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Richard Eyre - what members say


  • Stage Beauty
  • Stage Beauty review by Darren Oliver from London
    Rated - 3 stars Beautiful but no real substance 14 March 2005
    ... glory. There is nothing really worng with this fim as the acting is good and Richard Eyre handles the material with his usual competence but without astounding the audie...  
  • Notes On A Scandal
  • Notes On A Scandal review by Sam Inglis from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Notes on a Scandal 18 March 2007
    ...urn the situation to her advantage, to become closer to Sheba. Say the name Richard Eyre to even a movie buff and you're likely to be met with a blank expression. Unfai...  

Richard Eyre - filmography


  • Stage Beauty on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Billy Crudup,  Rupert Everett
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: 15
    In the seventeenth century the roles of women in live theatre are played by men and one of the most famous is Ned Kynaston. When Charles II tires of the same old faces he decides to allow real women on the stage. Overnight Ned becomes a nobody and heads towards suicide until an actress named Maria ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 1,535 members
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  • Iris on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Kate Winslet,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: 15
    Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 2,551 members
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  • Tumbledown on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Broke,  Richard Eyre
    Certificate: 15
    Produced in 1989, a mere seven years after the Falklands War, TUMBLEDOWN was extremely controversial at the time of transmission but became a ratings winner nonetheless. Colin Firth stars as Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, a Falklands veteran that returns home and continues to rage a war... with himself.
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 119 members
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Richard Eyre facts

5 most recent films


King Lear - 3.5 stars
Notes On A Scandal - 3.5 stars
Stage Beauty - 3.0 stars
Iris - 3.5 stars
Tumbledown - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Notes On A Scandal - 3.5 stars
Iris - 3.5 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
Tumbledown - 3.0 stars
Stage Beauty - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


King Lear - 3.5 stars
Stage Beauty - 3.0 stars
Tumbledown - 3.0 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
Iris - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Timothy West - 3 times - show films
Amanda Redman - 2 times - show films
Judi Dench - 2 times - show films
Victoria Hamilton - 2 times - show films
Barbara Flynn - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Richard Broke - 1 times - show films
Trevor Nunn - 1 times - show films