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Peter Greenaway - what members say


  • 8.1/2 Women
  • 8.1/2 Women review by from London, England
    Rated - 1 stars Greenaway .. Throw -away !! 29 August 2004
    ...Why, Oh Why, do I persist in trying to watch Peter Greenaway films ? Like most of his other films, this is utter arthouse bo****ks !! completely plotless, hopelessly disjoi...  
  • Early Films Of Peter Greenaway, The - Vol. 2
  • Early Films Of Peter Greenaway, The - Vol. 2 review by A customer from U.K
    Rated - 5 stars Weird Avant Garde stuff! 31 December 2004
    ...There's a great feel to this picture, late 70s early 80s film work by Peter Greenaway. The editing Is superb, a lot of work went into this film, although some segments were a ...  
  • The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover
  • The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 4 stars A Unique Vision 2 February 2004
    ...Peter Greenaway is a unique filmmaker and this is one of his most accessible works. He creates films which exist in worlds organised by strange systems: numerical sequences, c...  

Peter Greenaway - filmography


  • 8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Standing,  Matthew Delamere,  Vivian Wu
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another erotic comedy from Peter Greenaway, 8 1/2 WOMEN takes its inspiration from one of cinema's greatest films. After a businessman (John Standing) tragically loses his wife, his son (Matthew Delamere) returns to Geneva from managing a series of Pachinko Parlors in Kyoto, Japan. When the pair ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 44% from 883 members
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  • The Pillow Book (1995)
    Starring: Vivian Wu,  Ken Ogata,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An arresting Japanese model seeks to indulge her fantasy of having calligraphy inked on her body, a whim based partly on her father's habit of painting poetry on her face when she was a girl and partly on readings from the 10th-century erotica tome "The Pillow Book." But the tables are turned when ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,759 member
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  • A Zed And Two Noughts on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Andrea Ferreol,  Joss Ackland,  Brian Deacon
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The always elliptical Peter Greenaway once again creates a beautiful film-as-puzzle. This tale concerns twin zoologist brothers whose wives are killed in a freak car crash involving a rare swan. The brothers form an unusual and strangely close relationship with Alba, the woman who was driving the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,305 member
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  • The Draughtsman's Contract on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Anthony Higgins,  Janet Suzman,  Anne-Louise Lambert
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Set in Wiltshire in 1694, on the country estate of Mr and Mrs Herbert, this erotic murder mystery is Greenaway's lavish breakthrough creation as director. The Herbert's are having some marital difficulties, so he decides to take a two week holiday by himself. To surprise him on his return, Mrs. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,332 members
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  • Drowning by Numbers
    Starring: Bernard Hill,  Joan Plowright,  Joely Richardson
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When you don't like your husband very much, murder may seem a drastic solution. Unless of course you decide to drown him and you are a close personal friend of a compliant coroner... So far, so good. But, what happens when other members of your family decide to follow your example? 'Drowning By ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 142 members
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Peter Greenaway - watch online


  • Rembrandt's J'Accuse to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Agata Buzek,  Martin Freeman,  Emily Holmes
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 86 minutes
    An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting THE NIGHT WATCH
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 10 members
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  • A Zed And Two Noughts to Watch Now (1985)
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Andrea Ferreol,  Brian Deacon
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 112 minutes
    Two women passengers die in a car crash as a result of which the female driver has a leg amputated. The zoologist twin husbands of the dead women are fascinated by the processes of decay, start an affair with the amputee and liberate animals from a zoo. This provocative, funny and stylish film is ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 8 members
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  • The Draughtsman's Contract to Watch Now (1982)
    Starring: Janet Suzman,  Anthony Higgins,  Hugh Fraser
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 108 minutes
    Peter Greenaway became a director of international status with this witty, stylised, erotic, country house murder mystery, which has not been available on video in the UK for several years. In an apparently idyllic 17th century Wiltshire, an ambitious draughtsman is commissioned by the wife of an ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 33 members
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  • The Falls to Watch Now (1980)
    Starring: Peter Westley,  Aad Wirtz,  Michael Murray
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 195 minutes
    The Falls is divided into 92 biographies of people who have all been affected by the 'VUE', the Violent Unknown Event, a phenomenon in some way connected with birds and flying. Michael Nyman provided the score for both films.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 81% from 7 members
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  • Dear Phone to Watch Now (1976)
    Starring: Peter Greenaway
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 17 minutes
    Fourteen short anecdotes about the uses and abuses of the telephone.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 6 members
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Peter Greenaway facts

5 most recent films

8.1/2 Women - 2.0 stars
The Pillow Book - 2.5 stars
The Baby of Macon - 3.0 stars
Prospero's Books - 3.5 stars
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Drowning by Numbers - 4.0 stars
Prospero's Books - 3.5 stars
The Belly of an Architect - 3.5 stars
A Zed And Two Noughts - 3.0 stars
Early Films Of Peter Greenaway, The - Vol. 2 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

8.1/2 Women - 2.0 stars
The Pillow Book - 2.5 stars
The Baby of Macon - 3.0 stars
Early Films Of Peter Greenaway, The - Vol. 1 - 3.0 stars
The Draughtsman's Contract - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Anthony Higgins - 2 times - show films
Lorna Poulter - 2 times - show films
Joss Ackland - 2 times - show films
Dave Hill - 2 times - show films
Vivian Wu - 2 times - show films