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Richard E. Grant
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Richard E. Grant - what members say
review by from Aberdeen, Scotland
Delightful, hearwarming story 20 May 2004
review by A customer from Guilford
Snooze 19 May 2007
review by from Essex
An after-the pub winner 11 March 2004
Richard E. Grant - filmography
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The Iron Lady - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Anthony Head, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
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Biopic starring Meryl Streep in an Oscar-winning performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher's life and political career are portrayed in flashback from the perspective of her later years as she struggles with Alzheimer's disease and grieves for her recently-deceased ..read more »
 
66%
from 185 members
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Adventures in Zambezia
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Leonard Nimoy, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum
Director: Wayne Thornley
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Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, this is the story of Kai - a naive, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
61%
from 221 members
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First Night
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Edyta Budnik
Director: Christopher Menaul
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Breezy romantic comedy on an operatic note. Richard E. Grant stars as Adam, a wealthy industrialist whose cultural aspirations include a long-held dream of playing Don Alfonso in Mozart's comic opera 'Cosi Fan Tutte'. In a bid to silence his critics and make his dream a reality, Adam invites a cast ..read more »
52%
from 398 members
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Foster
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Maurice Cole, Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd
Director: Jonathan Newman
Certificate: 
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Zooey and Alec are awaiting confirmation that they can foster a child. Then Eli, a seven year old boy, unexpectedly appears on their doorstep. There seems to be something magical about the little boy and he is quickly made a welcome member of the family. As Eli weaves his own special magic over the ..read more »
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from 3,620 members
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First Night - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Edyta Budnik
Director: Christopher Menaul
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Breezy romantic comedy on an operatic note. Richard E. Grant stars as Adam, a wealthy industrialist whose cultural aspirations include a long-held dream of playing Don Alfonso in Mozart's comic opera 'Cosi Fan Tutte'. In a bid to silence his critics and make his dream a reality, Adam invites a cast ..read more »
60%
from 5 members
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How to Stop Being a Loser
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Gemma Atkinson, Simon Phillips, Dominic Burns
Director: Dominic Burns
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British comedy in which a man who is hopeless with the opposite sex is taken under the wing of a serial womaniser. James (Simon Phillips) is so inept with women he barely even attempts to speak to them any more. However, when his friend, Ian (Richard E. Grant), commits suicide and leaves a message ..read more »
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from 176 members
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The Nutcracker
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Hunyadi Aron, Pepe Balderrama, Jonathan Coyne
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
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1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary lives in a home filled with lovely things and loneliness. Bothered by bratty brother Max and neglected by well intentioned, but distracted, parents, she yearns for companionship and adventure. On Christmas Eve, Mary's beloved Uncle Albert arrives with the gift of a ..read more »
55%
from 141 members
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Cuckoo
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ben Righton, Richard Brake, Adam F.
Director: Richard Bracewell
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British psychological thriller starring Laura Fraser and Richard E. Grant. Medical researcher Polly (Fraser) feels trapped on all sides by both her job, where she works with obsessive boss Professor Greengrass (Grant) and colleague Simone (Tamsin Greig), and her home life, where she is increasingly ..read more »
35%
from 223 members
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Cuckoo - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Laura Fraser, Richard E. Grant, Antonia Bernath
Director: Richard Bracewell
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In one of his darkest roles, Richard E. Grant plays an ageing professor obsessed with his star student, Polly (Fraser). Polly is trapped in a dead-end job working for intrusive Professor Julius Greengrass (Grant). Her relationship with boyfriend Chapman (Adam Fenton) is falling apart, and jealous ..read more »
33%
from 123 members
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Filth and Wisdom
(2008)
Starring: Ade, Gogol Bordello, Olegar Fedoro
Director: Madonna
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Andriy Krystiyan, or A K for short, has come to England from the Ukraine. A K is a philosopher (at least that's what he claims to be), a poet, and an authority on all aspects of life. At the same time, he is following his grand plan to become an international star. Global stardom is how A K ..read more »
56%
from 16 members
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Love Hurts
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman
Director: Barra Grant
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Comedy starring Richard E Grant as Ben Bingham: an old-fashioned, middle-aged man who is finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his vivacious wife Amanda (Carrie-Anne Moss). Unable to put up with his complacent attitude, Amanda walks out, leaving Ben to wallow in a gin-sodden hole of ..read more »
54%
from 1,245 member
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Color Me Kubrick
(2007)
Starring: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant
Director: Brian W. Cook
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John Malkovich delivers a charming performance as Alan Conway, a man who cons people into believing he's the famed director Stanley Kubrick. Despite lacking knowledge about the director's work, Conway manages to succeed as imposter for nearly the entire last decade of the actual man's life.
