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Stanley Donen
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Stanley Donen - what members say
review by MAXIMILIAN from BURNHAM
SPACE, A MONSTER ROBOT, A BARE-ARSED KIRK DOUGLAS, AND HARVEY KEITEL? 16 October 2008
review by A customer from Brighton
Bonus to Classic Film 4 February 2006
review by from lancashire
Cool 60's classic 21 April 2004
Stanley Donen - filmography
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The Story of Film - An Odyssey
(2011)
Starring: Wim Wenders, Stanley Donen, Robert Towne
Director: Mark Cousins
Certificate: 
The Story of Film: An Odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.
Lovingly researched and five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, ..read more »
 
86%
from 31 members
Not available for rental
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Love Letters
(1999)
Starring: Steven Weber, Laura Linney, Kirsten Storms
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Oscar® nominee Laura Linney (Mystic River) and Steven Weber (Leaving Las Vegas) star in this charming screen adaptation of A.R. Gurney s internationally-acclaimed stage hit a heartfelt look at love life and friendship directed by the legendary Stanley Donen (Singin In the Rain). Andy is a serious ..read more »
58%
from 35 members
Currently unavailable
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Blame It On Rio
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson
Director: Stanley Donen
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A much-planned two-family vacation to Rio begins with disaster as one husband, Victor (Joseph Bologna), deals with divorce papers while Matthew's (Michael Caine) wife decides to vacation alone somewhere else instead, leaving the two men on vacation with only their charming and adventurous teenage ..read more »
56%
from 635 members
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Saturn 3
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel
Director: Stanley Donen
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Two alternative food researchers (Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas) stationed in the rings off Saturn work in romantic and professional bliss until their perfect lives are disrupted by the intrusion of Benson (Harvey Keitel), sent to speed up the scientists' work. But Fawcett's looks and charm ..read more »
53%
from 1,028 member
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Movie Movie
(1977)
Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A nostalgic double feature complete with Movietone News, and two films, 'Dynamite Hands' and 'Baxter Beauties of 1933'.
55%
from 9 members
Not available for rental
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The Little Prince
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Bob Fosse
Director: Stanley Donen
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Based on the children's fantasy by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and embraced by the soaring music of Lerner and Loewe, the musical story of a pilot's crash in the Sahara Desert and his encounter with a strange little boy receives the glowing attention to detail, colour, and charm that a film adaptation ..read more »
57%
from 265 members
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Arabesque
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel
Director: Stanley Donen
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An expert in ancient hieroglyphics unexpectedly finds himself involved in a web of international intrigue in this chic, enjoyably tongue-in-cheek espionage adventure. Gregory Peck stars as David Pollock, an American professor whose predictable academic routine is overturned when he is hired to help ..read more »
59%
from 324 members
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Two For The Road
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron
Director: Stanley Donen
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In preparing his romantic comedy Two For the Road, director Stanley Donen decided to utilize many of the cinematic techniques popularized by the French nouvelle vague filmmakers. Jump cutting back and forth in time with seeming abandon, Donen and scriptwriter Frederic Raphael chronicle the 12-year ..read more »
59%
from 946 members
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Charade
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, ..read more »
72%
from 3,737 members
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Charade - Blu-ray
(1963)
Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral, ..read more »
66%
from 6 members
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The Grass Is Greener
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons
Director: Stanley Donen
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When American millionaire Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum) stumbles into the private quarters of Victor (Cary Grant) and Hilary (Deborah Kerr), an English aristocratic couple who allow public tours through their stately mansion, he brings a whirlwind of trouble with him. Hilary's dissatisfaction ..read more »
64%
from 242 members
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Indiscreet
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Phyllis Calvert
Director: Stanley Donen
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Wealthy American Philip (Cary Grant) and famous actress Anne (Ingrid Bergman) meet just as Anne insists that all the best men have already been taken. Though Philip is taken, Anne can't resist their instant attraction and electricity. But the rather big, and unexpected, secret Philip hides from his ..read more »
67%
from 1,271 member
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Kiss Them For Me
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson
Director: Stanley Donen
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Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden portray three navy war heroes who've been booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Eluding their ulcerated public relations officer (Werner Klemperer), the trio arranges a wild party with plenty of pretty girls. Cary Grant is paired with ..read more »
52%
from 197 members
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The Pajama Game
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Doris Day, Carol Haney, John Raitt
Director: Stanley Donen
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The Broadway musical Pajama Game was based on Seven and a Half Cents. a comic novel about labor relations written by Richard Bissell. Doris Day stars as an employee at a pajama factory who becomes the spokesperson for her fellow workers when management refuses to give them a 7 1/2 cent raise. ..read more »
54%
from 899 members
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Funny Face
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Flemyng
Director: Stanley Donen
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This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's ..read more »
63%
from 2,839 members
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It's Always Fair Weather
(1955)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
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Three soldiers return from World War II service in 1945 and rejoice and celebrate all the way to New York. They make a pact to reunite 10 years later at the same bar and recount their lives since. When they do so, each discovers that it has been no bed of roses: they've all become failures. ..read more »
76%
from 13 members
Currently unavailable
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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards
Director: Stanley Donen
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Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the best MGM musicals of the 1950s. Most of the story takes place on an Oregon ranch, maintained by Adam Pontabee (Howard Keel) and his six brothers, played by Jeff Richards, Russ ..read more »
71%
from 4,987 members
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Singin' in the Rain - Blu-ray
(1952)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect ..read more »
85%
from 22 members
Due for release on 16th July 2012
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Singin' in the Rain
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect ..read more »
74%
from 13,446 members
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Royal Wedding
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Director: Stanley Donen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Dancing and romance collide in ROYAL WEDDING as a brother-sister dance team (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) open their musical show in London shortly before the English royal wedding and find love of their own. Showcasing some of Astaire's most memorable dance scenes in film history--Astaire's hat-..read more »
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from 321 members
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Stanley Donen facts
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...ay through production on THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - leaving MGM Musical Director Stanley Donen to produce and direct the film. The resulting production fared little better, K...
