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Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman was born on the 21st February 1946 in Hammersmith London.
His 1st big film was Die Hard in 1988 where he played Hans Gruber. In 1991 he played the sheriff in Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves he turned this part down 2 times before accepting.
He also played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies. He only got this role due to Tim Roth turning the roll down.
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15 July 2009
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Alan Rickman - filmography
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Bottle Shock
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Rachael Taylor
Director: Randall Miller
Certificate: 
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In 1976, a small American winery bested the exalted French wines of the time and sent the wine industry into a tizzy--putting California wines on the map for good. Based on a true story, "Bottle Shock" chronicles the events leading up to the famous "Judgment of Paris" tastings, told through the ..read more »
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63%
from 789 members
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2008)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Director: David Yates
Certificate: 
As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
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78%
from 3,360 members
Due for release on 7th December 2009
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Snow Cake
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: Marc Evans
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Sometimes stopping is the most important part of the journey... A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman (Weaver) and a man (Rickman) who is traumatised after a fatal car accident...
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70%
from 9,023 members
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Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Director: Mike Newell
Certificate: 
This year, Hogwarts is hosting the Tri Wizard festival, and there may be a plot afoot to off Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) during the proceedings. Hermione (Emma Watson) finds a man worthy of her in competing Russian Quidditch champion Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ivaneski), to the chagrin of Ron Weaselly (..read more »
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72%
from 68,774 members
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
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The long-awaited film version of Douglas Adams' THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, based on his five-book series, is a funny, wacky, highly creative ride through a bizarre universe. Martin Freeman (Tim from THE OFFICE) stars as Arthur Dent, a British everyman suddenly thrust into intergalactic ..read more »
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54%
from 61,162 members
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Love Actually - BLU-RAY Version
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
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from 265 members
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Love Actually
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
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67%
from 76,510 members
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Blow Dry
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Paddy Breathnach
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The British Hairdressing Championship is coming to the small Yorkshire town of Keighley. The Mayor (Warren Clarke) is ecstatic--but initially the townspeople are underwhelmed. The exotic models and their even more exotic hairdressers arrive--among them reigning champion, Ray Robertson (Bill Nighy). ..read more »
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60%
from 1,313 member
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Help! I'm A Fish
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Alan Rickman, Terry Jones
Director: Stefan Fjeldmark, Michael Hegner, Stefan Fjeldma
Certificate: 
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This delightful animated film tells the story of three children, Stella, Fly and Chuck, who after accidentally drinking a potion get turned into sea creatures! They only have 48 hours to find the antidote or remain fish forever! This fishy adventure is fun-filled and features some great songs.
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56%
from 1,025 member
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Galaxy Quest
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman
Director: Dean Parisot
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GALAXY QUEST is a satirical comedy that pokes fun at the influence science fiction shows such as STAR TREK have had on their audience. The cast members of the cult sci-fi television series GALAXY QUEST now earn their livings appearing at conventions and grand openings, led by their bomastic captain ..read more »
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68%
from 8,021 members
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Dogma
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Kevin Smith
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Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
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72%
from 18,456 members
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Judas Kiss
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Simon Baker-Denny, Carla Gugino, Gil Bellows
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
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A woman and her lover who have made money by running sex scams decide to go for the big time and kidnap the owner of a computer company. Things go wrong when the wife of a senator is killed during the kidnapping...
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49%
from 258 members
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The Winter Guest
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Sheila Reid
Director: Alan Rickman
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A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose haze of grief has driven a wedge into their relationship. ..read more »
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56%
from 849 members
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Michael Collins
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman
Director: Neil Jordan
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Starting with Ireland's bloody Easter Rebellion of 1916 and ending with his untimely death, this brilliantly photographed epic from director Neil Jordan tells the charged story of Michael "Mickey" Collins. An IRA founder whose innovative guerrilla tactics succeeded in bringing freedom from British ..read more »
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71%
from 2,866 members
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Sense And Sensibility
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet
Director: Ang Lee
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When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. Though John ..read more »
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74%
from 10,972 members
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Mesmer
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Donal Donnelly
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
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The story of Franz Anton Mesmer and his unconventional theories and practice in the world of medicine in the 18th century. After seeming to cure a beautiful pianist of blindness the couple fall into a forbidden love affair. A challenging look at a unique historical figure. Winner, Best Actor, ..read more »
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47%
from 255 members
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Bob Roberts
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Alan Rickman
Director: Tim Robbins
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Brilliant political satire about the senatorial campaign of a right-wing candidate. Told in a mockumentary style, a corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him.
