovers were brought to the big screen in 1969 by director Ken Russell. The film starred Oliver Reed and Alan Bates, with Glenda Jackson winning a best actress Oscar for her role. DH Lawrence was born on Victoria Street, Eastwood in ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Arts, Literature, The Rainbow

  2. AL Kennedy on Funny BonesRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 5 | Guardian Unlimited

    ... list is perhaps the most bizarre I have ever encountered, yet it functions exceptionally well. Leslie Caron and Oliver Reed are in support as an ageing sex-bomb and a camp megalomaniac respectively. UK stalwarts Richard Griffiths, Christopher Greet ...

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    Related Topix: Hannah Montana: The Movie

  3. BBC adapts explicit novelRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Scotsman.com News

    ... Women In Love, will spearhead a new BBC drama season a ' 40 years after a naked wrestling scene featuring Oliver Reed shocked cinema-goers. In 1969, Ken Russell's Oscar-winning adaptation left some viewers upset. Source: Edinburgh Evening News ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies

  4. BBC4 to adapt Women in LoveRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Guardian Unlimited

    Drama joins TV version of John Braine's Room at the Top in season exploring love and sexuality in 20th century literature Oliver Reed and Alan Bates wrestle in the 1969 film version of Women in Love.

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Arts, Literature, Alan Bates, The Rainbow, Glenda Jackson

  5. Four to make Lawrence classic

    Wednesday Dec 2 | BBC

    ... 20th century literature. The book, which was adapted for the big screen in 1969 and starred Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed, will be combined with Lawrence's The Rainbow. John Braine's 1957 novel Room At The Top will also be produced. BBC Four ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Arts, Literature, The Rainbow, Glenda Jackson

  6. The Best Films of the Decade: 2000Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | Filmstalker

    ... emperor for the Gladiator to do battle with, and there are two wonderful appearances from Richard Harris and Oliver Reed , Reed performing his last role before he died and a pretty amazing performance to remember him by. Erin Brockovich A strong ...

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    Related Topix: Sport Movies, Gladiator, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Thriller, The Patriot, War Movies, Crime Movies, Requiem for a Dream

  7. HMP Kirkham's Christmas raffle prize: Get out of jail free

    Thursday Nov 26 | Telegraph.co.uk

    Telegraph View: First prize in the Christmas raffle at HMP Kirkham makes the prison look more like a case of 'Ready, Steady, Abscond' than 'Porridge'. "Win the crowd," Oliver Reed's character advises Russell Crowe's in Gladiator , "and you will win your freedom." No such theatrics will be necessary for the lucky inmate of HMP Kirkham who wins first ...

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    Related Topix: Sport Movies, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Gladiator, Adventure, Russell Crowe

  8. That is All: You want scary? Try theseRead the original story

    Nov 11, 2009 | The Robesonian

    ... belongings and footage found one year later buried underneath a 100-year-old cabin. - "Burnt Offerings," stars Oliver Reed, Karen Black, the one and only Bette Davis, and the creepiest, ghoulish hearse driver ever to haunt the big screen and my ...

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    Related Topix: Supernatural, Theater, Arts, Opinion

  9. Des O'Connor interviewRead the original story

    Nov 11, 2009 | Morecambe Today

    ... 'Des O'Connor Tonight' for 25 years. Des had some memorable encounters on the show, like when an inebriated Oliver Reed tried to expose himself ("Have you ever tried interviewing someone who's lying face down on the carpet?") and when Stan Boardman ...

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    Related Topix: Eric Morecambe

  10. Rough Aunties, 95-year-old factory workers, and hearty holiday fare...Read the original story

    Nov 5, 2009 | Canada NewsWire

    ... airing of Dickens' eight-part "Little Dorrit" December 24 and 25, followed by "Oliver" starring Mark Lester and Oliver Reed on Saturday Night at the Movies on December 26 . Then, on December 31 you can countdown to the New Year with Jane Austen's ...

