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Richard Linklater - what members say


  • Slacker
  • Slacker review by Geoff#26 from STRATHAVEN
    Rated - 2 stars 6 November 2004
    ...I love Richard Linklater, one of the kings of dialogue and charactarisation. By it's nature, this film has to rely entirely on it's dialogue - which i'm sad to say is mostly dir...  
  • Waking Life
  • Waking Life review by Alf0d from West Midlands
    Rated - 4 stars Interesting 26 October 2005
    ...ly innovative movies are always a draw for me and I was intrigued to learn that Richard Linklater had brought out a full length movie in which live action had been rotoscope-ani...  
  • Dazed And Confused
  • Dazed And Confused review by tbanks from greater london
    Rated - 2 stars Vicarious nostalgia 22 April 2004
    ...s, premature pregnancy, violence and crime. All very scary. But in his film, Richard Linklater (director) does something unusual, attempting to capture that peculiar boredom/...  

Richard Linklater - filmography


  • Me and Orson Welles (2008)
    Starring: Ben Chaplin,  Claire Danes,  Zac Efron
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: TBC
    New York, 1937: RICHARD SAMUELS (17) is bored with school and dreams of treading the boards on Broadway. After a chance encounter with a theatre company outside a derelict theatre, The Mercury, Richard soon finds himself inside chatting with Orson Welles, the Director of Broadways first ..read more »
    Rate this: 5.0 100% from 1 members
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  • The Bad News Bears on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Greg Kinnear,  Marcia Gay Harden
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: TBC
    Billy Bob Thornton delivers a wickedly funny performance in this hilarious hit from the director of School of Rock. Morris Buttermaker (Thorton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a srtuggling Little League team called the Bears. What he gets is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 58% from 258 members
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  • Before Sunset on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Julie Delpy
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 15
    When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the spontaneous and unexpected in Vienna, ended on a train platform where they swore they'd meet again six ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 69% from 2,797 members
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  • School Of Rock on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: PG
    SCHOOL OF ROCK is a hilarious romp that parents will enjoy as much as their children. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who doesn't seem to be rocking much of anything these days. Kicked out of the band that he started and about to be kicked out of his apartment, Dewey pretends ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 5,805 members
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  • Tape on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Uma Thurman,  Robert Sean Leonard
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 15
    Richard Linklater, known for directing films that take place over a one-day period (SLACKER, DAZED AND CONFUSED, BEFORE SUNRISE), magnifies that concept even further with TAPE. Adapted from the Stephen Belber play, TAPE takes place in a Lansing, Michigan hotel room, where two old friends reunite ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 61% from 287 members
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Richard Linklater - downloads


  • A Scanner Darkly for Download (2006)
    Starring: Robert Downey Jr.,  Winona Ryder,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 15
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 96 minutes
    Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel is a challenging, mind-bending experience that cautions about the dangers of excessive drug use as well as the government's capacity to abuse and manipulate power. Using the same interpolated rotoscoping technique that Linklater ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 64% from 114 members
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  • Bad News Bears for Download (2005)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 12
    Rent from: £2.99
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 113 minutes
    Billy Bob Thornton delivers a wickedly funny performance in this hilarious hit from the director of School of Rock. Morris Buttermaker (Thorton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a srtuggling Little League team called the Bears. What he gets is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 43% from 3 members
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  • School Of Rock for Download (2004)
    Starring: Jack Black,  Joan Cusack,  Mike White
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £6.99
    Run time: 105 minutes
    SCHOOL OF ROCK is a hilarious romp that parents will enjoy as much as their children. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who doesn't seem to be rocking much of anything these days. Kicked out of the band that he started and about to be kicked out of his apartment, Dewey pretends ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 77% from 37 members
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  • Waking Life for Download (2001)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Steven Soderbergh
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Buy from: £5.99
    Run time: 101 minutes
    Director Richard Linklater presents this computer-animated, dreamlike, meandering film about a college-age man Wiley Wiggins who floats in and out of a series of philosophical discussions and ethereal experiences, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way. Each character that Wiley ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 90% from 4 members
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  • The Newton Boys for Download (1997)
    Starring: Skeet Ulrich,  Ethan Hawke,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Richard Linklater
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Buy from: £5.99
    Run time: 117 minutes
    Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater's lighthearted Western tells the true story of the Newton brothers, who are regarded as the most successful bank robbers in the history of the United States. The time is the early 1920s and the place is Texas. When Willis Newton (Matthew McConaughey) returns from a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 50% from 4 members
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Richard Linklater facts

5 most recent films


Me and Orson Welles - 5.0 stars
Fast Food Nation - 3.0 stars
A Scanner Darkly - 3.0 stars
The Bad News Bears - 2.5 stars
Before Sunset - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


School Of Rock - 3.5 stars
Before Sunrise - 3.5 stars
Dazed And Confused - 3.5 stars
Waking Life - 3.0 stars
Before Sunset - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Dazed And Confused - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Me and Orson Welles - 5.0 stars
The Bad News Bears - 2.5 stars
Tape - 2.5 stars
The Newton Boys - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Ethan Hawke - 9 times - show films
Adam Goldberg - 4 times - show films
Julie Delpy - 4 times - show films
Steven Soderbergh - 3 times - show films
Greg Kinnear - 3 times - show films