Albert Finney

The Entertainer [VHS](1960) VHS
Laurence Olivier created one of his most memorable roles as Archie Rice, an egotistical third-rate music hall performer who browbeats his family until his world collapses around him, in Tony Richardson's compelling drama. Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Joan Plowright co-star. 97 min.
The Entertainer [DVD](1960) DVD
Laurence Olivier created one of his most memorable roles as Archie Rice, an egotistical third-rate music hall performer who browbeats his family until his world collapses around him, in Tony Richardson's compelling drama. Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Joan Plowright co-star. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: EnglishDolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish.
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning [DVD](1960) DVD
Landmark entry in Britain's "angry young man" cinema of the early '60s, with Albert Finney making his starring film debut a memorable one as the English factory worker who wants nothing out of life but his weekends of pleasure-seeking, but is forced to confront harsh realities when a new girlfriend wants a commitment and a married lover announces she's pregnant. With Rachel Roberts, Shirley Ann Field; scripted by Alan Sillitoe from his novel. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Tom Jones [DVD](1963) DVD
Director Tony Richardson and scripter John Osborne's sprawling, bawdy romp through 18th-century England earned four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Albert Finney stars as the titular hero, a charming country boy whose beguiling manner gets him into one hilarious romantic misadventure after another; based on the novel by Henry Fielding. With Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, David Warner, and Edith Evans. 129 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Two For The Road [DVD](1967) DVD
Called a "cult film for romantics," Stanley Donen's stylish dissection of the 12-year marriage of loutish architect Albert Finney and bored-beyond-tears Audrey Hepburn uses flashbacks to show the good, bad and ugly moments of their relationship. William Daniels, Eleanor Bron and Jacqueline Bisset also star in this much-cherished "dramedy." 111 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
Scrooge [DVD](1970) DVD
Albert Finney shines in this delightful musical based on Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol." Finney stars in the title role as the archetypical miser who has a change of heart when visited by a quartet of Yuletide spectres. Alec Guinness, Edith Evans and Kenneth More also star. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English.
Murder On The Orient Express [DVD](1974) DVD
Albert Finney is Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this classic Agatha Christie thriller. An American businessman has been killed on board the famed transcontinental train and it's up to Poirot to uncover the murderer. Lauren Bacall, Anthony Perkins, Sean Connery and, in an Oscar-winning performance, Ingrid Bergman head the all-star cast. 127 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; featurette; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer.
The Duellists [DVD](1977) DVD
Ridley Scott's gorgeously lensed directorial debut adapts Joseph Conrad's story of two officers in Napoleon's army who carry on a fierce and increasingly brutal series of duels that spans two decades. Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine are the bound-by-honor rivals; Christina Raines, Edward Fox, Albert Finney also star. 100 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; bonus short "Boy and Bicycle" (1965); featurettes; isolated music score; photo gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailer.
Loophole [DVD](1980) DVD
Super exciting, sophisticated heist teams Albert Finney with Martin Sheen as crooks out to nab the loot from a bank that's said to be impossible to crack. Co-stars Susannah York, Colin Blakely. AKA: "Break In." 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Wolfen [VHS](1981) VHS
A hypnotic, violent tale about a super breed of wolves that haunts the cities, preying on the weak and the sick. Albert Finney is the detective called on to unravel the bizarre mystery; with Gregory Hines, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos. 115 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
Wolfen [DVD](1981) DVD
A hypnotic, violent tale about a super breed of wolves that haunts the cities, preying on the weak and the sick. Albert Finney is the detective called on to unravel the bizarre mystery; with Gregory Hines, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos. 114 min.Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Bahasa, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, French; filmographies; theatrical trailers.
Annie [VHS](1982) VHS
The hit Broadway musical about the feisty Depression-era comic-strip heroine becomes a fun-filled family treat. Follow Annie and her dog Sandy as they leave the orphanage for the opulent mansion of Daddy Warbucks. Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters and Aileen Quinn, in the title role, star. Songs include "Tomorrow," "Maybe," and "It's a Hard-Knock Life." 127 min.
Annie [DVD](1982) DVD
The hit Broadway musical about the feisty Depression-era comic-strip heroine becomes a fun-filled family treat. Follow Annie and her dog Sandy as they leave the orphanage for the opulent mansion of Daddy Warbucks. Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters and Aileen Quinn, in the title role, star. Songs include "Tomorrow," "Maybe," and "It's a Hard-Knock Life." 127 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; featurette; game; sing-along; theatrical trailers; more.
The Dresser [DVD](1983) DVD
Set against the backdrop of World War II England, this powerful drama examines the complex relationship between aging actor Albert Finney and his faithful manservant Tom Courtenay. While leading his theater troupe in a production of "King Lear," the veteran performer finds his health rapidly deteriorating. As Finney begins lashing out at his loyal assistant, the backstage drama begins to mirror the events in Shakespeare's tragedy. With Edward Fox, Michael Gough. 118 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Japanese.
