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Foundation date 1 january 1979
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE) (originally known as PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures) was a film studio, founded in 1980, which became a European competitor to Hollywood, but eventually sold to The Seagram Company in 1998 and folded in 1999.
Among its most successful films were Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Dead Man Walking (1995), Fargo (1996), Trainspotting (1996) and Notting Hill (1999).
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(1997)Filmography of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (187 films)
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Braindead (1992)
, 1h44Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Timothy Balme, Elizabeth Moody, Jed Brophy, Stuart Devenie, Harry Sinclair, Forrest J Ackerman
In 1957, The "Sumatran Rat-Monkey" is a hybrid creature that, "according to legend", resulted from the rape of tree monkeys on Skull Island by plague-carrying rats. Stewart McAlden (Bill Ralston), an explorer returning from the depths of the island with his team, is carrying a rat-monkey in a cage and is stopped by fierce warrior natives that demand the return of the monkey. They escape to a waiting jeep, but Stewart gets bitten by the Rat-Monkey. Seeing the mark of the monkey's bite on his right hand, Stewart's men hold down the explorer and amputate it. A bite mark is then seen on his left arm, which results in the removal of that limb. Finally, they see a set of bloody scratches on Stewart's forehead and kill him. The captured rat-monkey is shipped to Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.
Bob Roberts (1992)
, 1h42Directed by Tim Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about politics, Musical films, Political films
Actors Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal, John Cusack, Peter Gallagher, Alan Rickman
Bob Roberts takes place in Pennsylvania in 1990. It depicts a fictitious senatorial race between a conservative Republican folk singer, Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins), and the incumbent Democrat, Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal). The film is shot through the perspective of Terry Manchester (Brian Murray), a British documentary filmmaker who is following the Roberts campaign. Through his lens we see Roberts travel across the state, performing songs about drug users, lazy people and the triumph of traditional family values over the rebelliousness of the 1960s. As the campaign continues, Paiste remains in the lead until a scandal arises involving him and a young woman who was seen emerging from a car with him. Paiste claims that she was a friend of his granddaughter who he was driving home, but he cannot shake the accusations.
Candyman (1992)
, 1h39Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Vanessa Williams, Kasi Lemmons, Bernard Rose
Helen Lyle, a graduate student, conducts research on urban legends, and, in the process, learns of a local legend known as Candyman. The legend claims that Candyman can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror, whereupon he will murder the summoner with his hook-hand. Later that evening, Helen and her friend Bernadette, skeptical of Candyman's existence, call Candyman's name into the mirror in Helen's bathroom, but nothing happens.
Waterland (1992)
, 1h35Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite
The film follows the story of an anguished English-born Pittsburgh high school teacher (Irons) in 1974 going through a reassessment of his life. His method is to narrate his life to his class and interweave three generations of his family's history. The film portrays the history teacher's narrative in the form of flashbacks to tell the story of a teenage boy and his mentally challenged older brother living in The Fens of England with their widowed father. In an opening scene the teacher's childless wife (Cusack) takes a child from a supermarket and believes it to be hers. The teacher explains to his class how he and his wife had a teenage romance which led to a disastrous abortion that left her infertile. The teacher is tortured by the guilt of this as well as the jealousy he demonstrated to his older brother when he suspected his girlfriend's child was his brother's. The girl's flirtation with the older brother sets off events that lead to the older boy's death by drowning. A side-theme is the teacher's grandfather, who was a successful brewer and who fathered with his daughter the narrator's older brother. The film ends with the teacher's dismissal from his school and a possible renewal of his relationship with his wife.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
, 1h51Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Politic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal, Loles León, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano
Ricky, a 23-year-old psychiatric patient, has been deemed cured and is released from a mental institution. Until then he has been the lover of the woman director of the hospital. An orphan, free, and alone, his goal is to have a normal life with Marina Ozores, an actress, former porn star, and recovering drug addict, whom he once slept with during an escape from the asylum.
Savage Dawn (1986)
, 2hOrigin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, George Kennedy, Karen Black, Mickey Jones, Elizabeth Kaitan
Stryker (played by Lance Henriksen), a former soldier, is riding on his motorcycle in the desert, he is on his way to see his friend Tick Rand (played by George Kennedy) in the small town of Aqua Dulce, Texas. Stryker stops at a gas station to get some gas. There are 2 bikers, Spyder (played by John Lisbon Wood) and Meatrack (played by Charles Hyman) who ride in, they are members of a motorcycle gang called the "Savages". The 2 bikers start trouble with the gas station owner, Stryker comes to deal with the 2 and they both ride off.
Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970)
, 1h18Directed by Serge Danot
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cows, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Fenella Fielding, Paul Bisciglia, Pierre Ferval
One morning in the magic garden, Dougal the dog is yelling at his cuckoo clock for dropping its pendulum on his bed. He suddenly realises that something strange happened last night, and he takes the train to speak to Zebedee about it. After a talk with Ermintrude (who is standing on the railway track), Brian (who is a bit faster than the train), Dylan (who is watching the mushrooms grow), and Mr. Machenry (who is tending his crops), he finds Zebedee conducting an orchestra of French lollipops. Once the lollipops leave on the train, Dougal tells Zebedee about what happened last night. He got to bed early, because he was tired from all his work. After a few seconds of sleep, he woke up. He got out of bed and heard a loud shriek. It was an owl who said to him "'Allo, cheeky!". Dougal then heard something even more sinister. A voice. After he hears the voice, he hears a second, female voice. They were coming from the old treacle factory, which had been shut down. After observing the scene from a red tree, he hears the female voice again. He returned to his bed and got back to his rest. After the flashback, Zebedee asks Dougal if he was not dreaming. After Dougal asks himself if he's "going dotty", Zebedee bounces away. Dougal then goes to see Florence.