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Matt Damon
Born 8 Oct 1970, in Cambridge Massachusetts, Damon's breakthrough was in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting - which he co-directed with fellow star Ben Afleck. The film brought them 9 academy award nominations and an oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The following year Steven Spielberg cast a role in the film Saving Private Ryan.
Since then his roles have been wide and varied earning him praise as one of the best actors in Hollywood. From a bi-sexual murderer in The Talented Mr Ripley to the mysterious assasin in the hugely successful Bourne trilogy. In between which of course he also starred in the Oceans (11,12,13) trilogy.
Other notable films he has appeared in are Scorsese's The Departed as a undercover mobster and De Niro's The Good Shepherd in which he was cast as a CIA agent. There has been much speculation as to whether he would appear in a 4th Bourne movie - a rumour he at first denied - but there has since been confirmation that he will reprise his role again. Although he has yet to comment directly on this move he has been quoted as saying he feels the character has not been put to bed yet. Time will tell..
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Damon's cheap Che cameo -
13 November 2009
-Steven Soderbergh's movie Che was so low budget, Matt Damon used a promotional trip for The Bourne Ultimatum to bag a free flight to Europe to film his part.-
-The moviemaker asked Damon to appear in the biopic, about Latino revolutionary Che Guevara, and he was qu
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Damon's delight at Informant role -
13 November 2009
-Matt Damon was thrilled to land his starring role in The Informant! in 2001 - because he feared his career was over after a string of flop movies.-
-Damon saw his popularity in Hollywood plunge in the early 2000s, and was convinced 2002 film The Bourne Identity wou
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Damon in awe during Mandela visit -
27 October 2009
-Matt Damon is delighted Nelson Mandela paid a visit to the set of his forthcoming movie - because seeing the former South African president meet his young daughters is a memory he will treasure forever.-
-The actor stars in Invictus, based on a book of Mandela's li
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Invictus
(2010)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood
Director: Clint Eastwood
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The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his ..read more »
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Green Zone
(2009)
Starring: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear
Director: Paul Greengrass
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*This title is currently unavailable for rental.*
A thriller about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission. Inspired by Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
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The Informant
(2009)
Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
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62%
from 43 members
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Running The Sahara
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Matt Damon
Director: James Moll
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Narrated by Academy Award winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award winner James Moll, Running The Sahara is an epic true-life story of three men's unprecedented quest.
Exploring the physical and emotional impact of one of greatest tests of strength and determination ever seen. The men ..read more »
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Ocean's Thirteen
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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After their old chum Reuben Tischkoff (Gould) is double-crossed in a business deal and hospitalized, Danny Ocean (Clooney) reconvenes his charming gang of thieves and heads to Las Vegas to gain revenge on the man who put Ruben at death’s door: shark-like hotelier, Willy Bank (Pacino). Their plan is ..read more »
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66%
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The Good Shepherd
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro
Director: Robert De Niro
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Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
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from 42,113 members
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The Departed
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »
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Good Shepherd, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro
Director: Robert De Niro
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Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
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49%
from 79 members
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Departed, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »
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81%
from 2,969 members
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Syriana
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
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60%
from 54,079 members
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Syriana - HD DVD Version
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
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58%
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The Brothers Grimm
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films as Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, sets his sights on the Brothers Grimm, turning their life into a playfully grim fairy tale all its own. Set in early 18th Century French-occupied Germany, The ..read more »
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Brothers Grimm, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films as Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, sets his sights on the Brothers Grimm, turning their life into a playfully grim fairy tale all its own. Set in early 18th Century French-occupied Germany, The ..read more »
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58%
from 1,633 member
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Syriana - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
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60%
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The Bourne Supremacy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles
Director: Paul Greengrass
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Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
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73%
from 111,766 members
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Jersey Girl
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin
Director: Kevin Smith
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Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith's pert one-liners and wryly ironic sense of humour are clearly present in the script, his casting choices (Jennifer Lopez and Ben ..read more »
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58%
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The Third Wheel
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Luke Wilson
Director: Jordan Brady
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Stanley (Luke Wilson) has worked with Diana (Denise Richards) and harbored a crush for a quite a while. When he finally gets the courage to ask for and secure a date with her, he wants everything to go perfectly--but he couldn't have expected the unexpected. On the way to the date, Stanley ..read more »
