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  • Insomnia
  • Insomnia review by Alfod from West Midlands
    Rated - 4 stars Cerebral and Absorbing 11 March 2004
    ...iams is subdued and suitably creepy as the pulp fiction author Walter Finch and Martin Donovan shines brightly but briefly as Hap Eckhart, the partner Dormer shoots accidenta...  
  • Book Of Life
  • Book Of Life review by from King's Lynn
    Rated - 2 stars Hartley tries something new 16 January 2007
    ...m because I'm a fan of Hal Hartley and his acting emsemble (represented here by Martin Donovan, who plays Jesus). For those of you watching because of PJ Harvey, be aware sh...  

Martin Donovan - filmography


  • The Haunting in Connecticut on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Elias Koteas,  Amanda Crew
    Director: Peter Cornwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a chilling true story, "The Haunting in Connecticut" charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,515 members
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  • The Quiet on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Camilla Belle,  Elisha Cuthbert,  Edie Falco
    Director: Jamie Babbitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex, lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert as Nina Deer, a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents’ godchild Dot, a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father’s death. Although Nina looks upon Dot’s deafness ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,166 members
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  • Saved on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jena Malone,  Mandy Moore,  Macaulay Culkin
    Director: Brian Dannelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Good girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her domineering best friend Hilary (Mandy Moore) are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. Until Mary’s boyfriend says he thinks he might be gay. And she’s convinced she needs to do everything to help ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 8,207 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robin Williams,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 17,125 members
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  • Onegin on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Liv Tyler,  Toby Stephens
    Director: Martha Fiennes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,544 member
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  • The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Anderson,  Tom Skerritt,  Naomi Watts
    Director: William A. Graham
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story, this tells of Ira Einhorn, credited with being one of the founders of Earth Day, who in the late 60s and early 70s lived with Holly Maddux. When she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears and her body is found in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 31 members
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  • Somebody Is Waiting on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Gabriel Byrne,  Nastassja Kinski,  Johnny Whitworth
    Director: Martin Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Leon Ellis is a kind-hearted, well-intentioned boy who just can't seem to stay out of trouble. His mother Charlotte is the soul of goodness, dedicated to her five children but burdened with the sorrows of her cruel and nasty alcoholic husband, who leaves the family destitute. However, when ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 36% from 44 members
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  • Amateur (1994)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A crackpot ex-nun who writes pornographic short stories crosses paths with an amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to uncover his identity, they come face to face with his unsavory past � including a vengeful porno actress and ruthless corporate assassins hot on ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 181 members
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  • Nadja (1994)
    Starring: Peter Fonda,  Elina Lowensohn,  David Lynch
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This black-and-white fantasy follows the escapades of Dracula's daughter Nadja, who's living a bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. Dr. Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, has just put an end to the Count's nocturnal activities. So Nadja and her ailing twin brother Edgar are left to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 16 members
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  • Trust on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Adrienne Shelly,  Martin Donovan,  Merrit Nelson
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    TRUST tells the darkly comic tale of an unlikely romance between Maria (Adrienne Shelly), a well-meaning yet thoughtless pregnant teenager, and Matthew (Martin Donovan), a frustrated young man who assembles and repairs electronics. When Maria and her judgmental father get into a heated argument and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 417 members
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  • Apartment Zero (1988)
    Starring: Hart Bochner,  Colin Firth
    Director: Martin Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of movie stars. Although the theater owner obsequiously vies for the American's affections, he becomes aware ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 17 members
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  • Book Of Life on DVD
    Starring: P. J. Harvey,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    On the last day of the century, Jesus shows up at JFK airport with his attractive young assistant, Magdalena. Sent by his father to perform the last judgement, Jesus has second thoughts and calls off the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Satan goes from bar to bar in search of pure souls… Acclaimed director ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 784 members
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  • Day On Fire on DVD
    Starring: Martin Donovan,  Olympia Dukakis,  Carmen Chaplin
    Director: Jay Anania
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Day on Fire is a haunting portrayal of violence. In New York, four women go about their lives, oblivious to the menace that is coming their way. Their paths intersect against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange foreboding wanderings of a mysterious man cruising the ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 5 members
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Martin Donovan facts

5 most recent films

Haunting in Connecticut, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - 3.0 stars
Wind Chill - 2.5 stars
The Sentinel - 3.0 stars
The Visitation - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Weeds - Season 2 - 4.5 stars
Amateur - 4.0 stars
Trust - 3.5 stars
Traffic - The Mini Series - 3.0 stars
Insomnia - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Day On Fire - 1.0 stars
Custody Of The Heart - 1.5 stars
Somebody Is Waiting - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Elias Koteas - 4 times - show films
Amanda Crew - 2 times - show films
Kiefer Sutherland - 2 times - show films
Edie Falco - 2 times - show films
D.W. Brown - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Hal Hartley - 3 times - show films
Nigel Dick - 2 times - show films
Peter Cornwell - 2 times - show films
Yuri Sivo - 2 times - show films
Clark Johnson - 2 times - show films