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Filmography
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Emperor Zehnder
(2006)
Based on the life of the late
adventure photographer Bruno P. Zehnder. An epic love story set in
Antarctica. It chronicles Zehnder's struggles against the confines
of normalacy and pursuing his artistic ambitions against
impossible odds. It also explores Zehnder's romantic life and rise
to fame as a world-renowned photographer and environmentalist.
Zehnder- dubbed the "Guardian of Antarctica"- is best
known for his photographs of penguins. His love of penguins was so
strong, Zehnder legally changed his middle name to Penguin. He
died in a fierce Antarctica storm in July 1997 at age 52.
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The Flock (2006)
This film is about a hyper-vigilant
federal agent who, while training his young female replacement,
has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected
to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
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The Hoax (2006)
In what would cause a fantastic
media frenzy, Clifford Irving (Gere) sells his bogus biography of
Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
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Bee
Season (2005)
Eliza Naumann (Flora Cross) has no
reason to believe she is anything but ordinary. Her father Saul
(Richard Gere), a beloved university professor, dotes on her
talented elder brother Aaron (Max Minghella). Her scientist
mother, Miriam (Juliette Binoche), seems consumed by her career.
When a spelling bee threatens to reaffirm her mediocrity, Eliza
amazes everyone: she wins. Her newfound gift garners an invitation
not only to the national competition, but an entrיe into the
world of words and Jewish mysticism that have so long captivated
her father's imagination. But Eliza's unexpected success hurls the
Naumann family dynamic into a tailspin, long-held secrets emerge
and she is forced to depend upon her own divination to hold the
family together.
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The
Interpreter (2005)
Kidman stars as African-born U.N.
interpreter Silvia Broome, who inadvertently overhears a death
threat against an African head of state scheduled to address the
United Nation's General Assembly. Realizing she's become a target
of the assassins as well, Silvia's desperate to thwart the
plot...if only she can survive long enough to get someone to
believe her. Sean Penn is Tobin Keller, the federal agent charged
with protecting the interpreter, who nonetheless suspects she may
not be telling the whole truth. Silvia and Tobin, by nature, see
life from different points of view: one, a U.N. interpreter,
believes in the power and sanctity of words; the other, a Secret
Service agent, believes in reading people based on their behavior,
no matter what is said.
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Shall
We Dance? (2004)
An overworked Chicago accountant (Gere),
tired of the boring routine that his life has become, sees a
beautiful dance teacher (Lopez) through a window and decides to
start taking lessons from her in order to get to know her better,
and as the joy of dancing enters his life, he discovers that it
might just be the secret to saving his troubled marriage. As the
accountant's skill as a dancer improves, he eventually signs up
for the Chicago Crystal Ball Dance Competition. Will he win?
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Chicago
(2002)
It's the long-awaited film version
of the Broadway hit. Set in the roaring 20's, this is the story of
Chicago chorus girl Roxie Hart (Zellweger), who shoots her
unfaithful lover (West). Landing in jail, she meets Velma Kelly
(Zeta-Jones), another chorus girl and murderess, currently
enjoying media attention and legal manipulation, care of her
attorney, Billy Flynn (Gere), king of the old "Razzle
Dazzle." Soon enough, however, Flynn takes Roxie's case as
well, and Velma finds herself old news as Roxie is now the most
famous murderess in town, on her way to getting out of jail and
becoming a star. The two go through a series of attempts at
getting what they both want (often conflicting): freedom and fame.
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Unfaithful
(2002)
From the director of "Fatal
Attraction" comes an erotic thriller about the body language
of guilt, centering on a couple living in the New York City
suburbs whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife
indulges in an adulterous fling.
