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Neill calls for 'calm' in Hobbit dispute -
7 October 2010
-New Zealand-born actor Sam Neill is urging Hollywood bosses to reach an agreement with actors' unions in the ongoing dispute over The Hobbit movie - insisting the "anger and hysteria" must stop.-
-Filming on the long-gestating Lord Of The Rings prequel has been th
Sam Neill - what members say
review by Alfod from West Midlands
Wholly satisfying, well-rounded movie experience 14 July 2004
review by from Dorset
Elegant Masterpiece 15 March 2005
review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
superb......... 23 January 2007
Sam Neill - filmography
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The Vow
(2012)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange
Director: Michael Sucsy
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A husband endeavors to win back his new bride's heart after she loses her memory in a tragic car accident in this romantic drama starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum.
 
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from 192 members
Due for release on 23rd July 2012
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Daybreakers
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
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from 29,114 members
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Crusoe
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Philip Winchester, Emma Barnett, Richard Bremmer
Director: Alex Chapple, Duane Clark, Helen Shaver
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Author Daniel Dafoe's timeless novel gets the small screen treatment in this television series following a young traveller who winds up shipwrecked on a secluded tropical island for twenty-eight years. Robinson Crusoe left his one true love behind in order to seek out adventure on the open seas, ..read more »
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from 107 members
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Under the Mountain
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Sam Neill, Tom Cameron, Matthew Chamberlain
Director: Jonathan King
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The film adaptation of Maurice Gee's novel of the same name. Teenage twins Rachel (Sophie McBride) and Theo (Tom Cameron) travel to Auckland to stay with relatives following the sudden death of their mother. Staying with their Aunt Kay (Michaela Rooney) and Uncle Cliff (Matt Chamberlain) on Lake ..read more »
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from 1,350 member
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Iron Road
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Director: David Wu
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A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
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from 154 members
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Skin
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
Director: Anthony Fabian
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A dark-skinned girl born to white South African parent attempts to explore her identity in the era of apartheid as her government, her parents, and society as a whole struggle with what it means to the black child of Caucasian descent in a nation deeply divided by race. The year is 1955. Sandra ..read more »
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from 1,790 member
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Dean Spanley
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
Director: Toa Fraser
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Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
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from 4,219 members
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Angel
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Janine Duvitski, Christopher Benjamin, Lucy Russell
Director: Francois Ozon
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Acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon directs this lush adaptation of a novel by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor. ANGEL begins in England in 1905, with the beauty of the title (Romola Garai) ardently pursuing a career as a writer. Her book catches the fancy of the British public, and soon ..read more »
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from 1,817 member
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The Tudors - Series 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Natalie Dormer
Director: Michael Hirst
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Passion, ambition and treachery collide in this compelling, daring, big budget drama about the tumultuous early part of King Henry VIII's infamous 40-year reign...Bold and passionate about his country and his women, King Henry's obsession with ensuring his legacy led to beheading friends and foes, ..read more »
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from 3,605 members
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Merlin's Apprentice
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Sam Neill, John Reardon, Miranda Richardson
Director: David Wu
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The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a Kingdom now vulnerable to ill-fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly magic, the fight against unknown dangers begins - ..read more »
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from 402 members
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To The Ends Of The Earth
(2 discs)
(2005)
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Neill, Jared Harris
Director: David Attwood
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Dramatic adaptation of William Golding's trilogy 'Rites Of Passage', 'Close Quarters' and 'Fire Down Below'. A young aristocrat boards a war ship heading for Australia, where he will take up a government post. It is not long, however, before the aristocrat's social status begins to cause tension ..read more »
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from 167 members
Not currently released
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Little Fish
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson
Director: Rowan Woods
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman (Blanchett) trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
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from 5,606 members
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The Triangle
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sam Neill, Michael Rodgers, Eric Stoltz
Director: Craig R. Baxley
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Billionaire shipping magnate Eric Benirall (Sam Neill) keeps losing ships in the Bermuda Triangle, so he hires a motley band of experts to uncover the mystery that has haunted the Bermuda Triangle for centuries. The team includes Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), a tabloid reporter and cynic who only ..read more »
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from 9,617 members
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Wimbledon
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter ..read more »
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from 59,827 members
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Yes
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill
Director: Sally Potter
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YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and ..read more »
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from 2,247 members
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Perfect Strangers
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
Director: Gaylene Preston
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PERFECT STRANGERS is a striking feature from New Zealand director Gaylene Preston (BREAD & ROSES, WAR STORIES). One night, bored thirty-something Melanie goes out drinking with her friends. After getting sufficiently intoxicated, she goes home with a charming man (Sam Neill). When she wakes up, she'..read more »
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from 1,431 member
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Doctor Zhivago
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Sam Neill, Chris Marshall, Hans Matheson
Director: Giacomo Campiotti
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A young married man Yury Zhivago falls in love with a Lara. Meanwhile Lara attempts to escape from her lover Komarovsky.This television mini-series, based on Boris Pasternak's romantic novel, set amid the atrocious, bloody events of the Russian Revolution, stars Hans Matheson as Yury Zhivago and ..read more »
