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James Fox

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Magnet, TheMagnet, The (1950)
Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
After tricking a school–chum out of a toy magnet, an 11yr–old James Fox gets the guilts and resolves to 'do good'. Quirkily…
Servant, TheServant, The (1963) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles
First collaboration between playwright Harold Pinter and dir. Losey is an elegant diagram of English class cruelties, with man–servant Dirk…
King RatKing Rat (1965)
Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. George Segal, James Fox, Tom Courtenay
Star–studded adaption of James Clavell's novel, set in a Japanese POW camp during WWII. At the darker end of the genre, with 'hero' George…
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying MachinesThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox
Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Chase, TheChase, The (1966) Recommended
Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Action–packed Southern potboiler set around the attempts of a sheriff to protect an escaped convict from mob–justice in smalltown…
Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Likeable, though overlong musical set in the swinging 20s and something of a sequel to Andrew's "The Boyfriend". Harebrained farce predominates…
IsadoraIsadora (1968)
Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, John Fraser, James Fox
Vanessa Redgrave is memorable as Isadora Duncan in this watchable biopic of the iconic free–style dancer's flamboyant youth and radical…
PerformancePerformance (1970)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell
Feat. Mick Jagger, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg
Mick Jagger plays a reclusive rock star in this notorious film that bedazzled an entire hippy generation with its penchant for tits, bums, violence,…
Alan Bennett at the BBCAlan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992) Recommended
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…
Passage to India, APassage to India, A (1984) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft
Judy Davis leads a troupe of perenial British actors in this, the legendary director's final film – an immaculate production of E.M. Forster's…
Greystoke: The Legend of TarzanGreystoke: 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…
Whistle Blower, TheWhistle Blower, The (1986)
Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers
Michael Caine gives one of his best performances in a reasonably realistic spy drama, as the father of a GCHQ officer bumped off during a Cold War…
She's Been AwayShe's Been Away (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Hall
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox
After a lifetime in mental institutions, an elderly Peggy Ashcroft is released into the care of her liberal nephew James Fox. A disarming and…
Farewell to the KingFarewell to the King (1989)
Dir. John Milius
Feat. Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae
Half–successful attempt to fashion a mythic tale from the Japanese invasion of Borneo in WW2, with a US Army deserter (Nolte) and a British…
Mighty Quinn, TheMighty Quinn, The (1989)
Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers
Entertaining Caribbean caper stars Denzel as the chief of police on a tropical island who is suddenly thrust into action when his crooked best friend…
Afraid of the Dark (1992)
Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann
A bespectacled youngster bares witness to a number of killings on blind women in this bizarre, stylised British entry which uses the mind of a child…
Remains of the DayRemains of the Day (1993) Recommended
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve
Note–perfect adaptation of the Booker–winning novel plays out its key themes of duty and betrayal, love and loss with effortless class,…
Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels (1995)
Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole
Epic, state–of–the–art version of Jonathan Swift's classic fairytale stars Ted Danson as the long–shipwrecked doctor who must…
Old Curiosity Shop, The Old Curiosity Shop, The (1995)
Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Peter Ustinov, Sally Walsh
Stead adaptation of the Dicken's serial – the Harry Potter of its day – with Ustinov as the gambling addict forced to go on the run with…
Choir, TheChoir, The (1995)
Feat. David Warner, James Fox
TV miniseries based on the novel by Joanna Trollope exploring the internal politics and scandals of a British cathedral choir school.
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina (1996)
Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Sophie Marceau, James Fox, Sean Bean
Glitzy version of Tolstoy's novel has a great cast mingling and canoodling in the corridors of the 19th century Russian aristocracy. Lavish period…
Elgar's Tenth Muse (1996)
Dir. Paul Yule
Feat. James Fox, Selma Alisaphic
Slight, but well–dramatised snippet from the life of composer Sir Edward Elgar (James Fox). Inspired by Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Aranyi,…
Never EverNever Ever (Circle of Passion) (1998)
Dir. Charles Finch
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire, Jane March, Charles Finch
Mediocre, if elegantly framed, this drama has an American couple (Finch and March) move to Paris and diverging into romance (with Sandrine Bonnaire)…
Kings in Grass Castles (TV Mini-series)Kings in Grass Castles (TV Mini-series) (1998)
Dir. John Woods
Feat. Max Cullen, Fionnula Flanagan, Essie Davis
Chronicles the hard life of an Irish peasant family who flee the potato famine and emigrate to Australia in the second half of the 19th century.…
Sexy BeastSexy Beast (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
Lost World, The (TV Mini-series)Lost World, The (TV Mini-series) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox
Sterling BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventure novel, where an intrepid bunch of Victorians explore the Amazon jungle for dinosaurs…
Mystic Masseur, TheMystic Masseur, The (2002)
Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Om Puri, James Fox
An ambitious adaptation of V.S. Naipul’s first novel, that traces the rise of a poor Indian student in 1950s Trinidad who emigrates to Oxford…
Prince and Me, ThePrince and Me, The (2004)
Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Julia Stiles, Miranda Richardson, James Fox
Solid 'Cinderella' updating, with Stiles playing a student who becomes romantically entwined with Crown Prince of Denmark. Fairly playful, and Stiles…
Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes (2009) Recommended
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…
Effie GrayEffie Gray (2014) Recommended
Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge
Written by Emma Thompson, this highly respectable period drama looks at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his…

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