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John Gielgud
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John Gielgud - filmography
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Never Apologize
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Bates
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
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The documentary of Malcolm McDowell's celebration of Lindsay Anderson, their times and their colleagues, is a unique hybrid of film, theater and literature.
Directed by Mike Kaplan, whose friendship with McDowell began on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and who produced Anderson's last ..read more »
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59%
from 210 members
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War and Remembrance, Parts 1-7
(2004)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Victoria Tennant, Hart Bochner
Director: Dan Curtis
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The continuation of Herman Wouk's epochal saga that began with "The Winds of War" (1983). This sequel begins one week following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and recreates the events of World War II. The actions of real historical figures are intertwined with those of fictional characters who are ..read more »
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59%
from 15 members
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Magic Sword, The - Quest For Camelot
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Jessalyn Gilsig, Don Rickles
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In this animated tale, Kayley (Jessalyn Gilsig), an energetic teenage girl, finds herself on an adventure when Baron Ruber (Gary Oldman), an evil knight, steals Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur (Pierce Brosnan). Assisted by Garrett (Cary Elwes), a handsome blind squire, and a wise-..read more »
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63%
from 474 members
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Merlin
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham-Carter, John Gielgud
Director: Steve Barron
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This ambitious, all-star miniseries treatment of the Round Table legends is narrated from the perspective of the sorcerer Merlin (Sam Neill), who must choose between loyalty to the court and his love for beautiful Nimue (Isabella Rossellini). Solid acting and spectacular special effects combine to ..read more »
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67%
from 1,877 member
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Elizabeth
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
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73%
from 15,412 members
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A Dance To The Music Of Time
(2 discs)
(1997)
Starring: John Gielgud, Edward Fox, Alan Bennett
Director: Christopher Morahan
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This two-disc set contains the complete television mini-series based on the novel by Anthony Powell, and features an impressive array of established British actors and actresses. The series follows the ups and downs of a multitude of characters over the traumatic course of the twentieth century, ..read more »
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from 513 members
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Gulliver's Travels
(1996)
Starring: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox
Director: Charles Sturridge
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This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
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68%
from 587 members
Not currently released
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Shine
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud
Director: Scott Hicks
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A man in his forties, David, stumbles into a wine bar after getting lost one night in driving rain. Although he is wildly eccentric, David charms the bar's owner who, impressed with his brilliant skills as a pianist, gives him a regular job playing at her bar. David's impromptu performance is, in ..read more »
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72%
from 7,179 members
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Shining Through
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith
Director: David Seltzer
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In 1940, a half-Irish, half-Jewish woman from Queens (Melanie Griffith) takes a posh secretarial job for an attorney who turns out to be a US government spy (Michael Douglas). Despite her lower-class status, the two become lovers, and the lawyer reluctantly allows her to go to Berlin to spy on a ..read more »
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62%
from 370 members
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Appointment With Death
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher
Director: Michael Winner
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Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, a posh 1937 tour of the holy land turns murderous when a malicious, wealthy dowager (Piper Laurie) is mysteriously poisoned. Each of her fellow tourists had the means and the motive to kill her and any of them would have enjoyed plunging the lethal hypodermic ..read more »
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61%
from 201 members
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The Whistle Blower
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers
Director: Simon Langton
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The compelling mystery surrounds a talented linguist who works at a government information-gathering service in England and whose accidental death haunts his father. Unraveling the truth about his son's death, he discovers sinister, covert dealings that threaten the England he has always believed in.
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54%
from 373 members
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The Shooting Party
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, James Mason
Director: Alan Bridges
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In October 1913, a group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the heart of the English countryside. Assured and opulent, they move through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. But times are changing and the values that have ordered their ..read more »
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from 431 members
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Plenty
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman
Director: Fred Schepisi
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A courageous and impulsive young Englishwoman returns home after fighting in the French Resistance to encounter the apathy of post war England.
