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John to put the Hurt on Indy? -
8 May 2008
Screen legend John Hurt has sparked speculation that he plays the villain in the latest Indiana Jones adventure by letting slip that he was in one of the screen dust-ups with co-star Harrison Ford, according to reports. -The gossip hounds at Digital Spy say the acc
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something he ate? 14 September 2003
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An Unforgettable Experience 12 July 2004
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A Masterpiece 7 November 2004
John Hurt - filmography
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Melancholia
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: Lars Von Trier
Certificate: 
Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander SkarsgĂ„rd) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading towards Earth... MELANCHOLIA is a psychological ..read more »
 
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from 2,835 members
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Immortals
(2011)
Starring: Henry Cavill, Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke
Director: Tarsem Singh
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In "Immortals," the ruthless King Hyperion leads his bloodthirsty army on a murderous rampage across Greece to find a deadly weapon that will destroy humanity. A mortal chosen by Zeus named Theseus must lead the fight against Hyperion and his evil army with the fate of mankind and the Gods at stake.
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from 230 members
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44 Inch Chest
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ian McShane, John Hurt, Ray Winstone
Director: Malcolm Venville
Certificate: 
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British hardman Ray Winstone (THE DEPARTED, SCUM) reunites with SEXY BEAST screenwriters Louise Mellis and David Scinto for this intriguing gangland thriller in which a scorned husband enlists his friends in a plan to kidnap the lover of his adulteress wife.
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from 13,701 members
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Tron - Legacy - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Certificate: 
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Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
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from 14,524 members
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Tron - Legacy - 3D Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde
Director: Joseph Kosinski
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Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
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Tron - Legacy
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Certificate:
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Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-..read more »
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from 25,704 members
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Brighton Rock - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren
Director: Rowan Joffe
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The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
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from 2,309 members
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Human Planet - Blu-ray
(3 discs)
(2010)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Tuppence Stone, Jane Atkins
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Awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, Human Planet is a majestic portrait of humankind and the power of nature in extraordinary symbiosis, struggle and strife. For the first time, the BBC Natural History Unit has turned the camera on ourselves. In doing so, we see how amazing human beings ..read more »
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from 602 members
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Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
(2010)
Starring: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Sean Pertwee
Director: Martyn Pick
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ULTRAMARINES: A WARHAMMER 40,000 MOVIE takes place in the vast, dystopian science fantasy setting of Games WorkshopÂs table-top strategy war game, Warhammer 40,000.
Spanning a huge fictional universe, the Imperium of Man  a decentralised but totalitarian interstellar regime - interacts with ..read more »
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from 36 members
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Merlin Series 4 - Vol.1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie McGrath
Director: Alice Troughton
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With epic action sequences, stunning CGI and terrifying new monsters comes the fourth series of MERLIN featuring the familiar blend of magic and mayhem this time with revealing secrets and old friends choosing new battles it becomes clear that the conflict for Camelot is just the beginning.
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from 247 members
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Human Planet
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Tuppence Stone, Jane Atkins
Certificate:
Awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, Human Planet is a majestic portrait of humankind and the power of nature in extraordinary symbiosis, struggle and strife. For the first time, the BBC Natural History Unit has turned the camera on ourselves. In doing so, we see how amazing human beings ..read more »
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from 584 members
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Brighton Rock
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren
Director: Rowan Joffe
Certificate:
The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
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from 10,331 members
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An Englishman In New York
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Richard Laxton
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In 1975, John Hurt starred in a BBC television adaptation of Quentin Crisp's autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, playing the flamboyantly gay author and actor, and in 2009 Hurt revisits the role in this comedy-drama based on the latter years of Crisp's life. Crisp rose to fame in the UK ..read more »
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from 708 members
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44 Inch Chest - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Malcolm Venville
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
British hardman Ray Winstone (THE DEPARTED, SCUM) reunites with SEXY BEAST screenwriters Louise Mellis and David Scinto for this intriguing gangland thriller in which a scorned husband enlists his friends in a plan to kidnap the lover of his adulteress wife.
