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Mike Newell - news / articles
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Newell forgot Four Weddings star Chancellor -
17 February 2012
-Actress Anna Chancellor was left red-faced when she bumped into Four Weddings And A Funeral director Mike Newell, because he failed to recognise her.-Fans of the huge hit movie will remember Chancellor as Duckface, the needy ex-lover of Hugh Grant's bumbling Brit Ch
Mike Newell - what members say
review by from Camden
A love story with a lotta laughs 25 September 2003
review by A customer from Lowestoft
Donnie Brasco 21 June 2008
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, England
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 24 November 2005
Mike Newell - filmography
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Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley
Director: Mike Newell
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Set in 9th century medieval Persia, a young adventurous prince uncovers a dangerous artefact in a remote mountain kingdom and with the help of an enemy princess, must stop a despot from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy all mankind. Based on the video-game, 'Prince Of Persia'.
 
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from 41,662 members
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The Good Father
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter
Director: Mike Newell
Certificate: 
Hooper (Anthony Hopkins) is a man seething with anger. His wife (Harriet Walter) has divorced him. He is permitted one day a week with his child. Fifteen years ago, he was an outspoken advocate of women's liberation, and now, he feels, he is a victim of the women's movement - a man without rights.
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from 191 members
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Michael G, Clemence Po, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Mike Newell
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This year, Hogwarts is hosting the Tri Wizard festival, and there may be a plot afoot to off Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) during the proceedings. Hermione (Emma Watson) finds a man worthy of her in competing Russian Quidditch champion Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ivaneski), to the chagrin of Ron Weaselly (..read more »
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from 77,817 members
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Mona Lisa Smile - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles
Director: Mike Newell
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Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts ..read more »
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from 348 members
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Mona Lisa Smile
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles
Director: Mike Newell
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Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts ..read more »
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from 30,647 members
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Pushing Tin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Director: Mike Newell
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Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a confident, accomplished air traffic controller whose life is turned upside down when drifter Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) joins his tight-knit work team and threatens to drive him insane. Stakes are high and pressure is constant in the world of air traffic ..read more »
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from 4,270 members
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Donnie Brasco
(1997)
Starring: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Director: Mike Newell
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Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
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from 25,927 members
Not currently released
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Four Weddings And A Funeral
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas
Director: Mike Newell
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Charles (Hugh Grant, in what would become career-defining performance) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colourful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a friend's wedding. However, Charles's hopes of romance are dashed when Carrie announces she must ..read more »
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from 55,357 members
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Into The West
(1992)
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ruaidhri Conroy
Director: Mike Newell
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After his wife's death, an alcoholic father, who once lived a gypsy-like existence as part of a people known as the travellers, retires with his two sons to a dreary Dublin tenement. But the atmosphere brightens considerably when the children's grandfather, who remains a traveller and does not ..read more »
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from 580 members
Currently unavailable
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Enchanted April
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Joan Plowright
Director: Mike Newell
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From director Mike Newell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) comes this charming tale of four women who find Romance, hope and, ultimately, liberation during a month's holiday in an Italian villa overlooking the sea. Academy Award Nominations: three, including Best (..read more »
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from 1,996 member
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Soursweet
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sylvia Chang, Danny Dun, Jodi Long
Director: Mike Newell
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Sylvia Chang, Danny Dun and martial arts star Soon-Teck Oh star in this tough gangland tale involving the vast crime empire of the Triads. The brutal tale of an innocent man blackmailed into heroin-running by one of Chinatown's warlords. When he takes flight with his wife and small son, he finds ..read more »
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from 5 members
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Dance With A Stranger
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm
Director: Mike Newell
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The moving true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Great Britain. The last man executed in that country was later found to be innocent, a regrettable (to say the least) incident which led to the abandonment of the practice.
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from 704 members
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The Awakening
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend
Director: Mike Newell
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English archaeologist Matthew Corbeck (played by the emphatically-American Charlton Heston) undertakes an expedition to find the tomb of the Egyptian princess Kara, despite his awareness of a nefarious curse that is said to befall anyone who disturbs the tomb. Eighteen years after Corbeck's ..read more »
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from 160 members
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill!
(1976)
Starring: Joe Black, Jack Shepherd
Director: Mike Newell
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This amusing story, written by Jack Rosenthal, is a wickedly-observed look at life behind the silver screen, highlighting the calamities that befall a behind-schedule film crew.
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from 11 members
Not available for rental
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Just Your Luck
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: David Hayman, Lesley Mackie
Director: Mike Newell
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Part of the acclaimed BBC Play for Today Series, written by Peter McDougall (Just A Boys Game, Just Another Saturday). When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex (David Hayman's first TV role) they decide to marry. The joining of two seemingly different families opens ..read more »
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from 9 members
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... his friends but is neurotically apprehensive to follow their example. Director Mike Newell has a roaring time with the proceedings, especially during a hilarious scene in...