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The
Mothman Prophecies (2002)
When John Klein, a respected
Washington Post journalist, and his wife Mary find the dream house
they have been hunting for, life could hardly get better. Then on
their joyful ride home the dream is shattered when Mary crashes
the car and is killed. While removing Mary's possessions from the
hospital, John discovers a sketchpad covered with odd drawings,
variations of the same eerie apparition. John is haunted by the
unsettling images. One night, while driving from Washington, John
loses his way and ends up on a deserted country highway in Point
Pleasant, West Virginia -- four hundred miles from where he
thought he was. When John decides to stay in Point Pleasant to
explore the reports of unexplained phenomena in the town, he soon
realizes that they may all be related - not just to each other,
but also to the strange sketches Mary had been obsessively drawing
just hours before her death.
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Dr. T
And The Women (2000)
Robert Altman follows up the
good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an
upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan
"Sully" Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good
looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular
gynecologist in all of Texas. Things begin to go wrong for Dr. T
when his beautiful wife, Kate (Farrah Fawcett), begins to lose her
sanity. He sends her to a mental hospital with the hopes of a full
recovery, but her regression into childhood seems to be permanent.
Adding to the mass confusion is an unexpected visit from his
alcoholic sister-in-law, Peggy (Laura Dern), who brings along her
three children, as well as the constant battles between Dr. T's
two daughters: the soon-to-be-married Dee Dee (Kate Hudson) and
the jealous Connie (Tara Reid). Upon meeting his country club's
new assistant golf pro, Bree (Helen Hunt), Dr. T finally feels
like he's met his match--a beautiful, independent woman who has no
desire to be swept off her feet. Trying to juggle the pressures of
his personal and professional life, Dr. T's recent problems
culminate on Dee Dee's rain-soaked wedding day. Working again with
screenwriter Anne Rapp, Altman closes his sprawling comedy with an
utterly outrageous yet genuinely optimistic finale.
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Autumn
in New York (2000)
Successful restaurateur Will Keane
is on the verge of turning fifty, yet he's still quite the playboy
with a persistent case of commitment-phobia. When he meets
Charlotte Fielding, a free spirited woman half his age, he expects
another quick and easy romance. But their nothing about their
relationship is quick or easy. Instead their encounters are rife
with intergenerational clashes, differing philosophies and an
urgent sense of sensuality and connection. Just when Will is
tempted to bail out with his usual line about "not promising
forever," Charlotte responds with reasons of her own about
why she feels this relationship can't last forever -- she's dying.
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Runaway
Bride (1999)
Ike Graham is a New York newspaper
columnist with a problem - his deadline is an hour away, his
ex-wife is his boss and his writer's block is working overtime.
Retreating to his favorite watering hole to
"brainstorm," Ike hears about a young woman in rural
Maryland named Maggie who, apparently, loves being engaged, but
who has very cold feet about getting married. Intrigued, Ike
composes a column about Maggie, beginning a chain of events which
leads him to Hale, Maryland, her hometown. Maggie Carpenter also
has a problem - Ike Graham. Furious with the column and its
author, she plans to even the score with him. Ike eventually
discovers there is much more to Maggie than just a problem with
commitment; and he ends up with the story of a lifetime.
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Red
Corner (1997)
Richard Gere stars as Jack Moore,
a high-powered American attorney (Richard Gere) who finds the
rules of order are different in a Chinese courtroom when he is
arrested and falsely accused of murdering Lin Cheng (Tzi Ma), a
seductive young model, and daughter of a powerful General (Tsai
Chin). Discovering that the rule of thumb is guilty before proven
innocent, he realizes that he must convince his court-appointed
attorney Shen Yuelin (Bai Ling, in a quietly powerful role) that
he is blameless before he can even begin to convince the court.
Moore struggles to endure torturous prison conditions as he slowly
begins to prove his innocence to Shen Yuelin, who is forced to
question the teachings of the cultural revolution and the court's
condemnation of an innocence man. Together they must fight to find
evidence that has disappeared, while risking their own lives in a
city seething with enemies. As they begin to uncover the scandal
behind the murder of Li Cheng they must fight the rules of the old
guard in a battle for life and free will. A seductive thriller,
that includes beautiful footage of Beijing and rural China.
