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Kathryn Bigelow


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Kathryn Bigelow - news / articles


  • Cameron: 'Don't blame Bigelow for producer's mistake' - 9 March 2010
    -James Cameron is glad Oscar bosses didn't penalise Kathryn Bigelow's Academy Award-winning movie The Hurt Locker after one of the producers was caught campaigning for votes - calling the incident a "dumb mistake".- -Nicolas Chartier was left red-faced after he emailed c


  • Tarantino tips Bigelow for Oscar win - 20 February 2010
    -Quentin Tarantino is convinced Kathryn Bigelow will crush his dream of winning the Best Director title at next month's (Mar10) Academy Awards - he's tipped The Hurt Locker filmmaker to take the coveted Oscar.- -The director was previously nominated for the prestigious a


  • Bigelow wins again at London Film Critics' Circle Awards - 19 February 2010
    -The Hurt Locker filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has continued to dominate the film industry awards season - she was named Director Of The Year at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Thursday (18Feb10).- -Bigelow's war film is nominated for a host of trophies at next mon

Kathryn Bigelow - what members say


  • Strange Days
  • Strange Days review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 5.0 stars Highly enjoyable 10 May 2004
    ...The combined filmmaking efforts of James Cameron (screenplay) and his then wife Kathryn Bigelow ensure that this film is at least going to have a touch of class. But it has th...   Read customer review
  • Blue Steel
  • Blue Steel review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Steelly 13 February 2005
    ...ome the object of his affection after saving him in a supermarket shoot out. Kathryn Bigelow employs the same kind of slick cinematography we are used to from Point Break, ...   Read customer review
  • K-19: The Widowmaker
  • K-19: The Widowmaker review by from N.Ireland
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Secrets unfold as communism falls. 18 May 2004
    ... can placate the crew, but must decide where his own loyalties lie. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (BLUE STEEL, POINT BREAK), this thriller examines the Cold War from the Russian...   Read customer review

Kathryn Bigelow - filmography


  • The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Renner,  Anthony Mackie,  Brian Geraghty
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War-set action thriller THE HURT LOCKER presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of those ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 23,613 members
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  • The Hurt Locker on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Renner,  Anthony Mackie,  Brian Geraghty
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 85,794 members
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  • K-19: The Widowmaker on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Liam Neeson,  Joss Ackland
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Inspired by a true story that was kept secret until the fall of communism, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER is a tale of ordinary men who sacrifice everything for their shipmates and their country. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, an ill-prepared Russian nuclear missile submarine embarks on its maiden ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,932 members
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  • The Weight of the Water on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Catherine McCormack,  Sarah Polley,  Sean Penn
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two stories unravel simultaneously in this dark and suspenseful film. The first story, set in the present day, concerns a photographer, Jean (Catherine McCormack). She is working on an article for a magazine about a pair of bloody murders that happened 200 years before on the Isle of Shoals, just ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,246 member
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  • Gang Related on DVD (1997)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Lela Rochon,  Tupac Shakur
    Director: Jim Kouf,  Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of corrupt police officers discover the hard way that crime really doesn't pay in this action drama. Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) are two New York undercover cops with serious money problems: Rodriguez owes a huge gambling debt, while Divinci wants to retire to Hawaii ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 729 members
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  • Strange Days on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Angela Bassett,  Juliette Lewis
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,692 members
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  • Point Break on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Keanu Reeves,  Gary Busey
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    POINT BREAK is a high-velocity thrill ride in which clean-cut FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes head to head with surfer renegade Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Rookie Utah is assigned to go undercover to investigate a string of 28 bank robberies by a gang called the Ex-Presidents. With very ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 11,225 members
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  • Point Break - Blu-ray (1991)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Keanu Reeves,  Gary Busey
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    POINT BREAK is a high-velocity thrill ride in which clean-cut FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes head to head with surfer renegade Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Rookie Utah is assigned to go undercover to investigate a string of 28 bank robberies by a gang called the Ex-Presidents. With very ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,013 member
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  • Blue Steel on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis,  Ron Silver,  Clancy Brown
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie cop who witnesses a robbery in progress on her first night on the job. With her more experienced partner using the men's room, Megan decides to take action on her own. She creeps into the supermarket where a man (Tom Sizemore in a small role) is holding ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,307 member
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  • Near Dark on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Adrian Pasdar,  Jenny Wright,  Lance Hendriksen
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Kathryn Bigelow's tale of vampires in the American Southwest, the creatures of the night aren't elegant, cloaked aristocrats. They're a gun-toting gang that dresses and acts like a motorcycle gang. Caleb (Adrian Pasdar), a restless young man from a small farm town, meets an alluring drifter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,854 members
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  • Near Dark - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Adrian Pasdar,  Jenny Wright,  Lance Henriksen
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young cowboy is seduced by a new girl in town only to find out he has been kissed by a vampire. Slowly turning into a creature of the night, he is persuaded to join up with the girl and a roaming band of ghouls. But when his own father and sister become targets in the vampires' endless search for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 860 members
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Kathryn Bigelow facts

5 most recent films

The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hurt Locker - 4.0 stars
K-19: The Widowmaker - 3.0 stars
The Weight of the Water - 2.5 stars
Gang Related - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Point Break - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hurt Locker - 4.0 stars
Point Break - 3.5 stars
Near Dark - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Loveless - 3.0 stars
The Weight of the Water - 2.5 stars
Blue Steel - 3.0 stars
Near Dark - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
K-19: The Widowmaker - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bill Paxton - 4 times - show films
Adrian Pasdar - 4 times - show films
Lance Hendriksen - 4 times - show films
Christian Camargo - 4 times - show films
Jenny Wright - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jim Kouf - 1 times - show films
Monty Montgomery - 1 times - show films