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from 20 members
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Penelope
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Nick Fros, Peter Dinklage
Director: Mark Palansky
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Penelope Wilhern, born to wealthy socialites, is afflicted by a secret family curse that can only be broken when she is loved by "one of her own kind." Hidden away in the family's majestic home, she is subjected to meeting a string of blue-bloods through her parent's futile attempt to marry her off ..read more »
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from 25,671 members
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Freezing
(2007)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Riley
Director: Simon Curtis
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Television comedy starring Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville and Richard E. Grant. Elisabeth (McGovern) is an American Oscar-nominated actress who was discovered by Robert Redford. She's acted in numerous successful films with stars like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Robert de Niro. That was then. Now ..read more »
65%
from 21 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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Heart-warming comedy-drama from director Richard E. Grant. In Swaziland in 1969, the British ex-pat community is thrown into turmoil by the impending arrival of Independence, signalling the end of their pampered decadent lifestyles. Meanwhile, Ralph Compton (Zac Fox/Nicholas Holt) is stuck in the ..read more »
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from 9,004 members
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Michael Gough, Emily Watson
Director: Mike Johnson
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Animated adventure from popular director Tim Burton. Set in a 19th century European village, the film follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (..read more »
69%
from 2,991 members
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The Making Of A Film Idol
(2005)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Simon Phillips
Director: Quentin Reynolds
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An entrepreneur wanted to start a casting website for wannabes. A first-time producer wanted to cast his "fully funded" British gangster film with wannabes. It was a match made in hell. The two men - neither of whom would seem out of place selling insurance or threatening shopkeepers - decided to ..read more »
15%
from 21 members
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Tooth
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Harry Enfield, Richard E. Grant
Director: Edouard Nammour
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Children's fantasy adventure about a rebellious tooth fairy, Tooth (Yasmin Paige). Bored of her repetitive job of collecting children's teeth and depositing coins under their pillows, she decides to stir up a bit of fun in Fairytopia - but her naughtiness gets her and her fellow fairy residents ..read more »
48%
from 3,102 members
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Monsieur N
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Elsa Zylberstein, Philippe Torreton, Roschdy Zem
Director: Antoine De Caunes
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After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoléon Bonaparte was exiled to the south Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he died a few years later. Or did he? Telling his story through a British lieutenant assigned to watch over Napoléon, film depicts the sordid antics of the inner circle of French Army ..read more »
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from 217 members
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Hound Of The Baskervilles
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: John Nettles, Richard E. Grant, Richard Roxburgh
Director: David Attwood
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Adaptation of the classic Sherlock Holmes thriller, first shown as part of the BBC Christmas line-up in 2002. Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) is called in when Sir Charles Baskerville seemingly falls prey to the family curse: a hell-hound which is said to haunt the moors of Devon. However, rather than ..read more »
62%
from 872 members
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Gosford Park
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emily Watson, Sophie Thompson
Director: Robert Altman
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It is November 1932. Gosford Park is the magnificent country estate to which Sir William McCordle and his wife, Lady Sylvia, gather relations and friends for a weekend shooting party. They have invited an eclectic group including a countess, a World War I hero, the British matinee idol Ivor Novello ..read more »
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from 16,916 members
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The Little Vampire
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Anna Popplewell, Alice Krige, Jim Carter
Director: Uli Edel
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It is not easy being a 9 year old in a new country. Tony has just moved with his parents, Dottie and Bob Thompson, from a big bustling city in America to a small village in a remote corner of Scotland. Every night, in his new home, Tony has nightmares about vampires, and he has no idea why. He ..read more »
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from 1,862 member
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Miracle Maker
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Anton Lesser, Rebecca Callard, Ian Holm
Director: Stanislav Sokolov, Derek W. Hayes
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This film uses a mix of 3D model and 2D animation to tell the story of Christ through the eyes of a child. In ancient Israel, young Tamar (voiced by Rebecca Callard) meets Jesus (Ralph Fiennes), a carpenter, whose ability to perform miracles and teachings on God draw a band of loyal followers ..read more »
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from 397 members
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A Christmas Carol
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Patrick Stewart
Director: David Jones
