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The Truman Show
on DVD (1998)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Director: Peter Weir
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The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.
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Green Card
on DVD (1990)
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Robert Prosky
Director: Peter Weir
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When two strangers agree to a marriage of convenience, they think it's going to be hassle-free. But before they know it, the two opposites are faced with more difficulties than most married couples could ever imagine. And worst yet, they may just be falling in love. Academy Award Nominations: Best (..read more »
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Dead Poets Society
on DVD (1989)
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles
Director: Peter Weir
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John Keating (Robin Williams) is an eccentric teacher who returns to teach in his childhood school. The message he gives to his students is to experience life for themselves. Consequently, several pupils reintroduce 'Dead Poets Society' of which Keating had been a past member. Secret, late night ..read more »
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The Mosquito Coast
on DVD (1986)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory
Director: Peter Weir
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Based on the novel by Paul Theroux, an inventor disillusioned by the growing bureaucracy of America uproots his family to build a utopia in the jungle of Central America. There he finds new threats to his freedom and peace of mind, with tragic results.
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Witness
on DVD (1985)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover
Director: Peter Weir
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After an Amish boy witnesses police corruption in a Philadelphia train station, a hardened cop takes him and his widowed mother back to their quiet Amish community. There, hiding from his crooked superiors, he is witness to a simpler and seductively innocent world. Academy Award Nominations: 8, ..read more »
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Gallipoli
on DVD (1982)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Hunter
Director: Peter Weir
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A profound study of the friendship of two young Australian men caught up in the murderous First World War. Set on the Turkish front in 1915, this film effectively combines history and drama.
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The Plumber
on DVD (1980)
Starring: Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Candy Raymond
Director: Peter Weir
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A professional married woman is tormented by a plumber who arrives to fix her bathroom pipes, and ends up staying in her apartment for nearly a week. Peter Weir directed this unusual black comedy for Australian television.
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Picnic At Hanging Rock
(3 discs)
on DVD (1975)
Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse
Director: Peter Weir
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Situated somewhere between supernatural horror and lush Victorian melodrama, director Peter Weir's lyrical, enigmatic masterpiece is an imaginative tease. The setting is a proper turn-of-the century Australian boarding school for girls, a suffocating institution built on strict moral codes, ..read more »
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The Cars That Ate Paris
on DVD (1974)
Starring: John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles
Director: Peter Weir
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Paris townsfolk are determined to make a killing in the spare auto parts business, even if it means forcing unsuspecting travellers off a deadly cliff. Most drivers are dying to help them out, and those who don't wind up as living guinea pigs in grisly brain experiments.
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Master And Commander: The Far Side Of Th...
for Download (2003)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Richard McCabe
Director: Peter Weir
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Run time: 139 minutes
Based on a series of books by Patrick O'Brian, and directed by Peter Weir, MASTER AND COMMANDER plunges viewers deep into the story of a British Navy ship at sea during the Napoleonic war. Russell Crowe stars as Aubrey, the charismatic captain who wrestles with issues like honour, pride, duty, ..read more »
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Peter Weir facts
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one of my all time top ten films 23 August 2007
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You really engage with and feel for the characters.
Well up to director Peter Weir's best, on a par with The Truman Show. ...
Engaging and thoughtful comedy 25 April 2005
