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  • The Passion Of Ayn Rand
  • The Passion Of Ayn Rand review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Russian radical ruminates on romance. 11 August 2009
    ...wo main books had such an effect on so many people. The film was directed by Christopher Menaul, the successful artist behind Prime Suspect, The Forsythe Saga (2002) and many ...   Read customer review

Christopher Menaul - filmography


  • First Night - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Richard E. Grant,  Sarah Brightman,  Edyta Budnik
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard E. Grant stars as rich industrialist and frustrated amateur opera singer, Adam, in this musical comedy-drama. Adam decides to throw an opera in his lavish country retreat, partly to impress his friends, but mainly to win the heart of a female conductor (played by classical music star Sarah ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4 members
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  • First Night (2011)
    Starring: Richard E. Grant,  Sarah Brightman,  Edyta Budnik
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard E. Grant stars as rich industrialist and frustrated amateur opera singer, Adam, in this musical comedy-drama. Adam decides to throw an opera in his lavish country retreat, partly to impress his friends, but mainly to win the heart of a female conductor (played by classical music star Sarah ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 12 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • Above Suspicion - Series 1 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Kelly Reilly,  Ciarán Hinds,  Jason Durr
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) has been assigned to her first murder case. Under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciarán Hinds), she joins a team investigating a series of brutal and shocking murders. They started eight years ago, and the body count - all prostitutes and drug users - was up ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 369 members
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  • See No Evil on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Maxine Peake,  Sean Harris,  Matthew McNulty
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    SEE NO EVIL is a chilling drama is based on the infamous true-life crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. During the mid-60's the pair abducted and murdered five people; three children and two teenagers, four of which were buried in the Yorkshire Moors. Maxine Peak (SHAMELESS) and Sean Harris (CREEP)..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 356 members
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  • Secret Smile (2005)
    Starring: David Tennant,  Kate Ashfield,  Claire Goose
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) Splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan (David Tennant) because he attacked her she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry (Claire Goose) and later proposes to her. Miranda warns her sister, as Brendan swims his way into their family ruining ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 31 members
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  • State Of Mind (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Niamh Cusack,  Andrew Lincoln
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Niamh Cusack gives a powerhouse performance in this highly affecting psychological thriller. Cusack plays Grace Hazlett, a woman reeling from the recent discovery of her husband's adulterous ways. Upon moving in with her widowed yet emotionally detached mother, Grace dedicates herself to caring for ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 113 members
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  • The Passion Of Ayn Rand (1999)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Eric Stoltz,  Peter Fonda
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ayn Rand, author of THE FOUNTAINHEAD and founder of the philosophical sect known as Objectivism, may have been a genius, but her personal life played out like a plot from a pulp romance novel. This film is the story of Rand's affair with a man 25 years her junior, Nathaniel Branden (Stoltz), a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 311 members
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  • Prime Suspect 1 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Tom Bell,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Called in to head a murder enquiry, D.C.I. Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is immediately confronted by hostility and aggression from her male colleagues. With her strength of character and skills as a detective continually tested to the limit, she exposes a far-reaching cover-up within the force. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3,312 members
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  • Planespotting on DVD
    Starring: Lesley Sharp,  Mark Benton,  Mark Benton
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Caught in a minefield of regional politics, 14 spotter found themselves arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in remote Greece. Their protests fell on bemused and then incredulous ears. Surely the telescopes, radio scanners and aircraft serial numbers could mean only one thing: they ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 47 members
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Christopher Menaul facts

5 most recent films

First Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Zen - E03 - 3 stars
Zen - E02 - 3 stars
Zen - E01 - 4.0 stars
First Night - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Homicide - Life on the Street - Season 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
The Complete Forsyte Saga - 4.0 stars
Above Suspicion - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Prime Suspect 1 - 4.0 stars
Above Suspicion - The Red Dahlia - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

First Night - 3.0 stars
Planespotting - 3.0 stars
First Night - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Secret Smile - 4.0 stars
State Of Mind - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Helen Mirren - 10 times - show films
Tom Bell - 10 times - show films
Zoe Wanamaker - 9 times - show films
John Benfield - 9 times - show films
Ralph Fiennes - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Alexander - 6 times - show films
Stephen Gyllenhaal - 6 times - show films
Jon Jones - 6 times - show films
Dave Moore - 5 times - show films
Indra Bhose - 1 times - show films