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David Strathairn - news / articles
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David Strathairn interview -
1 January 2000
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-Oscar Nominated David Strathairn is probably best known for his work with John Sayles (Eight Men Out, Matewan, Passion Fish
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David Strathairn - what members say
review by A customer from UK
A film not be missed 18 January 2005
review by Bluemoonin from Kent
Entertaining yet with plenty to say... 25 June 2006
review by from North Somerset
No CG crap! 16 August 2007
David Strathairn - filmography
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The Tempest
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-..read more »
 
51%
from 1,435 member
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Temple Grandin
(2010)
Starring: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond
Director: Mick Jackson
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A young, autistic woman sees the world like no other, taking snapshots of the world in her mind, and recalling them without thought.
She substitutes human contact for a life of caring for animals, developing humane methods of taking care of livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. Her peculiar ..read more »
83%
from 71 members
Currently unavailable
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The Uninvited
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, Emily Browning
Director: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
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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 »
66%
from 9,982 members
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Howl
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: James Franco, Paul Rudd, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
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James Franco stars as Allen Ginsberg in Robert Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's biopic that blends traditional narrative storytelling with documentary-style footage and vivid animation to paint a compelling portrait of the famed Beat poet. For many historians, the counterculture was conceived the ..read more »
59%
from 2,357 members
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Cold Souls
(2008)
Starring: Dina Korzun, Armand Schultz, Michael Tucker
Director: Sophie Barthes
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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 »
66%
from 91 members
Not available for rental
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Sarah Bolger, Freddie Highmore, Seth Rogen
Director: Mark Waters
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Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
71%
from 33,202 members
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My Blueberry Nights
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Certificate:
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A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
50%
from 7,321 members
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The Bourne Ultimatum - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate:
The government's most wanted amnesiac super-spy returns in this thrilling third instalment in the Jason Bourne franchise. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM picks up where the THE BOURNE SUPREMACY left off, with Bourne once again racing around the globe, desperate to uncover the secrets of his identity. Having ..read more »
83%
from 5,197 members
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Fracture - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, David Strathairn, Ryan Gosling
Director: Gregory Hoblit
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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 »
72%
from 1,036 member
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Fracture
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn
Director: Gregory Hoblit
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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 »
70%
from 50,571 members
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Trumbo
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Director: Peter Askin
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"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 »
57%
from 44 members
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We Are Marshall
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie
Director: McG
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
"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 »
69%
from 7,677 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:
Watch now: £2.49
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 »
67%
from 40,957 members
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Harrison's Flowers
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Elias Koteas
Director: Elie Chouraqui
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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 »
64%
from 556 members
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Limbo
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez
Director: John Sayles
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Set in Alaska, where the rugged lifestyle of fishermen and cannery workers is gradually giving way to tourism and museums, LIMBO features a colorful cast of characters--a fisherman who has lost his boat, lesbians who own a profitable Alaskan lodge, bar patrons reflecting on the transformation of ..read more »
61%
from 981 members
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A Map Of The World
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard
Director: Scott Elliott
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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 »
52%
from 855 members
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With Friends Like These
(1998)
Starring: Adam Arkin, Robert Costanzo, Beverly D'Angelo
Director: Philip F. Messina
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A group of out-of-work friends, all aspiring actors, find themselves fighting for the chance to take part in the next Scorsese movie based on the life of Al Capone. Friendship is really put to the test as the role of their life is on offer...
33%
from 14 members
Not currently released
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L.A. Confidential - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger
Director: Curtis Hanson
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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 »
81%
from 3,026 members
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L.A. Confidential
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger
Director: Curtis Hanson
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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 »
74%
from 58,060 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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Losing Isaiah
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
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The story of an African-American baby who was abandoned by his crack addicted mother. The baby was adopted by a white social worker, but several years the later the child's mother, now free from her addiction fights to get her son back.
64%
from 712 members
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Dolores Claiborne
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn
Director: Taylor Hackford
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. Now the elderly woman she has nursed for many years has also died-with Dolores found standing over ..read more »
67%
from 2,821 members
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The River Wild
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a ..read more »
64%
from 4,292 members
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The Firm
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Terry Kinney, David Stra, Tom Cruise
Director: Sydney Pollack
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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 »
67%
from 16,956 members
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The Firm - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ed Harris
Director: Sydney Pollack
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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 »
69%
from 479 members
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Lost In Yonkers
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Mike Damus, Brad Stoll, Mercedes Ruehl
Director: Martha Coolidge
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Two brothers are sent to live with their domineering grandmother after their mother's death. Their sheltered existence is livened-up considerably by the arrival of a small-time crook.
58%
from 134 members
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A League Of Their Own
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Garry Marshall, Geena Davis
Director: Penny Marshall
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The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion. Director ..read more »
67%
from 4,142 members
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Sneakers
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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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.
69%
from 5,226 members
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Iceman
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse
Director: Fred Schepisi
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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 »
55%
from 39 members
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Brother From Another Planet
(1984)
Starring: Jane Halleran, Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards
Director: John Sayles
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In this offbeat fantasy tale, Sayles takes a look through the eyes of a black extraterrestrial (Joe Morton) who crash-lands on Earth - in Harlem - and is taken in by the regulars of a local bar. The alien changes everyone he meets on his journey through the streets of Urban America. But can his ..read more »
66%
from 107 members
Not currently released
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Lianna
(1983)
Starring: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries
Director: John Sayles
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In this moving and compassionate film, Sayles presents a sympathetic, realistic portrait of Lianna, a young wife and mother who leaves her husband for another woman and embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery. Lianna must face the anger and confusion of her husband as well as the raised ..read more »
63%
from 106 members
Not currently released
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Return of the Secaucus Seven
(1980)
Starring: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre
Director: John Sayles
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In this his directoria debut, John Sayles looks at seven friends who reunite ten years after their radical college days for a dramatic, poignant and revelatory weekend. Return of the Secaucus 7 inspired the later hit film The Big Chill and heralded the arrival of a brilliant new force in ..read more »
65%
from 103 members
Not currently released
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John Sayles Collection
(3 discs)
Starring: Jane Halleran, Darryl Edwards, David Strathairn
Director: John Sayles
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This boxset brings together three early films from John Sayles, one of the foremost American Independent directors working today. Never before available in the UK, these films are characterised by their nuanced observations, humanity and irrepressible sense of independence, forming the foundations ..read more »
64%
from 306 members
Not currently released
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David Strathairn facts
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...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...
