Simon CallowFilmography

Surveillance

Actors: Dawn Steele, Tom Harper, Sean Brenden Brosnan, Nicholas Jones, Simon Callow

Synopsis: A one night stand with a handsome stranger plunges a respected teacher into a dizzying plot of intrigue and espionage in this inventive paranoid thriller set in London and shot from the perspective of surveillance cameras placed throughout the city. The morning after meeting a man in a bar and Read More

Crowley

Actors: Simon Callow, John Shrapnel

Synopsis: Iron Maiden front-man Bruce Dickinson collaborates with veteran second-unit Monty Python director Julian Doyle to craft this horror-flavored supernatural thriller concerning the reincarnation of the occultist once dubbed "the most evil man in Britain." Over sixty years after Aleister Crowley's Read More

Flushed Away

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: A previously pampered society mouse must fight his way back to the comforts of Kensington after he is sent spiraling into an underground world filled with scavenger rats and villainous toads in a fun-filled family adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features and featuring the Read More

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Actors: Casper Van Dien, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Hyde, Simon Callow, Leonor Varela, David Schofield

Synopsis: Discover the centuries-old secrets of King Tutankhamen as two archaeologists race to recover the sacred object with the power to save the world, or destroy it, in this globe-trotting adventure starring Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde, and Leonor Varela, and directed by action veteran Russell Mulcahy Read More

Classical Destinations: Season 01

Ripley Under Ground

Actors: Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson, Claire Forlani

Rag Tale

Actors: Rupert Graves, Jennifer Jason Leigh

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

Actors: Patrick Warburton, Marie Matiko

Synopsis: Fed up with American women and determined to procure a docile Asian wife, an angry L.A. misogynist gets a mail order bride in this romantic re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast starring Patrick Warburton, Marie Matiko, and Jennifer Tilly. Max Bright (Warburton) is fed up with independent Read More

The Phantom of the Opera

Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver

Synopsis: One of the most popular stage musicals in the history of Broadway and London's West End makes its long-awaited arrival on the motion-picture screen in this lavish adaptation directed by Joel Schumacher. Christine (Emmy Rossum) is a beautiful and gifted young woman who longs to join the company of Read More

Merci Docteur Rey!

Actors: Dianne Wiest, Jane Birkin, Stanislas Merhar, Bulle Ogier, Karim Saleh

Synopsis: After making a living by providing English subtitle translation to numerous French films, American filmmaker Andrew Litvack makes his debut as a writer/director with the Merchant Ivory production Merci Docteur Rey. Set in Paris, this farcical comedy involves the troubles of young gay man Thomas (Stanislas Merhar Read More

Bob the Butler

Actors: Tom Green, Brooke Shields, Simon Callow, Benjamin B. Smith, Genevieve Buechner

Synopsis: The romantic comedy Bob the Butler stars Tom Green as the title character. Unable to maintain any gainful employment, Bob decides to go through the phone book in order to get a job. This leads to him enrolling in a course that teaches the students how to be a house servant. In this capacity Read More

George and the Dragon

Actors: James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan

Synopsis: The family friendly adventure film George and the Dragon tells the tale of a knight who, upon returning home after an unsettling period fighting the Crusades, agrees to find a king's missing daughter in order to possess some land in a quiet area of the world. Soon he learns that in order to return Read More

Angels in America

Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Patrick Wilson, Ben Shenkman

Synopsis: The epic HBO miniseries Angels in America is directed by Mike Nichols and written by the play's author, Tony Kushner. This six-part drama is adapted from the two full-length award-winning plays (Part I: The Millennium Approaches and Part II: Perestroika) originally performed on Broadway in 1993. Read More

NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

Synopsis: Galileo Galilei was one of the first truly revolutionary men of science; between 1585 and 1638, this pioneer was one of the first to employ mathematics to determine laws of motion, develop a telescope to help chart the heavens, observe the movements of stars and planets, and declare that the Earth Read More

Thunderpants

Actors: Bruce Cook, Rupert Grint, Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie

Synopsis: The family-oriented comedy Thunderpants, directed by Peter Hewitt, concerns an unfortunate ten-year-old who suffers from nearly incessant intestinal gas issues. Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) is shunned by much of his family and his classmates because of the unpleasant odors that are forever emanating Read More

Simon Callow: The Mystery of Charles Dickens

Synopsis: For audiences who simply couldn't get enough of Simon Callow's uproarious one-man play on Broadway or the West End, this filmed version of the popular performance brings the acclaimed, side-splitting tour-de-force home to the delight of literary comedy lovers everywhere. With a hilarious mix of Read More

