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Mortensen: 'Movie kid will blow your minds' -
9 September 2009
-Lord Of The Rings star Viggo Mortensen has heaped praise on his The Road co-star, insisting the 11 year old was his best acting partner ever.-
-Young Aussie Kodi Smit-McPhee plays the actor's son in the harrowing adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bestseller and Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen - filmography
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on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Vicente Amorim
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John Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Yet, with ..read more »
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58%
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Appaloosa - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall
Director: Ed Harris
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The Western genre continues its resurgence with this drama from actor-director Actor Ed Harris takes only his second stab at directing, following the Oscar-winning feature POLLOCK (2000) with this spirited western. Harris draws on a strong cast, many of whom have acted with him in previous films, ..read more »
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from 113 members
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Appaloosa
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Ed Harris
Director: Ed Harris
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When two gunmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, arrive in Appaloosa they find a small, dusty and lawless town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg. Bragg has not only taken supplies, horses and women for his own, but also has left the city marshal and a deputy for dead. In Bragg ..read more »
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Eastern Promises
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Director: David Cronenberg
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The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally ..read more »
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from 42,524 members
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A History of Violence
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt
Director: David Cronenberg
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action ..read more »
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from 72,698 members
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Hidalgo
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif
Director: Joe Johnston
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A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the triumphant victory won by Frank and his mustang Hidalgo in the Ocean of Fire, an often-fatal ..read more »
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61%
from 17,597 members
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Hidalgo - BLU-RAY Version
(2004)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif
Director: Joe Johnston
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A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the triumphant victory won by Frank and his mustang Hidalgo in the Ocean of Fire, an often-fatal ..read more »
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from 212 members
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28 Days
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Dominic West, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Betty Thomas
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This is the story of a successful New York writer, Gwen Cummings, and her struggle with alcohol abuse. After one particular drunken outburst at her sisters wedding, she is arrested for drunk driving and sent to spend 28 days in rehabilitation. Gwen refuses to conform to the rules, but with time and ..read more »
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from 4,086 members
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Psycho
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Marion Crane is a Phoenix, Arizona working girl fed up with having to sneak away during lunch breaks to meet her lover, Sam Loomis, who cannot get married because most of his money goes towards alimony. One Friday, Marion's employer asks her to take $400,000 in cash to a local bank for deposit. ..read more »
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from 1,291 member
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A Perfect Murder
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Andrew Davis
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Emily Bradford (Paltrow) is a society daughter married to the successful Steven Taylor (Douglas). Heiress to a huge family fortune, Emily is due to inherit a one hundred million dollar trust fund much to the delight of her conniving husband. An adulterous transgression by Emily with the even more ..read more »
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from 2,796 members
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G.I. Jane
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft
Director: Ridley Scott
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Demi Moore stars as Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, the first female candidate for the U.S. Navy SEAL unit, a clandestine strike force drawn from the creme de la creme of the combined services--an opportunity provided her by the political maneuvering of Senator Lillian de Haven (Anne Bancroft). To make ..read more »
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Daylight - HD DVD Version
(1996)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Dan Hedaya
Director: Rob Cohen
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An explosive traffic accident traps hundreds of commuters in a collapsing tunnel beneath the icy waters of the Hudson River. With the river bearing down on them, the panicked survivors struggle to free themselves. Only Kit Latura (Sylvester Stallone), the shamed former head of Emergency Medical ..read more »
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from 193 members
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Passion of Darkly Noon
(1996)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Philip Ridley
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After the death of his strictly religious parents, forlorn young Darkly gets lost in the woods. A truck driver, Jude, rescues the exhausted man, who has only a bible for comfort. He brings him to the house of Callie and Clay, two lovers who live in the forest. While Clay is away in the forest, ..read more »
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62%
from 59 members
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Crimson Tide - BLU-RAY Version
(1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
Director: Tony Scott
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When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
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from 1,134 member
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Crimson Tide
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
Director: Tony Scott
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When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
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from 9,529 members
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The Prophecy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen
Director: Gregory Widen
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Christopher Walken leads an extraordinary cast including Eric Stoltz, Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Amanda Plummer and Viggo Mortensen in a terrifying, supernatural thriller of heavenly war waged on Earth by renegade angels. When Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) falls victim to confusing and horrific ..read more »
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61%
from 3,208 members
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Ruby Cairo
(1993)
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Graeme Clifford
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When Bessie Faro's husband Johnny dies in a plane crash in Veracruz, Mexico, she finds that his air cargo business is deeply in the red. When she visits the airline's terminal in Veracruz, she discovers her husband was pumping large amounts of money into bank accounts all over the world.
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41%
from 15 members
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Carlito's Way
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Brian De Palma
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Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
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74%
from 20,006 members
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Carlito's Way - HD DVD Version
(1993)
Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Brian De Palma
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Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
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79%
from 338 members
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The Young Americans
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Thandie Newto, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Danny Cannon
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John Harris (Harvey Keitel), a tough New York narcotics cop is seconded to London apparently to help Scotland Yard unravel a spate of drug-related killings resulting from the expansion of America's drug racketeers into Europe. Privately, however, his aim is to nail Carl Fraser (Viggo Mortensen), ..read more »
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54%
from 1,110 member
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American Yakuza
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Nouri, Robert Forster
Director: Frank Cappello
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When Agent Nick Davis (Viggo Mortensen) is sent by the FBI to infiltrate the Japanese yakuza's American branch, he finds himself quickly progressing and gaining acceptance into the family. However, his loyalties soon begin to fray when they are subjected to conflicts with the Italian mafia and an ..read more »
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55%
from 623 members
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The Indian Runner
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Charles Bronson
Director: Sean Penn
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Inspired by the song "Highway Patrolman" by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, this is a provocative story about two brothers in 1968. One is a cop with a family, the other lives his life breaking the laws. A story that enriches the senses and touches the heart.
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59%
from 796 members
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The Reflecting Skin
(1990)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper
Director: Philip Ridley
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A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her. But far more ..read more »
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63%
from 33 members
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Prison
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Kane Hodder
Director: Renny Harlin
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Creedmore Prison was closed in 1956 after complaints of brutality, and one man, Charles Forsyth, was sent to the electric chair for murder. Thirty years later Creedmore is in use again, and the new inmates realise that the place has not stood empty.....something evil stalks within.....
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57%
from 106 members
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Witness
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover
Director: Peter Weir
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After an Amish boy witnesses police corruption in a Philadelphia train station, a hardened cop takes him and his widowed mother back to their quiet Amish community. There, hiding from his crooked superiors, he is witness to a simpler and seductively innocent world. Academy Award Nominations: 8, ..read more »
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71%
from 7,132 members
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Miami Vice - Series 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos
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Sizzling with sex and sin, Miami was the perfect setting for this classic 1980s cop show starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, and Edward James Olmos. From the minds of Michael Mann and Dick Wolf, this series used the MTV-influenced music and style to great effect. Johnson and Thomas play ..read more »
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73%
from 134 members
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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Box Set
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian Holm
Director: Peter Jackson
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The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring: In a time before history, in a place called Middle-earth, a dark and powerful lord has brought together the forces of evil to destroy its cultures and enslave all life caught in his path. Sauron's time has come and he needs only one small object - ..read more »
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from 71 members
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Exciting all the way to the end 15 February 2005
...I rented this film to see Viggo Mortensen and was rather surprised how much I enjoyed it. Michael Douglas does his usual creepy slimeball turn to great effect and Gynneth Pal...
Looks dated...but holds up well 31 January 2006
The most precious movie(s) ever made - Overwhelmingly Special. 17 April 2005