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The
Jackal (1997)
An update of "The Day of the
Jackal," this spy thriller offers a seasoned FBI man, a rigid
Russian agent, and a black-sheep I.R.A. terrorist (Gere) teaming
up to stop a nasty and extremely well-paid assassin (Willis) from
offing a U.S. official.
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Primal
Fear (1996)
Powerful, media-hungry Chicago
defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) gets in over his head
when he takes the case of an altar boy (Edward Norton making his
film debut) accused of murdering an archbishop. His opponent for
the prosecution is his former protege and lover Janet Venable
(Laura Linney), who's out to make this her watershed case. A
suspenseful courtroom with a truly unexpected ending, this drama
is based on the novel by William Diehl.
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First
Knight (1995)
Lancelot (Richard Gere) is a rogue
with no ties, no enemies, and no fear- until he meets Lady
Guinevere of Leonesse (Julia Ormond). She has promised to marry
King Arthur (Sean Connery), not only because his armies can
protect her country, but because she truly loves him. But her
chance encounter with Lancelot as she prepared to enter Camelot
stirs conflicting and powerful emotions within her. Arthur
welcomes both into his city with open heart, little foreseeing how
his great capacity for love and trust opens the doors for his own
betrayal.
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Intersection
(1994)
A remake of the French film LES
CHOSES DE LA VIE, INTERSECTION places Vincent Eastman (Richard
Gere), a successful architect, between his indifferent, beautiful,
aristocratic wife, Sally (Sharon Stone), and his free-spirited
lover, Olivia (Lolita Davidovich). Although it seems that Vincent
has made a decision to leave Sally for Olivia, he remains
emotionally torn, especially when he wonders how a divorce might
affect his 12-year-old daughter, Meaghan (Jenny Morrison), with
whom he is very close. If Vincent doesn't make a decision soon, he
might find himself at a crossroads where he will be forced to make
a choice and suffer the cataclysmic consequences. Using flashbacks
and, in one climactic scene, beautifully eerie slow-motion
camerawork, director Mark Rydell's INTERSECTION brings back the
heartwrenching feeling and intricacies of old Hollywood
melodramas.
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And
the Band Played On (1993)
The movie based on the book by
author Randy Shilts that brought the A.I.D.S. epidemic to the
public's attention and chronicled the political neglect this
devastating disease faced at its onset. Shilts later died of
complications brought on by A.I.D.S.
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Rhapsody
in August (1993)
Three generations of a Japanese
family are moved by awakening memories of a family event involving
an American relative.
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Mr.
Jones (1993)
Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) is a man
suffering from bipolar disorder, a disease that affords him
periods of intense emotional pleasure and expansiveness but which
also results in periods of suicidal depression. Libbie (Lena
Olin), a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, takes an interest in
his condition, and also in him--after all, he's intelligent,
perceptive, and charming. Mr. Jones likes her, also, and puts
enough trust in her to allow himself to be treated. But the longer
he spends at the hospital, the more he misses the soaring highs
that are a part of the man he considers himself to be. Gere's
performance is a risky one; he researched the role, but mostly
relies on the natural magnetism that has made him such a popular
actor to show just how wonderful the "up" Mr. Jones is,
and hence what is at stake in his treatment. In creating such a
role, director Mike Figgis gives a hint of things to come, since
LEAVING LAS VEGAS is also the story of a man who would rather not
compromise, and rests on a similarly audacious central
performance.
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Sommersby
(1993)
A man returning home after six
years in the Civil War struggles to reconstruct his life and
marriage. His idyllic hopes are shattered when he is accused of
not being who he claims. Based on the French film THE RETURN OF
MARTIN GUERRE.
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Final
Analysis (1992)
Set in San Francisco, this story
pits a smart and determined psychiatrist against two beautiful,
inscrutable, supremely strong willed and potentially dangerous
sisters. The resulting triangle explodes in murder, a trial and
double-crosses.
