Stephen Frears Movies

  • 1978
    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

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    A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

    Doris and Doreen
  • 2002
    Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

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    Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes...

    Robert Altman in England
  • 1972
    A Day Out

    A Day Out

    A Day Out

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    Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing from Halifax to the ruins of Fountains Abbey....

    A Day Out
  • 2000
    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

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    British film-maker Alan Clarke was championed by the likes of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Ray Winstone - Stephen Frears even called him the best. And...

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man
  • 1982
    Walter

    Walter

    Walter

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    A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what...

    Walter
  • 1986
    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

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    Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...

    Hooray For Holyrood
  • 1977
    Black Christmas

    Black Christmas

    Black Christmas

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    A bittersweet drama on a familiar theme - the frictions forced to the surface during a Christmas family get-together - Michael Abbensetts' Black...

    Black Christmas
  • 1979
    Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information

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    Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the...

    Long Distance Information
  • 1986
    Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

    Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

    Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

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    Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the...

    Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
  • 1978
    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    Long Shot

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    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

    Long Shot
  • 2004
    Cast & Crew: If....

    Cast & Crew: If....

    Cast & Crew: If....

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    Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell,...

    Cast & Crew: If....
  • 2019
    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

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    Director Stephen Frears, film historian Ian Christie, and author and British film historian Richard Dacre discuss the unique qualities of The Man in...

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
  • 1983
    Walter and June

    Walter and June

    Walter and June

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    Sequel to the TV film "Walter". In the United States, the two films have been released together on DVD as a package, called "Loving Walter".

    Walter and June
  • 2011
    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

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    Documentary about Hans Zimmer.

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
  • 1991
    Director: Alan Clarke

    Director: Alan Clarke

    Director: Alan Clarke

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    Documentary - Alan Clarke's films exposed a real, raw world as no other films have. Works such as "Scum," "Made in Britain," "The Firm," "Rita, Sue...

    Director: Alan Clarke
  • 1968
    The Burning

    The Burning

    The Burning

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    The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering...

    The Burning
  • 1995
    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

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    Stephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic periods - drink tea and discuss ups and downs of British...

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
  • 1976
    Play Things

    Play Things

    Play Things

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    A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.

    Play Things
  • 1977
    Able's Will

    Able's Will

    Able's Will

    01977HD

    Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.

    Able's Will
  • 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    01978HD

    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf