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Antonio Banderas
Name: José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
D.O.B: August 19th 1960 (age: 51 years old)
About him:
The talented Antonio Banderas talents include acting and singing. Some of his biggest films are: Spy Kids triology , shrek triology, The Legend Of Zorro (2005)(as zorro), Take The Lead (2006) (as Pierre Dulaine), once apon a time in mexico (2003) (as El Mariachi)
Childhood:
He was born in Málaga, Andalucia, southern Spain. He has one brother called Francisco. His parents were called Ana Bandera (his mother), who was a school teacher, and José Domínguez (his father), who was a policeman. His family was roman catholic, however he no longer follows this religion. When he was younger, his dream was to play football, but all this changed at the age of 14 when he broke his foot.
Personal:
He divorced his first wife Ana Leza. This was when he married Melanie Griffith, they met a year earlier when they shot Two Much. They have a daughter called Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith, who was born in 1996, and appeared in the film Crazy In Alabama (1999), in which Griffith starred and which her father directed.
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Banderas' expensive fake beard -
20 April 2012
-Antonio Banderas had a £6,000 false beard made for a movie role after shaving his facial hair off before shooting was complete.-The usually clean-shaven actor sported a bushy growth for Steven Soderbergh's 2011 action thriller Haywire and shaved it off when filming
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Banderas to star as Picasso -
20 February 2012
-Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is set to play famed artist Pablo Picasso in a new biopic.-The Desperado star, who was born in the same city of Malaga as Picasso, will portray the celebrated painter and sculptor in 33 Days, about the emotional struggle he endured while wo
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Banderas shows off sword skills -
10 December 2011
-Antonio Banderas showed off his swashbuckling skills on TV on Friday night (09Dec11) by giving presenter Graham Norton a swordfighting lesson.-The Mask of Zorro actor and Salma Hayek were the star guests on the host's BBC chat show to promote their new movie Puss In Boot
Antonio Banderas - what members say
review by A customer from Glasgow, Scotland
Worthy but moving 19 May 2005
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Andrew is Spectacular!!! 7 July 2004
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Rent this now! 2 June 2004
Antonio Banderas - filmography
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Puss in Boots
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas
Director: Chris Miller, Peter A. Ramsey
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"Puss in Boots" -- based on one of the most beloved characters of the Shrek Universe -- tells the hilarious and courageous (daring, bold, brave) tale of Puss' early adventures as he teams with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty to steal the famed Goose that lays the Golden Eggs.
 
70%
from 4,356 members
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Black Gold
(2011)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law.
70%
from 16 members
Currently unavailable
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The Big Bang
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser
Director: Tony Krantz
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Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding.... Read More... As Detective Cruz sets out to ..read more »
49%
from 180 members
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The Skin I Live In
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya
Director: Pedro AlmodĆ³var, Pedro Almodovar
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Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In ..read more »
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from 7,445 members
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The Big Bang - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser
Director: Tony Krantz
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Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding.... Read More... As Detective Cruz sets out to ..read more »
44%
from 197 members
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The Skin I Live In - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya
Director: Pedro AlmodĆ³var, Pedro Almodovar
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Pedro Almodovar's finds him joining forces with Antonio Banderas for the first time in over 20 years, in an adaptation of author Thierry JonquetĀs dark 1995 novel MYGALE. In THE SKIN I LIVE IN Banderas plays Dr. Robert Ledgard, a plastic surgeon who has invented a type of fake skin that is more ..read more »
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from 94 members
Not available for rental
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Dali
(2010)
Starring: Antonio Banderas
Director: Simon West
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A chronicle of the life of surrealist painter Salvador Dali, with a focus on his success in America and his later misfortunes.
14%
from 5 members
Currently unavailable
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Chevolution
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Gerry Adams, Antonio Banderas, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
Director: Luis Lopez, Trisha Ziff
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In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto 'Korda' Diaz captured a photo of Che Guevara during a mass funeral. History conspired to enable this dynamic portrait to explode on the world scene where it became an international symbol of protest and dissent. It is considered to be the most reproduced image in ..read more »
55%
from 172 members
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The Other Man
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Abigail Canton, Amanda Drew
Director: Richard Eyre
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After many years of marriage a man's wife dies. Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives for her from another man. Obsessed with finding out the truth, the husband writes back, impersonating his dead wife. Soon he discovers a love which he cannot understand.
