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  • The West
  • The West review by dodrade from Strabane
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Documentary Masterpiece 6 June 2010
    ... I was to quibble, i'd say the Pony Express and Geronimo are not mentioned, and Peter Coyote's narration, whilst perfectly acceptable, cannot match David McCullough's sonor...   Read customer review
  • Bitter Moon
  • Bitter Moon review by A customer from norfolk
    Rated - 4.5 stars bitter moon 11 July 2010
    ...rt without his usual 'sameness'. Film comes across as a bit dated with the way Peter Coyote voice over tells the story but I liked that- did not need to be so long was the...   Read customer review

Peter Coyote - filmography


  • The Gundown on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  William Shockley,  Andrew Walker
    Director: Dustin Rikert
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Vengeful gunfighter Cole Brandt steps onto the dusty streets of Dead River for one last showdown when a wicked stranger comes to town looking for trouble. With the life of a gorgeous woman and the future of The Majestic Saloon hanging in the balance, deadeye Brand takes aim and pulls the trigger.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 132 members
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  • The Single Woman (2009)
    Starring: Judd Nelson,  Patricia Arquette,  Margot Kidder
    Director: Kamala Lopez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragette, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 5 members
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  • Stealing America: Vote by Vote (2008)
    Starring: Peter Coyote
    Director: Dorothy Fadiman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Stealing America: Vote by Vote" brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S. presidential election of 2004 - plus startling stories from key races in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Unbiased and nonpartisan, the film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don't match votes cast - ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • Hope and Redemption - The Lena Baker Story on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Tichina Arnold,  Beverly Todd,  Michael Rooker
    Director: Ralph Wilcox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A chronicle of the life, trial, and execution of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery. Sixty years after her death, Baker was pardoned posthumously by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 399 members
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  • All Roads Lead Home on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Jason London,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Dennis Fallon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Twelve-year-old Belle loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father Cody struggles to raise his daughter. Her rebellious behavior forces Cody to send Belle to her grandfather's farm to live with him. Belle learns that on a farm, it is the survival of the fittest, but she cannot handle the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 84 members
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  • $5 a Day on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Alessandro Nivola,  Sharon Stone
    Director: Nigel Cole
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Former conman Ritchie (Alessandro Nivola) wants nothing to do with his father Nat (Christopher Walken) - the man that trained him and ultimately landed him in jail. But when he finds out his father is dying, a reluctant Ritchie joins him on a road-trip. As they visit old friends (including an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 276 members
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  • Strange Culture on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Thomas Jay Ryan,  Tilda Swinton,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Part documentary, part drama, this film from Lynn Hershman Leeson (TEKNOLUST) explores the real life horror of artist Steve Kurtz. After the death of his wife, Kurtz endures an invasive FBI investigation that names him as a bioterrorist. STRANGE CULTURE features actors Tilda Swinton and Thomas Jay ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 25 members
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  • Behind Enemy Lines 2 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nicholas Gonzalez,  Matt Bushell,  Peter Coyote
    Director: James Dodson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This action-packed sequel follows a team of Navy Seals on a top-secret mission to North Korea, where they plan to destroy a missile site. But when things don't go as planned, four of the men find themselves stranded, forced to take on rogue elements as they fight their way to safety. First, however,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 7,179 members
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  • Deepwater (2005)
    Starring: Lucas Black,  Peter Coyote,  Mia Maestro
    Director: David S. Marfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    When Nat banyon (Lucas Black) saves the life of a man named Finch (Peter Coyote), his actions are rewarded with a job restoring Finch's crumbling motel in the small town of Deepwater. Soon Nat is consumed by his attraction to Finch's pretty young wife, Iris (Mia Maestro), and a suspicious Finch ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 91 members
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  • A Little Trip to Heaven on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Julia Stiles,  Forest Whitaker,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Baltasar Kormakur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Insurance agent Abe Holt (Forest Whitaker) is investigating the suspicious death of the driver of a burned-out car. Holt has to work out whether the dead man, a conman with a criminal record, could possibly have been the victim of an attempt to swindle the insurance company. When he meets Isolde (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 380 members
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  • Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Beard,  Jim Chanos,  Carol Coale
    Director: Alex Gibney
