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The bicentennial production of Jane Austen's novel is given the most lavish treatment yet by UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS director Simon Langton in this television mini-series. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE stars Jennifer Ehle POSSESSION as Elizabeth Bennet a witty and headstrong young woman in 19th century England. When she meets the standoffish Mr. Darcy Colin Firth they initially clash but there may be something deeper behind their animosity. Firth BRIDGET JONES' DIARY sets the standard for period film heroes with his portrayal of Mr. Darcy a character sure to make both minds and hearts race. The classic novel of manners society and love includes much of Austen's rich commentary on human nature and features extensive gorgeous location shooting in and around historic English country homes.

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Aliens with nice faces and reptilian habits descend over the earth bringing a new and menacing world order with them in this landmark television miniseries. Sixty-five million viewers reportedly viewed the original broadcast. Disguised to look just like humans the aliens are actually lizard-like creatures out to strip the planet of its water supply and turn humans into food. Although most people are fooled by the visitors and allow the planet to be taken over by the fascist monsters a group of resistance fighters try to defeat these creatures. Helping the underground movement is a journalist Marc Singer who figures out just what the aliens are up to. The story concludes in V: THE FINAL BATTLE.

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Based on Colleen McCullough's book this is the Emmy-winning story of forbidden love. Over the course of four decades a friendship between a boy and a girl turns sultry and stormy as they mature into adults. The boy becomes a priest and the girl becomes a wife. While Father Ralph is a model of piety Meggie Cleary is a mother with a family. Though they have separate devotions--God for Father Ralph a husband for Meggie--their unspoken allegiance is to each other. Will the twosome's longings overpower their better judgment? Or will they give in to their forbidden passions and risk destroying the lives around them and quite possibly their own?

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A made-for-TV mini-series based on the classic Stephen King horror novel STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING is a tense psychodrama about a man named Jack Steven Weber whom accepts a caretaker job at a winter resort relocates his wife Rebecca De Mornay and child there and subsequently goes completely insane. Jack already in a slumbering state of depression seems to be taken over by supernatural beings within the resort leading him to threaten the lives of his family. More of a literal adaptation than the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film.

Based on Ray Bradbury's sweeping sci-fi classic this 1979 mini-series details the mystery wonder and horror of humankind's attempts to leave Earth and establish a new culture on Mars. Scientists travel to Mars to study its atmosphere and terrain and decide that earthlings can dwell safely in this new environment--but some in the group learn that an alien life form might exist beneath the planet's surface. Everyone will eventually learn that the colonization of Mars might not be welcomed by its present inhabitants...and with good reason. This epic television production originally aired in three parts. Darren McGavin Roddy McDowell Rock Hudson and Bernie Casey star.

From the Overlook Hotel in THE SHINING to the Bates Motel in PSYCHO inns haven't gotten a good rap in the world of books and film. In THE LOST ROOM the Sunshine Motel doesn't fare much better. Decades ago supernatural forces transformed Room 10 at the motel into a cache of magical power in which each object in the room can do something special. Detective Joe Miller Peter Krause SIX FEET UNDER discovers a mysterious key that changes his life. His daughter Elle Fanning BABEL disappears into the room and the key is the only thing that can help Joe find her again. But he isn't the only one who wants the precious objects causing hordes of obsessive collectors to descend on him. With its labyrinthine plot and imaginative premise THE LOST ROOM garnered praise from critics and audiences alike. This Sci-Fi channel miniseries also stars Julianna Margulies ER Kevin Pollak THE USUAL SUSPECTS and Roger Bart DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.

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