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Colin Firth
With films on his CV such as The Accidental Husband (2008), St Trinian's (2007), Bridget Jone's Diary (2001) and What a Girl Wants (2003), one could be forgiven for dismissing Colin Firth and ticking the box Marked stuffed shirt Englishman. It is only when you delve deeper into his body of work that you realise the 50 year old actor is so much more than a stereotype.
Born into an academic family in Greyshott, Hampshire in 1960, Colin has risen through the ranks of British film and Hollywood successes. From the beautifully written and acted Another Country (1984), the psychologically twisted Trauma (2004) and Apartment Zero (1998), to the chilling TV drama Conspiracy (2001), Colin continues to delight his fans and fellow cinema goers with his often subtle and emotive acting portrayal of complex and often damaged characters.
In 2010's A Single Man Colin took on one of his toughest roles to date, that of a grieving homosexual college professor, living out his final day on Earth with all the intensity that the knowledge of finiteness can bestow. This was to be a performance that bagged Firth a BAFTA for best actor and a nod for the Academy award.
With the approaching release of films Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Gambit, longtime Firthies and new devotees will be pleased to see Colin Firth gracing the big screen once more. We're sure this won't be the last we see of him either. While he did not claim his statuette in 2010 Firth did get to collect his Oscar a year later for what can be arguably called his finest role to date - as King George VI in this years runaway success - The King's Speech.
Already a national treasure we can't wait to see what the future holds for this gem of a man.
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Half-dressed Colin Firth filmed in front of hotel guests on Gambit set -
12 November 2012
-New caper movie Gambit's small budget left Colin Firth red-faced during filming, because he had to wander around half-dressed in front of real hotel guests.-Firth stars as an art curator who is out to seek revenge on his boss by selling him a fake Monet in the new c
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Firth appeals for bad guy role -
24 May 2011
-Colin Firth is urging movie bosses to cast him in a villainous role as he is bored of playing nice guys onscreen.-The actor has enjoyed a number of high-profile roles in recent years, with parts in Bridget Jones's Diary, Mamma Mia! and his Oscar-winning turn in The
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Firth to return to the stage with Scott Thomas -
28 March 2011
-Oscar winner Colin Firth is planning to leave screen glory behind to re-team with his The English Patient co-star Kristin Scott Thomas in London's West End.-
-The star picked up the coveted Best Actor prize at February's (11) Academy Awards for his role as stutterin
Colin Firth - what members say
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Stay away 31 August 2004
Colin Firth - filmography
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Gambit - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz star in this remake of the 1966 romantic comedy caper. Penned by the Coen brothers, the film follows London art curator Harry Deane (Firth) as he sets out to get revenge on his wealthy ex-employer Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman) for years of humiliation and contempt. ..read more »
 
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from 1,004 member
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Gambit
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz star in this remake of the 1966 romantic comedy caper. Penned by the Coen brothers, the film follows London art curator Harry Deane (Firth) as he sets out to get revenge on his wealthy ex-employer Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman) for years of humiliation and contempt. ..read more »
53%
from 2,146 members
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The King's Speech
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: Tom Hooper
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The King's Speech is the tale of Elizabeth II's father and his remarkable friendship with maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue. Fascinating, moving and often humourous it charts the personal relationship that developed between England's reluctant King George VI, plagued by a nervous stammer, and ..read more »
84%
from 62,201 members
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The King's Speech - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: Tom Hooper
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The King's Speech is the tale of Elizabeth II's father and his remarkable friendship with maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue. Fascinating, moving and often humourous it charts the personal relationship that developed between England's reluctant King George VI, plagued by a nervous stammer, and ..read more »
83%
from 18,982 members
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A Christmas Carol
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Fionnula Flanagan, Gary Oldman
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Robert Zemeckis's animated retelling of the popular children's classic, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, featuring the voice talent of Jim Carrey in the multiple roles of Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts which haunt him. Old miser Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, ..read more »
69%
from 9,849 members
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A Single Man
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode
Director: Tom Ford
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Set in Los Angeles in 1962, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning in his life after the death of his long-time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). We follow George through a single day, where a series of encounters, ..read more »
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from 35,288 members
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Dorian Gray - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Caroline Goodall
Director: Oliver Parker
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Ben Barnes takes the title role in this 2009 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel. When Dorian arrives in London he is introduced to a rakish, dissolute lifestyle by the larger-than-life character of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth). When one of Wotton's artist friends paints Dorian's portrait, ..read more »
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from 8,024 members
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Dorian Gray
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Caroline Goodall