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Enron's former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling and founder Kenneth Lay have been found GUILTY of conspiracy and fraud following the 15 week trial which involved a total of 54 witnesses and a jury of eight women and four men. The decision came after six days of deliberations, with Kenneth Lay ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 12,333 members
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  • The Great Role (2004)
    Starring: Stéphane Freiss,  Stephane Freiss,  Bérénice Bejo
    Director: Steve Suissa
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 2 members
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  • The Hebrew Hammer on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Adam Goldberg,  Judy Greer,  Andy Dick
    Director: Jonathan Kesselman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The Hebrew Hammer stars Adam Goldberg in the title role of this holiday farce as a handsome Orthodox stud and man of action who is called upon to save Hanukkah. When Santa Claus' evil son Damian (Dick) is pushed over the edge by his father's liberal policies, he murders the Christian patriarch and, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 157 members
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  • Femme Fatale (2002)
    Starring: Rebecca Romijn,  Antonio Banderas,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A contemporary film noir about an alluring seductress named Laure Ash. A sultry former jewel thief and con woman trying to live the straight life, Laure is suddenly exposed to the world--and her enemies--by a voyeuristic photographer, Nicholas Bardo, who takes a sudden interest in her. Seen as a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,837 member
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  • A Walk To Remember on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Shane West,  Mandy Moore,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Landon Carter (Shane West) and his friends are the coolest kids in Beaufort, North Carolina. They wear the right clothes, drive the right cars, and get into just enough trouble to be rebellious. Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore) is the opposite--there doesn't seem to be anything cool about her. The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 5,392 members
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  • ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (2002)
    Starring: Drew Barrymore,  Henry Thomas,  Dee Wallace
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 42,594 members
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  • Northfork on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Anthony Edwards,  Daryl Hannah
    Director: Mark Polish,  Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Polish Brothers conclude their America's Heartland trilogy (TWIN FALLS IDAHO, JACKPOT) with this mesmerizing, surreal drama. It is 1950s Montana, and in two days the small town of Northfork is about to be buried underwater. While most of the residents are willing to accept a forced relocation ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 776 members
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  • Purpose (2002)
    Starring: Jeffrey Donovan,  John Light,  Megan Dodds
    Director: Alan Ari Lazar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    PURPOSE follows the life of John Elias (John Light), the key player in a booming late-1990s dot.com business. As Elias becomes more and more successful, he's blinded by his newfound wealth. Can he stay in the business without selling his soul?
    2 stars out of 5 30% from 8 members
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  • Red Letters on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Nastassja Kinski,  Jeremy Piven
    Director: Bradley Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A university professor embarks on an affair with a convicted murderess, only to become convinced she's been the victim of a frame by a former lover. Soon, he begins a series of dogged attempts to convince a weary police detective of the truth.
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 74 members
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  • A Time For Dancing on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Amy Madigan,  Larisa Oleynik
    Director: Peter Gilbert
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two teenage dancers - easily distracted Sam (Shiri Appleby) and driven Jules (Larisa Oleynik) - must examine their lives and take a closer look at their futures when Jules is diagnosed with cancer. Based on the popular book by Davida Wills Hurwin, A TIME FOR DANCING was directed by HOOP DREAMS ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 184 members
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  • Erin Brockovich on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Cherry Jones,  Peter Coyote,  Conchata Ferrell
    Director: Steven Soderbergh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a world where heroes are often in short supply, the story of Erin Brockovich is an inspirational reminder of the power of the human spirit. Her passion, tenacity and steadfast desire to fight for the rights of the underdog defied the odds, her victory made even more sweet by the fact that while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 20,565 members
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  • Patch Adams on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Monica Potter,  Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tom Shadyac's (ACE VENTURA) film tells the true story of Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams), an aspiring doctor in the 1970s who attempted to treat his patients with a medicine that modern science had totally disregarded: humor. After a stint in a mental hospital where he discovers his need to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,753 members
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  • Route 9 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Peter Coyote,  Amy Locane
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two town deputies discover a van full of drugs and money on a desolate road. They decide to take the cash... A DEA investigation begins and soon the pair are looking for somewhere to run...
