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Filmography

Simon Wincer - filmography


  • Monte Walsh (2003)
    Starring: Tom Selleck,  Isabella Rossellini,  Keith Carradine
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The dawn of the twentieth century brings with it the prospect of great change. This exciting time was seen as a frightening infringement upon the range life of many cowboys. Monte Walsh (Tom Selleck) is one such ranch hand, a Wyoming rambler whose way of life is becoming obsolete. The ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 19 members
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  • PT Barnum on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Beau Bridges,  Jordan Bridges,  Cynthia Dale
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Previously portrayed on stage and screen by the likes of Wallace Beery, Burt Lancaster and Jim Dale, colorful 19th century American showman Phineas T. Barnum lives again in the person of Beau Bridges) in this two-part, made-for-cable biopic.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 2 members
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  • The Phantom on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Patrick McGoohan,  Catherine Zeta Jones,  Billy Zane
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A lavish action-adventure of swashbuckling romance and mystery based on the popular comic-strip superhero created by Lee Falk. Kit Walker, a.k.a. the Phantom, must rescue a rich heiress and prevent a vicious brotherhood of pirates and a ruthless business mogul from bringing an ancient prophecy of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,145 member
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  • Lightning Jack (1994)
    Starring: Paul Hogan,  Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 282 members
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  • Free Willy on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Jason James Richter,  Lori Petty
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Jesse, a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police, finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park. Because he distrusts adults intensely, Jesse's not too happy when authorities place him in a foster home and sentence him to clean up the tank he vandalized. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,342 members
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  • Quigley Down Under on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tom Selleck,  Alan Rickman,  Laura San Giacomo
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Quigley (Tom Selleck) is an American sharpshooter imported from the heat and dust of the Old West to the heat and dust of the Australian outback to fight off wild dogs with his six foot rifle. Upon arrival, he learns he's been hired to kill Aborigines by a heartless rancher, which disgusts Quigley, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,781 member
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  • Lonesome Dove (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Anjelica Huston,  Tommy Lee Jones
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    LONESOME DOVE is the acclaimed TV Western saga based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry. As the story begins, two former Texas Rangers (Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones) leave the Texas town of Lonesome Dove on a 3,000-mile cattle drive to the unsettled ranch country of Montana. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,211 members
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  • The Light Horsemen (1987)
    Starring: Peter Phelps,  Nick Waters
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in 1917 during the British campaign in Palestine, this is the true and epic story of the 800 young Australian horsemen who obey the seemingly impossible order to gallop their horses across 3 miles of open desert into shell-bursts and deadly machine-gun crossfire.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 22 members
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  • D.A.R.Y.L. on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Mary Beth Hurt,  Michael McKean,  Kathryn Walker
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A family takes in a young orphaned boy, only to discover that he is actually a sophisticated mechanical device for whom the U.S. Military has evil plans. The family must fool the Government, in order to save his life...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,474 member
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  • Harlequin on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Robert Powell,  David Hemmings,  Broderick Crawford
    Director: Simon Wincer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A seemingly benevolent stranger, in possession of miraculous psychic abilities, holds a powerful senator and his family in a state of spellbinding terror. Robert Powell stars in this atmospheric 80's thriller.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 165 members
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Simon Wincer facts

5 most recent films

The Young Black Stallion - 3.0 stars
Monte Walsh - 3.0 stars
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles - 3.0 stars
PT Barnum - 2.0 stars
The Phantom - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Phar Lap - 4.0 stars
Lonesome Dove - 3.5 stars
Quigley Down Under - 3.5 stars
Free Willy - 3.5 stars
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Sullivans Vol.2 - 0.5 stars
Snapshot - 1.5 stars
PT Barnum - 2.0 stars
The Light Horsemen - 3.0 stars
Monte Walsh - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Danny Glover - 4 times - show films
Barry Corbin - 3 times - show films
Diane Lane - 3 times - show films
Anjelica Huston - 3 times - show films
Tom Selleck - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George Miller - 2 times - show films
Pino Amenta - 2 times - show films