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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
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Richard Attenborough - filmography
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Puckoon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley
Director: Terence Ryan
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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
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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 »
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Tom And Vicky - The Tree House
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall
Director: Martin Pullen
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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'.
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Grey Owl
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Renee Asherson
Director: Richard Attenborough
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The true story of the enigmatic Archibald Belaney (Brosnan), an Englishman who moved to the Canadian wilds and reinvented himself as the Apache Indian "Grey Owl." Haunted by a mysterious past but inspired by the beauty of nature, Grey Owl rose to international fame during the 1930s as a pioneering ..read more »
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Elizabeth
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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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 »
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In Love And War
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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Miracle On 34th Street
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson, Robert Prosky
Director: Les Mayfield
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A single mother juggles her career as Director Of Events at Cole's Department Store and her home life with daughter, Susan. Their lives are changed dramatically when an elderly gentleman is hired as Santa for the festive period. This 1994 remake of the Christmas classic stars Sir Richard ..read more »
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Jurassic Park
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Bob Peck
Director: Steven Spielberg
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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 »
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Shadowlands
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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Chaplin
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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Cry Freedom
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Director: Richard Attenborough
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This is the retelling of the life of South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko as seen through the eyes of his friend, liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Supporting Actor--Denzel Washington.
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A Chorus Line
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Audrey Landers, Vicki Frederick
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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."
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Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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The acclaimed dramatisation of the life of Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, from his beginnings as a South African-educated lawyer through his historic, galvanizing struggle to free India from British Colonial rule. With a large, distinguished cast, headlined by Ben Kingsley in a nuanced performance, Sir ..read more »
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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The Human Factor
(1979)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, John Gielgud
Director: Otto Preminger
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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
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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.
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66%
from 423 members
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Rosebud
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Kim Cattrall
Director: Otto Preminger
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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.
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Brannigan
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
Director: Douglas Hickox
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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 »
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And Then There Were None
(1974)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Stephane Audran
Director: Peter Collinson
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Directed by Peter Collinson (UP THE JUNCTION, THE ITALIAN JOB) and based on one of Agatha Christie's famous novels, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE focuses on a group of people who are lured to a Persian hotel and murdered one by one...
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Due for release on 11th January 2010
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10 Rillington Place
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson
Director: Richard Fleischer
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London, 1944. John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) is digging in his backyard when he comes across a woman's leg. Without being bothered at all, he covers up the leg and continues to bury the woman he just strangled in his kitchen. Three years later, Timothy Evans (John Hurt), along with ..read more »
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The Last Grenade
(1970)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman
Director: Gordon Flemyng
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Gun for hire Maj. Harry Grigsby is ordered to head to Hong Kong to take out Kip Thompson, who has been causing border incidents with China. But Harry also has a score to settle with Kip, who betrayed Harry and his trrops in the Congo when he defected to the other side.
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Loot
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett
Director: Silvio Narizzano
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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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Oh What A Lovely War
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's directorial debut OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR is a riotous, thought-provoking satire on the follies of war, based on the stage musical of the same name. Set during World War I, the story revolves around the Smith family, whose five sons enlist in the army only to end up as cannon ..read more »
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The Sand Pebbles
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough
Director: Robert Wise
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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 »
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The Flight Of The Phoenix
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's 'The Flight Of The Phoenix', based on Elleston Trevor's novel, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel crashes, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara Desert. As the lethal heat and grating sand begin to take a toll on the group, the conscientious pilot, ..read more »
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Seance On A Wet Afternoon
(1964)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Kim Stanley, Nanette Newman
Director: Bryan Forbes
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A woman who masquerades as a medium, has her husband kidnap a girl so that she can help the police to 'find' her.
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The Great Escape
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner
Director: John Sturges
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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 »
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Trial And Error
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid
Director: James Hill
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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 »
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The League Of Gentlemen
(1960)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
Director: Basil Dearden
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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 »
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The Angry Silence
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Michael Craig, Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli
Director: Guy Green
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Journey Together
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson
Director: John Boulting
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Originally produced by the RAF Film Unit in 1943 as a public information film which tells the story of the arduous training of pilots, bombers and navigators during World War II. Starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson and Edward G. Robinson.
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Diana - Queen Of Hearts
on DVD
Starring: Richard Attenborough
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An insight into the personality of one of the world's most famous women. Featuring Princess Diana at work and at play.
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Hell Is Sold Out
on DVD
Starring: Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom, Richard Attenborough
Director: Michael Anderson
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The renowned French author Dominic Danges (Herbert Lom) returns from a prisoner of war camp with his old friend Pierre Bonnet (Richard Attenborough). Danges was missing, presumed dead, but when he turns up unannounced at his old house, he finds that not only has he unknowingly written a best-..read more »
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Shadowlands
to Watch Now
(1993)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke
Director: Richard Attenborough
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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 »
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Richard Attenborough facts
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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...
