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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.
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.
- (19K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Richard Eyre
- 2002-03-29
From her days as a brilliant scholar at Oxford, where she thrilled the world around her with her libertine spirit, through her career as a philosopher and novelist, Iris was truly ahead of her ...
- (112)
- Richard Eyre
- R
- Judi Dench
Feb 26, 2015 · Iris first became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. Then, during her remarkable career as a novelist and philos ...more. Starring Kate...
- 1 min
- 225.7K
- Miramax
A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch's (Dame Judi Dench's) descent into Alzheimer's Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley (Hugh Bonneville) until her death. This movie is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends). —Louise Dodds-Ely
Dec 14, 2001 · 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’s Iris (2001) was an equally beautiful and sad telling of the magnificent life of Iris Murdoch. The screenplay by Richard Eyre and Charles Wood based on John Bayley’s books “Iris: A Memoir” and “Elegy for Iris” relied on flashbacks.