Mark Rylance
Biography: Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015). Rylance played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielberg's 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.
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Birthday: January 18, 1960
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Inside The Institute
2010-01-01
Inside The Institute
Overview: Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Prospero's Books
1991-08-30
Prospero's Books
Overview: An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-30
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Intimacy
2001-01-20
Intimacy
Overview: Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Angels and Insects
1995-09-10
Angels and Insects
Overview: In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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The Other Boleyn Girl
2008-02-28
The Other Boleyn Girl
Overview: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995-08-01
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Overview: Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-01
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Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
2004-09-04
Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe
Overview: William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the play was broadcast on BBC4 on Sept 4, 2004. Directed for stage by John Dove and for television by Janet Fraser Cook. Presented by Andrew Marr and with comment from historian David Starkey, actress Juliet Stevenson and the production’s director John Dove. Starring Mark Rylance, Liam Brennan and Sophie Thompson.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-04
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Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1997-11-05
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal shots and opening gala footage.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-05
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Much Ado About Something
2001-09-08
Much Ado About Something
Overview: Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-08
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Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2003-09-06
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: A performance of Shakespeare's Richard II broadcast live from the Globe Theatre, London.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-06
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Muse of Fire
2013-09-26
Muse of Fire
Overview: Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the? man on the street? Denmark with Jude Law, Baz Luhrmann in Hollywood, Prison in Berlin, and on the street with Mark Rylance. Think Shakespeare is boring? Think again!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-26
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Days and Nights
2014-09-26
Days and Nights
Overview: Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Loving
1996-10-19
Loving
Overview: An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying butler, maid and other staff's life becomes a bit hectic and some love affairs start to bloom.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
2020-11-25
Bing’s Christmas and Other Stories
Overview: It's Christmas! Come & celebrate the festive season with Bing... at the Cinema! Meet Nicky... Sula's adorable cousin and open presents with Bing, Flop & all of their friends! Pico's here to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Come and make leaf pictures in the woods with Amma, watch Bing & Sula perform a Puppet Show, and enjoy a grand finale of extra special Christmas stories! So, come on! Let's celebrate together - let's go, go, go, go, goooooo!
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-25
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The Grass Arena
1992-01-19
The Grass Arena
Overview: The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Prison time introduces him to a new and unexpected path.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-19
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Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985-04-07
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Overview: The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-07
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The Government Inspector
2005-03-17
The Government Inspector
Overview: The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-17
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Bridge of Spies
2015-10-15
Bridge of Spies
Overview: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Inland
2023-06-16
Inland
Overview: A young man, of Romani descent, returns to his hometown of Gloucester. He is met by local garage mechanic, Dunleavy. They embrace, smiling. But what past does the young man carry with him? What awaits him back amongst people he doesn't really understand and who don't understand him? And what lurks in the forest, watching, silent, old as the trees?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-16
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The BFG
2016-06-01
The BFG
Overview: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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We Are Many
2014-06-08
We Are Many
Overview: The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-08
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Twelfth Night
2012-05-04
Twelfth Night
Overview: 'Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.' Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. The Globe revisits its award-winning Twelfth Night of 2002 with an all-male Original Practices production, exploring clothing, music, dance and settings possible in the Globe of around 1601. Mark Rylance reprises his performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night, 10 years after its original premiere at Middle Temple Hall and The Globe. Synopsis In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged - one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-04
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The Gunman
2015-02-16
The Gunman
Overview: Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-16
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The McGuffin
1986-01-12
The McGuffin
Overview: Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for awhile it looks like his main problem is keeping reality and the silver screen separate. But then a double murder occurs across the street after some mobsters cannot find an incriminating negative. After Hatcher discovers where the negative is hidden, he is bumped to the top on the assassins' hit list.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-12
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Dunkirk
2017-07-19
Dunkirk
Overview: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-19
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Hearts of Fire
1987-11-06
Hearts of Fire
Overview: A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Ready Player One
2018-03-28
Ready Player One
Overview: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-28
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Blitz
2011-05-20
Blitz
Overview: A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-20
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Anonymous
2011-10-21
Anonymous
Overview: Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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Shakespeare's Globe
2005-07-03
Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: Shakespeare’s Globe is a film offering an intimate look at the working life of a unique theatrical institution. It charts a vivid journey from the reconstruction in London of the sixteenth-century open-air playhouse to the establishment of a centre housing the theatre, a permanent exhibition and an unrivalled education programme. The film explores a day in the life of this remarkable enterprise: behind-the-scenes preparations, rehearsals, backstage drama and performance extracts from a production of Romeo and Juliet, together with glimpses into Globe Education workshops and activities, the exhibition and tours. Actors, musicians, directors, Globe Education Practitioners and other experts reveal their knowledge of the original playhouse and its practices, and explain how the modern-day theatre continues to enthral and challenge audiences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-03
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Love Lies Bleeding
1993-06-14
Love Lies Bleeding
Overview: Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole and uses the time to search for his girlfriend Leyla’s killer. He finds only lies and intrigue surrounding her death, and he begins to realize that his lover was not what she seemed.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-14
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In Lambeth
1993-07-04
In Lambeth
Overview: All is peaceful in the garden of William Blake - a sanctuary from the stirrings of revolution on the streets. The arrival of an unexpected visitor, Thomas Paine , provokes an impassioned debate between the visionary artist and the political activist.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-04
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Waiting for the Barbarians
2019-09-06
Waiting for the Barbarians
Overview: At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018-04-29
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
Overview: NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell'arte and collecting the experiences that would become the Shakespeare plays. Shot in Venice, Verona, Mantua, Padua, and Brenta, the film ventures to actual sites De Vere visited in 1575-76, including the settings for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, ROMEO & JULIET, and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The film features renowned Shakespeare scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Tina Packer, and Diane Paulus, and argues that De Vere's bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym Shake-speare.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-29
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020-09-25
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Overview: What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-25
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The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind
Overview: A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
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The Phantom of the Open
2022-03-18
The Phantom of the Open
Overview: Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-18
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Don't Look Up
2021-12-08
Don't Look Up
Overview: Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-08
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The Outfit
2022-02-25
The Outfit
Overview: Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Bones and All
2022-11-18
Bones and All
Overview: Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Genres: Drama Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Spirit of Place
2024-09-13
Spirit of Place
Overview: Athel and Edward enjoy visiting the wetlands. Edward likes watching the birds, whilst Athel seems to have a much deeper connection to the landscape. When Athel makes a discovery, she is forced to re-examine what the wetlands mean to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-13
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Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
2024-09-27
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Overview: Round the corner, not far away, Bing is celebrating his birthday – hooray! Experience your favourite Bing episodes and join in with new interactive games on the big screen with Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration. Featuring 6 beloved stories from the hit CBeebies series, join Bing, Flop and all their friends at the cinema for 70 minutes of singing, dancing, counting and more.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
2015-02-25
Wolf Hall: The Inside Story
Overview: After the success of the BBC drama Wolf Hall, Mark Rylance and the director Peter Kosminsky join Kirsty Wark in the Tower of London to look back over the series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-25
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