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Miranda Richardson
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Miranda Richardson - what members say
review by A customer from OSSETT, England
Merlin Magic 31 January 2005
review by from Warwickshire
Jordan's masterpiece 31 March 2005
review by A customer from London
Excellent acting, shame about Spielberg's sentimentality 25 October 2008
Miranda Richardson - filmography
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Turtle - The Incredible Journey
(2011)
Starring: Miranda Richardson
Director: Nick Stringer
Certificate: 
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world.
Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire ..read more »
 
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Made in Dagenham - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Nigel Cole
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As produced by heavyweight Stephen Woolley (THE CRYING GAME) and headlined by Sally Hawkins (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) and Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY), this docudrama brings to life a pivotal event from British history. In 1968, women's rights took a broad leap forward when workers at the Ford ..read more »
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from 97 members
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Made in Dagenham
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Nigel Cole
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As produced by heavyweight Stephen Woolley (THE CRYING GAME) and headlined by Sally Hawkins (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) and Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY), this docudrama brings to life a pivotal event from British history. In 1968, women's rights took a broad leap forward when workers at the Ford ..read more »
76%
from 24,602 members
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The Young Victoria
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
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From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.
75%
from 36,549 members
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Puffball
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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A young ambitious architect buys a ruined cottage to transform. But, the building, in an isolated Irish valley, has a history. And, when she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant the neighboring farmers turn against her and her unborn child and try to change the course of nature. A drama with ..read more »
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from 1,248 member
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Fred Claus
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, John Michael Higgins
Director: David Dobkin
Certificate:
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When wayward sibling Fred Claus (Vaughn) is bailed out of jail by his saintly brother Nick (Giamatti), he agrees to work at the North Pole for the pre-Christmas rush. But with efficiency expert Clyde (Spacey) plotting to shut down Santa Claus for good, now is a bad time for Fred's brand of chaos...
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from 9,386 members
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Spinning Into Butter
(2007)
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Miranda Richardson, Beau Bridges
Director: Mark Brokaw
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A vicious hate crime at an elite New England college thrusts the new dean of students into the investigation. When charged with maintaining order on campus, she is forced to examine her own feelings about race. Based on the critically acclaimed play, "Spinning into Butter" is a compelling movie ..read more »
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from 5 members
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Fred Claus - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Michael Higgins, Kevin Spacey, Trevor Peacock
Director: David Dobkin
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Sibling rivalry takes on a new dimension in director David Dobkin's (WEDDING CRASHERS, CLAY PIGEONS) third collaboration with actor Vince Vaughn, FRED CLAUS. Ever since his younger brother, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), was born, it seems that nothing Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) does is good enough. ..read more »
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from 1,180 member
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Southland Tales
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore, Bai Ling
Director: Richard Kelly
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Director Richard Kelly follows up cult favourite DONNIE DARKO with this sprawling epic about a futuristic version of Los Angeles that harnesses the power of the ocean to produce energy. The eclectic cast includes Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin ..read more »
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from 10,261 members
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Merlin's Apprentice
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Sam Neill, John Reardon, Miranda Richardson
Director: David Wu
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The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a Kingdom now vulnerable to ill-fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly magic, the fight against unknown dangers begins - ..read more »
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from 402 members
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Provoked
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews
Director: Jag Mundhra
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Unable to bear the brutality and repeated rapes by her alcoholic husband, a battered Punjabi housewife and mother of two in London, sets him on fire and kills him. Charged with first-degree murder, she is sentenced to life imprisonment, where she befriends her cellmate, a wealthy white woman, from ..read more »
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from 3,049 members
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Wah-Wah
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters
Director: Richard E. Grant
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A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in ..read more »
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from 8,722 members
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Southland Tales - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore, Bai Ling
Director: Richard Kelly
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Director Richard Kelly's follow-up to 2001's popular DONNIE DARKO is a sprawling dystopian satire featuring an all-star cast and a storyline that splinters off into strange and unexpected places. The film begins with a nuclear explosion in Texas, which sparks a full-scale war between the U.S., the ..read more »
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from 11 members
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Michael G, Clemence Po, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Mike Newell
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This year, Hogwarts is hosting the Tri Wizard festival, and there may be a plot afoot to off Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) during the proceedings. Hermione (Emma Watson) finds a man worthy of her in competing Russian Quidditch champion Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ivaneski), to the chagrin of Ron Weaselly (..read more »
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from 77,816 members
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The Prince and Me
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, James Fox
Director: Martha Coolidge
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Paige (Julia Stiles) has her future all mapped out. An ambitious pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin, she's vowed nothing will deter her from becoming a doctor. Until she meets Edvard (Luke Mably), the dashing playboy Crown Prince of Denmark who's trying to escape a life he never chose. ..read more »
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from 14,072 members
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The Phantom Of The Opera
(2004)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Those who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of Halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again. In Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, these moody set devices--and countless others--make every ..read more »
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from 73 members
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The Phantom Of The Opera
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Those who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of Halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again. In Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, these moody set devices--and countless others--make every ..read more »
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from 29,664 members
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The Actors
(2003)
Starring: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Lena Headey
Director: Conor McPherson
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In this hysterical comedy of errors Michael Caine plays O'Malley, adown-on-his-luck actor, who becomes convinced he can scam the local criminals using his acting skills. He recruits Tom (played by Dylan Moran) to help him in his scheme. Inevitably both end up way over their heads in trouble!
