01 January 1988 Music 155 mins
An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.
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Thomas Allen as Billy Budd
Philip Langridge as Captain Vere
Richard van Allen as Claggart
Phillip Guy-Bromley as Mr flint
Clive Bayley as RatCliffe
Edward Byles as Red Whiskers
Neil Howlett as Mr Redburn
Barrie Gavin Director
Eric Crozier Writer
E.M. Forster Writer
Herman Melville Writer
Benjamin Britten Music
Tim Albery Assistant Director
United Kingdom 01 January 1988
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01 November 1988
Adoring capsule of the Mets 1988 season, in which they won 100 games and the National League east division but lost the pennant to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
31 March 1988
An Italian-American woman traveling to Sicily picks up a teenager who claims to be in trouble with some drug dealers.
22 November 1988
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16 April 1988
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A slightly goofy look at the three rivers that help define Pittsburgh
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