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Joan Plowright
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Joan Plowright - what members say
review by from Surbiton
Policeman Should Have Been Arrested 1 June 2004
review by from London
Not the same 8 September 2004
review by Petroc from HAYLE UK
Harrowing but Brilliant 12 February 2010
Joan Plowright - filmography
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Knife Edge
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Natalie Press, Hugh Bonneville, Joan Plowright
Director: Anthony Hickox
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Blissfully happy in her new marriage, Emma has given up a successful career on Wall Street to return to England and give her 6 year old son a new life. Her husband has already bought their new dream home: a massive mansion house in the country - a house which had stood empty for 20 years but which ..read more »
 
51%
from 947 members
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Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joan Plowright, Zoe Tapper, Rupert Friend
Director: Dan Ireland
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An elderly widow dumped in a 'retirement hotel' by her family strikes up an unlikely friendship with an aspiring young writer. Her disappointment at the sight of her new lodgings is soon tempered by the young man's joie de vivre as she discovers a whole new lease on life. MRS PALFREY AT THE ..read more »
71%
from 404 members
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I Am David
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joan Plowright, James Caviezel
Director: Paul Feig
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David, a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who has lived in a prison camp for most of his life, has no concept of the outside world. So when his father-figure and fellow inmate Johannes (Jim Caviezel) helps him escape, David begins to realize the endless possibilities that await him as he scrambles ..read more »
67%
from 456 members
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Bringing Down The House
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy
Director: Adam Shankman
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Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced workaholic L.A. lawyer trying to forget his ex-wife (Jean Smart). Successful but lonely, Peter falls for an online chat buddy and is eager to meet his dream girl, until he meets the real woman behind the screen name and realises she is not at all like he'..read more »
59%
from 7,187 members
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George And The Dragon
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze
Director: Tom Reeve
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The adventure film GEORGE AND THE DRAGON tells the tale of a knight who, upon returning home after an unsettling period fighting the Crusades, agrees to find a king's missing daughter in order to possess some land in a quiet area of the world. Soon he learns that in order to return the princess, ..read more »
59%
from 285 members
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Callas Forever
(2002)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Fanny Ardant, Joan Plowright
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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This fictionalised biopic chronicles the final years of opera meta-diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant), filling in the blank spots with a what if scenario. It's the late 1970s and Callas, once the greatest singer in opera, has lost her voice, been thrown over by Aristotle Onassis in favour of Jackie ..read more »
55%
from 342 members
Currently unavailable
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Back To The Secret Garden
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Joan Plowright, George Baker, Cherie Lunghi
Director: Michael Tuchner
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Filmed for the Showtime cable network, BACK TO THE SECRET GARDEN stars Academy Award winner Joan Plowright. A sequel to one of the most adored children's novels of all time, the story centers around another young orphan girl, this one named Lizzie. A lonely American, Lizzie finds herself travelling ..read more »
59%
from 712 members
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Dance with Me
(1998)
Starring: Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson
Director: Randa Haines
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romance and dance film. Chayanne plays a Cuban dancer who comes to Texas to work in a dance studio. There, he falls for Ruby Sinclair, a one-time ballroom championship contender looking for the opportunity to compete for the title once more.
68%
from 47 members
Currently unavailable
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101 Dalmatians
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
Director: Stephen Herek
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Slapstick kingpin John Hughes translates the classic animated children's tale into a campy live-action slugfest. The fur-loving, sadistic Cruella De Vil (Close, at her most outrageous) pants after the pelts of the titular puppies, hoping to sew them into a fabulous coat, but the dogs outsmart her ..read more »
62%
from 7,832 members
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Jane Eyre
(1996)
Starring: William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Director Franco Zeffirelli stresses emotional realism over gothic chills in this restrained adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. The screenplay, by Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitmore, remains relatively faithful to the original story, beginning with a condensed look at the troubled childhood of ..read more »
64%
from 2,033 members
Not currently released
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Wrong, Mr.
