Iris

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Release year: 2001

Storyline

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.

Top credits

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Did you know

• This is the second movie to have two actresses nominated for an Academy Award for playing the same role in the same movie. The first was Titanic (1997). In both movies, Kate Winslet played the younger version in the dual-nominee role.

• Timothy West (Older Maurice) and Samuel West (Young Maurice) are father and son.

• Kate Winslet has appeared nude in several of her movies, but most notably in this movie, in which she plays young Iris Murdoch. Despite her willingness to act in the buff when the role calls for it, Kate isn't exactly fond of the awkward scenes. "I hate it! Listen, make no mistake, I just get on it", she said in an interview with V Magazine. "I just go in and say 'Oh f*ck let's do it' and boom. If you complain about it or procrastinate, it's not going to go away. It's a profoundly bizarre thing to do. As actors you talk about it all the time. You can literally be tangled in sheets, and you turn to the other actor and say 'What the f*ck are we doing?' Dear Mum, at work today I had so-and-so's left nut sack pressed against my cheek. It's sort of unethical if you think about it in those terms."

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $5,594,617

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $23,144 (2001-12-16)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Dolby Digital

Aspect ratio

1.85 : 1

Color

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