Director: Oliver Parker
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Ben Barnes takes the title role in this 2009 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel. When Dorian arrives in London he is introduced to a rakish, dissolute lifestyle by the larger-than-life character of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth). When one of Wotton's artist friends paints Dorian's portrait, ..read more »
57%
from 35,242 members
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A Single Man - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode
Director: Tom Ford
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Set in Los Angeles in 1962, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning in his life after the death of his long-time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). We follow George through a single day, where a series of encounters, ..read more »
67%
from 6,669 members
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Then She Found Me
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth
Director: Helen Hunt
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Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, schoolteacher April Epner is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to ..read more »
54%
from 6,994 members
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Genova
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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A man (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
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from 5,487 members
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Mamma Mia! - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgard, Meryl Streep
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Feelgood blockbuster adaptation of the smash-hit stage musical, with Meryl Streep finding love the second time around on the Greek isles. After reading her mother Donna (Streep)'s diary, soon-to-be-wed Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) invites three of her mother's old flames, Bill (Stellan Skarsgard), Sam (..read more »
67%
from 4,863 members
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Easy Virtue
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas
Director: Stephan Elliott
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Set in the twilight of the roaring twenties and at the cusp of the next decade, EASY VIRTUE is the story of John Whittaker, a young Englishman who, after falling head-over-heels in love with glitzy American Larita, finds himself getting married rather promptly. Returning to the family home, Larita'..read more »
61%
from 11,893 members
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Mamma Mia!
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world.
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic ..read more »
68%
from 59,251 members
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The Accidental Husband
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director: Griffin Dunne
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Dr. Emma Lloyd (Thurman) is a popular New York radio DJ, whose practical love advice is listened to and loved by women everywhere! Off-air, her own love life is running smoothly with Emma planning her wedding to her dependable fiance Richard (Firth). That is until she makes the shocking discovery ..read more »
59%
from 41,884 members
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The Last Legion
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Doug Lefler
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As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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from 18,097 members
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Nanny McPhee - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Kirk Jones
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In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
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from 230 members
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Nanny McPhee
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton
Director: Kirk Jones
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In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
69%
from 51,587 members
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Where The Truth Lies
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Rachel Blanchard, Kevin Bacon, Alison Lohman
Director: Atom Egoyan
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Controversial thriller from acclaimed director Atom Egoyan, and starring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth. In 1950s America, Lanny Morris (Bacon) and Vince Collins (Firth) are a popular and successful entertainment double-act, when a scandalous murder mystery suddenly ends their careers and their ..read more »
55%
from 13,096 members
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Trauma
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Brenda Fricker, Naomie Harris, Mena Suvari
Director: Marc Evans
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Psychological thriller starring Colin Firth as Ben, a man who wakes from a coma to discover that his wife Elisa (Naomie Harris) has been killed in car accident. When he comes out of hospital a few weeks later, he tries to rebuild his life, reuniting with old friend Tommy (Tommy Flanagan) and ..read more »
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from 12,169 members
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Girl With A Pearl Earring
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Essie Davis, Judy Parfitt, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Peter Webber
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Peter Webber's screen adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel looks at the process behind creating one of the most famous portraits and told from the sitter's viewpoint - namely Jan Vermeer's The Girl With a Pearl Earring. Griet (Scarlett Johansson) is a young woman who sets off from her family home ..read more »
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from 45,130 members
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Love Actually
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Joanna Page, Lucia Moniz, a
Director: Richard Curtis
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Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
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from 83,924 members
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What a Girl Wants
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Anna Chancellor, Jonathan Pryce, Kelly Preston
Director: Dennie Gordon
