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review by philjb from Worcs
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perfectly realised!! 28 June 2006
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Jordan's masterpiece 31 March 2005
Neil Jordan - filmography
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The Borgias - Series 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger
Director: Neil Jordan
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The Showtime Original Series The Borgias is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history. Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia (Jeremy Irons) to the papacy, where he ..read more »
 
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from 1,019 member
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Ondine
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Tony Curran, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
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"Ondine" is the enchanting story of Syracuse, a lonely fisherman who one day pulls a beautiful woman named Ondine out of the sea in his nets. His young daughter Annie is convinced that she is a "selkie" - a creature from Irish folklore much like a mermaid. Syracuse has his doubts, but as Ondine ..read more »
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from 5,619 members
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A Film with Me in It
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Keith Allen, David Doherty, Mark Doherty
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
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An actor finds his bad luck turning worse and events begin to mirror a film script. Desperately trying to find a way out of his predicament he and a friend start pitching ideas to each other, and begin to treat the situation like the movie it mimics.
57%
from 201 members
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The Brave One - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jane Adams, Terence Howard, Naveen Andrews
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Oscar winners Jodie Foster and Neil Jordan team up for this tense thriller about a woman who takes the law into her own hands. After her fiancé is killed and she is left for dead, Erica Bain (Foster) stalks the criminals who changed her life forever.
67%
from 3,759 members
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The Brave One - HD
(2007)
Starring: Jane Adams, Terence Howard, Naveen Andrews
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Oscar winners Jodie Foster and Neil Jordan team up for this tense thriller about a woman who takes the law into her own hands. After her fiancé is killed and she is left for dead, Erica Bain (Foster) stalks the criminals who changed her life forever.
65%
from 410 members
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The Brave One
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Oscar winners Jodie Foster and Neil Jordan team up for this tense thriller about a woman who takes the law into her own hands. After her fiancé is killed and she is left for dead, Erica Bain (Foster) stalks the criminals who changed her life forever.
67%
from 34,947 members
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Breakfast On Pluto
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
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Reuniting with writer Patrick McCabe, who co-scripted his acclaimed 1997 film THE BUTCHER BOY, Neil Jordan delivers another entertaining spectacle of a motion picture. Set in the United Kingdom during the tumultuous 1960s and 70s, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO tells the story of Patrick Kitten Braden (an ..read more »
65%
from 12,373 members
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The Good Thief
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Tchéky Karyo
Director: Neil Jordan
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Irish director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, MICHAEL COLLINS) and veteran actor Nick Nolte combine their talents for this breezy heist picture. Bob (Nolte) is a retired master thief and gambler living as an expatriot in France. His past robberies are the stuff of underworld legend, but he's given ..read more »
52%
from 2,112 members
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In Dreams
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
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This darkly imaginative film from director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE) follows Claire, a psychic New England housewife (Annette Bening) who loses her grip on reality when her dreams connect with those of a psychotic child murderer (Robert Downey Jr.). Centered around a ..read more »
53%
from 995 members
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The End of the Affair
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
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On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and soon we discover why the affair ended two years earlier and the pact Sarah had made with God...
62%
from 5,900 members
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Butcher Boy
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen
Director: Neil Jordan
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In a small Irish town in the 1950's, Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens), and his best friend Joe (Alan Boyle), play the usual childhood fantasy games of cowboys and adventurers. But outside their children's play, real life is far less appealing for Francie.
68%
from 522 members
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Michael Collins
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence is chronicled in this biographical drama. In 1916, the British government ruled Ireland with a firm and cruel hand, as they had for 700 years. When a group of Irish rebels staged a six-..read more »
72%
from 3,998 members
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Interview with the Vampire
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
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Watch now: £2.49
Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (Christian Slater) ..read more »
70%
from 18,502 members
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Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
75%
from 2,165 members
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The Crying Game
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
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In this successful psychological thriller, a reluctant agent of the Irish Republican Army discovers that some people just aren't who you expect them to be. Fergus (Stephen Rea) is an IRA volunteer who, despite personal misgivings, takes part in the kidnapping of a black British soldier, Jody (..read more »
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from 12,968 members
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The Crying Game - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
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This highly original film put screenwriter/director Neil Jordan on the international map. The story begins at a carnival in Ireland with British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) kidnapped by IRA terrorists Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is assigned to guard Jody, and they ..read more »
76%
from 33 members
Currently unavailable
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We're No Angels
(1989)
Starring: Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Demi Moore
Director: Neil Jordan
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Two escaped convicts on the run (Robert De Niro and Sean Penn) try to outsmart the law by masquerading as priests. Their goal is to find a way into Canada before they are discovered. The plan is complicated, however, when one of them falls in love with a hot-tempered woman (Demi Moore) with some ..read more »
57%
from 281 members
Currently unavailable
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High Spirits
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenburg
Director: Neil Jordan
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Peter O'Toole stars as the drunken owner of the Castle Hotel which he desperately needs to sell to pay off his endless bills. To attract buyers, he advertises the property as the most ghost-ridden hotel in the Emerald Isle... Unfortunately, when prospective buyers arrive, he press-gangs his loyal ..read more »
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from 1,878 member
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Mona Lisa
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Neil Jordan
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In Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, ex-con George (Bob Hoskins), expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences--he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and ..read more »
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from 4,735 members
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The Company Of Wolves
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner
Director: Neil Jordan
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If you go down to the woods today in The Company of Wolves, you're sure of a big surprise! Little Red Riding Hood and Werewolf legends abound in this film bathed in explicit sexual imagery. Enter a magical, mysterious world where little girls should beware of men whose eyebrows meet in the middle ..read more »
61%
from 3,113 members
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Angel
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey
Director: Neil Jordan
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Neil Jordan wrote and directed this tough, violent thriller set in Northern Ireland. It tells the story of a dance band saxophonist who witnesses a brutal murder, then embarks on a nightmare journey of vengeance that leads him to a startling revelation about both himself, and humanity in general.
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from 320 members
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... of the relatively recent past from present day politics and I suspect director Neil Jordan's political sympathies may have influenced the way some events are shown in the...
