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Gosling, Close and Fassbender triumph at IFTAs -
12 February 2012
-Ryan Gosling, Glenn Close and Michael Fassbender were among the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) in Dublin on Saturday night (11Feb12).-The Ides of March star saw off competition Don Cheadle, Leonardo DiCaprio and Gary Oldman to take home t
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Close modelled Albert Nobbs look on an Albanian sworn virgin -
25 January 2012
-Hollywood veteran Glenn Close turned to the Albanian culture of "sworn virgins" to perfect her look as a man for new film Albert Nobbs.-The actress underwent a drastic movie makeover to portray the title character - a woman who disguises herself as a male to work as
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Star-struck McCarthy hopes to impress Close at Oscars -
24 January 2012
-Melissa Mccarthy is hoping to run into Glenn Close at the Oscars next month (Feb12) so she can make up for embarrassing herself in front of her idol at the Golden Globes.-McCarthy received her first Oscar nomination on Tuesday (24Jan12) - for Bridesmaids - and she w
Glenn Close - what members say
review by from London
A wonderful and passionate costume drama 17 October 2004
review by from Cambridgeshire
I wish I had been there! 7 June 2005
review by from London
A pleasant interlude 27 October 2005
Glenn Close - filmography
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Damages - Series 5 - Complete
(2012)
Starring: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne
Director: Matthew Penn, Colin Bucksey, Tate Donovan
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Channing McClaren's (Ryan Phillippe) controversial website devoted to revealing confidential information about corporations and the government exposes the identity of a whistleblower (Jenna Elfman). The case leads to Patty (Glenn Close) and Ellen (Rose Byrne) on opposing sides and delivers the ..read more »
 
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Lionheart
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Glenn Close, John Rhys Meyers, Patrick Stewart
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
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In the waning years of his life, but no less brutal for it, King Henry II (Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Patrick Stewart, (X-Men, Star Trek, Moby Dick, King of Texas, Family Guy) is holding Christmas court at Chinon, during which he ll announce the blood successor to his throne. Assembled for this ..read more »
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Albert Nobbs
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
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A witty Irish-set period drama about the lives of staff at DublinÂ’s most luxurious hotel: the illegitimate child of a maid, a beautiful coupleÂ’s impossible love, and Albert...a woman who pretends to be a man to survive.
19th Century Ireland: for a woman to be independent and single, she must ..read more »
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Home
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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"In 200,000 years, humans have disrupted the fragile balance on which Earth was living for 4 billion years. Global warming, shortage of resources, endangered species: humans are jeopardising their own living conditions. By the end of the century, the relentless consumption will have exhausted ..read more »
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Evening
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Lajos Koltai
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A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
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Tarzan 2
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Glenn Close, Brad Garrett, Lance Henriksen
Director: Brian Smith (ii), Brian Smith
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Experience the beginning of the legend of Tarzan in this animated prequel. Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan (Harrison Chad) was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan decides they would be better off with out him. His new ..read more »
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Hoodwinked
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Glenn Close, Xzibit, James Belushi
Director: Todd Edwards, Tony Leech, Cory Edwards
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Animated feature re-imagines the classic Red Riding Hood tale to predictably hilarious results. Everyone who was ever a child knows the tale of Red Riding Hood but this picture starts in the immediate aftermath - detectives called to a disturbance at Granny's house. Riding Hood (Anne Hathaway) has ..read more »
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The West Wing - S07 E05 - Here Today
(2005)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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After answering questions from White House Counsel Oliver Babish, Toby concludes that he needs to retain counsel. Meanwhile, Josh realizes that everyone involved in the Santos campaign is young and inexperienced, forcing him to make some tough decisions.
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The West Wing - S07 E09 - The Wedding
(2005)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Max Mayer
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On the eve of Ellie's White House wedding, a military situation in Central Asia takes Bartlet away from the rehearsal festivities. Meanwhile, the election is 6 weeks away, and Santos is trailing by 7 points. Josh, Leo and Santos strategise over where to spend their rapidly dwindling monetary ..read more »
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The West Wing - S07 E15 - Welcome To Whe...
