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Mar 29, 2002 · Iris: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent. True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- Richard Eyre
- 1 min
User Reviews. This film, inspired by John Bayley's memoir in tribute of his late wife, the novelist Iris Murdoch, gives us some insight into the final years of Murdoch as she struggled with the effects of Alzheimer's Disease, and shows us how her personality developed from the quirky, intelligent student of her young days into the self-assured ...
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Jan 13, 2002 · Iris Murdoch/Judi Dench sits on the beach at Southwold and arranges blank pages torn from a notebook on to the shingle; soon, an audience of paper surrounds her. She secures each page with a stone ...
Feb 15, 2002 · Alzheimer's is especially tragic because it takes away the person while the presence remains. The character of Bayley, meanwhile, is presented as a befuddled and ineffectual man who contends with the baffling Murdoch, young and old, accepting her infidelity at the beginning and giving her love and support at the end.
Dec 14, 2001 · Richard Eyre. Director, Screenplay. John Bayley. Author. Charles Wood. Screenplay. True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 18, 2002 · Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent play Iris and John superbly. It is the kind of deeply intelligent acting that is a joy, almost a privilege to watch after the dullness and dumbness of so much that ...
