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Franklin J. Schaffner
Filmography
Franklin J. Schaffner - filmography
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Welcome Home
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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In 1970, Air Force Pilot Robbins was shot down over Cambodia. The U.S. Military identified the body and sent it home for burial. Ever since his family have struggled to rebuild their lives. Now seventeen years later Pilot Robbins is back to discover the wife he left behind and the son he never knew ..read more »
 
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The Boys From Brazil
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to ..read more »
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from 2,114 members
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Islands In The Stream
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel. Writer Thomas Hudson lives a self-indulgent life in the Bahamas fishing and drinking to his heart's content. His life changes, however, when a flock of his sons emerge with the intention of bonding with their estranged father.
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from 42 members
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Papillon
(1973)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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One man sentenced to life in the French prison system refuses to give up trying to escape even when transferred to the prison colony on Devil's Island. Despite years of degradation and horror, the undying spirit of "Papillon" never dies. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Dramatic Score.
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from 7,415 members
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Nicholas And Alexandra
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
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from 554 members
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Patton
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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In 1943 North Africa, George Patton (George C. Scott) assumes command of (and instills some much-needed discipline in) the American forces. Engaged in battle against Germany's Field Marshal Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), Patton drives back The Desert Fox by using the German's own tactics. Promoted ..read more »
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from 4,502 members
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Planet of the Apes
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose ..read more »
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from 6,364 members
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The War Lord
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
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from 263 members
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Best Man
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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When intellectual William Russell (Henry Fonda) and down-to-earth Joe Cantwell (Cliff Robertson) run for the Presidency at the White House they find that neither have the majority. They must decide how much they want the job - and what they are willing to do to get it.
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from 87 members
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