Known for Art
Born
July 6, 1939
Died
March 29, 2006 (age 66)
Filmography
32 films, 1 show


The Good Shepherd
2006 · 2h 47m · US
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.


Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · 2h 26m · US
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.


The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · 1h 59m · US
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.


The Last Samurai
2003 · 2h 34m · US
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.


The Shipping News
2001 · 1h 51m · US
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.


Unbreakable
2000 · 1h 46m · US
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.


The Story of Us
1999 · 1h 36m · US
After 15 years of marriage, Katie and her husband, Ben, have grown apart. While they keep up the facade of having a contented marriage, mostly to not worry their children, they aren't happy together and argue frequently. While the kids are away at camp, Katie and Ben decide to separate and try to reassess their relationship to see if they should stay together or split up for good.


In Dreams
1999 · 1h 40m · IE
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.


The Siege
1998 · 1h 56m · US
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.


City of Angels
1998 · 1h 54m · US
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.


The Horse Whisperer
1998 · 2h 49m · US
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.


The Crucible
1996 · 2h 3m · US
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.


Before and After
1996 · 1h 48m · US
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.


Nobody's Fool
1994 · 1h 50m · US
A rascally man nearing retirement juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.


What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · 1h 58m · UK
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.


Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · 1h 52m · US
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.


Consenting Adults
1992 · 1h 39m · US
Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.


A River Runs Through It
1992 · 2h 3m · UK
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.


Once Around
1991 · 1h 55m · US
A struggling woman finds unexpected love with a charismatic older salesman at a real estate seminar. Their passionate relationship clashes with the values of her family, particularly her father.


The Long Walk Home
1990 · 1h 37m · US
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.


Rooftops
1989 · 1h 38m · US
T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.


Me and Him
1988 · 1h 33m · DE
A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.


Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987 · 1h 49m · US
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.


The Saint in Manhattan
1987 · 1h · AU
Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for an attempted series revival.


No Mercy
1986 · 1h 46m · US
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.


Death Wish 3
1985 · 1h 30m · US
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.


Year of the Dragon
1985 · 2h 14m · US
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.


Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · 2h 19m · IT
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.


Fighting Back
1982 · 1h 38m · US
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.


Atlantic City
1980 · 1h 44m · CA
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.