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Derek Jacobi
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Diamonds
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Ayres, Robert Borges, Jeremy Crutchley
Director: Andy Wilson
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A US Senator travels to the killing zone of an Eastern Congo diamond mine seeking answers to how her daughter was killed in a massacre. In the pursuit of truth, the Senator only finds a trail of greed, lies and blood... all in the name of diamonds.
From the city lights of London and Cape Town to ..read more »
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39%
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The Riddle
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Derek Jacobi, Julie Cox
Director: Brendan Foley
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A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames-side-pub. Gradually he becomes obsessed with unraveling a century-old murder in the pages of the manuscript. Only when he has done so, with the help of ..read more »
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Underworld: Evolution
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran
Director: Len Wiseman
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The Underworld saga continues as hunted Vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) seeks out Marcus (Tony Curran), king of the Vampires, in the hope of bargaining for her life. Hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) wants to join Selene in her quest but is unable to trust the werewolf raging uncontrolled inside him,..read more »
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Nanny McPhee
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Kirk Jones
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In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
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Bye Bye Blackbird
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jodhi May, Derek Jacobi, James Thiérrée
Director: Robinson Savary
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Starring Derek Jacobi and Jodhi May, Bye Bye Blackbird is a tragic and compelling love story set in a turn of the century travelling circus. When Josef falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist, Alice, he knows the only way to woo her is if he too masters the trapeze. Lord Dempsey the circus ..read more »
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Twin Spirits
(2005)
Starring: Sting, Trudie Styler, Derek Jacobi
Director: John Caird
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Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and ..read more »
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Twin Spirits - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Sting, Trudie Styler, Derek Jacobi
Director: John Caird
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Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and ..read more »
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The Long Firm
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Mark Strong, Derek Jacobi, Judy Parfitt
Director: Bille Eltringham
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During the swinging sixties in London, there was only one crime boss in Soho that mattered: the indomitable Harry Starks (Mark Strong). With a reputation for savagery and generosity in equal measure, Starks ruled central London with a coercive fist and his favourite implement of torture: the red-..read more »
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Strings
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Julian Glover
Director: Anders Ronnow-Klarlund
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Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to revenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.
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from 2,263 members
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Revelation
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: James D'Arcy, Natasha Wightman, Liam Cunningham
Director: Stuart Urban
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For thousands of years spiritualists, numerologists, and all interested in mystical forces upon the future have sought the ancient relic the Loculus. As a secret society slaughters groups of people in search of the artifact, the Loculus turns up in the back of a camper in the year 2001. A ..read more »
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Revengers Tragedy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard, Derek Jacobi
Director: Alex Cox
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Based on play by Thomas Middleton from the year 1607, writer/director Alex Cox (REPO MAN) gives us a comic horror story. Marrying 17th Century theatrical verse with some contemporary references and expletives, the story is dragged 400 years to modern day Liverpool where a man is seeking revenge ..read more »
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Two Men Went To War
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Kenneth Cranham, Derek Jacobi, James Fleet
Director: John Henderson
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Based on an amazing true story, TWO MEN WENT TO WAR tells the tale of WWII Army dentists Sergeant Peter King (Kenneth Cranham) and Private Leslie Cuthbertson (Leo Bill), two enlisted men who desperately wanted to fight behind enemy lines. Their desire leads them to gather up two guns and a bag of ..read more »
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from 330 members
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Gosford Park
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant
Director: Robert Altman
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In GOSFORD PARK, Robert Altman explores the English class system and master-servant relations via his preferred modus operandi of multiple characters and intertwining storylines, which he achieved so brilliantly in NASHVILLE. Featuring an all-star British ensemble cast, the film recalls both THE ..read more »
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from 14,511 members
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The Jury
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Anthony Sher, Stuart Bunce
Director: Pete Travis
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The duty of serving on a jury is examined in this courtroom drama, a mini-series created for British television. The case concerns a young Pakistani student who is on trial for the ax murder of a fellow classmate. The case is engulfed in controversy due to the racial implications that have been ..read more »
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from 323 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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Gladiator
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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from 66,532 members
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Gladiator - BLU-RAY Version
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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Jason And The Argonauts
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jason London, Frank Langella, Dennis Hopper
Director: Nick Willing
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From the Director of 1999's made-for-TV hit ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes a film inspired by the Greek mythological hero Jason (London) and his epic quest for the Golden Fleece to help regain his rightful claim to the throne in the kingdom of Thessaly. With the help of Hera, the Queen of Gods, he ..read more »
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57%
from 814 members
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Love Is The Devil
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
Director: John Maybury
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One of the 20th century's greatest painters, Francis Bacon (1909-1992), was at the height of his celebrity during London's swinging '60s. Bacon, however, a fiercely cruel artist suffers from the malady of obsession: his passion for his work is nearly exceeded by his obsession with George Dyer--a ..read more »
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59%
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Basil
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Christian Slater, Claire Forlani, David Ross
Director: Radha Bharardwaj
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This visually stunning film explores passion, betrayal, vengeance and revenge and their effect on the life of a naive and unseasoned young man. Basil, yearning for freedom from the constraints of aristocracy, disregards his position and wealth to pursue the passionate love of a beautiful woman. ..read more »
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from 97 members
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Beowulf
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Joseph Fiennes, Timothy West
Director: Yuri Kulakov
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An animated adventure for children and adults alike, Beowulf is an epic tale full of action, heroism, bravery and sacrifice. Beowulf tells the tale of a young Danish warrior called Beowulf who goes to the aid of King Hroagar and his people, who are attacked by a half-man
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Cadfael - The Complete Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley
Director: Graham Theakston, Graham Theakston /
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Based on Ellis Peter's CADFAEL series of novels, this popular television series stars Derek Jacobi as the eponymous clergyman. It follows Cadfael, a monk who, in his youth, was a crusader, sailor, and adventurer, but who has now settled down at Shrewsbury Abbey as its resident gardener, botanist, ..read more »
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Aladdin
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: nicky stoter (voice), Nicky Stoter, kate o'mara (voice)
Director: David Thwaytes
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Once upon a time in a country far away lived a boy called Aladdin who was tricked by an evil magician to enter an enchanted cave and go in search for a magic lamp. Here starts one of the greatest adventures ever told.
