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review by A customer from Hertfordshire
Some things don't change 5 June 2004
review by from Cheltenham
A fine period piece 25 November 2007
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Three hander 26 February 2004
Alan Bates - filmography
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Never Apologize
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Bates
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
Certificate: 
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The documentary of Malcolm McDowell's celebration of Lindsay Anderson, their times and their colleagues, is a unique hybrid of film, theater and literature.
Directed by Mike Kaplan, whose friendship with McDowell began on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and who produced Anderson's last ..read more »
 
59%
from 278 members
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Spartacus
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen
Director: Robert Dornhelm, Robert Dornhelm
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This television production stars Goran Visnjic (ER) as the titular gladiator in this television adaptation of the same 1951 Howard Fast novel that spawned Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film classic. While living out his life as a slave the deserts of Egypt, Spartacus is bought by a trainer of gladiators ..read more »
50%
from 3,405 members
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The Statement
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam
Director: Norman Jewison
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While a secret society of Catholic priests hide him in various French abbeys, a network of bitter Jewish assassins track him, and a determined judge attempts to use the law to pin a prison sentence on him. This highly wanted man is Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) who committed war crimes--not only ..read more »
53%
from 1,838 member
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Evelyn
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Set in Dublin in 1953, Desmond Doyle is struggling to find steady work and is faced with raising his three children alone after his wife walks out on him. The Irish Church steps in and places the children in separate Catholic orphanages. Desmond works hard to pay off his debts in order for his ..read more »
64%
from 4,770 members
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Bertie And Elizabeth
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates
Director: Giles Foster
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The fascinating story of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is recounted in this sumptuous television drama. It all begins in 1920, when the then-Duke of York Albert (James Wilby), known affectionately as Bertie, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic, 19-year-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lytton (..read more »
63%
from 296 members
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The Sum Of All Fears
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. Here, Ryan is dealing with a terrifying new problem: a nuclear weapon has fallen into the hands of ..read more »
63%
from 13,647 members
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Prince And The Pauper
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Alan Bates, Aidan Quinn, Jonathan Timmins
Director: Giles Foster
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This production beautifully adapts Mark Twain's 1881 novel to the screen. A magical story about two boys--one is a royal prince and the other is a poor, mistreated urchin--who switch social positions by merely exchanging clothes, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is both a fantastic adventure and a ..read more »
57%
from 300 members
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Gosford Park
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant
Director: Robert Altman
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In GOSFORD PARK, Robert Altman explores the English class system and master-servant relations via his preferred modus operandi of multiple characters and intertwining storylines, which he achieved so brilliantly in NASHVILLE. Featuring an all-star British ensemble cast, the film recalls both THE ..read more »
65%
from 16,401 members
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Arabian Nights
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: John Leguizamo, Rufus Sewell, Jason Scott Lee
Director: Steve Barron
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A cold-blooded Sultan (Scott) enacts a declaration to avenge his unfaithful wife by beheading the women of his empire. However, the beautiful and clever Scheherezade (Avital) is one woman with a plan to save the people of her beloved kingdom. She tantalizes the Sultan with courageous tales of ..read more »
63%
from 461 members
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Varsity Blues
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker
Director: Brian Robbins, Peter O'Brian
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Surprise hit high school football saga from MTV Pictures starring James ("Dawson") Van Der Beek as a star player and Jon Voight as his brutally gruff coach. While the coaches and everyone else believe they know what is right for the young star, he has other ideas.
65%
from 1,687 member
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Nicholas' Gift
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Alan Bates, Gene Wexler
Director: Robert Markowitz
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It's 1994, and Californian couple Reg and Maggie Green (Alan Bates and Jamie Lee Curtis) have taken their children Nicholas and Eleanor on vacation to Italy. A blissful time for the family turns tragic when, on a dark Sicilian road, Reg tries to flee a gang of carjackers. Gunfire ensues, hitting ..read more »
60%
from 140 members
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Oliver's Travels
(1995)
Starring: Alan Bates, Bill Paterson, Miles Anderson
Director: Giles Foster
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Oliver, a university lecturer with an obsession for anagrams and crosswords, has been a question-setter for "Mastermind". When made redundant by the new Vice-Chancellor of the New University (his former Polytechnic) in a general restructuring of the university, Oliver decides to use his new-found ..read more »
47%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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Silent Tongue
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates
Director: Sam Shepard
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Silent Tongue was the last River Phoenix film to be released - a year after his premature death - and has never been out before on UK DVD. Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, the film is a haunting Western about a plainsman who will do anything to help his son get over the ..read more »
44%
from 671 members
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Dr. M
(1990)
Starring: Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas
Director: Claude Chabrol
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Noted French director Claude Chabrol helmed this oddity, a remake of German director Fritz Lang's 1922 classic Dr. Mabuse. The film features an all-star international cast as it tells the futuristic horror story of a bizarre epidemic which has swept West Berlin leaving a grim trail of grisly ..read more »
60%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Mister Frost
(1990)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates
Director: Philippe Setbon
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Directed by Philip Sebton, Mister Frost chronicles the life of serial killer Mr. Frost (Jeff Goldblum), who, after stashing 125 tortured corpses in and around his property, is caught by a British detective (Alan Bates) and brought to a mental institution. Strange things begin to happen immediately ..read more »
80%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father ..read more »
65%
from 1,356 member
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We Think The World Of You
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Alan Bates
Director: Colin Gregg
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Franks lover Johnny gets sent to prison. Offering to help out, Frank begins to visit Johnny's mum and soon sees that his beautiful dog Evie is being neglected. Franks longing for Johnny mutates into love for the dog. He cares with increasing desperation. His war of nerves with Johnnys wife ..read more »
49%
from 13 members
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A Voyage Round My Father
(1983)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
66%
from 191 members
Currently unavailable
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The Return of the Soldier
(1982)
Starring: Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret
Director: Alan Bridges
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Captain Chris Baldry has suffered the injuries of many during the war, lost in a state of young love he struggles through the overpowering presence of all of the women in his life. Trapped in his past with his true love, his present wife, cousin and woman of his dreams all compete to bring him back ..read more »
35%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Quartet
(1981)
Starring: Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani
Director: James Ivory
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Director James Ivory brings the bohemian Paris neighbourhood of Montparnasse in the 1920s to life in this film based on the novel by Jean Rhys. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marya Zelli, a beautiful young wife who finds herself destitute after her art dealer husband is sent to prison for theft. A rich ..read more »
49%
from 450 members
Not currently released
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The Rose
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
Director: Mark Rydell
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In this authentic, entertaining, and tragic film, Bette Midler plays Rose, a talented but exhausted, alcoholic rock star whose entire life is controlled by her cutthroat manager, Rudge (Alan Bates). Taking a bleak look at the downside of the music industry, THE ROSE chronicles the precipitous fall ..read more »
62%
from 1,008 member
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The Shout
(1978)
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
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A macabre tale about a man who claims he has the power to kill using a horrifying 'death shout'. A composer and his wife agree to letting the man stay, since the husband wishes to hear the 'shout' for himself.
