Personal Services of Life"). Personal Services Personal Services is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland. It is the story of the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, the legendary "House of Cyn" madam. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a sexually naive waitress and single-mother who pays for her teenage son's tuition by renting flats to local call girls. She later becomes a call girl herself – joining her friend Shirley (Shirley Stelfox) and their "maid" Dolly
And the Band Played On (film) fights the good fight." The team from Channel 4 believed the film "is stifled by good intentions and a distractingly generous cast of stars in leads and cameos." And the Band Played On (film) And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book "And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic" by Randy Shilts. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival before being broadcast by HBO on September 11, 1993. It later was released in