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  • Man On Wire: James Marsh Interview - 28 July 2008
    -We caught up with director James Marsh to get the inside track on the making of his critically-acclaimed documentary. It follows the amazing true-life story of French high wire walker Philippe Petit, who, in 1974 illegally put a cable between the Twin Towers and spe

James Marsh - what members say


  • Wisconsin Death Trip
  • Wisconsin Death Trip review by from Surbiton
    Rated - 4.0 stars Settlers Unsettled 15 September 2004
    ...Distilled from period newspaper reports into a book by Michael Lesy, director James Marsh has taken the astonishing events that took place in Wisconsin's Black River Falls...   Read customer review
  • Project Nim
  • Project Nim review by CulturalTalesofTwoCities from
    Rated - 3.5 stars Chimp 1 Humans zero 23 August 2011
    ...The latest documentary from James Marsh, director of ‘Man on Wire’ about daring high wire walking between the Twin Towers, is about a very different subject. ‘Project Nim’...   Read customer review

James Marsh - filmography


  • Shadow Dancer (2012)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Aidan Gillen,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    During an aborted bomb attempt in London, Collette falls into the hands of an MI5 officer, Mac, who offers her a deal: turn informant or go to prison. Fearing for her son's welfare, she returns to Belfast where betraying family and beliefs she becomes a reluctant mole for British intelligence. As ..read more »
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  • Project Nim on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Nim,  Bob Angelini,  Bern Cohen
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,086 member
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  • Project Nim - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Nim,  Bob Angelini,  Bern Cohen
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Oscar-winning director James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE) shifts his focus from man to monkey to tell the remarkable story of Nim, a chimpanzee who managed the unique feat of learning sign language after being raised like a typical human child. Interviews with Nim's trainers as well as other key researchers ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 20 members
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  • Man on Wire on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ardis Campbell,  David Demato,  David Roland Frank
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 22,104 members
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  • Wisconsin Death Trip on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Krista Grambow,  Marilyn White,  John Schneider
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Based on Michael Lesy's 1973 book of the same name, WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP is a strikingly original non-fiction film that tells the strange story of one cursed American community. In the late 1890s, the small rural town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, suffered an incredibly bizarre crisis. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,117 member
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  • Montenegro (1981)
    Starring: Susan Anspach,  Erland Josephson,  Marianna Jacobi
    Director: Dusan Makavejev
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    From eccentric Yugoslavian director Dusan Makavejev (SWEET MOVIE) comes this edgy comedy about a bored woman's liberation through sex. Unhappy American spouse Marilyn Jordan (Susan Anspach) is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She lives with her remote husband, Martin -- the erotic equivalent of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 13 members
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  • John Cale - John Cale on DVD
    Starring: John Cale
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A founding member of American rock outfit The Velvet Underground, John Cale brought an avant-garde sensibility to the band. Although a classically trained artist, John was seduced by the New York music scene of the 1960s, which ultimately led him to a place in the band and music history. However, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 26 members
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James Marsh facts

5 most recent films

Shadow Dancer - 3 stars
Project Nim - 3.5 stars
Project Nim - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Red Riding Trilogy - 3.5 stars
Man on Wire - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Man on Wire - 3.5 stars
Man on Wire - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Red Riding Trilogy - 3.5 stars
Project Nim - 3.5 stars
The King - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Shadow Dancer - 3 stars
Montenegro - 3.0 stars
John Cale - John Cale - 3.0 stars
Project Nim - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Wisconsin Death Trip - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philippe Petit - 3 times - show films
Jean François Heckel - 3 times - show films
David Demato - 3 times - show films
Ardis Campbell - 3 times - show films
David Roland Frank - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Julian Jarrold - 4 times - show films
Anand Tucker - 4 times - show films
Dusan Makavejev - 1 times - show films
Basia Winograd - 1 times - show films