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A coming-of-age comedy. Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes), a typical American teenager, comes to London to visit the father she has never met (Colin Firth). However, a clash of cultures is inevitable, particularly when her father is part of the English aristocracy. Undeterred, Daphne sets out to ..read more »
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from 10,278 members
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Hope Springs
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Oliver Platt, Minnie Driver
Director: Mark Herman
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When Colin Ware (Colin Firth) is dumped by his fiancee, Vera (Minnie Driver), and then discovers that she is about to marry another man, he becomes a desperate man. In a bid to heal his broken heart, he heads for America and ends up in Hope, a small New England town. There, the locals try to help ..read more »
51%
from 8,889 members
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Love Actually - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
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from 844 members
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The Importance Of Being Earnest - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Oliver Parker
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Third screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors (the first being the classic 1952 version with Michael Redgrave and the second being the US version made in 1992). Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) has discovered that he has a secret in common with his friend Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) -..read more »
67%
from 106 members
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Bridget Jones's Diary
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sally Phillips, Honor Blackman, Jim Broadbent
Director: Sharon Maguire
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Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She's the 1990s British everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a doomed affair with silver-tongued boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the background ..read more »
69%
from 48,255 members
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Conspiracy
(2001)
Starring: Brid Brennan, Barnaby Kay, Stanley Tucci
Director: Frank R. Pierson
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Based on the transcripts (and filmed in real-time) from the 1942 Wannsee Conference which, over the space of 2 hours, drew up the blueprint for the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. Instigated by Reinhard Heinrich (Kenneth Branagh), a group of high-ranking Nazi officials met to discuss the final ..read more »
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from 1,386 member
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Fourplay
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jack Dee, Irene Jacobs, Mike Binder
Director: Mike Binder
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This romantic comedy deals with the fleeting attractions between men and women. When American Ben arrives in London to become a writer on a well-known sitcom, he never dreamed that he would end up in a complex love quadrangle.
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from 3,335 members
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Relative Values
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: William Baldwin, Sophie Thompson, Gaye Brown
Director: Eric Styles
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England, the 1950s. When the eligible Nigel, Earl of Marshwood (Edward Atterton) announces his engagement to Hollywood actress Miranda Frayle (Jean Tripplehorn), it causes all manner of trouble. To start with, his mother Felicity (Julie Andrews) is upset that he is marrying outside the aristocracy; ..read more »
60%
from 1,132 member
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My Life So Far
(1999)
Starring: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Director: Hugh Hudson
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Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian (Rosemary Harris), her daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), her inventor husband (Colin Firth), their ten year old son (Robbie Norman), and his older sister (Kelly MacDonald). ..read more »
47%
from 32 members
Currently unavailable
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The Secret Laughter of Women
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Colin Firth, Nia Long, Caroline Goodall
Director: Peter Schwabach
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A beautiful young single mother, Nimi, feels the pressure from the expatriate Nigerian community in which she lives to get married. Coincidentally, her precocious young son has just met his hero, a cynical English comic book writer, and decides that he is the perfect match for his beloved mother. ..read more »
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from 260 members
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Shakespeare In Love
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rupert Everett, Imelda Staunton, Anthony Sher
Director: John Madden
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This Tom Stoppard penned period comedy won seven Oscars, including those for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) and Original Screenplay. In late 16th Century London, the theatre's most promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), is suffering from writer's ..read more »
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from 32,175 members
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A Thousand Acres
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Pat Hingle, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michelle Williams
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
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When retiring Iowa farmer Larry Cook announces that he wishes to split his land between his three daughters, the eldest - Ginny (Jessica Lange) and Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) reluctantly agree. However, Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) disagrees, and is disowned by Larry as a result. The decision ..read more »
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from 524 members
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Fever Pitch - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong
Director: David Evans
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Schoolteacher Paul (Colin Firth) has one true passion - his beloved Arsenal. However, when he begins a relationship with Sarah (Ruth Gemmel), he has to confront the fact that there may be more to life than football - a revelation that risks remaining unheeded as the Gunners make a charge towards ..read more »
64%
from 101 members