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from 1,093 member
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Dirty Deeds
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Toni Collette
Director: David Caesar
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DIRTY DEEDS is an Aussie gangster flick set against the booming casino underworld of late 1960s Sydney. Bryan Brown (COCKTAIL, THE THORN BIRDS) stars as Barry Ryan, an Australian mobster who controls the city's gambling scene and is making a killing from the casino slot machines. His profitable ..read more »
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from 1,161 member
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Jurassic Park 3
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, William H. Macy
Director: Joe Johnston
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Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) come calling, Grant and his protegee, Billy (Alessandro Nivola), agree to take them on a sightseeing ..read more »
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from 17,092 members
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Space
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sam Neill
Director: none
Certificate: 
This awe-inspiring six-part TV series, hosted by actor Sam Neill, explores the universe using state-of-the-art computer graphics. The programme poses big questions while it reveals fascinating glimpses of outer space. The release includes "Star Stuff," "Staying Alive," "Black Holes," "Are We Alone"
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from 1,356 member
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Framed
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sam Neill, Rob Lowe, Peter MacNeill
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
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New York detective Mike Santini (Rob Lowe) is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill) a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile money-laundering case. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers, prompting the wiley criminal to ..read more »
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from 307 members
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The Dish
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long
Director: Rob Sitch
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In July 1969, the eyes of the world were on the Apollo 11 moon landing--but the world would have watched blank television screens if not for the hard work of a group of Australians manning the Parkes Radio Telescope, one of the largest dishes in the world. In THE DISH, a dramatization of the events ..read more »
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from 4,028 members
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The Magic Pudding
(2000)
Starring: John Cleese, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill
Director: Karl Zwicky
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Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert, ..read more »
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from 25 members
Currently unavailable
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Bicentennial Man
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz
Director: Chris Columbus
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Andrew Martin (Williams) is a household android whose intended function is thrown for a loop when he begins to feel genuine human emotions. Over the next two centuries the resulting dealings with his adopted family and new acquaintances provide the film with ample opportunities to raise important ..read more »
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from 5,308 members
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The Horse Whisperer
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Dianne Wiest
Director: Robert Redford
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For director Robert Redford the trick was directing himself. The Oscar-winning director (Ordinary People, Quiz Show) says that he is one kind of actor (in the moment) and a different kind of director (more controlling). Whatever the problems, Redford has worked it out beautifully in this leisurely ..read more »
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from 5,170 members
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Merlin
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham-Carter, John Gielgud
Director: Steve Barron
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This ambitious, all-star miniseries treatment of the Round Table legends is narrated from the perspective of the sorcerer Merlin (Sam Neill), who must choose between loyalty to the court and his love for beautiful Nimue (Isabella Rossellini). Solid acting and spectacular special effects combine to ..read more »
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from 2,170 members
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Event Horizon
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Barclay Wright
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
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In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ..read more »
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from 16,048 members
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Children of the Revolution
(1996)
Starring: Judy Davis, Judy Davis, Sam Neill
Director: Peter Duncan
Certificate: 
A blindly idealistic Australian Communist believes so fervently in the Revolution that she writes weekly love letters to Joseph Stalin, conceives his child (or so she believes), and raises a son in the tradition of iron-fisted tyranny. A scathing, idiosyncratic satire of ideological zealotry in ..read more »
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from 16 members
Currently unavailable
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Snow White - A Tale Of Terror
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows
Director: Michael Cohn
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From its dark and complex themes to its archetypal imagery, the Grimm fable of the innocent and beautiful Snow White has captured readers for centuries, but it has not often been given accurate treatment on film. SNOW WHITE: A TALE OF TERROR attempts to do this with magnificent performances, ..read more »
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from 1,131 member
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In Cold Blood
(1996)
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts, Sam Neill
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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Stylish mini-series based on Truman Capote's haunting non-fiction novel. Two aimless drifters, Perry Smith (Eric Roberts) and Dick Hickock (Anthony Edwards), target the home of Kansas businessman Herbert Clutter. After breaking into the house, they find no money, and, infrustration, brutally kill ..read more »
58%
from 11 members
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Victory
(1995)
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Irène Jacob
Director: Mark Peploe
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This third feature film version of Joseph Conrad's tragic romantic drama (the best of which remains John Cromwell's 1940 adaptation) is the one that stick's closest to the original story of a reclusive, hard-hearted fellow living on a private island in the Dutch East Indies who must protect his ..read more »
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from 3 members
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The Jungle Book
(1994)
Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Sam Neill, Lena Headey
Director: Stephen Sommers
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilisation" of Colonial India which he ..read more »
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from 1,134 member
Not currently released
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Sirens
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Elle Macpherson
Director: John Duigan
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter (Sam Neill) from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as ..read more »
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from 1,816 member
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The Piano
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
Director: Jane Campion
