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Annette Bening - news / articles
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Moore emailed Bening for Kids role -
26 November 2010
-Julianne Moore was so determined to cast Annette Bening as her onscreen lover in The Kids Are All Right, she emailed the actress directly to personally offer her the role.-
-The actresses come together in the film about a lesbian couple and their kids' search for their
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Bening lands Santa Barbara Film Festival honour -
3 November 2010
-Annette Bening is to become one of the few women to receive the prestigious American Riviera Award at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California.-
-The actress, who is enjoying critical success with new movie The Kids Are All Right, will be pr
Annette Bening - what members say
review by Baz from
Ack Ack! Dont Run! We Are Your Friends! Ack Ack! 25 August 2011
review by A customer from gwaenysgor, rhyl, flintshire
excellent 24 September 2005
review by A customer from Canterbury
Brilliantly thought out, superbly played and totally gripping 25 October 2005
Annette Bening - filmography
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The Kids Are All Right - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Certificate: 
Nic and Jules (Bening and Moore) are married and share a cosy suburban Southern California home with their teenage children. As Joni prepares to leave for college, Laser wants Joni, now 18, to help him find their biological father. They make contact with "bio-dad" Paul (Mark Ruffalo), an easygoing ..read more »
 
70%
from 102 members
Not available for rental
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Mother and Child
(2009)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
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Mother And Child is a drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
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from 26 members
Due for release on 12th March 2012
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The Women - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes
Director: Diane English
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Packed with an all-star cast, Diane English's (MURPHY BROWN) contemporary version of THE WOMEN showcases the talents of Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Debra Messing. Like the 1939 original, the film deals with the relationships among a close-knit group of female ..read more »
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from 398 members
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The Women
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes
Director: Diane English
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The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
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from 23,757 members
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Running with Scissors
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes
Director: Ryan Murphy
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Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended ..read more »
54%
from 6,286 members
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Open Range
(2004)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening
Director: Kevin Costner
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Packed with epic action and breathtaking gunfights, Kevin Costner's Open Range is a powerful, gripping Western. Four cowboys, trying to escape their pasts, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range - free grazing outside of the law. When ruthless, evil rancher Denton Baxtor (..read more »
65%
from 15,934 members
Not currently released
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What Planet Are You From?
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Annette Bening, John Goodman, Garry Shandling
Director: Mike Nichols
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The comic story of an alien, H-1449-6 (Shandling - THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW), sent to Earth to impregnate a human woman as part of a fiendish plot to conquer the Universe. Assuming the identity of Harold Anderson, he attempts to blend into human society (Phoenix, AZ to be exact) and begin his search ..read more »
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from 256 members
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American Beauty - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
Certificate: 
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
81%
from 736 members
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In Dreams
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
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This darkly imaginative film from director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE) follows Claire, a psychic New England housewife (Annette Bening) who loses her grip on reality when her dreams connect with those of a psychotic child murderer (Robert Downey Jr.). Centered around a ..read more »
52%
from 985 members
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American Beauty
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
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AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
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from 72,064 members
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The Siege
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis
Director: Edward Zwick
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When the U.S. military abducts a Muslim leader, New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines. Denzel Washington stars as Anthony "Hub" Hubbard, the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of ..read more »
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from 12,425 members
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The Siege - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis
Director: Edward Zwick
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When the U.S. military abducts a Muslim leader, New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines. Denzel Washington stars as Anthony "Hub" Hubbard, the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of ..read more »
66%
from 548 members
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Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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Watch now: Unavailable
This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
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from 594 members
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Mars Attacks!
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
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from 11,912 members
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Richard III
(1995)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
Director: Richard Loncraine
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This updating of Shakespeare's classic history sets the tale in a stark version of 1930's Europe and features Sir Ian McKellen as the titular ruthless malcontent out to wrest control of the throne of England from any who would oppose him. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction ..read more »
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from 2,169 members
Not currently released
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The American President
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Director: Rob Reiner
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Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is a handsome, youthful widower raising a teenage daughter. He also just happens to be the president of the United States of America, and a very popular one at that. Unfortunately, he's also quite lonely, and the life of a president leaves little time for dating. ..read more »
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from 5,728 members
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Love Affair
(1994)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
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A remake of LOVE AFFAIR (1939) and AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957), this big-budget love story finds two people falling in love just when they have given up looking for it, tragically promising to meet each other atop the Empire State Building when they are free of their loveless relationships. ..read more »
57%
from 17 members
Currently unavailable
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Regarding Henry
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn
Director: Mike Nichols
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Henry Turner (Harrison Ford), a wealthy, high-powered, highly successful Manhattan lawyer, seems to have everything -- a perfect wife (Annette Bening), a perfect daughter, a perfect life. In fact, Henry is completely cold, rigid and unable to experience love or joy in his day-to- day existence. ..read more »
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from 2,682 members
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Bugsy
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
Director: Barry Levinson
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Directed by Barry Levinson, BUGSY tells the true story of legendary New York mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. Visiting Hollywood 'on business', the reckless and volatile Bugsy is drawn to Tinseltown and the glamour of the movies. Leaving his wife and kids in Scarsdale indefinitely, the womanizing ..read more »
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from 1,022 member
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The Grifters
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Annette Bening, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston
Director: Stephen Frears
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Director Stephen Frears' tense adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters was one of a number of revival film noirs in the first half of the '90s. Updating the setting to contemporary Los Angeles, the film follows a trio of con artists who are intent on out-foxing each other. Roy Dillon (John ..read more »
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from 2,301 members
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Guilty By Suspicion
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt
Director: Irwin Winkler
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Hollywood, 1950. When David Merrill (Robert De Niro), one of Hollywood's top directors, returns from a recuperative European hiatus, he finds himself in a tinsel town he no longer recognizes. His friends are ill at ease, good folks won't talk openly anymore and the House Un-American Activities ..read more »
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from 673 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 919 members
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The Great Outdoors
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Stephanie Faracy, John Candy
Director: Howard Deutch
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Chet is a father and husband who believes in spending quality time with his loved ones. When vacation roles around, he gathers his clan together and they head for the hills. But as soon as the crew gets comfortable in their cabin, Chet's annoyingly bad-mannered brother-in-law Roman shows up with ..read more »
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from 4,094 members
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Annette Bening facts
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...ress Secretary Jerry Ross (Lisa Marie does a great turn as a alien prostitute), Annette Bening as a dizzy hippy-chick saving her glass pyramid in her handbag as the Aliens wr...
