Movies starring Simon Callow

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Amadeus

Most movies about artists (painters, composers, authors, etc.) tend to be dull and uninspired, rendering the subject of the film far less interesting than his or her work. Amadeus is an exception. In fact, it is arguably the best motion picture e...

Run Time: 3:00
U.S. Release Date: 1984-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Simon Callow, Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, ...
Four Weddings and a Funeral

The simplest and most honest expression of praise that I can offer Mike Newell's latest movie is that it represents two hours of solid movie magic. Four Weddings and a Funeral possesses the rare ability to make an audience laugh (and laugh hard) a...

Run Time: 1:57
U.S. Release Date: 1994-03-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, ...
James and the Giant Peach

Almost everything that was true of 1993's Nightmare Before Christmas holds for 1996's James and the Giant Peach. Based (rather faithfully) on Roald Dahl's children's story, this movie uses a combination of live-action sequences and stop-motion an...

Run Time: 1:20
U.S. Release Date: 1996-04-12
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED/ADVENTURE
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margoyles, ...
Jefferson in Paris

The Bostonians. A Room With A View. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Howards End. The Remains of the Day. These represent the best of Merchant-Ivory -- a category in which their latest, Jefferson in Paris, does not belong. Nevertheless, although this exa...

Run Time: 2:22
U.S. Release Date: 1995-04-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, ...
Man Who Invented Christmas, The

The Man Who Invented Christmas conflates the biography of Charles Dickens (at least until 1843) with the events of one of his seminal works, A Christmas Carol. Watching the film leads one to the conclusion that, although the story might have w...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Cast: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, ...
Phantom of the Opera, The

I have never been a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenally popular stage musical version of The Phantom of the Opera, so it will probably come as no surprise that the film adaptation, which is faithful to its inspiration, left me feeling underwh...

Run Time: 2:23
U.S. Release Date: 2004-12-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, ...
Shakespeare in Love

In 1998, there have been two films about space debris on a collision course with Earth, two animated insect movies, and now two tales about life during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Granted, there's a yawning chasm in tone between the dark, treach...

Run Time: 2:03
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, ...