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Hoskins signs up for Roger Rabbit sequel -
23 September 2010
-Bob Hoskins has signed up to star in a sequel to his hit 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit - but he's sceptical over plans to make the follow-up film fully animated.-
-Last year (09) the actor claimed he had "no plans" to make any more movies, but now Hoskins has c
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Hoskins hides awards in closet -
7 September 2010
-Veteran actor Bob Hoskins has never let fame go to his head - he hides his awards in a cupboard and insists he would refuse to accept a knighthood if it was offered.-
-The Long Good Friday star was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1987 for his role in Mona Lisa,
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Hoskins: 'Roger Rabbit drove me mad' -
28 October 2009
-Actor Bob Hoskins was driven to the brink of insanity by his role in 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit - he spent months suffering hallucinations of cartoon characters from the film.-
-The movie combined animation with real-life action and saw Hoskins acting alongs
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Brass In Pocket 26 May 2007
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Haunting 12 May 2005
Bob Hoskins - filmography
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Outside Bet
(2012)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Lucy Drive
Director: Sacha Bennett
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Set against the turbulent mid 80's of money, privatization, unions and dramatic media evolution: A life-long group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.
 
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Will
(2011)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins, Jane March
Director: Ellen Perry
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Eleven-year-old Will Brennan is Liverpool FCs biggest fan. When his long-absent father, Gareth, briefly reappears with tickets to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul, Will's dream of watching his beloved team in one of their biggest ever matches is about to come true. But not everyone wants ..read more »
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from 10 members
Due for release on 27th February 2012
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Made in Dagenham - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Nigel Cole
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As produced by heavyweight Stephen Woolley (THE CRYING GAME) and headlined by Sally Hawkins (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) and Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY), this docudrama brings to life a pivotal event from British history. In 1968, women's rights took a broad leap forward when workers at the Ford ..read more »
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from 75 members
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Made in Dagenham
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Nigel Cole
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As produced by heavyweight Stephen Woolley (THE CRYING GAME) and headlined by Sally Hawkins (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) and Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY), this docudrama brings to life a pivotal event from British history. In 1968, women's rights took a broad leap forward when workers at the Ford ..read more »
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from 21,869 members
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The Street - Series 3 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins
Director: David Blair
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From acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, Priest) The Street follows the lives and passions of neighbours in a North of England street.
This BAFTA, RTS and International Emmy award winning drama sees Timothy Spall reprise his role and will be joined by an all new cast featuring ..read more »
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from 172 members
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Doomsday
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins
Director: Neil Marshall
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From director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) and starring Rhona Mitra (Shooter), Bob Hoskins (Outlaw, Nixon) and Malcom McDowell (Heroes, A Clockwork Orange) Doomsday is an action-packed, science-fiction thriller!
In Doomsday, a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills ..read more »
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from 18,735 members
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The Last Word Monologues
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sheila Hancock, Rhys Ifans, Bob Hoskins
Director: Hugo Blick
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Three contemplative monologues about killing: 1, A dying woman waits for the pills that will end her life; 2, A farmer tries to find a way to escape his domineering mother; 3, An assassin awaits in a public toilet for his next target.
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from 26 members
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Doomsday - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Sean Pertwee, Adrian Lester, Bob Hoskins
Director: Neil Marshall
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Writer/director Neil Marshall earned the respect of horror devotees with his first two features, DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, refreshing and scary twists on the werewolf and expedition-gone-wrong genres. Where those works exemplified a respect for pure horror, devoid of the tension-spoiling comedy ..read more »
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from 3,672 members
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Ruby Blue
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Josiane Balasko, Jody Latham
Director: Jan Dunn
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An elderly man's friendship with a young girl is viewed with suspicion both those around him in this drama from British filmmaker Jan Dunn. Jack (Bob Hoskins) has never been an especially good natured man, but after the death of his wife he sinks into a deep depression, rarely leaving the house, ..read more »
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from 340 members
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Outlaw
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Lennie James
Director: Nick Love
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A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
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from 25,408 members
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Sparkle
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Stockard Channing, Shaun Evans, Anthony Head
Director: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
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Sam is a charming, young chancer who has ambitions in the glamorous world of public relations when he moves to London. However, his best laid plans suffer a real setback when true love turns his world upside down in the most unexpected of circumstances.
