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Filmography

Leonard Jackson - filmography


  • The Color Purple on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Danny Glover,  Whoopi Goldberg,  Oprah Winfrey
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Whoppi Goldberg (GHOST, SISTER ACT), in her impressive screen debut, as Celie, a sharecropper's daughter living in rural Georgia. The film opens in 1909 when Celie is a young girl, a victim of incest, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10,245 members
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  • Brother From Another Planet (1984)
    Starring: Jane Halleran,  Joe Morton,  Darryl Edwards
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this offbeat fantasy tale, Sayles takes a look through the eyes of a black extraterrestrial (Joe Morton) who crash-lands on Earth - in Harlem - and is taken in by the regulars of a local bar. The alien changes everyone he meets on his journey through the streets of Urban America. But can his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 107 members
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  • Lianna (1983)
    Starring: Linda Griffiths,  Jane Hallaren,  Jon DeVries
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this moving and compassionate film, Sayles presents a sympathetic, realistic portrait of Lianna, a young wife and mother who leaves her husband for another woman and embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery. Lianna must face the anger and confusion of her husband as well as the raised ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 106 members
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  • Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
    Starring: Bruce MacDonald,  Maggie Renzi,  Adam LeFevre
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this his directoria debut, John Sayles looks at seven friends who reunite ten years after their radical college days for a dramatic, poignant and revelatory weekend. Return of the Secaucus 7 inspired the later hit film The Big Chill and heralded the arrival of a brilliant new force in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 103 members
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  • John Sayles Collection (3 discs)
    Starring: Jane Halleran,  Darryl Edwards,  David Strathairn
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This boxset brings together three early films from John Sayles, one of the foremost American Independent directors working today. Never before available in the UK, these films are characterised by their nuanced observations, humanity and irrepressible sense of independence, forming the foundations ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 306 members
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Leonard Jackson facts

5 most recent films

The Les Quis - 4 x 4 Challenge - 3.0 stars
The Color Purple - 3.5 stars
The Color Purple - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Brother From Another Planet - 3.5 stars
Lianna - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Color Purple - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Color Purple - 3.5 stars
Brother From Another Planet - 3.5 stars
Return of the Secaucus Seven - 3.5 stars
John Sayles Collection - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Les Quis - 4 x 4 Challenge - 3.0 stars
Lianna - 3.0 stars
John Sayles Collection - 3.0 stars
Return of the Secaucus Seven - 3.5 stars
Brother From Another Planet - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Margaret Avery - 4 times - show films
Bruce MacDonald - 4 times - show films
Maggie Renzi - 4 times - show films
Adolph Caesar - 4 times - show films
Oprah Winfrey - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Sayles - 4 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 4 times - show films