Stanley Townsend
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Biography: Stanley Townsend (born August 1961) is an Irish actor. Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin. After attending Wesley College, Dublin, he studied mathematics and civil engineering at Trinity College. While there he joined the Dublin University Players, the college's Amateur Dramatic Society. He later co-founded co-operative theatre company Rough Magic with writer/director Declan Hughes and theatre director Lynne Parker, performing in numerous productions including The Country Wife, Nightshade, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He subsequently went on to perform in several productions at The Gate and The Abbey Theatres in Dublin. In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in The Plough and the Stars, Richard Eyre in Guys and Dolls and Rufus Norris in Under the Blue Sky. Theatre appearances at the Royal Court include The Alice Trilogy directed by Ian Rickson and Shining City directed by Conor McPherson, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award and was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor in 2004. Townsend's television work began on a number of shows for RTÉ in Dublin. Since moving to London, television appearances have included Spooks, The Commander, Hustle, Waking the Dead, and Omagh Bombing. ilm credits include Mike Newell's Into the West, Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father with Daniel Day-Lewis, The Van by Stephen Frears, Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, The Libertine with Johnny Depp, Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion with Delroy Lindo, John Boorman's The Tiger's Tale and Michael Radford's Flawless. He currently lives in London.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Overview: A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-18
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The Nativity Story
Overview: Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-30
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The Libertine
Overview: The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-16
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Wondrous Oblivion
Overview: David Wiseman is eleven years old and mad about cricket. He has all the kit but none of the skill. When a Jamaican family moves in next door the father starts giving cricket lessons to David, and becomes close to David's mother. But this is 1960's London, and when the locals start making life difficult for the new arrivals, David has to choose between fitting and and standing up for his new friends
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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Dot.Kill
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-08
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Isolation
Overview: On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-10
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Flawless
Overview: A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-01
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Altmann's Tongue
Overview: A rare adaptation of a short story by cult American Horror Author Brian Evenson. The action involves three misfit characters who gather in a wood where a murder takes place and while the killer ruminates on the ramifications of the killing.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-02
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National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Overview: A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-25
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Holy Water
Overview: The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it. Not counting on the muscular response of Viagra's makers, the boys panic and hide the lorry load of Viagra down the town's Holy Well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-01
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Monsieur N.
Overview: This film covers the last years of the Emperor's life, imprisoned by the British on St Helena, a remote island off the west coast of Africa. Napoleon retains a loyal entourage of officers who help him plot his escape and evade the attentions of the island's overzealous governor, Sir Hudson Lowe.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-15
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Killing Bono
Overview: The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-01
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My Friend Joe
Overview: During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-29
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Mystics
Overview: A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-12
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The Pizza Miracle
Overview: A pizza chef's death causes his son to reconsider their relationship.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-18
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The Miracle
Overview: Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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Burton and Taylor
Overview: Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-22
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Phil Lynott: The Long Goodbye
Overview: Philip Parris Lynott took the world by storm when he dominated the stage with his most notable rock band Thin Lizzy. The Irish frontman battled his way to the top whilst fighting prejudice. He achieved fame and fortune whilst being a member of the band Thin Lizzy. Their hit songs such as Whiskey In The Jar, The Boys are Back and many more solidified their names in musical history. Philip was a consistent member of the renowned band Thin Lizzy and was arguably the driving force for its success. Despite the fame and fortune, Phil found himself heading down a dark path that would ultimately jeopardize his career.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-01
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Psychomanteum
Overview: A portmanteau style feature length film made up of several very different short horror films shot in the UK.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-26
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Lovely Louise
Overview: André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2013-09-05
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The Teacher
Overview: A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-05-16
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Taffin
Overview: When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Standby
Overview: Twenty-something Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It's there he comes face to face with first love Alice (Paré), stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did, and they haven't spoken since. Seizing his chance, Alan convinces a reluctant Alice to stay one more night in Dublin. Over the course of an unforgettable evening, they may just realise that they are more compatible than ever. But time is running out on this brief encounter. When does an unexpected second chance, become the one you've always been looking for? - Written by Wildcard Distribution
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-14
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The Voices
Overview: A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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Cars 2
Overview: Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-11
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Rat
Overview: After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-06
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Beyond Reason
Overview: Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young female soldier. Susan Christie and Duncan McAllister have an affair, but Duncan ends the relationship when he's posted to Germany. Three days later, Susan and Duncan's wife, Penny, go for a walk in the woods in Northern Ireland. Fifteen minutes later, Penny is dead and Susan claims they were attacked by an unknown man.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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In the Name of the Father
Overview: A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-12
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The Physician
Overview: England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Fallen
Overview: Jason Shepherd awakens in hospital in an amnesiac state. Discovering that he is a police detective he tries to solve the mystery of how he came to lose his memory and uncovers some shocking truths.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-30
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Hilde
Overview: A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-03-11
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Byron
Overview: Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
Genres: Drama Romance History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-27
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Florence Foster Jenkins
Overview: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-06
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Station Jim
Overview: At a rural railway station in Victorian England, Jim is a spunky Jack Russell Terrier who escapes his mean master at the circus, and is soon befriended by station porter Bob and lonely orphan Henry. His performing feats soon become a local attraction, and before long he's in the middle of a battle to save the local orphanage.
Genres: Drama Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-30
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What a Girl Wants
Overview: An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-27
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Omagh
Overview: The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-23
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
Overview: An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Simon Russell Beale, whose recent appearances at the National include Timon of Athens and Collaborators, takes the title role in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-01
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National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Overview: The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-11
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The Van
Overview: In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-29
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The Snapper
Overview: Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-06
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Inside I'm Dancing
Overview: Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-15
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The Current War
Overview: Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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One Chance
Overview: This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-09
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A Girl From Mogadishu
Overview: The story of the life and times of Ifrah Ahmed, Somali-Irish campaigner against female genital mutilation and cutting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-14
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The Song of Names
Overview: A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-25
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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Overview: On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-15
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Ink
Overview: Graduation short from Paul Duane.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Saddam's Tribe
Overview: The invasion of Iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. But behind the headlines lay an even more extraordinary story of family and tribal loyalty, rivalry and betrayal. Inspired by interviews with Saddam's daughter Raghad and other key eye-witnesses, as well as extensive research, this drama gets to the heart of the dictator's tyranny and his eventual downfall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-09
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Another Turn of the Screw
Overview: England 1907: A young woman achieves her ambition to work as assistant to the great novelist Henry James; but her arrival at his lonely coastal home stirs up forgotten memories, forcing her to confront a terrifying presence from his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Kinked
Overview: Having recently lost a close friend, a young woman explores her sexuality as a way of processing trauma, as well as joy. However, disrupting this life is a ghost haunting her home. In an obsessive pursuit to uncover the truth, Becca discovers something far stranger than she could have imagined.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-11
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One Night Only
Overview: Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd -- Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
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Original Language: en
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Thin Lizzy: Outlawed - The Real Phil Lynott
Overview: A look at the life of Phil Lynott, lead singer of the band; a man whose talent was known worldwide, but whose early life was less well documented. This includes interviews with his mother, band members, and a lot of footage of the music.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-01
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