Stephen Frears

Director, Actor

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Comic Strip Presents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door / Dirty Movie: Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson; Two of the darker "Comic Strip" TV Comedies, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.
Follyfoot (TV Series) (1971): Dir. Stephen Frears, Michael Apted, Vic Hughes
Feat. Gillian Blake, Desmond Llewelyn; Young Dora (Gillian Blake), discarded in the country by her globe–trotting parents, takes to caring for the neglected horses of Follyfoot Farm,…
Gumshoe (1972): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay…; Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
Alan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992): Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales…; An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett. Collection includes: – A Day Out…
Six Plays by Alan Bennett (1978-1979): Dir. Stephen Frears, Lindsay Anderson, Giles Foster
Feat. Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge…; Six classic plays by Oscar nominated playwright Alan Bennett, produced by Stephen Frears, who also directs four of the six. ME! I'M AFRAID OF…
Going Gently (1981): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Norman Wisdom, Fulton MacKay; Quality BBC television drama about a group of terminally ill patients on a cancer ward.
Walter / Walter & June (Loving Walter) (1982-1983): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Keith Allen…; A pair of grim television movies based on the novels by David Cook, starring Ian McKellen as a man with a learning disability who is condemned by…
Saigon - Year of the Cat (1983): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E.G. Marshall…; Potent romantic drama set during the South Vietnam collapse with Dench as a depressed loan officer who falls into the arms of CIA interrogator…
Hit, The (1984): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth; Stool pigeon Terence Stamp gives a pair of hired killers a run for their money when they discover his 10–year hideaway.
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis; First and best Hanif Kureishi comedy (so far), explores race and sex prejudices in the London EastEnd.
Prick Up Your Ears (1987): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman; Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber, Claire Bloom; Against a backdrop of London's riot–torn streets, Sammy and Rosie conduct an open relationship while his disturbed father, an exiled Indian…
Dangerous Liaisons (1988): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer; Classic tale of an unscrupulous French countess who creates royal havoc by challenging her former lover to the sexual conquest of a virginal…
Grifters, The (1990): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening; Small time con–artists Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening cross paths but come to discover little honour among thieves. A quirky,…
Accidental Hero (Hero) (1992): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Geena Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia…; Media–hero satire in which TV reporter Davis survives a plane–crash and offers a cash reward to her anonymous saviour.
Snapper, The (1993): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Colm Meaney; Dublin–set working–class comedy from the pen of Roddy 'The Commitments' Doyle. Harassment and embarrassment ensue for a family when they…
Century of Cinema (UK / Ireland) - Typically British (1995): Dir. Mike Dibb, Stephen Frears, Donald Taylor Black; The British contribution to the series celebrating 100 years of the moving image. Film–maker Stephen Frears chats to industry heavyweights Alex…
Mary Reilly (1996): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Malkovich, Julia Roberts, Michael Gambon…; John Malkovich and Juila Roberts star in this alternative take on R.L. Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde story – the toil and double trouble is seen…
Van, The (1996): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan…; Conclusive chapter of writer Roddy Doyle's informal trilogy started by THE COMMITMENTS and THE SNAPPER. Colm Meaney returns as the cheery Irish…
Century of Cinema - Australia / NZ / UK (1997): Dir. George Miller, Sam Neill, Stephen Frears; Director George Miller (MAD MAX) construes his own personal perspective on the history of Australian cinema and its wider cultural meanings. Perhaps…
Hi-Lo Country, The (1998): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette; Long left out to pasture, the male–bonding cowboy genre is saddled–up and mounted by dir. Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS), who honours the…
Fail Safe (2000): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss; A TV–movie with a difference, this remake of Sidney Lumet's 1964 feature, was acted and broadcast live on American TV, heightening the…
High Fidelity (2000): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black…; American adaptation of Nick Hornby's beloved English novel about pop music obsession and the vagaries of romance loses surprisingly little in the…
Liam (2000): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett; Exploring an Irish childhood made grim by Roman Catholicism, this is like a more intimate ANGELA’S ASHES, governed as it is by the point of view of…
Dirty Pretty Things (2002): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez; A tightly–wound, satisfying British melodrama about illegal immigrants in London that find themselves exploited by a medical scam. Chiwetel…
Deal, The (2003): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michael Sheen, David Morrissey, Dexter Fletcher; Billed as the prequel to the 2006 hit THE QUEEN, this entertaining telepic chronicles the infamous meeting between Labour party heavyweights Tony…
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest…; Set in the grey drabness of 1930s England, this charming wee feel–gooder tells the true story of an eccentric, somewhat difficult dowager…
Queen, The (2006): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell…; A regal Helen Mirren brings command and pathos to the screen as Queen Elizabeth II, an iconic yet closely–guarded world figure whose retreat in…
Cheri (2009): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates…; Gorgeously–appointed period drama set in the "Belle Époque" of 1900s Paris, focused on a love affair between a retired courtesan (Pfeiffer)…
Tamara Drewe (2010): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Tamsin Greig…; Winning comedy concerns the comic travails of a young journalist whose return to her hometown sets tongues wagging and disasters into motion.

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