(1996)
Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack
Director: Nick Castle
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A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
41%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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A Place For Annie
(1993)
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Sissy Spacek, Joan Plowright
Director: John Gray
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In this Hallmark Hall of Fame production, a pediatric nurse (Sissy Spacek) adopts an infant with AIDS only to have the birth mother (Mary-Louise Parker) show up and demand custody. The nurse, her nanny (Joan Plowright), and the mother all vie to care for the little one, ultimately developing a ..read more »
67%
from 190 members
Not currently released
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Widow's Peak
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson
Director: John Irvin
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A quaint Irish town is set buzzing when a sexy, secretive stranger arrives, seducing the men and manipulating the women in this comic murder-mystery.
60%
from 205 members
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Enchanted April
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Joan Plowright
Director: Mike Newell
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From director Mike Newell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) comes this charming tale of four women who find Romance, hope and, ultimately, liberation during a month's holiday in an Italian villa overlooking the sea. Academy Award Nominations: three, including Best (..read more »
64%
from 1,996 member
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Avalon
(1990)
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright
Director: Barry Levinson
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The third installment in Barry Levinson's Baltimore Trilogy, AVALON tells the story of a Jewish family immigrating to the United States in pursuit of the American dream. Starting in the early 1900s, the Krichinsky brothers begin to arrive in America one at a time, scrimping and saving to pay for ..read more »
48%
from 21 members
Currently unavailable
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I Love You To Death
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Based on an incredible true story, Lawrence Kasdan's film tells the tale of a woman out to murder her cheating husband... who proves to be invincible. Married chauvinist Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) can't stop sleeping with other women. When his humdrum wife Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) finally realizes what'..read more »
61%
from 1,053 member
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And A Nightingale Sang
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Tom Watt, Phyllis Logan, Joan Plowright
Director: Robert Knights
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A touching and richly comic account of one Geordie family's war. While Mam worries about the church being bombed, Grandpa mourns his dead whippet and Dad turns communist, while their daughters experience the agonies of first love.
56%
from 136 members
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Drowning by Numbers
(1988)
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson
Director: Peter Greenaway
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When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By ..read more »
76%
from 175 members
Currently unavailable
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Brimstone And Treacle
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Sting, Suzanna Hamilton, Denholm Elliott
Director: Richard Loncraine
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This taut, well-made thriller tells the story of a strange young man who befriends a middle-aged couple and tends for their crippled daughter. Adapted from Dennis Potter's play, BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE was a Grand Prize winner at the Montreal Film Festival
60%
from 616 members
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Britannia Hospital
(1982)
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Joan Plowright
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Director Lindsay Anderson and screenwriter David Sherwin continue their story of Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), who played the rebellious school boy in the 1969 film IF and the go-getter coffee salesman in the 1973 film O LUCKY MAN! In BRITANNIA HOSPITAL, Mick Travis is now an undercover ..read more »
56%
from 645 members
Not currently released
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Equus
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer's dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of ..read more »
63%
from 1,194 member
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The Merchant of Venice
(1973)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett
Director: John Sichel
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In this lavish stage production, Oscar winner Laurence Olivier takes on one of literary history s most enigmatic and challenging characters: the vengeful moneylender of Venice, Shylock. Adapted from Jonathan Miller s brilliant London stage production, this updated interpretation of Shakespeare s ..read more »
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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 »
51%
from 89 members
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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 »
57%
from 182 members
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The Entertainer
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Joan Plowright
Director: Tony Richardson
Certificate:
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Laurence Olivier shocked audiences accustomed to seeing him in Shakespeare or period romances when he joined forces with the two defining figures of Britain's New Wave kitchen-sink realism, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne, by starring as third-rate seaside comedian Archie Rice ..read more »
66%
from 646 members
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Goose on the Loose!
Starring: Chevy Chase, Kari Matchett, James Purefoy
Director: Nicholas Kendall
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Randall the Goose is out on a summer date with his lifelong love Etta when he is suddenly snatched by Congreve Maddox, a gourmet cook and principal of Willow Springs Elementary, who wants to make Randall his trophy prize in a culinary contest. But Congreve meets his match in his next-door neighbors,..read more »
10%
from 2 members
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...deigned to cast Sting alongside such acting illuminaries as Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright is an utter mystery. This film plods along, agonisingly dragging the audience a...
