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Hal Hartley
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Filmography
Hal Hartley - what members say
review by A customer from Nottingham, England
A gem of a movie 17 April 2004
review by from King's Lynn
Hartley tries something new 16 January 2007
review by A customer from Southampton
Possibly Not 23 December 2009
Hal Hartley - filmography
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Fay Grim
(2006)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Parker Posey, Saffron Burrows
Director: Hal Hartley
Certificate: 
Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is afraid her son Ned (Liam Aiken) will turn out like his father, Henry, who has been a fugitive for seven years. Fay's brother, Simon, is serving a prison sentence for helping Henry escape the country. Adding to her trials, Fay is approached by a CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum) ..read more »
 
64%
from 5 members
Currently unavailable
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Possible Films - Short Works by Hal Hart...
(2006)
Director: Hal Hartley
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From the quiet and thoughtful to the loud and ridiculous, this arresting collection of short work by Hal Hartley reveals the tireless experimentation, curiosity, and playfulness that lies behind his many feature films, like The Unbelievable Truth, Simple Men, Amateur, The Book of Life, Trust, Flirt,..read more »
52%
from 95 members
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The Girl From Monday
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sabrina Lloyd, Leo Fitzpatrick, William Sage
Director: Hal Hartley
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Hal Hartley's 'fake science fiction' film parodies the increasing commercialism of today's society, with people representing little more than their net worth. Identified by bar codes tattooed on their wrists, affection is a thing of the past, but a small group of rebels attempt to subvert the ..read more »
48%
from 120 members
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No Such Thing
(2001)
Starring: Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Helen Mirren
Director: Hal Hartley
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Disgusted with human evolution, a foul mouthed monster (Robert John Burke) kills anyone who crosses his path. When a news crew sent to investigate the monster disappears, a guileless young woman (Sarah Polley) is dispatched to follow up on the story. She befriends the monster and becomes his only ..read more »
75%
from 4 members
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Book Of Life
(1998)
Starring: P. J. Harvey, Martin Donovan
Director: Hal Hartley
Certificate: 
On the last day of the century, Jesus shows up at JFK airport with his attractive young assistant, Magdalena. Sent by his father to perform the last judgement, Jesus has second thoughts and calls off the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Satan goes from bar to bar in search of pure souls. Acclaimed director ..read more »
42%
from 870 members
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Henry Fool
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Parker Posey, James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan
Director: Hal Hartley
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Hartley has crafted here what many consider to be his crowning achievement: a sprawling epic of a story that tackles any and everything he decides to mock, satirize, or challenge. Simon is a factory worker who lives with his nymphomaniac sister and manic depressive mother. Along comes Henry Fool, a ..read more »
63%
from 643 members
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Amateur
(1994)
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan
Director: Hal Hartley
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A crackpot ex-nun who writes pornographic short stories crosses paths with an amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to uncover his identity, they come face to face with his unsavory past - including a vengeful porno actress and ruthless corporate assassins hot on their ..read more »
77%
from 203 members
Currently unavailable
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Simple Men
(1992)
Starring: Robert John Burke, Bill Sage
Director: Hal Hartley
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After being spurned and double-crossed by his lover, a small-time thief reluctantly agrees to join his younger brother, an intellectual college undergrad, on a search for their missing, legendary father. On the way they run into two of the most unusual and fascinating women they have ever met, and ..read more »
75%
from 119 members
Currently unavailable
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Hal Hartley's Surviving Desire
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Martin Donovan, Matt Malloy, Merritt Nelson
Director: Hal Hartley
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SURVIVING DESIRE (1991) is a comedy about obsessive love from the director Time Magazine called "the smartest new outlaw in the movies." SURVIVING DESIRE is a bold and playful little tale about a handsome young college professor smitten with a beautiful young female student. It is a swift ..read more »
73%
from 47 members
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Trust
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Merritt Nelson
Director: Hal Hartley
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TRUST tells the darkly comic tale of an unlikely romance between Maria (Adrienne Shelly), a well-meaning yet thoughtless pregnant teenager, and Matthew (Martin Donovan), a frustrated young man who assembles and repairs electronics. When Maria and her judgmental father get into a heated argument and ..read more »
69%
from 1,036 member
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The Unbelievable Truth
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Robert Burke, Christopher Cooke
Director: Hal Hartley
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In Hal Hartley's first feature film, THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, Josh (Robert Burke), a criminal who has just been released from prison, returns home to Lindenhurst, Long Island. There he's hired as a mechanic by Vic Hugo (Christopher Cooke), the owner of a local garage. Through a mutual interest in ..read more »
68%
from 1,219 member
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Possible Films Volume 2
on DVD
Director: Hal Hartley
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An ambitious young actress comes to Berlin to convince an American ex-pat filmmaker she must be his next muse ... Hartley's conscientious assistant in Berlin receives weekly letters from her boss and sends him the books he needs as he struggles in Amsterdam to stage Dutch composer Louis Andriessen'..read more »
67%
from 9 members
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Hal Hartley facts
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...As a Hal Hartley fan I'm probably biased but this was a joy to watch; funny, touching and beautifully acted by a largely unknown cast. Hal's films are like those undiscove...
