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Alan Parker

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Bugsy MaloneBugsy Malone (1976) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini
Alan Parker's directing debut was this startlingly original feature debut reinvents the gangster movie as a musical pastiche cast entirely with…
Midnight ExpressMidnight Express (1978) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
Brad Davis stars in this riveting fact–based story as a young American facing a 30–year sentence in a brutal Turkish prison for a minor…
FameFame (1980)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Irene Cara
Young wannabees get ready for their big break at a New York performing arts college. Funny how none of the cast have since achieved it.
Shoot the MoonShoot the Moon (1981)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller
A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Pink Floyd - The WallPink Floyd - The Wall (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Parker
Based on Roger Waters' personal vision that was the mega–selling Pink Floyd album of 1980, this feature brings the concept of a rock star's…
BirdyBirdy (1984) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage
Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage star in this complex yet compelling tale of a disturbed war veteran's descent into believing he is a bird. A bold and…
Angel HeartAngel Heart (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling
Things get increasingly bizarre for Mickey Rourke as a sleazy P.I. on the trail of a mysterious jazz singer. Genuinely creepy American gothic carries…
Mississippi BurningMississippi Burning (1988) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe
Three boys mysteriously disappear in Ku Klux Klan country in 1964. This film details the FBI investigation based on true events. A…
Come See the ParadiseCome See the Paradise (1990)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Dennis Quaid
An epic romance about a hot–headed unionist whose love affair with a Japanese American is torn apart when the state interns 100,000 Japanese…
Commitments, TheCommitments, The (1991)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Colm Meaney
Surprise hit simply chronicles the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band, formed by a group of teens with naught better to do. Unashamedly light fare,…
Road to WellvilleRoad to Wellville (1994)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda
Much eccentricity transpires at the health farm of J. Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), inventor of the corn flake. Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda,…
EvitaEvita (1996) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Madonna, Antonio Banderas
The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …
Angela's AshesAngela's Ashes (1999)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Emily Watson, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens
Lovingly–detailed adaptation of Frank McCourt's best–selling memoir of the worst kind of childhood – the deprived Irish Catholic…
Life of David Gale, TheLife of David Gale, The (2002)
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney
Ingenious though slightly muddled thriller, enacts the leadup to death–rower Kevin Spacey's arrest, trial for murder and imminent…

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