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Peter Hall - what members say


  • Never Talk To Strangers
  • Never Talk To Strangers review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 1.0 stars Never Watch Films Like This 16 September 2005
    ... ridiculous, merely from the titles. This is one such film. Apart from the sex, Peter Hall directs this like it's the Mousetrap in Maidstone. The characters are just as c...   Read customer review

Peter Hall - filmography


  • Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola - Blu-ray (2005)
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Peter Hall are reunited for this fresh and vibrant 2005 production of Rossini's much-loved setting of the Cinderella story, with a cast led by Ruxandra Donose in the title role.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 31 members
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  • Shakespeare Sessions on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Peter Hall,  John Barton
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Directors and founders of the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Barton and Sir Peter Hall, hold an acting class using some of Shakespeare's works. The all-star cast are put through their paces in a number of workshops, which comprise: 'Creating a World With Words', 'The Clues Are in the Text', 'Play ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 7 members
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  • Never Talk To Strangers on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Len Cariou,  Rebecca De Mornay
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Brilliant but passionless criminal psychologist Dr Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay) finds herself falling for the mysterious and charming Tony Ramirez (Antonio Banderas). They embark on a torrid affair but, as Sarah gets to know Tony better, she begins to sense something dangerous lurking behind ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 754 members
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  • The Bible - Jacob on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Matthew Modine,  Lara Flynn Boyle
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Made-for-television biopic, directed by Peter Hall, about the famous Biblical character. Jacob (Matthew Modine) and Esau (Sean Bean) are two brothers fighting for their father's affection and inheritance, driven to war, enmity, and eventual reconcilliation. Also featuring performances from Lara ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 443 members
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  • The Camomile Lawn (2 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Tara Fitzgerald,  Virginia McKenna,  Jennifer Ehle
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1939 England, the Cuthbertsons - Helena (Felicity Kendal) and Richard (Paul Eddington), a war cripple - live in Cornwall with their orphaned niece, Sophy. Sophy is resented by Helena, and has little in common with Richard, and so is pleased when her four cousins arrive in August for a holiday. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,302 members
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  • La Traviata (1988)
    Starring: Gordon Sandison,  Marie McLaughlin,  Jane Turner
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Sir Peter Hall's production of Verdi's opera, recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1988. Marie McLaughlin is Violetta, with Walter MacNeil as Alfredo and Brent Ellis as Germont. Bernard Haitink conducts.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 35 members
    Not available for rental
  • Fidelio (1979)
    Starring: Bernard Haitink,  Glyndebourne Chorus,  Robert Allman
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Hailed as a remarkably faithful interpretation of Beethoven's opera from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The performances from Ian Caley, Elizabeth Gale, Curt Appelgren, Elizabeth Soderstrom, Robert Allman and Anton De Ridder.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 38 members
    Not available for rental
  • Akenfield (1974)
    Starring: Stanley Baxter,  Ronald Blythe,  Ethel Branton
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The renowned director of England's National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Peter Hall, produced and directed this unusual film, adapted from the book Akenfield, which summarizes a sociological study of village life in Suffolk. The amateur cast mostly play themselves or close ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 3 members
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  • Pinter's Progress And The Homecoming (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Paul Rogers,  Jonathan Pryce,  Ian Holm
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two films based on the work of playwright Harold Pinter. 'Pinter's Progress' (2009) is a documentary based around a series of interviews with actors, directors and writers who discuss their experiences of working with Pinter. 'The Homecoming' (1973) is a filmed version of the Pinter play. Made as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 26 members
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  • Le Nozze Di Figaro (1973)
    Starring: Knut Skram,  Marius Rintzler,  Frederica Von Stade
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Based on the Beaumarchais comedy 'Le Mariage de Figaro', this opera tells the story of a servant who is to marry a maid but the maid's employer has other ideas. Sung in Italian, it is filmed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1973.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 25 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Homecoming (1973)
    Starring: Cyril Cusack,  Paul Rogers,  Ian Holm
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Part of the American Film Theatre Collection, though British in origin and set in London, this Harold Pinter play is directed for the screen by Peter Hall. Teddy (Michael Jayston) brings his wife Ruth (Vivien Merchant) home to meet his estranged family: his pathetic father Max (Paul Rogers), senile ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 283 members
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  • Le Nozze Di Figaro: Glyndebourne Festiva... (1973)
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Based on the Beaumarchais comedy 'Le Mariage de Figaro', this opera tells the story of a servant who is to marry a maid but the maid's employer has other ideas. Sung in Italian, it is filmed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1973.
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Perfect Friday (1970)
    Starring: Stanley Baker,  David Warner,  Ursula Andress
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Lord Nicholas Dorset and his beautiful wife Britt live entirely beyond their means, while their timid bank manager Mr Graham has long envied his customers' wealth. Having devised an apparently foolproof plan to rob his own bank, Mr Graham decides that Nicholas and Britt's desperate financial ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
    Not available for rental

Peter Hall facts

5 most recent films

La Cenerentola - 3.5 stars
Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Shakespeare Sessions - 1.5 stars
Simon Boccanegra - 2.5 stars
Never Talk To Strangers - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

La Cenerentola - 3.5 stars
The Camomile Lawn - 3.5 stars
The Bible - Jacob - 3.0 stars
The Homecoming - 3.0 stars
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Le Nozze Di Figaro: Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 3 stars
Shakespeare Sessions - 1.5 stars
Akenfield - 2.0 stars
La Traviata - 2.5 stars
Simon Boccanegra - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

London Philharmonic Orchestra - 8 times - show films
Vivien Merchant - 4 times - show films
Bernard Haitink - 4 times - show films
Terence Rigby - 4 times - show films
Michael Jayston - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robin Lough - 1 times - show films
Peter - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films