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Gary Oldman
Leonard Gary Oldman was born on March 21st 1958 in London England. His older sister is Laila Morse, who plays Big Mo in BBC's Eastenders.
Gary started his career by acting in many plays, in which he won an award for best newcomer. His first major film role was in Sid and Nancy, where he played icon Sid Vicious.
Gary has been married three times and he has three children. Two sons from his first marriage and a son from his third.
Gary is well known for having a different accent in every film he has ever appeared in.
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'I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would i Magine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.'
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Oldman refuses to travel with Batman script -
8 April 2012
-Gary Oldman refuses to leave the house with his top-secret Batman script - because he's terrified it will fall into the wrong hands.-The actor, who plays police commissioner James Gordon, has been banned from leaking any plot details ahead of the release of The Dark
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Oldman panics after losing Batman script -
26 March 2012
-Gary Oldman flew into a major panic after losing his script for the new Batman movie because director Christopher Nolan has such strict rules to keep the story secret.-The actor reprises his role as police chief James Gordon for Nolan's upcoming third installment in
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Oldman upset Sid Vicious' hotel home is to close -
24 November 2011
-Actor Gary Oldman is sad to hear New York's fabled Chelsea Hotel is closing, even though his experiences there were far from pleasant.-The Dark Knight star stayed there briefly while researching the role of Sid Vicious for the 1986 biopic Sid And Nancy - but the coc
Gary Oldman - what members say
review by from salop
Your a Mozart man! I lurve Mozart! But for this work he tends to get a little ****ing boring... 27 May 2004
review by from Abydos
I knew there was something rotten in Denmark 23 December 2003
review by from Lancs
What a film!! 28 October 2005
Gary Oldman - filmography
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The Dark Knight Rises
(2011)
Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.
 
82%
from 263 members
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Kung Fu Panda 2 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
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The saga of Po continues in this sequel that finds the newly anointed Dragon Warrior (voice of Jack Black) teaming with The Furious Five to safeguard the Valley of Peace. But when a new adversary launches a treacherous bid to seize control of China and obliterate the martial arts, Po must look back ..read more »
73%
from 4,776 members
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One Night in Turin
on DVD
(2010)
Director: James Erskine
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Based on the best book about football ever (Time Out) by Pete Davies, One Night in Turin tells the incredible inside story of Englands Italia 1990. From an age before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, remember how a under pressure (Sir) Bobby Robson and the mercurial Paul ..read more »
71%
from 1,004 member
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Book of Eli
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Michael Gambon, Mila Kunis
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Allen Hughs
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In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. There is no civilization here, no law. The roads belong to gangs that would murder a man for his shoes, an ounce of water -- or for nothing at all. A warrior not by ..read more »
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from 44,609 members
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One Night in Turin - Blu-ray
(2010)
Director: James Erskine
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Based on the best book about football ever (Time Out) by Pete Davies, One Night in Turin tells the incredible inside story of Englands Italia 1990. From an age before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, remember how a under pressure (Sir) Bobby Robson and the mercurial Paul ..read more »
71%
from 878 members
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The Unborn - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet
Director: David S. Goyer
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Writer/Director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.
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54%
from 2,799 members
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Rain Fall
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Kippei Shiina, Gary Oldman, Kyoko Hasegawa
Director: Max Mannix
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John Rain kills people for a living. His speciality is making it seem like death by natural causes but he won't just kill anyone, his targets have to be principle players and never women.
Half American and half Japanese but out of place in both world's, Rain is not a good man, but he is good at ..read more »
42%
from 913 members
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The Unborn
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet
Director: David S. Goyer
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Writer/Director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.
