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  • Attenborough in mourning - 29 December 2004
    Lord Richard Attenborough is today mourning the loss of three family members in the tsunami disaster in south-east Asia.-The film director's 14-year-old granddaughter is confirmed as one of a number of British tourists to have died following the Boxing Day earthquake, while h

Richard Attenborough - what members say


  • A Matter Of Life And Death
  • A Matter Of Life And Death review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 5 stars Classic Cinema 20 February 2007
    ... BIG Film with a BIG Heart and a super theme. What other film has a dumbstruck Richard Attenborough, a anti-English Raymond Massey (not playing Lincoln, for once) and a DeHavillan...  
  • Jurassic Park
  • Jurassic Park review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5 stars superb......... 23 January 2007
    ...s to be one of the best adventure stories of all time. A billionaire played by Richard Attenborough decides to create a theme park based entirely around prehistoric dinosaurs. the...  
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • A Bridge Too Far review by LeoM from London
    Rated - 5 stars The Greatest Ever War Movie? 27 September 2005
    ...st war films ever made and possibly one of the greatest films across any genre. Richard Attenborough's breathtaking epic sits confortably amongst other masterpieces such as The Gre...  

Richard Attenborough - filmography


  • Puckoon on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Griff Rhys Jones,  Elliott Gould,  Daragh O'Malley
    Director: Terence Ryan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adapted from Spike Milligan's comic novel this story, in the vein of PASSPORT TO PIMLICO, where a small area of land is segregated from the rest of society. When an Irish Free State is set up in the 1920s when the Sligo border is drawn bisecting the Irish village of Puckoon right down the middle, ..read more »
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  • Tom And Vicky - Up, Up And Away on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Rik Mayall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tom and Vicky is the new puppet animation series of words, music and song for young children. It's about a brother and sister who every day come to play and share adventures in their Grandad's garden. This is the second video release and contains another 5 fun-packed adventures from the first CITV ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 16 members
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  • Tom And Vicky - The Tree House on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Rik Mayall
    Director: Martin Pullen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Puppet animation for young children . Features music by Bryan Daly who created the music for Postman Pat. Episodes include: 'The Tree House', 'Hide And Seek', 'Treasure Garden', 'Worm's Eye View' and 'Animal Hospital'.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 34% from 22 members
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  • Elizabeth on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Geoffrey Rush,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 15,412 members
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  • In Love And War on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sandra Bullock,  Chris O'Donnell,  Mackenzie Astin
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this period romance based on Agnes von Kurowsky's diary account of her brief liaison with a young Ernest Hemingway, the future novelist is injured while working for the Red Cross in Italy in WWI. Upon entering the hospital, the brash American falls in love with Agnes, his saintly nurse, and vows ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,639 member
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  • Jurassic Park on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Sam Neill,  Bob Peck
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Steven Spielberg directed this blockbuster thriller based on the popular book by Michael Crichton. Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor--an amusement park with DNA-cloned live ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 40,365 members
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  • Shadowlands on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Debra Winger,  Julian Fellowes
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). CS Lewis, a highly acclaimed writer (The Narnia Chronicles) lived a quiet and ordered life as a professor of English Literature at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,929 members
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  • Chaplin on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr,  Dan Aykroyd,  Geraldine Chaplin
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sir Richard Attenborough's CHAPLIN is a dramatised depiction of the highs and lows in the life of Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey, Jr. in a highly acclaimed performance), one of the true comic geniuses of the early silver screen. Presented as the memories of an elderly Chaplin, the narrative opens ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,596 members
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  • A Chorus Line on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Audrey Landers,  Vicki Frederick
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the popular Broadway show, CHORUS LINE is the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in the program. The film, starring Michael Douglas, includes such song hits as "What I Did for Love;" "Dance 10, Looks 3;" and "Surprise, Surprise."
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,517 member
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  • Gandhi on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Candice Bergen,  Edward Fox
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 16,369 members
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  • The Human Factor (1979)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Joop Doderer,  John Gielgud
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John ..read more »
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  • Magic on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Ann-Margret,  Burgess Meredith
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A troubled nightclub performer is intimidated by his all-too-human dummy. The almost demonic puppet has an increasingly profound effect on the lives of the individuals with whom it comes into contact.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 416 members
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  • Rosebud on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Richard Attenborough,  Kim Cattrall
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Legendary filmmaker Otto Preminger (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) directs this dramatic tale concerning a group of terrorists who kidnap five beautiful women from a yacht in Greece and hold them for ransom.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 45 members
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  • Brannigan on DVD (1975)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Richard Attenborough,  Judy Geeson
    Director: Douglas Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BRANNIGAN is an Irish Chicago cop (John Wayne) who goes to London in search of an American racketeer who fled the United States to avoid a grand jury. As the search develops, so does an interesting conflict between the Chicago detective and his Scotland Yard counterpart. This action-packed search ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 587 members
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  • Loot on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Lee Remick,  Richard Attenborough,  Hywel Bennett
    Director: Silvio Narizzano
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two men are planning to make a lot of money quickly and easily by committing a robbery. But the problem is hiding the money. As an undertaker burying the money seems to be a good idea but an inquisitive nurse and a dedicated Police Inspector seem to have other ideas.
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  • The Sand Pebbles on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Candice Bergen,  Richard Attenborough
    Director: Robert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the most exciting and heart-wrenching epics ever made, THE SAND PEBBLES is a masterpiece of storytelling, with exceptional performances by a stellar cast. The complex tale begins simply enough in 1926 China, where a group of American soldiers are patrolling the Yangtze River on a gunboat ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 784 members
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  • Seance On A Wet Afternoon (1964)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Kim Stanley,  Nanette Newman
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A woman who masquerades as a medium, has her husband kidnap a girl so that she can help the police to 'find' her.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 320 members
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  • The Great Escape on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Charles Bronson,  James Garner
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 22,628 members
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  • Trial And Error on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Richard Attenborough,  Beryl Reid
    Director: James Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough play multiple characters in this satirical comedy, based on John Mortimer's play. Fowle (Attenborough) has murdered his wife Doris because her constant laughing finally drove him to distraction. He is put on trial and defended by over-the-hill attorney ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 203 members
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  • The League Of Gentlemen (1960)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Nigel Patrick,  Richard Attenborough
    Director: Basil Dearden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This British crime story has a delightfully dangerous premise: An ex-army colonel angered at being let after 25 years of service to his country, decides to fight back and put together what could be considered a nice severance package for himself. Armed with information he learned on the job, he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,308 member
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  • The Angry Silence on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Michael Craig,  Richard Attenborough,  Pier Angeli
    Director: Guy Green
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Richard Attenborough stars in this powerful drama as a factory worker, who refuses to join and unofficial strike and is consequently faces the anger of his coworkers and the harsh glare of the press and political parties.
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  • I'm All Right Jack on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Ian Carmichael,  Peter Sellers,  Richard Attenborough
    Director: John Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Though it may be distinguished by its virtuosic comedic performances from Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK, John Boulting's sly satire of class struggle, is a comic gem in its own right. The film stars Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, a recent Oxford graduate and old money ..read more »
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  • Sea of Sand on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  John Gregson,  Michael Craig
    Director: Guy Green
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise that army intelligence must be informed or some Tommies are going to be in for a nasty ..read more »
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  • Dunkirk on DVD (1958)
    Starring: John Mills,  Richard Attenborough,  Robert Urquhart
    Director: Leslie Norman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1940 France. A British Corporal is forced to take responsibility for the lives of his men when their officer is killed in battle. The troops are boxed in and he has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are recruited into the British war effort with Operation Dynamo, the ..read more »
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  • Gift Horse on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Trevor Howard,  Richard Attenborough,  James Donald
    Director: Compton Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough star in this famous story of a Royal Navy destroyer and her officers and crew during the early years of the Second World War. H.M.S. Ballantrae is an ex-U.S. Navy destroyer - one of fifty lent by the Americans in 1940 to a desperate Royal Navy fighting to keep ..read more »
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  • Brighton Rock on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Carol Marsh,  Hermione Baddeley
    Director: John Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.
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Richard Attenborough - watch online


