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Sissy Spacek - what members say
review by from Northwich, Cheshire
All star cast gives great film 19 August 2004
review by from yorkshire
Bit schmaltzy! 11 November 2005
review by from Pontefract, England
Carrie 1 May 2005
Sissy Spacek - filmography
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The Help
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard
Director: Tate Taylor
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives and a Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent ..read more »
 
81%
from 8,170 members
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The Help - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard
Director: Tate Taylor
Certificate:
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A 1960s-era Mississippi debutante sends her community into an uproar by conducting a series of probing interviews with the black servants behind some of her community's most prominent families. Skeeter (Emma Stone) has just graduated from college, and she's eager to launch her career as a writer. ..read more »
82%
from 2,776 members
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Get Low
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Lori Edgeman, Linds Edwards, Chandler Riggs
Director: Aaron Schneider
Certificate: 
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Inspired by the true story of Tennessee recluse Felix 'Bush' Breazeale, who planned his funeral while he was still alive, director Aaron Schneider's dramatic period thriller stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lewis Black. Few folks have spoken with Felix Bush (Duvall) since he ..read more »
69%
from 1,486 member
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Four Christmases
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall
Director: Seth Gordon
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When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation--and unable to escape--they trudge to not one, not ..read more »
62%
from 22,462 members
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Four Christmases - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Tim McGraw, Jon Favreau, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: Seth Gordon
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Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn pair up for this Christmas comedy about a couple who has to visit four different sets of parents as a result of divorce. Seth Gordon, director of the highly praised documentary THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, makes a move into narrative territory with ..read more »
60%
from 1,066 member
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Gray Matters
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Molly Shannon, Alan Cumming, Bridget Moynahan
Director: Sue Kramer
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Gray (Heather Graham) and Sam (Thomas Cavanagh) are inseparable. They live together, take ballroom dancing classes, and jog in the park together. They'd make a very attractive couple were it not for the fact that they're brother and sister. In a bright and beautiful version of Manhattan, where ..read more »
53%
from 3,505 members
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Hot Rod - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Isla Fisher, Bill Hader, Danny McBride
Director: Akiva Schaffer
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE star Andy Samberg is a stuntman with a mission in this comedy from producer Lorne Michaels. Rod Kimble must jump over 15 buses on his bike to raise money for an operation for his less-than-lovable stepdad (DEADWOOD's Ian McShane).
66%
from 1,005 member
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Hot Rod
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader
Director: Akiva Schaffer
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE star Andy Samberg is a stuntman with a mission in this comedy from producer Lorne Michaels. Rod Kimble must jump over 15 buses on his bike to raise money for an operation for his less-than-lovable stepdad (DEADWOOD's Ian McShane).
64%
from 6,945 members
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An American Haunting
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Rachel Hurd Wood, Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek
Director: Courtney Solomon
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Based on a true state-documented case that took place during the 1800s, the Bell family of Red River, Tenn., was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members. What started as small sounds around the farm and the sighting of a black, ..read more »
56%
from 15,123 members
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North Country
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson
Director: Niki Caro
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This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent ..read more »
66%
from 11,211 members
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Tuck Everlasting
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek
Director: Jay Russell
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Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie outside the fence that surrounds her pristine house and protects her from the outside world, and into ..read more »
62%
from 1,192 member
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In The Bedroom
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
Director: Todd Field
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Todd Field's IN THE BEDROOM is an artistic and realistic portrait of domestic trouble in small-town America. Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson star as Ruth and Matt Fowler, the parents of a recent high school graduate, Frank (Nick Stahl), who has an affair with a married woman, Natalie (Marisa Tomei). ..read more »
59%
from 5,313 members
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The Straight Story
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Farley, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Jane Heitz
Director: David Lynch
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David Lynch's first foray into the land of Disney and G-ratings is a surprisingly gentle, hopeful, and irony-free crowd pleaser. The film tells the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), a 73-year-old man who journeys from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawn ..read more »
72%
from 8,525 members
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Blast From The Past
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken
Director: Hugh Wilson
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Adam has been cocooned in a steel bunker since 1962 when his parents thought a nuclear attack was imminent. Eve has lived in the modern world full of dead-end jobs and shallow boyfriends. When the two meet the results are fascinating and real love is never far away...
