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Peter Weir
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Terry Camilleri, John Meillon - This no–budget wonder marked the auspicious debut of Peter Weir. It's a delirious black comedy in which an outback community ambush passing…
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse… - Simply one of the best Australian films ever, this elegant mystery, based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, centres around the disappearance of several…
Last Wave, The (1977)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil - A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…
Plumber, The (1979)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Judy Morris, Ivor Kants - An obscure, one–of–a–kind telemovie from Peter Weir concerning a middle–class couple whose apartment is besieged by an…
Gallipoli (1981)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Mark Lee - Well–crafted, intoxicating depiction of the Gallipoli landings in WWI with a boyish Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as youthful idealists who enlist as…
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1983)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt… - Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
Witness (1985)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer… - Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
Mosquito Coast, The (1986)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix - A knock–out thriller about the woes of obsession with Harrison Ford as the idealistic inventor who drags his family into the thick of the South…
Dead Poet's Society (1989)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke… - Robin Williams is perfect as an a maverick English teacher at a private high–school for boys, where his passion for poetry profoundly…
Green Card (1990)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell - English language debut for Gerard Depardieu as a French musician who enters into a marriage–of–convenience with a stranger (Andie…
Fearless (1994)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini… - Jeff Bridges plays an air–crash survivor whose new–lease on life leads him to believe he is invulnerable to death. Multi–layered,…
Truman Show, The (1998)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Natascha McElhone… - A brilliantly conceived script by expat–Kiwi whizz–kid Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) finds consummate direction in the hands of esteemed…
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (2003)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy - Vivid sea–chase yarn, set during the Napoleonic Wars, with Crowe commanding the screen as the sympathetic captain of a British frigate…
Way Back, The (2010)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell… - A small group of multi–national prisoners escape a Siberian Gulag and make their way across five countries on foot in this survivalist epic…
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