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Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

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  • Alien
  • Alien review by from Hertfordshire
    Rated - 5 stars No Phone Home! 1 November 2004
    ...ialogue (not forgetting the wonderful banter between Brett and Parker played by Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Kotto) and unnerving imagery all add up to make this compulsive view...  
  • Paris, Texas
  • Paris, Texas review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars a Wim Wenders classic 24 September 2004
    ...one of Harry Dean Stanton's great performances, and a moving story of family breakdown and attempted reconciliation. Ry Cooder's soundtrack for this movie is moody and underst...  

Harry Dean Stanton - filmography


  • Sonny on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  James Franco,  Mena Suvari
    Director: Nicolas Cage
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nicholas Cage's directorial debut SONNY is the story of a young man (James Franco) who returns to the life he left behind in New Orleans after a brief stint in the Army. That life, provided by his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), is one of small-time prostitution: mum is a madam, and Sonny has been ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 687 members
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  • The Pledge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Helen Mirren,  Michael O'Keefe
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Sean Penn's (THE INDIAN RUNNER, THE CROSSING GUARD) third film features Jack Nicholson as Jerry Black, a retired detective whose final case ultimately causes his slow descent into madness. In the midst of his retirement party, Black decides to join Detective Stan Krolak (Aaron Eckhart) on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,667 members
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  • Green Mile, The - BLU-RAY Version (1999)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Michael Clarke Duncan,  Gary Sinise
    Director: Frank Darabont
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, Louisiana, the prisoners rarely make it out alive. Death Row inmate John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan)--a black man convicted of brutally raping and murdering two white girls--strikes up an unusual and profound connection with one of the security guards, Paul ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 160 members
    Due for release on 16th November 2009
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  • A Trick Of The Light on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Nadine Buettner,  Lucie Hurtgen-Skladanowsky
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Weaving together docu-drama, fictional re-enactment and experimental photography, the film is a powerful and beautifully crafted exploration into the early days of German cinema and tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers who invented the Bioskop, the forerunner of the film projector.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 43 members
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  • Blue Tiger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Toru Nakamura,  Ryo Ishibashi
    Director: Norberto Barba
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When her young son is killed by a Japanese assassin with a striking tiger tattoo, a grieving mother (Virginia Madsen) channels her energies and becomes a deadly instrument of vengeance.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 99 members
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  • Man Trouble on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Ellen Barkin,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MAN TROUBLE, the fifth collaboration between Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson, is a comical thriller. Nicholson plays Harry Bliss, who runs a guard dog service and is going through counselling with his wife, Adele(Lauren Tom). A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, and when the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 183 members
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  • Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sheryl Lee,  Moira Kelly,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director David Lynch returns to the Pacific Northwest territory that helped to change the face of television in 1990, making him a household name all across America. A predecessor to that series, FIRE WALK WITH ME recounts the final week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), a sparkling ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,940 members
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  • Wild At Heart on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Laura Dern,  Nicolas Cage,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,290 members
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  • Wings Of Desire on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Peter Falk,  Solveig Dommartin
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 4,984 members
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  • Slam Dance on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Harry Dean Stanton,  Virginia Madsen,  Tom Hulce
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cartoonist C.C. Drood finds himself being framed for five murders. On becoming an amateur detective he enters a maze in which no-one is quite what they seem, not his land-lady, not his friends, not even the police. Fast-paced action thriller.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 37% from 47 members
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  • Pretty In Pink on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Molly Ringwald,  Andrew McCarthy,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two high school students from different social groups fall in love. He's the wealthy campus heart-throb and she's the bright girl from the wrong side of town. As their romance builds, they struggle against mounting pressure to end their relationship.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,212 members
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  • Tokyo-Ga on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chishu Ryu,  Werner Herzog,  Yuuharu Atsuta
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 88 members
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  • Repo Man on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Emilio Estevez,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Otto (Emilio Estevez) is a Los Angeles punk, a loser with no direction and no role models. But he discovers a code of honour and higher purpose when he joins a select group of latter-day knights: the repo men. As a fledging apprentice, Otto slowly learns the ways of these high-caliber, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,865 members
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  • Red Dawn on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  C. Thomas Howell,  Patrick Swayze
    Director: John Milius
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the heartland of America, Russian and Cuban paratroopers begin to drop outside while classes go on in the high school. When the soldiers begin killing everyone in sight, local teens take to the hills to avoid the new totalitarian regime established in their little town and, as we later learn, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,197 members
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  • Paris, Texas on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Dean Stockwell,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,540 members
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  • Escape From New York on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Isaac Hayes,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another John Carpenter cult classic, 'Escape From New York' was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included 'Road Warrior' and 'The Terminator'. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum-security prison, a place where the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,593 members
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  • Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Gerry Bamman,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders,  Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 36 members
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  • Private Benjamin on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Goldie Hawn,  Eileen Brennan,  Armand Assante
    Director: Howard Zieff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the surprise termination of her second marriage, a spoiled Jewish princess joins the Army. Thanks to the doublecrossing recruiter who will do anything to enlist her, she expects her hitch to be a vacation. It's... not. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Actress--Goldie Hawn.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,488 members
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  • Death in Full View (1980)
    Starring: Romy Schneider,  Harvey Keitel,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain he is employed to film a documentary about terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His film would then be shown on the popular TV series "Death Watch", but all does not work out according to plan.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 9 members
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  • Alien on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  John Hurt,  Tom Skerritt
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 48,870 members
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  • The Rose on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Alan Bates,  Frederic Forrest
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this authentic, entertaining, and tragic film, Bette Midler plays Rose, a talented but exhausted, alcoholic rock star whose entire life is controlled by her cutthroat manager, Rudge (Alan Bates). Taking a bleak look at the downside of the music industry, THE ROSE chronicles the precipitous fall ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 826 members
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  • Wise Blood on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Brad Dourif,  John Huston,  Dan Shor
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    War veteran Hazel Motes returns from the war with little waiting for him but the hypocrisies of the over-zealous evangelists that populate his bible-belt hometown. 'Jesus Cares' read the neon-lit signs. With an upbringing of 'fire and brimstone' sermons Hazel has taken enough and so begins his own ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 298 members
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  • The American Friend on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Bruno Ganz,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz), a German art-restorer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when cunning American gangster Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) learns of Jonathan's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,248 member
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  • Farewell My Lovely on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Charlotte Rampling,  John Ireland
    Director: Dick Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This remake of the 1944 film, 'Murder, My Sweet,' also based on the Raymond Chandler novel, concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that he is forced ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 611 members
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  • Cockfighter (1974)
    Starring: Warren Oates,  Richard B. Shull,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Monte Hellman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. After shooting his mouth off one too many times then losing a champion rooster in a casual hotel room cockfight, he swore never to speak again until he's won that award.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 14 members
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  • Dillinger (1973)
    Starring: Warren Oates,  Ben Johnson,  Michelle Phillips
    Director: John Milius
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The first feature film from man's man director Milius is a violent, hard-hitting account of Public Enemy #1, John Dillinger. The last half of his criminal career is dramatically retold until his notorious finale outside the Biograph Theatre.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 32 members
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  • Rebel Rousers (1967)
    Starring: Cameron Mitchell,  Diane Ladd,  Jack Nicholson
    Director: Martin B. Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gang of lawless, unapologetically hedonistic bikers terrorises the countryside, staging a race in which a kidnapped pregnant woman is offered as a trophy. Gritty fare typical of the underground biker films of the early New Hollywood. Shot in 1967, REBEL ROUSERS also features Jack Nicholson as a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
    Due for release on 25th January 2010
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  • Cool Hand Luke on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  George Kennedy,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Stuart Rosenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this classic Southern prison drama, social misfit Lucas Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is incarcerated for a petty crime and sentenced to a chain gang. Luke is a sullen and laconic young man whose cool defiance of the sadistic warden and bullying inmates earns him the title Cool Hand Luke. But as ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 6,258 members
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  • Wim Wenders Collection (10 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,948 member
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Harry Dean Stanton - watch online


