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Rachel Talalay



Filmography

Rachel Talalay - filmography


  • The Wind In The Willows on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Anna Maxwell Martin,  Imelda Staunton,  Matt Lucas
    Director: Rachel Talalay
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Lavish BBC adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic story starring Bob Hoskins as Badger, Matt Lucas as Toad and Imelda Staunton as the Barge Lady. Adapted by writer Lee Hall, writer of 'Billy Elliot', the film also stars Mark Gatiss as Rat and Lee Ingleby as Mole.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 242 members
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  • Dice (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Aidan Gillen,  Aidan Gillen,  Martin Cummings
    Director: Rachel Talalay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dice tells the story of charismatic psychology teacher, Glenn Taylor (Aidan Gillen - The Vice, Queer as Folk), who manipulates people by teaching them how to live by the throw of a dice. When the small community is shattered by the death of student Sally Quine, Detective Patrick Styvesant (Martin ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 25 members
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  • The Borrowers on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Dick Ward,  George Yiasou,  Hugh Laurie
    Director: Peter Hewitt
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The Clock family are 'borrowers' - four inch-high people who live under the floorboards of a big house, borrowing whatever they need from the 'human beans' who own it. However, when evil property developer Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) decides to get rid of the house, tiny Pod (Jim Broadbent) and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,403 members
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  • Tank Girl on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Lori Petty,  Malcolm McDowell,  Jeff Kober
    Director: Rachel Talalay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is 2033 and there is no law, mercy or (most importantly) water. Tank Girl (Lori Petty) is a sexy, smart and outspoken warrior woman who decides to take on allcomers in an attempt to liberate enough water for the population. The villainous Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) decides destroying Tank Girl ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,675 members
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  • Book Of Love (1992)
    Starring: Chris Young,  Keith Coogan,  Michael McKean
    Director: Robert Shaye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack Twiller, a writer, reminisces about his adolescent years in the 1950s. Back then Jack (Chris Young) was in love with Lily - who was dating local hard boy Angelo - and trying to be like James Dean, in spite of his mother's insistence that he take tap dancing lessons. As the high school prom ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 4 members
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  • Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Alice Cooper,  Robert Englund,  Tom Arnold
    Director: Rachel Talalay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Having wiped out all the children in his home town, dreamstalking psychokiller Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) decides it is time to head for pastures new. Luckily for him, he happens across a home for troubled teens and is soon indulging his unspeakable appetites once again. This was originally ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 4,453 members
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  • Cry Baby on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Ricki Lake,  Amy Locane,  Iggy Pop
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as Wade Cry-Baby Walker. Depp is pure charisma as a juvenile delinquent with a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,405 members
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  • Hairspray on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Ricki Lake,  Jerry Stiller,  Deborah Harry
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Forever interested in the kitsch built into past eras, director John Waters chooses the TV dance show craze of the early '60s for his playful focus in Hairspray. Ricki Lake plays Tracy Turnblad, just one of several alliteratively named characters coming of age in 1962 Baltimore, where The Corny ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 5,914 members
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Rachel Talalay facts

5 most recent films

Haven - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Kyle Xy - S02 E11 - Hands on a Hybrid - 4.5 stars
Kyle Xy - S02 E13 - Leap of Faith - 4.5 stars
The Dead Zone - Season 6 - 3.5 stars
The Wind In The Willows - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Dead Zone - Season 6 - 3.5 stars
Randall And Hopkirk Deceased - Complete Second Series - 3.5 stars
Haven - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Ally McBeal - Season 3 - 3.5 stars
The Wind In The Willows - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Book Of Love - 2.0 stars
Dice - 2.5 stars
Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare - 2.5 stars
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master - 3.0 stars
Tank Girl - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lisa Nicole Carson - 7 times - show films
Courtney Thorne-Smith - 7 times - show films
Greg Germann - 7 times - show films
Calista Flockhart - 7 times - show films
Jane Krakowski - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter MacNichol - 7 times - show films
Joanna Keins / - 7 times - show films
Charlie Higson - 6 times - show films
Mark Mylod - 6 times - show films
Tim Southam - 5 times - show films