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Starring Bob Hoskins

Starring Bob Hoskins

5 Episodes

A unique and blazing talent, Bob Hoskins was one of the most versatile and consistently riveting actors Britain ever produced. “Five-foot-six cubic” in his own words, Hoskins combined a brawny physicality with a vast emotional range, leading to a series of indelible performances: as a beleaguered gangland boss with a volcanic temper in John Mackenzie’s THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY; a naive, lovelorn ex-con in Neil Jordan’s MONA LISA; an avuncular but mysterious stranger in Atom Egoyan’s FELICIA’S JOURNEY; and as the leader of a band of travelers in his own directorial debut, the fascinating, unfairly overlooked period piece THE RAGGEDY RAWNEY.

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Starring Bob Hoskins

5 Episodes

  • Mermaids
    1:50:16
    Mermaids
    Episode 1

    Mermaids

    Episode 1

    Directed by Richard Benjamin • 1990 • United States
    Starring Winona Ryder, Cher, Bob Hoskins

    Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci make for a memorably unconventional family in this wry, winningly offbeat coming-of-age tale. Set in 1963 (with a period-perfect soundtrack to match), MERMAIDS cen...

  • The Long Good Friday
    1:54:24
    The Long Good Friday
    Episode 2

    The Long Good Friday

    Episode 2

    Directed by John Mackenzie • 1980 • United Kingdom
    Starring Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King

    A combustible performance from Bob Hoskins is the fuse that lights this underworld saga, a landmark of British crime cinema. Hoskins plays Harold Shand, an ambitious London mobster who, just as he at...

  • Mona Lisa
    1:44:15
    Mona Lisa
    Episode 3

    Mona Lisa

    Episode 3

    Directed by Neil Jordan • 1986 • United Kingdom
    Starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine

    The brilliant breakthrough film by writer-director Neil Jordan journeys into the dark heart of the London underworld to weave a gripping, noir-infused love story. Bob Hoskins received a multitude of ...

  • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
    1:56:45
    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
    Episode 4

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    Episode 4

    Directed by Jack Clayton • 1987 • United Kingdom
    Starring Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller

    Maggie Smith delivers a tremendously moving performance as a woman grappling with loneliness, love, and faith in this sensitive character study adapted from the novel by Brian Moore. Middle-aged spi...

  • The Raggedy Rawney
    1:43:29
    The Raggedy Rawney
    Episode 5

    The Raggedy Rawney

    Episode 5

    Directed by Bob Hoskins • 1988 • United Kingdom
    Starring Dexter Fletcher, Bob Hoskins, Zoë Nathenson

    Acclaimed actor Bob Hoskins made a striking directorial debut with this curiously captivating fable that plays freely with gender, fantasy, and magic. Stationed somewhere in Eastern Europe, a you...

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