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from 895 members
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My Spy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks
Director: George Gallo
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When an uptight federal agent's (Colin Hanks) sexually liberated mother (Meg Ryan) enters into an affair with a man (Antonio Banderas) suspected of being involved in an international art-theft ring, it's up to the fresh-faced agent to keep an observant eye on the couple in question in writer/..read more »
51%
from 3,422 members
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Shrek the Third
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
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When his new father-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese) falls ill, Shrek (Mike Myers) is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to install the rebellious Artie (..read more »
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from 58,144 members
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Shrek the Third - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
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In the third installment of the wildly popular SHREK series of computer-animated movies, everyone's favorite hygienically challenged green ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) faces both parental and royal responsibility when his wife, Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), finds out that she is pregnant and that ..read more »
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from 2,346 members
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Shrek the Third - HD
(2007)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
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In the third installment of the wildly popular SHREK series of computer-animated movies, everyone's favorite hygienically challenged green ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) faces both parental and royal responsibility when his wife, Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), finds out that she is pregnant and that ..read more »
67%
from 1,384 member
Not currently released
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Take The Lead
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, Ray Liotta
Director: Liz Friedlander
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Based on a true story, the film centres on the dashing Pierre Dulaine, an idealistic New York City ballroom dancer who was the subject of the runaway documentary hit MAD HOT BALLROOM (2005). After spying the desperate and violent actions of a young and angry high schooler named Rock, Dulaine ..read more »
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from 16,864 members
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Shrek 2
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
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After returning from their honeymoon and showing "home movies" to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn Fiona's parents have heard their daughter has married her true love and wish to meet the husband and invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch? Fiona's parents are unaware of the ..read more »
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from 85,159 members
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Imagining Argentina
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson
Director: Christopher Hampton
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In Buenos Aires during the Peron era, an Argentine playwright has a preternatural ability to see what will happen to people's loved ones -- many of whom are missing, or soon will be -- when he looks into their faces. Ultimately, he must turn this power inward, when his activist journalist wife ..read more »
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from 2,269 members
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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With ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez follows the further adventures of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), the guitar-and-gunslinging hero who has been leading a quiet life, but longs to get revenge for the murder of his love (Salma Hayek). When quirky CIA agent Sands (Johnny ..read more »
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from 27,800 members
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Frida
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
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Watch now: £2.49
Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage years to ..read more »
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from 15,258 members
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Ballistic - Ecks vs Sever
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry
Director: Wych Kaosayananda
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Watch now: Unavailable
In the mystifying opening sequence of BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER, a double kidnapping takes place on a rainy night in Vancouver with a minimal amount of wasted time and a maximum amount of violence. A little boy is picked up at the airport by his mother (Talisa Soto), whose car is stopped minutes ..read more »
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from 1,579 member
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Frida - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
For the first time on Blu-ray: Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Carla Gugino
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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Watch now: Unavailable
The spy kids are back in this highly inventive sequel to the original smash hit. Once again, cinematic multi-tasker Robert Rodriguez (SPY KIDS 2's director, writer, producer, director of photography, editor, and composer) brings his high-octane, technicolor brand of antics and special effects to ..read more »
59%
from 6,088 members
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Femme Fatale
(2002)
Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote
Director: Brian De Palma
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A contemporary film noir about an alluring seductress named Laure Ash. A sultry former jewel thief and con woman trying to live the straight life, Laure is suddenly exposed to the world--and her enemies--by a voyeuristic photographer, Nicholas Bardo, who takes a sudden interest in her. Seen as a ..read more »
54%
from 1,837 member
Currently unavailable
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Original Sin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
Director: Michael Cristofer
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In Cuba, at the end of the 19th century wealthy Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas) a successful coffee sales man is finding it hard to find true love. When he arranges a marriage with an American girl Juliet (Angelina Jolie) he is bowled over by her beauty and passion. But when a detective turns up ..read more »
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from 1,943 member
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Original Sin - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie
Director: Michael Cristofer
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In Cuba, at the end of the 19th century wealthy Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas) a successful coffee sales man is finding it hard to find true love. When he arranges a marriage with an American girl Juliet (Angelina Jolie) he is bowled over by her beauty and passion. But when a detective turns up ..read more »
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from 172 members
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Spy Kids
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Robert Patrick, Alexa Vega
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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Watch now: £2.49
Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the ..read more »
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from 8,381 members
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The Body
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi
Director: Jonas McCord
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In this message film about the struggle between politics and religion, a priest is sent to Jerusalem to investigate the remains of what could be the body of Jesus Christ. An Israeli archaeologist named Sharon (Olivia Williams) analyzes an ancient tomb discovered by a Palestinian shopkeeper who was ..read more »
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from 603 members
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Spy Kids - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Robert Patrick, Alexa Vega
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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Watch now: £2.49
When the notorious husband-and-wife spy team, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino), is kidnapped by the children's show host Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming), the two Cortez children are the only ones who have the right skills and the insider know-how to help. Together Carmen ..read more »
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from 190 members
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The 13th Warrior
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif
Director: John McTiernan
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Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first repulsed by ..read more »
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from 3,583 members
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Crazy In Alabama
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black
Director: Antonio Banderas
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Lucille, with only her hatbox and its mysterious contents, travels across America intent on finding fame and fortune in Hollywood. Her twelve-year-old nephew, Peejoe, left behind in Alabama, possesses one explosive secret he has difficulty keeping...
