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Author: Cyril Coke; Bob Hoskins; Frances De la Tour; Ron Grainer; Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, 2006.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Arnie Cole is a lovable Cockney rogue who wants to move up in the fledgling silent-film industry. Prowling for potential investors, Arnie finds haughty, hypercritical Maud and gets far more than he bargained for. While keeping creditors at bay, squabbling actors on task, and an egotistical director under budget, Arnie and Maud try to build a business based on make-believe. In the process, they mangage to kindle an  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Television mini-series
Melodrama, English
Melodrama
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Cyril Coke; Bob Hoskins; Frances De la Tour; Ron Grainer; Acorn Media (Firm)
ISBN: 1569388679 9781569388679
OCLC Number: 65664077
Language Note: English dialogue; closed-captioned.
Notes: Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television in 1980.
Contains all 6 episodes from the television mini-series.
Special features: Bio of composer Ron Grainer; Cast filmographies.
Credits: Music, Ron Grainer.
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Frances de la Tour.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 307 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Contents: V.1: Episodes 1 & 2 --
v.2: Episodes 3 & 4 --
v.3: Episodes 5 & 6.
Other Titles: Flickers
Responsibility: an ATV Colour Production ; producer Joan Brown ; written and created by Roy Clarke ; directed by Cyril Coke.
Local System Bib Number:
190660

Abstract:

Arnie Cole is a lovable Cockney rogue who wants to move up in the fledgling silent-film industry. Prowling for potential investors, Arnie finds haughty, hypercritical Maud and gets far more than he bargained for. While keeping creditors at bay, squabbling actors on task, and an egotistical director under budget, Arnie and Maud try to build a business based on make-believe. In the process, they mangage to kindle an unorthodox, but very real, romance.
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