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Gillies Mackinnon



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  • Hideous Kinky
  • Hideous Kinky review by from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars A nicely shot but poorly executed drama 31 July 2004
    ...ggle with the harsh realities of raising two children in Marrakesh. Director Gillies Mackinnon takes a potentially interesting culture-clash drama and makes a real mess of th...   Read customer review
  • Last Of The Blonde Bombshells
  • Last Of The Blonde Bombshells review by Noseyjoe from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars The money must have been good 20 May 2008
    ...liches, all served up in a Gor Blimey Bless Yer Ma'm-like Mockney way. Director Gillies Mackinnon has worked for the yankee dollar before now (The Playboys), but that tale of it...   Read customer review

Gillies Mackinnon - filmography


  • Gunpowder, Treason And Plot
  • Gunpowder, Treason And Plot (2004)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Emilia Fox,  Paul Nicholls
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern explores the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James I in this BBC drama. Robert Carlyle leads a prestigious cast in this lavish production. Peopled with infamous characters, driven by compelling drama and life with love, lust, politics and prejudice, we ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 808 members
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  • Pure
  • Pure on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Molly Parker,  Keira Knightley,  Harry Eden
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the director of HIDEOUS KINKY and TV's acclaimed THE LAST OF THE BLOND BOMBSHELLS comes this powerful drama that sees a mother battling and succumbing to heroin-addiction while trying to bring up her ten year old son. A film that is coldly realistic and rightly a harrowing experience that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,567 member
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  • The Escapist
  • The Escapist (2002)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Gary Lewis,  Andy Serkis
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dennis returns home to find that his pregnant wife has been murdered... The culprit is caught and sent to prison. Dennis hatches an elaborate plan to get revenge by turning in a criminal. He is punished for his crimes by being placed in prison. He attempts to break out on a number of occasions ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 796 members
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  • Last Of The Blonde Bombshells
  • Last Of The Blonde Bombshells on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Ian Holm,  Leslie Caron
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Elizabeth, the youngest of The Blonde Bombshells, recalls her days during the Second World War when the group entertained the nation. When she meets up with Patrick, the only male member of the group, she has the idea on reforming the band to play together again for one last time.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 890 members
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  • Hideous Kinky
  • Hideous Kinky (1999)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Said Taghmaoui
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With her two precious daughters in tow, free-spirited Julia (Kate Winslet) flees her stifling life in London for the promise of excitement, freedom and self-discovery in exotic Marrakech. In her single-minded quest for enlightenment and escapism, Julia falls into a steamy relationship with a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,568 members
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  • Regeneration
  • Regeneration (1997)
    Starring: Jonathan Pryce,  James Wilby,  Jonny Lee Miller
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jonathan Pryce stars as Dr. William Rivers, an army psychologist who treats mentally disturbed patients so that they can return to the front, in this adaptation of Pat Barker's moving World War I novel. Dr. Rivers begins to doubt the morality of his occupation when he begins treating a bizarre trio ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,084 member
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  • Small Faces
  • Small Faces (1996)
    Starring: Clare Higgins,  Ian McElhinney,  Iain Robertson
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Charlie and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Charlie are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,030 members
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  • The Playboys
  • The Playboys (1992)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Aidan Quinn,  Robin Wright Penn
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A young woman, Tara Maguire scandalises her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty. The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 57% from 13 members
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