John Schlesinger
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. June Ritchie, Alan Bates
- A key film of the British New Wave, describing in unfussy black–and–white images the life of young couple June Ritchie and Alan Bates…
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie
- Tom Courtenay daydreams his way out of a dull office job, to entertaining yet damaging effect, eventually ending up engaged to two fiances at the…
- Darling (1965)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde
- Oscar–winning, watershed film of British sexual mores is a fashionably flashy and cynical moral fable. Julie Christie social climbs to a…
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp…
- Pastoral, moody epic set in 18th Century England follows the romantic intrigues of an independent woman farmer with three men. Photography by Nic…
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman
- Stunning character study of a naive farm–hand whose pipe–dreams take him to New York where he befriends a derilect and makes a living as…
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch
- Bizarre love triangle develops when a couple find themselves having an affair with the same man. A mature and provocative drama.
- Day of the Locust, The (1974)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith…
- A decadent, densely–detailed adaptation of Nathaniel West's scalding movie–biz novel of the 1930s that recreates Golden Age Hollywood…
- Marathon Man (1976)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider…
- Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman display their thespian prowess in this dark tale of a marathon runner entangled in international espionage. One…
- Alan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992)
- Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales…
- An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett.
Collection includes:
– A Day Out…
- Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton
- A composed intellectual convinces his wayward friend to sell federal secrets to the Russians. Stunning political drama featuring a stand–out…