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Brenda Blethyn
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Brenda Blethyn - filmography
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Dead Man Running
(2009)
Starring: Monet Mazur, 50 Cent, Danny Dyer
Director: Alex De Rakoff
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Reformed ex-con Nick is given 24 hours to come up with £100,000 by notorious New York gangster and loan shark Mr Thigo. As a guarantee, Thigo's men hold Nick's wheelchair-bound mother hostage, leaving him no choice but to comply. Enlisting the help of his best mate, Bing, the boys embark on a ..read more »
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68%
from 15 members
Due for release on 1st March 2010
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London River
(2009)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté, Lesley Manville
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
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After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attack on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks.
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55%
from 2 members
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Atonement
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai
Director: Joe Wright
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Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
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70%
from 84,264 members
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Atonement - HD DVD Version
(2007)
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai
Director: Joe Wright
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Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
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69%
from 709 members
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On A Clear Day
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Peter Mullan, Billy Boyd, Brenda Blethyn
Director: Gaby Dellal
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A man who finds himself out of work at fifty-five, finds a new lease of life when his friend happens to mention in idle conversation swimming to France. The preparation for the challenging feat is kept secret from his loved ones...
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61%
from 6,012 members
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Pride and Prejudice
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn
Director: Joe Wright
Certificate: 
This version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved novel has the daunting task of living up not only to the classic book, but also to the excellent 1995 miniseries of the same name. Yet 2005's Pride & Prejudice is up to the task, thanks to lively pacing, a witty script, an excellent cast, and clever ..read more »
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67%
from 42,049 members
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A Way Of Life
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Michael Conway, Marged Esli
Director: Amma Asante
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A Way Of Life is a teenage tragedy which offers a chilling insight into racism whilst connecting us with the lives of five adolescents struggling to cling to their dreams. The film centres around teenage mother, Leigh-Anne Williams and her three friends: Robbie, a 17 year-old who is determined to ..read more »
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60%
from 808 members
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Piccadilly Jim
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Cassandra Bell, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Bonneville
Director: John McKay
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Period comedy based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse. Jim Crocker (Sam Rockwell) is a young American journalist living in London in the 1930s, writing a column under the name 'Piccadilly Jim', and whose wild, hard-drinking antics have scandalised his mother (Allison Janney) and father (Tom Wilkinson) ..read more »
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41%
from 565 members
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Sonny
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, James Franco, Mena Suvari
Director: Nicolas Cage
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Nicholas Cage's directorial debut SONNY is the story of a young man (James Franco) who returns to the life he left behind in New Orleans after a brief stint in the Army. That life, provided by his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), is one of small-time prostitution: mum is a madam, and Sonny has been ..read more »
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47%
from 687 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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59%
from 2,593 members
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Undertaking Betty
(2002)
Starring: Hannah Higgins, Joshua Jenkins, Shaun Phillips
Director: Nick Hurran
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An all-star cast graces this enjoyable comedy set in the Welsh countryside, where Boris Plotz (Alfred Molina, THE DA VINCI CODE) has abandoned his childhood dreams of becoming a dancer and marrying Betty (Brenda Blethyn, BEYOND THE SEA, PRIDE & PREJUDICE). Instead, he has become an undertaker, ..read more »
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60%
from 3 members
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Lovely And Amazing
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Director: Nicole Holofcener
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With a handful of dry one-liners that pepper the script with much-needed comic relief, LOVELY & AMAZING takes a glimpse at the everyday lives of three sisters and their middle-aged mom. Michelle (Catherine Keener) is the eldest sister. She is an artist that makes tiny chairs out of twigs and moss, ..read more »
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55%
from 1,170 member
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On The Nose
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn
Director: David Caffrey
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College janitor, Brendan, has a serious weakness for betting on the horses. Mainly unsuccessful he manages to gamble away all of the money in his daughter's college fund until he makes a remarkable discovery. He finds the preserved head of an Aboriginal tribesman in a jar who is able too correctly ..read more »
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54%
from 400 members
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Saving Grace
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes
Director: Nigel Cole
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SAVING GRACE is genuinely funny British comedy about Grace, a recently widowed woman who risks losing her wonderful estate and beautiful garden because of the huge debts her husband left when he died. To cure her financial ailments, she uses her horticultural talent to raise--and then sell--..read more »
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71%
from 4,530 members
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Daddy And Them
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jeff Bailey, Laura Dern
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Boy Thornton writes, directs and stars in this offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional white trash family from Arkansas. When an uncle is charged with murder, the whole motley crew comes together to offer their support, with hilarious consequences.