63%
from 6,214 members
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Ring 2
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Daisuke Ban, Kyoko Fukada, Kenjiro Ishimaru
Director: Hideo Nakata
Certificate:
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Hideo Nakata's sequel to his notoriously creepy RING continues the chilling tale after the unforgettable finale of the original. Reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) continues her investigation of the ghostly Sadako and the cursed videotape. Meanwhile, Reiko's son, Yoichi (Rikiya Otaka), ..read more »
57%
from 7,345 members
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Affliction
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek
Director: Paul Schrader
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Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (..read more »
57%
from 807 members
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Beyond The Call
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard
Director: Tony Bill
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Edward Artis, Dr. Jim Laws, and Walt Rutterman look more like they should be heading to a golf course than running food and medical supplies into a war zone, but that is exactly what they spend most of their lives doing. Part-Indiana Jones, part-Mother Theresa, these three relatively affluent white ..read more »
50%
from 51 members
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A Place For Annie
(1993)
Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Sissy Spacek, Joan Plowright
Director: John Gray
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In this Hallmark Hall of Fame production, a pediatric nurse (Sissy Spacek) adopts an infant with AIDS only to have the birth mother (Mary-Louise Parker) show up and demand custody. The nurse, her nanny (Joan Plowright), and the mother all vie to care for the little one, ultimately developing a ..read more »
67%
from 190 members
Not currently released
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JFK
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
69%
from 14,944 members
Not currently released
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Crimes Of The Heart
(1986)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Crimes of the Heart tells the story of three eccentric southern sisters - Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek), whose lives reunite after a long separation. Lenny, the eldest has never married and cares for her ailing grandfather. Meg has had a string of boyfriends and ..read more »
50%
from 221 members
Not currently released
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Night, Mother
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
Director: Tom Moore
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Sissy Spacek stars as a suicidal young woman struggling to make the decision whether to live or die. Anne Bancroft portrays her mother who attempts to dissuade her from making the wrong choice. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Marsha Norman.
73%
from 43 members
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Marie - A True Story
(1985)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Based on an actual event, "MARIE" is the story of a young woman who, a victim of domestic violence, escaped her husband, put herself through school and raised her chronically ill child. She got into politics and eventually became the appointed Head of the State Parole Board of Tennessee. She ..read more »
54%
from 121 members
Not currently released
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The River
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey
Director: Mark Rydell
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The tale of Tom And Mae Garvey, a young couple who are struggling to keep their farm safe from the local authority who wishes to flood the area.
56%
from 287 members
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Coal Miner's Daughter
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm
Director: Michael Apted
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The story of Loretta Lynn, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER charts the rise of the queen of country music from her upbringing in backwoods Appalachia to stardom at the Grand Ole Opry. One of eight children, she married at age 13 and was a mother of four by age 20. Shy and naive, she was pushed into music by ..read more »
70%
from 1,113 member
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Carrie
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Director: Brian De Palma
Certificate: 
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This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her ..read more »
68%
from 14,322 members
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Katherine
(1975)
Starring: Art Carney, Sissy Spacek, Henry Winkler
Director: Jeremy Kagan
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Loosely based on the real life story of Diana Oughton, this is a harrowing look at the political underground through the eyes of Katherine Altman, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and politician.
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Badlands
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri
Director: Terrence Malick
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Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are Kit and Holly in this incredible debut feature film from elusive writer/director Terrence Malick. South Dakota, 1959. Kit and Holly are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment, a headlong flight from nowhere, to nowhere. They're playing make-believe but ..read more »
70%
from 7,988 members
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The Waltons - Season 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Ronnie Claire Edwards, Nora Marlowe, Richard Gilliland
Director: Walter Alzman
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WhenT HE WALTONS made its Sunday morning debut, no one was prepared for the level of success it reached. Telling the story of a large family living on Walton's Mountain during the Great Depression, the series tackles universal themes that continue to ring true to this day. Told from the perspective ..read more »
73%
from 1,237 member
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Sissy Spacek facts
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... home in case of nuclear attack. When the perceived attack happens, he and wife Sissy Spacek retreat to their comfortable life underground until their baby son is grown up!...
