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David Thewlis
David Thewlis was born on 20 March 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, the second child of Maureen (née Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler. He spent his teengage years playing guitar in severla rock and punk bands before enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
His first major film role was as the rambling street philosopher Johnny in Naked (1993; dir. Mike Leigh), in which he was critically accalimed and is considered by many of his fan to be his best roles. Since, he has starred in a variety of films, including Divorcing Jack, Seven Years in Tibet, Total Eclipse and The Island of Doctor Moreau. To the younger audience, he is best known as Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter film series.
As of January 2009, he lives with his partner of 7 years, Anna Friel and their daughter Gracie (born 9 July, 2005)
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Thewlis' personal insight into The Lady role -
4 January 2012
-Actor David Thewlis felt an emotional connection to his role in The Lady after meeting his character's twin brother and hearing tales about his life.-The Harry Potter star plays Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi's husband Michael Aris in the acclaimed dra
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Thewlis pleased with anti-Anonymous campaign -
29 October 2011
-Actor David Thewlis was pleased to see Shakespeare campaigners waging war against his new movie Anonymous, because he is convinced all the "fuss" will give the film a box office boost.-The controversial picture suggests William Shakespeare was not the true author of h
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Ifans wants Thewlis in every movie -
2 March 2010
-Welsh actor Rhys Ifans is considering adding a new clause to his movie contracts - each project must feature pal David Thewlis.-
-The two stars have recently shot three films together, including Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, and now Ifans wants Thewlis to be a p
David Thewlis - what members say
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The Dude Abides! 5 March 2004
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Seven Years in Tibet 27 January 2010
review by from Crystal Palace, London
Makes you wonder why you ever watch Hollywood 13 August 2004
David Thewlis - filmography
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The Lady - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, William Hope
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures ..read more »
 
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from 177 members
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The Lady
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, William Hope
Director: Luc Besson
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THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures ..read more »
74%
from 441 members
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Anonymous - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Director Roland Emmerich explores the mystery surrounding William Shakespeare in this period drama set in Elizabethan England, when tightly-guarded political secrets were often exposed on the stages of London's most prominent theatres. For centuries, historians have searched for clues as to who ..read more »
61%
from 769 members
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Anonymous
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower
Director: Roland Emmerich
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A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
61%
from 1,941 member
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Mr. Nice - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis
Director: Bernard Rose
Certificate: 
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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
At the height of his ..read more »
63%
from 3,858 members
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The Street - Series 3 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins
Director: David Blair
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From acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, Priest) The Street follows the lives and passions of neighbours in a North of England street.
This BAFTA, RTS and International Emmy award winning drama sees Timothy Spall reprise his role and will be joined by an all new cast featuring ..read more »
82%
from 179 members
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Mr. Nice
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis
Director: Bernard Rose
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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
At the height of his ..read more »
65%
from 13,753 members
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
Director: Mark Herman
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Based on the novel by John Boyne and set during World War 2, "The Boy In Striped Pyjamas" tells the story of Bruno, when his life is forever changed after he and his family move to a remote new home, and he strikes up a friendship with the only boy who appears to be around.
