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John Duigan
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Sam Rockwell - rising star! 25 March 2004
John Duigan - filmography
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Head In The Clouds
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend
Director: John Duigan
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A Parisian apartment is home to Gilda Besse, an aspiring photographer, Guy Malyon, an Irish teacher, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. When war breaks out, the three friends go their separate ways, seemingly forever...
 
54%
from 3,110 members
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The Parole Officer
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Om Puri
Director: John Duigan
Certificate: 
Simon Garden is a hugely unsuccessful parole officer who finds himself in the frame for a murder that he didn't commit. To prove his innocence he must break into a security vault and retrieve a CCTV video tape. He enlists the help of four incompetent ex criminals and a beautiful female police officer...
61%
from 4,025 members
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Molly
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, D.W. Moffett, Elisabeth Shue
Director: John Duigan
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John Duigan's film is the story of Molly (Elizabeth Shue), a functioning autistic with a learning disorder who was institutionalised when her parents died. Fifteen years later Molly is forced to reenter society after the government tightens its monetary belt. She moves in with her big brother, Buck ..read more »
57%
from 195 members
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Paranoid
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Iain Glen
Director: John Duigan
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A psychological thriller in the vein of great mind trips like ROSEMARY'S BABY, PARANOID is a terrifying look into the blurry line between the real and the imagined. When a gorgeous model (played Jessica Alba of TV's DARK ANGEL) vacations on a secluded country estate with her boyfriend and his ..read more »
41%
from 761 members
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Lawn Dogs
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Sam Rockwell
Director: John Duigan
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Youngster Devon (Mischa Barton) is transplanted by her parents into an uptight gated community, Camelot Gardens. The lonely and imaginative ten-year-old girl escapes the confines of her new "community" and makes friends with an isolated eccentric, Trent (Sam Rockwell), who lives in a trailer on the ..read more »
69%
from 1,142 member
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The Leading Man
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Thandie Newton, Barry Humphries
Director: John Duigan
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A brash young American celebrity, Robin Grange (John Bon Jovi), goes to London to star in a major new play, and becomes the central character in a real-life mystery fuelled by intrigue and passion. The playwright of the production, Felix Webb (Lambert Wilson), is having an intense affair with his ..read more »
56%
from 325 members
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Sirens
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sam Neill, Hugh Grant, Elle Macpherson
Director: John Duigan
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When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter (Sam Neill) from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as ..read more »
53%
from 1,784 member
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Wide Sargasso Sea
(1993)
Starring: Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward
Director: John Duigan
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Edward Rochester, a handsome yet repressed Englishman, arrives in the searing heat of 19th century Jamaica to meet, for the first time, his intended bride, Antoinette Cosway. Weakened and feverish after his long voyage, he is immediately captivated by her beauty, but he knows little of her past and ..read more »
49%
from 22 members
Currently unavailable
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Flirting
(1991)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton
Director: John Duigan
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Set in early 1960s Australia, the story follows Danny Embling, a pimply-faced youth with leftist leanings and a commanding intellect who is suffering through his time at a posh, all-boys boarding school. Scandal ensues when he becomes involved with Thandiwe Adjewa, a Ugandan student (whose father ..read more »
63%
from 590 members
Not currently released
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Romero
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Harold Gould
Director: John Duigan
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In El Salvador in the late '70s, the wealthy few rule the impoverished many. To maintain the status quo against peasant insurgents and labor organizations, the military regime brutalizes the populace, in particular, rebels who espouse Marxism. Assassinations, executions, and disappearances become ..read more »
71%
from 69 members
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The Year My Voice Broke
(1988)
Starring: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn
Director: John Duigan
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The only thing left to break was his heart. Danny and Freya are allies and confidants until the relentless tides of adolescence change them both forever. The hidden sins of a small town's older generation are re-enacted as Danny struggles toward manhood hopelessly in love with his now mesmerizing ..read more »
71%
from 25 members
Currently unavailable
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...t, although not quite as dark. This is a difficult genre to master and director John Duigan makes a noble effort. The film is littered with poignant moments, and the chara...