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from 4,985 members
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Outlander
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston
Director: Howard McCain
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During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by ..read more »
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from 16,697 members
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The Gruffalo
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon
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The Nation's Favourite bedtime story is being brought to life in an all star beautiful adaptation of the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
The film's all-star voice cast features Robbie Coltrane as the Gruffalo; Helena Bonham Carter as the narrator; Rob Brydon as the Snake; ..read more »
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from 1,933 member
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Lou
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Emily Barclay, Daniela Farinacci, Damien Garvey
Director: Belinda Chayko
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Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 months ago and hasn't been seen since. Mother-..read more »
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from 86 members
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The Limits of Control
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Isaach De Bankole, Alex Descas, Jean-Francois Stevenin
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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A mysterious loner attempts to successfully complete his criminal mission while operating outside of the law in contemporary Spain. His objectives shrouded in secrecy, the untrusting lone wolf (Isaach de BankolĂ©) sets out on his latest assignment knowing that the law is never too far behind. Bill ..read more »
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from 1,803 member
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Outlander - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: James Caviezel, Ron Perlman, Cliff Saunders
Director: Howard McCain
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It is 709AD and Norway is in a state of unrest; tensions between Viking clans threaten to spill over into all-out war. However, in-fighting is the least of their worries when, from out of nowhere, an alien spacecraft crash-lands on to their territory, bringing with it a danger far greater than they ..read more »
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from 5,834 members
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Merlin - Series 1 - Vol.1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Anthony Head
Director: James Hawes
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The mythical city of Camelot, in a time before history began, is a fantastical realm of legendary beasts and mysterious peoples. In this dangerous world, magic has been banned by the ruthless tyrant, Uther Pendragon. Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers arrives at the gates ..read more »
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from 3,064 members
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Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 4
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Natasha Kaplinsky, John Hurt, Griff Rhys Jones
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Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of eight well known personalities as they explore their family trees, uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been, until now, hidden in the annals of time.
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from 110 members
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Masters Of Science Fiction
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Anne Heche, Terry O'Quinn, Sean Astin
Director: Jonathan Frakes, Darnell Martin, Mark Rydell
Certificate: 
Taking the phenomenally-successful MASTERS OF HORROR as its cue, MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION unites some of the genre's most revered names, including John Kessel, Robert A. Heinlein, Howard Fast, Walter Mosley, Robert Sheckley and Harlen Ellison. Episodes include: 'A Clean Escape', Jerry Was A Man', ..read more »
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from 212 members
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Boxes
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: John Hurt, Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Jane Birkin
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Anna, a woman in her fifties, has just moved into her seaside new house somewhere in Brittany. The place is still cluttered with boxes out of which ghosts appear that start tormenting her. Anna has lived many lives: she has been married three times and has had three daughters from three different ..read more »
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from 24 members
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Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Genre icon Ron Perlman returns to the comic book character Hellboy with this sequel from visionary director Guillermo Del Toro (PAN'S LABYRINTH, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE). In HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, the red-skinned demon hero must face off against a new nemesis called 'the Prince' (former Bros ..read more »
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from 38,902 members
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The Proposition - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Director: John Hillcoat
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Australian director John Hillcoat first teamed up with singer Nick Cave on 1988's disturbing GHOSTS...OF THE CIVIL DEAD, for which Cave co-authored the screenplay and took a memorably brief acting role. The two reconvene for 2006's THE PROPOSITION, with Cave penning the screenplay and providing a ..read more »
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from 1,624 member
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Whaledreamers
(2006)
Starring: Julian Lennon, Jack Thompson, John Hurt
Director: Kim Kindersley
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"Whaledreamers"--the title alone conjures up hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for ..read more »
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from 3 members
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Short Order
(2005)
Starring: Emma De Caunes, Jack Dee, Vincent Fegan
Director: Anthony Byrne
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Fifi Koko, a young chef prodigy, falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours bring about a colorful cast of strangers and romances that feed her with temptation, insight and humor on the path of her life-..read more »
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The Proposition
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Tom Budge, Emily Watson
Director: John Hillcoat
Certificate:
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In the hostile and unforgiving Australian Outback of the 1880's, men live and die by the gun and justice comes at the end of a hangman's rope. Struggling to bring the order to the territory, a ruthless English police captain (Ray Winstone) hunts down the Burns gang - the brothers wanted for a ..read more »
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from 15,151 members
