Ian Holm
Actor
- Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994)
- Feat. Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Geraldine McEwan…
- A boxed compendium of Terence Rattigan's finest work, a British playwright reknowned for his profound understanding of the human heart and his…
- Dennis Potter at London Weekend Television (1968-1979)
- Feat. Ian Holm, John Neville
- Containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television, including "Shaggy Dog" which was thought to be lost until recently, these diverse…
- 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.
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman…
- The last Czars of Russia get an appropriately lavish send–off in this wagon–load of Hollywood corn. With Tom Baker (as Rasputin) and…
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan…
- Historical epic the maps the power struggle between the last Catholic ruler of Scotland and her cousin, the Queen of England.
- Young Winston (1972)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward…
- The early life of Britain's greatest political leader, through his time in India, Sudan and the Boer War to his ascendancy at the House of Commons.
- American Film Theatre - The Homecoming (1973)
- Dir. Peter Hall
Feat. Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston…
- One of the very finest of the American Film Theatre stageplay adaptations, dir. Hall and his cast came off a two–year run of Harold Pinter's…
- Juggernaut (1974)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings…
- Richard Harris leads a bomb disposal squad in a race against time to save an ocean liner and its 1200 passengers from disaster. Fine nail–biter…
- Napoleon and Love (TV Mini-Series) (1974)
- Feat. Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, Peter Bowles…
- Plodding account of the famed emperor's conquests – in the bedroom. Holm and Whitelaw rise above some fairly pedestrian film–making.
- Man in the Iron Mask, The (1976)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Jenny Agutter…
- Polished version of Dumas’ other great swashbuckler that encompasses The Three Musketeers, with Richard Chamberlain leading a great cast.
- Shout at the Devil (1976)
- Dir. Peter R. Hunt
Feat. Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins…
- A diverting adventure yarn set in WWI–era East Africa, in which Marvin and Moore join forces to smuggle ivory in the face of German occupying…
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw…
- Hearty adventurism envisions Robin Hood as an aging 40–something, who upon returning from the Crusades, rekindles his rivalry with the Sheriff…
- Jesus of Nazareth (Mini Series) (1977)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft…
- Touched by the hand of Franco Zeffirelli and a who's–who of famous thesps, this is the most respectfully detailed and complete retelling of the…
- Les Miserables (1978)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Richard Jordan, John Gielgud…
- Well–regarded adaptation of Hugo's seminal novel. Perkins excels as the obsessive Javert, and director Jordan does an admirable job compressing…
- Alien (1979)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt…
- One of the best films of modern cinema, this classic combines nail–shredding suspense with H.R. Giger's awesome production design. This film…
- 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…
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Richard Thomas, Donald Pleasence…
- While the 1930's film of Erich Maria Remarque's exceptional anti–war novel is undoubtedly a masterpiece, this later version should not be…
- Return of the Solider, The (1982)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret…
- Alan Bates stars as a returning WWI soldier rendered catatonic by the horrors of the battlefield, with no memory of his wife. Somewhat overwrought…
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)
- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm…
- Tale of Tarzan (Christopher Lambert), is here evoked with a suitably steamy jungle atmosphere and festooned with Edwardian theories of 'social…
- Brazil (1985)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm…
- Daydreaming bureaucrat Jonathan Pryce becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a mystery woman before falling victim to his own…
- Dreamchild (1985)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher
- The real–life Alice who inspired Lewis Carroll's stories, reflects upon her life and offers some insight into his eccentric and fantasiacal…
- Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Ian Holm, Judi Dench
- Based on Noel Coward's play about an English couple who lived on the South Pacific island of Cowrie, this telemovie is graced with top cast and…
- Me and the Girls / Bon Voyage / Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 6) (1985)
- Dir. Jack Gold, Gavin Millar
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Robert Glenister, Nigel Havers…
- – Me and the Girls (85') Touching drama centred on a terminally ill gay man reminiscing on his past life performing and managing a dance…
- Wetherby (1985)
- Dir. David Hare
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench…
- Haunting psychodrama with Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench as guests at a dinner party that is overshadowed by a repressed tragedy which threatens to…
- Another Woman (1988)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm…
- Gena Rowlands heads a cast of Woody Allen regulars in this absorbing Bergman–esque portrait of a successful professor who is forced to reflect…
- 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…
- Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates…
- Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
- Kafka (1991)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ian Holm, Theresa Russell…
- This unsuspecting follow–up film for the director of the independent smash hit, SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE went largely unreleased, though it has…
- Advocate, The (Hour Of the Pig) (1993)
- Dir. Leslie Megahey
Feat. Colin Firth, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson…
- Polished, wry and most unusual medieval fact–based tale. Colin Firth plays a lawyer summonsed to act for the defence a pig (yes, an animal) for…
- Borrowers, The (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Ian Holm, Rebecca Callard
- First–class BBC serial about a family that live under the floorboards and 'borrow' everything they need from the 'giant' family who reside in…
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Branagh swamps the gothic classic with theatricality and allows himself far too much screen time, impressing on us that his ego that is the real…
- 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…
- Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood (1995)
- Feat. Julie Walters, Ian Holm, Danny De Vito
- Mr. Dahl’s twisted sensibility is all over this loose version of Grimm’s tale, that boasts an acting pedigree and imaginative costume and…
- Loch Ness (1996)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm…
- Setting out to trap the Loch Ness monster, Ted Danson is waylaid by the charms of his landlady Joely Richardson. The mystique of the legend is all…
- Big Night (1996)
- Dir. Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
Feat. Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini…
- Two Italian restauranteur–brothers hope to catch the imagination of local tastebuds with an elaborate 6–course banquet, and rejuvinate…
- Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Ian Holm, Tom McCamus, Sarah Polley
- A piercingly intelligent adaptation of Russell Banks' novel about a lawyer's earnest meddling in the aftermath of a school bus tragedy in…
- Fifth Element, The (1997)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich…
- Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…
- Existenz (1998)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm…
- Dir. David Cronenberg bestows his customary intelligence on the 'Virtual Reality' genre, yet this time complements his visceral obsessions and mad…
- Alice Through The Looking Glass (1998)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Jonathan Bailey, Steve Coogan…
- Impressively cast version of Lewis Carroll's second Alice book takes the unusual liberty of presenting Alice (Beckinsale) as a young adult woman.…
- Simon Magus (1999)
- Dir. Ben Hopkins
Feat. Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Embeth Davidtz…
- A subtly woven tale of communal fears and religious differences set in a small town in 1900s Poland, based around a young man who alienates his…
- Match, The (2000)
- Dir. Mick Davis
Feat. Ian Holm, Richard E. Grant, Tom Sizemore…
- Able–footed Highland comedy based around one of those bizarre and ancient village feuds the Scottish excel at, here to be finally decided in a…
- Miracle Maker, The (2000)
- Dir. Stanislav Sokolov, Derek Hayes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Julie Christie, William Hurt…
- Once you get used to the jerky, THUNDERBIRDS puppet–style, this version of the Bible–story is something quite unique, allowing the…
- Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron…
- Charming light drama about a recently–widowed Judi Dench who decides to revive her saxophone playing, eventually getting the idea to reunite…
- From Hell (2001)
- Dir. Hughes Brothers
Feat. Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
- Johnny Depp goes Goth again, this time buttoned–up in Victorian garb, as a drug–afflicted cockney detective hired to sniff out legendary…
- Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler…
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny…
- Moderately noteworthy, this historical conceit has the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte switch identities with a commoner in order to escape St Helena,…
- Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) (2001)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler…
- Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
- Garden State (2004)
- Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm…
- Sitcom actor Zach Braff compliments his career in "Scrubs" as the ambitious writer, director and star of this personal, melancholy comedy that became…
- Lord Of War (2005)
- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan…
- A thoughtful though heavy–handed thriller about an intelligently amoral Ukrainian–American (Cage), who dedicates himself to the world…
- Strangers with Candy (2005)
- Dir. Paul Dinello
Feat. Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Matthew Broderick…
- Cinematic reprise of a cult 'Comedy Central' TV series stars a truly absurd Amy Sedaris as an ex–con–junkie–whore who after being…
- Renaissance (2006)
- Dir. Christian Volckman
Feat. Daniel Craig, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm…
- Painting a typically bleak, oppressive view of the not–to–distant future, this French animation conception realises its dystopian malaise…
- Quest For the Real Middle Earth, The (2007)
- Feat. Ian Holm
- In–depth doco narrated by Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo in LORD OF THE RINGS) investigating the British locations and European languages that inspired…