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Stuck On You
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendez
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
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Following the outrageous comedies THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, SHALLOW HAL, and DUMB AND DUMBER, the Farrelly brothers present yet another hilarious romp with STUCK ON YOU. This time around a couple of conjoined twins (Greg Kinnear and Matt Damon) are the focus, and this premise provides for a ..read more »
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Gerry
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
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In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey ..read more »
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Bourne Identity, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
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85%
from 2,095 members
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
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76%
from 82,841 members
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Bourne Identity, The - HD DVD Version
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
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Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck
Director: Kevin Smith
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Writer-director Kevin Smith's fifth and final installment of his New Jersey Chronicles (which began in 1994 with the breakout, low-budget comedy CLERKS) is a chance for scene-stealing, foulmouthed stoner Jay (Jason Mewes) and his taciturn sidekick/"hetero life mate" Silent Bob (Smith) to carry ..read more »
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Ocean's Eleven
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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On his release from prison Danny Ocean plans robberies of the three biggest casinos in Las Vegas, the owner of which just happens to be the new love-interest of Danny's ex-wife...
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72%
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The Legend Of Bagger Vance
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron
Director: Robert Redford
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THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE, based on the book of the same title by Steve Pressfield, uses golf as the basis for this spiritual tale of friendship, self-discovery, and faith. His incredible prowess at the game of golf makes young Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) the pride of Savannah, Georgia in 1916. ..read more »
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65%
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Titan A.E.
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon, Bill Pullman
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
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Spectacular animation, combining two- and three-dimensional techniques with stunning special effects, is TITAN A.E.'s mark of distinction. Directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman (ANASTASIA) make their first foray into science fiction with this film, which is the first U.S.-produced animated science ..read more »
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from 3,679 members
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All The Pretty Horses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
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Dogma
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Kevin Smith
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Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
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The Talented Mr Ripley
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
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from 12,051 members
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Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
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Rounders
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro
Director: John Dahl
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Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
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Rounders - BLU-RAY Version
(1998)
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro
Director: John Dahl
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Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
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Good Will Hunting
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save ..read more »
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Chasing Amy
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Director: Kevin Smith
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When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ..read more »
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John Grisham's The Rainmaker
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Claire Danes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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John Grisham's novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppola's courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito), defend a leukemia victim against an insurance company ..read more »
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Geronimo - An American Legend
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jason Patric, Wes Studi, Robert Duvall
Director: Walter Hill
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This 1993 revisionist Western tells the story of the white army who came to remove Apache warrior Geronimo (Wes Studi) from his land and the struggles the Native Americans put up in order to keep their land. Led by two Army leaders (Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall), the government tries to extract ..read more »
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Mystic Pizza
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor
Director: Donald Petrie
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In MYSTIC PIZZA, three young women, sisters Daisy (Julia Roberts) and Kat (Annabeth Gish) and their friend Jojo (Lili Taylor), work at a pizza parlor in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut, during the summer after their high-school graduation. Jojo wants to stay in Mystic and take over the ..read more »
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Ocean's Twelve - BLU-RAY Version
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Like its predecessor Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve has a preposterous plot given juice and vitality by the combination of movie star glamour and the exuberant filmmaking skill of director Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight, The Limey). The heist hijinks of the first film come to roost for a team of ..read more »
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Ocean's Eleven - BLU-RAY Version
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Ocean's Eleven improves on the 1960's Rat Pack original with supernova casting, a slickly updated plot and Steven Soderbergh's graceful touch behind the camera. Soderbergh reportedly relished the opportunity "to make a movie that has no desire except to give pleasure from beginning to end", and he ..read more »
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A feel good movie !! 5 August 2004
...'s a tad overly sentimental at times, but this is definitely a must see movie.
Matt Damon is outstanding (he co-wrote the screenplay with co-star Ben Affleck)and we must...
Must see 18 November 2004
