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Shepard to be honoured in New York -
5 September 2011
-Playwright/actor Sam Shepard is to be honoured with the first Ellen Stewart Award in New York.-Shepard will pick up the honour at the La MaMa 50 Gala at the Ellen Stewart Theatre in October (11).- Stewart, the founder and artistic director of La MaMa, died in Janua
Sam Shepard - what members say
review by Lowki from UK
Reach for the Stars 18 June 2004
review by from Reading
superb photography, stilted story 13 August 2004
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Bourne again? 10 February 2012
Sam Shepard - filmography
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Darling Companion
(2012)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Certificate: 
In Darling Companion, Beth saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway on a wintry day in Denver. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after their daughter'..read more »
 
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Blackthorn - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Dominique McElligott, Sam Shepard, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Director: Mateo Gil
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Longtime screenwriter Mateo Gil (Open Your Eyes, The Sea Inside) returns to the director's chair for his second feature, a continuation of the Butch Cassidy saga that finds the famed outlaw embarking on one last adventure in the quest to meet his son for the very first time. Twenty years after he ..read more »
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from 3 members
Due for release on 4th June 2012
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Blackthorn
(2011)
Starring: Dominique McElligott, Sam Shepard, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Director: Mateo Gil
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Longtime screenwriter Mateo Gil (Open Your Eyes, The Sea Inside) returns to the director's chair for his second feature, a continuation of the Butch Cassidy saga that finds the famed outlaw embarking on one last adventure in the quest to meet his son for the very first time. Twenty years after he ..read more »
60%
from 5 members
Due for release on 4th June 2012
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Inhale
(2010)
Starring: Diane Kruger, Dermot Mulroney, Rosanna Arquette
Director: Baltasar Kormakur, Baltasar Kormákur
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In a desperate attempt to save their daughter Chole from a rare disease, Paul (Dermot Mulroney) and Diane (Diane Kruger) go to dangerous lengths to find her a lung donor. Paul and Diane find themselves involved in the middle of a criminal underworld medical ring in Mexico. As Paul races against the ..read more »
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from 15 members
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Inhale - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Diane Kruger, Dermot Mulroney, Rosanna Arquette
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
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In a desperate attempt to save their daughter Chole from a rare disease, Paul (Dermot Mulroney) and Diane (Diane Kruger) go to dangerous lengths to find her a lung donor. Paul and Diane find themselves involved in the middle of a criminal underworld medical ring in Mexico. As Paul races against the ..read more »
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from 3 members
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Brothers
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Captain Sam Cahill is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic ..read more »
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from 24,448 members
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Brothers - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Captain Sam Cahill is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic ..read more »
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from 6,540 members
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Felon
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff, Harold Perrineau
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
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Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff, Harold Perrineau, Jr. and Sam Shepard star in this prison drama, the story of a family man who is convicted of murder for killing an intruder who enters his home, threatening the lives of his wife and son. As he struggles to survive the violent penal system which includes ..read more »
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from 9,399 members
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Felon - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff, Harold Perrineau
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
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After the system fails Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff), a man who inadvertently killed an intruder in his home while justly protecting his wife and son, the family man faces three years in a maximum security prison where every rule he has ever lived by is thrown out the window. To make matters worse, ..read more »
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from 2,539 members
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The Accidental Husband
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director: Griffin Dunne
Certificate: 
Dr. Emma Lloyd (Thurman) is a popular New York radio DJ, whose practical love advice is listened to and loved by women everywhere! Off-air, her own love life is running smoothly with Emma planning her wedding to her dependable fiance Richard (Firth). That is until she makes the shocking discovery ..read more »
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from 40,842 members
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The Return
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard, Darrian McClanahan
Director: Asif Kapadia
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Joanna Mills (Gellar) is haunted by increasingly terrifying visions where she can see and feel the brutal murder of a woman she's never met. With her life spiralling out of control, she follows the relentless nightmares to an eerie small town in Texas - a place where secrets can't be buried, a ..read more »
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from 7,720 members