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Miserly money lender Ebeneezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) does not believe in the spirit of Christmas; he is bad-tempered and unpleasant to everyone he meets, including his loyal but badly underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant). Then one Christmas Eve Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his ..read more »
71%
from 1,215 member
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All For Love
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Miranda Richardson, Tim Dutton
Director: Harry Hook
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Period drama based on an unfinished short story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Set during the Napoleonic wars, the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Captain Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar who is captured and sent to a prison camp in Scotland, commanded by Major Chevening (Richard E. Grant). Both St. Ives and ..read more »
62%
from 143 members
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The Match
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Max Beesley, Ian Holm
Director: Mick Davis
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After five years away at university Rosemary Bailey (Laura Fraser) is returning home to the Scottish Highlands. This is good news for local lad Wullie Smith (Max Beesley), who has been besotted with her for many years. The bad news is that Wullie has bet that he can help his pub football team beat ..read more »
59%
from 304 members
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Spiceworld The Movie
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Richard Briers, Barry Humphries
Director: Bob Spiers
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The big screen debut for the late 1990s phenomenon 'The Spice Girls'. A comedy thriller with the odd documentary piece, it follows the girls as they build up to a live gig at the Royal Albert Hall. As well as rehearsing for the show, the band have to deal with car chases, aliens, paparazzi, hordes ..read more »
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from 1,102 member
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Keep The Aspidistra Flying
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: Robert Bierman
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Successful copywriter Gordon Cromstock (Richard E. Grant) shuns an offer of promotion and gives up his job to become a poet. His girlfriend, graphic artist Rosemary (Helena Bonham-Carter), cannot understand Cromstock's determination to embrace poverty, nor his obsession with the aspidistra as a ..read more »
61%
from 462 members
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The Serpent's Kiss
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Carmen Chaplin
Director: Philippe Rousselot
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England, 1699. Dutch landscape artist Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) is hired by Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) to design a garden in honour of his wife Juliana (Greta Scacchi). Chrome sets to work and before long finds himself the object of Juliana's passions, while himself taking a shine to ..read more »
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from 658 members
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Portrait Of A Lady
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan, Richard E. Grant
Director: Jane Campion
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Jane Campion directed this expressive adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James. Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a young American woman who, after the death of her parents, has been sent to England to visit relatives. While her family's tragedy has left her penniless, Isabel's beauty has ..read more »
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from 2,491 members
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Twelfth Night
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Imelda Staunton
Director: Trevor Nunn
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The classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity and gender confusion is brought to the screen once again in this British production, courtesy of screenwriter-director Trevor Nunn. Nunn has transferred the time period to the Victorian Era of the late 19th century. Two twins, Viola (Imogen ..read more »
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from 1,767 member
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Dennis Potter's Karaoke
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Hywel Bennett, Keeley Hawes, Saffron Burrows
Director: Renny Rye
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All 4 episodes of the TV drama mini-series, written by Dennis Potter shortly before his death. Daniel Feeld (Albert Finney) is writing a script for television about a young woman who works in a sordid karaoke bar. However, Feeld starts to notice similarities between the real world and the fictional ..read more »
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from 119 members
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Jack And Sarah
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Judi Dench, Imogen Stubbs, Samantha Mathis
Director: Tim Sullivan
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Jack (Richard E. Grant) is a man with a highly demanding job and a wife who is about to give birth. After a tragedy makes him a single parent his life is completely upended. He decides to employ Amy (Samantha Mathis), an inexperienced young waitress, as nanny to Sarah, the new baby. Although she is ..read more »
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from 7,153 members
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Pret A Porter
(1994)
Starring: Sally Kellerman, Sophia Loren, Jean
Director: Robert Altman
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This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual Pret-a-Porter fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and ..read more »
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from 1,628 member
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Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
(1993)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Crispin Letts
Director: Peter Capaldi
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A collection of four clever and unique short films. "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" is the Oscar-winning combination of Kafka and Capra, as the author of "The Metamorphosis" struggles with writers' block and learns the true meaning of Christmas. "Seven Gates" is the story of a pair of ..read more »