(2005)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Matia Karrell
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The Attorney General pressures Toby to reveal his source on the shuttle leak. Meanwhile, Santos continues his dizzying tour of the country. Santos' campaign bus is abuzz when rock star Jon Bon Jovi comes aboard to lend his support and perform part of his song "Welcome to Wherever You Are."
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The West Wing - S07 E13 - The Cold
(2005)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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The effects of a nuclear scare in California continue to shake things up on both sides of the campaign trail. While the Vinick camp falters over its pro-nuclear position, the Santos team is gaining momentum, and overnight, it has become a neck-and-neck race. Caught up in the excitement of it all, ..read more »
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The Stepford Wives
(2004)
Starring: Glenn Close, Faith Hill, Nicole Kidman
Director: Frank Oz
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The second screen adaptation of Ira Levin's best-selling novel (the first, starring Katherine Ross, was made in 1974) is a darkly satirical comedy, in contrast to the paranoid social critique of the first version. Nicole Kidman stars as Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful New York career woman who,..read more »
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The West Wing - S06 E04 - Liftoff
(2004)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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An emissary from the Republic of Georgia visits the White House and offers weapons-grade uranium stored in a research reactor the Russians left behind when they pulled out of Georgia. Meanwhile, Josh looks for tax cut support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and along the way ..read more »
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The West Wing - S06 E08 - In The Room
(2004)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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At a Bartlet family birthday, magicians Penn & Teller burn the American flag in the White House, prompting a publicity nightmare. Aboard Air Force One, Bartlet is stricken by a paralyzing episode of his multiple sclerosis. And Josh is approached to handle the Vice President's presidential campaign.
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The West Wing - S06 E22 - 2162 Votes
(2004)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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At the Democratic Party National Convention, the race to become the presidential nominee has narrowed to three candidates: Russell, Hoynes and Santos. Also, Bartlet wrestles with the decision to risk national security and launch the secret defence shuttle to rescue the astronauts trapped at the ..read more »
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The West Wing - S06 E13 - King Corn
(2004)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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The Midwestern state of Iowa is the location for the first presidential debate among the candidates. At the Iowa Corn Growers' Expo, Vice President Russell gives the first speech. Matthew Santos and Arnold Vinick follow, and the differences between the candidates become very clear. Josh struggles ..read more »
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The West Wing - S06 E18 - La Palabra
(2004)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Jason Ensler
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Santos travels to Sacramento, California, for the last few days before Super Tuesday. While he's trying to gather support for his healthcare agenda, Santos is pressured by the media to reveal his stand on California legislation that would provide driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Russell ..read more »
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Brush With Fate
(2003)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Glenn Close, Phyllida Law
Director: Brent Shields
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Brent Shields' made-for-television film is based on Susan Vreeland's novel 'Girl in Hyacinth Blue' and is said to be one of the most expensive productions for the Hallmark Hall of Fame series. An eccentric history teacher (Glenn Close) has devoted her life to researching the history of a mysterious,..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E01 - 7A Wf 83429
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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As the White House reels from the kidnapping of Zoey, the youngest daughter of Democratic U.S. President Josiah Edward Bartlet, the government is temporarily passed from the distraught Bartlet to the Republican party--specifically Speaker of the House Glenallen Walken--due to the prior resignation ..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E17 - The Supremes
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Jessica Yu
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When a Republican Supreme Court justice suddenly dies, the Bartlet administration scrambles to find a worthy replacement, and the halls are filled with candidates. But the President senses that the process is a political minefield until Josh devises a wild plan that could also create an opening for ..read more »
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Le Divorce
(2003)
Starring: Glenn Close, Bebe Neuwirth, Matthew Modine
Director: James Ivory
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Isabel (Kate Hudson) heads to Paris to help her sister Roxy (Naomi Watts) who has been jilted by her philandering French husband (Melvil Poupaud). To take their minds off things, the sisters hit the Paris party scene, making new acquaintances with locals and expatriates.
