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  • September
  • September review by Zamy from London
    Rated - 3 stars Play the opposite Mia! 7 January 2005
    ...o wear. Yeah, these two women really do have to get a life. But would you chose Sam Waterston as your lover on his showing here? Check it out and see, ladies. ...  
  • The Great Gatsby
  • The Great Gatsby review by McClennan from St Helens
    Rated - 3 stars I'm told the book is much better 6 June 2005
    ... must be alone in thinking that, after seeing this and The Killing Fields, that Sam Waterston is a terrible actor. ...  
  • Nightmare Years
  • Nightmare Years review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 4 stars Journalists juggle gingerly in Germany! 14 January 2009
    ...n Journalist Bill Shirer and his Austrian born wife Tess was up to the mark. Sam Waterston as Shirer is brilliant and is ably assisted by Marthe Keller playing Tess. The...  

Sam Waterston - filmography


  • Le Divorce on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kate Hudson,  Naomi Watts,  Glenn Close
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    LE DIVORCE, based on the novel by Diane Johnson, is a contemporary Merchant/Ivory production that explores the fundamental differences between Americans and the French, especially in matters of the heart and manners. Isabel (Kate Hudson) is a brash, outspoken Californian who travels to Paris to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 5,759 members
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  • The Enemy Within on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Sam Waterston,  Dana Delany
    Director: Jonathan Darby
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to overthrow the U.S. government. Loyal to the president despite huge cuts in military budgets, the officer puts everything he has on the line to try and stop the coup.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 58 members
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  • Serial Mom on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Sam Waterston,  Ricki Lake
    Director: John Waters
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Happy homemaker Beverly Sutphin (Kathleen Turner) has a charmed life--a beautiful suburban home, a successful dentist husband (Sam Waterston), and two normal teenagers, Misty (Ricki Lake) and Chip (Matthew Lillard). But she also has a good deal of underlying rage waiting to escape....Just be sure ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,686 members
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  • Welcome Home on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  JoBeth Williams,  Sam Waterston
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 1970, Air Force Pilot Robbins was shot down over Cambodia. The U.S. Military identified the body and sent it home for burial. Ever since his family have struggled to rebuild their lives. Now seventeen years later Pilot Robbins is back to discover the wife he left behind and the son he never knew ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 56 members
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  • Lincoln on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Mary Tyler Moore
    Director: Lamont Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the novel by Gore Vidal, this is the story of the American President Abraham Lincoln, and is seen through his eyes. He became the great man who finally abolished slavery, the man who had a dream of what his country could be - the United States - and lived just long enough to see his vision ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 52 members
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  • September on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Mia Farrow,  Denholm Elliott,  Sam Waterston
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In a serene Vermont country house, six people share their dreams, their fears, and their desires, as secrets are revealed and trusts broken. The cast is led by Mia Farrow, who plays Lane, a woman who has never fully dealt with a long-ago shooting. Elaine Stritch plays Diane, Lane's mother, who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 776 members
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  • Visionaries - Knights Of The Magical Light (2 discs) on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Sam Waterston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A cult 1980s animated sci-fi series, VISIONARIES, is set on a post-apocalyptical Earth. The Spectral Knights and the Darkling Lords are at war for dominance, a war of good against evil. The great wizard Merklynn gives fourteen surviving knights the power of transformation and magical energy. Now ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 461 members
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  • Hopscotch on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Walter Matthau,  Glenda Jackson,  Sam Waterston
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Miles Kendig is a veteran CIA agent who finds himself reduced to a desk job after the arrival of new boss Myerson. Refusing to take it lying down he disappears and begins to write his memoirs, threatening to lift the lid on the world's top intelligence agencies. He soon has both the CIA and the KGB ..read more »
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  • Capricorn One on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Elliott Gould,  James Brolin,  Brenda Vaccaro
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The government attempts to fake a mission to Mars, but when the astronauts learn that part of the scenario includes a 'tragic accident' on the way home, they attempt an escape. A forerunner of the non-stop action suspense movie with terrific aerial stunts and an all-star cast.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,309 member
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  • Oppenheimer (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Peter Banks,  David Baxt
    Director: Barry Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Although it's not a mantle many would wear easily, there can be little doubt that J. Robert Oppenheimer is largely responsible for the development of the Atomic Bomb. As overseer of the infamous Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer helped usher in the nuclear age, and the ultimate deployment of the first ..read more »
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  • Welcome Home to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  JoBeth Williams,  Sam Waterston
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 88 minutes
    Jake Robbins (Kristofferson) was shot down over Cambodia while serving in the Air Force and presumed dead by his wife Sarah (Williams). In fact, Jake was captured and then he escaped, with the help of Leang, a Khmer Rouge peasant. Although they are on opposite sides Jake and Leang develop an ..read more »
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Sam Waterston facts

5 most recent films

Masters Of Science Fiction - 3.0 stars
Le Divorce - 2.0 stars
The Proprietor - 2.5 stars
Law And Order - Sixth Series - 4.0 stars
The Journey Of August King - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Law And Order - Fifth Series - 4.0 stars
Law And Order - Sixth Series - 4.0 stars
The Killing Fields - 3.5 stars
Crimes And Misdemeanors - 3.5 stars
Oppenheimer - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Proprietor - 2.5 stars
Sweet William - 2.5 stars
Swimming To Cambodia - 3.0 stars
Hostile Witness - 3.5 stars
Lincoln - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Spalding Gray - 4 times - show films
Mia Farrow - 3 times - show films
Brenda Vaccaro - 3 times - show films
Karen Black - 3 times - show films
Elliott Gould - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Hyams - 3 times - show films
Woody Allen - 3 times - show films
Roland Joffe - 3 times - show films
Franklin J. Schaffner - 2 times - show films
Jace Alexander - 2 times - show films


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