78%
from 75,286 members
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Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films
(2007)
Starring: Mark Benton, Mark Benton, David Thewlis
Director: Rodney Butcher, Misha Manson-Smith, Patrick Cade
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A collection of twelve British short films featuring a host of popular actors and actresses including David Tennant, Alison Steadman, Jenny Agutter, Celia Imrie, Mark Benton, David Thewlis and Simon Shepherd. Films include: 'At Dawning', 'D.I.Y. Hard', 'Dumping Elaine', 'Exposure', 'The Fishmonger'..read more »
55%
from 58 members
Not currently released
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The Omen
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow
Director: John Moore
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Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and ..read more »
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from 20,213 members
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The Omen - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow
Director: John Moore
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Liev Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn--a wealthy American official living in Rome--whose wife Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE) has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kate's knowledge, and ..read more »
56%
from 1,181 member
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Kingdom Of Heaven - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
70%
from 3,525 members
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Kingdom Of Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the ..read more »
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from 64,622 members
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Timeline
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Michael Sheen
Director: Richard Donner
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The archaeological excavation at La Roque Castle in Castelgard, France, appears to be like any other dig. At least it does until archaeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor) and assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler) discover a note from their boss Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly) ..read more »
53%
from 13,612 members
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Cheeky
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharpe, Ian Hart
Director: David Thewlis
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The simple lives of toyshop owner Harry Sankey and his son Sam are thrown upside down by the tragic death of their beloved wife and idolized mother, Nancy. Believing it to be his wife's last wish, Sankey takes part in the popular but bizarre TV show "Cheeky", where he accidentally meets another ..read more »
55%
from 95 members
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Dinotopia
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alice Krige, David Thewlis, Colin Salmon
Director: Marco Brambilla
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Combining live action with cutting-edge computer animation, this mega-sized miniseries tells the fantastical story of humans living in peace with dinosaurs. When two brothers get shipwrecked on an island called Dinotopia, they discover the pleasures and surprises of a land in which humans and ..read more »
65%
from 723 members
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Hamilton Mattress
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: William Hootkins, David Thewlis, Lindsay Duncan
Director: Barry Purves
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Sludger is that rarest of creatures, an interesting aardvark, who along with his best friend, a caterpillar called Feldwick, heads off to the bright lights of Beak City, the glamorous world of the birds. There he becomes a rock drummer and changes his name to Hamilton Mattress but not all the birds ..read more »
48%
from 101 members
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Goodbye Charlie Bright
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Paul Nicholls, Danny Dyer, Dani Behr
Director: Nick Love
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Two lifelong friends discover that growing up sometimes means growing apart in this gritty British drama. Charlie (Paul Nicholls) and Justin (Roland Manookian) are a pair of best friends who grew up together in a rough-and-tumble London neighborhood, close enough that some of Charlie's pals ..read more »
61%
from 3,792 members
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Gangster No. 1 - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany
Director: Paul McGuigan
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When a young gangster (Paul Bettany) starts working for gang leader Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), known as the Butcher of Mayfair, he dreams of being everything that Freddie is: smooth, sophisticated, impeccably dressed, always with the right women, and driving the fanciest cars. Freddie takes the ..read more »
65%
from 879 members
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Gangster No. 1
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsan
Director: Paul McGuigan
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When a young gangster (Paul Bettany) starts working for gang leader Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), known as the Butcher of Mayfair, he dreams of being everything that Freddie is: smooth, sophisticated, impeccably dressed, always with the right women, and driving the fanciest cars. Freddie takes the ..read more »
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from 3,447 members
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The Big Lebowski - HD
(1998)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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The Coen brothers have done it again. Mixing in Leninist philosophy, mistaken identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-..read more »
82%
from 882 members
Currently unavailable
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Divorcing Jack
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Jason Isaacs
Director: David Caffrey
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A comedy thriller which follows the antics of a cynical newspaper columnist who meets up with a young women whilst covering a country's first election. When he finds the women dead his own alibi is a nun... Set on a double sided disc. Simply turn the disc over to play side B, after watching side A.
62%
from 705 members
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Besieged
(1998)
Starring: Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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A young African woman takes lodgings with a reclusive English pianist in the heart of Rome. She is slowly drawn into his life within the elegant and dilapidated house and alive with the music of Bach, Mozart and Grieg.
64%
from 95 members
Currently unavailable
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American Perfekt
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Robert Forster, David Thewlis
Director: Paul Chart
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The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions...A violent, darkly humourous road movie. Based on a mere coin toss, Jake (Robert Forster), a psychiatrist on the road to Utah, decides to kill someone.
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from 152 members
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The Big Lebowski
(1997)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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When unemployed Dude is attacked in his apartment by two thugs who mistakenly think he is millionaire Jeff Lebowski, he decides to pay a visit to his namesake in the hope of receiving compensation.