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from 233 members
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Play It To The Bone
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
Director: Ron Shelton
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Shelton turns his sports-minded attention to the world of boxing in this road trip comedy. Cesar (Banderas) and Vince (Harrelson) are down on their luck boxers living in Los Angeles, reminiscing over their near brushes with the big time. When they receive a call to fight in Las Vegas, they jump at ..read more »
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from 344 members
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Evita
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Alan Parker
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Evita is based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Actually, the film is more of an opera, with only short moments devoted to dialogue. Evita is the friendly, family version of the proper name Eva, and this film tells the story of Eva Peron (1921-52), a woman whose name evokes ..read more »
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from 6,092 members
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Desperado
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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With DESPERADO, director Robert Rodriguez presents the sequel to his 1992 low-budget action flick, EL MARIACHI. This film continues the story of the brooding no-name Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), whose guitar case is stocked with high-powered weaponry. The musician is in a sleepy Mexican town ..read more »
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from 19,065 members
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Assassins
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
Director: Richard Donner
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
An ageing professional assassin who's looking to get out of the business becomes prey for his psychotic, up-and-coming protege, mirroring the hit-man's own ascension fifteen years earlier.
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from 10,090 members
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The House of the Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
Director: Billie August
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Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
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from 1,777 member
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Interview with the Vampire
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
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Watch now: £2.49
Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (Christian Slater) ..read more »
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from 18,501 members
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Of Love and Shadows
(1994)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Betty Kaplan
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Irene Beltran, a young journalist in Cuba, takes on an assignment with magazine photographer Fransisco who is working for the underground revolutionaries. Together they uncover a hideous state crime and fall in love...
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from 26 members
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Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
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from 2,165 members
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Philadelphia
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The ..read more »
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from 19,759 members
Not currently released
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The Mambo Kings
(1992)
Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Director: Arne Glimcher
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Two ambitious Cuban brothers come to New York to make a name for themselves as musicians during the mambo craze of the 1950's. By day they work hard at manual labour, at night they are transformed; but the pressures of fame threaten to drive them apart. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song (..read more »
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from 36 members
Currently unavailable
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Against The Wind
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Emma Suarez
Director: Paco Perinan
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A man living with his girlfriend finds his life interrupted by the arrival of a former lover... his step-sister. Suddenly life is not as simple and passions are aroused...
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from 114 members
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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I'll never love you . . . ever! the sexy and attractive Marina (Victoria Abril) states emphatically to the love-struck Ricky (Antonio Banderas). You know she means what she says because when she makes this statement she is handcuffed and lashed to a bed, not exactly the proper way to warm anyone up ..read more »
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from 7,951 members
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Baton Rouge
(1988)
Starring: Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Director: Rafael MonleĆ³n
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A gigolo seduces a wealthy woman and with the help of her psychiatrist, conspires to murder the woman's husband and frame her for the crime. But the plan backfires, setting off a chain of deceit and double-crosses.
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from 4 members
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Law Of Desire
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Law Of Desire (1987):
At its core 'Law Of Desire' features a fabulous trio: the famous Madrid director Pablo (Poncela) for whom men are prepared to die, his new love-crazed boyfriend Antonio (Banderas) and Pablo's flamboyant and gorgeous transsexual sister Tina.
Pablo is suffering because Juan, ..read more »
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from 3,248 members
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Matador
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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This twisted, brave, funny film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar takes an unflinching look at the link between sex, death, and religion. Antonio Banderas stars as Angel, a sensitive student of matador Diego (Nacho Martinez), whose goring at the horns of a bull has left him obsessed with ..read more »
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from 4,611 members
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Labyrinth of Passion
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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In Labyrinth of Passion, Celia Roth portrays Sexi, a nymphomaniac punk rocker whose gynecologist father (Fernando Vivanco) specializes in artificial insemination. Spanish heartthrob Imanol Arias is Riza Niro, the gay son of the Emperor of Tehran, who has fled his father's island to have some fun in ..read more »
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