The Image [VHS](1989) VHS
Albert Finney turns in a dynamic performance as a leading TV newsman whose investigation of a bank scandal drives a wrongly accused executive to suicide and forces him to make important decisions about his life and career. The other side of "Broadcast News," co-starring John Mahoney, Kathy Baker and Marsha Mason. 91 min.
Miller's Crossing [VHS](1990) VHS
A compelling, modern twist on the gangster genre, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Albert Finney is an Irish-American mob boss ready to go to war with a rival gangster, and Gabriel Byrne is a loyal lieutenant who tries to prevent the conflict, until a woman comes between them. Double- and triple-crosses abound in this violent tale of honor among thieves. With John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden. 114 min.
Miller's Crossing [DVD](1990) DVD
A compelling, modern twist on the gangster genre, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Albert Finney is an Irish-American mob boss ready to go to war with a rival gangster, and Gabriel Byrne is a loyal lieutenant who tries to prevent the conflict, until a woman comes between them. Double- and triple-crosses abound in this violent tale of honor among thieves. With John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden. 115 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.0, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish; featurette; interviews; photo gallery; theatrical trailers.
Roger Waters: The Wall: Live In Berlin [DVD](1990) DVD
On July 23, 1990, former Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters led an all-star aggregation in a performance of the rock musical "The Wall" for the reunited city. This historic concert features such stars as Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Bryan Adams, Thomas Dolby, Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, and The Scorpions. 120 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese.
The Playboys [DVD](1992) DVD
An enchanting tale set in a small Irish village where a beautiful, young unmarried mother's involvement with an actor in a travelling theater group sets off sparks with the townspeople and the local constable, who has been courting her for years. Robin Wright, Aidan Quinn, Albert Finney, and Milo O'Shea star in this exhilarating seriocomedy from the writer of "My Left Foot." 109 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
Rich In Love [VHS](1993) VHS
After his wife leaves him following years of marriage, middle-aged Southerner Albert Finney turns his attentions towards being a father to his two daughters, one of whom is just discovering her sexuality and the other who has returned home married and pregnant. Engaging seriocomedy from the creators of "Driving Miss Daisy" also stars Jill Clayburgh, Kyle MacLachlan and Suzy Amis. 105 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
The Browning Version [DVD](1994) DVD
This acclaimed version of Terence Rattigan's classic play stars Albert Finney as a classics professor, both respected and hated by his peers, confronted by major changes in his life when he faces retirement and with the fact that his wife has fallen in love with one of his young colleagues. Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine, and Julian Sands also star. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English.
Annie (1982)/Annie: A Royal Adventure [DVD](1995) DVD
"Annie," the hit Broadway musical about the feisty Depression-era comic-strip heroine becomes a fun-filled family treat. Follow Annie and her dog Sandy as they leave the orphanage for the opulent mansion of Daddy Warbucks. Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, and Aileen Quinn, in the title role, star. Songs include "Tomorrow," "Maybe," and "It's a Hard-Knock Life." Then, the sequel, "Annie: A Royal Adventure," follows the redheaded moppet, her dog Sandy, and Daddy Warbucks to England, where he is scheduled to be knighted. At the same time, evil Lady Hogbottom plots to blow up Buckingham Palace and become Queen of England. Can Annie and company stop them? Joan Collins, George Hearn, Ashley Johnson star. 3 2/3 hrs. tota
Nostromo [VHS](1996) VHS
Set in a war-torn South American nation in the late 1800s, this sprawling BBC drama, based on the Joseph Conrad novel, chronicles the turmoil in and around the remote city of Sulaco as an English silver mine head, his wealthy American backer, and the workers' leader, a man known as "Nostromo," all fall prey to corruption and the lust for wealth and power. Joaquim De Almeida, Brian Dennehy, Albert Finney, Colin Firth, Serena Scott Thomas star. 180 min. on three tapes.
Washington Square [DVD](1997) DVD
Henry James' classic story, first filmed as 1949's "The Heiress," is elegantly brought to the screen by director Agnieszka Holland ("Europa, Europa"). Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as the shy and insecure Victorian woman whose search for love leads her into the arms of wastrel Ben Chaplin. Albert Finney, Maggie Smith also star. 115 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround.
Breakfast Of Champions [VHS](1999) VHS
Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) is Midway City's biggest car dealer, but business success doesn't make up for a stormy private life--with crises ranging from a drug-addled wife (Barbara Hershey) to a cross-dressing sales manager (Nick Nolte)--that has him close to a mental breakdown. Does Dwayne's salvation lie with enigmatic author Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney)? Kurt Vonnegut's classic satirical novel comes to the screen via writer/director Alan Rudolph; with Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps. 110 min.
Breakfast Of Champions [DVD](1999) DVD
Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) is Midway City's biggest car dealer, but business success doesn't make up for a stormy private life--with crises ranging from a drug-addled wife (Barbara Hershey) to a cross-dressing sales manager (Nick Nolte)--that has him close to a mental breakdown. Does Dwayne's salvation lie with enigmatic author Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney)? Kurt Vonnegut's classic satirical novel comes to the screen via writer/director Alan Rudolph; with Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1, French Dolby Surround; theatrical trailer.
