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Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix ( born October 28, 1974), formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is a film actor, musician, and occasional rapper. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he lived for the first 4 years of his childhood. His family then moved to the continental United States, where he was raised. Among the many places in which he lived, because of his family's frequent moving, were Mexico and various countries in South America. Phoenix is from a family of performers which includes his older brother, the late River Phoenix.
Phoenix has ventured behind the camera, directing music videos as well as producing movies and television shows, and has recorded an album, the soundtrack to Walk The Line. He is also known for his work as a social activist, particularly as an advocate for animal rights. On October 27, 2008, he announced his retirement from film in order to focus on his rapping career.
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Joaquin Phoenix - news / articles
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Phoenix in negotiations for film return -
13 April 2011
-Joaquin Phoenix is in talks to make his big screen comeback alongside Phillip Seymour Hoffman in a new religious drama.-The Walk The Line star declared he was quitting acting in 2008 to launch a career as a rapper and then spent a year shooting bogus documentary I'm Sti
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Phoenix's famous friends knew about film prank -
20 November 2010
-Joaquin Phoenix's famous friends Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ben Stiller were both "in" on the joke during the filming of his hoax movie I'm Still Here.-
-The Hollywood actor hit headlines in 2008 when he sensationally announced he was quitting acting to take up a new career
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Phoenix 'wanted out' of I'm Still Here -
2 October 2010
-Joaquin Phoenix was desperate to quit work on his hoax documentary I'm Still Here after the first few months of pretending he was a wannabe rapper - because he longed for a return to normal life.-
-The Oscar-nominee stunned fans in 2008 by announcing he was quitting act
Joaquin Phoenix - what members say
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Tense thriller 18 February 2004
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Not your average costume drama! 30 December 2004
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2 March 2004
Joaquin Phoenix - filmography
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The Master
(2012)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.
 
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I'm Still Here - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Casey Affleck
Certificate: 
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The directorial debut of Oscar®-nominated actor Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me), Im Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line, Gladiator). With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar®-nominee as he announces his retirement from a ..read more »
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from 976 members
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I'm Still Here
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Casey Affleck
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I'M STILL HERE is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I'M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a ..read more »
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from 3,586 members
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Two Lovers
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw
Director: James Gray
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A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
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from 10,405 members
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Two Lovers - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Bob Ari, John Ortiz, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: James Gray
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In this drama, a photographer named Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) is given the tough choice of choosing between two blonde beauties. His neighbour Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow) is also in the midst of an affair with a married man, while family friend Sandra (Vinessa Shaw, GARDEN PARTY) reveals she may be ..read more »
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from 1,211 member
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We Own The Night - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Alex Veadov, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes
Director: James Gray
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Director James Gray (THE YARDS) posits two distinctly different brothers--Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Grusinsky (Joaquin Phoenix)--as the central characters in this crime-infested thriller. Joseph and Bobby inhabit two conflicting worlds in late 1980s New York, the former becoming a cop and ..read more »
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from 47 members
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We Own the Night
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg
Director: James Gray
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New York 1988, Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has changed his name to conceal his family connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops in order to pursue ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him, he comes face to face with the family ..read more »
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from 37,663 members
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We Own The Night - HD
(2007)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg
Director: James Gray
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Director James Gray (THE YARDS) posits two distinctly different brothers--Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Grusinsky (Joaquin Phoenix)--as the central characters in this crime-infested thriller. Joseph and Bobby inhabit two conflicting worlds in late 1980s New York, the former becoming a cop and ..read more »
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from 96 members
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Walk The Line - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Dallas Roberts, Joaquin Phoenix, Shelby Lynn
Director: James Mangold
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Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died ..read more »
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from 1,166 member
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Walk The Line
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick
Director: James Mangold
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Primarily the story of the love that grew between country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career, WALK THE LINE is the result of intense collaboration between director James Mangold, co-writer Gill Dennis, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash. Though both Cashes died ..read more »
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from 81,170 members
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Ladder 49
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett
Director: Jay Russell
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Joaquin Phoenix is great in this saga of Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, whose life starts flashing before his eyes when he becomes trapped in a blazing high rise. Flashbacks chronicle his memories of being a rookie at his Baltimore fire company. He remembers fighting his first fire, bonding ..read more »
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from 30,919 members
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Ladder 49 - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett
Director: Jay Russell
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Joaquin Phoenix is great in this saga of Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, whose life starts flashing before his eyes when he becomes trapped in a blazing high rise. Flashbacks chronicle his memories of being a rookie at his Baltimore fire company. He remembers fighting his first fire, bonding ..read more »
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from 850 members
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Hotel Rwanda
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte
Director: Terry George
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Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
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from 86,689 members
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The Village
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE finds the renowned writer-director crafting a suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds them. For years, they have kept a truce with mysterious creatures in the woods by vowing never to breach a ..read more »
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from 61,534 members
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It's All About Love
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
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A beautiful film set in the future, a tale of impending divorce for a young couple who manage to rediscover their love. Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and Claire Danes (ROMEO+JULIET) play John and Elena who agree to meet up one last time to finalise their divorce. He must meet his world-famous figure-..read more »
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from 3,887 members
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Brother Bear
(2003)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Jason Raize
Director: Aaron Blaise, Rob Walker
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In Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature BROTHER BEAR beautiful animation of the Pacific Northwest depicts wonderfully intimidating snowcapped mountains and glaciers, beautiful springtime forest scenes, rivers full of leaping salmon, and lots of interesting wildlife--from tiny squirrels and ..read more »
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from 16,593 members
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Signs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Cherry Jones
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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It's contaminated. That's what pint-sized Bo (Abigail Breslin) says about every glass of water that she tries to drink, then rejects. This is just one in a long list of strange occurrences that are changing the lives of the Hess family. Things go awry when Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his brother, ..read more »
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from 25,640 members
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Buffalo Soldiers
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Elizabeth McGovern
Director: Gregor Jordan
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Joaquin Phoenix stars in this dark service comedy as Ray Elwood, an Army clerk stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Part of a company made up almost entirely of ex-convicts and school dropouts, Elwood takes advantage of his daft commanding officer, Col. Berman (..read more »
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from 15,693 members
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The Yards
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: James Gray
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Director James Gray's second film is a dark and atmospheric exploration of the corruption that lies underneath both the surface of a New York City railway manufacturing company and the family that runs it. Mark Wahlberg turns in an impressive and quietly intense performance as Leo, a 24-year-old ..read more »
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from 2,130 members
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Quills
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Stephen Moyer, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Based on the award-winning play by Doug Wright, this erotic and fantastical drama reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in Charenton Asylum for the last 10 years of his life. QUILLS is a Gothic period piece from director Philip ..read more »
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from 6,854 members
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Gladiator
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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Gladiator - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN) transports Hollywood to second-century Rome in this rousing historical epic that proudly harkens back to such films as BEN-HUR and SPARTACUS. Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who leads the troops in conquering Germania for the empire. When an aging ..read more »
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from 3,243 members
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8MM
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chris Bauer, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Two features. In '8MM' Cage plays Tom Welles, a straight-laced surveillance specialist. His innocent, naive world begins to unravel when he is hired by the widow of an industrialist to investigate what she has shockingly discovered in her late husband's safe. It appears to be a snuff film of a ..read more »
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from 7,643 members
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Inventing The Abbotts
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup
Director: Pat O'Connor
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In the placid, potboiler-perfect 1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealthy and powerful Abbott family, which boasts three strapping brunette daughters in addition to its monetary assets. On the other side of the proverbial tracks live two fatherless brothers--one idolises ..read more »
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from 1,263 member
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U-Turn
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone shelved his social conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble. Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged Jake McKenna (..read more »
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To Die For
(1995)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black comedy. Gus Van Sant's sly satire on America's tabloid mentality is loosely adapted from Joyce Maynard's chronicle of the real-life tale of ..read more »
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from 5,661 members
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Space Camp
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Tom Skerritt
Director: Harry Winer
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While attending the United States Space Camp, five teenagers and their instructor are accidentally launched into space on board a shuttle and they must figure out how to bring themselves safely back to Earth.
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from 2,404 members
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Murder She Wrote - Series 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach, Leslie Nieslen
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Angela Lansbury stars in the role that earned her 12 consecutive Emmy nominations as everyone's favourite super-sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. Along with the quirky residents of Cabot Cove, Maine, Jessica is joined in her ..read more »
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Joaquin Phoenix facts
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.... What makes this a better than average film is the acting of Nicholas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix. Cage excels at playing these multi-faceted characters with a light and dark si...
