Jonathan Demme
Date of Birth: 22 Feb 1944
Country: USA
Biography: An incredibly energetic, optimistic and versatile director of character-driven films. Emerged from the crucible of B-moviemaking at Roger Corman's New World Pictures in the early 1970s to become one of Hollywood's most critically admired filmmakers.
Total Credits at Criticker: 7 (Actor), 34 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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A profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000. (imdb)
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After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen... (imdb)
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As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it -- a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. (Paramount Pictures)
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Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information. (imdb)
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An exhilarating combination of romance and suspense ignites sparks of all kinds against the backdrop of modern Paris.
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Neil Young: Heart of Gold is filmmaker Jonathan Demme's intimate musical portrait of legendary singer/songwriter Neil Young, filmed on the occasion of the world premiere of Young's "Prairie Wind" concert at Nashville's hallowed Ryman Auditorium. (Paramount Classics)
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When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. (imdb)
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Gray tells about his participation in the film "The Killing Fields" and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.
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A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up. (imdb)
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The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. (imdb)
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A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. The iron-handed superintendent takes exception to a skit performed by the girls and takes punitive steps, aided by the sadistic doctor who is doing illegal electroshock experiments and raping drugged prisoners. After a while the prisoners put away their petty differences and plan the Big Prison Escape. (imdb)
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Angela deMarco is unhappily married to high Mafia member Frank deMarco. When Frank is killed, Angela takes the opportunity to break free of the Mafia world entirely and start a new life. But Frank's boss, Tony Russo, begins to court the unresponsive Angela. The FBI begins surveillance on her, thinking her to be his new mistress. FBI agent Mike Downey goes undercover as Angela's neighbor, but soon finds himself attracted to Angela himself. (imdb)
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The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes... (imdb)
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A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." (imdb)
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It begins with an ancient warning. It ends at the edge of Niagara Falls. In between there are 5 murders. Solve the mystery. Or die trying. Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ? (imdb)
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A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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This movie interlaces the stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio. (imdb)
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A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an airport plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war. (imdb)
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Melba, a widow in the 1950s, begins a wacky life of crime when she loses her Long Beach beauty parlor. She's joined by her mother Sheba, her pregnant daughter Cheryl, and her daughter's boyfriend Shawn. They head for Arkansas in a stolen Cadillac and a wood-paneled station wagon with an old lady, a greaser and defecting sheriff Jim Bob. (imdb)
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An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments. (imdb)
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Jonathan Demme gives us some Neil Young musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of personal icons: alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars... Neil draws deep melancholy from an old piano and pats it on the side after like a beloved old dog. He sings his heart out again and again. It is a collection for the ages. (Rotten Tomatoes)
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Starting a few months after Hurricane Katrina, Jonathan Demme follows a strong matriarch from the Lower Ninth Ward named Carolyn Parker as she struggles to rebuild her home over several years.
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A concert film of Robyn Hitchcock as he performs an acoustic show in a New York city storefront.
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This past May, Neil Young brought his solo tour to Toronto's Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth.
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A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act. (imdb)
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A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family. (imdb)
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A documentary about Director Jonathan Demme's cousin, an Episcopalian minister in Harlem.
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The final performance of Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids' 20/20 Experience World Tour, filmed in 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (imdb)
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Inspired by Mark Twain's morality tale 'The Mysterious Stranger,' 'Another Telepathic Thing' is a prismatic and complex dance-theater parable. (imdb)
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Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988) - TV Movie
Documentary on the culture and situation in Haiti one year after the fall of the Duvalier Family.
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Red Hot and Blue (1990) - TV Movie
A collection of music videos for Cole Porter cover songs recorded as a fundraiser for AIDs research.
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