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  • Henry And June
  • Henry And June review by Chunkysimon from Falkirk Scotland
    Rated - 2.0 stars Or Fred and Uma 17 September 2004
    ...ny in an unintentional way- or maybe it is intentional. I dunno. For a better Philip Kaufman film watch the Invasion of the Body Snatchers, for a better Fred Ward film watc...   Read customer review
  • Quills
  • Quills review by from Dorset
    Rated - 4.0 stars Compulsive look at life in 18th century asylum 30 June 2005
    ... throughout is excellent, and the dark interiors well photographed. Directed by Philip Kaufman who also directed 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', another fine film. ...   Read customer review
  • The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
  • The Unbearable Lightness Of Being review by EditorInChimp from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars A curiously forgettable experience 10 August 2010
    ...t from being affecting in the way it should. The film is handsomely mounted by Philip Kaufman, and there are individual sequences (most notably the incorporation of document...   Read customer review

Philip Kaufman - filmography


  • Quills on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Joaquin Phoenix,  Billie Whitelaw
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on the award-winning play by Doug Wright, this erotic and fantastical drama reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in Charenton Asylum for the last 10 years of his life. QUILLS is a Gothic period piece from director Philip ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,763 members
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  • Rising Sun on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Wesley Snipes,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A Los Angeles special agent (Snipes) must team up with an expert on Japanese culture (Connery) to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. The case turns out to be bigger than either of them had thought. Rather loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,378 members
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  • Rising Sun - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Wesley Snipes,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A Los Angeles special agent (Snipes) must team up with an expert on Japanese culture (Connery) to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. The case turns out to be bigger than either of them had thought. Rather loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,013 member
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  • The Right Stuff on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sam Shepard,  Scott Glenn,  Dennis Quaid
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This epic chronicle of the seven pilots chosen to become astronauts for Project Mercury is based on the novel by Tom Wolfe (THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES) and directed by visionary filmmaker Philip Kaufman (QUILLS, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING).Deep in the desert during the 1950s, army test ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,085 members
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  • The Wanderers (1979)
    Starring: Ken Wahl,  Karen Allen,  John Friedrich
    Director: Philip Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The high school scene of the Bronx in 1963 is ruled by rival gangs. The Wanderers are the Italians-only gang, ruled by a group of streetwise, fast-talkin' boys looking for good times and pretty girls in the streets of their tight-knit neighborhood. This charming vignette of 1960s Bronx life, set to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,655 member
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Philip Kaufman facts

5 most recent films

Twisted - 2.5 stars
Quills - 3.0 stars
Rising Sun - 3.0 stars
Rising Sun - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Henry And June - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Right Stuff - 3.5 stars
The Wanderers - 3.5 stars
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - 3.5 stars
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being - 3.0 stars
Rising Sun - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid - 3.0 stars
Henry And June - 2.5 stars
Twisted - 2.5 stars
Quills - 3.0 stars
Rising Sun - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Fred Ward - 4 times - show films
Veronica Cartwright - 4 times - show films
Ed Harris - 3 times - show films
Barbara Hershey - 3 times - show films
Dennis Quaid - 3 times - show films