Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
The Things of Life movie storyline. The structure of the film involves frequent jumps in time – between the time of, and after, the car crash, and before the crash. The opening sequence jumps between the period immediately after the crash, and the crash itself.
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There’s a Girl in My Soup movie storyline. 41-year-old Robert Danvers is renowned for being an egomaniacal celebrity chef and culinary critic who hosts his own London-based gourmet-food television show, “Good Taste”. But he’s equally renowned for being a womanizing cad who has a revolving door of women.
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The Railway Children opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Edwardian London. One night in 1905, the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return.
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Puzzle of a Downfall Child movie storyline. Fashion photographer turned director Aaron Reinhardt (Barry Primus) visits a withdrawn colleague at her windswept island cottage. By taping conversations with former model Lou Andreas Sand (Faye Dunaway) and developing her story for film, Aaron hopes “to help her put the fragments together, to sort out and focus on the reality.”
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The Pizza Triangle movie storyline. Oreste (Marcello Mastroianni), a middle-aged bricklayer, meets young Adelaide (Monica Vitti), a flower vendor, after a Communist rally. Adelaide convinces Oreste that she is deeply in love with him, and Oreste leaves his wife for her.
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever movie storyline. At the behest of her mainstream conservative fiancé Warren, scatterbrained five-pack-a-day chain smoker and clairvoyant Daisy Gamble attends a class taught by psychiatrist Marc Chabot for help in kicking her habit. She becomes unintentionally hypnotized and manages to convince Chabot to attempt to cure her nicotine addiction with hypnotherapy.
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Perfect Friday movie storyline. Mr. Graham (Stanley Baker), an assistant bank manager who works in the West End of London, is dissatisfied with his boring life. He becomes acquainted with Lady Britt Dorset (Ursula Andress), one of the bank’s wealthiest patrons, and they devise a plan, along with the indolent Lord Nicholas Dorset, to rob the bank.
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Loving movie storyline. Commercial graphic artist Brooks Wilson is in an emotional quandary. He used to want to do right by all those around him – including his loving wife Selma and their two young daughters, his agent Edward and subsequently his clients, and even his mistress Grace who would like Brooks to eventually leave Selma for her.
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I Love My Wife movie storyline. Richard Burrows (Elliott Gould) is a medical student with a pregnant wife, Jody (Brenda Vaccaro), who becomes unappealing to him before and after childbirth, abstaining from sex and gaining weight. When her mother moves in with them, Richard’s home life frustrates him even more.
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Fruit of Paradise movie storyline. In the garden of a pension, Eva and her husband Josef are enjoying a siesta. Here, they meet with the lonesome, mysterious-looking Robert. During play, a key falls out of Robert’s pocket. The curious Eva picks it up and sets off on an expedition.
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