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  • Devil's Own on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Brad Pitt,  Margaret Colin
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    THE DEVIL'S OWN, Alan J. Pakula's last film, is a character-driven thriller that confronts suspense and gritty realism head-on. Harrison Ford plays Tom O'Meara, an Irish-American cop in New York who opens his home and family to Francis 'Frankie' McGuire (Brad Pitt), whom they believe is a refuge-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,049 members
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  • Sophie's Choice on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Kevin Kline,  Peter MacNicol
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Faithfully adapted from Willian Styron's best-selling novel, Alan J. Pakula's handsome production charts the course of an eccentric and intense love triangle in 1947 Brooklyn, New York. Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for her carefully nuanced performance and perfect accent as Sophie, a Polish ..read more »
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  • Rollover (1981)
    Starring: Jane Fonda,  Kris Kristofferson,  Hume Cronyn
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A political-romantic thriller by Alan J. Pakula and replete with favorite themes of large-scale conspiracy and paranoia, ROLLOVER is perfectly in tune with the director's previous work, although this time set in the world of international high finance. Jane Fonda, who appeared in Pakula's KLUTE as ..read more »
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  • Comes A Horseman on DVD (1978)
    Starring: James Caan,  Jane Fonda,  Jason Robards
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lavishly photographed, COMES A HORSEMAN is a dramatic Western set in the post-World War II new West. Jane Fonda stars as Ella, a stubborn rancher who will not surrender her land to the local land baron (Jason Robards). Robards yearns for the good old days when land owners were kings and the past ..read more »
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  • All The President's Men on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Dustin Hoffman,  Jason Robards
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alan J. Pakula (KLUTE, THE PARALLAX VIEW) found a story worthy of his gift for conspiracy-driven drama in this adaptation of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their investigation of the Watergate burglary, of which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon...read more »
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  • The Parallax View on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Paula Prentiss,  Hume Cronyn
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Of the three films that make up director Alan J. Pakula's 'paranoid trilogy' (KLUTE, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, and THE PARALLAX VIEW), the latter most strongly conveys paranoia. A stylish suspense-thriller, THE PARALLAX VIEW mirrors the political distrust Americans began to feel during the period ..read more »
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  • The Parallax View to Watch Now (1974)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Hume Cronyn,  Paula Prentiss
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 102 minutes
    The Parallax View, a superb drama about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total, incredible fact, ranks among the best political thrillers. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in "..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 15 members
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Alan J. Pakula facts

5 most recent films

Devil's Own - 3.0 stars
Devil's Own - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Pelican Brief, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Pelican Brief - 3.5 stars
Presumed Innocent - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Klute - 3.5 stars
All The President's Men - 3.5 stars
The Parallax View - 3.5 stars
Sophie's Choice - 3.5 stars
Pelican Brief, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Rollover - 2.0 stars
Comes A Horseman - 2.5 stars
Starting Over - 3.0 stars
Consenting Adults - 3.0 stars
Devil's Own - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Hume Cronyn - 5 times - show films
Jane Fonda - 3 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 3 times - show films
Stanley Tucci - 2 times - show films
Warren Beatty - 2 times - show films