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V for Vendetta
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Tim Piggott-Smith, Roger Allam, Adrian Biddle
Director: James McTeigue, Comic Book Classics
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Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (NATALIE PORTMAN) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (HUGO WEAVING) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled ..read more »
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from 75,504 members
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The Skeleton Key - HD
(2005)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt
Director: Iain Softley
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After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any ..read more »
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from 274 members
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The Skeleton Key
(2005)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt
Director: Iain Softley
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A young woman helping care for an invalid in New Orleans finds herself caught in the middle of morbid going-ons centered around a group of Voodoo practitioners.
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from 41,845 members
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The Skeleton Key - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt
Director: Iain Softley
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After New Orleans hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) answers a help wanted ad, she finds herself working as the live-in caretaker of Ben Devereaux (John Hurt), a stroke victim who has lost his ability to speak. Ben's wife, Violet (Gena Rowlands), presents Caroline with a skeleton key to open any ..read more »
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from 98 members
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V For Vendetta - HD
(2005)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt
Director: James McTeigue, Comic Book Classics
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (NATALIE PORTMAN) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (HUGO WEAVING) known only as "V". Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled ..read more »
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from 2,060 members
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Shooting Dogs
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Claire-Hope Ashitey, John Hurt, Hugh Dancy
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
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from 16,799 members
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Hellboy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and ..read more »
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Owning Mahowny
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
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Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers another staggering performance in Richard Kwietniowski's follow-up to LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND. Dan Mahowney (Hoffman) is a well-respected assistant bank manager with a pretty fiancee, Belinda (Minnie Driver). But Dan also happens to be a compulsive gambler. One ..read more »
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Miranda
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan
Director: Marc Munden, Marc Munden
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Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and ..read more »
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from 1,101 member
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt
Director: John Madden
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In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
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from 11,987 members
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Lost Souls
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter
Director: Janusz Kaminski
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Years ago, priests exorcised a demon out of young Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder). Now she uses her unusual sensitivity to the same demons who once came after her to help the priests in other exorcisms. In one such case, a serial killer named Henry Birdson (John Diehl) claims to know the name of a man ..read more »
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from 697 members
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The Tigger Movie
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, John Fiedler
Director: Jun Falkenstein
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Tigger, one of the cartoon world's most famous characters, makes the jump to the big screen in THE TIGGER MOVIE. When Tigger doesn't appear to want to help the gang build a home for Eeyore, the donkey, Rabbit suggests he leave them behind and spend some time with other "tiggers." Convinced that he'..read more »
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from 5,704 members
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New Blood
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Hurt, Nick Moran, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: Michael Hurst
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After an unexplained seven year absence, prodigal son Danny White (Moran) makes a grand entrance back into his father Alan (Hurt) and sister Emma's (Moss) lives when he shows up at the front door, bleeding from a gunshot wound. This painful family reunion is given urgency by the fact that both of ..read more »
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from 98 members
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A Monkey's Tale
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Hurt, Michael York, Michael Gambon
Director: Jean-Francois Laguionie
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Gavin and Kom are two carefree monkeys of the Woonko community, who live at the very tops of the trees. Far below, at the base of the trees, live another community of monkeys, the Laankos, who are deeply feared by Gavin and Kom. But when Kom falls down one day, and is rescued and taken in by the ..read more »
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from 106 members
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You're Dead
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Claire Skinner
Director: Andy Hurst
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Eddie and his pal Ian dream pulling off the perfect bank job. Veteran safecracker Maitland may be just the brain they need behind the operation. But does the old pro have more complicated motives for his involvement
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from 180 members
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Brute
(1997)
Starring: Anthony Higgins, John Hurt, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Meciej Dejczer
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In the early 90s, the British Government decided to send prisoners serving short term sentences over on humanitarian service. Some went to Romania to help with the schools, hospitals and orphanages. One of these prisoners discovers the misery of a group of orphans under the merciless rule of their ..read more »
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from 7 members
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Tender Loving Care