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Crack
(1991)
Richard Gere stars in this gritty
action-packed film of murder, drugs, and the Mafia. A teenage boy
is witness to a brutal Mafia killing and becomes their next
victim. Richard Gere plays the cop in charge of the case to bring
down the murderous, and drug-infested Mafia. Before long, the New
York City Police Department find themselves in a battle with the
powerful mob to regain the streets of New York.
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Pretty
Woman (1990)
The Pygmalion-like transformation
of a young Los Angeles prostitute given $3000 to spend the week
with a wealthy businessman.
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Internal
Affairs (1990)
Drama surrounding a police
corruption investigation.
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Miles
From Home (1988)
Two brothers torch their father's
once-thriving farm when the bank forecloses on it. They then flee
on a cross-country odyssey that turns them into popular heroes.
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No
Mercy (1986)
A single-minded cop in search of
his partner's killer undertakes a grueling investigation, which
leads him into the murky Louisiana criminal underworld and brings
him close to a mysterious blonde woman who may hold the answer to
the mystery.
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Power
(1986)
Sidney Lumet's POWER focuses on
the powerful media circus that plays into American politics.
Starring Richard Gere as an influential press consultant, the film
paints a picture of political candidates who are bought and sold
like pawns in a bigger game.
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King
David (1985)
An adaptation of the legendary
biblical tale, director Bruce Beresford's film stars Richard Gere
as King David, favorite of the God of Israel. Although only a
shepherd boy, David is anointed as heir to the throne of Israel by
Samuel (Dennis Quilley), who is disgusted with the weakness of
Saul (Edward Woodward). When David brings the protracted war with
the Philistines to an end by defeating their champion Goliath
(George Eastman) in battle, he is celebrated by his people but
must flee the country to avoid being killed by Saul, whose
jealousy he has aroused. When Saul and his sons finally die in
battle, David assumes the throne--but not without a sense that it
is covered in blood. As time passes, he finds himself in vicious
battles with neighboring tribes to ensure the survival of the
Israelites. Despite David's many achievements, the exercise of
power has a corrupting influence on the patriarch, and ultimately,
even he is no longer favored by his God. Donald McAlpine's
photography is superb, as is Beresford's direction.
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The
Cotton Club (1984)
Beautiful music and striking dance
performances are the highlight of Francis Ford Coppola’s
musical/mobster flick centered around the legendary Harlem
nightclub. The club’s black dancers and musicians entertain the
exclusively white audience made up of gangsters and Hollywood
stars. Local boy Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) saves the life of
crime boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) and reluctantly enters the
world of racketeering. Talented tap dancer Sandman Williams
(Gregory Hines) struggles to get ahead in the segregated world of
1920s nightlife. Authentic costuming and sets help make THE COTTON
CLUB a stylistic homage to the Jazz Age and gangster films of old.
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Breathless
(1983)
A streetwise male hustler has an
affair with a brilliant college student, which culminates in a
desperate flight to Mexico when he runs afoul of the law. Based on
the 1959 French film by Godard.
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An
Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) has
nothing--the son of an alcoholic, indifferent military father,
he's grown up in the Philippines living on top of a brothel. But
after college he decides he wants more and, despite his father's
mockery, enrolls in the navy's Officer Candidate School to become
a jet pilot. His sergeant, brilliantly played by Louis Gossett
Jr., makes his life a living hell from day one, but Zack won't
quit. The candidates are warned to stay away from the local girls
looking for naval husbands, but Zack and his bunkmate, Sid (David
Keith), find themselves falling for two friends, Paula (Debra
Winger) and Lynette (Lisa Blount), who work at the local paper
mill. Zack fights his feelings for Paula, determined to let
nothing sway him from his goals. But as the hellish weeks of
training go by, Zack begins to see that maybe he can't do it
alone--and that what's getting him through are his friends in the
ranks, and the girl he's been pushing away. Widely acclaimed at
the time of its release, director Taylor Hackford's inspiring film
is a romance for the ages.
