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Roland Joffe



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  • The Mission
  • The Mission review by A customer from Stafford England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Moving story with superb attention to detail 27 May 2004
    ...Roland Joffe does an excellent job with a beautifully filmed natural landscape and completely believable South American indian population brought into conflict with the col...   Read customer review

Roland Joffe - filmography


  • There Be Dragons
  • There Be Dragons on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Charlie Cox,  Wes Bentley,  Dougray Scott
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 288 members
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  • Captivity
  • Captivity on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Elisha Cuthbert,  Daniel Gillies,  Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Another unsettling contribution to the torture genre spawned by films like SAW and HOSTEL, CAPTIVITY treads similar terrain while bringing something new to the table. Elisha Cuthbert (THE GIRL NEXT DOOR) is Jennifer, a celebrated runway model who leads a relatively lonely life. One night, after ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 17,855 members
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  • Captivity - Blu-ray
  • Captivity - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Elisha Cuthbert,  Daniel Gillies,  Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Another unsettling contribution to the torture genre spawned by films like SAW and HOSTEL, CAPTIVITY treads similar terrain while bringing something new to the table. Elisha Cuthbert (THE GIRL NEXT DOOR) is Jennifer, a celebrated runway model who leads a relatively lonely life. One night, after ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 790 members
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  • Vatel
  • Vatel (2000)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Uma Thurman,  Tim Roth
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in 1671 France under the decadent reign of Louis XIV, VATEL charts the events of a three-day feast in an impoverished western province. In an effort to impress the gilded king and then ask him for financial support, Prince de Condé (Julian Glover) invites Louis XIV (Julian Sands) to his country ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 57 members
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  • Scarlet Letter
  • Scarlet Letter on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Demi Moore,  Gary Oldman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roland Joffe's adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's seminal novel tells the story of an intolerant Puritan community in the early days of American settlement. In the 1660s, Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) makes the voyage to the New World in order to find religious freedom and a new home for her and her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 918 members
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  • City of Joy
  • City of Joy (1992)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Om Puri
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's most dangerous neighborhood. And when her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 73 members
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  • Shadowmakers
  • Shadowmakers (1989)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  Dwight Schultz,  Bonnie Bedelia
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Roland Joffe's SHADOW MAKERS is a historical drama about the lives of the participants in the Manhattan Project--the making and perfecting of the atomic bomb that took place in New Mexico during World War II. Paul Newman stars as General Leslie Groves, a hardened and cynical soldier who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 363 members
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  • The Mission
  • The Mission on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jeremy Irons,  Ray McAnally
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A visually stunning epic, THE MISSION recounts the true story of two men--a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons)--both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,857 members
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  • The Killing Fields
  • The Killing Fields on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Haing S. Ngor,  Spalding Gray
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roland Joffe's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 12,804 members
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  • The Killing Fields - Blu-ray
  • The Killing Fields - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Haing S. Ngor,  Spalding Gray
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roland Joffe's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 46 members
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Roland Joffe facts

5 most recent films

There Be Dragons - 3.0 stars
There Be Dragons - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Captivity - 2.5 stars
Captivity - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Vatel - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Killing Fields - 3.5 stars
The Mission - 3.5 stars
Sam - Series 2 - Part 3 - 3.5 stars
Sam - Series 2 - Part 2 - 3.5 stars
City of Joy - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Goodbye Lover - 2.0 stars
The Killing Fields - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
There Be Dragons - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Captivity - 2.5 stars
Captivity - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Julian Sands - 4 times - show films
Craig T. Nelson - 4 times - show films
Robert De Niro - 3 times - show films
Aidan Quinn - 3 times - show films
Laz Alonso - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Les Chatfield - 6 times - show films
Alan Glint - 3 times - show films
Roland Joffé - 3 times - show films
Quentin Lawrence - 3 times - show films
Alan Clarke - 2 times - show films

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