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from 16 members
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The Age of Innocence
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Alec McC, Winona Ryder, Michael Gough
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's scathing account of the tribal customs of the 19th century New York elite. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is betrothed to the demure May Welland (Winona Ryder), a sensible girl who befits his respectable social position. But when May's cousin, the ..read more »
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from 5,684 members
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Bill Campbell
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance ..read more »
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from 13,145 members
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The Player
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Steve J, Rene Auberjonois
Director: Robert Altman
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Movie executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is receiving death threats from an anonymous screenwriter. Deducing that the letters are coming from rejected hopeful David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), Griffin sets up an 'accidental' meeting with the writer and, during an argument, kills him. While the ..read more »
69%
from 6,118 members
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Hudson Hawk
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: James Coburn, Bruce Willis, Andie MacDowell
Director: Michael Lehmann
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Cat burglar Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis) is released from prison and immediately persuaded (by his parole officer amongst others) to steal a Leonardo da Vinci statuette from an auction house. He succeeds, but the newspapers report the theft a failure, and that the auction will go ahead as scheduled. ..read more »
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from 6,120 members
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Henry And June
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Maria De Medeiros, Kevin Spacey
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Writer and celebrated sexual adventurer Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) embarks on a passionate affair with controversial American author Henry James (Fred Ward) as he attempts to complete his first novel, 'Tropic of Cancer', in early thirties Paris. James' enigmatic wife June (Uma Thurman) forms the ..read more »
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from 1,980 member
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L.A. Story
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Iman, Victoria Tennant, Kevin Pollak
Director: Mick Jackson
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Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearted television weatherman who does wacky comedy in lieu of reports since, being in L.A., he has very little weather to report. He spends his time roller-..read more »
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from 2,470 members
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Killing Dad
(1989)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Richard E. Grant, Julie Walters
Director: Michael Austin
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Elliott (Richard E. Grant), is a life-long mummy's boy and aspiring Oedipus. When his mother receives a letter from his long-lost father begging for forgiveness, Elliott realises he must protect her and makes his way to Southend with plans of bumping off his no-good father, Monty (Denholm Elliott). ..read more »
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from 177 members
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Mountains Of The Moon
(1989)
Starring: Iain Glen, Patrick Bergin, Fiona Shaw
Director: Bob Rafelson
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Based on William Harrison's biographical novel this is the tale of one of the greatest adventures of the 19th Century, the search for the source of the Nile. John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen) and Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) lead two expeditions.The first ends in tragedy and both men are injured by ..read more »
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from 398 members
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Warlock
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant
Director: Steve Miner
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A sinister 17th century warlock summons satanic intervention to escape a death sentence and finds himself transported 300 years into the future. Arriving in modern-day Los Angeles his quest is to find the scattered remains of the 'Grand Grimoire', the devil's bible containing the true name of god ..read more »
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from 1,031 member
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Codename - Kyril - Complete
(1988)
Starring: Edward Woodward, Ian Charleson, Richard E. Grant
Director: Ian Sharp
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The complete series of the 1980s spy drama starring Edward Woodward, Ian Charleson, Joss Ackland and Richard E. Grant. The head of the KGB, Stanov (Peter Vaughan), sends his most trusted spy, Colonel Ivan Bucharensky (Ian Charleson), codenamed 'Kyril', to Britain, triggering a game of intrigue, ..read more »
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Withnail And I
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Richard Griffiths
Director: Bruce Robinson
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Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. It's the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann), subsist on a diet of booze, drugs and fags in their revolting Camden flat. In order to escape the depressing nexus of visits ..read more »
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from 32,241 members
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Richard E. Grant facts
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...Richard E. Grant is excellent as the man whose wife dies in childbirth, and is forced to look after his new daughter, eventually hiring a slightly useless American waitress as ...