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46%
from 162 members
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RKO 281
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith
Director: Benjamin Ross
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Orson Welles arrives in Hollywood hailed as the boy genius but is stuck for the subject of his first movie. After a dinner party at Hearst Castle he has an argument with Hearst and decides to make a film about him. Some time later he gets the green light and starts to make his movie but Hearst gets ..read more »
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61%
from 174 members
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Little Voice
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Caine, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mark Herman
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In a dreary English seaside town, one of it's timid inhabitants, known as LV (Little Voice), mourns over her dead father and obsesses over his record collection by singing along to his favorite performers. Her rare talents for emulating the dulcet tones of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley ..read more »
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67%
from 5,574 members
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Girls' Night
(1997)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Kris Kristofferson
Director: Nick Hurran
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Dawn and Jackie are factory workers whose lives are transformed when Dawn wins a hundred thousand pounds at a Bingo session. Their celebrations are cut short when Dawn discovers she has a brain tumour and only a short time to live. Undaunted, they set off to the glamour and excitement of Las Vegas...
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67%
from 218 members
Not currently released
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Outside Edge - Series 3
(1996)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Certificate: 
Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Features the complete episodes from the third series of the television comedy, which follows the going-ons of a village cricket team, and the diverse individuals associated with ..read more »
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73%
from 62 members
Not available for rental
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Secrets And Lies
(1996)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan
Director: Mike Leigh
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A successful career woman who has just buried her adoptive parents decides to search out her real mother.
Nominated for 5 Oscars, winner of 3 BAFTA Awards and the winner of 'Best Film' at The Cannes Film Festival, Mike Leigh's hilarious, bittersweet comedy is an unmissable and moving slice of real ..read more »
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71%
from 10,235 members
Not currently released
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Buddha Of Suburbia
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Roshan Seth, Susan Fleetwood, Brenda Blethyn
Director: Roger Michell
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Based on the 1990 novel by author/screenwriter Kureishi (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE), this frank, funny BBC mini series originally ran on UK television in 1993. It is the mid-1970s, and Karim (Andrews) is a teenager of Pakistani descent in London. His office worker father (Seth) suddenly becomes a ..read more »
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69%
from 338 members
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A River Runs Through It
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Robert Redford
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Fly-fishing figures prominently in this poignant tale of two brothers growing up in Montana in the early 20th century under the stern rule of their minister father. While both boys rebel, Norman (Craig Sheffer) channels his rebellion into writing, but Paul (Brad Pitt) descends onto a slippery path ..read more »
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66%
from 3,438 members
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Grown - Ups
(1980)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Phil Davis, Lindsay Duncan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Interesting comedy-drama in which Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and are besieged by some familiar faces.
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61%
from 32 members
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Outside Edge - Series 2
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Director: Nick Hurran
Certificate:
Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice, Belonging) and Robert Daws (The Royal, Jeeves and Wooster) return as the prim and precise Miriam and Roger Dervish, with Josie Lawrence (..read more »
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76%
from 103 members
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Mike Leigh At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Brid Brennan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh's native Salford, Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family.
The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular ..read more »
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72%
from 613 members
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Outside Edge - Series 1
(2 discs)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Director: Nick Hurran
Certificate:
Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Features the complete episodes from the first series of the television comedy, which follows the going-ons of a village cricket team, and the diverse individuals associated with ..read more »
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69%
from 274 members
Not available for rental
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Henry VI - Part One
on DVD
Starring: Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Ron Cook
Director: Jane Howell
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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. As the nation ..read more »
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59%
from 79 members
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Brenda Blethyn facts
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A Caine triumph - but nothing else. 7 September 2004
...e a damn about her predicament. The worst aspect of the film though, by far, is Brenda Blethyn's ludicrously shrill and over-the-top performance. On the other hand, the film'...
5 Stars 7 April 2004
