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Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is an English film, stage and television actor, best known in the UK for playing Moxey in the comedy drama series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet''. Career In 2010, he appeared as a detective in '' Five Daughters'', and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopic ''Lennon Naked''. In December 2023, it was announced that Fairbank had been cast as Eddie Knight in ''EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...''. Theatre Filmography Film Television Video Game References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairbank, Christopher 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English male film actors English male soap opera actors English male television actors English male vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford, and the county town is Hertford. The county has an area of and had a population of 1,198,800 at the 2021 census. After Watford (131,325), the largest settlements are Hemel Hempstead (95,985), Stevenage (94,470) and the city of St Albans (75,540). For local government purposes Hertfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with ten districts beneath Hertfordshire County Council. Elevations are higher in the north and west, reaching more than in the Chilterns near Tring. The county centres on the headwaters and upper valleys of the rivers Lea and the Colne; both flow south and each is accompanied by a canal. Hertfordshire's undeveloped land is mainly agricultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Peter
''Venus Peter'' is a 1989 Scottish film directed by Ian Sellar and produced by Christopher Young for Young films. The film is an adaptation of the novel ''A Twelvemonth and a Day'' by Christopher Rush. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. It was filmed in Orkney, in the North of Scotland. The film crew paid members of the Orkney community to act as extras in the film. In 1999 Richard Mowe, curator of film at the National Museum of Scotland, chose the film as one of his top twenty Scottish films of the century.Richard MoweTop 20 Scottish films of the 20th Century iofilm Scotland, August 1999 Japanese rock band Venus Peter are named after the film. Plot The film is set on a northen isle of Scotland in the 1940s and follows young Peter and his relationship in the mainly adult world of the fishing village and his relationship with the sea and fishing boats (foremost of which is Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; ; ) is a town and former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flushed Away
''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features. The film was directed by Sam Fell and David Bowers, from a screenplay by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and Will Davies and a story by Fell, Clement, Frenais and producer Peter Lord. The film stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Shane Richie, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis and Jean Reno. In the film, a pampered fancy rat named Roddy St. James (Jackman) is flushed down the toilet in his Kensington apartment by a sewer rat named Sid (Richie), and befriends a scavenger named Rita Malone (Winslet) in order to get back home while evading a sinister toad (McKellen) and his hench-rats (Nighy and Serkis). The idea of rats falling in love in the sewers was created by animator Fell during the production of ''Chicken Run''. In 2001, Fell developed the concept into a story before pitching it to DreamWorks. The project was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cargo (2006 Film)
''Cargo'' is a 2006 thriller film. It was directed by Clive Gordon, produced by Andrea Calderwood and Juan Gordon, and written by Paul Laverty. The film features the actors Peter Mullan (as Brookes), Daniel Brühl (as Chris), Luis Tosar (as Baptist), Samuli Edelmann (as Rhombus), Nikki Amuka-Bird (as Subira) and Gary Lewis (as Herman). Plot ''Cargo'' tells the tale of a young man who has gotten into trouble in Africa and because of this he decides to stow away on a cargo ship leaving for Europe. During this voyage, sailors on the ship began to disappear with no apparent reason and the ship's depraved captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ... seems to have the answers. References External links * 2006 films 2006 crime thriller films 2006 psychological t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goal! (film)
''Goal!'' (also known as ''Goal! The Dream Begins'') is a 2005 British sports drama film directed by Danny Cannon from a screenplay by Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais. It is the first installment in the Goal! (film series), ''Goal!'' trilogy and stars Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iureș, Stephen Dillane, and Anna Friel. In the film, Santiago Muñez (Becker), an amateur player, earns an unlikely chance to play professional association football, football. ''Goal!'' was made with co-operation from FIFA, which enabled the inclusion of FIFPro likenesses of real teams and players. Adidas contributed a reported $50 million towards the film's budget and marketing campaign, marking the then-biggest deal between a corporate brand and a film production. ''Goal!'' was theatrically released in the United Kingdom by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buena Vista International on 1 October 2005. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is a 2005 animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations. It is the second feature-length film by Aardman, after ''Chicken Run'' (2000). The fourth installment in the '' Wallace & Gromit'' series and the first to be feature-length, it was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box and written by Park, Box, Mark Burton and Bob Baker. A parody of classic monster movies, the film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace and his intelligent but mute dog, Gromit, in their latest venture as pest control agents. They come to the rescue of their town, which is plagued by rabbits, before the annual Giant Vegetable competition. However, the duo soon find themselves battling a giant rabbit which is consuming the town's crops. The cast includes Peter Sallis (as the voice of Wallace), Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Peter Kay. Following the release of ''Chicken Run'' in 2000, DreamWorks and Aard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiant (film)
