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Peter Eyre is a Actor British born on 11 march 1942 at New York City (USA)
Peter Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor.
Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of twelve, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of only 18, he studied acting in Paris. His distinguished career in the theatre includes work with the Old Vic (his professional debut), the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the The Old Vic Theatre Company under the direction of Kevin Spacey.
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Peter Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor.
Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of twelve, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of only 18, he studied acting in Paris. His distinguished career in the theatre includes work with the Old Vic (his professional debut), the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the The Old Vic Theatre Company under the direction of Kevin Spacey.
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Shadows in the Sun (2009)
, 1h21Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jean Simmons, James Wilby, Ophélia lovibond, Jamie Dornan, Patrick Godfrey, Sandra Voe
Rating58%
A mysterious stranger brings together a family that has lost its way. Hannah (Jean Simmons) is suffering from a chronic illness, smoking cannabis for respite, and has formed an unlikely friendship with a much younger man, Joe (Jamie Dornan).She lives perfectly happy with her poetry, garden and friend Joe but when
The Situation (2006)
, 1h41Directed by Philip Haas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, John Slattery, Tom McCarthy, Shaun Evans
Roles US Ambassador
Rating62%
The film plays out against the backdrop of the 2003 Iraq War, where an American journalist (who happens to be in a love triangle between a CIA operative and an Iraqi photographer) is collecting material to write a meaningful story.
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
, 1h58Directed by Charles Shyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Escroquerie, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken
Roles Monsieur Bassenge
Rating59%
Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, orphaned at an early age, is determined to reclaim her royal title and the home taken from her family when she was a child. When she is rebuffed by Marie Antoinette and fails to achieve her goal through legal channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own wayward, womanizing husband Nicholas. They concoct a plan to earn her enough money to purchase the property.
From Hell (2001)
, 1h57Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, Lobotomie
Actors Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian William Richardson, Jason Flemyng
Roles Lord Hallsham
Rating66%
In 1888, Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. When their friend Ann Crook (Joanna Page) is kidnapped, they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Martha Tabram (Samantha Spiro); and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one as various prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post-mortem.
Don Quixote (2000)
, 2h18Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, James Purefoy, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Lambert Wilson
Roles Priest
Rating60%
Accompagné de son valet Sancho Panza, Don Quichotte, vieil homme idéaliste et farfelu, se lance dans une croisade contre les brigands de tout poil.
The Golden Bowl (2000)
, 2h6Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Nickolas Grace
Roles A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
Rating59%
Dignified but impoverished aristocrat Prince Amerigo, whose illustrious Italian family occupies the decaying Palazzo Ugolini in Florence, is engaged to American socialite Maggie Verver. She shares an extremely close relationship with her millionaire father Adam, a retired widowed tycoon living in England who intends to finance the construction of a museum to house his invaluable collection of art and antiquities in an American city.
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
, 2h9Directed by Nick Willing
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Simon Russell Beale, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Frogface Footman
Rating62%
The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the Looking-Glass. It also changes the opening real world scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song "Cherry Ripe", which she is expected to perform at a garden party. (The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alice's room also reflect the residents of Wonderland). Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident music teacher, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alice's face. She is suddenly distracted by a human-sized White Rabbit (voiced by Richard Coombs) rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland.
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
, 1h51Directed by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Arnon Milchan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Jake Weber
Roles The Doge
Rating70%
Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) is an adventurous, curious, slightly tomboyish young woman in Venice. Her lover Marco (Rufus Sewell) cannot marry her because her family is not wealthy enough to provide a good dowry. Marco, a future Senator, marries a foreign noblewoman instead. Veronica's mother (Jacqueline Bisset) must think of the future and her family's financial security, as she still requires dowries for her younger daughters and money for her son's commission. Rather than go to a convent, Veronica's mother suggests she become a courtesan, a highly paid, cultured prostitute like her mother and grandmother before her. At first Veronica is repelled by the idea, but once she discovers that courtesans are allowed access to libraries and education, she tentatively embraces the idea.
