Tag: Bernard Hill

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on VHS. Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis. With Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, John Noble, Miranda Otto, David Wenham. Directed by Peter Jackson. 2003.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on VHS. Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis. With Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, John Noble, Miranda Otto, David Wenham. Directed by Peter Jackson. 2003.

From the VHS box:

The final battle for Middle-earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer may complete his quest.

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Drowning By Numbers

Drowning By Numbers VHS cover art. Movie starring Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson. With Jason Edwards. Written and directed by Peter Greenaway. 1988.

Drowning By Numbers on VHS. Starring Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson. With Jason Edwards. Written and directed by Peter Greenaway. 1988.

From the box:

Three women who have the same name methodically rid themselves of unwanted husbands in Peter Greenaway’s visually dazzling mixture of metaphors and murder. When Cissie 1 (Joan Plowright) finds her husband with another woman, she impulsively drowns him in a bathtub. Her daughter, Cissie 2 (Juliet Stevenson), later drowns her husband at sea, and Cissie 3 (Joely Richardson) ultimately dispatches hers in a community swimming pool. The local coroner, Madgett (Bernard Hill), who’s an obsessive game player, agrees to declare the deaths accidental drownings in return for sexual favors. But when things don’t go exactly as planned, Madgett devises a final game that could be the undoing of them all, in the surprising climax of this fascinating film from the director of “The Thief, The Cook, His Wife and Her Lover.”

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