Tag: Stephen Frears

Dirty Pretty Things Script

Script by:Steven Knight (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2002
IMDb:tt0301199

Plot:An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart.
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Philomena Script

Script by:Steve Coogan (Screenplay), Jeff Pope (Screenplay), Martin Sixsmith (Novel)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2013
IMDb:tt2431286

Plot:A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
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Victoria & Abdul Script

Script by:Shrabani Basu (Writer), Lee Hall (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2017
IMDb:tt5816682

Plot:Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Script

Script by:Hanif Kureishi (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:1987
IMDb:tt0093913

Plot:Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Raffi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Raffi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
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The Hi-Lo Country Script

Script by:Max Evans (Novel), Walon Green (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:1998
IMDb:tt0120699

Plot:An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
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The Queen Script

Script by:Peter Morgan (Author)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2006
IMDb:tt0436697

Plot:The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
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Dangerous Liaisons Script

Script by:Choderlos de Laclos (Author), Christopher Hampton (Screenplay), Choderlos de Laclos (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0094947

Plot:In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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The Grifters Script

Script by:Jim Thompson (Novel), Donald E. Westlake (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:1990
IMDb:tt0099703

Plot:A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
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Tamara Drewe Script

Script by:Moira Buffini (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2010
IMDb:tt1486190

Plot:A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
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High Fidelity Script

Script by:Nick Hornby (Author), D.V. DeVincentis (Screenplay), Steve Pink (Screenplay), John Cusack (Screenplay), Scott Rosenberg (Screenplay)
Directed by:Stephen Frears
Year:2000
IMDb:tt0146882

Plot:When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to find out why they left, he keeps up his efforts to win Laura back.
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