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Michael Esposito, Marie Caldare, John Hurt
Director: David Wheeler
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TENDER LOVING CARE is an utterly unique movie experience that the viewer can control. This fascinating suspense story is shaped and changed by how the audience responds to it, so that no two groups of people will experience the film in exactly the same way. TLCstars the renowned British actor, John ..read more »
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from 80 members
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The Commissioner
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: John Hurt, Rosana Pastor, Alice Krige
Director: George Sluizer
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This political drama features John Hurt as a Cabinet Minister, forced to step down and accept a position as British Commissioner in Brussels. With his marriage feeling the strain and an underwhelming portfolio of industry to work with, he becomes involved with the Commissioner for the Environment. ..read more »
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from 63 members
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Contact - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from ..read more »
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Contact
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life-a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from ..read more »
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from 13,716 members
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Rob Roy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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A rousing film version of Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romantic adventure based on the life of Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) who battled a despotic English secretary appointed by the king to watch over Scottish highlands.
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Rob Roy - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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A rousing film version of Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romantic adventure based on the life of Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) who battled a despotic English secretary appointed by the king to watch over Scottish highlands.
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Dead Man
(1995)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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William Blake (Johnny Depp) set out on an exciting journey to start his life over in a new town with a new job. He never could have prepared himself for what was to come. Through a mysterious chain of events, he becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in a double murder--with him as the ..read more »
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Wild Bill
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt
Director: Walter Hill
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Director Walter Hill's WILD BILL is a film biography of legendary outlaw James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (Jeff Bridges). The story covers the major events that shaped the gunman's life, including his work as a Kansas lawman, his stint in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, and his part-time ..read more »
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from 1,155 member
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Waterland
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Grant Warnock
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is a withered history teacher whose students don't find his lessons on the French Revolution worthwhile. So instead, Tom spends class time telling his students about 30 year-old family skeletons he's trying, hopelessly, to forget. Though he shares them with his students, ..read more »
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from 1,129 member
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The Field
(1990)
Starring: Richard Harris, Tom Berenger, John Hurt
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Richard Harris was nominated for several awards (including the Oscar and Golden Globe) for his performance in The Field. The time is the mid-1930s; the place, western Ireland. For many years rugged individualist Bull McCabe (Harris) has been cultivating a small plot of rented land, nurturing it ..read more »
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King Ralph
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt
Director: David S. Ward
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When a freak accident wipes out the entire royal family, an exhaustive search of the bloodline reveals a distant heir: Ralph Jones. A good-natured, down-to-earth Las Vegas lounge singer, Ralph is quickly given a crash course in royal manners. But his unconventional behavior provides fuel for a ..read more »
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from 662 members
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Scandal
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ian McKellen
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the ..read more »
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from 773 members
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The Bengali Night
(1988)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi, Supriya Pathak
Director: Nicolas Klotz
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Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
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Jim Henson's The Storyteller - Vol. 1
(1987)
Starring: John Hurt, Brian Henson, Marcus Clarke
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From the creators of THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH comes this series with first-rate casts and elaborate special effects to tell their version of well known myths and legends. John Hurt stars as the Storyteller, who, along with help from his cynical dog, narrates these fascinating, beautifully ..read more »
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Spaceballs
(1987)
Starring: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga
Director: Mel Brooks
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In this spoof of STAR WARS and a handful of other sci-fi flicks from the 1970s and '80s, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-dog/half-man sidekick, Barf (John Candy), must rescue a spoiled Druish princess (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) in time to ..read more »
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Spaceballs - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga
Director: Mel Brooks
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In this spoof of STAR WARS and a handful of other sci-fi flicks from the 1970s and '80s, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-dog/half-man sidekick, Barf (John Candy), must rescue a spoiled Druish princess (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) in time to ..read more »
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From The Hip
(1987)
Starring: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt
Director: Bob Clark
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A 25-year-old lawyer's wacky and anything-goes approach to criminal defence turns him into an overnight media sensation. Convinced of the innocence of his client, this young lawyer would stand on his head to obtain an acquittal.