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Outlaw - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins
Director: Nick Love
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A group of disillusioned citizens who have been the victims of crime decide to organise and take the law into their own hands. After returning to England after fighting in Iraq, Bryant (Sean Bean, THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING) relocates to London. He finds that the area he has ..read more »
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from 972 members
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The Wind In The Willows
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matt Lucas, Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter
Director: Rachel Talalay
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Live-action adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Follow the misadventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad, Badger, and the other eccentric woodland creatures as they get up to all sorts of humourous high jinks. This lavish BBC production features an all-star cast that includes ..read more »
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from 212 members
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Stay
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
Director: Marc Forster
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Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) is a young psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague on leave. Among his new patients is Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a young art student who hears voices and is seriously contemplating suicide. This resonates strongly with Sam, who rescued his painter girlfriend, ..read more »
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from 14,058 members
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Mrs Henderson Presents
(2005)
Starring: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young
Director: Stephen Frears
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Wartime entertainment takes a new turn when Mrs Henderson decides to offer an all naked female dance troupe to bring some cheer in times of trouble. Based on true events at the Windmill Theatre in London's West End.
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from 41,153 members
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Unleashed
(2004)
Starring: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins
Director: Louis Leterrier
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Danny has been raised as a slave by a gangster in order to become a violent fighting machine and to in turn compete at illegal gladiator-style fight clubs. But when Danny meets a blind piano tune, he experiences kindness for the first time in his life and his world is thrown into disarray...
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from 26,442 members
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The Sleeping Dictionary
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Jessica Alba, Brenda Blethyn
Director: Guy Jenkin
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Jessica Alba plays beautiful young and sultry Selima--the so-called SLEEPING DICTIONARY--who is forced to teach the art of sex in colonial Sarawak. Young, handsome British graduate John Truscott (BLACK HAWK DOWN's Hugh Dancy) is her pupil. Inevitably they become real lovers but must deny their ..read more »
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from 3,284 members
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Where Eskimos Live
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Bob Hoskins
Director: Tomasz Wiszniewski
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The great British actor Bob Hoskins (WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, MERMAIDS) stars in acclaimed director Tomasz Wiszniewski's stirring drama. The story of a man named Sharkey, who sells babies on the black market and his odd yet touching friendship with a young boy named Vlado, whose life has been ..read more »
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from 362 members
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Maid In Manhattan
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson
Director: Wayne Wang
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Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, SMOKE) updates the familiar Cinderella story in this charming romantic comedy. Jennifer Lopez stars as Marissa Ventura, a beautiful young woman who divides her time between her precocious son Ty (Tyler Posey) and her housekeeping duties at The Beresford, an ..read more »
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from 19,645 members
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Enemy At The Gates
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a single rifle--the second man only gets the weapon when the first is cut down. Trapped in no man's land between the opposing ..read more »
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from 11,092 members
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Last Orders
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the ..read more »
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from 3,739 members
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The Lost World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Matthew Rhys
Director: Stuart Orme
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This BBC presentation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD follows an early 20th-century expedition to discover the existence of dinosaurs. Led by Professor George Challenger (Bob Hoskins), the party encounters primitive humans and various dinosaurs. The cast also includes James Fox, Peter ..read more »
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Live Virgin
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Mena Suvari, Robert Loggia
Director: Jean-Pierre Marois
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Katrina Batoloti dreams of becoming an actress, her father, however, wants her to train as a barrister. To assert herself she sets out to lose her virginity live on the internet and pay-per-view television...
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from 182 members
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Felicia's Journey
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Arsinee Khanjian, Elaine Cassidy
Director: Atom Egoyan
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A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Felicia's Journey, writer/director Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to ..read more »
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Tube Tales
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher
Director: Bob Hoskins, Stephen Hopkins, Charles McDougal
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TUBE TALES goes into the London Underground to tell a series of funny and unusual subterranean stories. The film features directors such as Stephen Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, and--in their directorial debuts--Ewan McGregor and Jude Law. The cast includes Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone, Kelly MacDonald, and ..read more »
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A Room For Romeo Brass
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Andrew Shim, Ben Marshall, Paddy Considine
Director: Shane Meadows
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In A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS, two teenage boys, Romeo (Andrew Shrim) and Knocks (Ben Marshall), whose families live in the same housing development in a small town in the Midlands, England, share a unique friendship. Making jokes that nobody else understands, fighting over little things, being ..read more »
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from 9,207 members
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Parting Shots
(1999)
Starring: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, Bob Hoskins
Director: Michael Winner
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Harry only has a short time to live - but the prognosis is even worse for his enemies. An all-star cast shines in this hilarious black comedy about getting even - and getting away with it.