No Man's Land

Actors: Branco Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Katrin Cartlidge

Synopsis: The grim futility of the war between Bosnia and Serbia is reduced to its essence as two enemy soldiers are forced to share a wary trust for one another in this drama. A group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing upon Serbian territory during a misty night when the fog lifts at daybreak, making them Read More

Christmas Carol: The Movie

Actors: Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: This animated version of Charles Dickens classic story Christmas Carol adds some new touches, but primarily follows the traditional tale of the miserly and cruel Ebenezer Scrooge being confronted by a series of ghosts who show him the true meaning of Christmas. His experience leads to his Read More

Deadly Apperances

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Deadly Appearances was originally telecast over Canada's CTV on April 23, 2000, as part of the off-and-on cop series Criminal Instincts. Based on the first of Gail Bowen's Joanne Kilbourn mystery novels, the film stars Wendy Crewson as Kilbourn, a former police detective who Read More

Bedrooms & Hallways

Actors: Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter

Synopsis: Rose Troche (Go Fish) directed this British romantic comedy with various gay characters in London. Impish Darren (Tom Hollander) urges lonely Leo (Kevin McKidd of Trainspotting) to get a more active social life, as does neighbor Angie (Julie Graham). When friend Adam (Christopher Fulford) gets Leo Read More

Chance in a Million

Shakespeare in Love

Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench

Synopsis: William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is on a cold streak. Not only is he writing for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of "The Rose," a theatre whose doors are about to be closed by sadistic creditors, but he's got a nasty case of writer's block. Shakespeare hasn't written a hit in years. In Read More

The Scarlet Tunic

Actors: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Simon Callow, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions

Synopsis: Born in Dorsetshire, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) fictionalized the region as Wessex in his short stories and novels. In 1973, stories from Thomas Hardy's collection Wessex Tales (1888) were adapted to television for a BBC-2 series (also titled Wessex Tales) that included a memorable contribution ("A Read More

The Woman in White

Actors: Tara Fitzgerald, James Wilby, Simon Callow, Ian Richardson, Andrew Lincoln

Synopsis: Along a dark country road in Cumberland, England, a ghoulish woman in white steps from the shadows to confront a foot traveler, Walter Hartright (Andrew Lincoln), bound for Limmeridge House three miles off. She asks senseless questions: "You don't suspect me of wrong, do you, Sir? Why do you Read More

James and the Giant Peach

Actors: Joanna Lumley, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon

Synopsis: A young boy's discovery of a gigantic peach triggers an eventful journey across the sea in this strikingly designed and surprisingly twisted animated adventure. A live-action framing device establishes the dark yet fanciful mood one might expect from an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story, as young Read More

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Actors: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi, Bob Gunton

Synopsis: Overnight sensation Jim Carrey reprises his role as the eccentric detective in this follow-up to the runaway blockbuster Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The sequel finds Ace on assignment in Africa to prevent a tribal war by saving a white bat sacred to both sides. Along the way, he nearly sleeps with Read More

Henry Purcell: England, My England

Actors: Simon Callow, Michael Ball, Nina Young, Rebecca Front, Corin Redgrave

Synopsis: Director Tony Palmer explores the mysterious life of English composer Henry Purcell in this award-winning film. Recognizing that little is known about the secretive Purcell, a group of 1960s-era actors travel back to the 16th Century in search of clues to the composer's mystery shrouded past. Read More

Jefferson in Paris

Actors: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simon Callow, Seth Gilliam

Synopsis: Best known for their historical epics that examine class and social issues in British life through a thick lens of tasteful production design and good manners, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant set their sights on an American protagonist for a change with Jefferson in Paris. As the Read More

England, My England

Synopsis: This British biopic attempts to chronicle the life of 17th-century tunesmith Henry Purcell. The filmmakers have had to do much speculating about Britain's first great composer, as little is known about his life back then. It is known that Purcell had been a chorister as a child and then became the Read More

Victory

Actors: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Simon Callow, Jean Yanne, Ho Yi

Synopsis: This third feature film version of Joseph Conrad's tragic romantic drama (the best of which remains John Cromwell's 1940 adaptation) is the one that stick's closest to the original story of a reclusive, hard-hearted fellow living on a private island in the Dutch East Indies who must protect his Read More