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Dead Again
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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In Kenneth Branagh's stylish suspense film, Branagh stars as Mike Church, a Los Angeles detective who is drawn into the life of Grace (Emma Thompson), a woman with amnesia who is plagued by disturbing nightmares. Attempts to help her regain her memory bring them to Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi), a ..read more »
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from 1,060 member
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Henry V
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Paul Scofield
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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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 »
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from 2,648 members
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The Tenth Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Derek Jacobi
Director: Jack Gold
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During the Nazi occupation of Paris in the 1940's, a group of men are dragged off the street by soldiers. The twenty-nine Frenchmen are all quite innocent, but the Germans have ordered that one out of every ten men must be executed. One such man, a French lawyer named Chavel, persuades a dying man ..read more »
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Little Dorrit
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael Elphick, Eleanor Bron
Director: Christine Edzard
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A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years.
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The Secret Of Nimh
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Dom Deluise, Hermione Baddeley
Director: Don Bluth
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Don Bluth's THE SECRET OF NIMH is an exquisitely drawn, colorfully animated feature about Mrs. Brisby, a brave mother field mouse who struggles to save her family's home from a farmer's plow. She soon discovers she needs the help of the strange, intelligent rats who live beneath the nearby rosebush ..read more »
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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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Philby, Burgess And Maclean
(1977)
Starring: Anthony Bate, Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver
Director: Gordon Flemyng
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The most famous spy story of our time. The KGB infiltrated British Intelligence but no-one knew how or who was responsible until Maclean was uncovered...
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I Claudius
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi
Director: Herbert Wise
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Hebert Wise's epic 13-part miniseries is packaged here in a special collector's set. Follow the lives and stories of the last of the Roman emperors, as they ruthlessly wield their power through murder and debauchery. The tales are witnessed and related by Claudius (Derek Jacobi), whose physical ..read more »
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The Odessa File
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell
Director: Ronald Neame
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The tense true story of a newsman whose search for a Nazi murderer leads him to the discovery of a top secret Nazi organisation file named 'Odessa'... Based on the novel by Frederick Forsythe.
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Blue Blood
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Oliver Reed, Fiona Lewis
Director: Andrew Sinclair
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The house butler, Oliver Reed, is hellbent on possessing Swanbrook Mansion and its occupants. He spins an evil web around the family and induces bizarre and terrifying dreams. As each night passes, the possession and domination become stronger.
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Day Of The Jackal
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Edward Fox, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Pickup
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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This suspense thriller about a daring plot to murder Charles De Gaulle is based on Frederick Forsyth's best-seller. The movie's suspenseful pace is tied to the incredibly careful and intricate planning the man code-named "the Jackal" does in preparation for the hit. This classic was watered down ..read more »
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Three Sisters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright
Director: Laurence Olivier
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This adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS was part of the American Film Theatre series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The play focuses on a trio of sisters who live far away from the big city ..read more »
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56%
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The Three Sisters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright
Director: Laurence Olivier
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This adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau, and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The play focuses on a trio of sisters who live far away from the big city ..read more »
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The Shakespeare Conspiracy
on DVD
Starring: Derek Jacobi
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This fascinating documentary explores the identity of the Bard, was he really a grain-dealer named William Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon or Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford? Sir Derek Jacobi distinguishes the myth from the fact, and questions this controversial conspiracy theory.
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa
on DVD
Starring: Derek Jacobi
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Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi — star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" — this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 ad. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, ..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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Endgame
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, William Hurt
Director: Pete Travis
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The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of bloody insurrection. In a gripping thriller based on real-life events, Endgame drops us into this brutal conflict's control centers:..read more »
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In The Night Garden - Who's Here?
on DVD
Starring: Derek Jacobi
Director: Alex Kirby
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In the Night Garden is best described as an interpretation of a nursery rhyme picture book and features lots of characters based loosely on toys, living together within a happy and caring community.
Like all good stories, In the Night Garden takes children on an imaginative journey and during ..read more »
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Anastezi
to Watch Now
(2007)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Ángela Molina, Angela Molina
Director: Miguel Alcantud
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Run time: 86 minutes
Young violin prodigy Valerio is summoned to study at an exclusive musical academy. During his stay he learns that the academy's world-famous virtuoso, Baltzer, has sinister plans for him.
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Love is the Devil
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Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
Director: John Maybury
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Run time: 86 minutes
John Maybury's searing portrait of the English painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) at the height of his fame in the 1960s is one of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed. It tells the story of the colossally self-absorbed painter and his self-destructive ..read more »
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Step aside Olivier! 23 June 2007
...essage had to be different. Branagh handles the soliloqys extremely well while Derek Jacobi's performance as the Chorus provides a haunting narration. I particularly enjo...