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American
Gigolo (1980)
Richard Gere is Julian Kay, a
slick emotionally and spiritually deprived L.A. hustler in
AMERICAN GIGOLO. While servicing an upscale clientele in the
Hollywood area, he becomes involved with a rich senator's wife
(Lauren Hutton), their relationship extending beyond Julian's
normal encounters. Little does he know he is about to be framed
for murder, forcing him to rely on alibis from Madame Anne (Nina
Van Pallandt), a crooked pimp (Bill Duke), or the senator's wife
herself. A stylishly sleazy look at moral decay and redemption,
director Paul Schrader combines a European cinematic sensibility
with his usual themes of moral drift and emotional alienation in
this vivid portrait of early 1980s chic Hollywood decadence.
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Yanks
(1979)
From early 1942 until D-Day,
several million Americans landed in Britain on their way to fight
at the European front. To the war-weary British, many of these
troops were "overpaid and oversexed." But despite the
resentment, many memorable friendships developed between the
lonely American soldiers and the English women in the villages.
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Bloodbrothers
(1978)
The trials and tribulations of the
Italian American De Coco family are played out in this Bronx-set
Robert Mulligan adaptation of the Richard Price novel. While
brothers Chubby (Paul Sorvino) and Tommy (Tony Lo Bianco) live
their lives as they always have--working at their construction
jobs during the day and drinking and carousing at night--Tommy's
son Stony (Richard Gere) is torn between following in his father's
footsteps and answering the call of his heart to work with
underprivileged children.
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Days
of Heaven (1978)
Terrence Malick's follow-up to
BADLANDS is an exquisitely photographed story of a group of
early-20th-century itinerant workers who find themselves entangled
in a deadly love triangle. Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke
Adams) are lovers who are forced to flee Chicago after Bill
accidentally murders his foreman. Together, with Bill's little
sister, Linda (Linda Manz), they settle on the land of a wealthy
farmer (Sam Shepard) and spend their days working in the wheat
fields. Bill discovers that the farmer is terminally ill and
convinces Abby to marry him so they can inherit his fortune. As
the days progress, it becomes apparent that the farmer isn't
getting any sicker, and when he discovers that Abby and Bill had
initially set out to con him, their carefree existence comes to a
deadly end.
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Looking
for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) is
sensitive grade-school teacher who leads a very different life
after hours. Throwing off the emotional shackles of her troubled
childhood, she enters the seemingly liberated world of singles
bars and one-night stands in 1970s New York. But the
self-degradation takes its toll and her loneliness only
intensifies, catapulting Theresa into a volatile world of drug
addiction and sexual alienation. This vivid and intense portrait
of the free-spirited swinging-singles scene in New York City
captures the naive spirit of early feminism as well as the turmoil
of a woman's attempt to find her own sexual and spiritual
identity. Theresa's own dreams and struggles are uniquely brought
to life in delightful and disturbing fantasy sequences that bring
a brash and complex nature to her own soul searchings. Diane
Keaton's performance is raw and bittersweet, portraying the
delight of sexual freedom as well as the volatile need and desire
that she cannot quelch. Richard Brooks brilliantly employs a
hard-hitting soundtrack, brutal cinematography, and intense
realism to create a masterful cautionary tale and intimate
portrait of the new woman of the 1970s.
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Report
to the Commissioner (1975)
naive rookie cop whose youthful
idealism involves him in an interdepartmental power play leading
to the death of a beautiful young officer comes face to face in a
shocking life and death confrontation with the criminal.
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Strike
Force (1975)
An all-action police story set in
New York about a law enforcement agency created to bust organized
crime and an intricate drug scheme. In one of his earliest film
roles, Richard Gere stars as New York City cop Walter Spencer, who
works on the elite strike force that rounds up dangerous drug
dealers. When a young boy witnesses a gangland execution, he is
set to become the next victim of the gangs and the person who
Spencer must protect.
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