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Helena Bonham Carter

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Bernard Shaw Collection, TheBernard Shaw Collection, The (The Millionairess; Mrs. Warren's Profession; The Apple Cart ; Pygmalion; Heartbreak House; You Never Can Tell; The Man of Destiny; Androcles and the Lion; The Devil's Disciple; Arms and the Man) (1972-1989)
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Maggie Smith, John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart
Star–studded BBC adaptations of ten masterpieces of the stage by George Bernard Shaw. This set includes, over 8 discs the following…
Lady JaneLady Jane (1985)
Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham–Carter leads a Royal Shakespeare Co. cast for this historical pageant about the shortest reigning British monarch.
Room with a View, ARoom with a View, A (1985)
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott
One of the better Merchant–Ivorys, this light–toned adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel sets an array of well–to–do English…
Barbara Cartland Collection, TheBarbara Cartland Collection, The (A Hazard of Hearts, The Lady and the Highwayman, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, Duel of Hearts) (1987-1991)
Feat. Hugh Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael York
Four made–for–TV adaptations from the prolific romance novel oeuvre of British writer and media personality Barbara Cartland. A HAZARD…
FrancescoFrancesco (1989)
Dir. Liliana Cavani
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter
Mickey Rourke and Helena Bonham–Carter star in this lavish yet clunky Italian production of the story of Francis of Assisi, the 13th Century…
HamletHamlet (1990) Recommended
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
Where Angels Fear to TreadWhere Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Judy Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves
An untimely death in the family spurs Judy Davis, Helena Bonham–Carter and Rupert Graves to squabble it out in…
Howards EndHowards End (1992) Recommended
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter
Merchant/Ivory's E.M. Forster adaptation is so exquisite it pales their previous efforts. Forster's usual themes of class injustice and emotional…
Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter
Branagh swamps the gothic classic with theatricality and allows himself far too much screen time, impressing on us that his ego that is the real…
Mighty AphroditeMighty Aphrodite (1995)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino
An ironic Greek chorus punctuates Woody Allen's familiar Manhattan–set comedy of betrayals and affairs. This time though, the implications of…
Margaret's MuseumMargaret's Museum (1995)
Dir. Mort Ransen
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik
Crisply shot costume drama with Helena Bonham–Carter, determined to marry outside her dreary 1940s Nova Scotia coal–mining hometown. Has…
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night (1996)
Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne
William Shakespeare is rediscovered yet again, in one of his wittier flights of fancy, served up with such 90s icons as Helena Bonham Carter, Richard…
Wings of the Dove, TheWings of the Dove, The (1997) Recommended
Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling
Helena Bonham–Carter, back in costume, shines in this adaptation of the Henry James novel, playing a 19th century gentlewoman on the…
Merry War, AMerry War, A (Keep the Aspidistra Flying) (1997)
Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter
A literate, aware version of George Orwell's early comic novel set in a stagnating 1930s Britain. Richard E Grant plays Orwell's self–parody of…
Theory of Flight, The (1998)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh
Helena Bonham–Carter plays a misery–guts in a wheelchair, crippled by motor–neuron disorder, who gets a companion in the form of an…
Planet of the ApesPlanet of the Apes (2001)
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth
Attempting to “re–imagine” (rather than merely ape) the 1968 original, dir. Burton ups the ante with fiercer simians and darker…
NovocaineNovocaine (2001)
Dir. David Atkins
Feat. Steve Martin, Laura Dern, Helena Bonham Carter
Dentist Steve Martin is singled out for bad luck in this noir black comedy, that conflates Coen Bros–type weird mishaps, great casting and a…
Till Human Voices Wake UsTill Human Voices Wake Us (2001)
Dir. Michael Petroni
Feat. Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter
A supernaturally–tinged drama in which psychiatrist Guy Pearce returns his hometown and the spectres of a doomed teenage romance. Mourning…
Sweet RevengeSweet Revenge (The Revenger's Comedies) (2002)
Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas
A blackly comic caper, this adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s “Revenger’s Comedies” concerns two would–be suicides who, on…
Heart of Me, TheHeart of Me, The (2002)
Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams
A moody, though slightly outmoded period drama set in London between the wars in which two sisters become involved with the same man, as wife and…
Live From BaghdadLive From Baghdad (2002)
Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard
Media drama set in war–time Iraq tracking a gutsy group of CNN journalists who are among the few to choose to remain in Baghdad to capture the…
Big FishBig Fish (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
A fantasy of substance from dir. Tim Burton, set around a dying father (Finney) and his son (Crudup), who relives the father's tall stories, piecing…
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryCharlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
Lavish with magnificent visual icing, this version of Roald Dahl's classic childrens' story is a pretty tasty updating of the story of young Charlie…
Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-RabbitWallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nick Park
Feat. Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
Triumphant big–screen leap for the amiably English claymation heroes – Wallace and Gromit – with this effort finding them running…
Corpse BrideCorpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
An animated tour–de–force from dir. Burton which fuses spindley puppetry and subtle CGI for its mythic tale of a sallow young bridegroom…
Conversations with Other WomenConversations with Other Women (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hans Canosa
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter
An innovative, bittersweet romantic two–hander that uses split screen for its entire running time to explore the contrasting…
Sixty SixSixty Six (2006) Recommended
Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Rea
Gentle, uplifting British comedy–drama about a young boy preparing for his Bar Mitzvah in North London, which just happens to clash with the…
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Recommended
Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter
The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Recommended
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
Johnny Depp is centre stage once again for dir. Tim Burton in this fiendish screen rendition of Stephen Sondheim's twisted musical about a…
Terminator SalvationTerminator Salvation (2009)
Dir. McG
Feat. Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood
Po–faced fourth installment in the TERMINATOR franchise sees a grizzly John Connor (Bale) lead the resistance against SKYNET and its army of…

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