Movies by Gillies Mackinnon
As a director:
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The History of Mr. Polly (2007)
Cast: Lee Evans, Julie Graham, Anne-Marie Duff …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Lee Evans stars as Alfred Polly, a shopkeeper driven to suicide by depression, a failing business and an irksome wife. But when his plan backfires and he's hailed a hero, he's…
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The Escapist (2006)
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
When the botched break-in of career criminal Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis) results in the murder of a beautiful young wife, her grief-stricken husband (Jonny Lee Miller) is so distraught that he…
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Pure (2005)
Cast: Harry Eden, Molly Parker, Keira Knightley …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
In the wake of his father's untimely death, 10-year-old Paul (Harry Eden) must become the man of the house, caring for his younger brother and sick mother Mel (Molly Parker). When…
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Tara Road (2005)
Cast: Olivia Williams, Andie MacDowell, Johnny Brennan …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Marilyn, a grieving American mother, serendipitously meets Ria, an Irish wife recently dumped by her husband. Through a chance phone call, the two agree to swap houses for the summer and…
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Cast: Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
While grieving after the loss of her husband, a widow (Judi Dench) finds comfort in an old friend: her saxophone. A chance meeting with a man from her past (Ian Holm) prompts her to reunite…
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Hideous Kinky (1999)
Cast: Kate Winslet, Saïd Taghmaoui, Bella Riza …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
With two young daughters (Bella Riza and Carrie Mullan) in tow, a soul-searching mother (Kate Winslet) on a quest for enlightenment leaves 1970s London for Morocco, where she takes up with a…
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Behind the Lines (1997)
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Empathetic psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers works in a British military mental institution during World War I, treating shell-shocked soldiers and returning them to battle. One of his patients…
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Trojan Eddie (1997)
Cast: Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Stuart Townsend …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
As a member of a band of wandering Irishmen called the "travelers," Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) finds himself questioning his loyalties, especially when he's given the task of fixing one…
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A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Michael McCann (Steve Martin) feels totally betrayed by the world after his wife reveals that he's not the birth father of their child. A few years after his breakup, we find him living…
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The Playboys (1992)
Cast: Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
Headstrong Tara Maguire (Robin Wright Penn) shocks the local gentry in her Irish village by having a baby out of wedlock and refusing to name the father. As she struggles to retain her…