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  • Hallstrom uses iPhone to shoot movie scenes - 30 March 2012
    or's new comedy Salmon Fishing In The Yemen embraced the latest technology - several scenes were shot using an iPhone.-Director Lasse Hallstrom filmed behind the scenes using his cell phone's built-in camera and decided the footage was so good he'd include it in the movi

Lasse Hallstrom - what members say


  • The Cider House Rules
  • The Cider House Rules review by Baz from
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Better Upgrade On BLU RAY Than I Expected 14 December 2011
    ...“…She Was Killed By Secrecy…She Was Killed By Ignorance…” Lasse Hallstrom's 1999 adaptation of John Irving's 1985 book (of the same name) is a rather lovely little film - t...   Read customer review
  • My Life As A Dog
  • My Life As A Dog review by A customer from Leyland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Puppy Love 13 December 2005
    ...A wonderfully unsentimental view of the pain and pleasure of childhood, Lasse Hallstrom has produced a small masterpiece here. The young man in the title role, who takes out h...   Read customer review
  • Chocolat
  • Chocolat review by from SOUTHEND ON SEA
    Rated - 5.0 stars 29 September 2004
    ... - classic! Chocolat' is an amazing beautiful movie. Extremely well directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Director of Cider House Rules) and adapted perfectly from Joanne Harris' novel...   Read customer review

Lasse Hallstrom - filmography


  • Dear John on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Amanda Seyfried,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the makers of "The Notebook" and starring Channing Tatum ("Fighting", "Step Up") and Amanda Seyfried ("Mamma Mia"). "Dear John" is a romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave and the passionate but complicated long distance ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 21,837 members
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  • Hachi - A Dog's Tale on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Joan Allen,  Sarah Roemer
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 5,868 members
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  • Hachi - A Dog's Tale - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Joan Allen,  Sarah Roemer
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tearjerker drama produced by and starring Richard Gere. Based on the true story of Hachiko, a dog in 1920s Tokyo who entered Japanese folklore for his incredible loyalty to his master, the film is a remake of the 1987 film 'Hachiko Monogatari' by Seijiro Koyama. When college professor Parker Wilson ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 57 members
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  • The Hoax on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Julie Delpy,  Stuart Margolin,  Stanley Tucci
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Gere comedy based on a true story, about a struggling author who comes up with the perfect scam. After having his latest opus rejected by his publishers, down-at-heel author Clifford Irving (Gere) claims he has an exclusive agreement with Howard Hughes to write the billionaire's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,750 members
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  • Casanova on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jeremy Irons,  Lena Olin,  Stephen Greif
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    He was the world's most notorious seducer. A swashbuckler, master of disguise and wit - it was said no woman could resist Casanova's amorous charms. Until now. For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (Heath Ledger) is about to meet his match with an alluring Venecian beauty, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 25,669 members
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  • An Unfinished Life on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Morgan Freeman,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Drama based on the novel by Mark Spragg. Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) was a successful rancher until he developed a serious drinking problem. Now on the wagon, Einar looks after what's left of his spread with his friend Mitch (Morgan Freeman), a one-time cowhand who never fully recovered after ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 13,171 members
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  • The Shipping News on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  Pete Postlethwaite,  Judi Dench
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a newspaper inksetter in Poughkeepsie, silently suffering in a marriage of inconvenience to a woman, Petal (Cate Blanchett) who doesn't love him and is keen to put their baby daughter up for adoption. Petal is killed in an accident however, and worse, Quoyle's parents both ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,616 members
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  • Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Hugh O'Conor,  Lena Olin
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    When Vianne, a mysterious stranger, and her child arrive in a tranquil French town in the winter of 1959, nobody could have imagined the impact that she and her spirited daughter would have on this community stubbornly rooted in tradition. Within days, Vianne opens a very unusual chocolate shop, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 41,731 members
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  • Chocolat - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Hugh O'Conor,  Lena Olin
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In a small old-fashioned French town, single-mother Vianne (Juliette Binoche) arrives with her six-year-old daughter, and opens up a chocolate shop. Vianne creates some mouth-watering sweets which inspire the usually dull villagers to indulge their temptations and experience some true happiness. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 415 members
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  • The Cider House Rules - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Paul Rudd,  Jane Alexander,  Erykah Badu
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Lasse Hallstrom brings John Irving's best-selling novel to the screen in this Oscar-winning film. Homor (Tobey Maguire) is an orphan who has been at the same orphanage all his life, under the tutorage of Dr. Larch (Michael Caine). Dr. Larch has been grooming him to be his successor when he retires ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 241 members
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  • The Cider House Rules on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Paul Rudd,  Jane Alexander,  Erykah Badu
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Based on the best-selling novel by John Irving, it's the story of Homer Wells, an child without parents raised and mentored by his orphanage's doctor, a man named Larch. He taught Homer everything about medicine and what he could about right and wrong, but he never gave him rules to live by. When ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,827 members
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  • Something To Talk About on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Brett Cullen,  Muse Watson,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Julia Roberts stars as Grace, a woman with a successful career, a beautiful daughter and a happy marriage to her college sweetheart. Overall she thinks that she has the perfect life. That is until she spots her husband enjoying a passionate kiss with another woman and her idyllic existence takes on ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,272 member
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  • Once Around (1991)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 33 members
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  • My Life As A Dog on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Tomas Von Bromssen,  Anki Liden,  Anton Glanzelius
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1959 Sweden, young Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) lives with his dying mother and his nasty older brother. He survives all of life's knocks by comparing himself to those who are worse off--such as Laika, the little Russian space dog who was rocketed to his death and had nothing to say in the matter. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5,233 members
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  • ABBA - The Movie on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad,  Benny Andersson,  Björn Ulvaeus
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    ABBAmania: that was the name given to the hysterical worship of four Swedes that enthralled Australia during an intense period in the mid-1970s. The feverish madness of the tour was captured on film in director Lasse Hallstrom's ABBA - The Movie, which remains as one of precious few opportunities ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 396 members
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Lasse Hallstrom facts

5 most recent films

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 3.5 stars
Dear John - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Dear John - 3.5 stars
Hachi - A Dog's Tale - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hachi - A Dog's Tale - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Hachi - A Dog's Tale - 4.0 stars
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - 3.5 stars
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Once Around - 3.5 stars
Something To Talk About - 2.5 stars
Casanova - 3.0 stars
ABBA - The Movie - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Hoax - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judi Dench - 5 times - show films
Lena Olin - 5 times - show films
Alfred Molina - 5 times - show films
Richard Gere - 4 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lasse Hallstrom - 1 times - show films