In Anthony Minghella's directorial debut, Nina (Juliet Stevenson) is trying to put her life back together following the untimely death of her boyfriend, Jamie (Alan Rickman). She still hears his voice in her head, telling her to lock the back door, or instructing her in the proper way to brush her teeth. Nina gets the shock of .. Read more
| Starring | Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, Bill Paterson, Michael Maloney |
|---|---|
| Director | Anthony Minghella |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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There is much, much more to Alan Rickman than his villainous turns in Hollywood blockbusters. With comedic and ultra-serious roles to his name, he is also a respected stage actor and director. Without a single Oscar nod in his thirty year career, Rickman is surely one of the most overlooked actors in recent cinema history. We pay tribute to a true national treasure with our top 10. His Top 10 Films Die Hard (1988) Alan Rickman made his bad guy debut as German terrorist Hans Gruber in 1988,... Read more
Die Hard (1988) Alan Rickman made his bad guy debut as German terrorist Hans Gruber in 1988, opposite all-American action hero Bruce Willis. Rickman is pitted off against Willis’ character, good guy cop John McClane, in a classic eighties thriller which takes place in a New York skyscraper on Christmas Eve. The role had the potential to boost Rickman’s career in Hollywood, but he coyly side-stepped the opportunity in favour of more challenging and appealing projects. Interestingly, Read more
"I want to get better. I am absolutely determined that I'll keep trying to learn and not know too much and just see what happens." So promised the writer-director Anthony Minghella the last time I saw him, in the autumn of 2006, with a combination of resolve and humility which was typical of the man. It's a great shame we have been robbed of his talent at an age (54) when so much more could have been expected. Erudite, loquacious, gracious and accomplished, Minghella was always a pleasure to... Read more
Bertram Pincus. Who else but Ricky Gervais could do justice to a name like that? Bertram is a British dentist in New York. A bone fide misanthropist, you have to say he’s in the right profession (and the right city). Social interaction is kept to a bare minimum. If anyone does try to get too chatty he tells them to open wide and leaves them hanging. As movie dentists go – compared to Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man or Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors – he’s an... Read more
Academy Award winning director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent has reportedly announced. According to the Guardian, Minghella passed away early this morning after suffering a haemorrhage. Last week, he underwent an operation to tackle cancer in his tonsils and neck, the paper said. Minghella was widely acknowledged as one of Britain's most accomplished directors. He won the Best Director Oscar in 1997 for The English Patient, which dominated that year's ceremony taking... Read more
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