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 63 members
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  • Sphere on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Dustin Hoffman,  Samuel L. Jackson
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,451 members
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  • Unforgettable (1997)
    Starring: Ray Liotta,  Linda Fiorentino,  Peter Coyote
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ray Liotta is Dr. David Krane, a man accused of brutally murdering his wife in an alcoholic rage. Linda Fiorentino is a scientific researcher who uncovers an unstable, highly-toxic drug that allow the user to relive the memories of another person. Desperate to find the real killer, Krane injects ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6 members
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  • Top Of The World on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tia Carrere,  Dennis Hopper,  Peter Weller
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rebecca Mercer's (Tia Carrere) ex-cop ex-husband Ray(Peter Weller) goes to Las Vegas to try and win her back after a stint in the slammer. Too bad she's hooked up with bad boy casino owner Charles Atlas (Dennis Hopper), who doesn't waste time making Ray's life hell.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 73 members
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  • The West (4 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Gary Sinise,  Matthew Broderick
    Director: Ken Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Ken Burns' follow-up to his brilliant 'American Civil War' is 'The West' spanning the history of the American West from 1500 to 1914, intricately weaving together evocative and never before seen still photographs and newsreels from 74 different archives, journals, songs and music, diaries and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 914 members
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  • Buffalo Girls on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anjelica Huston,  Melanie Griffith,  Gabriel Byrne
    Director: Rod Hardy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A rollicking, fictionalised account of the life of Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, as she cuts a wide swathe through the Old West. Based on Larry McMurtry's novel, this story also features Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull and other Western legends. Recieved ten Emmy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 168 members
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  • Kika on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Veronica Forque,  Peter Coyote,  Victoria Abril
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Black comedy from Pedro Almodovar about a make-up artist and her relationship with a philandering American writer living in Madrid. Features the usual roster of Almodovar comic stalwarts such as a rapist-thief, a narcoleptic son, a roving camerawoman voyeur, a lesbian housemaid and various ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,949 members
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  • Bitter Moon on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Emmanuelle Seigner,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    On a cruise to Istanbul in celebration of their seventh wedding anniversary, uptight British couple Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) encounter American expatriate Oscar (Peter Coyote), a wheelchair-bound unpublished novelist traveling with his young French wife, Mimi (Emmanuelle ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,331 members
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  • Heart Of Midnight on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh,  Peter Coyote,  Frank Stallone
    Director: Matthew Chapman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carol Rivers is on the hard road to recovery after a serious breakdown when she inherits a nightclub from her uncle. But her plans to revive it are being thwarted. For Carol doesn't know her uncle's secret, and finding out will be terrifying.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 140 members
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  • Echoes In The Darkness on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Stockard Channing,  Gary Cole
    Director: Glenn Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gripping true story which begins in 1979 with the discovery of a naked battered body. A Gothic tale of deception and horror which ends seven years later after one of the biggest homicide investigations in history. Based on the novel 'Echoes In The Darkness' by Joseph Wambaugh.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 73 members
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  • Outrageous Fortune on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Shelley Long,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Arthur Hiller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two struggling actresses are forced together in a dangerous CIA plot that takes them across the country in a wild comic adventure. The objects of their chase - a two-timing romeo and a deadly poisonous bacteria that could destroy the world...
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,515 member
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  • Jagged Edge on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Glenn Close,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Richard Marquand
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this hit thriller, a prosecuting attorney-turned-defense lawyer falls in love with a rich, charming client who's been accused of murdering his wife and her maid with a hunting knife. When an unknown assailant gruesomely slays San Francisco newspaper heiress Paige Forrester (Maria Mayenzet), her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,207 members
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  • Slayground on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Mel Smith,  Billie Whitelaw
    Director: Terry Bedford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A father swears revenge on armed robber, Stone, after his young daughter is killed during his getaway. With an assassin pursuing Stone, the chase gets more complicated as it continues in London.
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 31 members
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  • Southern Comfort on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Keith Carradine,  Powers Boothe,  Fred Ward
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,993 members
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  • Child's Cry on DVD
    Starring: Lindsay Wagner,  Peter Coyote,  Taliesin Jaffe
    Director: Gilbert Cates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A social worker is shocked to discover six year old Eric Townsend alone in the zoo, showing signs of having been molested. As she grows closer to the child, she launches an investigation to expose the truth.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 34 members
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Peter Coyote facts

5 most recent films

The Gundown - 2.5 stars
The Single Woman - 2.5 stars
Stealing America: Vote by Vote - 2.0 stars
Hope and Redemption - The Lena Baker Story - 3.0 stars
Doctor Dolittle 4 - Tail To The Chief - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The 4400 - The Complete First Season - 3.5 stars
The West - 3.5 stars
ET - The Extra-Terrestrial - 3.5 stars
Erin Brockovich - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Erin Brockovich - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Great Role - 1.0 stars
Out - 1.5 stars
Purpose - 2.0 stars
Stealing America: Vote by Vote - 2.0 stars
Slayground - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Morgan Freeman - 7 times - show films
John Carradine - 7 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 7 times - show films
William Petersen - 7 times - show films
Elliott Gould - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Friedkin - 7 times - show films
Wes Craven - 7 times - show films
Paul L - 7 times - show films
Joe Dante - 7 times - show films
Ken Burns - 5 times - show films