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Cooper 'freaked out' by prison visit -
19 January 2011
-Chris Cooper suffered a bout of nerves during a prison visit to research his character for The Town - he "freaked out" when he realised he was mixing with serious offenders.-
-The actor plays a convict in Ben Affleck's acclaimed crime thriller and many of his scenes
Chris Cooper - what members say
review by Alfod from West Midlands
Wholly satisfying, well-rounded movie experience 14 July 2004
review by from London
A great American movie 6 May 2004
review by from Nottingham, England
Retro thriller 11 August 2004
Chris Cooper - filmography
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The Town
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
Director: Ben Affleck
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year. And a one-square-mile neighbourhood in Boston, called Charlestown, has produced more bank robbers than anywhere in the U.S. One of them is Doug MacRay, the leader of a crew of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves on taking what they want ..read more »
 
71%
from 34,603 members
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The Town - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Graham King, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall
Director: Ben Affleck
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Boston bank robber Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) falls for a woman his gang had previously taken hostage after feigning a chance meeting with her to ensure that she can't identify them. The son of a tough Charlestown, MA thief, Doug passed on his chance to walk the straight and narrow in favour of ..read more »
72%
from 13,166 members
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The Tempest
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate: 
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In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-..read more »
51%
from 1,429 member
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The Company Men - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner
Director: John Wells
Certificate:
Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself ..read more »
66%
from 37 members
Not available for rental
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The Company Men
(2010)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner
Director: John Wells
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Bobby Walker is living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself ..read more »
68%
from 168 members
Not available for rental
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Married Life
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rebecca Codling
Director: Ira Sachs
Certificate:
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife will be to humiliate her too much. So instead he decides to kill her.
51%
from 3,378 members
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The Kingdom - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper
Director: Peter Berg
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Actor, writer, and director Peter Berg (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) delivers a fearless, action-packed political thriller with THE KINGDOM. Shot in the Middle East with unsettling immediacy, the hand-held cameras put viewers right inside the action, while the tension between American FBI agents and their ..read more »
71%
from 4,204 members
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The Kingdom - HD
(2007)
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper
Director: Peter Berg
Certificate:
After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, takes the lives of many innocent American civilians, the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the ..read more »
70%
from 875 members
Not currently released
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Breach
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney
Director: Billy Ray
Certificate: 
In 2001, FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) starts work under the Bureau's computer wizard Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), with secret orders to check on his internet habits. He's soon told Hanssen is the target of an espionage investigation.
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from 20,531 members
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Syriana - HD
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
58%
from 511 members
Currently unavailable
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Syriana - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
60%
from 3,189 members
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Capote
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Bennett Miller
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote, famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee, writer of soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals ..read more »
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from 41,802 members
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Syriana
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
60%
from 62,498 members
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Silver City
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth
Director: John Sayles
Certificate:
During a gubernatorial race in small-town Colorado, a mystery is uncovered involving a dead body found in a local lake. A private detective, Danny (Danny Huston), is hired by the governor-to-be's campaign manager (Richard Dreyfuss), who is worried that the unexpected event may be used as a scandal-..read more »
47%
from 5,986 members
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My House in Umbria
(2003)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Timothy Spall
Director: Richard Loncraine
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Based on the novella by William Trevor, MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA is set in the sprawling Italian countryside. After a tragic train accident, four survivors find solace in the villa of an English writer, Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith). The other survivors--an American girl (Emmy Clarke), a British general (..read more »
62%
from 7,765 members
Not currently released
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Seabiscuit
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper
Director: Gary Ross
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Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling nonfiction novel comes to life with this spectacular big-screen adaptation. Set in the 1930s, SEABISCUIT weaves its story around three men who turned a seemingly untamable horse into a bona fide champion. Jeff Bridges is Charles Howard, a thriving entrepreneur who ..read more »
66%
from 22,221 members
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Adaptation.
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
Director: Spike Jonze
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Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
63%
from 29,176 members
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The Bourne Identity - HD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
83%
from 1,233 member
Not currently released
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The Bourne Identity - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
85%
from 4,661 members
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Interstate 60
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Paul Brogren, Gary Oldman, Chris Cooper
Director: Bob Gale
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Bob Gale, screenwriter of classic comedies like BACK TO THE FUTURE and USED CARS, directed this unique comic fantasy. In it, James Marsden stars as Neal, a young man freshly graduated from high school and unsure of what to do with his life. Torn between his father's vision of himself and his own ..read more »
69%
from 3,759 members
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
77%
from 93,628 members
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The Patriot - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Heath Ledger
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Mel Gibson stars in this action-packed historical drama from the director of INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA. Gibson portrays Benjamin Martin, an unassuming man who is forced to join the American Revolution when the British threaten to take his farm away from him. Together with his patriotic son, ..read more »
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from 1,673 member
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Me, Myself And Irene
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Lin Shaye, Anthony Anderson, Jim Carrey
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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In the Farrelly Brothers' ME, MYSELF & IRENE, Jim Carrey plays Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Trooper who develops a split personality disorder after his wife leaves him for an African-American midget genius. Due to years of denial and repression while raising triplet sons left behind by ..read more »
64%
from 14,736 members
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The Patriot
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Heath Ledger
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Benjamin Martin is a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family. A hero of the fierce French and Indian conflict, Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when the British arrive at his South ..read more »
64%
from 11,287 members
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American Beauty - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
Certificate: 
AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
82%
from 815 members
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October Sky
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Joe Johnston
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The true story of Homer Hickam, a young boy trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the dismay and disgust of the townspeople, as well as Homer's father, he and his friends try ..read more »
72%
from 1,507 member
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American Beauty
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
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AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
75%
from 72,602 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 »
69%
from 5,170 members
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
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Alfonso Cuaron (The Little Princess) directed this Mitch Glazer screenplay, a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens. Some situations in the film are presented as memories -- the way the central figure, Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recalls events many years later. At a Florida ..read more »
59%
from 4,962 members
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Breast Men
(1997)
Starring: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Louise Fletcher
Director: Lawrence O'Neil
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A glory-seeking medical intern takes off on the fast track after inventing the silicone breast implant with the help of his supervising surgeon. But eventually, the weight of unchecked ambition--and concerns about the safety of their invention--put a strain on their professional partnership and ..read more »
50%
from 368 members
Currently unavailable
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Money Train
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez
Director: Joseph Ruben
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A pair of New York City transit cops (Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes), who also happen to be constantly bickering foster brothers, try to thwart the theft of the subway system's "money train," while dreaming of someday robbing it themselves. This explosive action flick drew the ire of government ..read more »
60%
from 4,473 members
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Darrow
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Bob Tracey, Paul Klementowicz
Director: John David Coles
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Some people call him "Lawyer for the Damned"... but Clarence Darrow was simply a man who, in time of justice, had the courage to stand alone. The name Clarence Darrow is permanently linked to the tremendous strides in the American legal system from the late 19th century through the early decades of ..read more »
56%
from 260 members
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Matewan
(1987)
Starring: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell
Director: John Sayles
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The year is 1920, the setting Matewan, West Virginia, where the town's coal miners labor under miserable, unhealthy conditions. Enter Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a rebellious union leader who wants to organize the West Virginian miners, as well as the Italians and blacks brought in as workers. ..read more »
70%
from 1,190 member
Currently unavailable
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Jarhead - HD
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Sam Mendes
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Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
66%
from 992 members
Not currently released
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Chris Cooper facts
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...movie experience. With great supporting work from the likes of Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper (who went on to do some horse whispering of his own in Seabiscuit) added to the...
