 Amistad 1997  R, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Hounsou, Nigel Hawthorne, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Xander Berkeley, Razaaq Adoti, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor
In 1839, a revolt broke out aboard the Spanish slave ship, Amistad. This is the story of those involved and of the slavery issue that divided the United States at that time in history. Anthony Hopkins was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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At Sachem Farm 1998  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Uncorked
Director: John Huddles
Cast: Rufus Sewell, Nigel Hawthorne, Minnie Driver, Amelia Heinle, Michael E. Rodgers, Keone Young, Gregory Sporleder, Chalvay Srichoom, Jim Beaver
A somewhat dysfunctional family of transplanted Brits lives in the wine country of California. Ross (Rufus Sewell) is bankrupt and decides to sell the family's wine collection to finance yet another venture, but eccentric Uncle Cullen (Nigel Hawthorne) has plans of his own. An entertaining film.
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The Barchester Chronicles 1982  TV, 375 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Giles
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Alan Rickman, Geraldine McEwan, Nigel Hawthorne, Clive Swift, Susan Hampshire, David Gwillim, Janet Maw, Angela Pleasence, Joseph O'Conor, Cyril Luckham, Barbara Flynn
This BBC miniseries focuses on events within the Church of England in Barchester during the 18th century and how lives change in the course of church reform over the use of church funds.
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The Big Brass Ring 1999  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Miranda Richardson, Irene Jacob, Ewan Stewart, Gregg Henry, Ron Livingston, Jefferson Mays, Jim Metzler, Carmine Giovinazzo
An Orson Welles screenplay (written with his late-life companion Oja Kodar) is brought to the screen by George Hickenlooper. It's a drab political drama concerning the gubernatorial candidate (William Hurt) who has a rich and boozing wife. Then along comes his shady ex-mentor (Nigel Hawthorne) with all of the dark secrets, followed by a journalist (Irene Jacob).
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The Clandestine Marriage 1999 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Paul Nicholls, Natasha Little, Emma Chambers, Tom Hollander, Craster Pringle, Timothy Bateson, Lara Harvey
Set in 1700s' England, all sorts of things go wrong when a marriage of convenience is set up by the parents of the bride-to-be. The mix-ups at the plush country estate are true British humor.
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 Demolition Man 1993 R, 114 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy
Director: Marco Brambilla
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Gunton, Glenn Shadix, Denis Leary, Andre Gregory, Bill Cobbs, Grand L. Bush, Pat Skipper, Steve Kahan
In the year 2031, two men who had been cryogenically frozen are thawed out, and their chase continues when policeman John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is thawed to continue his efforts of decades ago when he tried to capture psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes). Now, Phoenix has escaped his frozen state, and it is necessary to free Spartan to ensure capture. A funny romp.
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson 1978 TV, 270 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft, Maurice Denham, Marius Goring, Nigel Hawthorne, Cherie Lunghi, Kika Markham, Jessie Matthews, Andrew Ray, John Shrapnel, David Waller
In the sequel to the biography of King Edward VII, "Edward the King" (1975), this made-for-TV British miniseries is based on the life of King Edward VIII who gave up his throne to be with the woman he loved, the divorced American socialite Wallace Simpson.
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Firefox 1982 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey, Stefan Schnabel, Kenneth Colley, Klaus Lowitsch, Nigel Hawthorne, Thomas Hill, Clive Merrison, Kai Wulff, Michael Currie, Dimitra Arliss, Austin Willis
Called back into service, American fighter pilot Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood), who speaks fluent Russian but is suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder following his duty in Vietnam, is hired by the United States to steal a secret fighter plane from the Soviet Union. Gant succeeds in capturing the plane, but now a cat-and-mouse chase ensues across the Arctic.
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Freddie as F.R.O.7 1992 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Jon Acevski
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Billie Whitelaw, Brian Blessed, John Sessions, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce, Prunella Scales, Phyllis Logan, James Earl Jones, Victor Maddern
In this animated film, French secret agent Freddie (a human-sized frog) is called onto a case in England. His mission is to prevent an evil takeover of the world.