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from 2,257 members
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Spider
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Patrick McGrath, Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson
Director: David Cronenberg
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Based on the novel by Patrick McGrath, David Cronenberg's psychological drama follows Dennis "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes), a mentally disturbed man who has just been released from an asylum. Upon taking up residence in a seedy London apartment building, the already introverted Spider begins to ..read more »
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from 4,149 members
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Snow White
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Tom Irwin, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: Caroline Thompson
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An all-star cast reenacts the classic fairy tale of SNOW WHITE in this 2001 production. Starring the award-winning actress Miranda Richardson (SLEEPY HOLLOW) as the evil witch, and Kristin Kreuk (SMALLVILLE) as the lovely and kind Snow White. Queen Elspeth's ultimate desire is to be the 'fairest in ..read more »
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from 399 members
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Get Carter
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook
Director: Stephen Kay
Certificate:
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Jack Carter's brother is dead. And Jack (Sylvester Stallone) wants to know why. A Las Vegas mob enforcer, he carefully packs his guns and sets off for Seattle by train. At the funeral, he discovers his brother was full of alcohol when he died in a car accident. But according to his niece, Doreen (..read more »
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from 1,861 member
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Chicken Run
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, John Sharian
Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Certificate: 
Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm, a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger (Julia Sawahla, BBC-TV's ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS) plan to escape their prisonlike coop. The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) decides to ..read more »
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from 12,101 members
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The Big Brass Ring
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ron Livingston, Jefferson Mays, William Hurt
Director: George Hickenlooper
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A labyrinthine story of political ambition and intrigue based upon an unfinished screenplay by Orson Welles. Blake Pellarin is running for Governor of Missouri, but his real goal is to become president. When a dark shadow from his past threatens to expose a guarded family secret, Blake plots to ..read more »
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from 115 members
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Sleepy Hollow
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always ..read more »
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from 28,318 members
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All For Love
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton
Director: Harry Hook
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Starring Miranda Richardson (Blackadder), Anna Friel (Our Mutual Friend), Richard E Grant (Bright Young Things), Tim Dutton (The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries). Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stephenson, St. Ives. Filmed on location in Ireland and Germany. Originally broadcast on BBC One in 1999 ..read more »
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from 123 members
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
Director: Nick Willing
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A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and Gene Wilder.
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from 682 members
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Sleepy Hollow - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always ..read more »
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from 1,534 member
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Merlin
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham-Carter, John Gielgud
Director: Steve Barron
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This ambitious, all-star miniseries treatment of the Round Table legends is narrated from the perspective of the sorcerer Merlin (Sam Neill), who must choose between loyalty to the court and his love for beautiful Nimue (Isabella Rossellini). Solid acting and spectacular special effects combine to ..read more »
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from 2,170 members
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A Dance To The Music Of Time
(2 discs)
(1997)
Starring: John Gielgud, Edward Fox, Alan Bennett
Director: Christopher Morahan
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This two-disc set contains the complete television mini-series based on the novel by Anthony Powell, and features an impressive array of established British actors and actresses. The series follows the ups and downs of a multitude of characters over the traumatic course of the twentieth century, ..read more »
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from 572 members
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The Evening Star
(1996)
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis
Director: Robert Harling
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The indomitable Aurora Greenway's struggles with her family and her love life continue in this long-awaited sequel to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. In her own inimitable style, she continues to struggle with her family, neigbors, and her decidedly unconventional love life.
52%
from 21 members
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Damage
(1992)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson
Director: Louis Malle
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Adapted from Josephine Hart's spare novel by British screenwriter David Hare and French director Louis Malle, this brooding erotic drama concerns the obsessive sexual relationship between an English politician and his son's lover. Stephen Flemming (Jeremy Irons), an up-and-coming member of ..read more »
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from 1,988 member
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The Crying Game
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
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In this successful psychological thriller, a reluctant agent of the Irish Republican Army discovers that some people just aren't who you expect them to be. Fergus (Stephen Rea) is an IRA volunteer who, despite personal misgivings, takes part in the kidnapping of a black British soldier, Jody (..read more »
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from 12,965 members
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The Crying Game - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
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This highly original film put screenwriter/director Neil Jordan on the international map. The story begins at a carnival in Ireland with British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) kidnapped by IRA terrorists Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is assigned to guard Jody, and they ..read more »
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from 33 members
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Enchanted April
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Joan Plowright
Director: Mike Newell
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From director Mike Newell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) comes this charming tale of four women who find Romance, hope and, ultimately, liberation during a month's holiday in an Italian villa overlooking the sea. Academy Award Nominations: three, including Best (..read more »
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from 1,996 member
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The Mad Monkey
(1989)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, Anémone
Director: Fernando Trueba
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Dan Gillis, an American screenwriter living in Paris, recently abandoned by his wife, and getting used to his new life as a bachelor while trying to take care of his son, Danny - is commissioned to write a script. The offer comes from Legrand, a successful producer with whom he has worked in the ..read more »
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from 2 members
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Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage
(1989)
Starring: Jack Shepherd, Zoë Wanamaker, Miranda Richardson
Director: Jack Gold
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Joe and Sarah Marriot is a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide great comedy and plenty of people watching for the "perfect" Marriots. Of course, you'd expect hilarity from ..read more »
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from 1 member
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Richard Boden
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A special festive edition of the comedy classic that see's the Victorian Blackadder, and his not so trusty sidekick Baldrick, visit his Elizabethan and Regency ancestors as well as his future relatives in a clever spoof of the Charles Dickens' novel.
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from 12,834 members
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Blackadder - Series 3
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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This third series presents more dim-witted antics from the annals of the Blackadder family. Previously aristocratic, Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) now finds himself in the midst of the Industrial Revolution as a butler and gentlemen's gentleman to the pea-brained Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie).
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from 24,932 members
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Empire of the Sun
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's 'Empire Of The Sun', based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World War II. Temporarily orphaned, Jim attaches himself ..read more »
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from 9,393 members
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Empire of the Sun - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's 'Empire Of The Sun', based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World War II. Temporarily orphaned, Jim attaches himself ..read more »
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from 50 members
Due for release on 2nd July 2012
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Blackadder - Series 2
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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The degradation of the grand and proud tradition that is the British monarchy continues as the loathsome Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) snivels his way through the 16th century into the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
All 6 Episodes of Series 2:
1. Bells
2. Head
3. Potato
4. Money
5. Beer
6. ..read more »
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Blackadder - S02 E06 - Chains
(1986)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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When Blackadder and Melchett are kidnapped by the evil Prince Ludwig, the Queen is given an impossible choice. She can only pay the ransom on one of them, but which one? She decides to spend the money on a big party instead. The boys eventually manage to buy their freedom by giving Ludwig some ..read more »
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Blackadder - S02 E04 - Money
(1986)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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Blackadder owes £1000 to the Bank of the Black Monks of St. Herod. If he doesn't repay it by evensong, the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells will brutally murder him with the aid of a poker. The boys try various money-making schemes, but sadly all their efforts are in vain. Then at the eleventh ..read more »
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Dance With A Stranger
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm
Director: Mike Newell
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The moving true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Great Britain. The last man executed in that country was later found to be innocent, a regrettable (to say the least) incident which led to the abandonment of the practice.
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...ngland to be about (without the full gore)all the family enjoyed it immensley - Miranda Richardson has never played a part quite so evil and the full cast were very convincing. ...
