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Demme 'quits Marley biopic' -
15 August 2009
-A planned biopic of Bob Marley's life has been thrown into doubt again - director Jonathan Demme has reportedly followed in Martin Scorsese's footsteps and quit the project.-
-The Raging Bull legend was originally signed up to helm the story of the late reggae icon's l
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Jonathan Demme - filmography
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The Manchurian Candidate
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Watch now: £2.49
U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can’t sleep at night … and he doesn’t want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon’s ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco’s crew. But ..read more »
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The Agronomist
on DVD
(2004)
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jean Dominique, the Haitian radio personality, investigative journalist, and political activist who was assassinated in April 2000, is the subject of Jonathan Demme's informative documentary. Demme, who has directed other documentaries about charismatic figures such as Spalding Gray (SWIMMING TO ..read more »
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The Truth About Charlie
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme's THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a swirling romantic suspense thriller, a remake of the 1963 Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn vehicle, CHARADE. Set in Paris, the film stars Thandie Newton as a British ex-pat whose art dealer husband is murdered while she's on vacation. Arriving home, she is ..read more »
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Pretenders, The - Greatest Hits
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: The Pretenders
Director: Derek Burbidge, Jonathan Demme
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Includes: 'Brass In Pocket', 'Message Of Love', 'Don't Get Me Wrong', 'I'll Stand By You', 'Hymn To Her', 'Kid', 'Human', 'I Go To Sleep', 'Forever Young', 'I Got You Babe', 'Night In My Veins', 'Talk Of The Town', 'Stop Your Sobbing', 'Middle Of The Road', 'Back On The Chain Gang', 'Closing ..read more »
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Beloved
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (..read more »
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Philadelphia
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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After a solid track record and a much-deserved promotion, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a handsome, upwardly mobile Philadelphia lawyer, loses his high-paying corporate job when he starts developing full-blown AIDS. Though Andrew's firm attributes his dismissal to his supposedly poor performance, he ..read more »
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Silence Of The Lambs
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn
Director: Jonathan Demme
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An evil serial killer who skins his female victims is on the loose. FBI agent, Clarice Starling is assigned to the case. Desperate for any leads she seeks the help of psychiatrist-turned-psychopath, Dr Hannibal Lecter..... Winner of 5 Oscars. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
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Married To The Mob
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Michelle Pfeiffer established herself as an adept actress with this colorful comedy from director Jonathan Demme (SOMETHING WILD, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their ..read more »
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Something Wild
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels star in this quirky road movie from director Jonathan Demme (MARRIED TO THE MOB, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). Charlie Driggs (Daniels) is a timid New York investment broker who lets himself be abducted during his lunch hour by an attractive nut named Lulu (Griffith). ..read more »
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Melvin And Howard
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Director Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) made a critical breakthrough with this film. It's based on the true story of Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat), an affable all-American loser whose miserable luck changes when he gives a ride to eccentric Howard Hughes (superbly played by Jason Robards) ..read more »
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Crazy Mama
(1975)
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme directs this joyous unrelentlessly kitchy celebration of 50's America: opportunity, rock'n'roll, and the road. He follows three generations of women and the men they pick up, for a crime spree from California to the old family homestead in Arkansas.
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Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
on DVD
Starring: Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ben Keith
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Director Jonathan Demme (STOP MAKING SENSE) pays tribute to folk-rock legend Neil Young in this riveting docu-concert. Filmed at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, HEART OF GOLD offers an intimate portrait of this unique artist through his music and insights on family, friends, mortality, and the ..read more »
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The Manchurian Candidate
to Watch Now
(2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 129 minutes
Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards ..read more »
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Jonathan Demme facts
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A wild ride - for half the movie 19 September 2004
... dangerous husband Ray(Ray Liotta) is back on the scene and wants Lulu back.
Jonathan Demme's comedy is one of the numerous 'yuppie nightmare' movies that were so prevalen...
Chaotic portrait of a chaotic country 28 April 2005
