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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud


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  • The Name Of The Rose
  • The Name Of The Rose review by from West Sussex
    Rated - 3.0 stars A different kind of James Bond 16 August 2005
    ...A superb adaptation by Jean-Jacques Annaud of Umberto Eco's story of a sharp-thinking monk and his protégé called to a monastery during the Spanish Inquisition to investigate a st...   Read customer review

Jean-Jacques Annaud - filmography


  • Two Brothers (2004)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Freddie Highmore,  Jean-Claude Dreyfus
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set not so long ago in a distant land, the film follows the adventures of twin tiger cubs--one shy and gentle, the other bold and fierce--who are born among the temple ruins of an exotic jungle. However, on a fateful day, the brothers are separated by fate. The bold brother is sold off to a circus, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 12,123 members
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  • Enemy At The Gates on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Eva Mattes,  Ron Perlman,  Ed Harris
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stalingrad, 1942. Political Officer Danilov (Joseph Fiennes) sees young army recruit Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) in action and realises that he is just what the Russian people need to inspire them in their fight against the German army. Zaitsev is a natural with a rifle, and Danilov arranges for him ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 11,642 members
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  • Running Free on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jan Decleir,  Arie Verveen,  Chase Moore
    Director: Sergei Bodrov
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Lucky is a young colt born on a ship taking horses to work in the copper mines of Nambia. When his mother dies in the harsh labour conditions, Lucky is rescued by a young orphan stableboy named Richard (Chase Moore), and the friendship that develops between the pair gives them both the strength to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 247 members
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  • Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
    Starring: Ric Young,  Benedick Blythe,  Ngawang Chojor
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,439 members
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  • The Lover (1992)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau,  Jane March,  Tony Leung Ka Fai
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young French girl (Jane March) living with her mother in 1920s Vietnam meets a Chinese man (Tony Leung) on a ferry on her way back to school in Saigon. They begin an affair which is complicated by the man's impending arranged marriage. Narrated by Jeanne Moreau as the adult girl looking back on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,849 member
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  • The Name Of The Rose (1986)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  William Hickey,  Christian Slater
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on Umberto Eco's best-selling novel. Sean Connery is a monk-turned-detective who, together with his novice, Christian Slater, tries desperately to unravel the mystery of the Abbey's murders. Monks are being killed in all manner of ways, and as Brother Sean's investigations get underway, more ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,470 members
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  • Quest For Fire on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Rae Dawn Chong,  Everett McGill,  Ron Perlman
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Groundbreaking drama from French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, set 80,000 years in the past, where a primitive tribe desperately guards their most valuable possession - fire. After an attack from a neighbouring tribe, the fire is put out. Lacking the knowledge to kindle their own flame, the tribe ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 989 members
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Jean-Jacques Annaud facts

5 most recent films

Black Gold - 3.0 stars
Black Gold - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Two Brothers - 3.0 stars
Enemy At The Gates - 3.5 stars
Running Free - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Enemy At The Gates - 3.5 stars
The Name Of The Rose - 3.5 stars
The Bear - 3.5 stars
Seven Years in Tibet - 3.5 stars
Quest For Fire - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Black Gold - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Lover - 3.0 stars
Running Free - 3.0 stars
Black Gold - 3.0 stars
Two Brothers - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ric Young - 3 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 3 times - show films
David Thewlis - 3 times - show films
Guy Pearce - 3 times - show films
Ama Ashe Dongtse - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sergei Bodrov - 1 times - show films