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57%
from 10,437 members
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The Dark Knight - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2008)
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Director Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, THE PRESTIGE) returns to Gotham City with this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, BATMAN BEGINS. In THE DARK KNIGHT, Batman (Christian Bale - RESCUE DAWN, AMERICAN PSYCHO) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe: the Joker (Heath ..read more »
84%
from 22,399 members
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The Dark Knight
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
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from 98,392 members
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Zodiac
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny
Director: David Fincher
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Robert Graysmith (Gyllenhaal)is a cartoonist who works for the San Francisco Chronicle. His quirky ways irritate Paul Avery (Downey Jnr.), a reporter whose drinking gets in the way of doing his job. The two become friends thanks to a shared interest: the Zodiac killer. Graysmith steadily becomes ..read more »
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from 62,912 members
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Zodiac - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny
Director: David Fincher
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David Fincher's (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN) adaptation of the Robert Graysmith book masterfully transports viewers to the Bay Area in the 1960s and '70s by drawing on actual case files from the notoriously unsolved Zodiac killer mystery. As a murderer with seemingly random targets starts sending terrifying ..read more »
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from 4,461 members
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The Backwoods
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Director: Koldo Serra
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Thriller set in the 1970s starring Gary Oldman. Lucy (Virginie Ledoyen) and Norman (Paddy Considine) are a young married couple who visit a friend (Oldman) in the Basque region of Spain. Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. ..read more »
53%
from 2,123 members
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Batman Begins - HD
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
80%
from 3,028 members
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Dead Fish - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Gary Oldman, Elena Anaya
Director: Charley Stadler
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Gary Oldman, Terence Stamp, Robert Carlyle, and Billy Zane headline this stylish, darkly comic crime comedy centering on a disarmingly charming hit man (Oldman) on a frantic quest for love, money, and bloody revenge.
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from 322 members
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Batman Begins - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging transformed into the ..read more »
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from 10,480 members
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Batman Begins
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ..read more »
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from 133,880 members
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Michael G, Clemence Po, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Mike Newell
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This year, Hogwarts is hosting the Tri Wizard festival, and there may be a plot afoot to off Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) during the proceedings. Hermione (Emma Watson) finds a man worthy of her in competing Russian Quidditch champion Viktor Krum (Stanislav Ivaneski), to the chagrin of Ron Weaselly (..read more »
72%
from 77,817 members
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Dead Fish
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Gary Oldman, Elena Anaya
Director: Charley Stadler
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A hitman named Lynch (Oldman) finds his life changing in unexpected ways after his mobile phone is accidentally switched with one belonging to a young man named Abe (Lee Potts). Include Danny Devine (Carlisle) and a wacky circle of misunderstandings, kidnappings and coincidences drives this story ..read more »
48%
from 282 members
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Tiptoes
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale
Director: Matthew Bright
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A drama about prejudice and the bonds of family, Tiptoes centers around Steven (Matthew McConaughey), a firefighter whose artist girlfriend Carol (Kate Beckinsale) has recently find out she is pregnant. When Steven reacts with unexpected dismay, Carol is rightfully perplexed, that is until she ..read more »
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from 654 members
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Sin
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Ving Rhames, Gregg Henry
Director: Michael Stevens
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Gary Oldman plays evil so well. Here he plays a sadistic maniac who has retired cop Eddie Burns (Rhames) hunting for him across Reno. Burns' sister has gone missing and an ingenious and wicked trail is leading him to Oldman. Is this an act of revenge by an old adversary
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from 978 members
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Interstate 60
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Paul Brogren, Gary Oldman, Chris Cooper
Director: Bob Gale
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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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Hannibal
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek
Director: Ridley Scott
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After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
64%
from 20,492 members
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Nobody's Baby
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Skeet Ulrich, Radha Mitchell
Director: David Seltzer
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Two prisoners escape from jail but end up witnessing a horrific car accident where the only survivor is a little baby. On rescuing the child these no-hopers embark on parenthood in a journey of robbery, blackmail and nappies.
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from 234 members
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Hannibal - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek
Director: Ridley Scott
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After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
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from 853 members
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The Contender
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
Director: Rod Lurie
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In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »
62%
from 1,468 member
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Lost in Space
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Heather Graham, Jack Johnson, Jared Harris
Director: Stephen Hopkins
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The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright,..read more »
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from 9,035 members
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Lost in Space - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Le Blanc
Director: Stephen Hopkins
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The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright,..read more »
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from 493 members
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Nil By Mouth
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles
Director: Gary Oldman
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A working class British family struggles with their demons -- sometimes violently -- in this intensely emotional drama that marked the directorial debut of actor Gary Oldman. Janet (Laila Morse) is a widowed factory worker who shares her home with her aged mother Kath (Edna Dore), her daughter ..read more »
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from 10,834 members
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The Fifth Element - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
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from 1,838 member
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Air Force One
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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from 11,315 members
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Air Force One - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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from 2,102 members
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The Fifth Element
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four stones ..read more »
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from 44,072 members
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Basquiat
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper
Director: Julian Schnabel
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In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat became the darling of New York's art critics. This film gives a dramatised account of his life of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll which lead to his demise. Features music by The Pogues, Iggy Pop, Grandmaster Flash with Melle Mel and David Bowie.
