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Who Killed Nancy?
on DVD
(2009)
Director: Alan Parker, Alan G. Parker
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On October 12th 1978 Nancy Spungeon, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper and heroin addict, was found dead in a bathroom at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. She also happened to be the girlfriend of the Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious, who was quickly accused of her murder. Less than 6 months ..read more »
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52%
from 386 members
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The Life Of David Gale
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney
Director: Alan Parker
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David Gale (Kevin Spacey) is a Texas professor and anti-death penalty activist who, ironically enough, winds up on death row for the rape and murder of a colleague. Kate Winslet plays Bitsey Bloom, the brave journalist who sets out to tell to his story. In the days leading up to his execution, Gale ..read more »
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70%
from 20,458 members
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Angela's Ashes
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emily Watson, Joe Breen
Director: Alan Parker
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ANGELA'S ASHES is the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt (played at various ages by Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge), whose personal memoir became a worldwide phenomenon. When eldest son Frank's baby sister dies and father Malachy (Robert Carlyle) can find no work, ..read more »
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68%
from 2,990 members
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Evita
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Alan Parker
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Madonna tackles the title role in Alan Parker's ambitious recounting of the brief, amazing life of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron. Presented almost entirely in song and narrated by Antonio Banderas as a fictional everyman, the film charts the alternately revered and reviled Evita's rise from ..read more »
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64%
from 5,129 members
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The Road To Wellville
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda
Director: Alan Parker
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Based on the best-selling novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE satirises late-19th-century health fads and medical procedures. The story focuses on Will Lightbody (Matthew Broderick) and his wife, Eleanor (Bridget Fonda), guests at the health spa of eccentric and toothy cereal mogul ..read more »
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56%
from 900 members
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The Commitments
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Andrew Strong, Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne
Director: Alan Parker
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Alan Parker's THE COMMITMENTS, based on Roddy Doyle's buoyant debut novel, follows the enjoyable travails of a band cobbled together by young Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), whose vision is to bring soul music to Dublin. After putting an ad in the local paper, Jimmy assembles an unlikely group of ..read more »
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71%
from 9,751 members
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Mississippi Burning
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif
Director: Alan Parker
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In 1964, when three civil-rights workers, two white and one black, mysteriously disappear while driving through Mississippi, two FBI agents, Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), are sent in to investigate. While Ward is young and by the book, Anderson is a seasoned southerner ..read more »
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72%
from 7,371 members
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Angel Heart
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
Director: Alan Parker
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In Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART, based on the novel FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, a New York City gumshoe is hired to find an aging blues singer. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) follows clues from the ominous ghettos of Harlem to the witchy backwoods of Louisiana, where he takes up with Epiphany ..read more »
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65%
from 8,834 members
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Angel Heart - BLU-RAY Version
(1987)
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet
Director: Alan Parker
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In Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART, based on the novel FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, a New York City gumshoe is hired to find an aging blues singer. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) follows clues from the ominous ghettos of Harlem to the witchy backwoods of Louisiana, where he takes up with Epiphany ..read more »
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72%
from 197 members
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Birdy
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins
Director: Alan Parker
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In Alan Parker's adaptation of William Wharton's acclaimed novel, the title character is a Vietnam vet hospitalized for postwar trauma. Lying in a state of amentia, Birdy (Matthew Modine) fantasizes about birds in flight, an obsession that has haunted him since childhood. Now this fascination acts ..read more »
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64%
from 1,734 member
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Pink Floyd, Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins
Director: Alan Parker
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Loosely based on the life story of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original front man (who was kicked out of the band for his bizarre and disturbing behavior only to go insane shortly thereafter), PINK FLOYD: THE WALL stars Bob Geldof as Pink, a mentally damaged man who has gone from a hopeful child ..read more »
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69%
from 3,543 members
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Fame - BLU-RAY Version
(1980)
Starring: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri
Director: Alan Parker
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In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller)..read more »
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59%
from 64 members
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Fame
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri
Director: Alan Parker
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In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller)..read more »
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59%
from 5,135 members
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Midnight Express
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt
Director: Alan Parker
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
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73%
from 4,569 members
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Midnight Express - BLU-RAY Version
(1978)
Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt
Director: Alan Parker
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
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74%
from 201 members
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Bugsy Malone
(1976)
Starring: Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini
Director: Alan Parker
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In this unique mobster movie, Scott Baio heads up a prepubescent cast as the title character, a child gangster determined to rule over New York City. Instead of throwing fists or bullets, the Prohibition-era kiddie mobsters sling confections at one another. When Bugsy learns that a rival gang has ..read more »
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70%
from 5,996 members
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Bugsy Malone - BLU-RAY Version
(1976)
Starring: Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini
Director: Alan Parker
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In this unique mobster movie, Scott Baio heads up a prepubescent cast as the title character, a child gangster determined to rule over New York City. Instead of throwing fists or bullets, the Prohibition-era kiddie mobsters sling confections at one another. When Bugsy learns that a rival gang has ..read more »
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68%
from 285 members
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Bugsy Malone - Sing-Along Edition
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jodie Foster, John Cassini, Scott Baio
Director: Alan Parker
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In this unique mobster movie, Scott Baio heads up a prepubescent cast as the title character, a child gangster determined to rule over New York City. Instead of throwing fists or bullets, the Prohibition-era kiddie mobsters sling confections at one another. When Bugsy learns that a rival gang has ..read more »
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71%
from 116 members
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Alan Parker facts
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Human thirst for dignity 14 June 2004
...ies for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country.
Director Alan Parker (Mississippi Burning), aided by Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning script, fastens an...
