Tony Charles Movies
- 1998
- NR
A group of gay friends and lovers discuss love, sex, life and death as they exchange partners and try to dodge the bullet of AIDS in the drama Le Traite Du Hasard. Patrick (Patrick Mimouni) is a gay man whose circle of acquaintances provides the background for this story. They include Lou Rockfeller III (Eliane Pine Carringhton), a flamboyant drag queen; Bruno (Bruno Anthony de Trigance), a former college professor who has since found success in the film industry; Daisy (Nini Crepon), a middle-aged author whose love life is a long litany of disasters; and Julien (Laurent Chemda), a good-looking man who makes his living as a hustler. Julien was involved with Patrick at one time, and it turns out most of Patrick's friends have been with either him or Julien at one time or another -- which becomes a subject of grave concern when Julien develops a full-blown case of AIDS. Written and directed by Patrick Mimouni, who also appears as Patrick, Le Traite Du Hasard received its American premier at the 1999 Los Angeles Outfest. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eliane Pine Carringhton, Nini Crepon, (more)
- 1995
The British sitcom Sometime, Never starred Sara Crowe and Ann Bryson (billed for reasons best known to their fans as "the Philadelphia Girls") as a pair of thirtysomething best friends. Maxine (Crowe) was an unmarried drama teacher who, among other things, was frustrated over losing a promotion to a much-younger colleague. Bernice (Bryson) lived in the flat above Maxine's with her husband Kev (John Hodgkinson) and their two kids. Introduced with a pilot episode on July 17, 1995, the series proper lasted six installments, telecast in Britain from October 27 to December 8, 1996. Sometime, Never was co-produced by Meridian Television and Witzend Productions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
Debuting on Britain's Central Television in 1995, the weekly, half-hour comedy/drama series Shine On Harvey Moon was a revival of the 1985 series of the same name. In the original, the titular Harvey tried to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life after returning from WWII. The new series picked up in 1953, with Nicky Henson replacing Kenneth Cranham as Harvey Moon, who by now had become something of a political activist. Several actors from the original series reprised their roles herein, including Maggie Steed as Harvey's faithless wife Rita, Linda Robson as his daughter Maggie, Lee Whitlock as his son Stanley, Nigel Planer as Maggie's shiftless boyfriend (now husband) Lou, and Pauline Quirke as Maggie's wisecracking coworker Veronica. The "new" Shine On Harvey Moon lasted 12 episodes, compared to the original's 35 installments. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, the trenchant British comedy-drama series Shine On Harvey Moon starred Kenneth Cranham in the title role. Believed to have been killed in battle during WWII, Harvey surprised everyone when he returned to his old East End neighborhood at the cessation of hostilities. But Harvey was in for a few surprises of his own; his house had been bombed into oblivion, his "widow" Rita (Maggie Steed) had apparently slept with the entire American occupying force, and his daughter Maggie (Linda Robson) was fooling around with a scapegrace named Lou (Nigel Planer). Despite all this, Harvey was determined to pick up the pieces and start life all over again. Lasting 12 half-hour and 23 hour-long episodes, Shine On Harvey Moon was produced by Witzend Productions on behalf of Central Television. Debuting January 9, 1982, the series ran until 1985. Ten years later, the property was revived and updated under the same title, but with a different leading man. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
- R
Nicol Williamson stars as a Liverpool/Irish layabout who inherits a business from his father. Even in his executive togs, Williamson remains out of step with society. Already a surly sort, Williamson becomes even less likeable as the film progresses, especially when seeking to avenge a long-ago slight against his father. The film is a belated but still compelling entry in Britain's "Angry Young Man" cinematic cycle, with the "protagonist" remaining on top at the expense of his soul. Reckoning was based on The Harp That Once, a novel by Patrick Hall. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, (more)
