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Macdonald happy for Pitt to quit - 21 March 2009
-Director Kevin Macdonald is glad Brad Pitt pulled out of upcoming movie State Of Play - because the Hollywood star is too good-looking to play the role.- -Pitt was originally due to star in the big-screen thriller as a put-upon journalist - but the actor quit during pre

Touching The Void review by from London

Compelling documentary 3 March 2005
...e Peruvian Andes and subsequent events after their climb goes horribly wrong. Kevin Macdonald's film is simply marvellous, both in terms of the way he recreates the climb wi...

The Last King Of Scotland review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent

Last King of Scotland 18 March 2007
...al of Amin right and half the battle is won. Amazingly Forest Whittaker was not Kevin Macdonald’s initial choice for the role but he channels Amin brilliantly. The single-mind...

State Of Play - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
Starring: Jason Bateman, Robin Wright, Russell Crowe
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate:
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND director Kevin McDonald teams with screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan for this American adaptation of the hit BBC miniseries concerning the suspicious circumstances that set a rising congressman and a dogged reporter on a dangerous collision course. U.S. congressman ..read more »

Rate this: 72% from 982 members

State of Play on DVD (2009)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate:
Oscar winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in an case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder ..read more »

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Touching The Void - HD DVD Version (2003)
Starring: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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Bringing to life Joe Simpson's book of the same name, TOUCHING THE VOID details the near-death experience he endured during a 1985 attempt to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes that had not been scaled--the 21,000-foot Siula Grande. With his partner Simon Yates, Simpson successfully ..read more »

Rate this: 73% from 118 members

Two Brothers (2000)
Starring: Norbert Orlewicz, Cody Campbell, Kevin Macdonald
Director: Richard Bell
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Very moving family drama of two brothers, one gay and discovering himself and the other straight.

Rate this: 48% from 7 members

Two Brothers - 2.5 stars
One Day In September - 3.5 stars
Touching The Void - 3.5 stars
State Of Play - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
State of Play - 3.5 stars

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