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Close was pregnant when she shot violent Fatal Attraction death -
6 March 2009
-Glenn Close struggles to watch her character's violent death in 1987 movie FATAL ATTRACTION - because she didn't realise she was pregnant when she shot the chilling scene.-
-Close was called back to the set six months after the film had wrapped, because director Adr
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Close constantly mistaken for Streep -
16 February 2009
-Glenn Close has laughed off her big-screen success - because she's constantly mistaken for fellow Hollywood actress Meryl Streep.-
-The Fatal Attraction star is a household name in her own right - she has been nominated for an Oscar five times and won a clutch of Go
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Close loves laid back New York -
14 February 2009
-Actress Glenn Close loves the anonymity of living in New York - because she can go about her business without a constant trail of photographers.-
-The Fatal Attraction star moved to the city in 1974 and has stayed in the Big Apple ever since, despite movie industry
Glenn Close - what members say
Glenn Close - filmography
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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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57%
from 4,106 members
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The Chumscrubber
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Ralph Fiennes, John Heard
Director: Arie Posin
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The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry ..read more »
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from 3,537 members
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Hoodwinked
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: James Belushi, Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway
Director: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech
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It was a crime that rocked the fairytale world. Now Granny's woodland cottage is being turned into a crime scene as all the familiar storybook characters are called in for questioning. Shocking truths are revealed, casting doubt on everything you once held as true; does Little Red Riding Hood have ..read more »
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61%
from 20,341 members
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The Stepford Wives
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler
Director: Frank Oz
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Your husband deserves the best. But being the perfect wife is hard work. You've tried yoga, pilates and Atkins, but still can't get rid of the cellulite on your thighs. You've memorized the Kama Sutra, but can't quite get the hang of number 73. Your laundry has yet to achieve whiter-than-white ..read more »
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50%
from 42,355 members
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Brush With Fate
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Glenn Close, Ellen Burstyn, Thomas Gibson
Director: Brent Shields
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There are only thirty-five original paintings in the world by 17th century artist Johannes Vermeer - but could there be a thirty-sixth? Cornelia Englebrecht, an eccentric school teacher, possesses that priceless work of art and decides to share its history with a fellow teacher whom she introduces ..read more »
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48%
from 86 members
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Le Divorce
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close
Director: James Ivory
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LE DIVORCE, based on the novel by Diane Johnson, is a contemporary Merchant/Ivory production that explores the fundamental differences between Americans and the French, especially in matters of the heart and manners. Isabel (Kate Hudson) is a brash, outspoken Californian who travels to Paris to ..read more »
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from 5,750 members
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The Lion In Winter
(2003)
Starring: John Light, Glenn Close, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
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It's Christmas of 1183, and Henry II (Patrick Stewart) must find a successor to his throne. He favours his youngest son John, while his wife, Eleanor, believes that their eldest son, Richard the Lionhearted, would make a better king. While their disagreement plunges the family into a deceitful war ..read more »
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76%
from 5 members
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The Safety Of Objects
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Moira Kelly
Director: Rose Troche
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In a quiet suburb, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies in a coma. His mother, Esther (Glenn Close), dutifully cares for him, growing ever distant from her husband and her teenage daughter, Julie (Jessica Campbell). Julie enters Esther in a contest of endurance as a means of bringing them closer ..read more »
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56%
from 1,539 member
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102 Dalmatians
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu, Tim McInnerny
Director: Kevin Lima
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Glenn Close returns as the malicious fur-collecting fashion plate Cruella De Vil in Disney's 102 DALMATIANS, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 live-action blockbuster. Pursuading the authorities that she has been successfully rehabilitated, De Vil is released from prison, seemingly ..read more »
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62%
from 3,681 members
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Tarzan
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brian Blessed, Glenn Close, Minnie Driver
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
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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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67%
from 9,046 members
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Cookie's Fortune
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler
Director: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman revisits the lighthearted territory of his 1970s comedies BREWSTER MCCLOUD and A WEDDING and once again comes out a rousing success. This time, a tightly wound narrative by first-time screenwriter Anne Rapp keeps the laughs rolling as the story unfolds over an eventful Easter weekend ..read more »
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from 602 members
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Air Force One
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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from 9,463 members
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Air Force One - BLU-RAY Version
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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68%
from 1,217 member
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101 Dalmatians
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
Director: Stephen Herek
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Slapstick kingpin John Hughes translates the classic animated children's tale into a campy live-action slugfest. The fur-loving, sadistic Cruella De Vil (Close, at her most outrageous) pants after the pelts of the titular puppies, hoping to sew them into a fabulous coat, but the dogs outsmart her ..read more »
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61%
from 6,801 members
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Mars Attacks
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "..read more »
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from 9,995 members
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The Paper
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei
Director: Ron Howard
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Ron Howard directed this lightning-paced, high-energy drama following one day in the life of Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), a frantic metro editor for a fictitious New York tabloid. While investigating the apparently race-related killing of two white businessmen found murdered in their car, ..read more »
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62%
from 522 members
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The House Of The Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
Director: Billie August
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Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
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from 1,208 member
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Meeting Venus
(1991)
Starring: Niels Arestrup, Glenn Close
Director: István Szabó
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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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48%
from 16 members
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Reversal Of Fortune
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, based on defence attorney Alan Dershowitz's book, is a hypnotically eerie exploration of a dark, ambiguous event in the life of a wealthy socialite couple. Dershowitz (Ron Silver) is hired by Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) to defend him against charges that he attempted to ..read more »
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61%
from 595 members
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Acclaimed director Franco Zeffirelli teamed with Mel Gibson for this energetic, earthy adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy. From study abroad, the young Prince of Denmark returns home to find his mother has married his uncle, and his father's ghost is urging him to action; but what action?..read more »
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65%
from 1,139 member
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Immediate Family
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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Michael (James Woods) and Linda (Glenn Close) Spector are a mature, successful couple who have everything it takes to be parents--except a baby. Enter Lucy (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Sam (Kevin Dillon), a teenage couple who have a baby on the way, but aren't ready to be parents. As Michael and ..read more »
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56%
from 97 members
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Dangerous Liaisons
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Stephen Frears
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Based on the infamous novel LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES by Choderlos de Laclos and the subsequent Christopher Hampton play, set in pre-revolutionary France, a cunning Marquise (Glenn Close) and a seductive Vicomte (John Malkovich) mastermind a cruel and complicated game of romantic manipulation. Set ..read more »
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69%
from 7,119 members
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Fatal Attraction
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
Director: Adrian Lyne
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While his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter are out of town, successful attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) has a one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), the publishing executive he has just met. He has no idea what he's getting into. Immediately after the encounter, Dan wants to put ..read more »
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from 6,279 members
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Jagged Edge
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote
Director: Richard Marquand
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After a wealthy socialite is found brutally murdered, her manipulative husband becomes the prime suspect. An attractive attorney takes his case, and their relationship quickly evolves into what on the surface appears to be mutual love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Robert Loggia.
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63%
from 1,762 member
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The Natural
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
Director: Barry Levinson
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Farm boy Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is the best baseball player anyone has ever seen. His bat, handmade from the wood of a tree felled by lightning following the death of his father, is magic in his hands. But before his career can start, the mysterious Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey) inexplicably ..read more »
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69%
from 1,278 member
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The Big Chill
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members ..read more »
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63%
from 1,698 member
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Glenn Close facts
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A wonderful and passionate costume drama 17 October 2004
...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 ...
Fairly entertaining but ... 28 May 2004