My Uncle Silas [VHS](2000) VHS
Based on H.E. Bates' stories, this charming "Masterpiece Theatre" series features a marvelous performance by Albert Finney as Uncle Silas, a cantankerous lover of women, wine and poaching game, who spends a memorable summer "looking after" young nephew Joe Prospero in his English countryside home. With Sue Johnston, Charlotte Rampling. 120 min.
Erin Brockovich [DVD](2000) DVD
Julia Roberts earned a Best Actress Oscar playing the feisty, trashily clothed single mother of three who takes a job as her lawyer's secretary and finds herself investigating a utility company polluting the water of a small California town. Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart and Marg Helgenberger also star in this acclaimed effort by Steven Soderbergh ("Out of Sight"). 132 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; deleted scenes; biographies; "making of" featurette; DVD-ROM features; documentary; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Simpatico [DVD](2000) DVD
In this powerful adaptation of Sam Shepard's play, Jeff Bridges is a millionaire whose success from breeding and training horses has brought him a Kentucky estate and beautiful wife Sharon Stone. Bridges' world is threatened when old friend Nick Nolte, who holds incriminating evidence on a past scam, seeks his help. With Albert Finney and Catherine Keener. 106 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English; filmographies; theatrical trailer.
Traffic [DVD](2000) DVD
Steven Soderbergh won a Best Director Oscar for this sprawling, controversial look at the global narcotics trade and America's ongoing "war on drugs," which follows several personal dramas to tell its story. Among them: Mexican cop Benicio Del Toro, caught between corrupt superiors and rival cartels; dealer's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, whose life is shattered when her husband is arrested; dedicated DEA surveillance agents Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman; and new federal "drug czar" Michael Douglas, who must cope with teenage daughter Erika Christensen's addiction. 147 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailers; TV spots; photo gallery; behind-the-sce
Traffic (Special Edition) [DVD](2000) DVD
Steven Soderbergh won a Best Director Oscar for this sprawling, controversial look at the global narcotics trade and America's ongoing "war on drugs," which follows several personal dramas to tell its story. Among them: Mexican cop Benicio Del Toro, caught between corrupt superiors and rival cartels; dealer's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, whose life is shattered when her husband is arrested; dedicated DEA surveillance agents Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman; and new federal "drug czar" Michael Douglas, who must cope with teenage daughter Erika Christensen's addiction. 147 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trail
The Gathering Storm [VHS](2001) VHS
Albert Finney offers blood, toil, tears, sweat and an Emmy-winning turn as Winston Churchill in this incisive look at the British leader in the years leading up to World War II, when he wrestled with an array of personal crises while standing as a lonely voice of protest against the rise of Hitler's Germany. Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Derek Jacobi and Linus Roache also star. 96 min.
The Gathering Storm [DVD](2001) DVD
Albert Finney offers blood, toil, tears, sweat and an Emmy-winning turn as Winston Churchill in this incisive look at the British leader in the years leading up to World War II, when he wrestled with an array of personal crises while standing as a lonely voice of protest against the rise of Hitler's Germany. Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Derek Jacobi and Linus Roache also star. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Surround, French stereo, Spanish stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; biographies.
Big Fish [VHS](2003) VHS
Tim Burton's wildly imaginative drama stars Albert Finney as a dying eccentric known for spinning larger-than-life tales of his exploits as a young man. When estranged son Billy Crudup returns home to see his father, Finney regales him with a host of outlandish stories, depicted in a series of delightfully whimsical flashbacks, that are so utterly unbelievable that they may just be true. With Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and, as Finney's younger self, Ewan McGregor. 125 min.
My Uncle Silas: Series 2 [DVD](2003) DVD
Albert Finney returns as H.E. Bates' curmudgeonly character in this "Masterpiece Theatre" series that follows the further misadventures of a 10-year-old boy and his rapscallion of an uncle during the early 1900s. 150 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; filmographies; biography; more.
Big Fish (Special Edition With Collectible Book) [DVD](2003) DVD
Tim Burton's wildly imaginative drama stars Albert Finney as a dying eccentric known for spinning larger-than-life tales of his exploits as a young man. When estranged son Billy Crudup returns home to see his father, Finney regales him with a host of outlandish stories, depicted in a series of delightfully whimsical flashbacks, that are so utterly unbelievable that they may just be true. With Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and, as Finney's younger self, Ewan McGregor. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
Big Fish [DVD](2003) DVD
Tim Burton's wildly imaginative drama stars Albert Finney as a dying eccentric known for spinning larger-than-life tales of his exploits as a young man. When estranged son Billy Crudup returns home to see his father, Finney regales him with a host of outlandish stories, depicted in a series of delightfully whimsical flashbacks, that are so utterly unbelievable that they may just be true. With Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and, as Finney's younger self, Ewan McGregor. 125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary by Burton; featurettes; trivia.