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from 2,219 members
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Scarlet Letter
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
Director: Roland Joffe
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Roland Joffe's adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's seminal novel tells the story of an intolerant Puritan community in the early days of American settlement. In the 1660s, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) makes the voyage to the New World in order to find religious freedom and a new home for her and her ..read more »
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from 918 members
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Immortal Beloved
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna Ter Steege
Director: Bernard Rose
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Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Isabella Rossellini and Valeria Golino star in Immortal Beloved, a mesmerizing mystery based on the tumultuous real life of Ludwig van Beethoven. Oldman gives a tour de force performance as the passionate, volatile genius who inspired love and hatred in equal measure. ..read more »
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from 2,736 members
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Immortal Beloved - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna Ter Steege
Director: Bernard Rose
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Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Isabella Rossellini and Valeria Golino star in Immortal Beloved, a mesmerizing mystery based on the tumultuous real life of Ludwig van Beethoven. Oldman gives a tour de force performance as the passionate, volatile genius who inspired love and hatred in equal measure. ..read more »
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from 16 members
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Leon
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
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A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
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from 92,039 members
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Leon - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
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from 5,144 members
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Murder In The First
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman
Director: Marc Rocco
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The true story of Henri Young, a 1930's convict who has been sent to prison for stealing five dollars. But when Young and others attempt to escape, they are caught. As punishment, a naked and wet Young is thrown into a dark, damp, rat-infested cell, where he is beaten continuously. He emerges from ..read more »
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from 4,007 members
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True Romance - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
Director: Tony Scott
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When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be made for each other and quickly pledge their love, marrying at Detroit's ..read more »
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from 2,007 members
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Romeo is Bleeding
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Anabella Sciorra
Director: Peter Medak
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A dirty cop (played by Gary Oldman) finds his greed and desire awakened when he is assigned by the Mob to murder a sexy Mafia hitwoman whilst at the same time being assigned to protect her by the FBI.
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from 1,035 member
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True Romance
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
Director: Tony Scott
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Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is a well-meaning but socially unskilled comic-shop clerk whose idea of a big night out is catching a Sonny ..read more »
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from 24,032 members
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance ..read more »
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from 12,752 members
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
(1991)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Tom Stoppard
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Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaption of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy ..read more »
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JFK
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
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from 14,944 members
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State Of Grace
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman
Director: Phil Joanou
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Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighbourhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on gentrification. Terry's childhood buddies, ruthless gang leader Frankie Flannery and his psychotic brother ..read more »
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from 2,270 members
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The Firm
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville
Director: Alan Clarke
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From the director of SCUM, THE FIRM stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a gang of football hooligans called the Inter-City Crew. A brutal look at football violence and urban frustration, Alan Clarke's controversial film features unflinching social commentary.
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from 4,167 members
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Chattahoochee
(1989)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper
Director: Mick Jackson
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The story chronicles the actions and emotions of Gary Oldman's character who is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
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from 12 members
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Prick Up Your Ears
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Stephen Frears
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This unadorned biography of playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) charts his bawdy, dangerous relationships. Alfred Molina plays Orton's brutish lover, Kenneth Halliwell, a pathetic figure who becomes horrific and then tragic before the film is over. The hilarity of scenes from such Orton plays as ..read more »
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from 2,784 members
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Track 29
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Colleen Camp
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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From visionary director Nicolas Roeg, creator of DON'T LOOK NOW and PERFORMANCE comes this dramatic film studies the very troubled life of Linda and her doctor husband Henry. His mad passion for model trains causes Linda to re-evaluate her life. The turning point comes when she is confronted by a ..read more »
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from 208 members
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Sid and Nancy
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Courtney Love
Director: Alex Cox
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Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness ..read more »
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from 2,798 members
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Meantime
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Tim Roth
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and ..read more »
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...alls for him. Portman gives one of the great child actor performances. Okay, so Gary Oldman hams it a bit as the bad guy, but this movie needs a really unlikeable villian....
