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  • Wells plans film with Roberts & Streep - 9 December 2010
    -TV producer and writer John Wells is set to bring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts together onscreen in only his second outing as a movie director.- -The revered screenwriter has won acclaim as the director of Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones' new movie The Company Me

John Wells - filmography


  • The Company Men (2010)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Tommy Lee Jones,  Kevin Costner
    Director: John Wells
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 168 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Company Men - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Tommy Lee Jones,  Kevin Costner
    Director: John Wells
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 37 members
    Not available for rental
  • Dutch Girls (1987)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Colin Firth,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills--gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 17 members
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  • Anyone For Denis? on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Angela Thorne,  John Wells
    Director: Dick Clement
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A comical tale in which Angela Thorne and John Wells star as Denis and Margaret Thatcher. The story revolves around a weekend of fun and mischief when Denis invites two of his drinking friends to Chequers while Maggie is away at a Euro-Conference.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 16 members
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  • Rentadick (1972)
    Starring: James Booth,  Richard Briers,  Ronald Fraser
    Director: Jim Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A crazy cult comedy with a plot that concerns a frustrated Swedish wife, an Arab Sheik, a secret nerve gas, a team of Japanese spies and a private eye agency...
    1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 30 members
    Not available for rental
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  • Chalk- Series 1
    Starring: David Bamber,  Nicola Walker,  Martin Ball
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The comic and extremely chaotic adventures of the long suffering staff and pupils of Galfast High, probably the worst High school in the country, whose deputy headmaster, Mr. Eric Slatt, seems able to cause chaos with every thought, word, and deed without even realising it!
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 6 members
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  • Tickle On The Tum - Series 1 on DVD
    Starring: Ralph McTell,  Bill Oddie,  Tim Healy
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This classic kids TV series, set in the fictional village of Tickle-On-The-Tum, features special guest appearances by Bill Oddie, Tim Healy, John Wells, Burt Kwouk, Mollie Sugden, Nerys Hughes, Penelope Keith and Joan Sims as the local town residents, who join folk-singer Ralph McTell for lots of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 11 members
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John Wells facts

5 most recent films

The Company Men - 3.5 stars
The Company Men - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 3.0 stars
Anyone For Denis? - 2.5 stars
Rentadick - 1.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Company Men - 3.5 stars
Chalk- Series 1 - 3.5 stars
The Company Men - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 3.0 stars
Tickle On The Tum - Series 1 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Rentadick - 1.5 stars
Anyone For Denis? - 2.5 stars
Tickle On The Tum - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
Dutch Girls - 3.0 stars
The Company Men - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Doman - 2 times - show films
Donald Sinden - 2 times - show films
Maria Bello - 2 times - show films
Liam Ferguson - 2 times - show films
Graham Chapman - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 2 times - show films
Jim Clark - 2 times - show films
Dick Clement - 1 times - show films
Giles Foster - 1 times - show films
Hugh Hudson - 1 times - show films