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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: Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Peter Ustinov
Director: John Stephenson
Certificate: 
British production of George Orwell's revolutionary novel, where animals (workers) take over their farm (means of production) and form a society. An esteemed cast of actors voice the convincing animatronic animals, which, BABE-style, were created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Director Stephenson ..read more »
 
57%
from 531 members
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Robinson In Space
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
Certificate:
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In Robinson in Space Robinson returns with his travelling companion and researcher to undertake a hugely enjoyable journey around England. He has been commissioned by an international advertising agency to investigate the 'problem of England'. Although this problem is never clearly stated - let ..read more »
68%
from 348 members
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The Crucible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Certificate: 
The film adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic, fact-based play, which was a veiled metaphor for the "Red Scare" McCarthy Hearings of the 1950s. Set in 1690s Salem, Massachusetts, the story concerns Abigail (Ryder), a teenager who once had an affair with married farmer John Proctor (Day-Lewis). ..read more »
66%
from 4,067 members
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London / Robinson In Space
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
Certificate:
Two features. 'London' offers an insight into the city through various fictive stories. Also features 'Robinson In Space' where Robinson undertakes an engaging journey around England.
68%
from 505 members
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Quiz Show
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow
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 »
68%
from 3,731 members
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London
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Patrick Keiller
Certificate: 
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'London' offers an insight into the city through various fictive stories.
67%
from 416 members
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Utz
(1992)
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert
Director: George Sluizer
Certificate:
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: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
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 »
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from 1,336 member
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When The Whales Came
(1989)
Starring: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren
Director: Clive Rees
Certificate: 
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 »
83%
from 6 members
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Henry V
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Certificate:
Kenneth Branagh makes his directorial debut and also plays the title role in HENRY V, an ambitious film that began a resurgence of interest in films of Shakespeare's plays. Henry is a young king seeking a way to make his mark on history. He gets his chance when he learns he can make a legal claim ..read more »
68%
from 3,137 members
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Scorpio
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate:
Burt Lancaster stars as Cross, a US intelligence veteran whose CIA chief McLeod (John Colicos) has marked him for termination. On the run from the assassin, the old spy takes refuge with his Soviet counterpart--a retired KGB operative, Zharkov (Paul Scofield). That action only makes matters worse, ..read more »
53%
from 243 members
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King Lear
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Paul Scofield
Director: Peter Brook
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Five features. In 'The Taming Of The Shrew' Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this earthy, robust version of the classic Shakespeare comedy, which was director Franco Zeffirelli's first film. Michael York plays Lucentio, the young student who falls for comely Bianca (Natasha Pyne) and ..read more »
65%
from 187 members
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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 »
73%
from 4,846 members
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The Train
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau
Director: John Frankenheimer
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The duo of director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster again join forces with the latter starring as French railway inspector Labiche. With Allied forces closing in on occupied Paris, Herman Goering orders Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) to move the priceless art from the Jeu de ..read more »
69%
from 1,250 member
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Carve Her Name With Pride
(1958)
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner
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 »
72%
from 426 members
Not available for rental
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Charles Dickens Collection
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Michael Hordern, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins
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Featuring a box set of the BBC adaptations of popular tales from Charles Dickens. Includes: 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Martin Chuzzlewit', 'David Copperfield', 'A Tale Of Two Cities', 'Great Expectations', and 'Our Mutual Friend'.
69%
from 2,695 members
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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 ...