  • Pretty in Pink to Watch Now (1986)
    Starring: Molly Ringwald,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Jon Cryer
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 96 minutes
    Teen sensations Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) and Andrew McCarthy (St. Elmo's Fire) drew raves for their starring performances in this hit love story by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off). She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 58 members
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  • Farewell My Lovely to Watch Now (1975)
    Starring: John Ireland,  Sylvia Miles,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Dick Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 95 minutes
    Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe, is involved in a case of deception, double-cross and murder. Moose Malloy is a giant ex-con, fresh out of prison, who wants Marlowe to find his missing sweetheart, Velma. Marlowe winds up lying unconscious on the floor with a dead man next to him. He ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 8 members
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Harry Dean Stanton facts

5 most recent films

Inland Empire - 2.5 stars
Alien Autopsy - 3.0 stars
The Wendell Baker Story - 3.0 stars
Sonny - 2.5 stars
The Pledge - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Green Mile, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Alien Quadrilogy - 4.0 stars
The Green Mile - 4.0 stars
Cool Hand Luke - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Cool Hand Luke - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Till The End Of Night - 3 stars
Slam Dance - 2.0 stars
Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water - 3.0 stars
Straight Time - 3.0 stars
Cockfighter - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dennis Hopper - 13 times - show films
Nastassja Kiniski - 12 times - show films
Solveig Dommartin - 11 times - show films
Lisa Kreuzer - 11 times - show films
Peter Falk - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wim Wenders - 11 times - show films
David Lynch - 5 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films
John Carpenter - 3 times - show films
Andrew Wilson - 2 times - show films