62%
from 350 members
Not available for rental
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Mayor Of Casterbridge
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass
Director: David Giles
Certificate: 
Alan Bates stars as the tormented Michael Henchard in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel 'The Mayor Of Casterbridge'. One day, in a destitute and drunken state, Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor at a county fair. Haunted by the memory of this betrayal, the itinerant ..read more »
65%
from 518 members
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Butley
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Georgina Hale
Director: Harold Pinter
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This adaptation of Simon Gray's BUTLEY was part of the American Film Theatre series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Alan Bates stars as Ben Butley, a bitter and repressed English literature professor ..read more »
57%
from 312 members
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In Celebration
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Brian Cox, Alan Bates, Bill Owen
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Made as part of the 'American Film Theatre' in which plays were filmed and then shown at the cinema. This is the story of an English family and their gathering together for the parents' wedding anniversary. Three grown sons argue while Mum wanders about aimlessly and Dad waits for the next crisis.
63%
from 168 members
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Royal Flash
(1975)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
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McDowell stars as Captain Harry Flashman, a cowardly rogue in 19th century Europe. His attempts at climbing the social ladder draw him into the devious plans of others and into the arms of a duchess (Bond beauty Britt Ekland). Things don't go as planned, and Flashman has to escape, traveling ..read more »
64%
from 78 members
Currently unavailable
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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles
Director: Peter Medak
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Alan Bates and Janet Suzman are Bri and Sheila, a teacher and his wife who have created a comic character for their mute, severely disabled daughter (the eponymous ‘Joe Egg’). The cracks in their marriage become apparent when uptight acquaintances (Peter Bowles and Sheila Gish) come to visit and ..read more »
62%
from 35 members
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The Go-Between
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Margaret Leighton, Alan Bates, Julie Christie
Director: Joseph Losey
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The third collaboration between director Joseph Losey and writer Harold Pinter, following The Servant and Accident, continues their exploration of class rituals and the darker recesses of desire. Pinter's script adapts the 1953 L.P. Hartley novel about Leo Colston, a middle-aged man (Michael ..read more »
68%
from 1,372 member
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The Three Sisters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright
Director: Laurence Olivier
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This adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The play focuses on a trio of sisters who live far away from the big city ..read more »
51%
from 89 members
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Three Sisters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright
Director: Laurence Olivier
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This adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS was part of the American Film Theatre series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The play focuses on a trio of sisters who live far away from the big city ..read more »
57%
from 182 members
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Women In Love
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed
Director: Ken Russell
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Women in Love is set in 1920s England, where free-spirited artist Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and her schoolteacher sister Ursula (Jennie Linden) make the acquaintance of lifelong friends Gerald (Oliver Reed) and Rupert (Alan Bates). The foursome attends a picnic in honour of a pair of newly-weds, who ..read more »
62%
from 2,072 members
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Far from the Madding Crowd
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Director: John Schlesinger
Certificate:
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In rural Victorian England, circa 1865, a headstrong young woman inherits her dead uncle's farm in Wessex. Soon after her arrival, three very different men begin to pursue her: a failed sheep farmer; a wealthy landowner; and the one she falls in love with, a reckless military sergeant whose ..read more »
71%
from 2,025 members
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Zorba The Greek
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
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Michael Cacoyannis's powerful film starring Anthony Quinn garnered seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with ..read more »
70%
from 1,044 member
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A Kind Of Loving
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird
Director: John Schlesinger
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Drama based on the novel by Stan Barstow which tells of a young draughtsman who is forced into marriage after making his girlfriend pregnant. Living with her dragon-like mother soon makes him realise that his marriage is just a fragile relationship based purely on sex.
73%
from 1,354 member
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Whistle Down The Wind
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Alan Bates, Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee
Director: Bryan Forbes
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Three motherless children believe that the murderer they found sheltering in a barn is really Christ. A thoughtful study of childhood innocence and simple faith. Based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell.
73%
from 1,317 member
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The Entertainer
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Joan Plowright
Director: Tony Richardson
Certificate:
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Laurence Olivier shocked audiences accustomed to seeing him in Shakespeare or period romances when he joined forces with the two defining figures of Britain's New Wave kitchen-sink realism, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne, by starring as third-rate seaside comedian Archie Rice ..read more »
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from 646 members
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