Helen Mirren

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Age of Consent (1968): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. James Mason, Helen Mirren; Dir. Michael Powell's (PEEPING TOM) last feature, based on Aussie artist Norman Lindsay (who also inspired SIRENS). Here, a cranky James Mason goes…
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1968): Dir. Sir Peter Hall
Feat. Helen Mirren, David Warner, Diana Rigg…; The Royal Shakespeare Company's film production of one of Shakespeare's most hilarious and witty plays, featuring a strong ensemble cast.
Cousin Bette (TV Mini-series) (1971): Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Margaret Tyzack, Helen Mirren, Thorley Walters…; Rigorous adaptation of revered Balzac novel bears witness to the torment exacted by the unmarried titular character as she sets out to destroy her…
O Lucky Man (1973): Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts…; Often surreal account of a young coffee salesman's unconventional rise to power. Malcolm McDowell is in fine form in this unusual yet satisfying…
Helen Mirren at the BBC (1974-1982): Dir. Anthony Page, Claude Whatham, Stuart Burge
Feat. Helen Mirren, Sir Stanley Baker, Brian Cox…; Boxed set featuring nine BBC films starring one of the Grand Dames of the British stage and screen, Helen Mirren. Disc 1: 'The Changeling' (1974)…
As You Like It (1978): Dir. Basil Coleman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco; Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Caligula (1979): Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud…; Penthouse magnate Bob Guccione's notorious 'legitimate' porno–drama stars Malcolm MacDowell as the ruthless and randy Roman Emperor. This…
S.O.S. Titanic (1979): Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen…; Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
Blue Remembered Hills (1979): Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis…; Acutely observed teleplay from the genius of Dennis Potter: viewed through the prism of adolescence, Potter crafts a dark, elegiac, if always…
Long Good Friday, The (1980): Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren; Electrifying, influential account of hoodlum rivalry in contemporary London with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren matching an intelligent, gritty script.
Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980): Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren; Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
Hussy (1980): Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Helen Mirren, John Shea, Paul Angelis; A prostitute working in a posh London nightclub begins an affair with a mysterious American and is pulled further into the criminal underworld she is…
Excalibur (1981): Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay…; The King Arthur legend is given a fanciful, dynamic spin by a director at his creative peak in an epic fantasy tale of sorcery and magic.
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1981): Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Helen Mirren, Nigel Davenport, Brian Glover; Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985): Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…; Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 6 (Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, Macbeth) (1982-1984): Feat. Helen Mirren, Jane Lapotaire, John Hudson…; The sixth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes: Cymbeline…
Cal (1984): Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Helen Mirren, John Lynch; A forbidden love develops between a 19–year–old IRA member and the wife of a protestant policemen whom he helped murder. An intelligent…
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren; Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
Coming Through (1985): Dir. Peter Barber-Fleming
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman; D.H. Lawrence's love affair with the married Frieda Von Richthofen is entwined with the life of a man in the present day who is obsessed with the…
White Nights (1985): Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski…; Baryshnikov and Hines try to dance themselves free from Soviet oppression in this amusing dated thriller. The dance sequences still hold up though.
Mosquito Coast, The (1986): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix; A knock–out thriller about the woes of obsession with Harrison Ford as the idealistic inventor who drags his family into the thick of the South…
Cause Celebre (1987): Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Helen Mirren, David Suchet; Gripping, three–pronged crime of passion has Helen Mirren confessing to the murder of her husband, even though her young lover is suspected of…
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon; Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
When the Whales Came (1989): Dir. Clive Rees
Feat. Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren; Picturesque tale set on a British Isle in which old eccentric Paul Scofield and two young locals battle to save the whale that has beached upon their…
Comfort of Strangers, The (1991): Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken…; Genuinely unsettling, if not ultimately coherent, tale of an English couple (Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson) in Venice who become the…
Where 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…
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003): Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…; Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
Hawk, The (1994): Dir. David Hayman
Feat. Helen Mirren; Helen Mirren brings edgy believablity as a mother–of–two who watches the evidence mount against her husband as the notorious serial…
Prince of Jutland (Prince of Denmark) (1994): Dir. Gabriel Axel
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale…; Retelling of the historical episode on which Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' was based, where a Danish prince feigns madness to avoid being murdered by his…
Madness of King George, The (1995): Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm…; Nigel Hawthorne reigns supremely as the 18th Century monarch threatened to be dethroned by his own 'madness' and his flaky heir. Alan Bennett's…

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