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59%
from 308 members
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Wagner - Movie
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Tony Palmer
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A seven-hour epic film of the life of the composer Richard Wagner. The musical score is performed by the London, Vienna and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
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57%
from 210 members
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The Scarlet And The Black
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Gregory Peck, John Gielgud
Director: Jerry London
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The Scarlet And The Black is an entertaining and inspirational true story of courage and ingenuity. During the German occupation of Rome in 1943, an athletic Irish priest, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck), devotes all the time he can spare from his work at the Vatican to hide Allied POWs ..read more »
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from 442 members
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Marco Polo
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel
Director: Giuliano Montaldo
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First broadcast in 1982, this Emmy award winning epic adventure cost a staggering ten million dollars and featured an all-star, Oscar winning cast. Filmed on location in Italy, Morocco, Nepal and China this lavish mini-series was the first Western production to film in China after WWII and took ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
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from 16,369 members
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Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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The acclaimed dramatisation of the life of Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, from his beginnings as a South African-educated lawyer through his historic, galvanizing struggle to free India from British Colonial rule. With a large, distinguished cast, headlined by Ben Kingsley in a nuanced performance, Sir ..read more »
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79%
from 454 members
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Chariots Of Fire
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Ben Cross, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson
Director: Hugh Hudson
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Director Hugh Hudson's absorbing drama, based on a true story, deals with the personal struggles faced by two very different long-distance runners competing for Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) is a devout Christian who sees victory as a testament to the glory ..read more »
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64%
from 2,631 members
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Priest Of Love
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, John Gielgud
Director: Christopher Miles
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This biographical film provides insight into the life of renowned British author D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen), best known for his sexually explicit novel LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. In addition to exploring Lawrence's youth, PRIEST OF LOVE examines important events in Lawrence's personal and ..read more »
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47%
from 119 members
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Arthur
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud
Director: Steve Gordon
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Arthur, a very rich, drunken ne'er-do-well, falls in love with a working-class shoplifter just as he is scheduled to marry a properly pedigreed society member. But if he doesn't marry the heiress, he will not inherit a $750 million trust. So Arthur turns to his loyal butler, who is slowly dying, ..read more »
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62%
from 2,261 members
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dial Mystery
(1981)
Starring: Sandor Eles, John Gielgud, Terence Alexander
Director: Tony Wharmby
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When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent (Cheryl Campbell) teams up with the dashing Jimmy ..read more »
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from 14 members
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The Formula
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller
Director: John G. Avildsen
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During World War II, Germany developed a method to derive cheap, pollution-free gasoline from coal. But when the Third Reich collapsed, the formula disappeared. A lone L.A. detective sets out to find it.
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46%
from 71 members
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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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Lion Of The Desert
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Director: Moustapha Akkad
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The year is 1929 and dictator Mussolini, infuriated by the 20 year war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation, orders his new military Governor to crush the Bedouins and capture their leader, Mukhtar. But Mukhtar has other plans and leads his men on a fearless battle to rid Africa ..read more »
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70%
from 339 members
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Elephant Man, The - HD DVD Version
(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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79%
from 257 members
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Elephant Man, The - BLU-RAY Version
(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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82%
from 111 members
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The Human Factor
(1979)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, John Gielgud
Director: Otto Preminger
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Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John ..read more »
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30%
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Caligula
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole
Director: Tinto Brass
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A reputedly faithful cinematic depiction of the historical events of Caligula's Rome, including the decadence and debauchery that marked his reign. This notorious release has faced rather hysterical hostility from would-be censors. Financed by Penthouse Magazine magnate Bob Guccione, who was ..read more »
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from 2,122 members
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Murder By Decree
(1979)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland
Director: Bob Clark
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Christopher Plummer and James Mason take on the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this entertaining mystery-thriller. The famous sleuth and his loyal sidekick try to figure out the identity of Jack the Ripper and stop the madman's killing spree once and for all. In the process, they ..read more »
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from 329 members
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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Bosco Hogan, T.P. McKenna, John Gielgud
Director: Joseph Strick
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An adaptation of James Joyce's 1916 autobiographical novel in which the author, through the character of Stephen Daedalus, portrays his youth, his Irish Catholic upbringing, and his coming of age at a Dublin University. There's also a movie version of "Ulysses," Joyce's follow-up to this work.
