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Eccleston thrilled to play Lennon -
7 June 2010
-Former Dr. Who star Christopher Eccleston jumped at the chance to play John Lennon in new BBC film Lennon Naked - because he has always been "fascinated" by the former Beatles star.-
-The actor, who bears a striking resemblance to Lennon in the film, admits he didn't need to
Christopher Eccleston - what members say
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First-Class Performances 22 November 2005
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State of the Nation 8 July 2004
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Ambitious drama 24 June 2004
Christopher Eccleston - filmography
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The Shadow Line
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Martin Delaney, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare Calbraith
Director: Hugo Blick
Certificate: 
From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
 
76%
from 801 members
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The Shadow Line - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2011)
Starring: Martin Delaney, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare Calbraith
Director: Hugo Blick
Certificate:
From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
72%
from 582 members
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The Borrowers
(2011)
Starring: Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Tom Harper
Certificate: 
An action-packed adventure for all the family Starring Christopher Eccleston, Sharon Horgan, Aisling Loftus, Robert Sheehan, Victoria Wood and Stephen Fry, The Borrowers is a thrilling, fun-filled adventure through the exciting world of the little people who live under our floorboards.
Based on ..read more »
67%
from 30 members
Not available for rental
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Lennon Naked
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Naoko Mori, Adrian Bower
Director: Edmund Coulthard
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This TV movie focuses on the key years 1967 - 1971 with John Lennon's break from the Beatles, his troubled relationship with his father, his all consuming romance with Yoko Ono, and his eventual move to America.
In this exciting and powerful film, Christopher Eccleston's portrayal of Lennon, so ..read more »
61%
from 356 members
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G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate: 
The 'Real American Hero' or 'Action Man', as he is known to British audiences, goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, ..read more »
60%
from 8,515 members
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Amelia
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere
Director: Mira Nair
Certificate: 
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
59%
from 4,076 members
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G.I. Joe - The Rise of Cobra
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate:
The 'Real American Hero' or 'Action Man', as he is known to British audiences, goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, ..read more »
61%
from 28,421 members
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Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 3
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper
Certificate:
The new series of Doctor Who features Christopher Eccleston as the re-incarnated Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose, his trusty sidekick.
Episodes comprise:
7. The Long Game: Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. ..read more »
78%
from 13,020 members
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The Second Coming
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Lesley Sharp
Director: Adrian Shergold
Certificate:
What if there was a Second Coming and the Son of God arrived on Earth? What would you do? Are you ready for Judgement Day? Christopher Eccleston plays Steve Baxter, a video shop worker who is found wandering the Yorkshire Moors after 40 days and 40 nights, mumbling he is the Son of God. The Second ..read more »
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from 2,050 members
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Revengers Tragedy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard, Derek Jacobi
Director: Alex Cox
Certificate:
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Based on play by Thomas Middleton from the year 1607, writer/director Alex Cox (REPO MAN) gives us a comic horror story. Marrying 17th Century theatrical verse with some contemporary references and expletives, the story is dragged 400 years to modern day Liverpool where a man is seeking revenge ..read more »
56%
from 827 members
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28 Days Later - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley
Director: Danny Boyle
Certificate: 
TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by ..read more »
73%
from 2,498 members
Not currently released
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Sunday
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Eva Birthistle, Brid Brennan
Director: Charles McDougall
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One Sunday in 1972, an illegal civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland turned ugly when British Paratroopers opened fire on unarmed civilians, killing 13 and wounding a further 15. This docu-drama explores the political context surrounding 'Bloody Sunday' and the government inquiry that ..read more »
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from 132 members
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28 Days Later
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley
Director: Danny Boyle
Certificate:
After breaking into a primate research facility, a group of animal rights activists discover caged chimps chained up before banks of screens displaying horrifying, violent images. Ignoring the warnings of the terrified researcher who maintains that the chimps are infected, they begin to free the ..read more »
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from 52,814 members
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The Invisible Circus
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Cameron Diaz, Jordana Brewster
Director: Adam Brooks
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In THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS, sixties idealism meets headlong with family conflict and, mysteriously, death. This compelling drama, based on Jennifer Egan's novel, begins in the infamous Summer of '69, when radical hippie Faith O'Connor (Cameron Diaz), and her English boyfriend Wolf (Christopher ..read more »
48%
from 519 members
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Strumpet
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Genna G, Amanda Fairclough
Director: Danny Boyle
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Strayman lives in a house full of stray dogs. He meets up with Strumpet, a homeless girl with a musical talent and takes her in. Together they all journey to London to seek their fortune.
