Richard Attenborough is a Actor, Director and Producer British born on 29 august 1923 at Cambridge (United-kingdom)
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough participated to
83 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
8 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
, 2h7
Directed by Steven SpielbergOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
AdventureThemes Films about animals,
Clonage,
Dinosaur films,
Films about computing,
Seafaring films,
La préhistoire,
Transport films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Animaux préhistoriques,
Cyberpunk filmsActors Sam Neill,
Laura Dern,
Jeff Goldblum,
Richard Attenborough,
Bob Peck,
Martin FerreroRoles Hammond
Rating79%
John Hammond, the founder and CEO of bioengineering company InGen, has created a theme park called Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, a tropical island populated with cloned dinosaurs. After a park worker is killed by a Velociraptor, the park's investors, represented by lawyer Donald Gennaro, demand that experts visit the park and certify it as safe. Gennaro invites the mathematician Ian Malcolm while Hammond invites paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant and paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler. Upon arrival, the group is stunned to see three Brachiosaurus and a herd of Parasaurolophus in the distance., 2h4
Directed by Shekhar KapurOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Feminist films,
Politique,
Films about religion,
Political films,
Films about royaltyActors Cate Blanchett,
Geoffrey Rush,
Abbie Cornish,
Christopher Eccleston,
Joseph Fiennes,
Clive OwenRoles Sir William Cecil
Rating73%
In 1558, the Roman Catholic Queen Mary (Kathy Burke) dies of a cancerous tumour in her uterus, leaving her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) as queen. Elizabeth had previously been jailed for a supposed conspiracy to murder Mary but has now been freed for her coronation. The film shows Elizabeth being courted by suitors, including Henry, Duc d'Anjou (Vincent Cassel), the future King Henry III of France and Poland, whom she rejects, and urged by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Richard Attenborough) to marry, which, as he states, would secure her throne. Instead, she has a secret affair with her childhood sweetheart, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Joseph Fiennes). The affair is, however, no secret from Cecil, who makes it clear that a monarch has no private life. Elizabeth deals with various threats to her reign, including Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (Christopher Eccleston); her Catholic cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who conspires to have her murdered; Mary's mother, Mary of Guise (Fanny Ardant), who brings French troops into Scotland to attack Elizabeth's forces when they invade.Director
, 3h11
Directed by Richard AttenboroughOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racismActors Ben Kingsley,
Candice Bergen,
Martin Sheen,
Edward Fox,
Roshan Seth,
John GielgudRating79%
The screenplay of Gandhi is available as a published book. The film opens with a statement from the filmmakers explaining their approach to the problem of filming Gandhi's complex life story:, 2h50
Directed by Richard Attenborough,
Sidney HayersOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Pont,
Political filmsActors Dirk Bogarde,
James Caan,
Michael Caine,
Sean Connery,
Michael Byrne,
Edward FoxRating73%
The film begins with a montage of archival film footage narrated by a Dutch woman, Kate ter Horst, describing the state of affairs in September 1944. The Allied advance is being slowed by overextended supply lines., 2h37
Directed by Richard AttenboroughOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Denzel Washington,
Kevin Kline,
Penelope Wilton,
Kevin McNally,
Kate Hardie,
John ThawRating73%
Following a news story depicting the demolition of a slum in East London, South Africa, journalist Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) seeks more information about the incident and ventures off to meet black activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington). Biko has been officially banned by the South African government and is not permitted to leave his defined banning area at King William's Town. Woods is formally against Biko's banning, but remains critical of his political views. Biko invites Woods to visit a black township to see the impoverished conditions and to witness the effect of the government-imposed restrictions, which make up the apartheid system. Woods begins to agree with Biko's desire for a South Africa where blacks have the same opportunities and freedoms as those enjoyed by the white population. As Woods comes to understand Biko's point of view, a friendship slowly develops between them.Actor
, 2h45
Directed by John Sturges,
John FlynnOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Motocyclette,
Political films,
Évasion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
Donald PleasenceRoles Bartlett 'Big X'
Rating81%
In 1943, having expended enormous resources on recapturing escaped Allied prisoners of war (POWs), the Germans move the most determined to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant, Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger (Hannes Messemer), tells the senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey (James Donald), "There will be no escapes from this camp." Von Luger points out the various features of the new camp designed to prevent escape, as well as the perks the prisoners will receive as an incentive not to try. After several failed escape attempts on the first day, the POWs settle into life at the prison camp., 2h32
Directed by Richard FleischerOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Films about birds,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Rex Harrison,
Samantha Eggar,
Anthony Newley,
Richard Attenborough,
Geoffrey Holder,
Muriel LandersRoles Albert Blossom
Rating60%
In early Victorian England, Matthew Mugg (Anthony Newley) takes his young friend Tommy Stubbins (William Dix) to visit eccentric Doctor John Dolittle (Rex Harrison). Dolittle, a former physician, lives with an extended menagerie, including a chimpanzee named Chee-Chee (Cheeta), a dog named Jip, and a talking parrot named Polynesia (the uncredited voice of Ginny Tyler). Dolittle claims that he can talk to animals. In a flashback, he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients, who took their medical needs elsewhere. His sister, who served as his housekeeper, demanded that he dispose of the animals or she would leave; he chose the animals. Polynesia taught him that different animal species can talk to each other, prompting Dolittle to study animal languages so that he could become an animal doctor.