''Valiant'' is a 2005 animated comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios, UK Film Council, Odyssey Entertainment, and Take Film Partnerships. Gary Chapman made his directorial debut, with Vanguard's John H. Williams (film producer), John H. Williams serving as producer. The Ensemble cast, ensemble voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, John Hurt, Pip Torrens, Rik Mayall, Olivia Williams. Set in May 1944, the film follows of a group of war pigeons during World War II. It was inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war. ''Valiant'' was released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2005, and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on 19 August. It received mixed reviews from critics, but earned $61.7 million globally on a $35 million budget. Plot In May 1944, five years after the declaration of World War II, three Royal Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Below (film)
''Below'' is a 2002 submarine supernatural horror film directed by David Twohy, written by Darren Aronofsky, Lucas Sussman and Twohy, and stars Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher. The film tells the story of a United States Navy submarine that experiences a series of supernatural events while on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean in 1943. Initially intended as a historical sci-fi thriller, Twohy retooled the script into a horror following his success with '' Pitch Black''. ''Below'' was shot on location in Lake Michigan for exteriors (using the World War II-era U.S. Navy submarine ) and at Pinewood Studios. Twohy refused to re-edit to get a PG-13 rating, so Dimension gave the film a limited theatrical release on October 11, 2002, with little advertising, resulting in earning only $605,562 in North America box office. It received mixed reviews. Plot In August 1943, the U.S. Navy su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anazapta
''Anazapta'' is a 2002 British mystery thriller film directed by Alberto Sciamma and starring Jason Flemyng, Lena Headey, Christopher Fairbank, Ian McNeice, Jeff Nuttall. In the US the film was released as ''Black Plague''. Plot The film is set in England in 1348. While the Hundred Years War rages on between England and France, a detachment of soldiers returns to the estate of the beautiful English noblewoman Lady Matilda (Lena Headey) with news that her husband, Sir Walter de Mellerby (Jon Finch), was captured and remains hostage in France. Meanwhile, the soldiers led by her husband's nephew Nicholas (Jason Flemyng) have brought with them a prisoner, Jacques de Saint Amant (David La Haye), the son of the one holding her husband. He can be exchanged for Sir Walter and for an additional ransom, which will save her estate from bankruptcy, as they are deeply in debt to the bishop. When Lady Matilda asks the bishop (Ian McNeice) for time to get the ransom, he informs her that he wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bunker (2001 Film)
''The Bunker'' is a 2001 war horror film directed by Rob Green, written by Clive Dawson and starring Jason Flemyng. Plot In late 1944, the remnants of a platoon of Panzergrenadiers are caught in an ambush by American troops. As they retreat, Private Hugo Engels is killed and the platoon finds a bunker occupied by Privates Heinrich Mirus ( John Carlisle) and Michael Neumann (Andrew-Lee Potts) who have orders to defend it. Corporal Otto Schenke confronts Sergeant Theobald Heydrich about not counter-attacking. Mirus relates the history of the area, where victims of the Black Plague were massacred on the orders of a stranger who influenced the townspeople to turn against one another. During the night, tunnels are discovered beneath the bunker. Corporal Schenke (Andrew Tiernan) wants to explore them but Lieutenant Hercule Krupp (Simon Kunz) refuses. Mirus sneaks into the tunnels and a curious Private First Class Wolfgang Kreuzmann (Eddie Marsan) follows him. When they are discove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifth Element
''The Fifth Element'' () is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxi driver and former special forces major, after a young woman named Leeloo (Jovovich) falls into his cab. To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity. Besson started writing the story that was developed as ''The Fifth Element'' when he was 16 years old; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas. Besson wanted to shoot the film in France, but suitable facilities could not be found; filming took place in London and Mauritania, instead. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien 3
''Alien 3'' (stylized as ''ALIEN3'') is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. Starring Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley, it is the third installment of the ''Alien'' franchise. Set immediately after the events of '' Aliens'' (1986), Ripley and an Alien organism are the only survivors of the Colonial Marine spaceship ''Sulaco'' following an escape pod's crash on a planet housing a penal colony populated by violent male inmates. Additional roles are played by Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Pete Postlethwaite, and Danielle Edmond. The film had a troubled production, facing numerous problems, including shooting without a script and the attachment of various screenwriters and directors. Fincher, in his feature directorial debut, was eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
