. Elizabeth Hurley
Weight of Water, The (2000) Title: Weight of Water, The Released: 2000 Genre: Thriller Runtime: 113 min Country: USA / France / Canada Language: English Tagline: Hell hath no fury... Plot Summary: A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. Comments: Two couples get on a yacht to (ostensibly) investigate an early American murder. Actually, one of the women is doing the investigation, the others are there to fill needed cypher roles. The characters are so asinine, the dialogue so pretentious, the situations so absurd that I nearly just turned it off. The other part of this movie follows the actual murder, told in a series of flashbacks, broken up by the absurdity that is the modern setting. That movie is actually interesting, if somewhat predictable. The characters have real motivations, and are so much more rounded than their contemporaries, that it kept my interest through the excrutiating crap in between. Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley only partially covering her breasts as she stands up while topless and attempts to catch some papers that are blowing about. We then get a nice shot of her breasts as she lays back down. ..Movie Stills Double Whammy (2001) Buy this film on DVD Buy this film on VHS Title: Double Whammy Released: 2001 Genre: Comedy / Drama Runtime: 100 min Country: USA Language: English Plot Summary: Ray Pluto has horrid memories of watching his wife and child die in a traffic accident. He's also a cop who's the laughingstock of New York City because his back went out while trying to stop a mass murderer - who was then shot by a child. For his back, he gets help from a chiropractor. Meanwhile, a teenager hires thugs to kill her father, who's the super in Ray's apartment building. In the same building, two young men are writing a movie script. Can Ray get past his grief to solve the assault on the super and also return the affections of the chiropractor? Comments: Story of a cop (Dennis Leary) fumbling in his career and then gets involved with solving a crime in his own apartment complex. For some reason Leary and Elizabeth Hurley have a romantic involvement in the movie. It is sort of a Dromedy. In my mind...mostly a comedy but with a dramatic plot. Dennis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley are the main stars...and Leary is above average and Hurley is simply average. It is unfortunate Steve Buscemi didn't have more of a role. But the story is pretty interesting and it is funny in parts (with the exception of the Leary/Hurley relationship sub-plot). By this virtue it is better than 95% of other movies that are out there and thus worth seeing but not getting your hopes up too much. Leary and Buscemi should do more films. Hurley should simply be a model....or perhaps just start playing Goldie Hawn like roles (i.e. purposefully ditsy). Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley her standing in her bra. ..Movie Stills Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley rolling around on the floor with a guy, and then we see her nude as they have sex, giving us a few glimpses of her breasts in the process. ..Movie Stills Available to buy:  Double Whammy (DVD)  Double Whammy (VHS)  Double Whammy (DVD), Movie-Reprint Poster, 26x40 Kill Cruise (1990) Buy this film on DVD Buy this film on VHS Title: Kill Cruise ... aka Skipper, Der Released: 1990 Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller Runtime: 98 min Country: Germany Plot Summary: A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Early into the voyage, they realise that it's not going to be plain sailing. Comments: Kill Cruise is one of those hard to find movies that any Liz Hurley fan must see. An early film in Liz's career, that can only mean one thing. Nudity. Not only do you get to see Liz in the buff, you get to watch two love scenes with her at her best. Patsy Kensit co stars with Liz in this very sexy and dark story. Check it out if you can find a copy. The DVD just recently came out nationwide. Scene Description: Elizabeth doing a stripshow routine from an early film, Kill Cruise. ..Movie Stills ..Movie Stills Available to buy:  Kill Cruise (DVD)  Kill Cruise (VHS) Sharpe's Enemy (1994) Title: Sharpe's Enemy Released: 1994 Genre: Action / War Country: UK Language: English Plot Summary: Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Duclos. Comments: Oncer again, Sharpe's Enemy allows our hero Richard Sharpe, along with his Rifles in support, to save the day. A somewhat contrived plot does not help, but some excellent acting saves the day. Not, one might add, from a certain Liz Hurley! The tragic events towards the end add a poignancy to the Sharpe series that had not really been present before, although this is superbly counter-balanced by the humour of Sharpe's promotion. Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley unbuttoning her dress and briefly exposing her nice breasts as a guy looks on. ..Movie Stills Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) Title: Mad Dogs and Englishmen Released: 1995 Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Romance Runtime: 97 min Country: UK Language: English Tagline: A beautiful woman with a dark secret. A young man searching for the truth. A dangerous game that could kill them both. Plot Summary: Antonia Dyer is young and rich - an aristocatic beauty. But in private she is also a drug addict. Motorcycle messenger Mike Stone becomes involved with her when he delivers a package from Tony Vernon-Smith an aristocratic thug who can 'supply' anything - at a price. Ofcourse money is the one thing Antonia isn't short of. Stringer is a ruthless Drug Squad officer who becomes unhinged when he discovers that his daughter Sandy is also involved with Vernon-Smith's Chelsea drugs scene. A complex story unfolds. Comments: Mad Dogs starts off well-A police raid of a local drug store, but after the first half an hour, it becomes incredibly boring. It focuses on the romance between a hard ass American biker and a lonely druggy. No-one really deserves any real recognition for this, but Jock Ackland is probably better than the rest. Elizabeth Hurley is patchy. In some scenes she does well, but in others you wonder why she is such a big success. Scene Description: Elizabeth removing in a love scene from Mad Dogs and Englishmen. ..Movie Stills Rowing with the Wind (1988) Title: Rowing with the Wind ... aka Remando al viento Released: 1988 Genre: Drama / Romance Runtime: 107 min Country: Spain Language: English Plot Summary: In the summer of 1816, Percy Shelley, his mistress Mary, and her stepsister Claire visit Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron challenges each to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the personification of her imagination is the cause. Against this backdrop, Claire has Byron's baby then is estranged from him and barred from her daughter. Byron and Percy continue their friendship, the one self-centered and decadent, the other wildly idealistic. The Shelleys take up residence near Pisa. Comments: After watching this film, I thought to myself that it was an interesting film, and there were individual scenes which were strong. Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley taking her shirt off and showing her beautiful breasts in an earlier film entitled Rowing with the Wind. ..Movie Stills Aria (1987) Buy this film on DVD Buy this film on VHS Title: Aria Released: 1987 Genre: Comedy / Drama / Music Runtime: 90 min Country: UK Language: Italian / French / German Plot Summary: Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria. Comments: Erotic tension, great arias. I'm an opera buff, and operas are full of sex, blood and death. I am a classical music lover, and I liked this film. Scene Description: Elizabeth Hurley in her very first nude scene as a guy removes her robe and she spins around, giving us a nice look at her breasts. We then see her bare butt as she stands naked and embraces him. ..Movie Stills Available to buy:  Aria (2002 Remastered Version) (DVD)  Aria (VHS)
Trivia Former spokesperson for Estee Lauder. Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#83). [1995] Was considered for a role in _Goldeneye (1995)_ . Back together with former boyfriend Hugh Grant [September 2000] Said she gets her "hot-date look" by eating vast quantities of watercress soup. (May 2001 interview, London's "The Evening Standard") Replaced by supermodel Carolyn Murphy for the lucrative Estee Lauder make up contract (Carolyn Murphy is ten years younger than Liz) Son Damian Charles born 4/4/02 in England. Older sister, Kate, younger brother, Michael. Mother, Angela. She was ranked fourth in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of greatest British film actresses. Godmother of actress Patsy Kensit's son, Lennon Francis Gallagher. Voted the 13th Sexist Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002. Measurements: 36C-23-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Size 6 dress. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Trade mark Her black Versace dress with gold safety pins, which she wore to the premiere of Four weddings and a funeral (1994), accompanied by Hugh Grant. Personal quotes "I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest." "I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe." "A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin." "If Hugh and I split up, I would feel as if my brother had died." "During production, I didnt ever have one minute off to go file my nails, or do anything which girls quite like to do some of the time. I couldnt do anything. I turned into a zombie." "A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin." "Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms." "Hugh [Grant] and I both laugh and cringe at the same things, worship the same books, eat the same food, hate central heating and sleep with the window open. I thought these things were vital, but being two peas in a pod ended up not being enough." "I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave." "I keep getting these extraordinary letters, really weird ones from American sports stars - 'I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink." "I love glamorous women. Hugh adores glamour, as well. I'm completely behind women dressing up and looking as good as they can." "I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest." "I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me." "Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly." "The whole thing with modeling with Estee Lauder - no one could have a better, nicer modeling job." Elizabeth Hurley - Filmography Below is a complete filmography (list of movies she's appeared in) Serving Sara (2002) .... Sara Moore ... aka Mann umständehalber abzugeben! oder: Scheiden ist süß (2003) (Germany) ... aka Scheiden ist süß (2003) (Germany: video title) Bad Boy (2002) .... Anna Lockheart ... aka Dawg (2002) (UK) (USA: TV title) Double Whammy (2001) .... Dr. Ann Beamer Bedazzled (2000) .... The Devil ... aka Teuflisch (2001) (Germany) Weight of Water, The (2000) .... Adaline Gunne ... aka Poids de l'eau, Le (2000) (Canada: French title) (France) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) .... Vanessa Kensington ... aka Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) (USA: video title) Edtv (1999) .... Jill ... aka Ed TV (1999) (USA: poster title) My Favorite Martian (1999) .... Brace Channing ... aka My Favourite Martian (1999) (Australia) Permanent Midnight (1998) .... Sandra Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) .... Vanessa Kensington Dangerous Ground (1997) .... Karin Samson and Delilah (1996) (TV) .... Dalila ... aka Bibel: Samson und Delila, Die (1996) (TV) (Germany) ... aka Sansone e Dalila (1996) (TV) Harrison: Cry of the City (1996) (TV) .... Cecilia Harrison Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) .... Antonia ... aka Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1995) (Canada: English title: video box title) ... aka Shameless (1995/I) Shamrock Conspiracy, The (1995) (TV) .... Cecilia Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV) .... Lady Isabella Farthingdale Beyond Bedlam (1993) .... Stephanie Lyell ... aka Nightscare (1993) Passenger 57 (1992) .... Sabrina Ritchie Largo invierno, El (1991) .... Emma Stapleton ... aka Long Winter of '39, The (1991) ... aka Long Winter, The (1991) Orchid House, The (1991) (TV) .... Natalie Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990) (TV) .... Julia Latham Skipper, Der (1990) .... Lou ... aka Kill Cruise (1990) ... aka Storm, The (1990) Act of Will (1989) (TV) .... Christina Christabel (1988) (TV) .... Christabel Bielenberg Remando al viento (1988) .... Claire Clairmont ... aka Rowing In the Wind (1988) ... aka Rowing with the Wind (1988) Aria (1987) .... Marietta (segment "Die tote Stadt") Elizabeth Hurley - Notable TV Guest Appearances "Tinseltown.TV" (2002) playing "Herself" 8 November 2003 "Today" (1952) playing "Herself" 22 August 2002 "Job, The" (2001) playing "Herself" in episode: "Elizabeth" (episode # 1.2) 21 March 2001 "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) playing "Herself" in episode: "Wetten, dass..? aus Dornbirn" (episode # 1.118) 16 October 1999 "Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing "Herself" 23 September 1996 "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The" (1992) playing "Vicky Prentiss" in episode: "London, May 1916" (episode # 1.2) 11 March 1992 "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1978) playing "Rosie Japhet" in episode: "Rumpole and the Barrow Boy" (episode # 5.2) 30 November 1988 "Inspector Morse" (1987) playing "Julia" in episode: "Last Seen Wearing" (episode # 2.2) 8 March 1988