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49%
from 65 members
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Aces High
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Simon Ward
Director: Jack Gold
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A moving story of comradeship and bravery, loneliness and fear. Aces High contains some of the most magnificent aerial battles ever staged leading to a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography and Best Film at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Under Jack Gold's sensitive direction, this is ..read more »
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63%
from 896 members
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Galileo
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti
Director: Joseph Losey
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This biographical pictures tells the story of famed scientist/theorist Galileo Galilei (Topol, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF) as he reaches a pivotal point in his life. At the crux of the Plague and the Reformation, the Catholic Inquisition placed many forward thinkers at risk. Galileo was no different, and ..read more »
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52%
from 89 members
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11 Harrowhouse
(1974)
Starring: Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, James Mason
Director: Aram Avakian
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A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
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Gold
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Roger Moore, Ray Milland, John Gielgud
Director: Peter R. Hunt
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In GOLD, a ruthless tycoon begins manipulating the price of gold on the world market, hoping to shift the odds in his favor. To further improve his chances, he also decides to sabotage one of South Africa's richest mines by having it flooded. However, the mine's foreman, Rod Slater (Roger Moore), ..read more »
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58%
from 229 members
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Eagle In A Cage
(1972)
Starring: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Kenneth Haigh
Director: Fielder Cook
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Fielder Cook brings an intimacy to his direction of EAGLE IN A CAGE. This underrated film stars Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte, in his years of exile on St. Helena. The story is told from the point of view of the island's governor (John Gielgud), a former schoolteacher who finds greatness ..read more »
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Home
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, John Gielgud
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Two irrepressible legends of the British stage lend elegance, wit and pathos to this touching and tender play about the fragility of mind and the strength of the human spirit. Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson are among the small congregation of ageing residents whiling away a breezy ..read more »
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56%
from 101 members
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Oh What A Lovely War
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's directorial debut OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR is a riotous, thought-provoking satire on the follies of war, based on the stage musical of the same name. Set during World War I, the story revolves around the Smith family, whose five sons enlist in the army only to end up as cannon ..read more »
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: John Gielgud, Peter Cook, Alan Bennett
Director: Jonathan Miller
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Based on the classic book by Lewis Carroll, this version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND was originally produced for BBC1 in 1966 by Jonathan Miller, and is one of the more original and stylish adaptations to date. Drawing inspiration from Victorian photography and pre-Raphaelite paintings, Miller's vision ..read more »
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from 713 members
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The Loved One
(1965)
Starring: Robert Morse, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters
Director: Tony Richardson
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Outrageous black comedy, promoted as "the motion picture with something to offend everyone!," stars Robert Morse as a British poet who visits California and, after his uncle's death, is introduced to the seamier side of the funeral industry.
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55%
from 11 members
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Becket
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, Donald Wolfit
Director: Peter Glenville
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A historical costume drama of the grandest order, "Becket" is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II and Thomas à Becket, a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. Once proposed for the office, Becket immediately perceives what the King does not:..read more »
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Richard III
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
Director: Laurence Olivier
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Soon after Edward IV is crowned King, his brother, Richard, a hunchback, twisted in mind as well as body, starts scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins Lady Anne and then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later organising his death. But even after his coronation, ..read more »
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Romeo & Juliet
on DVD
Starring: Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, John Gielgud
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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The tale of exquisite and doomed young love, against the backdrop of a bitter family rivalry. The innocence of the young lovers is contrasted with the festering imbecility, prejudice, bigotry and stubborn pride of their elders. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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55%
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Summer's Lease
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: John Gielgud, Susan Fleetwood, Leslie Phillips
Director: Martyn Friend
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This BBC TV mini-series is an adaptation of John Mortimer's novel of the same name, and follows a family as they attempt to enjoy a relaxing holiday in Tuscany. Molly Pargeter takes her family to the luxurious destination but spends more time trying to find out who owns the villa they are staying ..read more »
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Richard II
on DVD
Starring: Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch
Director: David Giles
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In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Richard II, ..read more »
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Tichborne Claimant
on DVD
Starring: Robert Pugh, John Kani, Stephen Fry
Director: David Yates
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Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne disappears whilst sailing around the world in 1866. Years later an African manservant of the family finds and returns with Sir Roger - but is he the real heir or an impostor?...
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John Gielgud - watch online
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The Scarlet and the Black
to Watch Now
(1983)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud
Director: Jerry London
Certificate: 
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Run time: 137 minutes
During the German occupation of Rome in 1943 an athletic Irish priest, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) devotes all the time he can spare from his work at the Vatican to hiding Allied POWs from the Nazis. Col. Herbert Kappler (Christopher Plummer), Rome's chief Gestapo Officer, suspects O'..read more »
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Les Miserables
to Watch Now
(1978)
Starring: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack
Director: Glenn Jordan
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Run time: 123 minutes
Victor Hugo's classic story of triumph of good over evil which is set in France in 1796. The immortal story of a minor thief who rises above his past only to be hounded by a dour chief inspector who believes the law and morality are one and the same and that all criminals must be wicked.
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Secret Agent
to Watch Now
(1936)
Starring: Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Run time: 83 minutes
A bizarre cat and mouse game is played out in the Swiss Alps and many of Hitchcock's famed set-pieces, including the fake funeral, the murder on the mountainside and the gripping climax in the chocolate factory.
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Astonishing 13 November 2007
...sing techniques developed specifically for this project.
Don't get me wrong. John Gielgud puts in a fine performance as world-weary Prospero, but the film focuses on his...