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The Lion In Winter
(2003)
Starring: John Light, Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
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Historical drama starring Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close. In 1183, after the death of his eldest son, King Henry II (Stewart) must decide which of his three remaining sons will succeed him. As the time for him to announce his successor approaches, Henry frees his imprisoned wife, Eleanor of ..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E14 - An Khe
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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When five crew members of an airborne Thunderchief are shot down by North Korean jets near the hostile country, President Bartlet dispatches a Navy SEAL team to retrieve them--prompting Leo to recall his own harrowing experience when he was downed as a pilot over North Vietnam. Leo's good friend ..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E18 - Access
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Alex Graves
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Producing a program on past and present White House press secretaries, a television documentary crew follows C.J. around to film a "typical" day. But the presence of outsiders adds stress when a crisis involving a terrorist shootout with the FBI has a smiling C.J. trying to keep the story a secret. ..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E20 - No Exit
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Julie Hebert
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After attending a formal dinner at another location, Bartlet and his staff return to the White House and experience an emergency quarantine inside the West Wing when the environmental hazard monitor detects a dangerous foreign substance. The unexpected lockdown creates odd couplings of people ..read more »
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The West Wing - S05 E04 - Han
(2003)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Glenn Close, Gary Cole
Director: Christopher Misiano
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A renowned North Korean pianist is greeted at the White House for a solo performance, but the formalities change when the musician slips a message to the President stating that he wants to defect. Despite C.J.'s passionate argument, others counsel Bartlet that granting the defection would endanger ..read more »
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The Safety Of Objects
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Glenn Close, Ma
Director: Rose Troche
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The interwoven stories of four suburban families who are struggling to crawl out from the isolating safety of objects. Once a promising teenaged singer-songwriter, Paul Gold lays in his bedroom in a coma, nursed by his mother, Esther, who in her caregiver role, has unintentionally distanced herself ..read more »
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102 Dalmatians
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ron Cook, Tim McInnerny, Glenn Close
Director: Kevin Lima
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Freshly-released from prison, the infamous dog-botherer Cruella DeVil (Glenn Close) is apparently a reformed woman. So much so in fact, that she now owns her own dog shelter. But of course, it's not long before she's up to her old tricks, enlisting the help of Parisian designer Le Pelt (Gerard ..read more »
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Tarzan - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Wayne Knight, Glenn Close
Director: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
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Disney Studios turn their attention to Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale with this lively animated adaptation. Tarzan (voiced by Tony Goldwyn) is a human who was taken in and raised by gorilla Kala (Glenn Close) when his parents were killed by Sabor the leopard. Now a grown male, Tarzan has never ..read more »
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Tarzan
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Wayne Knight, Nigel Hawthorne, Glenn Close
Director: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
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Walt Disney Pictures' animated adventure "Tarzan" is an innovative and entertaining exploration of the classic tale by Edgar Rice Burroughs. With music by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Phil Collins, "Tarzan" is an adventure that traces the story of a human baby who is orphaned in the ..read more »
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Cookie's Fortune
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Glenn Close, Ned Beatty, Danny Darst
Director: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman directs this ensemble piece about a set of unusual goings-on in Holly Springs, Mississippi, a sleepy backwater town where the number one activities are fishing and drinking. It all starts when the wealthy but eccentric Cookie Orcutt is found dead and her relatives start kicking up a ..read more »
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Air Force One
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, William H. Macy, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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American President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is flying home from Moscow with his family and entourage on the presidential plane Air Force One. After posing as journalists to get on board, a group of terrorists, led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), seize control of the craft. They threaten to ..read more »
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Air Force One - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, William H. Macy, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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American President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is flying home from Moscow with his family and entourage on the presidential plane Air Force One. After posing as journalists to get on board, a group of terrorists, led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), seize control of the craft. They threaten to ..read more »
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Mars Attacks!
