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Bill Condon - news / articles

Condon prepared for bad Breaking Dawn reviews - 22 July 2011
-Director Bill Condon is fully prepared to receive bad reviews for the latest installment in the Twilight franchise, because "horror movies don't tend" to be favoured by critics.-The moviemaker has taken the helm of the vampire series to direct the final two-part mov

Condon reaches out to Twilight fans - 4 May 2010
-Director Bill Condon has written an open letter to fans of the Twilight movie series - insisting he is submerging himself in the vampire franchise to make sure the next film meets their expectations.- -The Dreamgirls moviemaker will take charge of the fourth and fin

Condon confirmed as Twilight finale director - 29 April 2010
-Moviemaker and one-time Oscars producer Bill Condon has been confirmed as the director of the final Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn.- -Summit Entertainment bosses have handed over the film franchise to the Academy Award-winning writer and director of such films as Dre

Bill Condon - what members say

Gods And Monsters review by from Oxford, England

Excellent movie 9 July 2004
...ith the movie adding layer upon layer in their relationship. Co-writer/director Bill Condon does a wonderful job at bringing together the various elements, and treating de... Read customer review

Kinsey review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent

Kinsey 26 March 2007
...sexual history from his Father (John Lithgow; superb). On the slight downside; Bill Condon is a good director, but not much more and the film is well, but unremarkeably, ... Read customer review

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 review by Georgesmother from

Oh dear - Bill Condon has let us down 18 March 2012
...e dialogue between Sam and Jacob is just dreadful. I am so disappointed that Bill Condon has also been responsible for Part Two and I expect a similarly bad production.... Read customer review

Bill Condon - filmography

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Director: Bill Condon
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Breaking Dawn is the fourth instalment in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series, split into two parts.

76% from 524 members
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The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part... (2011)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Director: Bill Condon
Certificate:
Watch now: £3.49
In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 , Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child... which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for ..read more »

63% from 3,252 members

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 on DVD (2011)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Director: Bill Condon
Certificate:
Watch now: £3.49
In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 , Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of a child... which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for ..read more »

68% from 10,105 members

Dreamgirls - HD (2006)
Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Director: Bill Condon
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Set in 1960s Detroit, DREAMGIRLS follows the commercial and cultural struggles of the R? recording industry, through the rise of the Dreamettes (later shortened to just the Dreams) from backup singers to headlining international superstars. The trio--Deena (Beyonce Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson),..read more »

57% from 300 members
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Dreamgirls - Blu-ray (2006)
Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Director: Bill Condon
Certificate:
Set in 1960s Detroit, DREAMGIRLS follows the commercial and cultural struggles of the R? recording industry, through the rise of the Dreamettes (later shortened to just the Dreams) from backup singers to headlining international superstars. The trio--Deena (Beyonce Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson),..read more »

58% from 1,359 member

Dreamgirls on DVD (2006)
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy
Director: Bill Condon
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Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960's.

59% from 26,202 members

Kinsey on DVD (2004)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell
Director: Bill Condon
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The life story of Alfred Kinsey, a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. In 1948, Kinsey irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." Using the technique ..read more »

60% from 15,230 members

Gods And Monsters (1998)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave
Director: Bill Condon
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Based on Christopher Bram's novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, Bill Condon's semi-fictional 1998 sleeper stars Sir Ian McKellen in a fantastic performance as director James Whale (FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SHOW BOAT). It is 1957, and Whale is living in semi-seclusion in Southern California ..read more »

68% from 2,866 members
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Candyman 2 - Farewell To The Flesh on DVD (1995)
Starring: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Timothy Carhart
Director: Bill Condon
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The mythical hook-handed Candyman (Tony Todd) returns in this sequel set in New Orleans' French Quarter during Mardi Gras. The Tarrants are an old-money family. When the father succumbs to the wicked vengeance of the mythical killer, daughter Annie (Kelly Rowan) studies everything she can about the ..read more »

55% from 3,013 members

Murder 101 on DVD (1990)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan
Director: Bill Condon
Certificate:
After English professor Charles Lattimore (Pierce Brosnan) assigns his class to plot the perfect murder, he finds himself the prime suspect in a police investigation after a student and another faculty member wind up dead.

42% from 29 members

Sister, Sister (1987)
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey
Director: Bill Condon
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Matt Rutledge is in search of 'two whole days peace and quiet'. He gets more than he bargained for when he checks into 'The Willows' in New Orleans. As the secret of the house and it's inhabitants are unravelled during this hot, rainy weekend, years of lies are stripped away and the nightmare begins.

48% from 8 members
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Bill Condon facts

5 most recent films

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - 3.5 stars
Dreamgirls - HD - 3.0 stars
Dreamgirls - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
Gods And Monsters - 3.5 stars
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - 3.5 stars
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Kinsey - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Murder 101 - 2.0 stars
Sister, Sister - 2.5 stars
Candyman 2 - Farewell To The Flesh - 3.0 stars
Dreamgirls - HD - 3.0 stars
Dreamgirls - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jennifer Hudson - 7 times - show films
Jamie Foxx - 7 times - show films
Eddie Murphy - 7 times - show films
Danny Glover - 7 times - show films
Beyonce Knowles - 7 times - show films