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from 50,228 members
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Seven Years in Tibet
(1997)
Starring: Mako, Victor Wong, Duncan Fraser
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head ..read more »
69%
from 5,054 members
Not currently released
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Dragonheart - HD
(1996)
Starring: Julie Christie, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs
Director: Rob Cohen
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Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
62%
from 195 members
Not currently released
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Dragonheart
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Julie Christie, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs
Director: Rob Cohen
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A boy and his dragon unite to fight evil in this fantasy. Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of The Old Code in Medieval times, is summoned by Aislinn the Queen (Julie Christie) to the bedside of her son, Einon, who is also Bowen's student. Einon has been wounded and is near death; with his heart about ..read more »
62%
from 8,776 members
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Dragonheart - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Rob Cohen
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Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
76%
from 3 members
Not available for rental
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The Island Of Dr Moreau
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Marlon Brando
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Marlon Brando stars as the eponymous scientist in the third adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a number of experiments in his remote island kindom, producing a race of genetic mutants both man and beast in his quest to produce a ..read more »
43%
from 1,495 member
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James And The Giant Peach
(1996)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Joanna Lumley
Director: Henry Selick
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James, a lonely orphan, is sent to live with his wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker and Sponge. Unwanted and forced to perform their menial chores, the boy dreams about going to New York City--a place, his father once told him, where dreams come true. Then James meets a mysterious old man who gives him ..read more »
63%
from 5,054 members
Not currently released
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Total Eclipse
(1995)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
Director: Agnieszka Holland
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Director Agnieszka Holland (OLIVIER OLIVIER, WASHINGTON SQUARE) presents this probing period piece that examines the nihilistic relationship between bad-boy French poet Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and writer Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis). After Rimbaud sends Verlaine a series of poems, ..read more »
58%
from 383 members
Not available for rental
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Dandelion Dead
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Sarah Miles, Sarah Miles
Director: Mike Hodges
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"Dandelion Dead" is the a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Armstrong, a solicitor equally proud of his work in the justice system as he was of his beloved garden. Life seemed good for Herbert, a respected solicitor with a country estate, the love of his three children and a devout ..read more »
69%
from 232 members
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Black Beauty
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sean Bean, Andrew Knott, David Thewlis
Director: Caroline Thompson
Certificate:
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This fifth feature adaptation of Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel comes to life, told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself -- who narrates the film. Set in England, Black Beauty (who has a British accent) tells us the details surrounding his birth, his "colt-hood", and his perception of ..read more »
55%
from 1,893 member
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Prime Suspect - S03 E01
(1993)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Peter Capaldi
Director: David Drury
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Transferred to a new station with the new job of cleaning up the streets of Soho, DCI Jane Tennison and her new team become involved in the seedy underworld of vice involving rent boys and transvestites, pornography and sickening abuse.
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Naked
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
Director: Mike Leigh
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David Thewlis is Johnny the ultimate anti-hero of the nineties - cold, cynical and immoral, yet at times both caring and passionate. His complex existence is sketched with the hand of a master, as violence and gentleness, comedy and tragedy go hand in hand through a landscape inhabited by the sort ..read more »
66%
from 5,583 members
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Prime Suspect 3
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Peter Capaldi
Director: David Drury
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PRIME SUSPECT 3 takes detective Superintendent Jane Tennison to the Soho Vice Squad, where she is involved in cleaning up the neighborhood known for male and female prostitutes. A young boy-for-hire dies in a fire at the home of transsexual cabaret artiste Vera (Peter Capaldi) and Jane again must ..read more »
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from 2,186 members
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Prime Suspect - S03 E04
(1993)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Peter Capaldi
Director: David Drury
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All evidence is pointing to a cover up for something more sinister and Janes suspicions are mounting that someone in the department is involved. Will Jane capture them before more teenagers are abused?
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Life Is Sweet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »
66%
from 8,806 members
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Life Is Sweet - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »
72%
from 19 members
Due for release on 28th May 2012
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Vroom
(1990)
Starring: Clive Owen, Diana Quick, David Thewlis
Director: Beeban Kidron
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Two pals, and the older woman who moves in next door, set out from their small-town background to discover their dreams.
35%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Resurrected
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, David Thewlis
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Kevin Deakin went missing at the height of the Falklands War and was reported as missing, presumed dead. Forty-nine days later Kevin returns apparantly suffering from amnesia. Already commemorated as a war hero he becomes an embarrassment to the country who honoured him....did he desert or did he ..read more »
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David Thewlis facts
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...Jesus. And as if that wasnt enough you have top class turns by, among others, David Thewlis, Julianne Moore, Sam Elliott, Philip Seymour Hoffman and David Huddleston.
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