The Tango Lesson (1997)
, 1h41Directed by Sally Potter
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films, Tango films
Actors Sally Potter, Géraldine Maillet, Anne Fassio, Guillaume Gallienne, Heathcote Williams, Peter Eyre
Rating66%
The film tells of Sally, a filmmaker and screenwriter suffering from writer's block. She is dissatisfied with her film project, a murder mystery called Rage, which features the fashion industry. Taking a break, she travels to Paris, where she sees the dancer Pablo (Pablo Verón) performing tango.
Surviving Picasso (1996)
, 2h5Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Peter Eyre, Dennis Boutsikaris
Roles Sabartes
Rating62%
The film starts with a young woman named Françoise meeting Picasso in Paris during the Nazi occupation of the city, where Picasso is complaining that people broke into his house and stole his linen, rather than his paintings. It shows Françoise being beaten by her father after telling him she wants to be a painter, rather than a lawyer. Picasso is shown as often not caring about other people's feelings, firing his driver after a long period of service, and as a womanizer, saying that he can sleep with whomever he wants.
Joseph (1995)
, 2h58Directed by Roger Young, Robert Malcolm Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ben Kingsley, Paul Mercurio, Martin Landau, Dominique Sanda, Lesley Ann Warren, Alice Krige
Roles Wesir
Rating78%
Joseph, a Hebrew, is an Egyptian slave to Potiphar, chief of Pharaoh's palace guard. When Joseph is placed under the charge of Ednan, Potiphar's overseer, Ednan torments Joseph for his refusal to show deference for the Egyptian god Amun. But Joseph eventually earns Ednan's respect when he reveals that he knows how to read, and Ednan starts relying more and more on Joseph.
Princess Caraboo (1994)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical
Actors Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea
Roles Lord Apthorpe
Rating59%
In Regency England, an exotically dressed woman is found in the fields, speaking a language no one can understand. She ends up at the home of the Worrall family, the local gentry. Their Greek butler, Frixos thinks the woman is a fraud from the start. Mr. Worrall sends her to the magistrate to be tried for vagrancy, but Mrs. Worrall agrees to care for her. Mr. Gutch, a local printer and newspaper reporter, takes an interest in the case especially after the woman claims via pantomime to be Princess Caraboo.
The Remains of the Day (1993)
, 2h14Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin
Roles Lord Halifax
Rating77%
In 1950s post-war Britain, Mr. Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a recently divorced former co-worker employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier. Lord Darlington has died a broken man, his reputation destroyed after he had been denounced as a Nazi-sympathiser in the Daily Mail, and his stately country manor has been sold to a retired American Congressman, Mr. Lewis. Stevens is granted permission to borrow his Daimler, and he sets off to the West Country to meet Kenton.
Orlando (1992)
, 1h33Directed by Sally Potter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandrey
Roles Mr. Pope
Rating70%
The film begins in the Elizabethan era shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth I. On her deathbed, Elizabeth promises an androgynous young nobleman named Orlando a large tract of land and a castle built on it along with a generous monetary gift which she will only bequeath to him if he consents to her command, "Do not fade. Do not wither. Do not grow old." Both he and his heirs will keep the land and inheritance forever. Orlando acquiesces and resides in splendid isolation in the castle for a couple of centuries, during which time he dabbles in poetry and art. His attempts to befriend a celebrated poet, however, backfire when the poet ridicules his verse. Orlando then travels to Constantinople as British ambassador to the Turks, but he is almost killed in a diplomatic fracas there. Waking up the next morning, he learns something even more startling: he has physically transformed into a woman overnight.
Let Him Have It (1991)
, 1h55Directed by Peter Medak
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Tom Bell, Edward Hardwicke
Roles Humphries
Rating71%
The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley. Within the film, Bentley (Eccleston) is an illiterate young adult with developmental disabilities who falls into a gang led by a younger teenager named Chris Craig (Reynolds). The two become trapped by the police, who tell Chris to put down his gun. Bentley says, "Let him have it, Chris." Chris begins firing, killing one officer and wounding another. Because he is a minor (under 18), Chris is given a minor sentence, but Bentley, although he did not shoot anyone, is sentenced to death, on the basis that his statement to Chris was an instigation to begin shooting.