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Peter Weir - what members say


  • Dead Poets Society
  • Dead Poets Society review by albram from Sussex, England
    Rated - 5 stars one of my all time top ten films 23 August 2007
    .... You really engage with and feel for the characters. Well up to director Peter Weir's best, on a par with The Truman Show. ...  
  • The Truman Show
  • The Truman Show review by from Chester
    Rated - 4 stars Engaging and thoughtful comedy 25 April 2005
    ...This is a delightful comedy from Peter Weir. Truman Burbank is the unknowing star of the ultimate reality TV show, everything and everyone around him is fake. We join T...  
  • Witness
  • Witness review by Beacon97 from Wales, UK.
    Rated - 4 stars Classic Weir 29 July 2004
    ...Harrison Ford has done very few films actually worth watching. Peter Weir's Witness is definitely one of them however. Set amongst the backdrop of Amish life as Ford hide...  

Peter Weir - filmography


  • Truman Show, The - BLU-RAY Version (1998)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Ed Harris,  Laura Linney
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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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.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 983 members
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  • The Truman Show on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Ed Harris,  Laura Linney
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 19,439 members
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  • Green Card on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Andie MacDowell,  Robert Prosky
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,253 members
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  • Witness on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Kelly McGillis,  Danny Glover
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,132 members
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  • Gallipoli on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Mark Lee,  Bill Hunter
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,424 members
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  • The Plumber on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Judy Morris,  Ivar Kants,  Candy Raymond
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 66 members
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  • Picnic At Hanging Rock on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Rachel Roberts,  Dominic Guard,  Helen Morse
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,473 members
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  • The Cars That Ate Paris on DVD (1974)
    Starring: John Meillon,  Terry Camilleri,  Kevin Miles
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 361 members
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Peter Weir - watch online


  • The Truman Show to Watch Now (1998)
    Starring: Jim Carrey
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 103 minutes
    He's the star of the show?but he doesn't know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir (Witness, Dead Poets Society) about a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn't realise that his quaint hometown is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 111 members
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Peter Weir facts

5 most recent films

Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World- BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World - 3.5 stars
Truman Show, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Truman Show - 3.5 stars
Fearless - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Truman Show, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World- BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Dead Poets Society - 3.5 stars
The Truman Show - 3.5 stars
Witness - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Plumber - 2.5 stars
The Cars That Ate Paris - 2.5 stars
Green Card - 3.0 stars
The Mosquito Coast - 3.0 stars
Picnic At Hanging Rock - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jim Carrey - 3 times - show films
Holland Taylor - 2 times - show films
Norman Lloyd - 2 times - show films
Dylan Kussman - 2 times - show films
Russell Crowe - 2 times - show films