Anthony Hopkins
Birthday: 1937-12-31
Place of Birth: Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Biography: Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation." In 1991, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in its sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon. Other notable films include The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He received four more Academy Award nominations for The Remains of the Day (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997) and The Two Popes (2019) before winning a fourth BAFTA Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date. Since making his television debut with the BBC in 1967, Hopkins has continued to appear on television. In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace. In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen. In 2018, he starred in King Lear opposite Emma Thompson. In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Movies
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to int...
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Meet Joe Black
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Mission: Impossible II
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The Remains of the Day
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Zero Contact
Produced in 17 different countries entirely virtually during the 2020 global pandemic, the film foll...
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Thor
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All the King's Men
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that ...
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Beowulf
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Bad Company
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The Elephant Man
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Alexander
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeatin...
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The Bounty
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Bobby
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Chaplin
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Shadowlands
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The Road to Wellville
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The Human Stain
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Legends of the Fall
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Nixon
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...
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Locked
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A Bridge Too Far
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to ...
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Victory at Entebbe
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Enteb...
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Hearts in Atlantis
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives....
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The Son
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous ...
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Fracture
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Armageddon Time
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The Wolfman
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged fa...
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Amistad
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Desperate Hours
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Howards End
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the ...
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Instinct
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by...
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The Edge
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the t...
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Red Dragon
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecte...
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Freejack
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New Yo...
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Hannibal
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in di...
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Proof
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant...
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The Mask of Zorro
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as ...
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Titus
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Magic
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high...
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Shortcut to Happiness
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The World's Fastest Indian
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The Bunker
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his undergrou...
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Bare Knuckles
Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no excepti...
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Across the Lake
Starring Anthony Hopkins as speed king Donald Campbell. Set in 1967, Campbell broke the 300mph water...
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International Velvet
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Juggernaut
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he ha...
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Surviving Picasso
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Pica...
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A Doll's House
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Hamlet
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse...
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The City of Your Final Destination
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A Change of Seasons
Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get e...
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year...
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84 Charing Cross Road
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literat...
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The Girl from Petrovka
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most dis...
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The Arcata Promise
A down on his luck actor is haunted by his failed career and the promise he made to a young girl he ...
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When Eight Bells Toll
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of...
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The Looking Glass War
When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under...
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The Good Father
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his...
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Spotswood
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory....
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Guilty Conscience
Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger whe...
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Young Winston
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, inclu...
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The Rite
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rom...
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Audrey Rose
A man is convinced that 11-year old girl, Ivy, is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose,...
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Slipstream
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and hi...
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The Lion in Winter
Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir....
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The Trial
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested....
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmer...
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Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual sla...
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The Innocent
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a t...
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Thor: The Dark World
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith ret...
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Noah
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the com...
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360
A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneli...
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The Three Sisters
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their...
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Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a tragic comedy of lost hopes, stifled passions and wasted lives. Vanya is a bitter, ...
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The Tenth Man
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation...
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Little Eyolf
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can afford a...
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Arch of Triumph
A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was previo...
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he g...
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Hitchcock
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choi...
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A Chorus of Disapproval
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a w...
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RED 2
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest t...
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Othello
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know ...
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August
Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is sudde...
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The Dawning
An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her...
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Reflecting Peter O'Toole's theatrical legacy, this feature documentary is structured into four acts,...
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Parkinson at 50
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the in...
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One Man’s War
Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the ...
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Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
The rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds ar...
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken bre...
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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a my...
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, an...
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Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
This documentary, produced by actor-producer-director Clint Eastwood, reflects on the life and journ...
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
This documentary follows director Brett Ratner through nearly every stage of production for the film...
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Nothing Like a Dame
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atki...
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Faroe Islands
Featuring the voiceover of Sir Anthony Hopkins, this public information film from the Whale and Dolp...
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Freud's Last Session
On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis a...
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Collide
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on ...
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's L...
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Anthony Hopkins has confirmed that his wife is working on a documentary about his life....
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinem...
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Solace
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer....
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Eyes in the Trees
A video journalist and his film crew embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their...
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Blackway
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackw...
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Sly
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylve...
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Spielberg
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...
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Dark Victory
A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor...
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Mary
A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesu...
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The Dresser
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors...
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Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon
Go behind the scenes with director Zack Snyder and the cast and crew of his epic sci-fi saga as they...
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Misconduct
An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical execut...
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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persec...
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The King of Covent Garden
Biopic set during the period when George Frideric Handel worked on his choral masterpiece "Messiah."...
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The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
A film tycoon hires the wrong writer. Instead of getting the writer of Lawrence of Arabia, he gets s...
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992)....
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Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess
When a group of researchers get trapped in a facility in Antarctica during a six month period of tot...
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Red, White, and Zero
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Bri...
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Thor: Ragnarok
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get...
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth annive...
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Junket Whore
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood....
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Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence
Everyone knows his name. The novels on the life and crimes of Hannibal Lecter are a worldwide phenom...
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Transformers: The Last Knight
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried ...
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Little Secret
A group of teenagers who have been selected to participate in a recreational white water rafting tri...
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Poet Game
Mercurial, hard-drinking poet Hugh Saunders (Sir Anthony Hopkins) awaits his fortieth birthday, tryi...
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Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the fi...
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Thor: From Asgard to Earth
A strong and fast-paced overview piece that looks at the picture's set design, the inspirations from...
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All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of S...
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Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
The story of how two boys from war-torn Germany turned their never-ending dreams into reality. The s...
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Blunt
Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the So...
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King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi...
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The Two Popes
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 201...
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Hearts and Flowers
A family gather together for the funeral and cremation of the head of the family....
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writ...
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The Father
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his chan...
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One
An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The fi...
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Earth and the American Dream
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From ...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina...
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
This brief throwback piece focused on interview snippets from Hopkins, Demme, Glenn, Foster, FBI age...
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Heartland
This "Play on One" story depicts Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their...
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Love, Antosha
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. T...
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother,...
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Cus & Mike
The story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming...
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The Childhood Friend
On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha (Alexander) is only too pleased t...
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The Lost Children of Berlin
In the dark days of Nazi Germany, Jewish schools were shut down one by one as the students and their...
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The True Story of Hannibal
Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at t...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who a...
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One Life
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in ...
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Elyse
Elyse appears, on the surface, to have it all - a beautiful family, and enviable home, a charmed lif...
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The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast and production crew explore the making of the 1992 masterpiece....
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Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Historical context for The Remains of the Day....
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The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
A documentary about making The Remains of the Day....
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The Virtuoso
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new a...
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Several aspects of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Hannibal (2001) are examined through interviews with t...
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Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
With interviews from cast and crew, including stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and director Jona...
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Maserati: The Brothers
A biopic about the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lambo...
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The Housekeeper
Set in the mystic, brooding, and wild landscape of Cornwall, the rugged Atlantic foot of England, Da...
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Wife & Dog
Described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy”....
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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
A behind the scenes look at the production of Beowulf...
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The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Antho...
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Unmasking Zorro
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), including a brief histo...
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Feature-length documentary about the rise of Marvel Studios and their films leading up to, and inclu...
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A Visit to Grandpa’s
A young boy is sent to spend a summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a rem...
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The Many Faces of Zorro
An enjoyable trip that includes all Zorro's movies, from Douglas Fairbanks to Antonio Banderas with ...
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The Species
Emma Darwin, widow of scientist Charles Darwin, finds herself on a late life journey of self-discove...
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