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  • Grohl wants Duvall for Cobain biopic - 2 March 2010
    drummer Dave Grohl wants an actress to portray him in a planned biopic about his late bandmate Kurt Cobain - and he's convinced Shelley Duvall is perfect for the role.- -The Messenger moviemaker Oren Moverman is reportedly in talks to direct the film, based on Charles R

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  • The Shining
  • The Shining review by from East Yorkshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars Wish I'd seen it sooner! 29 May 2006
    ...m glad I have now. Only thing I didn't enjoy about the film was the casting of Shelley Duvall as Jack's wife. There's only so much high pitched whining I can take. Nonethel...   Read customer review

Shelley Duvall - filmography


  • Changing Habits (1996)
    Starring: Moira Kelly,  Taylor Negron,  Teri Garr
    Director: Lynn Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In order to hone her craft, a plucky but penniless artist resorts to comical desperate measures: she steals guache from a local art dealer and takes a room in a convent in exchange for odd jobs. Inevitably, the sisters teach her a thing or two about abstaining from thievery, while the handsome art ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 2 members
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  • Portrait Of A Lady on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  John Malkovich,  Barbara Hershey
    Director: Jane Campion
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jane Campion directed this expressive adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James. Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a young American woman who, after the death of her parents, has been sent to England to visit relatives. While her family's tragedy has left her penniless, Isabel's beauty has ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,401 members
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  • Roxanne on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Daryl Hannah,  Rick Rossovich
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Small-town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin, in a wonderfully skillful verbal and physical performance) is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary nose. Astronomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) has just come to his town of Nelson, Washington in order to get away from the city and to get a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 8,160 members
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  • The Shining on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 56,545 members
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  • Time Bandits - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Shelley Duvall,  Ian Holm,  Katherine Helmond
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy adventure. When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric encounters with famous ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 770 members
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  • The Shining - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,608 members
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  • The Shining - HD (1980)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Shelley Duvall,  Danny Lloyd
    Director: Stanley Kubrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 336 members
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  • Time Bandits on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Shelley Duvall,  Ian Holm,  Katherine Helmond
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 12,663 members
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  • Annie Hall on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Colleen Dewhurst,  Christopher Walken,  Woody Allen
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Woody Allen cowrote, directed, and stars in this award-winning film as a kvetchy Brooklyn comedian wistfully recalling his bygone relationship with flighty, adorable, and irrepressibly midwestern (read: not Jewish) Annie Hall. The film marked a transition from Allen's earlier absurdist comedies to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 27,940 members
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  • Buffalo Bill And The Indians on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  Burt Lancaster,  Joel Grey
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Truth is whatever gets the loudest applause. Debunking western myths even more than he did in McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Robert Altman's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) sardonically explores the gap between western history and legend in show biz-obsessed ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 278 members
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  • Casper Meets Wendy on DVD
    Starring: Casper The Friendly Ghost,  George Hamilton,  Shelley Duvall
    Director: Sean McNamara
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When evil warlock Desmond Spellman (George Hamilton) vows to destroy Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff), she and her witless witch aunts hide out at Sunny Brite Resort, where the vacationing Ghostly Trio has been busy scaring up mega-mischief - and making Casper's afterlife miserable!
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 367 members
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Shelley Duvall facts

5 most recent films

Changing Habits - 1.0 stars
Portrait Of A Lady - 2.5 stars
The Underneath - 2.5 stars
Roxanne - 3.0 stars
The Shining - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Shining - HD - 4.0 stars
The Shining - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Shining - 4.0 stars
Time Bandits - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Time Bandits - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Changing Habits - 1.0 stars
Buffalo Bill And The Indians - 2.5 stars
Portrait Of A Lady - 2.5 stars
The Twilight Zone - Season 2 - 2.5 stars
The Underneath - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tom Skerritt - 6 times - show films
Gina Gershon - 5 times - show films
George Wendt - 5 times - show films
Joe Mantegna - 5 times - show films
Terry Farrell - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Terry Gilliam - 4 times - show films
Stanley Kubrick - 4 times - show films
Robert Altman - 3 times - show films
Woody Allen - 2 times - show films