Street Fighter

Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue

Synopsis: Based on the popular video game Street Fighter II, Street Fighter stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Col. Guile, the cocky but brave leader of an Allied Nations fighting force. When the evil General Bison (Raul Julia), the power-mad leader of Shadaloo, kidnaps a bus full of Allied Nations relief Read More

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Actors: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah

Synopsis: This acclaimed British comedy centers on the intermittent romance between a charming (if slightly bumbling) Englishman and a beautiful American woman, who seem to always run into each other at weddings. Indeed, it is at the first of the title's four weddings that Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie McDowell Read More

Femme Fatale

Actors: Simon Callow, Donald Pleasence, Colin Welland, Jacqueline Tong

Synopsis: Poor Maddalena (Sophia Diaz). She's so beautiful and sexy that men in her native Italy could not stop trying to romance her. She could have gone to a convent and she would have had trouble with the priests. There was no place that she could think of that she wouldn't be constantly subject to Read More

Howards End

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, James Wilby, Samuel West

Synopsis: One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film's catalyst is "poor relation" Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part Read More

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Actors: Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Simon Callow, Phyllis Logan

Synopsis: Gavin Bellini is half Scottish, half Italian. Perhaps that blend of two of the most romantic sensibilities in the world accounts for his being in London, scraping out a living as an illustrator. One day he runs into his father's brother and learns that, if he high-tails it to Glasgow in time to Read More

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton

Synopsis: This first film directorial effort of actor Simon Callow is based on a novel by Carson McCullers -- which, in turn, was adapted for the stage by Edward Albee in 1964. Vanessa Redgrave plays a powerful Southern matriarch who, sequestered in her café/general store, holds her home town in the palm of Read More

The Crucifer of Blood

Actors: Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson

Synopsis: Filmed in England, Crucifer of Blood is a made-for-cable movie based on the 1978 Sherlock Holmes play by Paul Giovanni. Charlton Heston portrays the Great Detective, aided by Richard Johnson as faithful Dr. Watson. The storyline, based on Conan Doyle's "Sign of Four", involves intrigues that set Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

Actors: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Kyra Sedgwick, Blythe Danner, Margaret Welsh, Simon Callow, Robert Sean Leonard

Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (played by real-life "Mr. and Mrs." Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) are well-to-do residents of Kansas City in the 1940s. So far as the Bridges are concerned, however, it's the 1920s, with Mr. Bridge treating his wife like property, regarding his grown children as if they're Read More

Postcards From the Edge

Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point Read More

The Christmas Tree

Manifesto

Actors: Camilla Soeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow, Eric Stoltz, Lindsay Duncan

Synopsis: This film deftly combines black comedy with sharp political satire. Set in a fictional Eastern European town called Waldheim, a place "where nothing is what it seems," the action is centered around a visiting king, in whom many people are very interested for a variety of reasons. Assassination and Read More

Simon Callow: Acting in Restoration Comedy

Synopsis: Hosted by actor/director Simon Callow, this instructional video is part of a BBC Master Class series in which acting lessons are given to the viewer, this time with particular emphasis on restoration comedy technique shown through scenes from The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh. ~ Tana Hobart, All Read More

Maurice

Actors: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow

Synopsis: Director James Ivory brings his subdued, "Masterpiece Theater" style to a forbidden subject -- homosexual love. Maurice is based on E.M. Forster's suppressed 1914 novel that was held back from publication until after his death. The film takes place at Cambridge, before World War I, when Read More

The Good Father

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow

Synopsis: Anthony Hopkins stars in The Good Father as a publishing executive whose wife Julie Walters has left him, taking their son with her. Walking around like a zombie after this blow, Hopkins is brought back to life by involving himself in the profound problems of his friend Jim Broadbent. Feeling that Read More

A Room With a View

Actors: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis

Synopsis: Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by E.M. Forster, A Room with a View is a shining example of Merchant-Ivory's ability to achieve maximum quality and opulence at minimum cost. Set during the Edwardian Era, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, who like all proper Read More

Honor, Profit And Pleasure

Actors: Simon Callow, Alan Devlin, Jean Rigby, T.P. McKenna, James Villiers

Synopsis: A well-wrought tale only hampered by a miniscule budget, this story about George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), the German-born British composer, focuses on his life after he moved to England in the 1710s. Handel (played by Simon Callow) was a unique individual, a contemporary of Bach though the Read More

Amadeus

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice

Synopsis: For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Read More

The Man of Destiny

Actors: Simon Callow

George Frideric Handel: Honour, Profit and Pleasure