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Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple


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Barbara Kopple - what members say


  • Harlan Country USA
  • Harlan Country USA review by BroadswordCallingDannyBoy from Gosport
    Rated - 5.0 stars A great documentary about real working people! 18 March 2010
    ...ws the miners, their wives and families in all their majesty; warts and all. Barbara Kopple is an outstanding film-maker (she was involved in the brilliant 'WInter Soldier...   Read customer review

Barbara Kopple - filmography


  • Shut Up and Sing on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Natalie Maines,  Emily Robison,  Martie Maguire
    Director: Barbara Kopple,  Cecilia Peck
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Documentary following US rock/country trio Dixie Chicks between 2003 and 2006. On the eve of the Iraq conflict, at a London concert, singer Natalie Maines announces, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas." A huge backlash follows and the "Chicks" have to deal with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,248 members
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  • Havoc on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Anne Hathaway,  Bijou Phillips,  Shiri Appleby
    Director: Barbara Kopple
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Anne Hathaway (THE PRINCESS DIARIES, THE DEVIL WEAR'S PRADA) gives a daring performance in this gritty expose of privileged youth, from the writer of TRAFFIC and SYRIANA. A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the 'gangsta' lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 4,305 members
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  • My Generation (2000)
    Starring: Jimi Hendrix,  Aerosmith,  Sheryl Crow
    Director: Thomas Haneke,  Barbara Kopple
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This fascinating documentary from the director of Wild Man Blues shows how things have changed since the late '60s. Using the three Woodstock Festivals as an analogy for cultural and commercial change, Kopple focuses not only on the state of the kids who attended the gigs of 1969, '92 and '99, ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 3 members
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  • Wild Man Blues (1995)
    Starring: Woody Allen
    Director: Barbara Kopple
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Barbara Kopple's entertaining and occasionally illuminating documentary about Woody Allen's 1995 jazz band tour of Europe divides its time between the concert commitments and the quiet times with Allen and future wife Soon-Yi Previn.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 4 members
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  • Harlan Country USA on DVD (1976)
    Director: Barbara Kopple
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Barbara Kopple's documentary account of the 1974 strike of Kentucky mine workers is arguably one of the finest documentaries ever made in the U.S. and possibly the best on the problems of organised labour. The strike began when the miners working for the Eastover Mining Co. joined the UMW, and its ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 41 members
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Barbara Kopple facts

5 most recent films

Shut Up and Sing - 3.0 stars
Havoc - 2.5 stars
My Generation - 1.5 stars
Wild Man Blues - 4.0 stars
Harlan Country USA - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shut Up and Sing - 3.0 stars
Havoc - 2.5 stars
Wild Man Blues - 4.0 stars
Harlan Country USA - 3.5 stars
My Generation - 1.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

My Generation - 1.5 stars
Harlan Country USA - 3.5 stars
Wild Man Blues - 4.0 stars
Havoc - 2.5 stars
Shut Up and Sing - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Martie Maguire - 2 times - show films
Natalie Maines - 2 times - show films
Emily Robison - 2 times - show films
Rick Rubin - 2 times - show films
Christie Brinkley - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Cecilia Peck - 2 times - show films
Thomas Haneke - 1 times - show films