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Films starring Maggie Smith
A major stage actress, Dame Maggie Smith has nevertheless taken to film with gusto, and earned two Oscars and a plethora of nominations in the process. Her greatest performance is possibly as the alcoholic wife in Alan Bennett's series of monologues Talking Heads; it is a totally compelling tour-de-force. She is always compelling even in compara... show more > Recommended Films starring Maggie Smith
 Talking Heads - The Complete Talking Heads1988, T V , DVD Alan Bennett's brilliantly natural monologues are brought to life by some of the UK's finest talents. The writing turns on the heartbreaking details of daily life. Everyone remembers Thora Hird in 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' ('That Zulema.....
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 Gosford Park2001, Robert Altman, DVD After spending most of his career in America - with the infelicitous exception of a trip to Paris Fashion Week for Pret-A-Porter - the director Robert Altman here makes a more successful journey overseas. Compared to the starched neatness of T...
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 Ladies In Lavender2004, Charles Dance, DVD Elderly sisters Ursula and Janet find a young Polish man washed up on the shore near their house. They nurse him gradually back to health and when his musical talents bring him to the attention of the sister of a Russian violinist, the scene is se...
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 Othello (Burge, 1964)1964, Stuart Burge, DVD Film of John Dexter's production at the National Theatre with Laurence Olivier - a masterful example of how to capture the intimacy and excitement of theatre.
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Tea With Mussolini1998, Franco Zeffirelli, DVD Set in Florence in the 1930s and 1940s, this drama is based on the childhood memories of director Franco Zeffirelli. Illegitimate Luca is not acknowledged by his real father. Growing up, his life is influenced by a group of independent women, an a...
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 George Bernard Shaw CollectionVarious (TV), DVD A selection of Shaw's best plays enacted by the creme of British acting talent. Features the acclaimed BBC classics Arms and the Man, The Devils Disciple, Mrs Warren's Profession, Pygmalion, Heartbreak House and The Millionairess.
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A Room With A View (Ivory, 1985)1985, James Ivory, DVD A witty comedy of manners unfolding in the lush surroundings of Florence and the beautiful Surrey countryside, this Oscar and BAFTA-winning Merchant-Ivory production effortlessly evokes the ambiance of turn-of-the-century Europe, and set the stand...
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 Othello (Burge, 1964)1964, Stuart Burge, VHSPAL Film of John Dexter's production at the National Theatre with Laurence Olivier - a masterful example of how to capture the intimacy and excitement of theatre.
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Becoming Jane2007, Julian Jarrold, DVD Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) believes in love. Her parents (Julie Walters and James Cromwell) want her to marry for money and in 1795 England that was the way of the world for a young woman. But when the 20-year-old meets the dashing young Irishman...
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 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2 discs)2005, Mike Newell, DVD When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a gruelling battle for glory among three wizarding schools - the Tri-wizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now ...
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 David Copperfield (1999)1999, Simon Curtis, DVD The Beeb doing what it does best. Another classic Dickens adaptation, featuring a who's who of British actors.
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 Oh! What a lovely war (Special Edition)1969, Richard Attenborough, DVD A film adaptation of the play of the same name about the follies of war, in which WWI is played out as a music hall attraction. There are rousing songs, shooting galleries, prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead as Generals play leapfrog. Atte...
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 My House In Umbria2003, Richard Loncraine, DVD A charming and evocative drama with a well-heeled cast. On a shopping excursion to Milan, romantic novelist Mrs Delahunty becomes one of a number of victims of a terrorist bomb attack on the train. She invites her fellow survivors in her carriage ...
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 Great Authors - Charles Dickens1999-2003, Various , DVD Disc 1 features 'Uncovering the Real Dickens' presented by Peter Ackroyd - an innovative mix of documentary and dramatic reconstruction that vividly portrays Dickens' life. Disc 2 has the classic 1999 BBC version of David Copperfield. Disc 3 has A...
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 The Secret Garden (1993)1993, Agnieszka Holland, DVD An orphaned girl is sent to live with her aristocratic aunt in a large, mysterious house, where she and her sick cousin Jack explore the secret garden. Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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