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An Englishman In New York review by jlp2k9 from London

A truly special filmic event 22 January 2010
...Directed by Richard Laxton and written by Brian Fillis, An Englishman in New York attempts to cover the latter part of the legendary Denis Charles Pratt aka Quentin Crisp's l... Read customer review

Richard Laxton - filmography

Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete on DVD (2011)
Starring: Russell Tovey, Sarah Solemani, Kerry Howard
Director: Richard Laxton
Certificate:
The complete second series of the BBC3 sitcom penned by Stefan Golaszewski. Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani star as Steve and Becky, an unemployed 20-something couple who spend their days contentedly lazing around together at home, eating, drinking, bickering, having sex, and generally doing their ..read more »

79% from 208 members

Him and Her on DVD (2010)
Starring: Russell Tovey, Daniel Kirrane, Kerry Howard
Director: Richard Laxton
Certificate:
The complete first series of the BBC3 sitcom penned by Stefan Golaszewski. Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani star as Steve and Becky, an unemployed 20-something couple who spend their days contentedly lazing around together at home, eating, drinking, bickering, having sex, and generally doing their ..read more »

67% from 716 members

Accused - Series 1 on DVD (2010)
Starring: Juliet Stevenson, Marc Warren, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Richard Laxton, David Blair
Certificate:
All six episodes from the first series of the anthology, written by Jimmy McGovern, that follows various characters as they await a verdict on their trial and reflect on how they came to be accused. Each of the episodes follows a different central character, with Willy Houlihan (Christopher ..read more »

77% from 137 members

An Englishman In New York on DVD (2009)
Starring: John Hurt
Director: Richard Laxton
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In 1975, John Hurt starred in a BBC television adaptation of Quentin Crisp's autobiography The Naked Civil Servant, playing the flamboyantly gay author and actor, and in 2009 Hurt revisits the role in this comedy-drama based on the latter years of Crisp's life. Crisp rose to fame in the UK ..read more »

71% from 811 members

Grow Your Own on DVD (2007)
Starring: Nathalie Armin, William Atkinson, Olivia Colman
Director: Richard Laxton
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An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.

69% from 7,506 members

Life & Lyrics on DVD (2006)
Starring: Peter Rnic, Tony Bowden, Ashley Walters
Director: Richard Laxton
Certificate:
Hip hop centred drama from the UK. As a posse of South London DJs battle their rivals to the North, their leader Danny (So Solid Crew's Ashley Walters) falls for a beautiful singer from the other crew. Set around freestyle battles in the gritty Brixton scene, the UK hip hop scene is turned belly up ..read more »

59% from 1,825 member

Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ian McShane, Frank Finlay, Kenneth Cope
Director: Ian White, Paul Harrison, Richard Laxton
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Final series of the television drama about the disreputable antiques dealer played by Ian McShane. In this series, Lovejoy tracks down Tinker (Dudley Sutton) after he disappears, Lovejoy is hired to track down a stolen samurai sword, and the rogueish antiques dealer finally prepares to settle down ..read more »

72% from 412 members

Outlaws - Complete Series One (2 discs) (2005)
Starring: Georgia Mackenzie, Ray Emmet Brown, Craig Parkinson
Director: Harry Bradbeer, John Alexander, Richard Laxton
Certificate:
All 12 episodes from the first series of the British black comedy television drama, starring Phil Daniels and set in the less glamorous parts of the legal world. Daniels plays Bruce Dunbar, head of a shifty legal firm dealing in criminal law, who trains new employee Theodore Gulliver (Ray Emmet ..read more »

74% from 284 members
Currently unavailable

Sea Of Souls - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Bill Paterson, Archie Panjabi, Peter McDonald
Director: James Hawes, Richard Laxton, Nick Willing
Certificate:
All six episodes from the first season of the BBC Scotland investigative drama series starring Bill Paterson, Archie Panjabi and Peter MacDonald as members of a Glasgow-based parapsychology research unit. Past life experiences, psychic abilities, voodoo and cult rituals are all in a day's work for ..read more »

69% from 1,582 member

Inspector Lynley - Series 1 And Pilot (3 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Bill Nighy, Nathanial Parker, Sophie Ward
Director: Kim Flitcroft, Robert Young, Richard Laxton
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The complete first series, with the pilot, of the television detective drama. Nathaniel Parker stars as DI Thomas Lynley, with Sharon Small as his partner DS Barbara Havers. In these episdodes, Lynley's search for a missing schoolboy turns into a murder investigation, and an investigation into a ..read more »

70% from 672 members

Invasion: Earth (1998)
Starring: Vincent Regan, Maggie O'Neill, Fred Ward
Director: Patrick Lau, Richard Laxton
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In the lonely Scottish highlands, a small band of military personnel fight a desperate battle against a formidable alien intruder to prevent an invasion of the Earth.

68% from 26 members
Currently unavailable

Poldark - Complete Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (1975)
Starring: Robin Ellis, Ralph Bates, Jill Townsend
Director: Richard Laxton
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First half of the second series of this period Cornish costume drama first screened in the '70s. Ross returns home from the army to find that George Warleggan has dispossesed his aunt and taken over her land. Warleggan is also expecting Elizabeth to give birth to his son. Ross also goes in search ..read more »

72% from 592 members

Richard Laxton facts

5 most recent films

Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Him and Her - 3.5 stars
Accused - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
An Englishman In New York - 3.5 stars
Grow Your Own - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Him And Her - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Accused - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Outlaws - Complete Series One - 3.5 stars
Poldark - Complete Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Lovejoy - Complete Series 6 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Invasion: Earth - 3.5 stars
Life & Lyrics - 3.0 stars
Him and Her - 3.5 stars
Grow Your Own - 3.5 stars
Sea Of Souls - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Angharad Rees - 5 times - show films
Christopher Biggins - 5 times - show films
Jill Townsend - 5 times - show films
Ralph Bates - 5 times - show films
Kevin McNally - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul Harrison - 4 times - show films
Ian White - 4 times - show films
Harry Bradbeer - 3 times - show films
John Alexander - 3 times - show films
Kim Flitcroft - 1 times - show films

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