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Pete Postlethwaite

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Distant Voices, Still LivesDistant Voices, Still Lives (1988) Recommended
Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Lorraine Ashbourne, Jean Boht, Pete Postlethwaite
Dream–like autobiographical vignettes of the director's good and bad memories of growing up in wartime Liverpool. Little narrative structure,…
Last of the Mohicans, TheLast of the Mohicans, The (1992)
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi
Update of James Fenimore Cooper's oft–filmed novel with Daniel Day–Lewis sporting the hero's loin–cloth.  Authentically recreates…
Waterland (1992)
Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey
Jeremy Irons plays a history teacher in America who recounts his own suppressed coming of age to his cynical students. Adapted from Graham Swift's…
Alien 3Alien 3 (1992)
Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Pete Postlethwaite
Third entry suffers from its plagued production history, but still emerges as an enjoyable piece of hokum and Sigourney is as terrific as always.
In the Name of the FatherIn the Name of the Father (1993) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
Daniel Day–Lewis gives a devastating performance in this powerhouse re–creation of the tragedy that beset Jerry Conlon, his family and…
Martin Chuzzlewit (Mini-series)Martin Chuzzlewit (Mini-series) (1994)
Dir. Pedr James
Feat. Keith Allen, Paul Scofield, John Mills
BAFTA–winning, Emmy–nominated BBC adaptation of the great Charles Dickens satire of American life, death and family fortunes, starring…
Suite 16 (1995)
Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Antoine Camerling, Géraldine Pailhas
Lurid psycho–sexual drama in which a gigolo is hired by a rich cripple to bed women for his voyeuristic pleasure. Almost interesting, if it was…
Usual Suspects, TheUsual Suspects, The (1995) Recommended
Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin
Find out who 'Keyser Soze' is, or who you thought he was, in this utterly captivating, original caper movie that unfolds a series of flashbacks in…
When Saturday ComesWhen Saturday Comes (1996)
Dir. Maria Giese
Feat. Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Pete Postlethwaite
Sean Bean balances the prospect of football greatness with the consumption of much lager in a mining town of North England. It's…
DragonheartDragonheart (1996)
Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis
Medieval fantasy hokum highlighted by Sean Connery in drag! Drag–on, that is – the large lizard of legend variety. The sublime CGI…
CrimetimeCrimetime (1996)
Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost
An educated, grisly thriller from director of THE VANISHING, set in a near–future where TV re–enacts, week by week, the latest efforts of…
William Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Romeo + Juliet) (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Pete Postlethwaite
Visionary director Baz Luhrmann takes his STRICTLY BALLROOM crew to the Americas and conjures a cinematic universe of striking originality and…
Lost World, TheLost World, The (Jurassic Park 2) (1997)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite
Spielberg steals a few licks from KING KONG for this perfunctory JURASSIC PARK sequel. Yup, its more of the same, really, so its no surprise that the…
Brassed OffBrassed Off (1997)
Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite
Witty and warm–hearted comedy set in a Yorkshire mining community threatened with closure. Leading the town colliery brass band, Tara…
Serpent's Kiss, TheSerpent's Kiss, The (1997)
Dir. Phillip Rousseklot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant
Ambitious period drama follows a renowned Dutch landscape gardener (McGregor) to England where he finds himself coiled in the intrigues of various…
Among GiantsAmong Giants (1998)
Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Griffiths
Quirky, lowkey romance from the writer of FULL MONTY, follows the travails of a group of daredevil labourers who paint high–voltage…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1999) Recommended
Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
The creators of the MERLIN TV–series pull–off another updating, this time Lewis Carroll's childrens' classic. Seamless special effects…
Animal FarmAnimal Farm (1999)
Dir. John Stephenson
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite
George Orwell's classic farmyard yarn (which also happens to be an allegory of the Russian Revolution) brought to life with hi–tech effects a…
Lost for WordsLost for Words (1999)
Dir. Alan J.W. Bell
Feat. Thora Hird, Pete Postlethwaite, Penny Downie
British drama with Thora Hird playing a mother whose health declines as she suffers a stroke and succumbs to dementia, and the impact this has on her…
Rat (2000)
Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton
After a hard night at the pub, Pete Postlethwaite greets the day transformed into a white rat, giving a nicely surreal twist to this surprisingly…
When The Sky FallsWhen The Sky Falls (2000)
Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Joan Allen, Pete Postlethwaite, Patrick Bergin
A gritty suspense with Joan Allen portraying Irish journalist Vernoica Guerin who risked her life to take down Dublin's criminal underworld and bring…
Sins, The (TV Mini-series)Sins, The (TV Mini-series) (2000)
Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Frank Finlay
BBC miniseries with Pete Postlethwaite playing an aging getaway driver who decides to go straight – after one last robbery. A light hearted…
Between StrangersBetween Strangers (2002)
Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino
The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama. As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
Strange BedfellowsStrange Bedfellows (2004)
Dir. Dean Murphy
Feat. Paul Hogan, Michael Caton, Roy Billing
In this nicely–judged farce, red–blooded Aussie mates Hogan and Caton masqerade as a same–sex couple to exploit various tax…
Dark WaterDark Water (2005)
Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth
Translation to New York of the spooky Japanese horror of the same name, with a recent divorcee (Connelly) and her young daughter moving into a…
Constant Gardener, TheConstant Gardener, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Fernando Mierelles
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy
A British diplomat in Kenya (Fiennes) becomes obsessed with uncovering the secrets that lie behind his wife's (Weisz) murder which seem to lead to…
Aeon FluxAeon Flux (2005)
Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Sci–fi action fantasy based on the mid–1990s animation by Peter Chung, in which a spandex–clad superheroine (Theron) flits around…
Omen, TheOmen, The (Omen 666) (2006)
Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis
A conservative but effective remake of the iconic 1976 horror moving, in which an ambitious diplomat and his wife (Schreiber, Stiles) secretly adopt…
Closing the RingClosing the Ring (2007)
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton
Richard Attenborough–directed romance set both in the '40s and present–day, following the wartime history of a ring and an unbreakable…
Criminal Justice (TV Series)Criminal Justice (TV Series) (2008-2009)
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Maxine Peake
Grim and unglamorous drama series focuses on an individual’s journey through the British criminal justice system, from prison to courtroom. It…

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