  • Shadowlands to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Debra Winger,  Edward Hardwicke
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 131 minutes
    Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). CS Lewis, a highly acclaimed writer (The Narnia Chronicles) lived a quiet and ordered life as a professor of English Literature at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 18 members
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  • Rosebud to Watch Now (1975)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Richard Attenborough,  Kim Cattrall
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 13 minutes
    Kay, in her late twenties, has just moved into a new flat. Her new neighbours are a stylish lesbian couple who are very much in love. Kay is fascinated by their easy physical intimacy, and images of women and female sensuality begin to take over her erotic fantasies.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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Richard Attenborough facts

5 most recent films

Closing The Ring - 3.0 stars
Puckoon - 2.5 stars
Jack And The Beanstalk - The Real Story - 3.0 stars
The Railway Children - 3.5 stars
Tom And Vicky - Up, Up And Away - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bridge Too Far, A - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Great Escape - 4.0 stars
Cry Freedom - 4.0 stars
Gandhi - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Last Grenade - 3 stars
The Human Factor - 1.5 stars
Tom And Vicky - The Tree House - 2.0 stars
And Then There Were None - 2.0 stars
Tom And Vicky - Up, Up And Away - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Mills - 10 times - show films
Anthony Hopkins - 9 times - show films
Dirk Bogarde - 8 times - show films
Hywel Bennett - 6 times - show films
Peter Sellers - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Boulting - 6 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 6 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 6 times - show films
Jay Lewis - 5 times - show films
Joseph Losey - 5 times - show films