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  • David Strathairn interview - 1 January 2000
    - - -Oscar Nominated David Strathairn is probably best known for his work with John Sayles (Eight Men Out, Matewan, Passion Fish …). In Good Night, and Good Luck, directed by George Clooney, he puts in a bravura performance as journalist Edward R Murrow. -

David Strathairn - what members say


  • L.A. Confidential
  • L.A. Confidential review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 5 stars A film not be missed 18 January 2005
    ...fidential also boasts an outstanding supporting cast including, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Danny Devito and the Oscar winning Kim Basinger. The best film of 1998 and per...  
  • Harrison's Flowers
  • Harrison's Flowers review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5 stars Harrowing tale of the Balkans War 22 October 2003
    ...Harrison (David Strathairn) is a photo journalist working for Newsweek when he asks his editor to find him a cushy desk job so he can stay home with his kids more. Whilst waiti...  
  • Good Night And Good Luck
  • Good Night And Good Luck review by Bluemoonin from Kent
    Rated - 5 stars Entertaining yet with plenty to say... 25 June 2006
    .... The film follows the journalists and crew of Ed Murrow's (played sublimely by David Strathairn) CBS program that challenged the methods of McCarthy's communist witch hunt in ...  

David Strathairn - filmography


  • Cold Souls (2009)
    Starring: Paul Giamatti,  Emily Watson,  Dina Korzun
    Director: Sophie Barthes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes "Cold Souls," a metaphysical tragicomedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 5 members
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  • The Uninvited on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Arielle Kebbel,  Emily Browning
    Director: Charles Guard,  Thomas Guard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Univited centers around two teenage sisters Anna and Alex Rydell (Emily Browning and Arielle Kebbel) who return home from a mental hospital only to find their recovery unraveling because of a cruel stepmother, an ignorant father and a lingering, scary ghost. With their mental states ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 812 members
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  • Fracture - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  David Strathairn,  Ryan Gosling
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Gregory Hoblit's 2007 thriller, FRACTURE, one thing is clear--highly successful engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) has shot his wife (Embeth Davidtz). What is not clear, though, is how Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), an assertive assistant D.A. on the verge signing with a major law ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 76 members
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  • Fracture on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Ryan Gosling,  David Strathairn
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Gregory Hoblit's 2007 thriller, FRACTURE, one thing is clear--highly successful engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) has shot his wife (Embeth Davidtz). What is not clear, though, is how Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), an assertive assistant D.A. on the verge signing with a major law ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 42,871 members
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  • We Are Marshall on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matthew McConaughey,  Matthew Fox,  Anthony Mackie
    Director: McG
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    "We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring true story set in Huntingdon, West Virginia, a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to cheer on Marshall University's "Thunder Herd." For this team and this community, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,177 members
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  • Good Night And Good Luck on DVD (2005)
    Starring: David Strathairn,  George Clooney,  Robert Downey Jr
    Director: George Clooney
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    With GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, George Clooney delivers a riveting account of a crucial chapter in 20th Century American history and, in the process, firmly establishes himself as a major force behind the camera as well. The crisply paced, tautly scripted docudrama recounts the events of the mid-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 34,925 members
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  • Harrison's Flowers on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  David Strathairn,  Elias Koteas
    Director: Elie Chouraqui
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Andie MacDowell is phenomenal as Sarah Lloyd, a devoted wife and mother who goes to former Yugoslavia to find her husband Harrison (David Strathairn) when he disappears and is assumed dead. Sarah and Harrison share a deep love and understanding, but Harrison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 511 members
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  • A Map Of The World on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Sigourney Weaver,  Julianne Moore,  Chloe Sevigny
    Director: Scott Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A MAP OF THE WORLD is a brilliant adaptation of the popular novel by Jane Hamilton, concerning the lives of several small-town Wisconsin inhabitants. When a child drowns in her care, school nurse Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) crumbles with guilt. The little girl's mother, Theresa Collins (..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 757 members
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  • L.A. Confidential on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Russell Crowe,  Kim Basinger
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Curtis Hanson captures the duality of 1950s Los Angeles in this striking film noir adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. The City of Angels might be sunny, inviting, and glamorous to the rest of the world, but it's also filled with corrupt cops, elegant hookers, murder cover-ups, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 50,542 members
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  • The Firm on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 14,935 members
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  • Firm, The - BLU-RAY Version (1993)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Ed Harris
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 19 members
    Due for release on 29th March 2010
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  • Sneakers on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Dan Aykroyd,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Phil Alden Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A computer expert (Robert Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers who test security systems. His past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "Sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: track down an elusive black box filled with national security secrets.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,252 members
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  • A League Of Their Own on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Geena Davis,  Madonna
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players were leaving for the war, a group of ladies left their homes to become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) is the team'..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,361 members
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  • Iceman on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Timothy Hutton,  John Lone,  Lindsay Crouse
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A team of Artic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Stanley Shephard (Hutton) wants to befriend the Iceman (Lone) and learn about the man's past; Dr. Diane Brady (Crouse) and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 25 members
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  • Trumbo
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Brian Dennehy,  Michael Douglas
    Director: Peter Askin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
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David Strathairn - watch online


  • Uninvited The to Watch Now (2009)
    Starring: Elizabeth Banks,  Arielle Kebbel,  Emily Browning
    Director: Charles Guard,  Thomas Guard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Run time: 87 minutes
    From the producers of The Ring and Disturbia comes a nail-biting thriller, THE UNINVITED. Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother's former caretaker. As the two ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Good Night and Good Luck to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: David Strathairn,  George Clooney,  Robert Downey Jr
    Director: George Clooney
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Run time: 93 minutes
    Good Night, And Good Luck takes please during the early days of US broadcast. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television news pioneer Edward E. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, the ground-breaking Murrow, and his dedicated ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • Twisted to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Andy Garcia
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 93 minutes
    Ashley Judd is sensual and stunning as Jessica Sheppard, a San Francisco police inspector prowling the wharf for a serial killer whose victims all have one thing in common: her. The investigation becomes more and more twisted as her partner (Andy Garcia) behaves strangely, and the police ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 6 members
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David Strathairn facts

5 most recent films

Cold Souls - 4.5 stars
The Uninvited - 3.5 stars
Howl - 2.0 stars
Spiderwick Chronicles, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Uninvited, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bourne Ultimatum, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Bourne Ultimatum, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Bourne Ultimatum - 4.0 stars
L.A. Confidential - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
L.A. Confidential - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Trumbo - 3 stars
Heavens Fall - 0.5 stars
With Friends Like These - 1.5 stars
Howl - 2.0 stars
Blue Car - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jeff Daniels - 4 times - show films
Joan Allen - 4 times - show films
Ray Wise - 3 times - show films
Maya Massar - 3 times - show films
Matt Damon - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George Clooney - 3 times - show films
Thomas Guard - 3 times - show films
Charles Guard - 3 times - show films
Curtis Hanson - 3 times - show films
Paul Greengrass - 3 times - show films