Richard Griffiths

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Whoops Apocalypse (1981): Dir. John Reardon
Feat. John Cleese, Richard Griffiths, Rik Mayall…; The original British TV comedy extended to feature length takes no prisoners in savagely sending up the Cold War mentality. Very eighties, but…
Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1982): Feat. Alan Bennett, Richard Griffiths, Judy Davis…; Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Gorky Park (1983): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy…; William Hurt plays a brooding Russian detective investigating horrific murders in Moscow. Meaty, convincing thriller.
Withnail and I (1986): Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths; Anarchic cult sensation about a pair of young degenerate actors who decide to spend a soul–cleansing weekend at an Uncle's farmhouse in the…
Shanghai Surprise (1986): Dir. Jim Goddard
Feat. Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman…; Universally panned adventure flick stars Madonna as a missionary (!) on the hunt for medicinal opium (!) and then–husband Penn plays the…
Pie in the Sky (TV Series) (1994): Feat. Richard Griffiths; Brit crime series following a retirement age detective hanging up his mystery solving hat to fulfil a goal of owning his own restaurant, but it seems…
Funny Bones (1995): Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Lee Evans…; A fascinating ode to laughter and the business of laughter. After failing on the cut–throat Las Vegas circuit, would–be comic Oliver…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…; Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
History Boys, The (2006): Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Samuel Anderson…; Alan Bennett's hit stageplay about the precocious lads and frustrated teachers at a well–bred English boarding school is transposed directly to…
Ballet Shoes (2007): Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Yasmin Paige…; Utterly enchanting contemporary adaptation of the beloved 1936 novel by Noel Streatfeild about three orphan girls (Pauline, Petrova, and Posy) who…
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010): Dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant…; Batty puppet caper set in a Britain under Nazi rule, and only a rag–tag bunch of yokels and a Frenchman stand in the way. An anarchic…
Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (2011): Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane…; Johnny Depp returns with more limb–flailing shenanigans in this fourth installment of the increasingly tired franchise. This time Sparrow…
Private Peaceful (2012): Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Jack O'Connell, George MacKay, Alexandra Roach…; This sensitive, small scale contrast to Spielberg's WAR HORSE (also from a Michael Morgpurgo novel) centres on two brothers who are compelled to put…

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