Overview
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Director and cast
- Bryan Forbes Director
- Malcolm McDowell as Bruce Pritchard
- Nanette Newman as Jill Matthews
- Georgia Brown as Sarah Charles
- Bernard Lee as Uncle Bob
- Barry Jackson as Bill Charles
- Theresa Watson as Gladys
- Gerald Sim as Rev. Corbett
- Michael Flanders as Clarence Marlow
- Margery Mason Cast
- Geoffrey Whitehead Cast
More films
Open Hearts (2002)
Drama · Romance · R
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Susanne Bier
- Cast
- Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen
Freaks (1932)
Drama · Horror · Not Rated
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Director
- Tod Browning
- Cast
- Edgar Allan Woolf, Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Drama · Romance · R
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
- Runtime
- 2h 39m
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Cast
- Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge
Garden State (2004)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · R
Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his p...
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Director
- Zach Braff
- Cast
- Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard
Gattaca (1997)
Drama · Science Fiction · PG-13
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Andrew Niccol
- Cast
- Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members