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1984
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Radford
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A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
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The Black Cauldron
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Freddie Jones
Director: Richard Rich, Ted Berman
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Young would-be warrior Taran searches for the titular magic vessel, lest it fall into the dastardly hands of the evil Horned King and allow him to summon an army of the undead. Fortunately, assisting in his quest are a feisty princess, the furry, friendly Gurgi, and psychic pig Hen Wen. Unusually ..read more »
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The Hit
(1984)
Starring: John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth
Director: Stephen Frears
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Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance. But one day, ten years later, two hitmen (Braddock and Myron) show up and kidnap Willie. They are ordered to escort him back to Paris where he should stand trial. ..read more »
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Success Is the Best Revenge
(1984)
Starring: Michael York, Joanna Szczerbic, Michael Lyndon
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
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Alex Rodak (Michael York) is a Polish director in exile in London with his family, which includes an older teenage son Adam (Michael Lyndon) who is struggling with an identity crisis, his wife (Joanna Szerzerbic), and another son. Rodak is in the throes of putting together a major show about Poland ..read more »
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Champions
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: John Hurt, Edward Woodward
Director: John Irvin
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When British jocky Bob Champion is struck down with cancer in the prime of his career, his desire to live is determined by a single promise; on successful recovery he will ride jump prospect Aldaniti in the 1981 Grand National...John Hurt gives a truly stunning performance as Bob Champion in this ..read more »
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The Osterman Weekend
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Once a year John Tanner spends a long weekend with his three best friends from college. When he is approached by a CIA agent who has evidence proving that his three pals are actually spy's working with the Soviet Union, he reluctantly allows, his house to be wired with video surveillance equipment ..read more »
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The Plague Dogs
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam
Director: Martin Rosen
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THE PLAGUE DOGS is a fine animated feature from the same group of artists who created WATERSHIP DOWN. The story centres around two dogs who escape from an animal research centre, only to be wrongly suspected of carrying a deadly plague. The film features the voices of John Hurt, Judy Geeson, James ..read more »
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Night Crossing
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: John Hurt, Beau Bridges
Director: Delbert Mann
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The true story of two families fleeing from Communist East Germany to the West in their hand-crafted hot-air balloon.
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The Naked Civil Servant
(1981)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Jack Gold
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A biographical film, based on the real life of an Englishman who lived in London. Quentin Crisp, who introduces the film, is an effeminate homosexual, a flamboyant and witty exhibitionist whose conversation is as glittering as the lipstick and mascara he used to effect. Includes documentary on ..read more »
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The Elephant Man
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
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The Elephant Man - HD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
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The Elephant Man - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master,..read more »
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Alien - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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Alien
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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Midnight Express - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
Director: Alan Parker
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
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Watership Down
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
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Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly ..read more »
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Watership Down - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
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In this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel, a family of rabbits face danger as they search for a new home and personal freedom. WATERSHIP DOWN, featuring the vocal talents of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, and others, is a highly regarded family film, but it's not necessarily ..read more »
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The Shout
(1978)
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
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A macabre tale about a man who claims he has the power to kill using a horrifying 'death shout'. A composer and his wife agree to letting the man stay, since the husband wishes to hear the 'shout' for himself.
