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Ghost Dog - The Way Of The Samurai
1999
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern-day warrior who lives on a rooftop shack. He spends his days breeding pigeons and playing chess in the park with his best friend, Raymond (Isaach de Bankole), a French-.. Read more
| Starring | Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, Henry Tormey, Victor Argo |
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| Director | Jim Jarmusch |
| Genres | Drama |
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London Film Festival opens
- 19 Oct 2006
The 50th London Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a screening of The Last King of Scotland from director Kevin Macdonald. Based on the reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, the fictionalised story stars Forest Whitaker, who appeared in the title role of Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. The film also features Gillian Anderson – better known as Dana Scully from long-running TV series The X-Files – and James McAvoy, star of Shameless. McAvoy told the BBC that his role... Read more
The Last King of Scotland
- 08 Jan 2007
A big, hulking actor with a lazy eye, Forest Whitaker has always been a very physical actor - when you think of his performances, you think of how he carries himself. The way he seemed to pour himself into the saxophone in Clint Eastwood's Charlie Parker biopic, Bird, for example; or his solitary grace in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; or the way he bigs it up to out-hustle Paul Newman in The Color of Money. In The Last King of Scotland Whitaker plays Idi Amin, the former British army... Read more
Broken Flowers: Jim Jarmusch interview
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- 01 Jan 2000
Jim Jarmusch has been instrumental in the 'independent' film movement for the past two decades. Having previously worked with Johnny Depp (Dead Man) and Forest Whitaker (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai). In Broken Flowers, Bill Murray plays Don Johnston, a middle-aged Lothario who is sent an anonymous pink letter claiming he is a father to a son he never knew existed. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, the result is a poignant, droll and acutely judged study of... Read more
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Ghost Dog - The Way Of The Samurai
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern-day warrior who lives on a rooftop shack. He spends his days breeding pigeons and playing chess in the park with his best friend, Raymond (...
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