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Alan Parker
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Alan Parker - what members say
review by from West Sussex
Human thirst for dignity 14 June 2004
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
Evita 6 May 2007
review by boogsy from Manchester
Cage is amazing. Film is amazing. 23 January 2004
Alan Parker - filmography
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The Life Of David Gale
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Kate Winslet
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate: 
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 »
 
71%
from 23,197 members
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Angela's Ashes
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Robert Carlyle
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 »
69%
from 3,594 members
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Evita
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate: 
Evita is based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Actually, the film is more of an opera, with only short moments devoted to dialogue. Evita is the friendly, family version of the proper name Eva, and this film tells the story of Eva Peron (1921-52), a woman whose name evokes ..read more »
64%
from 6,096 members
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The Road To Wellville
(1994)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Michael Lerner
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 »
57%
from 1,044 member
Not currently released
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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 »
72%
from 11,598 members
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Mississippi Burning
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: R. Lee Ermey, Michael Rooker, Stephen Tobolowsky
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 »
73%
from 8,470 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 »
65%
from 9,778 members
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Angel Heart - Blu-ray
(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 »
70%
from 756 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 »
64%
from 1,953 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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Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of the wall. This wall is a ..read more »
69%
from 4,060 members
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Fame - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Maureen Teefy, Eddie Barth, Irene Cara
Director: Alan Parker
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Watch now: Unavailable
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 »
56%
from 268 members
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Fame
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Maureen Teefy, Eddie Barth, Irene Cara
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
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 »
59%
from 6,384 members
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Midnight Express
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt
Director: Alan Parker
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
73%
from 5,819 members
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Midnight Express - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
Director: Alan Parker
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
74%
from 654 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 »
71%
from 6,523 members
Not currently released
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Bugsy Malone - Blu-ray
(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 »
71%
from 592 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 »
76%
from 357 members
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Alan Parker facts
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...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...
