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Masterpiece Theatre - Flickers

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Masterpiece Theatre - Flickers (1980)

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Runtime: 5 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In this PBS miniseries, Bob Hoskins plays Arnold Cole, a peripatetic "moving-picture" producer at the dawn of the cinema age. Desperate to get financing for his one-reel silent films, Arnold finds... In this PBS miniseries, Bob Hoskins plays Arnold Cole, a peripatetic "moving-picture" producer at the dawn of the cinema age. Desperate to get financing for his one-reel silent films, Arnold finds himself in a marriage of convenience with the sharp-tongued Maude (France de la Tour), and the two embark on a series of show-business misadventures. Imbued with the zany pacing and buffoonery of early silent pictures, FLICKERS is a joyous romp filled with strange situations and stranger people. [More]

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Frances De La Tour

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Frances De La Tour

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