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Iain Softley

Iain Softley


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Iain Softley - what members say


  • Hackers
  • Hackers review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Hacker fairy tale and costumier's delight 19 March 2005
    ...f-screen must have been frantically slipping in and out of this wonderful gear. Iain Softley has woven sound into image in a beautiful way, some of the best in the movies I...   Read customer review
  • K-Pax
  • K-Pax review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Charming, Hidden Gem Of A Movie 21 September 2005
    ... innocent. The cinematography is, at times, simply beautiful and inspiring. And Iain Softley obviously had an enormous respect for the material because when it came time to...   Read customer review

Iain Softley - filmography


  • Inkheart on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Brendan Fraser,  Andy Serkis,  Eliza Bennett
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 31,563 members
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  • Inkheart - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Brendan Fraser,  Andy Serkis,  Eliza Bennett
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,023 members
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  • The Skeleton Key (2005)
    Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,  Gena Rowlands,  Joy Bryant
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate Hudson stars in this horror, set in New Orleans. Caroline (Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife Violet (Gena Rowlands), and able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 42,455 members
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  • The Skeleton Key - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Peter Sarsgaard,  Gena Rowlands,  Joy Bryant
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate Hudson stars in this horror, set in New Orleans. Caroline (Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife Violet (Gena Rowlands), and able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 214 members
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  • K-Pax (2001)
    Starring: Alfre Woodard,  Mary McCormack,  Kevin Spacey
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A mysterious and extraordinary mental patient, named Prot, convinces both staff and fellow patients that he comes from a utopian planet called K-PAX. While his psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Powell, is baffled by this cheerfully confident man, Prot's description of life on a planet 1000 light years away ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 10,030 members
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  • The Wings of the Dove on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Georgio Serafini,  Philip Wright,  Alison Elliott
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Helena Bonham-Carter stars in this adaptation of the Henry James novel. Kate (Bonham-Carter) is in love with penniless journalist Merton (Linus Roache). If she marries him, she will have to give up her inheritance and live in poverty. Unwilling to do this, she persuades Merton to romance the dying ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,508 members
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  • The Wings of the Dove - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Georgio Serafini,  Philip Wright,  Alison Elliott
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Helena Bonham-Carter stars in this adaptation of the Henry James novel. Kate (Bonham-Carter) is in love with penniless journalist Merton (Linus Roache). If she marries him, she will have to give up her inheritance and live in poverty. Unwilling to do this, she persuades Merton to romance the dying ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 58 members
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  • Hackers on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Angelina Jolie,  Fisher Stevens
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Teenage hackers ZeroCool (Johnny Lee Miller) and AcidBurn (Angelina Jolie) may be young, but they're already in trouble with the authorities. Both have a history of hacking and ZeroCool is banned from using computers until he turns eighteen. Upon moving to New York he meets AcidBurn and their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,093 members
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  • Backbeat on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sheryl Lee,  Stephen Dorff,  Ian Hart
    Director: Iain Softley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Beatles' early days as a struggling bar band are depicted in this fact-based drama, which tells the little-known story of original member Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff). A close friend of John Lennon, Sutcliffe acts as the band's original bassist, accompanying them on their early gigs in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,222 member
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Iain Softley facts

5 most recent films

Trap for Cinderella - 3 stars
Inkheart - 3.5 stars
Inkheart - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Skeleton Key - 3.0 stars
The Skeleton Key - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

K-Pax - 3.5 stars
The Wings of the Dove - 3.5 stars
Backbeat - 3.5 stars
The Wings of the Dove - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Inkheart - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Trap for Cinderella - 3 stars
The Skeleton Key - 3.0 stars
Inkheart - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Skeleton Key - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Hackers - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alex Jennings - 5 times - show films
Peter Sarsgaard - 4 times - show films
Joy Bryant - 4 times - show films
John Hurt - 4 times - show films
Kate Hudson - 4 times - show films