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  • Lawn Dogs
  • Lawn Dogs review by from London
    Rated - 2 stars Sam Rockwell - rising star! 25 March 2004
    ...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...  

John Duigan - filmography


  • The Parole Officer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Lena Headey,  Om Puri
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,468 members
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  • Molly on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  D.W. Moffett,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 163 members
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  • Paranoid on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Jessica Alba,  Jeanne Tripplehorn,  Iain Glen
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 664 members
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  • Sirens on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Hugh Grant,  Elle Macpherson
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,453 member
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  • Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
    Starring: Karina Lombard,  Nathaniel Parker,  Rachel Ward
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 15 members
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  • Flirting on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Noah Taylor,  Thandie Newton
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 426 members
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  • Romero on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Raul Julia,  Richard Jordan,  Harold Gould
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set against the bloody backdrop of a country torn apart by civil up-heaval, this is the life of brave Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador who, after facing torture, murder and oppression, made a stand against social injustices in his country.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 45 members
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  • The Year My Voice Broke (1988)
    Starring: Noah Taylor,  Loene Carmen,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 17 members
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John Duigan facts

5 most recent films

Head In The Clouds - 2.5 stars
The Parole Officer - 3.0 stars
Molly - 3.0 stars
Paranoid - 2.0 stars
Lawn Dogs - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lawn Dogs - 3.5 stars
Flirting - 3.0 stars
The Parole Officer - 3.0 stars
The Leading Man - 3.0 stars
Molly - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Vietnam - We Were Heroes - 2.5 stars
Wide Sargasso Sea - 2.5 stars
Romero - 3.5 stars
The Year My Voice Broke - 3.5 stars
Paranoid - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Thandie Newton - 3 times - show films
Noah Taylor - 2 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 2 times - show films
Raul Julia - 1 times - show films
Josh Picker - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chris Noonan - 1 times - show films


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