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  • Ray
  • Ray review by from St Albans
    Rated - 3.0 stars Great music, great Foxx - dull film. 8 January 2006
    ...rse, but you can listen to that on CD). The rest of Ray just fails to ignite. Taylor Hackford’s direction has only one, slow gear making the film drag on at least half an ho...   Read customer review

Taylor Hackford - filmography


  • Parker - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Jennifer Lopez,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Parker turns down a job offer to pull off a jewel heist, he narrowly escapes with his life. He then teams up with a female real estate agent who is familiar with the local town and has nothing to lose to find the target of the heist so they can steal the loot for themselves.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 9 members
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  • Parker (2012)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Jennifer Lopez,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Parker turns down a job offer to pull off a jewel heist, he narrowly escapes with his life. He then teams up with a female real estate agent who is familiar with the local town and has nothing to lose to find the target of the heist so they can steal the loot for themselves.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 69 members
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  • Love Ranch on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Joe Pesci,  Sergio Peris-Mencheta
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "Love Ranch" is a bittersweet love story that turns explosive when the players in a romantic triangle lose control and cross the line. Set in the late-1970s, the film depicts larger than life personalities living on the edge, Grace Bontempo and Charlie Bontempo, the husband and wife team who own ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 360 members
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  • Ray - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Michael Arata,  Jamie Foxx,  Kerry Washington
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning biopic of the legendary blues, soul and jazz musician. Even though he had lost his sight as a young boy and grew up in a segregated, racist society, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) is determined to follow his love of music and begins a successful tour of the American south. With a career ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 73 members
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  • Ray on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Michael Arata,  Jamie Foxx,  Kerry Washington
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 48,974 members
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  • Proof of Life on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Pamela Reed,  Russell Crowe,  David Morse
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Peter Bowman (David Morse) is an American engineer kidnapped by guerillas while working in Latin America. His wife Alice (Meg Ryan) is unable to raise the requested $5m in ransom money and turns to hostage retrieval expert Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe) for help. Terry tries to negotiate a lower ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,694 members
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  • The Devil's Advocate on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ruben Sa,  ,  
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Supernatural forces hover over the courtroom in this devilish drama adapted from the novel by Andrew Neiderman. Attorney Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) doesn't heed the Bible-based warnings of his mother (Judith Ivey), who views New York City as the dwelling place of demons. Instead, he leaves ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 18,619 members
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  • When We Were Kings on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Don King,  Muhammad Ali,  George Plimpton
    Director: Leon Gast
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1974, boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman came to the still-emerging and politically unstable African nation of Zaire for what Ali called the Rumble in the Jungle, a highly publicized world heavyweight championship fight. Documentarian Leon Gast flew to Zaire to film both the fight and a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 6,497 members
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  • Dolores Claiborne on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Judy Parfitt,  John C. Reilly,  Eric Bogosian
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt), and this time there is a witness who can place her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,940 members
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  • Blood In Blood Out on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Damian Chapa,  Jesse Borrego,  Enrique Castillo
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Growing up in East Los Angeles' gangland, cousins Miklo (Damian Chapa), Paco (Benjamin Bratt) and Cruz (Jesse Borrego) become more like brothers, forging a strong blood bond. When a simple twist of fate sends their lives veering in separate directions - Paco into the military, Miklo to San Quentin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 927 members
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  • La Bamba on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Rosana De Soto,  Danielle Von Zerneck,  Joe Pantoliano
    Director: Luis Valdez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Richie Valens in this musical biography of the Mexican-American boy who became a star at the age of 17. Beginning as a labourer in the plantations of rural California, Valens success was such that he would eventually undertake a triumphant tour with the legendary Buddy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,266 member
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  • White Nights on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Gregory Hines,  Isabella Rossellini,  Jerzy Skolimowski
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michail Baryshnikov is A Russian ballet dancer who defected to the USA ten years prior to the opening of the film. Unfortunately, a plane on which he is travelling is forced to land in Russia and suddenly he is being chased by the KGB. Gregory Hines is there to accompany him on some breathtaking ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 465 members
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  • Against All Odds (1983)
    Starring: Jane Greer,  James Woods,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A down-at-heel ex-football player (Jeff Bridges) is hired by a nightclub owner (James Woods) to trace his girlfriend (Rachel Ward). The search takes him to Mexico where he tracks down and falls in love with the girl and finds himself in a complex situation. Also starring Richard Widmark. The film ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 738 members
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Taylor Hackford facts

5 most recent films

Parker - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Parker - 3.0 stars
Love Ranch - 3.0 stars
Ray - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ray - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Chuck Berry - Hail Hail Rock And Roll - 4.0 stars
Ray - 3.5 stars
When We Were Kings - 3.5 stars
An Officer And A Gentleman - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Parker - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Against All Odds - 2.5 stars
Love Ranch - 3.0 stars
Parker - 3.0 stars
Proof of Life - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jamie Foxx - 7 times - show films
Regina King - 7 times - show films
Curtis Armstrong - 7 times - show films
Michael Arata - 5 times - show films
Kerry Washington - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jeff Bleckner - 1 times - show films
Luis Valdez - 1 times - show films
Leon Gast - 1 times - show films