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Sam Waterston
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Sam Waterston - what members say
review by Moveejunkee from London
It could have been a great film! 27 October 2010
review by Zamy from London
Play the opposite Mia! 7 January 2005
review by McClennan from St Helens
I'm told the book is much better 6 June 2005
Sam Waterston - filmography
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Masters Of Science Fiction
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Anne Heche, Terry O'Quinn, Sean Astin
Director: Jonathan Frakes, Darnell Martin, Mark Rydell
Certificate: 
Taking the phenomenally-successful MASTERS OF HORROR as its cue, MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION unites some of the genre's most revered names, including John Kessel, Robert A. Heinlein, Howard Fast, Walter Mosley, Robert Sheckley and Harlen Ellison. Episodes include: 'A Clean Escape', Jerry Was A Man', ..read more »
 
58%
from 217 members
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Le Divorce
(2003)
Starring: Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close
Director: James Ivory
Certificate:
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 »
43%
from 6,179 members
Not currently released
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Serial Mom
(1994)
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake
Director: John Waters
Certificate: 
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 »
61%
from 3,973 members
Not currently released
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The Enemy Within
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany
Director: Jonathan Darby
Certificate:
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.
50%
from 73 members
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David's Mother
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Kirstie Alley, Sam Waterston, Stockard Channing
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
Certificate: 
In this made-for-TV drama, Kirstie Alley stars as Sally Goodson, a sassy, single mother whose life is largely spent caring for her autistic son, David (Michael J. Goorjian). However, her involvement in David's life pushes away everyone else around her, can she develop a life of her own?
55%
from 84 members
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The Man In The Moon
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Robert Mulligan
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Robert Mulligan's graceful coming-of-age drama, set in rural Louisiana in 1957, explores the change in the relationship between two sisters when both fall for the handsome new boy next door, Court Foster (Jason London). The younger sister, 14-year-old Dani (Reese Witherspoon), gains Court's ..read more »
63%
from 732 members
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Mindwalk
(1990)
Starring: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra
Certificate: 
A fictionalized depiction of the ecological and holistic teachings of the philosopher Fritjof Capra filmed by his brother Bernt, Mindwalk consists almost entirely of the verbal interplay between its three archetypal characters, physicist Sonia (Liv Ullmann), conservative politician Jack (Sam ..read more »
60%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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Crimes And Misdemeanors
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Martin Landau, Claire Bloom, Anjelica Huston
Director: Woody Allen
Certificate: 
In CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, Judah Rosenthal is a successful ophthalmologist who is having an affair with Dolores. Dolores threatens to reveal their relationship unless Judah commits to her and leaves his wife. He admits his sin to Ben, a friend, a patient, and a learned rabbi who is losing his ..read more »
70%
from 6,252 members
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Welcome Home
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Certificate:
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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 »
41%
from 67 members
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Nightmare Years
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Mathe Keller, Sam Waterston
Director: Anthony Page
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Based on his bestseller; ‘The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich’, THE NIGHTMARE YEARS is the true story of William Shirer, an American journalist in 1930s Germany.
63%
from 113 members
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Hostile Witness
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Robert Davi, Ron Leibman
Director: Jeff Bleckner
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Emmy Award winning TV movie in which an Arab terrorist is kidnapped in West Beirut by American special agents and smuggled back to the USA to stand trial under a new federal statute declaring the murder of US citizens overseas a felony. But the accused maintains that he is a freedom fighter, and ..read more »
63%
from 13 members
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Lincoln
(1987)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore
Director: Lamont Johnson
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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 »
39%
from 56 members
Not available for rental
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September
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Mia Farrow, Denholm Elliott, Sam Waterston
Director: Woody Allen
Certificate:
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 »
56%
from 955 members
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Visionaries - Knights Of The Magical Light
(2 discs)
(1985)
Starring: Sam Waterston
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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 »
66%
from 520 members
Not currently released
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The Killing Fields
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Spalding Gray
Director: Roland Joffe
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Roland Joffe's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom ..read more »
73%
from 12,804 members
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The Killing Fields - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Spalding Gray
Director: Roland Joffe
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Roland Joffe's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom ..read more »
88%
from 46 members
Currently unavailable
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Sweet William
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter, Anna Massey
Director: Claude Whatham
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As soon as she meets William (Sam Waterston), Ann (Jenny Agutter) finds herself drawn to him. Their whirlwind romance is rapidly consummated and they decide to live together in Ann's flat. However, Ann soon discovers that William is also in a relationship with her friend Pamela - and is also ..read more »
51%
from 53 members
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Hopscotch
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston
Director: Ronald Neame
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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 »
68%
from 592 members
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Eagle's Wing
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel
Director: Anthony Harvey
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A moving tale of one man's epic battle against the mighty Commanche chief White Bull, and his dramatic transformation from superficial city dweller to a man at one with the earth who finds himself through his quest and love for the wild stallion Eagle's Wing.
56%
from 31 members
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Interiors
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt
Director: Woody Allen
Certificate:
After the tremendous success of ANNIE HALL, Woody Allen took a huge risk and turned serious with INTERIORS, his Bergmanesque masterpiece--a dark, intense look at a family suffocating itself in thoughts of failure and death. Geraldine Page is extraordinary as Eve, a troubled woman who cannot face ..read more »
60%
from 1,470 member
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Capricorn One
(1976)
Starring: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro
Director: Peter Hyams
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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.
67%
from 1,634 member
Currently unavailable
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Capricorn One - Blu-ray
(1976)
Starring: Karen Black, David Doyle, Hal Holbrook
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate:
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.
68%
from 728 members
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The Great Gatsby
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern
Director: Jack Clayton
Certificate:
This third film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel was one of the most hyped movies of the summer of 1974. Robert Redford stars as self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby, who uses his vast (and implicitly ill-gotten) fortune to buy his way into Long Island society. Most of all, Gatsby ..read more »
63%
from 2,105 members
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The Glass Menagerie
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston, Joanna Miles
Director: Anthony Harvey
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An adaptation of the play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of Amanda Wingfield who was abandoned by her husband many years earlier. She dominates her children with stories of her past but her son, Tom, longs to be free from the family while her disabled daughter, Laura, withdraws into a ..read more »
63%
from 309 members
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Rancho Deluxe
on DVD
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley
Director: Frank Perry
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Off-beat comedy story of two modern day rustlers who are living off illegal pickings from a wealthy rancher. Tired of being victimised, the rancher hires a private eye to bring them to justice... But they have other ideas...
52%
from 99 members
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Oppenheimer
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Sam Waterston, Peter Banks, David Baxt
Director: Barry Davis
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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 »
66%
from 103 members
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Sam Waterston facts
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...lm in my opinion with the chief protaganist for my belief being its lead actor, Sam Waterston. I have read that quality actors like Hoffman were very interested in the role ...
