5 Movies Directed by Tim Fywell

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-05-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (2184 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Cast:

Writer:

Anthony Summers (book)

Jill Isaacs

Fullplot:

In this film, Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino portray two sides of the woman America loved, but who struggled to love herself: Marilyn Monroe. To the world, Marilyn was a vivacious superstar, the epitome of sexuality, sensuality and frolicsome amusement. Every man wanted her - every woman wanted to be her. But behind the enticing smile, beneath the tight-fitting dresses, there was a dark secret - one Marilyn could not bury in the past... the child inside named Norma Jean. Everything Norma Jean dreams of, Marilyn achieves. Every man she struggles to resist, Marilyn succumbs to. And while Marilyn climbs the ladder to success, Norma Jean was beneath it, almost willing her to fall.

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

180 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (634 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Gustave Flaubert (novel)

Heidi Thomas (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, and next she takes a lover. When he refuses to run away with her, she takes up again with the law clerk. Her spending on dresses and furnishings mounts; these debts and her ill-advised professional counsel to her husband bring his ruin.

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

180 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (641 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Gustave Flaubert (novel)

Heidi Thomas (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, and next she takes a lover. When he refuses to run away with her, she takes up again with the law clerk. Her spending on dresses and furnishings mounts; these debts and her ill-advised professional counsel to her husband bring his ruin.

I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (5343 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Dodie Smith (novel)

Heidi Thomas (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Her father is desperate to repeat the spectacular success of his first novel, but hasn't written a word for 12 years; her exquisite sister Rose can only rail against their fate, and their Bohemian step-mother Topaz is a nudist and no help at all. Salvation comes in the form of their American landlord Simon Cotton and his brother Neil. Although initially repelled by Simon, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds. A wedding is arranged and Cassandra is left on the sidelines as everyone around her is drawn into a maelstrom of interconnected relationships. But events spiral out of control, and before the summer ends she will experience frustrated desire, first love, and a broken heart.

Affinity

Affinity

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Romania, Canada

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1565 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Fywell

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Davies

Sarah Waters (novel)

Fullplot:

A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - a medium. Set in the 1870s.

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