The Bank Job 2008  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Georgia Taylor, Richard Lintern, Peter Bowles, Alistair Petrie, Angus Wright, David Suchet, Rupert Frazer, Christopher Owen
This story is based on a 1971 bank heist in London that begins when Martine (Saffron Burrows) tells Terry (Jason Statham) that the alarms have been shut down temporarily at the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank while the security system is being changed. Terry is a car dealer who has been having financial problems. He listens to Martine and then rounds up his friends (Stephen Campbell, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, and Alki David) to tunnel in for a bank heist. After four days of digging, while Eddie (Michael Jibson) is stationed on a nearby roof with his walkie-talkie, they open the vaults and find cash and valuable jewelry–along with incriminating secrets involving the Royal Family, the British government, and notorious gangsters. What they do not know is that because a ham radio operator (Angus Wright) has been listening in on Eddie's conversations and has alerted the authorities, the heist is doomed.
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The Bounty 1984 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette, Philip Martin Brown, Simon Chandler, Malcolm Terris, Simon Adams, John Sessions
In this remake of the Clark Gable classic "Mutiny on the Bounty," Mel Gibson portrays seaman Fletcher Christian with Anthony Hopkins as a strict, but this time more humane, Captain Bligh. Bligh's cruelty, which includes flogging, results in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian as they sail around Cape Horn. After the mutiny, they seek refuge on Tahiti where even more problems lie ahead.
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Cadillac Man 1990  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Zack Norman, Annabella Sciorra, Lori Petty, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Bill Nelson, Eddie Jones
This amusing film stars Robin Williams as a philandering car salesman who will lose his job if he doesn't sell 12 cars in as many days. To further complicate matters, the jealous husband (Tim Robbins) of the dealership's resident sexpot holds them hostage, and Williams must use every sales tactic he knows to talk him out of killing them all.
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 Cocktail 1988  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Ron Dean, Gina Gershon, Paul Benedict, Ellen Foley, Robert Donley, Andrea Morse, Chris Owens, Justin Louis, Allan Wasserman
Recently discharged from the Army, young Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) sets out to make a good life for himself in Manhattan. He signs up for business courses and gets a job tending bar. The Aussie barkeeper Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) takes Brian on as his protege, and they put together an act in which they dance while mixing drinks. They become very popular but then have a falling out. Brian leaves for Jamaica where he meets and falls in love with vacationing New York City waitress Jordan Mooney (Elizabeth Shue). Then, Brian meets New York executive Bonnie (Lisa Banes) who wants Brian for herself, and he becomes her lover. Will Brian wake up in time to make the right decision about who he should spend the rest of his life with?
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Dante's Peak 1997  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renee Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Charles Hallahan, Arabella Field, Tzi Ma, Lee Garlington, Grant Heslov, Kirk Trutner, Brian Reddy, Bill Bolender, Carole Androsky, Peter Jason
This volcano-disaster film features Pierce Brosnan as the scientist, Harry Dalton, who finds evidence that the mountaintop is about to blow. He tries to warn neighboring citizens to get off Dante's Peak because their lives are threatened, and–of course–few will heed his advice. Linda Hamilton plays the town's mayor, Rachel Wando, and also, of course, becomes the romantic interest of Harry. Great special effects!
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The Getaway 1994 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam, Royce D. Applegate, Alex Colon, Daniel Villarreal, Scott McKenna, Justin Williams
In this violent film–a remake of the 1972 movie–gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) arranges for Doc McCoy's (Alex Baldwin) release from a Mexican jail after making a deal with Doc's wife Carol (Kim Basinger). The deal involves Doc holding up an Arizona race track, and Doc, along with Rudy (Michael Madsen) and Frank (Philip Seymour Hoffman), pulls off the heist. But, problems follow, and Doc and Carol try to escape to Mexico with their stolen million dollars.