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
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101 Dalmatians
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Glenn Close, Hugh Laurie
Director: Stephen Herek
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Roger (Jeff Daniels) and Anita (Joely Richardson) meet and fall in love whilst out walking their dogs, Pongo and Perdy. They are married, and their hounds also prove compatible, producing a litter of fifteen black and white puppies. However, Anita's boss, fashion designer Cruella DeVil (Glenn Close)..read more »
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Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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When Martians arrive on planet Earth, American President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is persuaded to extend the hand of friendship. One of the President's advisers, Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan), has been studying the aliens, and is keen to make peaceful contact. However, the Martians gleefully ..read more »
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The House of the Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Glenn Close
Director: Billie August
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Isabelle Allende's bestselling romantic novel with dashes of politics and 'magic realism' set in Chile, is turned into an international co-production epic filmed in Portugal with an all-star cast. The story follows the lives and loves of several generations of the Trueba family: Jeremy Irons plays ..read more »
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The Paper
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Glenn Close, Lynne Thigpen, Randy Quaid
Director: Ron Howard
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Fast-talking ensemble piece set over twenty-four hours at the offices of a New York tabloid. Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is the metro editor of the ailing 'New York Sun', trying to hold his life together as chaos reigns in the newsroom. His pregnant wife, Martha (Marisa Tomei), is pushing him to ..read more »
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Meeting Venus
(1991)
Starring: Niels Arestrup, Glenn Close
Director: István Szabó, Istvan Szabo, Istvan Szabo
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A deliciously biting satire about both the world of Grand Opera and the current 'United Europe'. A Hungarian conductor (Arestrup) attempts to mount a bold new production of TANNHAUSER while navigating the snares and pitfalls of 'artistic' egos, rampant nationalism, internal company and union ..read more »
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Reversal Of Fortune
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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In 1979, American heiress Martha 'Sunny' von Bulow (Glenn Close) lapses into a coma after being injected with insulin. Her husband, Claus (Jeremy Irons), is charged with murder. Sentenced to thirty years in prison, Claus gets out on bail for a million dollars and convinces lawyer Alan M. ..read more »
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The titular prince of Denmark (Mel Gibson), returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father ..read more »
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Immediate Family
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Glenn Close, Mary Stuart Masterson, James Woods
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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Glenn Close and James Woods play a childless couple who arrange to adopt a young mother's baby after financially providing for mother and child throughout her pregnancy. However, the mother (Mary Stuart Masterson) finds she cannot part with the baby after it is born.
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Dangerous Liaisons
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Glenn Close, Uma Thurman
Director: Stephen Frears
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Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de ..read more »
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Fatal Attraction
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Glenn Close, Fred Gwynne, Anne Archer
Director: Adrian Lyne
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Controversial, much-discussed story of infidelity and obsession. Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), a successful lawyer and happily married man, has a brief fling with business associate Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), but finds her unwilling to call it off when he decides to return to his family. After ..read more »
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Jagged Edge
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Glenn Close, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jeff Bridges
Director: Richard Marquand
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In this hit thriller, a prosecuting attorney-turned-defense lawyer falls in love with a rich, charming client who's been accused of murdering his wife and her maid with a hunting knife. When an unknown assailant gruesomely slays San Francisco newspaper heiress Paige Forrester (Maria Mayenzet), her ..read more »
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The Natural
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Glenn Close, Barbara Hershey, Robert Duvall
Director: Barry Levinson
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The film version of The Natural pulls off the neat trick of conveying the spirit of the Bernard Malamud novel upon which it is based, even while changing both the outcome and the meaning of Malamud's closing chapters. In his first film appearance in four years, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a ..read more »
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The Big Chill
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Glenn Close, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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A friend's suicide reunites a group of 60s college friends who have gone separate ways in the 80s. The once rebellious group of friends find that they have settled into 80's lifestyles; the political activist is now a Hollywood macho-man; the radical lawyer now works in commercial law; the left-..read more »
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The World According To Garp
(1982)
Starring: Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Robin Williams
Director: George Roy Hill
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Big screen adaptation of John Irving's bittersweet novel. T.S. Garp's (Robin Williams) main ambition in life is to become a writer. His unmarried mother, Jenny Fields (Glenn Close), brings him up single-handedly. After attending an all-boy prep school, Garp progresses through a series of sexual ..read more »
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...ears brings De Laclos' novel to life with this stylish and spiteful adaptation. Glenn Close and John Malkovich excel in their best roles to date as the conniving Marquise ...