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Fever Pitch
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong
Director: David Evans
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Schoolteacher Paul (Colin Firth) has one true passion - his beloved Arsenal. However, when he begins a relationship with Sarah (Ruth Gemmel), he has to confront the fact that there may be more to life than football - a revelation that risks remaining unheeded as the Gunners make a charge towards ..read more »
61%
from 5,364 members
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Circle Of Friends
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Geraldine O'Rawe, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows
Director: Pat O'Connor
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Set in 1957, this romantic coming-of-age story follows three childhood friends from a small town in Ireland as they head to Dublin to attend Trinity College. Nan (Saffron Burrows), a year older than her friends and already in her second year at Trinity, is ambitious, romantic, and just a bit ..read more »
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from 3,834 members
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Pride And Prejudice - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(1995)
Starring: Anna Chancellor, David Bamber, Julia Sawalha
Director: Simon Langton
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Jane Austen's famous comedy of manners and romance is once more developed for the screen in the grand traditions of the BBC costume drama. Adapted by Andrew Davies after his success with the television adaptation of George Elliot's 'Middlemarch', the series was the BBC's flagship drama in the ..read more »
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from 503 members
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Pride And Prejudice
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Anna Chancellor, David Bamber, Julia Sawalha
Director: Simon Langton
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Jane Austen's famous comedy of manners and romance is once more developed for the screen in the grand traditions of the BBC costume drama. Adapted by Andrew Davies after his success with the television adaptation of George Elliot's 'Middlemarch', the series was the BBC's flagship drama in the ..read more »
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from 21,795 members
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Hour of the Pig
(1993)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Peasence
Director: Leslie Megahey
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In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a ..read more »
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from 65 members
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Wings of Fame
(1990)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth
Director: Otakar Votocek
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A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident. Next, they both find themselves in after-life, where souls of all famous people are gathered.
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from 5 members
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Valmont
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly
Director: Milos Forman
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Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover look for an easy prey in a a beautiful young woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman,..read more »
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from 1,025 member
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Apartment Zero
(1988)
Starring: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth
Director: Martin Donovan
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The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of movie stars. Although the theater owner obsequiously vies for the American's affections, he becomes aware ..read more »
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from 26 members
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Tumbledown
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Colin Firth
Director: Richard Broke, Richard Eyre
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Colin Firth stars in this BBC drama based on the experiences of the Royal Scots Guard Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, including his military training, the action he saw in the Falklands conflict and the aftermath of the terrible injuries he sustained.
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from 473 members
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A Month In the Country
(1987)
Starring: Patrick Malahide, Natasha Richardson, Mar
Director: Pat O'Connor
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A story of unrequited love and the making of a friendship. Two veterans of World War One (Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh) meet in a Yorkshire village. Colin Firth is working inside the local church painting a mural, but discovers a medieval fresco. Meanwhile, Kenneth Branagh is uncovering Saxon ..read more »
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Dutch Girls
(1987)
Starring: Bill Paterson, Colin Firth, Timothy Spall
Director: Giles Foster
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A British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills--gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
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Lost Empires
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: John Castle, Pamela Stephenson, Laurence Olivier
Director: Alan Grint
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TV mini-series, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, following the adventures of a young man introduced to the music hall circuit in the early 20th century. When Richard Herncastle (Colin Firth) is taken on as an assistant by his Uncle Nick (John Castle), a magician, he is thrown headfirst into ..read more »
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from 33 members
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Another Country
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Anna Massey
Director: Marek Kanievska
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He rebelled against his family. He outraged his friends. Finally he betrayed his country. Rupert Everett turns in an electric performance as Guy Burgess, a key figure in the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940's, who eventually defected to Russia in 1951.
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Colin Firth facts
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...mour as well as the drama and emotion that makes Austen's work so powerful.
Colin Firth has made Darcy his own, with his starchy, often emotionless performance, reflec...
