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The Cider House Rules (1999)
One Of The Best I've Seen
This film is beautifully scripted from the John Irving novel. A late teenage orphan, Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire), is trained at the St. Cloud's orphanage in Maine by Dr. Wilbur Larch, played by Sir Michael Caine to carry out the many medical services at the orphanage, including child delivery and illegal abortions. Fed up with this existence, he decides to travel south, with a serving air force pilot and his girlfriend. He ends on a cider plant, picking apples. One summer, he finds that one of the African American pickers, Rose Rose has become pregnant by her father. He mulls around contemplating ethics, and finally gives the woman an abortion, thus finding his place in life. He then returns to the orphanage to become the physician. Fantastic film, I have seen it 10 or 12 times, and I still cry every time. "Goodnight you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England"
Hillsborough (1996)
A fantastic look at the real story of the 1989 Hilsborough Stadium Disaster
April 15th 1989 an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Sadly overshadowed by the death of 95 Liverpool supporters, who should never have lost their lives. This film follows three families, who attended the game. Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson give marvellous emotional performances as the fathers of two of those families. The film also follows their quest for justice, and their trips to the courtroom to battle for an enquiry in the tragic events. In the end, they are let down by the British justice system, who initially fail to order an enquiry into the disaster. Later a decision reversed, and now the Taylor enquiry has changed the way football will be attended forever. Poignant and moving film. Watch it.