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John Gielgud

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Formula, TheFormula, The (1980)
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller…
Muddled thriller with Scott as a detective caught up in a conspiracy to manipulate world fuel prices. Brando –only in three scenes– does…
Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series)Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick…
Famous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel chronicles one Charles Ryder and his relationship with the Marchmain family in England between the wars.…
Seven Dials Mystery, TheSeven Dials Mystery, The (1981)
Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick, John Gielgud…
Detective Bundle enters into the world of espionage when she sets off to solve the grizzly murders of two Foreign Officers.
Priest Of LovePriest Of Love (1981)
Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner…
Ian McKellen stars as D.H Lawrence in this biopic, chronicling the author's tempestuous relationship with his wife Frieda (Suzman), and his battle…
GandhiGandhi (1982) Recommended
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox…
Epic retelling of the life of the inspirational Indian leader with Ben Kingsley as 'The Mahatma'. Won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
WagnerWagner (1983)
Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud…
Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
Scarlet and the Black, TheScarlet and the Black, The (1983)
Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud…
Thrilling cat–and–mouse tale of Vatican attempts to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airman from Nazi imprisonment.
Shooting Party, TheShooting Party, The (1984)
Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. James Mason, Edward Fox, John Gielgud
A weekend hunt in 1913 paints a disquieting portrait of British class exploitation and chauvinism.
CamilleCamille (1984)
Dir. Desmond Davis
Feat. Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud…
Greta Scacchi and a young Colin Firth play courtesan and lover respectively in this British revival of Alexander Dumas' novel.
PlentyPlenty (1985)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill…
Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
Leave All FairLeave All Fair (1985)
Dir. John Reid
Feat. John Gielgud, Jane Birkin
A rewarding drama set among the memories of John Middleton Murray (John Gielgud), husband of NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (Jane Birkin). Well worth…
Whistle Blower, TheWhistle Blower, The (1986)
Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers…
Michael Caine gives one of his best performances in a reasonably realistic spy drama, as the father of a GCHQ officer bumped off during a Cold War…
Appointment with Death (1988)
Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud
Agatha Christie mystery with Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, and Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud among the suspects.
War and Remembrance (Mini-Series)War and Remembrance (Mini-Series) (1988)
Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner…
Sequel to THE WINDS OF WAR follows trials and tribulations of the Henry and the Jastrow families amid the events after the USA's entry into World War…
A TV DanteA TV Dante (The Inferno Cantos I - VIII) (1989)
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. John Gielgud, Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley
Striking recitation by Gielgud and company of the first eight cantos. Greenaway superimposes some truly potent images over a series of talking heads.…
Summer's Lease (TV Mini-series)Summer's Lease (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Feat. Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington
BBC "masterpiece theatre" drama–mystery series set in Tuscany, based on the novel by John Mortimer (RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and adapted by the…
Prospero's BooksProspero's Books (1991)
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. John Gielgud
A radically stylised take on Shakespeare's The Tempest, with John Gielgud in the title role upstaged by the graphic opulence on display. Like a good…
Strauss Dynasty, TheStrauss Dynasty, The (1991)
Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Anthony Higgins…
Lavish historical drama that tells in four feature length episodes the saga of Johann Strauss and his sons, often considered "music's finest family".…
Scarlett (TV Mini-Series)Scarlett (TV Mini-Series) (1994)
Dir. John Erman
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Joanne Whalley, Stephen Collins…
The epic miniseries sequel to GONE WITH THE WIND has Scarlett, Rhett go from tragedy to triumph in an action packed saga of international scope…
Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels (1995)
Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole…
Epic, state–of–the–art version of Jonathan Swift's classic fairytale stars Ted Danson as the long–shipwrecked doctor who must…
HauntedHaunted (1995)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, John Gielgud
Sceptical investigator Aidan Quinn becomes steadily embroiled in the paranormal and the ambiguous inhabitants of a British country mansion.…
A Dance to the Music of TimeA Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Alan Bennett…
Adapted from Anthony Powell's 12 volume sequence of novels which begins among the aspiring classes of Edwardian Britain and continues across the…
Beckett on FilmBeckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…
An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors. Disc…

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