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Winterbottom defends violent new movie -
27 May 2010
-Director Michael Winterbottom is "surprised" by the negative reaction to the graphic violence in his shocking new movie The Killer Inside Me - insisting he didn't deliberately set out to offend cinema-goers.-
-The film, which stars Casey Affleck as psychotic killer Lou Ford,
Michael Winterbottom - what members say
review by from London
Caustic and bleak love story 19 September 2004
review by from Staines
Brit director's rare stumble from greatness... 7 July 2004
review by Strangelove2809 from Scotland
30 May 2007
Michael Winterbottom - filmography
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Trishna - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 'Trishna' tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) who has ..read more »
 
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from 5 members
Due for release on 9th July 2012
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Trishna
(2011)
Starring: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 'Trishna' tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) who has ..read more »
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from 22 members
Due for release on 9th July 2012
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The Trip
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Claire Keelan
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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When Steve is commissioned by the food supplement of a Sunday newspaper to review half a dozen restaurants, he decides to mix work with pleasure and plans a trip around the north with his food-loving American girlfriend. But when she decides to leave him and return to the States, Steve is faced ..read more »
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from 3,313 members
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The Killer Inside Me
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate: 
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Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, "The Killer Inside Me" tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small-town deputy sheriff Lou Ford, who has a bunch of problems. Women problems. Law-enforcement problems. And an ever-growing pile of murder victims in his west Texas ..read more »
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from 17,250 members
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The Killer Inside Me - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
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Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, "The Killer Inside Me" tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small-town deputy sheriff Lou Ford, who has a bunch of problems. Women problems. Law-enforcement problems. And an ever-growing pile of murder victims in his west Texas ..read more »
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from 4,949 members
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Genova
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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A man (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
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from 5,199 members
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A Mighty Heart - HD
(2007)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Will Patton
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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A MIGHTY HEART tells the harrowing true story of WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Daniel Pearl who, in 2002, was kidnapped and executed in Pakistan by Islamic fundamentalists. Based on the memoirs of Daniel's widow, Mariane Pearl (played here with great sensitivity by Angelina Jolie), the film centres ..read more »
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from 300 members
Not currently released
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The Road To Guantanamo
(2005)
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later, only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings, ignorance, ..read more »
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from 3,745 members
Not currently released
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A Cock and Bull Story
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Watch now: £2.49
Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of 21st Century film makers, A Cock And Bull Story is an unorthodox adaptation of Laurence Sterne's sprawling 18th Century masterpiece of digression, The Life And Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman. The story begins with ..read more »
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from 24,580 members
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9 Songs
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Kieran O'Brien, Margot Stilley
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Within the audience of a rock concert at Brixton Academy, American student Lisa meets Matt, and so begins their highly charged, passionate relationship... Contains explicit scenes of a sexual nature.
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from 19,759 members
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9 Songs - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien, Margot Stilley
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
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From his current post in Antarctica, British glaciologist Matt (Kieran O'Brien), recalls how he met Lisa (Margo Stilley), a 21-year-old American student. They were at a rock concert at London's Brixton Academy, and he took her back to his apartment for sex. This began a brief relationship, which is ..read more »
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from 426 members
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Code 46
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Set in Shanghai in the near future, CODE 46 takes place in a world where in-vitro fertilization, embryo splitting, and cloning have become so widespread that the government monitors all pregnancies to avoid incestuous births, whether on purpose or accidental. In Michael Winterbottom's science-..read more »
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from 10,999 members
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24 Hour Party People
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Keith Allen, Jim Cartwright
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary Manchester music scene that flourished between the years of 1976 and 1992, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE recreates ..read more »
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from 14,720 members
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In This World
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan (impressive newcomer Udin Torabi) and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah) as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. ..read more »
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from 2,886 members
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The Claim
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Shirley Henderson
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In transporting Thomas Hardy's THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE to the American West, English director Michael Winterbottom has fashioned an audacious, epic anti-Western that is a haunting achievement. Set in 1849, the story concerns Mr. Dillon (Peter Mullan), the ruler of Kingdom Come, a snow-covered ..read more »
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from 915 members
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Welcome To Sarajevo
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Kerry Fox
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Documentary footage of the horrific acts of 'ethnic cleansing' combines with the verite-styled story of a cohort of journalists torn between passively chronicling the atrocities and actively resisting them in this powerful film. An obsessive British reporter (Stephen Dillane) fights to keep the ..read more »
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from 3,802 members
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Jude
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ..read more »
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from 3,251 members
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Butterfly Kiss
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Michael Winterbottom's first theatrical feature is a wildly anarchic road movie in which two lesbians fall for each other while speeding through Northern England on a murder spree. Amanda Plummer stars as the exuberantly off-kilter Eunice and Saskia Reeves plays the obsessive Miriam, who falls ..read more »
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from 655 members
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Family
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ger Ryan, Sean McGinley, Neili Conroy
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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The Spencers are a classically dysfunctional family. The patriarch, Charlo is a loutish, domineering brute who physically and emotionally batters his wife Paula and their children, John Paul and Nicola, a teenage factory worker. He makes his living as a small-time thief. Like many abusers, Charlo ..read more »
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from 13 members
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Michael Winterbottom facts
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...Michael Winterbottom's fine adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel 'Jude the Obscure' is a brave, intelligent and often overpowering piece of cinema.
Christopher Eccleston is the e...