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Lord Of The Rings
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Certificate:
Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the earlier part of THE TWO TOWERS--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the ..read more »
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Midnight Express
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate:
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
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The Disappearance
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, John Hurt, David Hemmings
Director: Stuart Cooper
Certificate:
A hired assassin's wife goes missing, and when he is hired to carry out a 'hit' by a mysterious organisation, he becomes suspicious that the two events are not unconnected. THE DISAPPEARANCE features fine acting and direction.
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I Claudius
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi
Director: Herbert Wise
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Hebert Wise's epic 13-part miniseries is packaged here in a special collector's set. Follow the lives and stories of the last of the Roman emperors, as they ruthlessly wield their power through murder and debauchery. The tales are witnessed and related by Claudius (Derek Jacobi), whose physical ..read more »
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Little Malcolm
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Rosalind Ayres, John Hurt, John McEnery
Director: Stuart Cooper
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Malcolm Scrawdyke is expelled from an art college in the North of England. He browbeats his friends into leaving, after which they set up a revolutionary group, the Party of Dynamic Erection, and design a programme to sweep the Party into nationwide power. From the play by David Halliwell.
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Little Malcolm
(1974)
Starring: Rosalind Ayres, John Hurt, John McEnery
Director: Stuart Cooper
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Malcolm Scrawdyke is expelled from an art college in the North of England. He browbeats his friends into leaving, after which they set up a revolutionary group, the Party of Dynamic Erection, and design a programme to sweep the Party into nationwide power. From the play by David Halliwell.
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Wessex Tales
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Nick Brimble, Ben Cross, Jane Asher
Director: Gavin Millar, Michael Tuchner
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This six-part collection of adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy. Originally broadcast in the UK in 1973, was Hardy's THE WITHERED ARM. Subsequent episodes include FELLOW TOWNSMAN, A TRAGEDY OF TWO AMBITIONS, (with John Hurt), AN IMAGINATIVE WOMAN, THE MELANCHOLY HUSSAR, and the series finale ..read more »
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The Pied Piper
(1972)
Starring: Donovan, Donald Pleasence, Jack Wild
Director: Jacques Demy
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THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a ..read more »
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Mr Forbush And The Penguins
(1971)
Starring: John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton
Director: Al Viola
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JOHN HURT stars as Richard Forbush, biologist and womaniser who outlook on life is changed when he is sent to Antarctica to study the penguins. Alone apart from a radio telephone link and thousands of birds, Forbush has to battle to survive when a blizzard hits hard.
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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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Sinful Davey
(1969)
Starring: John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport
Director: John Huston
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Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is ..read more »
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A Man For All Seasons
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Robert Shaw, Paul Scofield, Orson Welles
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the ..read more »
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British Artists' Films - William Raban
on DVD
Starring: John Hurt
Director: William Raban
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Features five films created by the artist William Raban exploring the properties of film and his immediate surroundings: 'Thames Barrier', 'Fergus Walking', 'A13', 'MM' and 'Thames Film'.
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D-Day In Colour
on DVD
Starring: John Hurt
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From the makers of BRITAIN AT WAR IN COLOUR comes D-DAY IN COLOUR. Narrated by John Hurt, this documentary uses stunning, revealing yet rarely seen colour footage from 1944. Features personal stories from the families at home to the men in combat, with an immense job to do and perhaps the ultimate ..read more »
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Hellboy - Blu-ray
Starring: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and ..read more »
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Who Killed Tutankhamun?
Starring: John Hurt, Greg Cooper, Mike King
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John Hurt narrates this modern-day investigation into the death of the 18-year-old pharaoh Tutankhamun who died in January 1323 BC. The case was re-opened by former FBI agents Greg Cooper and Mike King, who used modern-day techniques - such as crime-scene analysis, x-ray and criminal profiling - to ..read more »
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