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    Related Topix: Oliver!, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies

  11. Michael WinnerRead the original story

    Oct 30, 2009 | Hollywood.com

    ... the crime drama "West 11" (1963). He hit his peak in the mid-60s with a series of taut, cynical films starring Oliver Reed, including "The System/The Girl-Getters" (1964) and "The Jokers" (1966). Winner then moved to Hollywood and directed several ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, The Jokers, Entertainment

  12. What directors do when actors drop deadRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 27, 2009 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    ... who die during filming. Among this frustrating ensemble are Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon, inveterate boozer Oliver Reed and, more recently, two-time Oscar-winner Heath Ledger. Pressing ahead with their vision, filmmakers resort to extreme and ...

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    Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Thriller, Enter the Dragon, Action Movies, Bruce Lee, Sport Movies, Gladiator, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Adventure, Comedy Movies, Brazil, Musical Movies, Science Fiction Movies

  13. Horror Movies on DVD Review: Burnt Offerings

    Oct 26, 2009 | Associated Content

    Thank God it's 'only a movie, only a movie, only a movie...' Starring Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, and Burgess Meredith.

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    Related Topix: Karen Black, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith, Ben, Horror Movies, Eileen Heckart

  14. Halloween type movies you can see for freeRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 23, 2009 | TV Squad

    ... a severed arm comes back to life as a reptilian killing machine. And who doesn't like a good Garrett Morris / Oliver Reed team-up? And there are a couple of bigger movies, like Brian DePalma' s Body Double and Rob Zombie 's House of 1000 Corpses , ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment, Television

  15. If It's Thursday, It Must Be Shameless Parisian FillerRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 22, 2009 | Boxoffice

    ... horror classic The Curse of the Werewolf . The first film, incidentally, where a lot of people noticed that Oliver Reed , as the titular shape-shifter, was a really interesting actor. Here's the trailer, to give you a brief taste of the film's furry ...

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    Related Topix: France, Ile-Del-France, France, World News, Paris, France, Horror Movies, The Curse of the Werewolf

  16. Dante's Inferno

    Oct 21, 2009 | Mountain Xpress

    ... an adaptation of The Inferno , it's Ken Russell's biographical film about painter/poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Oliver Reed) and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Made in 1967, the film is the most ambitious, longest and in many ways the most daring of ...

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    Related Topix: Lisztomania, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Movies, Entertainment

  17. Today's Daily Trivia Quiz

    Oct 18, 2009 | Braingle

    ... Oliver Kahn #11 Athlete Oliver Campbell (born 1871) competed professionally in baseball. True False #12 Actor Oliver Reed starred in "The Three Musketeers" (1973), "The Four Musketeers" (1974), and "The Return of the Musketeers" (1989). He portrayed ...

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    Related Topix: Oliver Stone

  18. You've got to buy a ticket - or two

    Oct 16, 2009 | Buxton Today

    ... is Lionel Bart's adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens, best known for its 1968 screen version with Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes and Ron Moody as Fagin. The last production by Longnor Players was the highly successful Chitty Chitty Bang ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Oliver!, Crime Movies, Ron Moody, High Peak, England, Derbyshire County, England, Staffordshire County, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire Moorlands, England, Dance, The Artful Dodger

  19. Susan Writer: Thinking Out Loud

    Oct 8, 2009 | The Frederick News Post

    ... To them, it was watching an "old" movie with Mom. To me, I was 14 again, and drooling over a very young and sexy Oliver Reed. The movie was "The Assassination Bureau (Ltd.)" and I was reliving a summer staple, ABC Sunday Night at the Movies ...

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  20. Shocktober at The Belcourt: The BroodRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Nashville Scene

    ... with the original Halloween , Dawn of the Dead , Carrie , The Fury , Suspiria and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Oliver Reed plays the psychiatrist treating Samantha Eggar's disturbed divorcee with an experimental therapy that transforms rage into ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Science Fiction Movies, The Brood, Wedding, Thriller, Halloween