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Bruce Beresford
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Bruce Beresford - what members say
review by from London
moving and critically acclaimed military courtroom drama 30 January 2004
review by from South Somerset, England
Made for TV, better on DVD. 20 October 2004
Bruce Beresford - filmography
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Mao's Last Dancer
(2009)
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen
Director: Bruce Beresford
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A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to ..read more »
 
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from 28 members
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The Contract
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jamie Anderson, Ned Bellamy, Margarita Blush
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade an assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.
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from 21,686 members
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The Contract - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Ned Bellamy, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Lockyer
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Watch now: Unavailable
Widower Ray Keene (John Cusack) is a father who wants to bond with his son on a trip to the wilderness. At the same time Frank Cordell (Morgan Freeman), a freelance assassin being taken under guard by the FBI, crashes into a river after a rescue attempt by his men. Rescued by Keene, Cordell tries ..read more »
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from 932 members
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Evelyn
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Poignant family drama set in 1950s Ireland and based on a true story. Pierce Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, a painter/decorator whose wife walks out on the marriage and their three children, leaving him to bring them up himself and earn money to support the family. But his erratic employment leads ..read more »
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from 4,838 members
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Double Jeopardy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Jay Brazeau
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is a woman wrongly convicted for murdering her husband (Bruce Greenwood). When she finds out that her husband is alive and well and had staged his 'death' in order to frame her, she vows revenge. Released on early parole, she skips town and goes out in search of him, ..read more »
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from 5,682 members
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Last Dance
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Thompson, Rob Morrow, Sharon Stone
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone) has been in prison for twelve years for a double murder, and now faces the prospect of execution. She thinks she is ready to die until she meets attorney Rick Hayes (Rob Morrow), who attempts to obtain a stay of execution. By showing Cindy that he cares about her, he ..read more »
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from 330 members
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A Good Man in Africa
(1994)
Starring: Colin Friels, Joanne Whalley, Sean Connery
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Based on a novel by William Boyd (who also wrote the film's screenplay), this darkly witty drama explores the political, social, and sexual gamesmanship of a group of British and African politicians. Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat who, for the past three years, has been assigned ..read more »
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from 10 members
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Black Robe
(1991)
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt
Director: Bruce Beresford
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A compelling adventure of one man's extraordinary mission, driven by his dreams of martyrdom, to save the souls of "the Savages" in the hostile wilderness of seventeenth century North America. A long and perilous journey which soon becomes a struggle for his own survival, and for the world which ..read more »
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from 32 members
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Mister Johnson
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Maynard Eziashi, Edward Woodward, Dennis Quilley
Director: Bruce Beresford
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A period film studying the effects of colonialism in West Africa during the 1920s. The story concerns an obsessed British official (Pierce Brosnan), attempting to build a road linking North and South Nigeria, and his ambitious anglophile African clerk, Mr Johnson (Maynard Eziashi).
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from 54 members
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Driving Miss Daisy
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the twenty-five year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are ..read more »
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from 7,360 members
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Crimes Of The Heart
(1986)
Starring: Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek, Diane Keaton
Director: Bruce Beresford
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This film version of Beth Henley's Pulitzer prize-winning play sees three southern sisters reunited in their family home when one of them is released from prison - where she has served out her sentence for shooting her husband. A bittersweet tale starring Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek ..read more »
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from 227 members
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Tender Mercies
(1982)
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Ellen Barkin, Tess Harper
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall -The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) is down and out. A former American music legend, Mac is now an alcoholic whose fall from grace has left him washed up as he wakes up broke and alone on a Texas motel room floor.
When the motel owner Rosa Lee (Tess Harper No Country for Old ..read more »
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from 427 members
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Breaker Morant
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: John Waters, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson
Director: Bruce Beresford
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During the Boer War, the Australian unit led by Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker' Morant (Edward Woodward) is commanded to fight the Boers to the death. Morant, keen to avenge the death and mutilation of his best friend at the hands of the Boers, is happy to comply, but his capture and execution of ..read more »
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from 1,005 member
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The Getting Of Wisdom
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Kim Deacon, Alix Longman, Celia De Burgh
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Set in a posh Melbourne girls boarding school during the Victorian era, this drama directed by Bruce Beresford, follows the development of a 13-year old girl from the outback. Her spiky independence raises havoc with the manners of the place and time.
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from 18 members
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Side By Side
(1975)
Starring: Barry Humphries, Terry-Thomas, Stephanie De Sykes
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Comedy legends Terry-Thomas and Barry Humphries star in this hilarious 1975 madcap musical, featuring the cream of
the British pop scene and directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy).
The dull little town of Sludgley has never seen anything like it, as two sleazy rival nightclubs go to war ..read more »
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You're Human Like the Rest of Them
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: William Hoyland, Carole Mccullagh, Anne Hardcastle
Director: B.S. Johnson, Michael Bakewell, Mike Newell
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Collection of shorts from experimental writer and director B.S. Johnson. The films comprise: 'You're Human Like the Rest of Them' (1967), 'Paradigm' (1968), 'The Unfortunates' (1969), 'Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!' (1969), 'Unfair!' (1970), 'March!' (1970), 'Poem' (1971), 'B.S. Johnson On Dr...read more »
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from 9 members
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You're Human Like the Rest of Them - Blu-ray
(1974)
Starring: William Hoyland, Carole Mccullagh, Anne Hardcastle
Director: B.S. Johnson, Michael Bakewell, Mike Newell
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Collection of shorts from experimental writer and director B.S. Johnson. The films comprise: 'You're Human Like the Rest of Them' (1967), 'Paradigm' (1968), 'The Unfortunates' (1969), 'Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!' (1969), 'Unfair!' (1970), 'March!' (1970), 'Poem' (1971), 'B.S. Johnson On Dr...read more »
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from 3 members
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The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
(1972)
Starring: Dick Bentley, Peter Cook, Avice Landon
Director: Bruce Beresford
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The bawdy adventures of an Australian tourist in Earls Court. A spin off from the 'Private Eye' comic strip, the hero McKenzie is a larger than life, loud-mouthed, sex-crazed whirlwind who causes havoc when he comes to England's reserved shores.
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from 272 members
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...ving and critically acclaimed military courtroom drama from Australian Director Bruce Beresford. Set at the end of the Boer War the film vividly portrays the first dirty war w...
