Also with Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman, Giancarlo Esposito, Brian Murray, and Ray Wise.

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The one exception is Laura (Rachel Hurd-Wood), whose father (Alan Rickman) does everything to protect her from the killer.

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But that is to sleight the contributions of Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and so many others.

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The talents of Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson and Kristen Scott-Thomas nevertheless conspire with Mr Minghella's bravura film-making technique to crush the play's humours.

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This is not to suggest the Bard of Hogwarts is up there with the Bard of Avon, only that her words turn into music coming out of the mouths of such performers as Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane and Miranda Richardson.

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