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Paul Scofield
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Paul Scofield - what members say
review by A customer from London
Paul Schofield is sublime 23 November 2004
review by from Bristol
An excellent movie from a great writer 6 March 2005
review by A customer from Keighley
Balancing Act 4 August 2008
Paul Scofield - filmography
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Animal Farm
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Ustinov
Director: John Stephenson
Certificate: 
George Orwell's classic political allegory is brought to the screen with the help of state-of-the-art puppetry and digital animation. Manor Farm sees a revolt by its livestock over their human master Farmer Jones (Pete Postlethwaite). However, a power struggle between the pigs who have led the ..read more »
 
57%
from 595 members
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Robinson in Space
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
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'Robinson in Space' (1997) sees Robinson and his traveling companion journey around England, charged by an advertising company to investigate the 'problem with England', without being told what that problem might be. They begin at Reading, then move on to various ports, factories, and academic ..read more »
69%
from 396 members
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The Crucible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Daniel Day-Lewis
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Certificate: 
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Perched on the edge of a continent is a community dedicated to the service of God. A gang of teenage girls, stifled by the crushing piety of their elders, dance naked in the woods. One girl, Abigail Williams -- her innocence lost in the bed of John Proctor, a married ..read more »
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from 4,336 members
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London / Robinson In Space
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
Certificate:
Double-bill of director Patrick Keiller's imaginative experimental films. 'London' (1993) is an exhaustive and fascinating depiction of the nation's capital, presented as a literary journey through the city. Neither feature nor documentary, the film follows the unseen researcher Robinson and an off-..read more »
67%
from 523 members
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Quiz Show
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ethan Hawke
Director: Robert Redford
Certificate: 
It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to take a dive and allow Charles Van Doren (..read more »
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from 4,039 members
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London
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
Certificate: 
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An insight into the city of London through fictitious stories.
67%
from 513 members
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Utz
(1992)
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert
Director: George Sluizer
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Fisher, a fine art dealer, goes to Prague after the death of a friend, the Baron von Utz, to see if he can obtain some of the pieces of the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets up with an old mutual friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past, his struggle to keep his ..read more »
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Certificate:
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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 »
65%
from 1,424 member
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Henry V
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Judi Dench
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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Kenneth Branagh's star-studded version of Shakespeare's play has a more intimate and equivocal approach to war than Laurence Olivier's 1944 classic. The young King (Branagh), his days of carousing behind him, is advised of his legal claim to the throne of France. He decides to invade with his small ..read more »
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from 3,379 members
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When The Whales Came
(1989)
Starring: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren
Director: Clive Rees
Certificate: 
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A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhals who sometimes come.
Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.
Based on story by Children'..read more »
70%
from 67 members
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Mister Corbett's Ghost
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Burgess Meredith, John Huston, Paul Scofield
Director: Danny Huston
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Made-for-TV fantasy drama starring John Huston in one of his final screen roles. The feature, directed by Huston's son, Danny, is set in England on New Year's Eve 1767. Being forced to work on what should be a night of celebration is the final straw for Benjamin Partridge (Mark Farmer), the long-..read more »
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from 13 members
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A Delicate Balance
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Lee Remick, Joseph Cotten, Katharine Hepburn
Director: Tony Richardson
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Part of the American Film Theatre Collection, in which classic American stage plays are transferred to the big screen, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Edward Albee is directed for cinema by Tony Richardson. Katherine Hepburn and Paul Scofield play Agnes and Tobias, a middle-aged couple with a ..read more »
54%
from 172 members
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Scorpio
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Director: Michael Winner
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A Michael Winner Cold-War thriller pre-dating his 'Death Wish' series. Agent Cross (Burt Lancaster) is a CIA operative who is ordered to hire French government assassin Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) to kill an Arab terrorist. The job done, the two men return to their lives, but Cross's boss, McLeod, ..read more »
53%
from 263 members
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King Lear
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Peter Brook
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Peter Brook directs his own adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. King Lear (Paul Scofield), having decided to split his kingdom between his three daughters, decides to apportion the lands according to which daughter declaims her love for him best. When his daughter Cordelia refuses to ..read more »
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from 203 members
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A Man For All Seasons
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Orson Welles, Leo McKern, Wendy Hiller
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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from 5,126 members
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The Train
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Jacques Marin, Albert Remy, Burt Lancaster
Director: John Frankenheimer
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In Second World War France, German Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders the railway transfer of priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris to the Fatherland. The French Resistance are determined to stop the cargo ever reaching Germany, and enrol railway inspector Labiche (..read more »
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from 1,337 member
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Carve Her Name With Pride
(1958)
Starring: Bill Owen, Denise Grey, Sydney Tafler
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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The moving and dramatic story of Violette Szabo (McKenna), a courageous WW2 secret agent who was captured in northern France...
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring true life story of Violette Szabo. During World War II, Violette (Virgina McKenna) volunteers to parachute into France as a ..read more »
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from 455 members
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Paul Scofield facts
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...What a voice. A restrained performance by Paul Scofield packs a powerful punch, the best I've seen by any actor. A fantastic supporting cast, particularly John Hurt, is the ...