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Marie 1985 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman, Lisa Banes, Fred Dalton Thompson, Trey Wilson, Leon Rippy, Don Hood, Graham Beckel
Based on Marie Ragghianti's true story, Sissy Spacek stars in the title role of this solid drama about a mother who blows the whistle on her corrupt Tennessee government.
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No Way Out 1987 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dennis Burkley, Leon Russom, Marshall Bell, Chris D., Michael Shillo, David Paymer
An American Naval officer, LCdr. Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), is ordered to the staff of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C., where he meets and has an affair with a local woman, Susan Atwel (Sean Young), who is then found murdered. Farrell is assigned the task of solving the crime and learns about a government cover-up. Susan had been having an affair with Secretary of Defense Brice (Gene Hackman), and he killed her. Brice's aide Scott Prichard (Will Patton) has covered up the evidence and even plants the story that a KGB mole killed Susan.
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The Recruit 2003 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Mike Realba, Kenneth Mitchell, Brian Rhodes, Eugene Lipinski, Dom Flore, Karl Pruner, Ron Lea
Veteran CIA agent Walter Burke (Al Pacino) recruits James Clayton (Colin Farrell) as a CIA trainee, introduces him to all phases of the CIA, and then gives him a special assignment: root out a mole in the CIA–a world where nothing is as it seems.
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Sleeping Dogs 1977 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Ian Watkin, Warren Oates, Bernard Kearns, Nevan Rowe, Clyde Scott, Donna Akersten, Bill Johnson, Don Selwyn
Smith (Sam Neill) is a man caught between revolutionaries and his own New Zealand government while trying to maintain his nonviolent stance.
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Smash Palace 1981 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson, Keith Aberdein, Desmond Kelly, Margaret Umbers, Terence Donovan, Lynne Robson, Sean Duffy, Bryan Johnson
When his wife (Anna Maria Monticelli) leaves him, Al Shaw (Bruno Lawrence) kidnaps their young daughter (Greer Robson). A powerful story from New Zealand.
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 Species 1995  R, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Whip Hubley, Michelle Williams, Jordan Lund, Don Fischer
Scientists send a message to the far reaches of the galaxy and learn (too late) that technology without regard for consequences can be very dangerous. Radio telescopes pick up a message from space that includes the formula for a DNA string, and the secret lab must try it out.
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 Thirteen Days 2000  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker, Henry Strozier, Frank Wood, Michael Fairman, Len Cariou, Janet Coleman, Stephanie Romanov
Set during October 1962, "Thirteen Days" (the Cuban Missile Crisis) provides the viewer with a vivid picture of the personalities involved in U.S. decision making. Key players include President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood), Robert Kennedy (Steven Culp), Kenny O'Donnell (Kevin Costner), and Dean Rusk (Henry Strozier). 1 User Review
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White Sands 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Miguel Sandoval
A small-town sheriff in the Southwest finds a body in a remote desert area–with half a million dollars among his possessions. It turns out the man was an FBI agent, and the sheriff assumes the identity of the dead man to find out what is going on. The answer is drugs, and our sheriff is now in hot water.
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The World's Fastest Indian 2005 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez, Aaron Murphy, Chris Williams, Christopher Lawford, Annie Whittle, Jessica Cauffiel, Walton Goggins, Bruce Greenwood, William Lucking, Saginaw Grant
In the 1960s, New Zealander Bert Munro (Anthony Hopkins) restores a 1920s' Indian Twin Scout motorcycle and sets a world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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| 1. The Bank Job (2008)
2. The Bounty (1984)
3. Cadillac Man (1990)
4. Cocktail (1988)
5. Dante's Peak (1997)
6. The Getaway (1994)
7. Marie (1985)
8. No Way Out (1987)
9. The Recruit (2003)
10. Sleeping Dogs (1977)
11. Smash Palace (1981)
12. Species (1995)
13. Thirteen Days (2000)
14. White Sands (1992)
15. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
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