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Richard Edson
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Beautiful uncomfortableness... 17 February 2008
Richard Edson - filmography
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Land of Plenty
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Michelle Williams, Burt Young, Gloria Stuart
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate: 
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Wim Wenders's emotional LAND OF PLENTY is a powerful exploration of post-9/11 America. John Diehl gives a strong performance as Paul, a Vietnam Vet who is haunted by the events of September 11 and drives the streets of Los Angeles searching for terrorists he is sure are going to strike again. ..read more »
 
51%
from 875 members
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Columbus Day
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger, Wilmer Valderrama
Director: Charles Burmeister
Certificate:
Jon (Val Kilmer) has just pulled off the biggest heist of his life and is racing to get rid of the merchandise before he leaves for Florida to retire. If he succeeds he can finally rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife (Marg Helgenberger, CSI's Catherine Willows) and become the father he's ..read more »
47%
from 657 members
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Momma's Man
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Nan Archilesi
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Certificate:
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After a holiday visit with his parents, Mikey is headed to the airport to return to his wife and newborn baby. Except he doesn’t board the plane. Instead he returns to his parents’ loft in lower Manhattan, back to his childhood room that has since been converted to storage. Unsure of his own ..read more »
47%
from 257 members
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Snide And Prejudice
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rene Auberjonois, Mena Suvari, Angus MacFadyen
Director: Philippe Mora
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This unorthodox black comedy from director Philippe Mora see's a doctor attempting to cure the dementia of his patient -- by encouraging him to dress up as Adolf Hitler! Recruiting other patients to act as Hitler's henchmen (Joseph Goebbels et al) and even Eva Braun, the mad doctor's scheme has ..read more »
31%
from 18 members
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Lulu On The Bridge
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe
Director: Paul Auster
Certificate: 
Writer Paul Auster made his solo directorial debut with this romantic drama about an affair between a middle-aged musician and an aspiring actress. Hit by a stray bullet during a nightclub shooting, jazz saxophonist Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) can no longer play, and he falls into a depression. His ..read more »
54%
from 134 members
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Wedding Bell Blues
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova, Julie Warner
Director: Dana Lustig
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Three thirtysomething Angelenas strike out for the Vegas strip in search of disposable husbands, acting under the spurious premise that aging, wisened divorcees are somehow sexier than aging never-marrieds. Moments of pat, cynical female bonding ensue until the three party-hardy ladies match up ..read more »
48%
from 94 members
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The Winner
(1996)
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Edson, Sy Richardson
Director: Alex Cox
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This darkly comic crime drama examines the plight of the naive title character, a gambler known only as Philip (Vincent D'Onofrio), whose uncanny penchant for winning bets has earned him the title the luckiest man in the history of North America. A rogues' gallery of parasites swarms around him in ..read more »
47%
from 44 members
Currently unavailable
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Strange Days
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Certificate: 
Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, ..read more »
62%
from 4,755 members
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Love, Cheat and Steal
(1993)
Starring: John Lithgow, Eric Roberts, Mädchen Amick
Director: William Curran
Certificate:
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Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face (played by Madchen Amick) lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up. Reno Adams has lost seven years of his life in Jail and wants revenge. After escaping,..read more »
37%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Platoon - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
Director: Oliver Stone
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In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
80%
from 134 members
Not available for rental
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen
Director: John Hughes
Certificate:
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ..read more »
72%
from 26,152 members
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Down By Law
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Chris Parker, Tom Waits, Leila Gastil
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate:
Jim Jarmusch follows his groundbreaking Stranger Than Paradise with another rambling, character-driven film with a twisted sense of humor. Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just as unlikely escape. Zack (Tom Waits) is an out-of-..read more »
70%
from 3,676 members
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Alan Ruck, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen
Director: John Hughes
Certificate:
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ..read more »
80%
from 1,321 member
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Platoon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
Director: Oliver Stone
Certificate:
In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
74%
from 34,897 members
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Stranger Than Paradise
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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An award-winning film consisting of three thirty-minute vignettes which follow a young female immigrant who, together with her cousin and his sidekick, seeks the good life in sunny Florida. A series of hilarious coincidences leads to the unexpected conclusion.
70%
from 887 members
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Permanent Vacation
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Charlie Spademan, Jane Fire, Ruth Bolton
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Jim Jarmusch made his directorial debut with this episodic profile of one troubled hipster trying to make sense of his life. Aloysius Parker (Christopher Parker), known to his friends as Allie, is a young man with a damaged family background (his mother is in a mental institution and his father has ..read more »
60%
from 417 members
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Jim Jarmusch Box Set - Vol. 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Chris Parker, Leila Gastil, John Lurie
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate:
Includes the following three films:
Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan, Allie, a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets ..read more »
69%
from 717 members
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Richard Edson facts
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