Colin Firth's Favourite Films (3 titles)

A Man For All Seasons

When I was a kid, seeing Paul Schofield in A Man for All Seasons gave me a new idea as to what acting could be; the integrity of it. Then I started to discover European stuff and wishing I was Polish. I've been through a lot of phases I suppose - Film Noirs, Thrillers...

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• A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
  Starring: Robert Shaw,  Paul Scofield,  Orson Welles
  Director: Fred Zinnemann
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  A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, based on Robert Bolt's stage play, is an excellent biographical drama about the conflicts faced by Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield) when King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) asks him to break with Rome and grant him a divorce. The film is a powerful, cerebral story, supported by an ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 72% from 3,986 members

The Lives Of Others

I thought it was really beautiful.

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• The Lives Of Others on DVD (2006)
  Starring: Ulrich Muhe,  Sebastian Koch,  Martina Gedeck
  Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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  East Berlin, 1984. State Security begins surveillance on playwright and, on the surface at least, good socialist Georg Dreyman (Koch). But as the operation progresses, Stasi Captain Wiesler (Mühe) discovers compassion in his stony soul.
  
  Rate this: 79% from 53,756 members

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

I enjoyed this film as well; it's been a good year or two...

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• Assassination of Jesse James by the Cowa... on DVD (2007)
  Starring: Brad Pitt,  Mary-Louise Parker,  Sam Rockwell
  Director: Andrew Dominik
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  Robert Ford joins Jesse James's gang, only to become resentful of the legendary outlaw and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West.
  
  Rate this: 58% from 45,050 members

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