2 Movies Starring Alan Howard

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (25138 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Fullplot:

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-19

Languages:

English, Sindarin

Countries:

New Zealand, USA

Runtime:

178 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.8 (1109724 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Writer:

J.R.R. Tolkien (novel)

Fran Walsh (screenplay)

Philippa Boyens (screenplay)

Peter Jackson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

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