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Captain Jack
(1998)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Peter McDonald
Director: Robert Young
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Bob Hoskins stars in this charming high seas adventure as Captain Jack, a tough, aging seaman whose travels are now restricted to ferrying tourists around Whitby Bay. Fed up with his now staid life, Jack to decides to retrace the steps of his hero, Captain Scorseby, who sailed from England to Jan ..read more »
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from 271 members
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Cousin Bette
(1998)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins
Director: Des McAnuff
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A spinster, thinks that she takes second place to her cousin Adeline, but she expects to become Lady Hulot on her death and hopes for a marriage proposal from Hector Hulot. But she finds herself offered the post of housekeeper. Deeply upset she leaves for Paris where she plots with Mayor Crevel.
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Twenty Four Seven
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Bruce Jones, Frank Harper
Director: Shane Meadows
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From the poverty and despair of an English industrial town, one man with a dream (Bob Hoskins) forms a boxing club to give troubled teenagers a fighting chance. The lads learn lessons of self-respect and male bonding, but amidst the triumph of the biggest tournament of their lives, tragedy strikes. ..read more »
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from 4,002 members
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Spiceworld The Movie
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: The Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, Roger Moore
Director: Bob Spiers
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One of the reasons that the Spice Girls remain so much fun is that in the great British tradition, they don't take themselves too seriously. Like The Beatles before them, the girls are more than happy to take pot-shots at their own manufactured image, something that Spiceworld: The Movie revels in. ..read more »
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from 1,008 member
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The Secret Agent
(1996)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Christopher Hampton
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The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
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Nixon
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods
Director: Oliver Stone
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A surprisingly sympathetic account of the life of Richard Nixon from Oliver Stone, NIXON stars Anthony Hopkins as the former American president. Told out of chronological order, the film traces Nixon's life from his strict Quaker upbringing, through his rise in the Republican party, to his wounding ..read more »
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from 3,510 members
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Balto
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Phil Collins
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Based on the true adventure of an Alaskan sled dog named Balto who trekked across the frozen tundra to deliver a serum to a remote village in 1925, BALTO is a heartwarming animated film that features the voices of Kevin Bacon and Bridget Fonda. Balto, who is half wolf and half dog and therefore an ..read more »
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from 1,149 member
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The Forgotten Toys
(1995)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Joanna Lumley, Clement Freud
Director: Graham Ralph
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Hibbert Ralph presents the heartwarming adventures of the Forgotten Toys, a refined rag doll named Annie and a grumpy teddy bear named Teddy who have been cast aside in favor of newer toys by their fickle owner. In "Forgotten Again," Teddy and Annie find themselves stuffed into a holdall bag, which ..read more »
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from 210 members
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When Lions Roared
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, John Lithgow
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Featuring three powerhouse performers, this miniseries centres on three of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Oscar-winner Michael Caine is transformed into the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in an Emmy-nominated performance. Bob Hoskins plays British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Passed Away
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Blair Brown, Tim Curry
Director: Charlie Peters
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A crazy bunch of family members must spend the weekend together when their dear old dad suddenly passes away. Dealing with the grief is easy... dealing with each other isn't...
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from 132 members
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Hook - Blu-ray
(1991)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg brings J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN to the screen with a delightfully modernized twist. Forty-year-old Peter (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a workaholic lawyer with more affection for his cell phone than his wife and two children. When the family travels to England to ..read more »
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from 162 members
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Shattered
(1991)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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A wealthy and powerful architect is left with a completely disfigured face and amnesia after his car plummets off a cliff. As he struggles to reconstruct his life, he experiences strange flashbacks of nightmarish and erotic memories that don't match the story he has been told.
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from 41 members
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Hook
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of ..read more »
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from 13,261 members
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Heart Condition
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb
Director: James D. Parriott
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Bob Hoskins and Denzel Washington star in this high-spirited comedy from the producer of Forrest Gump. Hoskins is Moony, an overweight, out-of-shape, narrow minded vice cop who's in love with a hooker named Crystal (Chloe Webb). Washington is Stone, a slick urban lawyer who's defending Crystal. ..read more »
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from 248 members
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Mermaids
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder
Director: Richard Benjamin
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MERMAIDS is the story of the turbulent relationship between a flamboyant, outrageous mom (Cher) and her two daughters (Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci) who just want a normal, stable life. Socially rebellious and provocative, the mother is reluctant to settle down, even at the request of her two ..read more »
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from 3,649 members
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The Raggedy Rawney
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Dexter Fletcher, Ian Dury
Director: Bob Hoskins
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After deserting his army post in war-torn Europe, Tom goes on the run and meets up with a girl who disguises him as a woman. Later, he encounters a band of gypsies who think he is female but Jesse, the gypsy leaders's daughter, knows Tom's secret. The situation gets even more complex when she ..read more »
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from 48 members
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The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
Director: Jack Clayton
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Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother, Madden, who exudes a certain glamour, having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral......
