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Shirley Henderson - filmography
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Wild Child - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Nick Frost
Director: Nicholas Moore
Certificate: 
NANCY DREW's Emma Roberts does a 180 from the well-behaved teen detective to become a WILD CHILD in this comedy. Poppy is a spoiled and selfish princess living in Los Angeles, but her parents have decided to end her reign by sending her to a prim and proper boarding school in England.
 
75%
from 27 members
Not available for rental
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Wild Child
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Emma Roberts, Natasha Richardson, Nick Frost
Director: Nicholas Moore
Certificate:
Wild Child tells the comic story of sixteen year old Poppy (Emma Roberts), a rebellious American teenager who, after numerous warnings by her father (Aidan Quinn), is sent to a strict all-girls boarding school in the U.K. in an attempt to straighten out her behaviour. Under the watchful eye of the ..read more »
68%
from 20,467 members
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Certificate: 
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment ..read more »
67%
from 14,701 members
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Wedding Belles
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Michelle Gomez, Shirley Henderson, Kathleen McDermott
Director: Philip John
Certificate: 
Lifelong friends Shaz, Rhona, and Kelly prepare to throw their mutual friends Amanda and Joshua the wedding of the year. But as the special day draws near, panic sets in and they find their lives turned upside down by the impending celebration. British comedy from the director of MURPHY’S LAW.
67%
from 705 members
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Frozen
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Shirley Henderson, Richard Armitage, Jayne Ashbourne
Director: Juliet McKoen
Certificate: 
Two years after the mysterious disappearance of her older sister, Kath (Shirley Henderson) is still haunted by the need to know what happened. Visiting the spot where Annie was last seen, Kath believes she has found a gateway to a place where her sister is. Has Kath really found access to her or ..read more »
51%
from 600 members
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A Cock and Bull Story
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
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Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with ..read more »
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from 24,493 members
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Yes
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill
Director: Sally Potter
Certificate:
YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and ..read more »
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from 2,240 members
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Dirty Filthy Love
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Shirley Henderson, Michael Sheen, Anastasia Griffith
Director: Adrian Shergold
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Mark Furness (Michael Sheen) is a thirtysomething architect whose marriage and career are threatened by his increasing obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome, which include repetitive and completely involuntary activities such as stair-counting, hand-washing, and swearing. When his ..read more »
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from 3,879 members
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AfterLife
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Kevin McKidd, Paula Sage
Director: Alison Peebles
Certificate:
On the verge of a breakthrough of his career, ambitious young journalist Kenny learns that his mother May (Lindsay Duncan) is dying of cancer. The discovery forces him to re-evaluate his life and responsibilities - particularly when he inherits the care of his younger sister Roberta (Paula Sage) ..read more »
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from 572 members
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Intermission
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Cillian Murphy
Director: John Crowley
Certificate:
In this comedy drama starring Cillian Murphy (28 DAYS LATER) and Colin Farrell (PHONE BOOTH) a series of coincidences and haphazard relationships unite a small group of people living in Dublin. The result is an alternately depressing and humorous sideways glance at the way that people make their ..read more »
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from 7,383 members
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American Cousins
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Shirley Henderson, Danny Nucci, Vinny Pastore
Director: Don Coutts
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Scottish-Italian cafe owner Roberto lives a simple, fish-frying, waitress wooing, stamp collecting existence. When his distant cousins Gino and Settimo visit from New Jersey it seems like a great opportunity to get to know more about the American side of the family. However, when a debt collector ..read more »
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from 1,400 member
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson
Director: Lone Scherfig
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are left with a second-hand bookshop. A shy and intense woman, Alice, enters their lives and they become inseparable. But Harbour carries a deep secret that threatens to surface...
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from 2,708 members
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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke
Director: Shane Meadows
Certificate:
After his girlfriend turns down a marriage proposal by her decent-but-dull boyfriend, a small-time crook drifts back into town to win back his old flame and pull off one final crime. Will she follow her head or her heart - and can her new beau handle the stiff competition? This smooth operator has ..read more »
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from 7,813 members
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24 Hour Party People
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Keith Allen, Jim Cartwright
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary Manchester music scene that flourished between the years of 1976 and 1992, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE recreates ..read more »
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from 14,619 members
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Bridget Jones's Diary - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Director: Sharon Maguire
Certificate:
In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
70%
from 823 members
Not currently released
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Villa Des Roses
(2001)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall, Shirley Henderson
Director: Frank Van Passel
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The Villa Des Roses is a Parisian boarding house run by an English couple, who has a colourful collection of guests. With the arrival of a maid called Louise there is a new lease of life in the guest house...
47%
from 165 members
Currently unavailable
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Bridget Jones's Diary
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Director: Sharon Maguire
Certificate:
In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
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from 47,417 members
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The Way We Live Now
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: David Suchet, Matthew MacFadyen, Paloma Baeza
Director: David Yates
Certificate:
The Way We Live Now is peopled with a range of characters that only Trollope could create - the towering figure of Augustus Melmotte (David Suchet), the Great Financier, a young aristocrat so dissolute he would sell his own mother to pay his gambling debts and whose simultaneous pursuit of two very ..read more »
72%
from 810 members
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The Claim
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In transporting Thomas Hardy's THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE to the American West, English director Michael Winterbottom has fashioned an audacious, epic anti-Western that is a haunting achievement. Set in 1849, the story concerns Mr. Dillon (Peter Mullan), the ruler of Kingdom Come, a snow-covered ..read more »
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from 900 members
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The Advocates - Series 2
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Isla Blair, Stella Gonet, Ewan Stewart
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming
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Set in Edinburgh, the series contrasts the high powered and respectable world of the lawyers and advocates of the Scottish legal profession, with the sleazy and deadly existence of the city's pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts. Starring Isla Blair (After Life, A Touch Of Frost), Stella Gonet (..read more »
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from 6 members
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The Advocates - Series 1
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Ewan Stewart, Stella Gonet, Isla Blair
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming
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Set in Edinburgh, the series contrasts the high powered and respectable world of the lawyers and advocates of the Scottish legal profession, with the sleazy and deadly existence of the city s pimps, prostitutes and drug addicts.
When a young prostitute is murdered by a deadly drug overdose, only ..read more »
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from 21 members
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Hamish Macbeth - Season 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Shirley Henderson
Director: Jonas Grimas
Certificate:
Acclaimed actor Robert Carlyle (TRAINSPOTTING) stars as police constable Hamish Macbeth in this TV crime drama series, which is set in a small Scottish town. Macbeth's relationship with the town forms the backbone of the plot; constantly bringing the various miscreants who dwell there to justice, ..read more »
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from 590 members
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Shirley Henderson facts
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Bridget's circle of friends includes her girlfriends Jude (Shirley Henderson) and Shazzer (Sally Phillips), and gay friend Tom (James Callis), all of whom B...
