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Lansbury slams Manchurian remake -
27 March 2009
-Angela Lansbury has slammed Denzel Washington's The Manchurian Candidate remake, insisting it was destined to flop.-
-Lansbury was Oscar-nominated for her role as the domineering mother of a brainwashed soldier in the John Frankenheimer film, and she admits she was shoc
Angela Lansbury - what members say
Angela Lansbury - filmography
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Nanny McPhee
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Kirk Jones
Certificate: 
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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69%
from 47,026 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 10
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Teri Austin, Barrie Ingham
Director: Vincent McEveety
Certificate: 
Includes the following episodes:
1. A Death In Hong Kong
2. For Whom The Ball Tolls
3. The Legacy Of Borbey House
4. The Phantom Killer
5. A Virtual Murder
6. Bloodlines
7. A Killing In Cork
8. Love And Hate In Cabot Cove
9. Murder At A Discount
10. Murder In White
11. Northern ..read more »
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57%
from 19 members
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Mrs 'Arris Goes To Paris
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Omar Sharif, Angela Lansbury
Director: Anthony Shaw
Certificate: 
A delightful tale of a housemaid who spends her days cleaning the homes of the well-to-do. Mrs. Harris or arris as pronounced in her native cockney (Angela Lansbury) epitomises her generation of honest, working-class Brits. She knows her place, though that never stops her from speaking her mind or ..read more »
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72%
from 96 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 9
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, George Dicenzo, Ron Masak
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw, Ron Masak
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Angela Lansbury returns in her Golden Globe-winning role of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. With more "Cabot Cove Syndrome" happening, more people are turning up dead wherever she ventures. Jessica is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody else knew were there.
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78%
from 28 members
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Beauty And The Beast
(1991)
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
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The timeless tale of Belle, the beautiful and intelligent girl kept prisoner in the castle of a mysterious beast who must somehow win her love if he is to regain his princely form. Features the voices of Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury and David Ogden Stiers. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including ..read more »
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79%
from 4,279 members
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The Shell Seekers
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Sam Wanamaker, Christopher Bowen
Director: Waris Hussein
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A mother of three reflects on each of her offspring and their self-made unhappiness as she recovers from a mild heart attack. Their true characters, however, don't really surface until the real value of a family painting comes to their attention. Based on Rosamunde Pilcher's first novel.
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59%
from 251 members
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The Company Of Wolves
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
If you go down to the woods today in The Company of Wolves, you're sure of a big surprise! Little Red Riding Hood and Werewolf legends abound in this film bathed in explicit sexual imagery. Enter a magical, mysterious world where little girls should beware of men whose eyebrows meet in the middle ..read more »
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61%
from 2,521 members
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Rage Of Angels - The Final Revenge
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Jaclyn Smith, Ken Howard, Michael Nouri
Director: Paul Wendkos
Certificate: 
The sequel to Sidney Sheldon's bestseller 'Rage Of Angels', which follows Jennifer, who now heads her own law firm. Returning to America she meets up with her ex-lover, and it seems their love may be re-kindled. But Moretti, never far from madness, is now crazed with jealousy, and very dangerous.
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49%
from 85 members
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The Last Unicorn
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
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Weary of being alone in the vast forest, unicorn Amalthea (Mia Farrow) begins to wonder if she's the last of her kind. Following a rumour, she joins forces with feeblish wizard Schmendrick (Alan Arkin) and wayward barmaid Molly (Tammy Grimes) to look for the mystical Red Bull, a creature known to ..read more »
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65%
from 966 members
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The Mirror Crack'd
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis
Director: Guy Hamilton
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The scene is set in the Coronation year of 1953 and the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. All is as it should be until Hollywood arrives in the form of an internationally famous film cast, leading to much local excitement and an epidemic of sudden death...
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62%
from 234 members
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The Lady Vanishes
(1979)
Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury
Director: Anthony Page
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A remake of Hitchcock's suspense classic about a woman who disappears while on a train trip between Germany and the Swiss border. When a British nanny attempts to organise a search for the missing woman, she finds the other passengers oddly reluctant to help.
