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Viggo Mortensen
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Mortensen unnerved by hopping Fassbender -
15 January 2012
-Viggo Mortensen was left unnerved by his A Dangerous Method co-star Michael Fassbender on the set of the period drama, because the Irish actor prepared for their tense scenes by hopping on one foot and covering an eye.-The two stars play friends-turned-rivals Sigmund Fr
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Mortensen appeals for more Freud letters to be made public -
2 September 2011
-Actor Viggo Mortensen has appealed to the family of Sigmund Freud's psychiatrist protege Carl Jung to release more letters of correspondence between the pair, because they make "fascinating" reading.-The Lord of the Rings star portrays famed psychoanalyst Freud in new d
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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
Viggo Mortensen - what members say
review by from Harrow, UK
Looks dated...but holds up well 31 January 2006
review by from Scotland
The most precious movie(s) ever made - Overwhelmingly Special. 17 April 2005
review by from London, England
The Russian Godfather 25 October 2007
Viggo Mortensen - filmography
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The Road
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron
Director: John Hillcoat
Certificate: 
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Post apocalyptic tale based on the bestselling novel by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men). A father and son travel on foot through a devastated American landscape, battling both starvation and cannibals.
 
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from 42,071 members
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Good
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Vicente Amorim
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
John Halder is a 'good' and decent individual. A German literature professor in the 1930s, 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 ..read more »
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from 3,273 members
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The People Speak
(2009)
Starring: Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman
Certificate: 
Inspired by Howard Zinn's best-seller A People's History of the United States and it's companion book Voices of a People's History of the United States this star studded documentary takes an unguarded look at our nation's decades-long struggle with the pressing issues of war, race, class, and women'..read more »
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from 1 member
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Appaloosa - Blu-ray
(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 »
66%
from 2,184 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 »
62%
from 15,593 members
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Reclaiming The Blade
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, John Rhys-Davies
Director: Daniel McNicoll
Certificate: 
Narrated by acclaimed Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies and produced with the support of Peter Jackson, Weta Workshop, Skywalker Sound and the Royal Armouries, this unique film brings to life our fascination with swords in popular media and the emergence of a worldwide movement to reclaim the ancient ..read more »
60%
from 138 members
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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 »
69%
from 51,883 members
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A History of Violence
(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 »
65%
from 79,760 members
Not currently released
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A History of Violence - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt
Director: David Cronenberg
Certificate:
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 »
73%
from 875 members
Not available for rental
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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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from 18,429 members
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Hidalgo - Blu-ray
(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 315 members
Not currently released
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28 Days
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Dominic West, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Betty Thomas
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Gwen Cummings is a successful New York writer living life in the fast lane and everyone's favourite party girl. She shares this roller-coaster lifestyle of hopping from dance club to bar to hangover with boyfriend Jasper-handsome, magnetic and equally attracted to life on the wild side. Life is ..read more »
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from 4,856 members
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A Perfect Murder
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Andrew Davis
Certificate:
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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 3,396 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 1,633 member
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Daylight - Blu-ray
(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 »
65%
from 67 members
Not available for rental
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Daylight - HD
(1996)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Dan Hedaya
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
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 »
62%
from 229 members
Not currently released
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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 »
63%
from 77 members
Currently unavailable
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Daylight
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Dan Hedaya
Director: Rob Cohen
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Sylvester Stallone comes to the rescue in this disaster/adventure picture. A truck containing dangerous chemicals explodes in the Holland Tunnel, trapping those New Yorkers not killed in the explosion. Authorities know there are survivors, but cannot figure out what to do to save them. Ruptured ..read more »
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from 7,341 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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from 6,355 members
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The Prophecy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen
Director: Gregory Widen
Certificate:
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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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from 3,975 members
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Crimson Tide - Blu-ray
(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 1,881 member
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Crimson Tide
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
Director: Tony Scott
Certificate:
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 10,991 members
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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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from 702 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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Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). ..read more »
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from 23,705 members
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Carlito's Way - HD
(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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from 422 members
Not currently released
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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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from 1,360 member
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Carlito's Way - Blu-ray
(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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from 173 members
Not available for rental
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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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from 19 members
Currently unavailable
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The Indian Runner
(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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from 1,044 member
Not currently released
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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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from 44 members
Currently unavailable
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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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from 190 members
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Miami Vice - Series 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
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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from 168 members
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Witness
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover
Director: Peter Weir
Certificate:
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A young Amish boy, visiting Philadelphia with his widowed mother, witnesses a murder. When the detective on the case discovers a police cover up, he realizes his, the boy's and the mother's lives are in jeopardy. He hides out in Amish country, living amongst the community and having to abide by ..read more »
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from 8,412 members
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Cinema Collection - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
on DVD
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Vincent D'Onofrio, Anne Heche
Director: Matthew Tabak, Robert J. Degus, Christian Slat
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Features eight movies. In 'Texan' a retired pilot grows suspicious of his wife's actions when he discovers that she is meeting with another man, and withdrawing money from the bank... Also features: 'The Investigator', 'Teach 109', 'Another Round', 'Hogg's Heaven', 'Museum Of Love', 'Once In A Blue ..read more »
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from 70 members
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Viggo Mortensen facts
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...cting against his normal casting as the likeable second fiddle and a very young Viggo Mortensen - who looks about 15 - as a very minor, but beautiful, extra.
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