Gillian Armstrong

Filmography

Gillian Armstrong - filmography

Death Defying Acts on DVD (2007)
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Celebrated director Gillian Armstrong (MY BRILLIANT CAREER, LITTLE WOMEN) helms this film about Harry Houdini's romance with a con woman. In his attempts to contact his dead mother, the magician (Guy Pearce) meets a beautiful psychic (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who isn't all she appears.

55% from 3,284 members

Unfolding Florence - The Many Lives of F... (2006)
Starring: Judi Farr, Felicity Price, Hannah Garbo
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Filmmaker Gillian Armstrong documents the life of Florence Broadhurst, an Australian designer and businesswoman.

20% from 1 member
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Charlotte Gray on DVD (2001)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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CHARLOTTE GRAY is directed by Gillian Armstrong (MRS. SOFFEL, OSCAR AND LUCINDA) with her signature recipe for success--a love story set in beautiful scenery played by an all-star cast. Here, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) is a Scottish woman in mid-WWII, living with an adventuresome pair of young ..read more »

64% from 5,488 members

Oscar And Lucinda on DVD (1997)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Two compulsive gamblers devise a plan to build a cathedral made of glass and transport it to Australia.

62% from 1,378 member

Little Women on DVD (1994)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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The fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is given a realistic and rounded treatment by screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong, whose perspective emphasises a feminist tone. The story chronicles the lives of a mother and four ..read more »

70% from 4,605 members

Fires Within on DVD (1991)
Starring: Greta Scacchi, Jimmy Smits, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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A beautiful Cuban exile flees to America to start a new life after her husband is imprisoned by Fidel Castro.

41% from 61 members

The Last Days Of Chez Nous on DVD (1991)
Starring: Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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From the director of CHARLOTTE GRAY. Beth (Lisa Harrow), a successful writer and mother, knows that her marriage to her French husband JP is dissolving--and the arrival of her younger sister Vicki (Kerry Fox) to her Sydney household (known as Chez Nous) only exacerbates the problems. Beth's ability ..read more »

51% from 135 members

Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Starring: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901, this drama depicts a true story that shocked contemporary society. Kate Soffel is a warden's wife so full of Christian values that she regularly visits her husband's jail, handing out bibles and attempting to reform the convicts. But Ed Biddle, a rather ..read more »

48% from 36 members
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Starstruck (1982)
Starring: Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Fourteen year old Angus Mullens dreams of stardom for his new wave cousin, Jackie, and he'll do whatever it takes to get her there. When he hears of a big-time talent contest on prime time Aussie TV, getting her on the show becomes his only goal. The prize money would really come in handy too -- ..read more »

50% from 7 members
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My Brilliant Career (1979)
Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing self-..read more »

61% from 371 members
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Little Women - 3.5 stars
Charlotte Gray - 3.0 stars
Oscar And Lucinda - 3.0 stars
My Brilliant Career - 3.0 stars
Death Defying Acts - 3.0 stars

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Aaron Brown - 2 times - show films
Martin Fisher - 2 times - show films
Catherine Zeta-Jones - 2 times - show films
Saoirse Ronan - 2 times - show films