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Sam Neill
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
Victory (1996)- Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill… - Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
Event Horizon (1997)- Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill - This sleek monstrosity is worth a look for some reasonably scary special effects or if you just want reminding of what a masterpiece ALIEN really is.…
Century of Cinema - Australia / NZ / UK (1997)
- Dir. George Miller, Sam Neill, Stephen Frears
- Director George Miller (MAD MAX) construes his own personal perspective on the history of Australian cinema and its wider cultural meanings. Perhaps…
Merlin (1998)- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Rutger Hauer… - Playing the titular wizard, Sam Neill lends his talents to a well thought–out, monster–filled variation on the King Arthur cycle. Other…
Horse Whisperer, The (1998)- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson… - A modern–day 'horse opera' saddles up with Robert Redford both directing and starring in the title role of an appropriately handsome version of…
Bicentennial Man (1999)- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz - The indefatigable Robin Williams extends his range into the robotic, playing a household android who, over the course of 200 years learns what it is…
Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999)- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. David Wenham, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole… - An earnest account of a Belgian priest’s heroic efforts in the Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai in the 1870s, distinguished by its intriguing tale…
My Mother Frank (2000)- Dir. Mark Lamprell
Feat. Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill, Sacha Horler… - Sober comedy with an 'it's never too late' theme, is nicely done despite some rather convenient plotting. Mother and widow Sinead Cusack decides…
Dish, The (2000)- Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington… - Another endearing tale from the creators of much–adored THE CASTLE, based on real events that involved small–town Aussies in the…
Space (TV Series) (2000)- Feat. Sam Neill
- Sam Neill conducts a tour of Outer Space and some of the phenomenon of this vast (indeed possibly infinite) region. Broadly examines galactic and…
Sally Hemings - An American Scandal (Mini Series) (2000)- Dir. Charles Haid
Feat. Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo - Provocative mini–series telling the allegedly true story of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's thirty–eight year affair with…
Magic Pudding, The (2000)- Feat. Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving…
- Based on Norman Lindsay's hilarious classic book about Albert, a magic pudding and his three companions who must defend him against the Pudding…
Jurassic Park 3 (2001)- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy… - Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
Zookeeper, The (2001)- Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen… - A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
Dirty Deeds (2002)- Dir. David Caesar
Feat. Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Sam Neill… - A brassy Aussie cousin to SNATCH, this fun Aussie thriller sees the thriving criminal empire of Bryan Brown in late 60s Sydney scouted by Mafia…
Sweet Revenge (The Revenger's Comedies) (2002)- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas… - A blackly comic caper, this adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s “Revenger’s Comedies” concerns two would–be suicides who, on…
Doctor Zhivago (TV Series) (2003)- Dir. Giacomo Campiotti
Feat. Sam Neill, Keira Knightley, Kris Marshall… - A 'Masterpiece Theatre' adaptation of Pasternak's novel of Tsarist Russia. Generally more complete and faithful than the Lean version, but less…
Perfect Strangers (2003)- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck - Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
Wimbledon (2004)- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Robert Lindsay… - The producers of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL et al replay the Anglo–American romance formula, appealingly set in the world of professional…
Stiff (2004)- Dir. John Clarke
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, Sam Neill - Superior telemovie adaptation from the popular crime novel series by Shane Maloney, based around a shambling but effective government advisor…
Brush Off, The (2004)- Dir. Sam Neill
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, John Clarke… - David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
Colin McCahon: I Am (2004)- Dir. Paul Swadel
Feat. Sam Neill - A sterling examination of the life and work of New Zealand's most renowned modern artist, Colin McCahon, who was born in 1919 and blossomed into a…
Yes (2004)
- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill… - Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…
Little Fish (2005)- Dir. Rowan Woods
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving… - Another bleakly intense and beautiful drama from the dir. of THE BOYS, here depicting the efforts of a heroin addict (Blanchett) to put her life back…
Triangle, The (TV Mini-series) (2005)- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips… - Three part miniseries produced by sci–fi aficionado BRYAN SINGER (X MEN), following a crew of specialists who attempt to uncover the truths…
Irresistible (2006)- Dir. Ann Turner
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt - Susan Sarandon feels the wrath of Emily Blunt in this Hitchcockian fable of one woman's struggle to prevent her life from being overtaken by another.…
Merlin's Apprentice (2006)- Feat. Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson
- Fantastical sequel to the popular mini–series version of MERLIN, this also stars Sam Neill as the legendary wizard, now mentoring a young…
Angel (2007)- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell… - Pretty costume drama follows the fortunes of an aspiring lady writer in Edwardian England. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor (MRS PALFREY AT…
Tudors, The (TV Series) (2008)- Feat. Johnathon Rhys-Myers, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill…
- Top–rating British costume drama brings to noughties audiences the rollicking, bed–hopping, head–lopping early years of the court…
Dean Spanley (2008)- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole… - This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
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