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  • Red Corner
  • Red Corner review by TrevorBevan from Gloucestershire
    Rated - 5 stars Guilty until proven innocent 13 May 2004
    ...he People’s Republic of China, the cinematography is outstanding. The director, Jon Avnet captures all the atmosphere of intrigue, fear and terror of a state controlled ...  

Jon Avnet - filmography


  • 88 Minutes on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Alicia Witt,  Leelee Sobieski
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 88 MINUTES, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based college professor and forensic psychiatrist, is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. The threat is linked to Gramm's role in putting a convicted serial killer (Neal McDonough) behind bars nearly a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 11,664 members
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  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
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  • The Starter Wife (2007)
    Starring: Debra Messing,  Joe Mantegna,  Judy Davis
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer and directed by Jon Avnet (UP CLOSE & PERSONAL), THE STARTER WIFE portrays the soul-searching journey of a woman who reevaluates her priorities after her divorce. Molly Kagan (Debra Messing) has been married to Hollywood film mogul Kenny (Peter Jacobson) ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 10 members
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  • Uprising on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Leelee Sobieski,  Hank Azaria,  David Schwimmer
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After Germany invades Poland in 1939, the Nazis decree that 350,000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into an area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Idealistic teacher Mordechai (Hank Azaria) decides the Jews must rise up against the Nazis and creates the Jewish Fighting Organisation (JFO). Determined to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 481 members
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  • Red Corner on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Bai Ling,  Bradley Whitford
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A high-powered American attorney (Richard Gere) finds the rules of order are different in a Chinese courtroom when he is arrested and falsely accused of murdering a young model. Discovering that the rule of thumb is guilty before proven innocent, he realises that he must convince his court-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 588 members
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  • The War (1994)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Kevin Costner,  Mare Winningham
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The nostalgic tale of a close-knit family and their remarkable Mississippi summer of 1970. Son Stu is determined to build the ultimate tree-house... his father Stephen is equally determined to rebuild his and his family's life after the trauma of Vietnam.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 327 members
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Jon Avnet facts

5 most recent films

88 Minutes - 3.0 stars
Righteous Kill - 3.0 stars
Righteous Kill - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Starter Wife - 3.5 stars
Boomtown - Series 1 - Episodes 1 To 9 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe - 3.5 stars
Boomtown - Series 1 - Episodes 1 To 9 - 3.5 stars
Uprising - 3.5 stars
Up Close And Personal - 3.0 stars
The War - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Starter Wife - 3.5 stars
Righteous Kill - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Righteous Kill - 3.0 stars
88 Minutes - 3.0 stars
Red Corner - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Al Pacino - 4 times - show films
Donnie Wahlberg - 4 times - show films
Frank John Hughes - 3 times - show films
Carla Gugino - 3 times - show films
Brian Dennehy - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Werner - 1 times - show films
Tucker Gates - 1 times - show films