58%
from 240 members
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The Others
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
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THE OTHERS begins with a close-up of a woman screaming. By the time this intense film ends, everyone watching it will be screaming and gasping. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman raising two children by herself in a creepy mansion. World War II is over, but Grace's husband never returned. ..read more »
67%
from 25,538 members
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Gone In 60 Seconds
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Dominic Sena
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Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage, LEAVING LAS VEGAS) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi, SUBURBIA), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston, CRACKER). With his brother's ..read more »
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from 26,457 members
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Gone In 60 Seconds - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
Director: Dominic Sena
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Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a former car thief who is forced to come out of retirement when his younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi), is unable to deliver 50 expensive cars to dangerous smuggler Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). With his brother's life on the line, Memphis must enlist ..read more »
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from 3,032 members
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Existenz
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Kristopher Lemche
Director: David Cronenberg
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Set in the near-future, eXistenZ depicts a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. At the center of the story is Allegra Geller whose latest games system eXistenZ taps so deeply into its users fears and desires that it blurs ..read more »
59%
from 12,532 members
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Elizabeth
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
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from 18,821 members
Not currently released
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Elizabeth - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Certificate:
Shekhar Kapur's visually stunning film tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), from her days as an innocent young woman to her coronation, up to the formation of her reputation as England's stern Virgin Queen. A lush portrait of history, full of pomp, intrigue, and romance and ..read more »
74%
from 133 members
Not available for rental
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Our Friends In The North
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Peter Vaughan, Gina McKee
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This nine-part miniseries follows the lives of four Newcastle friends--Nicky (Christopher Eccleston), Mary (Gina McKee), Geordie (Daniel Craig), and Tosker (Mark Strong)--from 1964 to 1995. The highly acclaimed production also features Malcolm McDowell, David Bradley, and many other familiar faces.
80%
from 3,554 members
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Death And The Compass
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval
Director: Alex Cox
Certificate:
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Alex Cox (REPO MAN) directed this stylized adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges labyrinthine detective story about a totalitarian city of the future plagued by a rash of bizarre crimes. Peter Boyle stars as Lonnrot, a decidedly even headed detective prone to philosophizing and Christopher Eccleston is ..read more »
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from 225 members
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Hillsborough
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Rachel Davies, Ricky Tomlinson
Director: Charles McDougall
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Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson head a strong cast in Jimmy McGovern's emotionally powerful and highly acclaimed dramatisation of personal grief and public issues in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster. Following the stories of three victims' families, from the initial ..read more »
74%
from 16 members
Not available for rental
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Jude
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ..read more »
61%
from 3,251 members
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Shallow Grave - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox
Director: Danny Boyle
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After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
71%
from 2,349 members
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Shallow Grave
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Colin McCredie, Ewan McGregor
Director: Danny Boyle
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The feature film debut of Scottish director Danny Boyle was a dark, hip, Generation X comedy about a trio of Edinburgh roommates whose narcissistic greed fuels murder and betrayal. Boisterous journalist Alex (Ewan McGregor), flirtatious doctor Juliet (Kerry Fox), and meek accountant David (..read more »
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from 18,734 members
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Cracker - S01 E04 - To Say I Love You, P...
(1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
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Fitz takes DS Penhaligon to a restaurant, knowing that Judith will be there on a date, then turns a Gamblers Anonymous meeting into a card game. Meanwhile, Sean and Tina murder DS Giggs, then record a video diary for the police, claiming self-defence. Fitz appears on TV, profiling the killers, who ..read more »
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Cracker - To Say I Love You
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Beryl Reid
Director: Andy Wilson
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A young man is released from the police station against Fritz's advice and he and his partner subsequently commit murder. Fritz makes details of the couple freely available causing them to panic and there follows a further increase in the violence.
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from 2,047 members
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Anchoress
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Wilcox
Director: Chris Newby
Certificate:
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Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own ..read more »
53%
from 93 members
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Let Him Have It
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell
Director: Peter Medak
Certificate:
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Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the ..read more »
69%
from 1,475 member
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Flesh And Blood
on DVD
Starring: Christopher Eccleston
Director: Julian Farino
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A man adopted at birth decides to track down his parents. He discovers that his parents are mentally disabled, which forces him to re-evaluate his life.
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from 112 members
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Christopher Eccleston facts
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...rmed small role; Geoffrey Rush is flawless, every move delivers with precision; Christopher Eccleston (now known for 'Doctor Who' Series 1) you will not recognise him, he gives an i...
