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Brian Blessed
Actor
Films to Rent
Z Cars (TV Series) (1962-1972)- Feat. Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady
- 12 episodes of the vintage British police series including the very first story.
Last Valley, The (1971)- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed - Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Man of La Mancha (1972)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco… - Peter O’Toole ‘dreams the impossible dream’ as Cervantes’ Don Quixote in this much–maligned adaptation of the popular Broadway musical.…
Trojan Women, The (1972)- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Magee… - Filmed on location in Greece, this star–powered version of Euripedes play is a patchy but earnest attempt to convey the power of the classical…
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)…
Blackadder 1 (TV Series) (The Black Adder) (1983)- Dir. Martin Shardlow
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny… - Quirky, frequently funny inaugural series of the 80's comedy smash, set in Medieval England. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tapes: 'The…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1983)- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott… - Ian Richardson (HOUSE OF CARDS) plays Sherlock Holmes in this crafted version of Conan Doyle’s most famous mystery, in which a monstrous…
Blackadder 2 (TV Series) (1986)
- Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny… - Definitive, bloody hilarious second series set in England, 1558–1603. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Bells', 'Head',…
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…
Prisoner of Honour (1991)- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth… - Fact–based story of a military official Alfred Dreyfuss who was wrongly convicted of espionage in the French army c1900. Richard Dreyfuss (no…
Tom Jones (Mini-series) (The History of Tom Jones - A Foundling) (1997)- Dir. Metin Hüseyin
Feat. Max Beesley, Brian Blessed, Kathy Burke… - Full–scale adaption of Henry Fielding's comic masterpiece, charting the amorous misadventures of the orphan Tom through the rollicking morals…
Tarzan (1999)- Dir. Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Feat. Tony Goldwyn, Rosie O'Donnell, Minnie Driver… - Sticking faithfully to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story, Disney return to the top of the animated game. No–nonsense, traditional…
As You Like It (2006)- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Alfred Molina… - Kenneth Branagh transplants the Bard’s comedy to old Japan in this talent–stacked tale of woman's flight from persecution and into the arms…
Pirates!, The - Band of Misfits (2012)- Dir. Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Feat. Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton… - Aardman's latest claymation spectacle centres on a bumbling captain and his crew determined to pillage the most booty in pursuit of the coveted…
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