Iris

Name: Iris
Director: Richard Eyre
Released: 2001-01-01

2001 film directed by Richard Eyre

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Released: 2001
, May 16, 2002
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1.Stated in Lexicon of international films
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Director: Richard Eyre
Screenwriter: Richard Eyre
Producer: Scott Rudin
, Robert Fox
Cast: Judi Dench
, Kate Winslet
, Jim Broadbent
, Hugh Bonneville
+6 more
Runtime: 87 min
Genre: romance film
, biographical film
, drama film
Country of origin: United Kingdom
, United States

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Iris is a 2001 biographical drama film about novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with her husband John Bayley. Directed by Richard Eyre from a screenplay he co-wrote with Charles Wood, the film is based on Bayley's 1999 memoir Elegy for Iris. Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent portray Murdoch and Bayley during the later stages of their marriage, while Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville appear as the couple in their younger years. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch was an outgoing, dominant individual compared to the timid and scholarly Bayley, and their later life, when Murdoch was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and tended to by a frustrated Bayley in their North Oxford home in Charlbury Road. The beach scenes were filmed at Southwold in Suffolk, one of Murdoch's favourite haunts.

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Based on: Elegy for Iris
Director of photography: Roger Pratt
Website: miramax.com/movie/iris
Film editor: Martin Walsh
Title: Iris
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress(February 12, 2002) statement is subject of: 74th Academy Awards · nominee: Kate Winslet
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 12, 2002) statement is subject of: 74th Academy Awards · nominee: Jim Broadbent
Academy Award for Best Actress(February 12, 2002) nominee: Judi Dench · statement is subject of: 74th Academy Awards
Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor(2002) statement is subject of: 15th European Film Awards · nominee: Hugh Bonneville
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2002.129.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-17
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Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor(2002) statement is subject of: 15th European Film Awards · nominee: Jim Broadbent
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2002.129.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-17
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Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress(2002) statement is subject of: 15th European Film Awards · nominee: Judi Dench
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2002.129.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-17
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Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress(2002) statement is subject of: 15th European Film Awards · nominee: Kate Winslet
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2002.129.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-17
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Filming location: Pinewood Studios
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 6
Filmiroda rating: Category III rating certificate id: F/3155/J
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Narrative location: Ireland
Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience, but not recommended for children under 7
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 76/100(January 27, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 30 critic review
79%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 111 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Iris”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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7.1/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Iris”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Kijkwijzer rating: AL content descriptor: none
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/iris/Retrieved 2025-07-11
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