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  • Away From Her on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Michael Murphy,  Gordon Pinsent
    Director: Sarah Polley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6,664 members
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  • May Day on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Aidan Quinn,  Dean Cain,  Kelly Hu
    Director: T.J. Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a stray U.S. Navy test missile hits a jumbo airliner, killing most of its passengers and crew, the remaining survivors must safely land the crippled plane. Pacific Global Flight 52 is on a routine trip from the United States to Tokyo, when it is hit by the wayward missile, causing severe ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 67 members
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  • Phase IV (2001)
    Starring: Dean Cain,  Brian Bosworth,  Mimi Kuzyk
    Director: Bryan Goeres,  Saul Bass
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Simon thinks it strange that four of his classmates have died and Doctor Ben Roanic cannot believe that it's because they were his patients. Soon the doctor is on the run and the only person he can turn to is Ben...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 22 members
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  • Sleeping Dogs Lie on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Wendy Crewson,  Joel Keller,  Jack Murphy
    Director: Stefan Scaini
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story, this is the tale of Ambrose Small a theatre impresario who sells his business for over one million dollars. After the cheque has been banked Ambrose vanishes without a trace... Who is responsible for his disappearance? And will he return to reclaim his money?...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 30 members
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  • Private Parts on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Howard Stern,  Robin Quivers,  Mary McCormack
    Director: Betty Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Radio's larger-than-life bad boy, and self-proclaimed "King of All Media," Howard Stern exposes his "Private Parts" in this adaptation of his best-selling autobiography. Tracing his evolution from hopelessly geeky student to top-rated shock jock, the film not only chronicles his legendarily off-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,698 member
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  • Ultimate Lie (1996)
    Starring: Kristin Davis,  Michael Murphy,  George Eads
    Director: Larry Shaw
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A spoiled young rich girl rebels against her parents by becoming a call girl. However, one night she arrives at a hotel for a "rendezvous" with a client and discovers to her horror that the client is none other than her father.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 7 members
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  • Extreme Behaviour (1996)
    Starring: Michael Murphy,  Kirsten Davies,  Blair Brown
    Director: Larry Shaw
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    At first glance Malcolm McGrath and his wife have the perfect family. Malcolm is next in line to become head of a highly respected university, but when the dark secrets of daughter Claire are revealed their lives become a living hell...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 22% from 5 members
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  • Batman Returns (1992)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Danny De Vito,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 17,736 members
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  • Shocker on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Murphy,  Peter Berg,  Richard Brooks
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a series of unusual dreams, young football star Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg) captures serial killer Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), a diabolical television repairman responsible for the deaths of several families. Pinker is sentenced to die in the electric chair, but the execution goes awry ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 954 members
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  • Salvador on DVD (1985)
    Starring: James Woods,  James Belushi,  John Savage
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone's first overtly political film, SALVADOR is a passionate protest against the savagery unleashed by fascist thugs in El Salvador during the early 1980s with the complicity of the U.S. government. It stars James Woods as combat photojournalist Richard Boyle, an erratic, cynical character ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,796 members
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  • Cloak & Dagger (1984)
    Starring: Henry Thomas,  Dabney Coleman,  Michael Murphy
    Director: Richard Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Fantasy and reality merge in this espionage movie for kids and adults. A boy discovers that there's a sinister plot afoot to smuggle top-secret military information out of the U.S. inside a cassette of his favorite video game, "Cloak and Dagger." Unable to convince his dad that he's telling the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 7 members
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  • Manhattan on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Diane Keaton,  Mariel Hemingway
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    MANHATTAN is Woody Allen's glorious love letter to the city that he was born to make films about. Woody plays Isaac Davis, a twice-divorced TV writer having a relationship with 17-year old Tracy, a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. Isaac's best friend, Yale (Michael Murphy), is having ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 11,388 members
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  • The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Cicely Tyson,  Michael Murphy,  Odetta
    Director: John Korty
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    This highly acclaimed drama, based on the epic novel by Ernest J. Gaines, eloquently covers the story of the Black Experience - from the Civil War to the civil rights movement - all told from the memories of a fictional 110 year-old slave played by Cicely Tyson. Ms.Tyson's tour-de-force performance,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 26 members
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  • Private Parts to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: Howard Stern,  Robin Quivers,  Mary McCormack
    Director: Betty Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 109 minutes
    Based on a best-selling autobiography, this comedy drama is the surprisingly sweet-natured life story of a controversial radio personality. Howard Stern, who stars as himself, is a nerdy New York kid who dreams of a disc jockey career despite being a self-loathing klutz who lacks a traditional ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 23 members
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  • The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman to Watch Now (1974)
    Starring: Cicely Tyson,  Michael Murphy,  Odetta
    Director: John Korty
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 150 minutes
    This highly acclaimed drama, based on the epic novel by Ernest J. Gaines, eloquently covers the story of the American Experience ? from the Civil War to the civil rights movement ? all told from the memories of a 110-year-old former slave (Cicely Tyson), Miss Jane Pittman. Ms Tyson's tour-de-force ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 4 members
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  • Phase IV to Watch Now (1974)
    Starring: Michael Murphy,  Nigel Davenport,  Lynne Frederick
    Director: Saul Bass
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 93 minutes
    This eerie tale about super-intelligent ants marks the feature film directorial debut of noted designer Saul Bass (Psycho). The story concerns two scientists who install themselves in an ant-proof dome full of computer equipment that interprets the ants' communications. When the men spread yellow ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 67 members
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Michael Murphy facts

5 most recent films

Away From Her - 3.5 stars
Make It Funky! - 3.0 stars
May Day - 2.5 stars
Phase IV - 2.0 stars
The Day Reagan Was Shot - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Manhattan - 3.5 stars
Batman Returns - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Salvador - 3.5 stars
Away From Her - 3.5 stars
Batman Returns - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ultimate Lie - 1.5 stars
Extreme Behaviour - 2.0 stars
Sleeping Dogs Lie - 2.0 stars
Phase IV - 2.0 stars
The Day Reagan Was Shot - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Odetta - 3 times - show films
Kelly Bishop - 3 times - show films
Cicely Tyson - 3 times - show films
Richard Dysart - 3 times - show films
Fred Norris - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Korty - 3 times - show films
Robert Altman - 2 times - show films
Michael Laughlin - 2 times - show films
Tim Burton - 2 times - show films
Betty Thomas - 2 times - show films


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