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James Dearden is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 14 september 1949 at London (United-kingdom)
James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of actress Melissa Stribling and acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999. His film Pascali's Island was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Dearden is married to British actress Annabel Brooks.
(1987)
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James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of actress Melissa Stribling and acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999. His film Pascali's Island was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Dearden is married to British actress Annabel Brooks.
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Rogue Trader (1999)
, 1h41Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Tim McInnerny, John Standing, Nigel Lindsay, Lee Ross
Rating63%
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firm's office in Indonesia is sent to Singapore as General Manager of the Trading Floor on the SIMEX exchange. The movie follows Leeson's rise as he soon becomes one of Barings' key traders. However, everything isn't as it appears — through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Baring's money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
, 1h35Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo, Ad-Rock
Rating56%
Sometime in the past, a copper refinery owned by Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow) has metal shipped out on Carlsson Copper trains that run right behind a young boy's house, who stares out forlornly at the tracks.
Pascali's Island (1988)
, 1h44Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen Mirren, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell, Nadim Sawalha
Rating66%
In 1908 at Nisi, a small Greek Island under Ottoman rule, Turkish officials, Greek rebels, German emissaries and other foreign mercenaries mingle as they all try to keep the upper hand in that remote part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Basil Pascali, a half-British half-Cypriot man self considers a local feature in the island. Since his arrival twenty years before, he spies for the Sultan sending detailed reports about suspicious activities. Nobody reads or even acknowledges his observations, his payment has never been increased but still arrives regularly, so he continues his work as an informant with unfailing eagerness.
The Cold Room (1984)
, 1h35Directed by James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Time travel films
Actors George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke, Anthony Higgins, Elizabeth Spriggs
Rating50%
Carla Martin (Amanda Pays) is leaving an English parochial boarding school for the summer to live with her estranged father at an inn in East Berlin. The headmistress (Ursula Howells), a nun, gives her a 1936 guide to Berlin, telling her she may find it useful, even though Berlin has surely changed as much as she has. Her best friend, Sophie (Lucy Hornack), gives her a bag of marijuana.
Scriptwriter
Belle du Seigneur (2012)
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova, Marianne Faithfull, Ed Stoppard, Maria Bonnevie
Rating50%
Sur fond des années 1930 à Genève on suit l'histoire d'amour contrariée tout d'abord entre Solal (Rhys Meyers) sous-secrétaire général à la SDN (Société des Nations) et de Ariane (Vodianova) car cette dernière est mariée à Adrien Deume, lui-même employé à la SDN et grand admirateur de Solal. Ce dernier le promeut et l'envoie en voyage pour le compte de la SDN. Solal a alors le champ libre pour faire une cour empressée à Ariane. Très rapidement, les amants vivent ensemble dans un hôtel en Italie au bord de la mer, puis dans une villa achetée par Solal, dans le nord de l'Italie avec vue sur un lac. Tout le film porte désormais sur le couple adultère.
Rogue Trader (1999)
, 1h41Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Tim McInnerny, John Standing, Nigel Lindsay, Lee Ross
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firm's office in Indonesia is sent to Singapore as General Manager of the Trading Floor on the SIMEX exchange. The movie follows Leeson's rise as he soon becomes one of Barings' key traders. However, everything isn't as it appears — through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Baring's money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.
Baazigar (1993)
, 2h55Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Siddharth Ray, Shilpa Shetty, Rakhee Gulzar, Dalip Tahil
Roles Original Story
Rating75%
After acquiring the possession of the company owned by Vishwanath Sharma (Anant Mahadevan) using trickery, Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil) dismisses Vishwanath from the company to exact a revenge on the latter, leaving the Sharma household to undergo distress and illness which claims the lives of Vishwanath and his little daughter. A spell of lasting grief casts over Vishwanath's wife (Rakhee Gulzar), while his son Ajay (Shah Rukh Khan) determines to take vengeance on Madan for his family's tragedy. 15 years later, a grown-up Ajay courts Seema (Shilpa Shetty), one of Madan's two daughters, while dating Priya (Kajol), the other daughter with a false individuality named Vicky Malhotra, keeping everyone ignorant of his dual-identity. The scary part of the film starts now, when a vindictive Ajay pushes Seema from a building to death making it, to all appearances, look like a suicide while Priya, with a strong belief of Seema's death to be a murder, determines to find out the killer with the help of her friend Inspector Karan (Siddharth Ray).
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
, 1h35Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo, Ad-Rock
Rating56%
Sometime in the past, a copper refinery owned by Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow) has metal shipped out on Carlsson Copper trains that run right behind a young boy's house, who stares out forlornly at the tracks.
Pascali's Island (1988)
, 1h44Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen Mirren, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell, Nadim Sawalha
Roles Writer
Rating66%
In 1908 at Nisi, a small Greek Island under Ottoman rule, Turkish officials, Greek rebels, German emissaries and other foreign mercenaries mingle as they all try to keep the upper hand in that remote part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Basil Pascali, a half-British half-Cypriot man self considers a local feature in the island. Since his arrival twenty years before, he spies for the Sultan sending detailed reports about suspicious activities. Nobody reads or even acknowledges his observations, his payment has never been increased but still arrives regularly, so he continues his work as an informant with unfailing eagerness.
Fatal Attraction (1987)
, 1h59Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films
Actors Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Ellen Foley, Stuart Pankin
Rating68%
Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) is a successful, happily married New York attorney living in Manhattan when he meets Alexandra "Alex" Forrest (Glenn Close), an editor for a publishing company, through business. While his wife, Beth (Anne Archer), and daughter, Ellen (Ellen Hamilton Latzen), are out of town for the weekend, he has an affair with Alex. Though he thought it was understood to be a simple fling, she begins clinging to him.
The Cold Room (1984)
, 1h35Directed by James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Time travel films
Actors George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke, Anthony Higgins, Elizabeth Spriggs
Roles Writer
Rating50%
Carla Martin (Amanda Pays) is leaving an English parochial boarding school for the summer to live with her estranged father at an inn in East Berlin. The headmistress (Ursula Howells), a nun, gives her a 1936 guide to Berlin, telling her she may find it useful, even though Berlin has surely changed as much as she has. Her best friend, Sophie (Lucy Hornack), gives her a bag of marijuana.
Producer
Rogue Trader (1999)
, 1h41Directed by James Dearden, James Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Tim McInnerny, John Standing, Nigel Lindsay, Lee Ross
Roles Producer
Rating63%
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firm's office in Indonesia is sent to Singapore as General Manager of the Trading Floor on the SIMEX exchange. The movie follows Leeson's rise as he soon becomes one of Barings' key traders. However, everything isn't as it appears — through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Baring's money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.