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62%
from 1,229 member
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Close My Eyes
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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A woman, Natalie (Saskia Reeves), becomes re-aquainted with her younger brother, Richard (Clive Owen), from whom she was separated as a child. They meet intermittently for the next few years, until the sister gets married to Sinclair (Alan Rickman), a wealthy businessman. Once married, the siblings ..read more »
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56%
from 1,569 member
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Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater
Director: Kevin Reynolds
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Robin of Locksley escapes death in a foreign land. Returning home to England with a Moor named Azeem he discovers that his father has been killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham who has seized power in the King's absence. Now Robin must become a fugitive and fight for retribution.
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68%
from 18,613 members
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, Bill Paterson
Director: Anthony Minghella
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In Anthony Minghella's directorial debut, Nina (Juliet Stevenson) is trying to put her life back together following the untimely death of her boyfriend, Jamie (Alan Rickman). She still hears his voice in her head, telling her to lock the back door, or instructing her in the proper way to brush her ..read more »
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67%
from 9,584 members
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Quigley Down Under
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo
Director: Simon Wincer
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Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American sharpshooter imported from the heat and dust of the Old West to the heat and dust of the Australian outback to fight off wild dogs with his six foot rifle. Upon arrival, he learns he's been hired to kill Aborigines by a heartless rancher, which disgusts Quigley, ..read more »
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67%
from 1,455 member
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The January Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Director: Pat O'Connor
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An underrated film penned by Oscar winner (Moonstruck) John Patrick Shanley about a modern day Sherlock Holmes asked by his policeman brother to discover a serial killer's identity before he strikes again. His romance with the Mayor's daughter has a touch of poetry that lifts the film above formula.
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55%
from 602 members
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Die Hard - BLU-RAY Version
(1988)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason
Director: John McTiernan
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On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
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86%
from 1,901 member
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Romeo & Juliet
on DVD
Starring: Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, John Gielgud
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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The tale of exquisite and doomed young love, against the backdrop of a bitter family rivalry. The innocence of the young lovers is contrasted with the festering imbecility, prejudice, bigotry and stubborn pride of their elders. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
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55%
from 108 members
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Nobel Son
Starring: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy
Director: Randall Miller
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Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose ..read more »
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66%
from 15 members
Alan Rickman - watch online
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Bottle Shock
to Watch Now
(2009)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman
Director: Randall Miller
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Run time: 104 minutes
1976, NAPA VALLEY. One small American winery and its workers are about to show the French that the world's finest wines will now come from the other red, white and blue. Based on an inspiring true story and starring Alan Rickman (Love, Actually), Bill Pullman (Nobel Son), Chris Pine (Star Trek) and ..read more »
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from 2 members
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Help! I'm a Fish
to Watch Now
(2000)
Starring: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Alan Rickman, Terry Jones
Director: Stefan Fjeldmark, Michael Hegner
Certificate: 
Watch now: Subscribe and watch this as part of an unlimited package.
Run time: 120 minutes
This delightful animated film tells the story of three children, Stella, Fly and Chuck, who after accidentally drinking a potion get turned into sea creatures! They only have 48 hours to find the antidote or remain fish forever! This fishy adventure is fun-filled and features some great songs.
Rate this:
60%
from 40 members
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Alan Rickman facts
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well-worth persevering with 29 June 2004
...nd, anyway, she is a good actress with one of the friendliest faces in movies. Alan Rickman is simply excellent; he improves virtually any movie he's in. Hugh Grant is go...
Harry Potter 3.. lets see.. 27 June 2005
Barchester revisited 19 June 2005
