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Sam Mendes - news / articles


  • American beauties join Mendes cast - 22 April 2008
    A Mighty Wind's Catherine O'Hara are the latest Hollywood hotshots to sign up for the new comedy from American Beauty director Sam Mendes.-The Hollywood Reporter says the pair have joined a cast including Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, A Prairie Home Companion)

Sam Mendes - what members say


  • American Beauty
  • American Beauty review by A customer from Exeter, England
    Rated - 5 stars One of the greats 4 June 2005
    ...Sam Mendes' debut must rank up there as one of the greatest cinematic acheivements ever. The material, although strange and in many ways controversial is handled in such...  
  • Road To Perdition
  • Road To Perdition review by A customer from Market Harborough
    Rated - 3 stars Who's the daddy now? 20 September 2003
    ... the beginning of all ruins for both the good and the bad alike. Directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self, Mendes uses several techniques typical for gangster ...  
  • Jarhead
  • Jarhead review by Sam from Maidenhead
    Rated - 5 stars Every war is different, every war is the same...... 16 January 2006
    ...me great characters and some splendid acting, most notably Jake Gyllenhaal . Sam Mendes always has an eye for some eye candy and in Jarhead he does not disappoint. The...  

Sam Mendes - filmography


  • Road To Perdition
  • Road To Perdition on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tyler Hoechlin,  Paul Newman
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: 15
    Directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner, the Depression-era crime epic ROAD TO PERDITION stars Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, a quiet hit man who is duty bound to Mafia boss John Rooney (Paul Newman). The mobster's close bond with Sullivan,..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 6,966 members
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  • American Beauty
  • American Beauty on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Sam Roberts,  Annette Bening
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: 18
    AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 76% from 14,857 members
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Sam Mendes facts

5 most recent films


Revolutionary Road - 3.0 stars
Jarhead - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Jarhead - 3.0 stars
Road To Perdition - 3.5 stars
American Beauty - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


American Beauty - 3.5 stars
Road To Perdition - 3.5 stars
Jarhead - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Jarhead - 3.0 stars
Jarhead - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Revolutionary Road - 3.0 stars
Jarhead - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Jarhead - 3.0 stars
Jarhead - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Road To Perdition - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Chris Cooper - 4 times - show films
Matthew Atherton - 3 times - show films
Jake Gyllenhaal - 3 times - show films
Mike Akrawi - 3 times - show films
Jacob Vargas - 3 times - show films