Tom Stoppard

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Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL HonFBA (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation.

Most Popular Tom Stoppard Trailers

Total trailers found: 41

Anna Karenina Trailer (2012)

06 September 2012

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted.

What Is Brazil? Trailer (2008)

16 April 2008

What is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary.

Shakespeare in Love Trailer (1998)

11 December 1998

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written.

Brazil Trailer (1985)

20 February 1985

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel.

Professional Foul Trailer (1977)

21 September 1977

Three philosophy professors travel to Prague for a conference. One of them, Anderson, is forced to rethink his ideas on ethics when a former student is arrested by the Czech authorities for writing about individualist approaches to morality.

Empire of the Sun Trailer (1987)

09 December 1987

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps.

André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds Trailer (2009)

29 March 2009

Sir André Previn, born in Berlin in 1929, figures among the most prominent musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Arcadia Trailer (2018)

30 November 2018

On a country estate in Derbyshire, Arcadia moves fluidly between events in 1809 and the modern inhabitants who are eager to discover what really happened in the past.

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt Trailer (2022)

27 January 2022

At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria.

Three Men in a Boat Trailer (1975)

31 December 1975

One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London.

Tulip Fever Trailer (2017)

13 July 2017

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

The Human Factor Trailer (1979)

18 December 1979

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life Trailer (2021)

09 September 2021

Tom Stoppard is perhaps the world’s leading, funniest and cleverest playwright. Ever since he hit the ground running in the 1960s with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, there has always been a streak of melancholy beneath the sparkling surface of his work.

The Russia House Trailer (1990)

21 December 1990

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.

The Dog It Was That Died Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair must convince Hogbin, the agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on--once he finds out what it is.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Trailer (1979)

14 November 1979

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977.

Enigma Trailer (2001)

22 January 2001

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Bukovsky Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

Alan Clarke's documentary about Soviet writer and dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, who had left the Soviet Union in 1976 after years spent in their prisons and psychiatric wards.

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.

Oscar Trailer (1997)

12 October 1997

Writer Michael Bracewell presents an unusual and provocative look at the life and legacy of Oscar Wilde, the controversial Irish-born writer.

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem Trailer (2015)

16 April 2015

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).

On the Razzle Trailer (1983)

01 March 1983

When their boss goes off to Vienna to dine with his fiancé, his clerks decide this may be their last chance for an adventure (razzle) and head for the Big City.

National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Trailer (2017)

20 April 2017

Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage.

Another Moon Called Earth Trailer (1967)

28 July 1967

An early version of Jumpers - nothing happens at random - Doollee

Spielberg Trailer (2017)

05 October 2017

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

in side out Trailer (1964)

01 October 1964

The Romantic Englishwoman Trailer (1975)

11 June 1975

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going to overcome his writer's block.

Squaring the Circle Trailer (1984)

23 May 1984

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

A Separate Peace Trailer (2020)

01 May 2020

Set in a private nursing home, The smooth running of the home and the peace of mind of its staff is disrupted by the arrival of a patient, John Brown.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Trailer (1991)

08 February 1991

Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

The Invention of Love Trailer (2001)

29 March 2001

An esoteric play portraying the life of poet A. E. Housman focusing specifically on his personal life and love for a college classmate.

Billy Bathgate Trailer (1991)

01 November 1991

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Have You Got It Yet? The true Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd Trailer (2023)

15 May 2023

Follow the moment Barrett was kicked out of Pink Floyd, from the narrative of him going from groundbreaking musician to iconic rocker and manic, unstable star.

Neutral Ground Trailer (1968)

02 December 1968

An allied agent is sent out into an obscure country to find a Russian Agent who has been thrown out of Russia for defection.

Largo Desolato Trailer (1990)

20 April 1990

A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion.

Despair Trailer (1978)

20 September 1978

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career which ended all too soon with his untimely death.

Travesties Trailer (1976)

31 December 1976

The play centres on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time.

The Boundary Trailer (1975)

26 July 1975

A lexicographer's room gets trashed and notes scattered just as he was in the process of compiling a dictionary.

Poodle Springs Trailer (1998)

25 July 1998

Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

The Merchant of Venice Trailer (2005)

06 October 2005

A BBC schools programme broadcast about Tom Stoppard’s abridged version of the play which was performed by the National Youth Theatre at the Royal Opera House in London.