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Stealth
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joshua Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
Director: Rob Cohen
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This high-action flight movie centres on a team of three sexy stealth bomber pilots who are forced to fly with EDI (Extreme Deep Invader), a computer-manned prototype plane that specialises in extra-precision bombing. The brainchild of a Bill Gates-esque wunderkind (Richard Roxburgh), EDI has the ..read more »
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from 40,161 members
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Don't Come Knocking
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann
Director: Wim Wenders
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Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child ..read more »
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from 1,342 member
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Blind Horizon
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard
Director: Michael Haussman
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A thriller that resurrects the Hollywood trope of a protagonist with amnesia, BLIND HORIZON injects the cliche with new life by asking pertinent questions about the nature of personal responsibilty. Frank (Val Kilmer, THE MISSING) awakens in the desert with a severe head wound, and no memory of how ..read more »
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from 4,677 members
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Leo
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, Justin Chambers
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
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A young boy who's been alienated by his mother comes into contact with a gifted writer who is released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence. An incredible bond is formed between man and boy as the ex convict is forced to face his past mistakes and make the choices that will save his new ..read more »
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from 73 members
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The Pledge
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren, Michael O'Keefe
Director: Sean Penn
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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 »
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from 3,487 members
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Black Hawk Down
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Ridley Scott
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On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk ..read more »
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from 30,335 members
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Swordfish
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
Director: Dominic Sena
Certificate:
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Star John Travolta revisits the grinning villain territory he explored in BROKEN ARROW and FACE/OFF with this stylish, supercharged techno-thriller. He plays Gabriel, a charismatic, fast-living mystery man who, with help from his right-hand woman, Ginger (Halle Berry), recruits ex-con and former ..read more »
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Swordfish - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
Director: Dominic Sena
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Watch now: £2.49
Star John Travolta revisits the grinning villain territory he explored in BROKEN ARROW and FACE/OFF with this stylish, supercharged techno-thriller. He plays Gabriel, a charismatic, fast-living mystery man who, with help from his right-hand woman, Ginger (Halle Berry), recruits ex-con and former ..read more »
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from 3,484 members
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Black Hawk Down - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk ..read more »
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from 5,406 members
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Swordfish - HD
(2001)
Starring: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
Director: Dominic Sena
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Star John Travolta revisits the grinning villain territory he explored in BROKEN ARROW and FACE/OFF with this stylish, supercharged techno-thriller. He plays Gabriel, a charismatic, fast-living mystery man who, with help from his right-hand woman, Ginger (Halle Berry), recruits ex-con and former ..read more »
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All The Pretty Horses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
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from 1,674 member
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Hamlet
(2000)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Shepard
Director: Michael Almereyda
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Ethan Hawke stars in this modern update of Shakespeare's classic play. He portrays a young filmmaker in New York City who struggles to gain power of his deceased father's company, even as the new boss (Kyle MacLachlan) manages to take total control of the proceedings. Michael Almereyda's (NADJA) ..read more »
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from 868 members
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The Only Thrill
(1997)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Diane Lane
Director: Peter Masterson
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Academy Award winner Diane Keaton (The First Wives Club, Annie Hall) and Sam Shepard (Steel Magnolias) are paired as two ill-fated lovers who risk a chance at happiness for fear of commitment. Reece McHenry (Shepard) runs a clothing store where he meets Carol (Keaton), a seamstress and single ..read more »
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from 30 members
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Safe Passage
(1994)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard, Nick Stahl
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
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A mother with seven sons feels like she's losing control of her life and her family. But personal pain and a troubled marriage fade into the background as news comes that one of her sons might have died in an accident.
