Alan Bennett Movies

  • 1985
    Dreamchild

    Dreamchild

    Dreamchild

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    Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a...

    Dreamchild
  • 2013
    The Native Hue of Resolution

    The Native Hue of Resolution

    The Native Hue of Resolution

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    A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

    The Native Hue of Resolution
  • 2016
    Alan Bennett's Diaries

    Alan Bennett's Diaries

    Alan Bennett's Diaries

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    Documentary about British author and actor Alan Bennett. Recorded over the course of a year, the film features a number of intimate encounters with Be...

    Alan Bennett's Diaries
  • 2003
    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

    The Importance of Being Morrissey

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    Featuring interviews by famous fans and followers, this rare documentary encapsulates the essence of the controversial, enigmatic, and deliciously mel...

    The Importance of Being Morrissey
  • 2013
    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

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    To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
  • 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
  • 2012
    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

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    Sam was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder called Familial Dysautonomia. When born, he had 50 per cent chance of making it to his fifth birt...

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
  • 2009
    Being Alan Bennett

    Being Alan Bennett

    Being Alan Bennett

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    Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the life of Alan Bennett, one of the UK's best-loved writers, with interviews, archive footage and new work.

    Being Alan Bennett
  • 1970
    Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

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    Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that ma...

    Every Home Should Have One
  • 1978
    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    Long Shot

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    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and ‘...

    Long Shot
  • 1978
    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

    A Visit from Miss Prothero

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    Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted...

    A Visit from Miss Prothero
  • 1994
    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

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    Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

    Portrait or Bust
  • 1988
    Dinner at Noon

    Dinner at Noon

    Dinner at Noon

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    Writer Alan Bennett visits a hotel in the north of England, observes the guests, and reminisces about his experiences of staying in boarding-houses as...

    Dinner at Noon
  • 1998
    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics

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    This animated clip comments on different educational opportunities for boys and girls, and points out the positive impact of making all opportunities...

    Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
  • 2015
    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

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    The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van...

    The Lady in the Van
  • 1982
    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

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    When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh...

    The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 1991
    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

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    Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous.

    Julie Walters and Friends
  • 1965
    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

    The Drinking Party

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    An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love b...

    The Drinking Party
  • 2017
    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety

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    Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from featuri...

    Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety