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Derek Jacobi
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Films to Rent
Othello (1965)
- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith… - Laurence Olivier transposes his stage performance of Othello for the screen with able supporting cast.
American Film Theatre - Three Sisters (1970)- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright… - Three sisters stuck in the Russian provinces pine for distant Moscow in this comprehensively faithful adaptation of Anton Chekhov's famous 19th…
Odessa File, The (1974)- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell… - Jon Voight plays a German journalist on the trail of Nazi war criminals. From Frederic Forsyth's bestseller.
I, Claudius (TV Series) (1976)- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi… - Superlative televison epic spans the juicy analogues of Roman history with Augustus (Brian Blessed), Caligula (John Hurt), Claudius (Derek Jacobi)…
Medusa Touch, The (1978)- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi… - Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Richard II (1978)- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Human Factor, The (1979)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi… - Otto Preminger last film is a mild espionage affair, concerning a low–level British informant suspected of being a double agent. A hefty cast…
Hamlet (1980)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Enigma (1982)- Feat. Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey…
- Iron curtain defector Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) returns to East Germany on a CIA mission to save five dissidents by stealing an exemplary of the…
Little Dorrit (TV Mini-Series) (1987)- Dir. Christine Edzard
Feat. Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood… - Exemplary, all–star reworking of the Charles Dickens' classic in two parts. The first, "Nobody's Fault", is told from Arthur Clennam's (Derek…
Tenth Man, The (1988)- Dir. Jack Gold, Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Brenda Bruce, Derek Jacobi… - A measured TV–movie adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene about a French lawyer who saves himself from being executed during the Nazi…
Henry V (1989)- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed… - A remarkable achievement from Kenneth Branagh both as actor and first–time director, he brings a new vitality to Shakespeare's most energetic…
Discovering Hamlet (1990)- Dir. Mark Olshaker
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart - Invaluable documenting of Derek Jacobi's 1988 production of Hamlet with a young Kenneth Branagh in the lead. Focussing solely on the rehearsal…
Cadfael (TV Series) (1994-1996)- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley… - Derek Jacobi stars as Brother Cadfael, a former soldier, sailor and crusader turned botanist monk who often finds himself solving baffling murders…
Love is the Devil (1998)
- Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton - Audacious biopic of great British painter Francis Bacon (he of the 'screaming pope' paintings), travels the raw–nerve edge of artistic…
Basil (1998)- Dir. Radha Bharadwaj
Feat. Jared Leto, Christian Slater, Derek Jacobi… - Novel–based Victorian–era romance starring a veritable feast of eye candy in the form of Leto, Slater and Forlani as the beautiful young…
Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999)- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. David Wenham, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole… - An earnest account of a Belgian priest’s heroic efforts in the Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai in the 1870s, distinguished by its intriguing tale…
Gladiator (2000)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris… - As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Wyvern Mystery, The (TV Mini-Series) (2000)- Dir. Alex Pillai
Feat. Naomi Watts, Derek Jacobi - Naomi Watts plays the adopted daughter of a prickly Squire (Derek Jacobi) with more than just fatherhood on his mind. Pseudo–haunted house…
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, The (2001)- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Chris Haywood - Loosely based on the published diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the great male ballet dancers, this experimental biopic is impressionistic and…
Gathering Storm, The (2002)- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent… - Critically acclaimed telemovie depicts the life of Winston Churchill during his 'wilderness years', the turbulent 1930s, centred by a mighty…
Broadway: The Golden Age (2003)- Dir. Rick McKay
Feat. Bob Fosse, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett… - Comprehensive documentary about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway theatre, covering an entire century of New York theatre, and…
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Marple (TV Series) [Geraldine McEwan] (2004-2005)- Dir. Andy Wilson, John Strickland, Charles Palmer
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Derek Jacobi, John Hannah… - Four episodes from the most recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's novels set around her indefatiguable elderly heroine and amateur detective Miss…
Strings (2004)- Dir. Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Feat. James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi… - An extraordinary Danish puppet fantasy epic about the course of kingdoms and warriors in an ancient world, which is distinguished by the integration…
Nanny McPhee (2005)- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald… - A well–bred British entertainment for children which fuses the traditional likes of MARY POPPINS with the current wave of gothic fantasy (Harry…
Underworld: Evolution (2005)- Dir. Len Wiseman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy - The slinky, rubber–clad Kate Beckinsale continues her Vampiric crusade against 'the Lycans' (Werewolves) in this obligatory sequel to the…
Pinochet's Last Stand (Pinochet in Suburbia) (2006)- Dir. Richard Curson Smith
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Anna Massey, Phyllida Law… - Drama about former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, following attempts that were made to extradite him to Spain after he was arrested for human…
Golden Compass, The (2007)- Dir. Chris Weitz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ben Walker… - Visually magnificent fantasy epic adapted from the first installment in Philip Pullman's controversial "His Dark Materials" trilogy traverses similar…
A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)- Dir. Andy Cadiff
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi, Imelda Staunton - Affable "backstage" comedy focused on a faded Hollywood action hero (Reynolds) who thinks he's won the prestige role of a lifetime – King Lear…
Adam Resurrected (2008)- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi… - Troubling tale of a former Jewish circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber by serving as the camp commandant's pet dog. Based on…
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