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Alexander Payne - news / articles

Payne to receive Golden Eddie award - 6 February 2012
-The Descendants director Alexander Payne is set to be feted with a top honour at the 2012 American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards.-The Oscar nominee will be presented with the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award at the event, which will be held in Los Angeles on 18 F

Alexander Payne - what members say

Election review by from lancashire

A clever & entertaining satire 9 June 2005
...an high school through the focus of an student election. Its a compliment to Alexander Payne`s direction that none of the characters ends up being truly likeable. Whilst... Read customer review

Sideways review by from London

A real treat 29 January 2005
...-discovery for a pair of mismatched buddies in 'Sideways', the latest film from Alexander Payne and unquestionably one of the finest American films of the year Paul Giamatt... Read customer review

The Descendants review by Nootlin from

Hawaii Five Stars? More like three and a half. 13 February 2012
...ynopsis on which to build a comedy, The Descendants although very much still an Alexander Payne film, is something of a departure from his more comedic 'dramedies' like Electi... Read customer review

Alexander Payne - filmography

The Descendants - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident.

75% from 25 members
Not available for rental

The Descendants (2011)
Starring: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident.

72% from 249 members
Currently unavailable

Hung - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Eddie Jemison
Director: Alexander Payne, Craig Zisk, Scott Ellis
Certificate:
At first glance, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane, The Punisher) seems like an ordinary divorced dad whos trying to make ends meet. But Rays got one extraordinary, God-given gift. Call it his winning tool that sets him apart from other underpaid high-school teachers. With a little help from an unlikely ..read more »

70% from 645 members

Hung - Series 1 - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2009)
Starring: Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Eddie Jemison
Director: Alexander Payne, Craig Zisk, Scott Ellis
Certificate:
At first glance, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane, The Punisher) seems like an ordinary divorced dad whos trying to make ends meet. But Rays got one extraordinary, God-given gift. Call it his winning tool that sets him apart from other underpaid high-school teachers. With a little help from an unlikely ..read more »

71% from 333 members

Sideways on DVD (2005)
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the altar.

63% from 67,998 members

About Schmidt (2002)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
In Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT, Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) is retiring from a long, dedicated tenure at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. Though he is proud of this achievement, he finds some difficulty adjusting to life without work; and to make matters worse, his loving wife Helen (..read more »

57% from 23,131 members
Not currently released

Election - Blu-ray (1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne's second film, based on the novel by Jim Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. ..read more »

66% from 537 members

Election on DVD (1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in ..read more »

66% from 9,356 members

Citizen Ruth (1996)
Starring: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
Life, liberty, money and the pursuit of happiness. She's gotta have it.

59% from 27 members
Currently unavailable

Marc Jacobs And Louis Vuitton on DVD
Starring: Bernard Arnault, Marc Jacobs, Winona Ryder
Director: LoÃ¯c Prigent
Certificate:
Fascinating documentary that profiles fashion designers Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton.

79% from 141 members

Alexander Payne facts

5 most recent films

The Descendants - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Descendants - 3.5 stars
Hung - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Hung - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Sideways - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Marc Jacobs And Louis Vuitton - 4.0 stars
The Descendants - 3.5 stars
Hung - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hung - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Election - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Citizen Ruth - 3.0 stars
The Descendants - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
About Schmidt - 3.0 stars
Sideways - 3.0 stars
Election - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jane Adams - 6 times - show films
Thomas Jane - 6 times - show films
Charlie Saxton - 6 times - show films
Anne Heche - 6 times - show films
Eddie Jemison - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Scott Ellis - 6 times - show films
Craig Zisk - 6 times - show films
LoÃ¯c Prigent - 1 times - show films