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54%
from 616 members
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Death On The Nile
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Guillermin
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A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
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67%
from 989 members
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe
Director: Robert Stevenson
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In England during World War II, three young kids are forced to evacuate their home and move in with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). At first the youths are unhappy--until they discover that Eglantine is studying to become a witch. Eglantine teaches the children magic, using her new ..read more »
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70%
from 7,814 members
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The World Of Henry Orient
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury
Director: George Roy Hill
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Peter Sellers stars as Henry Orient, a New York concert pianist whose ego considerably outstrips his meagre talent. Yet this seems to not have blunted his charm for Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Merrie Spaeth (Marian Gilbert), a pair of barely adolescent girls who have become infatuated with him. ..read more »
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50%
from 104 members
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The Manchurian Candidate
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Frankenheimer
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THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is a complex paranoid political horror story about a brainwashed American platoon and a decorated soldier programmed to assassinate political enemies. The former platoon commander must piece together the clues to discover the killer's identity, his next target, and who is ..read more »
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66%
from 8,288 members
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Blue Hawaii
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Elvis Presley, Angela Lansbury, Roland Winters
Director: Norman Taurog
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In a return to musical comedy after several dramatic roles, Elvis Presley stars in this vehicle tailored to his singing talents. Chad Gates (Presley) returns home to Honolulu after a stint in the service. He shows little interest in working for his overbearing parents' pineapple plantation, much to ..read more »
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65%
from 986 members
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The Court Jester
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
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Damsels in distress, duelling swordsmen, jousting and clowning accompanied by singing and dancing. Danny Kaye stars as a court jester who becomes involved in a plot to overthrow the king. Music and lyrics by Sylvia Fine and Sammy Cahn.
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73%
from 654 members
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National Velvet
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere
Director: Clarence Brown
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NATIONAL VELVET is the poignant family story that made a young Elizabeth Taylor a star. Taylor excels as Velvet Brown, a 1920s working-class girl whose dreams of owning her own horse become a reality when she wins Pie, a wild and unruly horse, in a raffle. With the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney),..read more »
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70%
from 427 members
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Gaslight
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Director: George Cukor
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Director George Cukor draws magnificent performances from his stars in this powerfully guided study in obsession. GASLIGHT is a suspenseful, atmospheric mystery that perfectly captures the smoky, smoggy feel of Victorian London. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her role as a wealthy ..read more »
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71%
from 968 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 2
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury
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Emmy Award nominee Angela Lansbury is back on the case in all 22 episodes of the critically acclaimed series Murder, She Wrote Season Two. Rejoin Jessica Fletcher, everyone's favourite mystery writer, back in Cabot Cove, where she pens her whodunit books and keeps finding that her life is imitating ..read more »
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60%
from 330 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Leslie Nieslen
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Angela Lansbury stars in the role that earned her 12 consecutive Emmy nominations as everyone's favourite super-sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. Along with the quirky residents of Cabot Cove, Maine, Jessica is joined in her ..read more »
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66%
from 624 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 4
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, William Windom
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MURDER, SHE WROTE, which was wildly popular for its entire 12-year run, was one of the most successful mystery shows of all time. Angela Lansbury stars as Jessica Fletcher, a widowed mystery writer who stumbles across a murder in each episode, and cleverly deduces who the criminal is before anyone ..read more »
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75%
from 97 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, William Windom
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The complete third series of the television series that follows Jessica Fletcher, a widowed mystery writer who stumbles across a murder in each episode, and cleverly deduces who the criminal is before anyone else can.
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68%
from 178 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 8
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury
Director: David Moessinger, Anthony Pullen Shaw
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Angela Lansbury stars as everyone's favourite super-sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. This set features the complete eighth season of "Murder, She Wrote".
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77%
from 72 members
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Mrs. Santa Claus
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann
Director: Terry Hughes
Certificate: 
Near the turn of the century, Stanta Claus is busy getting ready for his annual toy delivery -- in fact, he's so busy he hasn't had much time for his wife, Mrs. Claus and his spouse has developed a case of cabin fever. Determined to get away and have some some fun on her own, Mrs. Claus hitches up ..read more »
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47%
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Angela Lansbury facts
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Stunning 16 August 2004
...e in a relatively mainstream American film. The novelty of watching Sinatra and Angela Lansbury kicking holes in the American establishment is difficult to overcome, and that'...
