John Standing

Brilliant adaptation of a literary masterpiece - chronicles a half century of British upper-class life through the eyes of the protagonist Nicholas Jenkins. From the 1920's to the 1960's, friendship, adultery, ambition & failure play out again...

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)

Christopher Morahan, Alvin Rakoff

Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Alan Bennett, John Standing

TV Mini-series,TV Drama,Television

Inspired by Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2, Peter Greenway returns with 8 Women. When businessman Phillip (John Standing - The Elephant Man, Chaplin) is widowed, his playboy son Storey (Shadowlands' Matthew Delamare) convinces his father to turn their Swiss...

8 1/2 Women (1999)

Peter Greenaway

Amanda Plummer,John Standing,Vivian Wu,Polly Walker,Natacha Amal,Kirina Mano,Matthew Delamere,Barbara Sarafian,Shizuka Inoh,Manna Fujiwara,Toni Collette

General Comedy,Comedy

To fight the good fight, British soldiers in Southeast Asia will need to laugh the good laugh. That's where Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) and his morale-boosting theatrical troupe come in. The war - and the show - must go on! Cleese makes Major Flack...

Privates On Parade (1982)

Michael Blakemore

Denis Quilley,Simon Jones,Nicola Pagett,Joe Melia,John Standing,Michael Elphick,John Cleese

Drama,Military Drama,General Comedy,General Drama,Comedy

No one knew if the fabled tomb existed. Those who have searched for it never returned. It's been said that whoever finds it will become the richest soul on the face of the earth... and the most cursed. Now, one brave man has been hired to find out what is...

King Solomon's Mines (Mini-Series) (2004)

Steve Boyum

Roy Marsden,Nick Boraine,Ian Robert,Gavin Hood,Hakeem Kae-Kazim,Sidede Onyulo,Alison Doody,John Standing,Patrick Swayze

TV Mini-series,TV Action,Television

In this remarkable adaptation of the well-loved classic, spectacular special effects bring Jonathan Swift's wonderful creations to life as never before in retelling this bizarre tale of an 18th-century Englishman who travels to strange lands that are stra...

Gulliver's Travels (1996)

Charles Sturridge

Robert Hardy,Mary Steenburgen,Ted Danson,Phoebe Nicholls,Alfre Woodard,Ned Beatty,James Fox,Karyn Parsons,Nicholas Lyndhurst,John Standing,Edward Petherbridge,John Wells,Edward Fox

General Adventure,General Fantasy,Sci-fi & Fantasy,Action & Adventure