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Writer/director Jane Campion's third feature unearthed emotional undercurrents and churning intensity in the story of a mute woman's rebellion in the recently colonized New Zealand wilderness of Victorian times. Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), a mute who has willed herself not to speak, and her strong-..read more »
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from 8,815 members
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Jurassic Park
(1993)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Bob Peck
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from the team of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. The film follows two dinosaur experts -- Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and ..read more »
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from 46,190 members
Not currently released
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Memoirs Of An Invisible Man
(1992)
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
Director: John Carpenter
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Chevy Chase stars as Nick Holloway in John Carpenter's comedy as a man who seems to have everything but then ends up with the unwanted bonus of being invisible. The CIA are after Nick (who wouldn't want an invisible agent), but all he wants to do is settle down with Alice (played by Darryl Hannah) ..read more »
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from 1,108 member
Not currently released
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Hostage
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Sam Neill, James Fox, Talisa Soto
Director: Robert Young
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John Rennie, a special forces agent is sent to recover an abducted defence analyst from Argentina. Arranging the kidnapping of the chief suspect's children and executing the terrorists should have seen the job finished. But instead John has questions he would like the answers to and strangely his ..read more »
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from 317 members
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The Hunt For Red October
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill
Director: John McTiernan
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The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and ..read more »
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from 12,283 members
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The Hunt For Red October - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill
Director: John McTiernan
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It is the pre-Glasnost era, and the captain of a Soviet sub intends to betray his brutal government and defect, but as the deadly "Red October" approaches the eastern seaboard of the United States, only special agent Jack Ryan might be able to head off a nuclear confrontation. Based on Tom Clancy's ..read more »
79%
from 351 members
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Dead Calm
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane
Director: Phillip Noyce
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Returning from duty with the Australian navy, John Ingram (Sam Neill) is surprised to be met by two policemen, who inform him of a car accident that has left his son dead and his wife, Rae (Nicole Kidman), injured. The grieving couple seeks refuge on their yacht, the Saracen. Out on the boat, the ..read more »
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from 4,299 members
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A Cry In The Dark
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Nick Tate
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a ..read more »
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from 1,218 member
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The Good Wife
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill
Director: Ken Cameron
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Starved for affection from her unromantic husband, Marge's long denied sexuality is unleashed by a charming but coldhearted womaniser who arrives in town to run the hotel bar. Set in 1939 in a small New South Wales timber town.
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from 60 members
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Scully
(2 discs)
(1984)
Starring: Andrew Schofield, Ray Kingsley, Sam Neill
Director: Les Chatfield
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BBC comedy series from 1984 about a 15 year old boy and his dreams to play for his beloved Liverpool F.C. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale from the two novels 'Scully (1975) and 'Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed' the show regularly features Kenny Dalglish and other several other famous Liverpool players.
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from 83 members
Not available for rental
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Blood of Others
(1984)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill
Director: Claude Chabrol
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WWII. In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
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from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Reilly - Ace Of Spies - After Moscow
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Neill
Director: Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
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Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "After Moscow" and "The Trust."
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from 196 members
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Reilly - Ace Of Spys
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Tom Bell
Director: Jim Goddard, Martin Campbell, M
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Sam Neill stars in this TV mini-series as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond.
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from 16 members
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Reilly - Ace Of Spies - Gambit
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Neill
Director: Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
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Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "Gambit" and "Endgame."
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from 200 members
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Reilly - Ace of Spies - The Last Journey
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Neill
Director: Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
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Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV mini-series as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "The Last Journey" and "Shutdown."
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from 199 members
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Reilly - Ace Of Spies - The Visiting Fireman
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sam Neill
Director: Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard, Jim Goddard
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Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "The Visiting Fireman" and "Anna."
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from 183 members
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Ivanhoe
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill
Director: Douglas Camfield
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The classic adventure novel by Sir Walter Scott, which covers the same ground as the various Robin Hood legends, becomes this impressive television production, boasting a well-heeled British cast, a robust pace, and solid production values. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) is a young Saxon ..read more »
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from 35 members
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Possession
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
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Beyond the realm of human desire there is a darkness...
A horror film like no other, "Possession" is an intense, shocking experience that was banned in the UK as a 'video nasty'. With its dark subject matter and high gore quotient, it's not for the faint hearted.
With their marriage in pieces ..read more »
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from 1,515 member
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My Brilliant Career
(1979)
Starring: Judy Davis, Judy Davis, Sam Neill
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing self-..read more »
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from 371 members
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