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My Dog Skip (1999)
- Dir. Jay Russell
Feat. Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Kevin Bacon…
- Heart–warming childhood memoir of Willie Morris, growing up poor and awkward in 40s Mississippi, but finding confidence through his friendship…
Nephew, The (1999)
- Dir. Eugene Brady
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Donal McCann
- A small Irish island is shaken by the arrival of a young black man from America whose (white) mother has recently died in the community. On familiar…
Night of the Headless Horseman (1999)
- Dir. Shane Williams
- Sticking closer to Washington Irving's 18th century gothic tale than SLEPPY HOLLOW, the mildly scary haunting of town–wimp Ichabod Crane by a…
Oliver Twist (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Alan Bleasdale, Julie Walters, Robert Lindsay…
- Charles Dickens' enduring classic of orphan Oliver's hardships in Victorian London.
Here the timeless story gets the lavish six hour treatment at…
Omega Code, The (1999)
- Dir. Rob Marcarelli
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside…
- Casper Van Dien plays an academic in on a global conspiracy overseen by Michael York – who has managed to decode hidden predictions in the Bible.
Onegin (1999)
- Dir. Martha Fiennes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler
- The classic, passionate Russian poem by Pushkin is lavished with whole–hearted sympathy in this adaptation, the dir.'s brother Ralph Fiennes…
Out-of-Towners, The (1999)
- Dir. Sam Weisman
Feat. Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn
- Replaying Neil Simon's original screenplay (the basis for the 1970 Jack Lemmon film), Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn leave the safe and cosy haven of…
Passion (1999)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Claudia Karvan
- Inspired by the early life of eccentric Australian pianist/composer Percy Grainger, and while well–shot and thoughtful, is firmly located at…
Picking Up the Pieces (1999)
- Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Cheech Marin…
- When the pieces of a dismembered Sharon Stone are dumped on the Mexican border one of her hands goes astray and is soon being worshiped by the locals…
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
- Dir. Martyn Burke
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle
- History of the PC–computer revolution gets the telemovie treatment, with Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) and Apple founder Steve Jobs (Noah…