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 Gandhi 1982  PG, 188 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Ian Charleson, Saeed Jaffrey, Nigel Hawthorne, Gunther Maria Halmer, Geraldine James, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Ian Bannen
This film was a highlight of the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Ben Kingsley). The power and passion of Gandhi (Kingsley), who preached nonviolent resistance to British rule, is the focus as the story follows Gandhi's life from a young South African lawyer to leader of an independent India. In all, the film collected nine Oscars and was nominated for three others.
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The Hiding Place 1975 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James F. Collier
Cast: Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Jeannette Clift, Robert Rietty, Pamela Sholto, Paul Henley, Nigel Hawthorne, David de Keyser, John Gabriel
Based on the true story of Corrie (Jeannette Clift) and her sister Betsie (Julie Harris) who are caught hiding Jews in pre-World War II Holland, this is the story of their stay in a concentration camp where they were sent after capture.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Romance
aka: Hunchback
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, Robert Powell, John Gielgud, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Webb, Roland Culver, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosalie Crutchley, David Kelly, Joseph Batchley, Dave Hill
This made-for-TV miniseries stars Anthony Hopkins as the hunchback Quasimodo who is the bell ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral. Quasimodo leaves the bell tower and attends a festival during which, through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up the victim of a flogging. The sensuous gypsy Esmeralda (Lesley-Anne Down) consoles him by bringing him water, and Quasimodo falls in love with her. Later, after she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda and brings her to the safety of the cathedral. But, his love for Esmeralda is doomed because she is in love with handsome soldier Phoebus (Robert Powell). This film features an outstanding supporting cast to provide an enthralling version of Victor Hugo's novel.
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Inside 1996 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Nigel Hawthorne, Louis Gossett Jr., Ian Roberts, Ross Preller, Janine Eser, Louis Van Niekerk, Jerry Mofokeng, Patrick Shai, Joshua Lindberg, Desmond Dube
Apartheid in South Africa is the subject of this story in which a Black university professor (Eric Stoltz) is tortured while being interrogated by a White colonel (Nigel Hawthorne). As a result, the professor hangs himself. Now, ten years later, the colonel is held prisoner and must answer to his offenses under questioning of a Black interrogator (Louis Gossett Jr.).
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Madeline 1998 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Cast: Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels, Stephane Audran, Arturo Venegas, Chantal Neuwirth, Kristian de la Osa, Clare Thomas, Bianca Strohmann
Set in mid-1950s Paris, this film is based on Ludwig Bemelman's popular children's books about the young girls residing at a girls' school run by Miss Clavel (Frances McDormand). The redheaded Madeline (Hatty Jones) is usually in the middle of problems encountered, and this time is no exception as Miss Clavel deals with the possible forced closing of her school.
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The Madness of King George 1994 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Julian Wadham, Rupert Everett, Amanda Donohoe, Rupert Graves, Ian Holm, John Wood, Jim Carter, Anthony Calf
King George III (Nigel Hawthorne) not only lost his mind, he also lost the United States when it won its independence. This film is delightful and a must-see for all history buffs who will enjoy watching as George's own son, the Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett), makes a power play for the throne. The film won an Academy Award for Art Direction and was nominated for three others, including Actor and Supporting Actress (Mirren).
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The Object of My Affection 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Tim Daly, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne, John Pankow, Kali Rocha, Lena Cardwell, Allison Janney, Liam Aiken
A social worker, Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston), helps a grade-school teacher, George Hanson (Paul Rudd), by inviting him to move into her home. They get along well, but when Nina becomes pregnant and doesn't want her boyfriend to bring up their child, George isn't sure he should follow Nina's suggestion that they raise her child together.
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Richard III 1995 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Downey Jr., John Wood, Jim Broadbent, Bill Paterson, Edward Hardwicke, Jim Carter, Adrian Dunbar, Roger Hammond, Tim McInnery, Dominic West
Seduction and murder are used to attain power in Shakespeare's story of the treacherous English monarch Richard III (Ian McKellen). There is a twist to the screen adaptation: the time has been updated to the 1930s, and the hunchbacked king is a Fascist.
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S*P*Y*S 1974  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Griffith, Vladek Sheybal, Kenneth J. Warren, Yuri Borienko, Michael Petrovitch, Pierre Oudrey, Jacques Marin, Shane Rimmer, George Pravda, Nigel Hawthorne, Andy Ho
In this satire on the espionage world, CIA agents Griff (Elliott Gould) and Bruland (Donald Sutherland) have repeatedly bumbled their assignments. Their ineptness results in them being targeted for elimination not only by the KGB but by the CIA as well.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1980 TV, 156 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse, Flora Robson, Billie Whitelaw, Alice Krige, Nigel Hawthorne, Norman Jones, George Innes, Bernard Hug, Robert Urquhart, Anna Manahan
Sydney Carton (Chris Sarandon) has fallen love with Lucie (Alice Krige), but she marries the aristocrat Charles Damay (also played by Chris Sarandon), not knowing of Sydney's love for her. Later, the seeds for the French Revolution are sown, and Charles has been arrested and is condemned to die by the guillotine. Sydney hatches a selfless plot to replace Charles and allow him to return to Lucie.
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 Tarzan 1999 G, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Kevin Lima, Chris Buck
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell, Wayne Knight, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, Brian Blessed, Alex D. Linz, Taylor Dempsey, Jason Marsden, Debi Derryberry, Rodger Bumpass, Jim Cummings, Jack Angel
This animated Disney film begins with violent scenes that are inappropriate for very young children. But for those old enough to handle vicious killings, this story of Tarzan's (voice of Alex D. Linz as a youth and voice of Tony Goldwyn as an adult) childhood among the gorillas should entertain; however, parents should be aware that violence continues with a hanging death and an abundance of gunfire. An Oscar was received for the song "You'll Be in My Heart."
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Twelfth Night: Or What You Will 1996 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Twelfth Night
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Imogen Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens, Mel Smith, Imelda Staunton, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Farrell, Sydney Livingstone, James Walker, Alan Mitchell, Peter Gunn, Tim Bentinck
When Viola's (Imogen Stubbs) ship is capsized by a storm, she is washed ashore in the kingdom of Ilyria. She disguises herself as her own brother and enters the court of Count Orsino (Toby Stephens) who loves the fair Lady Olivia (Helena Bonham Carter). Viola falls in love with Orsino, but he believes that Viola is a man and asks her to help him gain the love of Lady Olivia. Matters worsen when Viola finds that Lady Olivia has fallen in love with her. Misadventures follow with the entire household involved in their own mischievous plots.
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 Watership Down 1978 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Martin Rosin
Cast: Zero Mostel, Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, Richard Briers, Roy Kinnear, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, John Bennett, Michael Graham Cox, Simon Cadell, Terence Rigby, Richard O'Callaghan, Lynn Farleigh
This animated film tells the story of rabbits fleeing the effects of humans on their habitats. While finding new homes, they are subjected to attacks from dogs, hawks, and other rabbits. Excellent score, and overall, cleverly made.
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The Winslow Boy 1999 G, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones, Guy Edwards, Matthew Pidgeon, Colin Stinton, Aden Gillett, Sarah Flind, Neil North
Based on a true incident that took place in 1912, this story traces the escalation of events as Arthur Winslow (Nigel Hawthorne) deals with what he perceives as his son's unfair treatment resulting in his expulsion from Osburne Naval College. His fight will soon expand to reach national proportions.
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| 1. Amistad (1997)
2. At Sachem Farm (1998)
aka: Uncorked
3. The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
4. The Big Brass Ring (1999)
5. The Black Cauldron (1985)
6. The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
7. Demolition Man (1993)
8. Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
9. Firefox (1982)
10. Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)
11. Gandhi (1982)
12. The Hiding Place (1975)
13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
aka: Hunchback
14. Inside (1996)
15. Madeline (1998)
16. The Madness of King George (1994)
17. The Object of My Affection (1998)
18. Richard III (1995)
19. S*P*Y*S (1974)
20. A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
21. Tarzan (1999)
22. Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
aka: Twelfth Night
23. Watership Down (1978)
24. The Winslow Boy (1999)
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