3 Movies Starring Anna Chancellor

The Dreamers

The Dreamers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-02-20

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, France, Italy

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (72447 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Gilbert Adair (screenplay)

Gilbert Adair (based on the novel)

Fullplot:

Paris, spring 1968. While most students take the lead in the May 'revolution', a French poet's twin son Theo and daughter Isabelle enjoy the good life in his grand Paris home. As film buffs they meet and 'adopt' modest, conservatively educated Californian student Matthew. With their parents away for a month, they drag him into an orgy of indulgence of all senses, losing all of his and the last of their innocence. A sexual threesome shakes their rapport, yet only the outside reality will break it up.

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

177 min

IMDB Ratings:

(5652 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Dramatised from Sarah Waters' acclaimed debut novel, "Tipping the Velvet" tells the story of Nancy Astley (Rachael Stirling), a young girl who works as cook and waitress in her Father's seaside restaurant - that is until she witnesses the extraordinary performance of a new-to-town male impersonator - Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes) - and begins to undergo a complete life transformation. Suddenly whipped up - and quickly flung down - by her love affair with Kitty, she experiences both euphoria and deep disillusion as she embarks on a seven-year journey of self-discovery - finally realizing that a life of sensation just isn't enough.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (145140 Reviews)

Director:

Garth Jennings

Cast:

Writer:

Douglas Adams (book)

Douglas Adams (screenplay)

Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast...but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, throw in being wanted by the police, Earth II, an insane electronic encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed robot and the search for the meaning of life, and you've got the greatest adventure off Earth.

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