Michael Gambon
42) Mad To Be Normal
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David Tennant of Doctor Who fame stars as 1960's celebrity psychiatrist R.D.Laing who revolutionised the treatment of people diagnosed as 'mad'. Mad To Be Normal reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland's greatest ever minds. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary...
43) The Actors
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Two failed actors decide to try to con a local gangster by pretending to be the people to whom he owes money.
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In this science fiction adventure set in the 1930s, New York City reporter Polly Perkins starts to investigate why so many famous scientists are being reported missing. Soon, she gets clues, as strange flying machines and giant robots threaten the city. Luckily, her old flame, aviator Captain Joseph Sullivan aka Sky Captain, is there to battle the bad guys with the Flying Legion, in his Warhawk P-40. Now Polly must fly away with Sky Captain to Nepal...
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A riveting drama of forbidden love, power and betrayal, inspired by the best-selling novel. When charming aristocrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his family's estate, Charles becomes seduced by the family's opulent lifestyle, and by Sebastian's sister Julia. As their romance deepens, repercussions follow, and Charles discovers that at Brideshead, love, money and power come at a price.
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The Emperor’s Club. Dead Poets Society. Stand And Deliver. Film fans fondly recall them as tales of a teacher who inspires his students. The Browning Version the memorable story of a student who inspires his brilliant yet beleaguered and unappreciated teacher. Albert Finney, Matthew Modine and Greta Scacchi star in this richly layered work of truth, tears and triumph. In a widely acclaimed performance, Finney plays a brilliant but stern classics...