Alan Bennett — Actor (10)

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Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety (2017)
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Adam Low actor: W.H. Auden / Alan Bennett
Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from featuring in Four Weddings And A Funeral to being the poet New Yorkers turned to after 9/11 - Low reveals how Auden’s poetry helps us to better understand the 21st century and the tumultuous political climate in which we now live.

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My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (2012)
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Toby Reisz actor: Alan Bennett / Stephen Frears …
Sam was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder called Familial Dysautonomia. When born, he had 50 per cent chance of making it to his fifth birthday. Now, at the age of 39 we follow this exceptional person as he pursues his joint goals of getting his acting career back on track and finding love.

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Alice in Wonderland (1966)
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Jonathan Miller actor: Anne-Marie Mallik / Freda Dowie …
other title: Alicia en el País de las Maravillas / Alicia en el país de las maravillas
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the long-running satirical revue Beyond the Fringe.

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Every Home Should Have One (1970)
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Jim Clark actor: Marty Feldman / Judy Cornwell …
other title: Ogni uomo dovrebbe averne due / Ich kann alles …
Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.

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Dreamchild (1985)
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Gavin Millar actor: Coral Browne / Ian Holm …
other title: Das wahre Leben der Alice im Wunderland / Dreamchild : De l'autre côté du miroir …
80-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honour of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice's close friendship with the writer was the creative catalyst for Carroll's most beloved work. However, as Alice reflects on her experiences with the author, she slowly realises the complexity of their bond has had lasting, deeply felt ramifications.

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The Wind in the Willows (1995)
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Dennis Abey / Dave Unwin actor: Alan Bennett / Michael Palin …
other title: Il vento nei salici / Der Wind in den Weiden …
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

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The Moors Murders Code (2004)
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Duncan Staff actor: Duncan Staff / Myra Hindley …
The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17. This documentary is an investigation into a collection of photographs owned by murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley that police claimed may have led to the identification of the sites of their victims' graves.

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Willow (1988)
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other title: Willow: Na Terra da Magia
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.

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The Lady in the Van (2015)
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Nicholas Hytner actor: Maggie Smith / Alex Jennings …
other title: A Senhora da Furgoneta / La Dame à la camionnette
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

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The Madness of King George (1994)
The Madness of King George
other title: La pazzia di Re Giorgio / Den gale Kong George …
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.