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John Irvin

John Irvin

John Irvin (born May 7, 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Also, he made several action films in the 1980s including The Dogs of War (1980), Raw Deal (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Next of Kin (1989). In the 1990s and 2000s, Irvin directed films such as Robin Hood (1991), When Trumpets Fade (1998), Shiner (2000) and The Moon and the Stars (2007).

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Movies Made By John Irvin (37)

Mandela's Gun (2016)

Set in 1962 MANDELA'S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and ...

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Garden of Eden (2008)

A young American writer completes his service in WWI and travels across Europe with his wife and her attractive Italian girlfriend. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. ...

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The Moon and the Stars (2007)

1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta is making a major film. The two lead actors, the German woman Kristina Baumgarten and the English man James Clavel ace each others ...

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The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2005)

A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about live outside the college' ...

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Dot.Kill (2005)

Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, Charlie realises that he is to be the final victim. ...

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The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival. ...

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The Fourth Angel (2001)

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key ...

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Shiner (2000)

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter. ...

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When Trumpets Fade (1998)

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despit ...

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City of Industry (1997)

A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole. ...

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Crazy Horse (1996)

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion. ...

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A Month by the Lake (1995)

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He ...

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Widows' Peak (1994)

Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. ...

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Freefall (1994)

New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they become hot lovers, he ...

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Robin Hood (1991)

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist. ...

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Eminent Domain (1991)

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events. ...

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Next of Kin (1989)

Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself. ...

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Hamburger Hill (1987)

The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, the ...

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Raw Deal (1986)

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vende ...

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Turtle Diary (1985)

Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean. ...

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Champions (1984)

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National ...

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Down at the Hydro (1983)

Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love. ...

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A Moment in Time (1983)

Colonel Hunt is a widower in his 60s. It is in search of health, not romance, that he books in for a week at the Elm Park Hydro and submits himself to a regime of rest, exercise, and starvation rations. When he meets the attractive Deidre Mackay, he finds ...

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Ghost Story (1981)

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing. ...

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The Dogs of War (1980)

Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues. ...

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You Are My Heart's Delight (1978)

Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside. ...

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Alphabetical Order (1978)

Michael Frayn play part of TV series ITV Sunday Night Drama. ...

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The Proofing Session (1977)

Graham, an executive, is ordered by his boss to look after a couple of out-of-town buyers - who make it clear they would like to visit a brothel. ...

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Haunted: The Ferryman (1974)

A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman. ...

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The Nearly Man (1974)

A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging. ...

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Tomorrow Night in London (1969)

Sporadically edited footage of London's streets and night life. ...

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Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (1969)

Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system; its oppressive tax structure, its cruelty and its social inequalit ...

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Bedtime (1967)

The film begins at the end of one act of love-making and ends at the beginning of the next and is a dialogue between two people who are neither in love nor married to each other. ...

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Mafia No! (1967)

A BAFTA award nominated documentary about Danilo Dolci's 1967 march across Sicily as an expression of his fight against poverty, corruption and violence, together with transcripts of an interview with Dolci. ...

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Carousella (1966)

25min short documentary about Soho strippers which was banned on its first release by the British Board of Censors as head scissor man at the time John Trevelyan believed it was far too positive in its portrayal of the exotic dancers and feared it would se ...

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Go Go Go Said the Bird (1966)

Four young people pinpoint the attitudes that have contributed to the phenomenon of swinging London. ...

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Gala Day (1963)

A description of the various activities of Gala Day held annually at Durham when the miners and their families come to town. ...

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Movies Starring John Irvin (2)

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)

Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death. ...

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The Big Meeting (2019)

Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-unions and the general public for one of the biggest annual gatherings in Europe, the Durham Miners' Gala - known locally as "The Big Meeting". ...

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