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Iris (2001)

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Director: Richard Eyre
Starring: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet

Plot: Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height of their romantic adventures as students at Oxford in the 1950s, and the elderly couple (played by Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent), struggling with Iris' decline, as her brilliant mind is ravaged by the effects of Alzheimer's.

Judi Dench gives an outstanding performance - her transformation from a prolific genius of the written and spoken word (Murdoch wrote 26 novels), to the infantile state of losing her language facilities altogether, is truly wrenching. Jim Broadbent is equally touching as her partner for life, who has adored the passionate Iris since they met, but was never fully able to possess her until the tragic end, when he declares in grief, "I've got you now, and I don't bloody want you!" Directed by Richard Eyre, artistic director of Britain's Royal National Theater, the film is uniquely sensitive and finely acted.

Selected Filmography from IMDB:

Finding Neverland (2004) .... Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Pride (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Suki
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) .... Clementine Kruczynski
Plunge: The Movie (2003) .... Clare
Life of David Gale, The (2003) .... Bitsey Bloom
... aka Leben des David Gale, Das (2003) (Germany)
War Game (2001) (voice) .... Mum/Annie
Iris (2001/I) .... Young Iris Murdoch
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice) .... Belle
... aka Weihnachtsmärchen, Ein (2001) (Germany)
Enigma (2001) .... Hester Wallace
... aka Enigma - Das Geheimnis (2002) (Germany)
Quills (2000) .... Madeleine 'Maddy' LeClerc
... aka Quills - Macht der Besessenheit (2001) (Germany)

Faeries (1999) (voice) .... Brigid
Holy Smoke (1999) .... Ruth Barron
... aka Holy Smoke! (1999) (USA: video box title)
Hideous Kinky (1998) .... Julia
... aka Marrakech express (1998) (France)
Titanic (1997) .... Rose DeWitt Bukater
Hamlet (1996) .... Ophelia
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1996)
Jude (1996) .... Sue Bridehead
Sense and Sensibility (1995) .... Marianne Dashwood
Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995) .... Princess Sarah
Heavenly Creatures (1994) .... Juliet Hulme
... aka Heavenly Creatures: The Uncut Version (1994) (USA: longer version)
"Get Back" (1992) TV Series .... Eleanor Sweet
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992) (TV)
"Dark Season" (1991) TV Series .... Reet

Skinography courtesy of Mr Skin:

Iris 2001

Quills 2000

Holy Smoke 1999

Hideous Kinky 1998

Titanic 1997

Jude 1996

Heavenly Creatures 1994

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