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Silent Tongue
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates
Director: Sam Shepard
Certificate:
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Silent Tongue was the last River Phoenix film to be released - a year after his premature death - and has never been out before on UK DVD. Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, the film is a haunting Western about a plainsman who will do anything to help his son get over the ..read more »
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from 671 members
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The Pelican Brief
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Embroiled in an affair with Thomas Callahan (Sam Shephard), her alcoholic professor, precocious 24-year-old Tulane University law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes up an insightful theory about the recent murder of two Supreme Court justices, one of whom, Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn), ..read more »
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from 9,047 members
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The Pelican Brief - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Julia Roberts (ERIN BROCKOVICH) stars in THE PELICAN BRIEF as sharp law student Darby Shaw whose querying mind gets her into trouble. A faithful adaptation of John Grisham's (THE FIRM) best-selling novel, this taut thriller follows the travails that beset Shaw when her theory on the cause of the ..read more »
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from 695 members
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Steel Magnolias
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton
Director: Herbert Ross
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The title refers to those seemingly frail Southern belles who survive any and all deprivations through whims of iron. Robert Harling's original stage play was set exclusively in a Louisiana beauty parlor where an all-female cast of characters laughed, cried and compared menfolk. The film expands ..read more »
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from 8,234 members
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Baby Boom
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Zoe Wanamaker
Director: Charles Shyer
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When J.C. Wiatt, a total workaholic in charge of her life and career, inherits a 13-month-old baby girl, she finds her life is no longer her own. Fleeing the city and moving to the country, J.C. and Elizabeth market their own applesauce, which becomes a nationwide success. But do they return to the ..read more »
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from 2,601 members
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Crimes Of The Heart
(1986)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Crimes of the Heart tells the story of three eccentric southern sisters - Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek), whose lives reunite after a long separation. Lenny, the eldest has never married and cares for her ailing grandfather. Meg has had a string of boyfriends and ..read more »
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Fool For Love
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Randy Quaid
Director: Robert Altman
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Dramatic story of the complex, passionate relationship between a cowboy drifter and his long-time love. Set in barren New Mexico, in the neon-lit confines of the seedy El Royale motel.
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The Right Stuff
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid
Director: Philip Kaufman
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This epic chronicle of the seven pilots chosen to become astronauts for Project Mercury is based on the novel by Tom Wolfe (THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES) and directed by visionary filmmaker Philip Kaufman (QUILLS, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING).Deep in the desert during the 1950s, army test ..read more »
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Frances
(1982)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
Director: Graeme Clifford
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This is the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, and her later downfall and ill health which were the result of blacklisting. An inspirational account of the life and career of a woman of courage.
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Days Of Heaven
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Brooke Adams
Director: Terrence Malick
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Terrence Malick's follow-up to BADLANDS is an exquisitely photographed story of a group of early-20th-century itinerant workers who find themselves entangled in a deadly love triangle. Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams) are lovers who are forced to flee Chicago after Bill accidentally ..read more »
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Bronco Bullfrog
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Del Walker, Ann Gooding, Sam Shepard
Director: Barney Platts-Mills
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A leading cult film of the 1960s and one of the finest records of Mod culture in British cinema, Bronco Bullfrog was largely improvised by a non-professional cast of teenagers from Stratford, East London, and is loosely based on events taken from the actors' lives. Seventeen-year-old Del and ..read more »
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Bronco Bullfrog - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Del Walker, Ann Gooding, Sam Shepard
Director: Barney Platts-Mills
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Set in the East End of London at the tail end of the 60s; BRONCO BULLFROG is the story of a young couple who decide to run away when their parents disapprove of their growing love for each other. They decide to hole up with Joe 'Bronco Bullfrog' who is in hiding after going on the run from Borstal. ..read more »
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Stealth - Blu-ray
Starring: Joshua Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
This high-action flight movie centres on a team of three sexy stealth bomber pilots who are forced to fly with EDI (Extreme Deep Invader), a computer-manned prototype plane that specialises in extra-precision bombing. The brainchild of a Bill Gates-esque wunderkind (Richard Roxburgh), EDI has the ..read more »
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Sam Shepard facts
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...with a mature and intellgient approach and with an all star cast (Ed Harris and Sam Shepard are both excellent but Dennis Quaid's cocky pilot steals the show)
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