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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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Great Expectations
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine
Director: Mike Newell
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Director Mike Newell's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel. Young orphan Pip (Toby Irvine) finds his life changed forever soon after encountering and lending assistance to escaped convict Magwitch (Ralph Fiennes) on the marshlands near his home. Later, after being summoned to attend the ..read more »
 
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from 909 members
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The Good Father
(2010)
Starring: Joanne Whalley, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mike Newell
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Anthony Hopkins and Jim Broadbent play two men, recently estranged from their wives and children, and trying to come to terms with their sense of frustration and despair. Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings And A Funeral), this moving drama is packed with a rich array of stars including; Joanna ..read more »
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from 209 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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Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment of the hugely popular 'Harry Potter' series sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) board the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (..read more »
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from 78,709 members
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Mona Lisa Smile
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Juliet Stevenson, Dominic West
Director: Mike Newell
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Drama set in 1953 in Wellesley College, a prestigious women's college in New England with a student population of young women from respectable, privileged families. On the whole the girls, products of a time when women's roles were strictly defined, show more interest in marrying well than in ..read more »
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from 31,014 members
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Mona Lisa Smile - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Juliet Stevenson, Dominic West
Director: Mike Newell
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Drama set in 1953 in Wellesley College, a prestigious women's college in New England with a student population of young women from respectable, privileged families. On the whole the girls, products of a time when women's roles were strictly defined, show more interest in marrying well than in ..read more »
63%
from 384 members
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Pushing Tin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kurt Fuller, Angelina Jolie, John Cusack
Director: Mike Newell
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Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is the best air-traffic controller in the business. He is therefore rattled by the arrival of a laid-back and supercool rival, in the form of Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton). As the rivalry between the two increases, they find themselves acting out ever more dangerous ..read more »
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from 4,419 members
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Donnie Brasco
(1997)
Starring: Bruno Kirby, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen
Director: Mike Newell
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Watch now: Unavailable
In the 1970s, FBI undecover agent Joe Pistone infiltrates the mob, leaving his family behind and assuming the false persona of the jewel man Donnie Brasco. His assignment: to become a trusted insider with the infamous Bonanno family by gaining the confidence of a low-level gangster. Lefty Ruggiero ..read more »
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from 26,596 members
Currently unavailable
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Four Weddings And A Funeral
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Rowan A, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
Director: Mike Newell
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This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood's favourite bumbling Brit and garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Richard Curtis' screenplay. Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a friend's wedding and enjoys a one-night stand with her. ..read more »
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from 56,433 members
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Four Weddings And A Funeral - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Rowan A, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
Director: Mike Newell
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This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood's favourite bumbling Brit and garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Richard Curtis' screenplay. Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a friend's wedding and enjoys a one-night stand with her. ..read more »
72%
from 92 members
Not available for rental
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Into The West
(1992)
Starring: Ruaidhri Conroy, Ellen Barkin, Ellen Barkin
Director: Mike Newell
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A mythical white horse, called Tir-Nan-Og after its legendary homeland, turns up in modern-day Dublin where it is adpoted by two boys. Seeking adventure, they ride the horse westward, hotly pursued by their father, a disillusioned gypsy (Gabriel Byrne) and his lover (Ellen Barkin). Fantasy ..read more »
72%
from 596 members
Currently unavailable
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Enchanted April
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence
Director: Mike Newell
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In the London of 1922, downtrodden housewife Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) feels the sudden need to get away from things, and invites her neighbour Rose (Miranda Richardson) - to whom she has never even spoken before - to share a holiday in an Italian villa. In order to save their finances, they ..read more »
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from 2,124 members
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Soursweet
(1989)
Starring: Jim Carter, Soon-Tek Oh, Jodi Long
Director: Mike Newell
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British drama from director Mike Newell following a Chinese couple who emigrate to England. Five years later, waiter Chen (Danny An-Ning Dun) and his wife, Lily (Sylvia Chang), who has recently given birth to a son, have saved enough money to set up their own business. However, having previously ..read more »
55%
from 6 members
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Dance With A Stranger
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Matthew Carroll, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm
Director: Mike Newell
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The true story of Ruth Ellis, the ex-prostitute and mother of two who became the last person to be hanged for murder in England. Working as a hostess in a Soho nightclub, Ellis (Miranda Richardson) finds herself becoming increasingly obsessed with her upper-class lover David Blakely (Rupert Everett)..read more »
64%
from 764 members
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The Awakening
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Patrick Drury, Jill Townsend, Ian McDiarmid
Director: Mike Newell
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Egyptian horror starring Charlton Heston as an American archaeologist who discovers the tomb of an Egyptian Queen. Opening the seal of the tomb, his pregnant wife gives birth. It's not until years later that he realises the two events are linked, his baby daughter possessed by the evil spirit of ..read more »
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from 212 members
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill!
(1976)
Starring: Jack Shepherd, Joe Black
Director: Mike Newell
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Jack Rosenthal penned this mid-1970s ITV comedy drama. Offering a wry look at life behind the silver screen, the film chronicles the catalogue of calamities that befalls a behind-schedule film crew when bit-part actor Joe McGill (Joe Black) gets ideas above his station.
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from 12 members
Not available for rental
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The Man In The Iron Mask
(1976)
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Ralph Richardson, Patrick McGoohan
Director: Mike Newell
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Richard Chamberlain takes the dual roles of the titular hero and his elegant twin brother in this adaptation of Dumas' classic swashbuckler. The evil King Louis XIV of France (Chamberlain) kidnaps his righteous brother and has him hidden away in a hideous iron mask to keep him from the throne - but ..read more »
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from 459 members
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You're Human Like the Rest of Them
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: William Hoyland, Carole Mccullagh, Anne Hardcastle
Director: B.S. Johnson, Michael Bakewell, Mike Newell
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Collection of shorts from experimental writer and director B.S. Johnson. The films comprise: 'You're Human Like the Rest of Them' (1967), 'Paradigm' (1968), 'The Unfortunates' (1969), 'Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!' (1969), 'Unfair!' (1970), 'March!' (1970), 'Poem' (1971), 'B.S. Johnson On Dr...read more »
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from 8 members
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You're Human Like the Rest of Them - Blu-ray
(1974)
Starring: William Hoyland, Carole Mccullagh, Anne Hardcastle
Director: B.S. Johnson, Michael Bakewell, Mike Newell
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Collection of shorts from experimental writer and director B.S. Johnson. The films comprise: 'You're Human Like the Rest of Them' (1967), 'Paradigm' (1968), 'The Unfortunates' (1969), 'Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!' (1969), 'Unfair!' (1970), 'March!' (1970), 'Poem' (1971), 'B.S. Johnson On Dr...read more »
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from 3 members
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Just Your Luck
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Lesley Mackie, David Hayman
Director: Mike Newell
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Writer Peter McDougall's first televised script for BBC's 'Play For Today' slot in 1972. Set in the west of Scotland, the gritty storyline follows the trials of Alison (Lesley Mackie) and Alec (David Hayman) who, when Alison falls pregnant, decide to marry and inform their respective parents - not ..read more »
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from 16 members
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Hadleigh - Series 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Michael Billington, Donald Sumpter, Hilary Dwyer
Director: Mike Newell
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The complete first series of the British television drama, with Gerald Harper playing the handsome and wealthy James Hadleigh. After inheriting a country mansion and a considerable fortune, Hadleigh soon tires of the sedate lifestyle of a country squire and finds himself torn between his love of ..read more »
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from 118 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...
