Simon Callow Movie Trailers
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Amadeus Trailer (1984)
19 September 1984
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Notting Hill Trailer (1999)
21 May 1999
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Four Weddings and a Funeral Trailer (1994)
09 March 1994
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
The Phantom of the Opera Trailer (2004)
08 December 2004
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.
Shakespeare in Love Trailer (1998)
11 December 1998
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written.
Street Fighter Trailer (1994)
23 December 1994
Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
Deadly Appearances Trailer (2000)
23 April 2000
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of,
James and the Giant Peach Trailer (1996)
12 April 1996
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Trailer (2024)
26 March 2024
Five months following the murders, Christopher Robin struggles to maintain a regular life while dealing with PTSD.
Being Shakespeare Trailer (2012)
31 January 2012
Featuring a tour de force performance from Simon Callow, Being Shakespeare is a one-man show about the life and work of the world’s greatest playwright.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Trailer (1995)
10 November 1995
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe.
The British Guide to Showing Off Trailer (2011)
11 November 2011
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World.
Victoria & Abdul Trailer (2017)
13 September 2017
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Revolutionary Witness Trailer (1989)
31 December 1989
Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
Love's Kitchen Trailer (2011)
24 June 2011
Rob Haley, an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife.
An Audience with Charles Dickens Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.
A Room with a View Trailer (1986)
07 March 1986
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation.
Reviving Harry Lime Trailer (2006)
18 April 2006
Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright Trailer (2005)
06 June 2005
After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.
Howards End Trailer (1992)
13 March 1992
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration Trailer (2022)
23 July 2022
A look at Dame Maggie Smith's life from a two-up two-down in Essex to Broadway and Hollywood. Starring in more than 60 films and 70 plays across her 70-year career, Maggie's incredible determination and talent landed her among the elite.
Maurice Trailer (1987)
18 September 1987
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Arn: The Knight Templar Trailer (2007)
25 December 2007
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
The Man Who Invented Christmas Trailer (2017)
12 October 2017
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Art of Freedom Trailer (2011)
21 May 2011
The documentary film Art of Freedom answers the most poignant questions on the phenomenon of Polish expeditions to the Himalayas.
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT Trailer (1979)
22 November 1979
BBC Play for Today. Maximillian Schreiber runs a series of gruelling motivational courses - all coming at a cost to the participants - including VAT.
The Crucifer of Blood Trailer (1991)
04 November 1991
A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a stolen treasure.
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye Trailer (2022)
09 February 2022
Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and created.
Postcards from the Edge Trailer (1990)
14 September 1990
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe Trailer (2010)
20 December 2010
A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Trailer (2014)
12 December 2014
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Creditors Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
A love triangle is unraveled when a young painter is approached by an admirer who eases him into making sense of his relationship with his wife.
Femme Fatale Trailer (1993)
07 February 1993
Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers.
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Trailer (2018)
31 August 2018
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
Bob the Butler Trailer (2005)
10 March 2005
Bob, an incompetent man, is searching for an available job by alphabetical order. He had just failed all of the A's, and discovers an ad in the Yellow Pages for a butler school.
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule Trailer (2014)
20 December 2014
Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit left a body of work that spanned four decades.
Soft Top Hard Shoulder Trailer (1993)
15 January 1993
Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books.
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask Trailer (2006)
26 December 2006
This made-for-television documentary tells the story of the creation of the world's most successful musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.
Hampstead Trailer (2017)
23 June 2017
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner.
The Good Father Trailer (1985)
01 November 1985
Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife so that she can enter a lesbian relationship, Bill decides to help his friend gain custody of his son.
Ripley Under Ground Trailer (2007)
31 October 2007
Now living a quiet, luxurious life at his French estate—funded by past crimes and his marriage to an heiress—Tom Ripley finds that an art scam he supports—selling forged paintings by a supposedly living artist named Derwatt—beginning to collapse.
Mindhorn Trailer (2016)
09 October 2016
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
The Mystery of Charles Dickens Trailer (2002)
17 October 2002
Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens.
50 Years Legal Trailer (2017)
27 June 2017
Leading activists and commentators explore the changes that have taken place since homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 and the influence of gay culture on society.
How Gay Sex Changed the World Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Charting the evolution of public and political attitudes to homosexuality over the last four decades, from decriminalisation in 1967 to today's advances in gay sexual freedom, How Gay Sex Changed the World examines how the gay sexual revolution gathered pace in the face of gradually changing legislation, from the first Gay Pride march to groundbreaking dramas such as Queer as Folk.
There's Something About Romcoms Trailer (2016)
20 August 2016
The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merchant, Tim Bevan, Bobby Farrelly and Simon Callow.
Viceroy's House Trailer (2017)
03 March 2017
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
The Reluctant Dragon Trailer (1987)
31 December 1987
A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Trailer (1990)
23 November 1990
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Merchant Ivory Trailer (2024)
30 August 2024
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins.
Honour, Profit & Pleasure Trailer (1985)
01 June 1985
British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel
Bright Young Things Trailer (2003)
03 October 2003
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics.
Thunderpants Trailer (2002)
24 May 2002
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Eternal Return Trailer (2026)
15 October 2026
Cass has come to a personal point of emotional invulnerability, until she meets Virgil, a cartographer.
No Man's Land Trailer (2001)
12 May 2001
Two soldiers from opposite sides get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
Bedrooms and Hallways Trailer (1998)
01 August 1998
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
Cariani and the Courtesans Trailer (1987)
05 August 1987
When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger and deceit.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Trailer (2006)
11 April 2006
Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life -- No one knows the secrets of his death.
Camp Christmas Trailer (1993)
24 December 1993
Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.