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Torah! Torah! Torah!

There is a documentary of a cool 1980s pop singer :

Toyah!, Toyah!, Toyah!

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The Dam Dusters - a gripping account of spring-cleaning at a hydro-electric power station.
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Night of the Living Dad -- we were just about to close the casket when the old geezer sat up and asked what the hell was going on

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As I Lay Dyeing - changing the colour of your clothes without having to get out of bed.

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Snapes on a Plane - wizard family tries alternative method of transport.

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The Hunt for Bed October.

The story of a failed attempt to designate a month for being in bed.

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Swallows and Amazon - unsupervised children indulge in online spending spree.

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I heard that The Great British Bake Off is going to turned into a film, starring Tom Skerritt as Paul Hollywood and Tom Cruise as that bloke Richard who always kept a pencil behind his ear. It's called:

Top Bun

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The Wand in the Willows - Ratty, Mole, Toad and Badger join the Magic Circle.

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'Be Myself and Irene'

Film about a gender fluid guy?

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Gene With the Wind -- A Southern gentleman Civil War soldier fails to win the girl of his dreams due to uncontrollable flatulence.

[ 04. September 2017, 22:32: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]

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When Harry Met Salty

May-October romance between a young man and an old sailor.

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Pong of Solomon

Well it was written several thousand years before the invention of deodorant ... [Big Grin]

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Ship of Foals, the story of the founding of Assateague Island.

And, of course, there is Whip of Fools, a/k/a the Hell Board.

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Harold and Mauve

A young man comes to accept his feelings about a colour he had always associated with old ladies.

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The Full Minty - a comprehensive exploration of mint flavouring.

The Slow Goose - and other festive recipes.

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Charlotte's Wed - nuptials of an arachnid with disturbing content of a sexual and cannibalistic nature.

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Of Mic and Men (a karaoke story)
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Funkirk - a documentary about "Fresh Expressions" among the "Wee Frees". (What do mean, "This film has been withdrawn from public exhibition"?)

[ 05. September 2017, 08:09: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]

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Jibes
In which Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum star as psychics tricked into finding ancient Ecuadorian jibes that could change the world.

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--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")

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Arsenic and Old Lice

An attempt to kill the adult stage of the familiar hair-dwelling vermin goes disastrously wrong.

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Schroedinger's cat

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Swallows and Amazon - unsupervised children indulge in online spending spree.

Swallow and Amazons - a rather niche porno.

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And, following the Arthur Ransome theme: We didn't mean to go to Tea - four children clad in lifejackets mysteriously turn up in the lake at Buck House just as a Royal Garden Party is taking place. Prince Philip emits appropriately salty comments.

[ 05. September 2017, 17:37: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]

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Boot Club - the Walkers, Blacketts and Callums form a footwear appreciation society.

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A documentary about the English climate: A Mac for All Seasons.

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'The Prying Game'.

Film about a secret fraternity of peeping Toms and nosey parkers.

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Schroedinger's cat

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O Daniel Blake.

He turns out to be a disappointment in later life.

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Taxi Drivel - what all cabbies utter when you want to travel in peace & quiet

The Sark Crystal - a Jim Henson fantasy set in the Channel Islands

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The Old Man and the Pea - non-stereotypical retelling of a well-loved fairytale.

Lady Chatterley's Hover - the lady of the house mows the lawn.

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La LapLand

French movie about visiting Santa Claus

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La La Lund. The Killing the Musical.

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A Chorus Lime -- Singers auditioning for the chorus of a Broadway musical notice improvement in their voices when citrus fruit is served.

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Cuck Everlasting

The alt-right's nightmare view of the future.

(google with caution)

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Irl Interrupted

A story about addiction to being online.

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The Old Man and the Pea - non-stereotypical retelling of a well-loved fairytale.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Pea - complete re-write of well-loved fairytale.

Tinder is the Night - memoirs of a nocturnal arsonist.

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Why I Am Now A Christian

Bertrand Russell sees the light.

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Remembering our earliest spelling lessons while I am home alone on my knees, scrubbing and disinfecting, after The Cat Shat on the Mat, again.

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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)

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Green Eggs and Sham (a child's take on breakfast with Trump)
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Driving Miss Dais -- Memoirs of a chauffeur who was employed by an old woman who thought she was a raised platform.

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Where Eagles Date. For avian speed dating services.

Money, I Shrunk the Kids. An admission of brutal fathering.

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The Crime of Miss Jean Brodie - controversial teacher in Scottish girls' school meets her match in Miss Marple.

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The Lust of the Mohicans - The kind of remake that Ron Jeremy specialises in.

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The Last Bottle - the Narnians drain the wine cellars of Cair Paravel dry before the final encounter with the Calormene army.

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Presumably shown in a double bill with "The Beer Hunter" - Vietnam veteran unaccountably turns up in early 1970s Wales on a Sunday and tries to find a pub that's actually open.
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The Bong of Hiawatha - Red Indian warrior spends heap big time with peace pipe.

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'Jackiey'.

Biopic about Jade Goody's mum.

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The Seven People You Meet in Heave

It's amazing the people you encounter when you're evacuating your stomach.

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The Bing's Speech -- inspiring biographical tale of the voice coach who helped a popular 20th century male crooner overcome a vocal defect.

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The Craven - compelling poem about the GOP caucusing, overseen by a pallid bust of Pallas.
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He Queen - a film about a drag artist and his acceptance of his own sexuality.

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