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from 185 members
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Chris Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a tale of a man, a woman and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. It's a world where laughing can be dangerous, romance can be hilarious, and Toons and people live side by side. It's a wonderful place you'll want to visit again and again. The chemistry is magic. The effects ..read more »
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from 20,819 members
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Sweet Liberty
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Alan Alda, Bob Hoskins, Saul Rubinek
Director: Alan Alda
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A history professor's life and peaceful college town are turned upside down when a film crew turns up to make a movie out of his best-selling novel about the American Revolution.
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from 148 members
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Brazil - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
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from 22 members
Not available for rental
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Mona Lisa
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Neil Jordan
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In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences--he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and ..read more »
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from 4,673 members
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Mussolini And I
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon
Director: Alberto Negrin
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Bob Hoskins stars as Mussolini in this lavish production which recreates the dramatic events which surrounded the destruction of the powerful Mussolini dynasty that ruled over forty million Italians for more than twenty years.
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from 98 members
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The Dunera Boys
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bob Hoskins
Director: Ben Lewin
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Tells the true story of a group of Jewish refugees who were sent to Australia by the British as they feared that they were in fact German spies.
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from 44 members
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
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from 19,498 members
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The Cotton Club
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Bob Hoskins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Certificate:
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Combining electric song and dance performances with drama (both on and off screen), Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) looks back to the 1920s-1930s peak of the legendary Harlem nightclub where only blacks performed and only whites could sit in the audience. Mixing historical figures ..read more »
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from 960 members
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Pink Floyd, Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins
Director: Alan Parker
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Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of the wall. This wall is a ..read more »
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from 4,014 members
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Othello
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins
Director: Colin Lowrey
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Shakespearean drama of jealousy and paranoia, covetousness and intrigue. This is the tragic tale of Othello the Moor and his bride Desdemona, driven to jealousy and death by the malicious plotting of those closest to them. 1978 Jonathan Miller production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty ..read more »
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from 250 members
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Flickers - The Complete Series
(1980)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Frances De La Tour, Fraser Cains
Director: Cyril Coke
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An amiable Cockney rogue seeking out investors in a bid to break big in the silent-film industry finds that building a business out of make-believe isn't as easy as he might have thought in this comic yarn about life in the British film industry starring Bob Hoskins and Frances de la Tour. Arnie (..read more »
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The Long Good Friday
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: derek tho, derek thomp, Pau
Director: John Mackenzie
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John Mackenzie's rabidly engaging, complex gangster film concerns a dominant English racketeer, Harold (Bob Hoskins), who is about to change his image and go straight. While negotiating a deal with an American organised crime organisation to develop the barren Docklands section of London, his ..read more »
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from 9,565 members
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Pennies From Heaven
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell
Director: Piers Haggard
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Dennis Potter's popular and highly acclaimed TV drama--it won the BAFTA for Outstanding Drama when it first aired in 1978--follows the life of sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker in 1930s Britain. Bob Hoskins plays Parker, a man with a passion for the ladies, and his product, who leads a frustrated ..read more »
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from 974 members
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Inserts
(1975)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins
Director: John Byrum
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A degenerate film with dignity, starring a young (pre-JAWS) Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper and Veronica Cartwright. Originally rated X but later re-rated as NC-17, the story focuses on pornographic film production, and the movie takes its name from a double entendre: “Insert” refers to both a ..read more »
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The National Health
(1973)
Starring: Lynn Redgrave, Bob Hoskins, Colin Blakely
Director: Jack Gold
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Based on the play by Peter Nichols. Comedy satire about overworked doctors and nurses who are doing their best to cope in a depressing and poorly-equipped National Health hospital.
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The Beggar's Opera
on DVD
Starring: Roger Daltrey, Bob Hoskins, Stratford Johns
Director: Jonathan Miller
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An exuberant production of a historical adaptation of John Gay's ballad opera which brings to life the corruption, lust and greed of lowlife London. Originally produced for television, this satirical comedy concerning London bums and lowlifes stars serious acclaimed actor Bob Hoskins (of WHO FRAMED ..read more »
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from 68 members
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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'.
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... leading role with the soundtrack in second place and even a suprise cameo from Bob Hoskins!
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