David Nicholls — Playwright (9)

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Simpatico (1999)
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other title: 暗夜惊狂
卡特(杰夫·布里奇斯 Jeff Bridges)和威尼是一对相当要好的朋友,两人平时以赌马、赛马为乐,威尼的女友萝丝(莎朗·斯通 Sharon Stone )和卡特也彼此熟识,甚至在私下暗通款曲,只是他们都没让威尼知道真相。 之后,卡特和威尼有意在大赌一场后收山,便于一场相当高额的比赛中下注,暗中操盘以获取暴利;但是威尼却不知好友与女伴竟卷款而逃、双宿双飞,自己则被警方以诈欺罪名逮捕入狱。 侥幸逃过一劫的卡特和萝丝,在内心中都有著挣扎:他背叛了威尼,她也对不起威尼,然而两人却继续过著因巨款所带来的优渥生活。二十年后,威尼出狱,想到自己二十年前因那件案子而被迫失去一切;于是,他决定复仇,要求卡特和萝丝付出代价..........

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The 7.39 (2014)
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other title: 晨缘暮恋 / 相思容易私奔难
After fighting for a seat on their morning commute, Sally and Carl begin talking and suddenly their daily train journey becomes a lot more interesting. Carl is happily-married, Sally's engaged - where's the harm? Yet they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and as their friendship grows to flirtation they refuse to admit - to each other or themselves - that a line might be crossed. The consequences of discovery will be life-changing, catastrophic perhaps, and yet they can't help falling in love. A romantic drama for grown-ups, The 7.39 will be charged, funny, moving and sexy.

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Great Expectations (2012)
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★ 6.2 37 ratings
other title: 远大前程 / 孤星血泪 …
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
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★ 6.8 77 ratings
other title: 远离尘嚣 / 疯恋佳人(港) …
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.

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Starter for 10 (2006)
Starter for 10
★ 6.6 112 ratings
other title: 스타트 포 텐 / Question à 10 points …
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.