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Djalili warned over religious comedy -
29 April 2010
-British-Iranian actor Omid Djalili was warned by journalists in the Middle East his role in religiously-charged new comedy The Infidel could "get him in trouble".-
-The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End star plays a Muslim who discovers he was adopted and is r
Omid Djalili - what members say
review by from Lake District, Cumbria
Too much of a good thing 9 April 2005
review by mstratfo1234 from
Rent this film ! 23 August 2011
review by from Alesbury,England
Djalili is one of the great entertainers 15 November 2007
Omid Djalili - filmography
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Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Dave Legeno, Steven Berkoff, Peter Capaldi
Director: Ricky Grover
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
A fast moving, star studded, roller coaster ride of violence, madness and mayhem in this gritty British crime film. Bulla is the 'Big Fat Gypsy Gangster', labeled 'the most dangerous man in Britain'.
After serving sixteen years at her majesty's pleasure Bulla is out on the streets again, but ..read more »

38%
from 323 members
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Sex and the City 2
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis
Director: Michael Patrick King
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
A fun, adventurous romp: Sex and the City 2 brings it all back and more as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take another bite out of The Big Apple and beyond, carrying on with their busy lives and loves in a sequel that truly sparkles. What happens after you say "I do"? Life is everything ..read more »

57%
from 17,125 members
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Mr. Nice - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
At the height of his ..read more »

63%
from 3,704 members
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The Infidel - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Igal Naor
Director: Josh Appignanesi
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
A devoted Muslim family man experiences a hilarious identity crisis after discovering that he was adopted at birth, and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz. Mahmud Nasir (Omid Djalili) is still grieving the recent death of his mother when he finds his birth certificate, and learns he was born to ..read more »

58%
from 3,067 members
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The Infidel
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Igal Naor
Director: Josh Appignanesi
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish.

60%
from 10,506 members
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Mr. Nice
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars, recording studios or offshore banks, all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing.
At the height of his ..read more »

64%
from 12,591 members
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Omid Djalili - Live in London
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Omid Djalili
Certificate: 
He's back! One of Britain's best loved comedians, the multi award-winning British-Iranian, Omid Djalili takes on the world in a brand new sensational stand up show.
Undertaking a huge sell-out tour across the UK, 'Live in London' captures Omid at his very best, recorded live at the celebrated ..read more »

63%
from 527 members
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The Love Guru
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Mike Myers
Director: Marco Schnabel
Certificate: 
Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.

51%
from 10,094 members
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The Love Guru - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Meagan Good, Mike Myers, Verne Troyer
Director: Marco Schnabel
Certificate: 
Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.

48%
from 2,169 members
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Omid Djalili - No Agenda
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Omid Djalili
Certificate: 
Omid Djalili is an award winnig British Iranian actor and comedian. Acclaimed as one of Britain's funniest standup comedians, he regularly performs on the comedy and theatre scene. His film and television appearances are no less impressive, including 'The Mummy', 'Spy Game', 'Gladiator' and '..read more »

69%
from 1,580 member
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The Omid Djalili Show - Series 1
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Omid Djalili
Director: Michael Cumming
Certificate: 
Hilarious sketches and stand up in Omid Djalili's long awaited BBC series. One of Britain's best loved comedians, the multi award-winning British-Iranian, Omid Djalili takes on the world - jumping from multi-culturalism to multi-tasking mums and from Godzilla impressions to the execution of Saddam ..read more »

69%
from 128 members
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Alien Autopsy
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Declan Donnelly, Ant McPartlin, Bill Pullman
Director: Johnny Campbell
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
From the director of Shameless and Phoenix Nights comes the truth behind one of the biggest hoaxes the world has ever seen. In 1995 a piece of footage shook the world. With a bigger world-wide audience than Live Aid, a piece of top secret military film from Roswell in 1947 that showed and alien ..read more »

55%
from 26,874 members
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Modigliani
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili
Director: Mick Davis
Certificate: 
This lavish biopic directed by Mick Davis follows Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani s he struggles to establish himself as a successful artist in early 20th-century Paris. The film mainly focuses on Modigliani's tumultuous relationships with friend and rival Pablo Picasso, and with Jeanne Hebuterne,..read more »

61%
from 397 members
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Casanova
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova is about to meet his match when the alluring Francesca does the one thing the notorious lover of women never thought possible - refuse him. Through disguises, subterfuges and wit, Casanova manages to get closer and closer to Francesca... but ..read more »

58%
from 25,151 members
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - HD
(2004)
Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
Director: Kerry Conran
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In writer-director Kerry Conran's debut film, ace pilot Joe Sky Captain Sullivan (Jude Law) reluctantly teams up with his former flame, journalist Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), to uncover the mystery behind a group of missing scientists and a series of shocking robot attacks. Aided by gadgetry ..read more »

55%
from 106 members
Currently unavailable
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
Director: Kerry Conran
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins along with ace aviator Sky Captain are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind ..read more »

49%
from 40,003 members
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - ...
(2004)
Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
Director: Kerry Conran
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In writer-director Kerry Conran's debut film, ace pilot Joe Sky Captain Sullivan (Jude Law) reluctantly teams up with his former flame, journalist Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), to uncover the mystery behind a group of missing scientists and a series of shocking robot attacks. Aided by gadgetry ..read more »

53%
from 937 members
Not currently released
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The Calcium Kid
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Billie Piper, Ronni Ancona
Director: Alex De Rakoff
Certificate: 
A British 'mockumentary' comedy, sees Orlando Bloom playing a young milkman named Jimmy. Jimmy Connelly is quite happy in his job as a milkman and will hopefully one day become the regional manager for Express Milk Dairies. Jimmy is also a keen amateur boxer and trains regularly at his local gym. ..read more »

50%
from 4,852 members
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The Mummy - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate: 
In the 1920s, a group of archaeologists led by adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) discovers the mummified body of Imhotep, an Egyptian priest who was cursed for falling in love with the Pharoah's mistress. When they accidentally resurrect him, the battle for survival begins, as the mummy ..read more »

72%
from 2,789 members
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The Mummy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate: 
In the 1920s, a group of archaeologists led by adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) discovers the mummified body of Imhotep, an Egyptian priest who was cursed for falling in love with the Pharoah's mistress. When they accidentally resurrect him, the battle for survival begins, as the mummy ..read more »

69%
from 28,731 members
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The Mummy - HD
(1998)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate: 
In the 1920s, a group of archaeologists led by adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) discovers the mummified body of Imhotep, an Egyptian priest who was cursed for falling in love with the Pharoah's mistress. When they accidentally resurrect him, the battle for survival begins, as the mummy ..read more »

74%
from 774 members
Not currently released
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Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Starring: Alan Carr, Bill Bailey, Jack Dee
Certificate: 
Comedy royalty unite for one night only in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. They've rounded up 25 of the nation's best known and most-loved comedians - including Alan Carr, Michael McIntyre, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey, Rob Brydon and Jack Dee - for this spectacular, must-..read more »

63%
from 33 members
Not available for rental
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Comic Aid
on DVD
Starring: Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Graham Norton
Certificate: 
Britain's biggest comedy stars team up to raise money for the Asian Tsunami disaster appeal with all proceeds from the show, and this DVD, donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee.

65%
from 3,171 members
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