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Sam Shepard

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Days of HeavenDays of Heaven (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Sam Shepard, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams
The mid–western wheat–fields provide a magnificent backdrop for this poignant tale of two disparate bachelors who vie for the same woman.…
Raggedy ManRaggedy Man (1981)
Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard
Texas–set drama led by Spacek (fresh from her Oscar winning performance in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER) portraying a perturbed divorcee mother who…
FrancesFrances (1982) Recommended
Dir. Graeme Clifford
Feat. Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
Minor classic, this depicts the unusual and finally tragic life of Frances Farmer, a Hollywood starlet of the 1930s. Drifting into radical…
CountryCountry (1984)
Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley
Drama following a Midwestern American family during the economic hardship of the 1980's, as they struggle to hold onto their way of life.…
Fool for LoveFool for Love (1985)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton
One of dir. Altman's ambitious stageplay adaptations, this largely succeeds in bringing Sam Shepard's brand of 'surreal Americana' to life. This…
Crimes of the HeartCrimes of the Heart (1986)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek
Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
Bright AngelBright Angel (1991)
Dir. Michael Fields
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard
Sombre mid–western road movie avoids genre cliches and maintain its grip once it takes hold.
VoyagerVoyager (1991)
Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy
Based on an existentialist novel of the 1950s, Sam Shepard plays a lone, melancholy man of science who uneasily submits to the random hand of fate…
ThunderheartThunderheart (1992)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham (Actor) Greene
Part–Sioux FBI agent Val Kilmer is awakened to his heritage when assigned to investigate a murder on a reservation. An absorbing account of a…
Silent TongueSilent Tongue (1993)
Dir. Sam Shepard
Feat. Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix
A personal project for playwright/actor/director Shepard, this ghost story chiefly indicts the mistreatment of the native Indian. Haunting film…
Safe Passage (1994)
Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard
Susan Sarandon plays an over–protective mother of seven boys whose new–found freedom is short–lived when the reported death of a…
Only Thrill, The (1998)
Dir. Peter Masterson
Feat. Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Diane Lane
Smalltown folk Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard's unrequited love mellows into a thirty year friendship, which their children then risk repeating.…
Snow Falling On CedarsSnow Falling On Cedars (1998)
Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, Max von Sydow
The seemingly perfect conjunction of David Guterson's best–selling novel and dir. Hicks (SHINE), results in a technically magnificent, but…
All the Pretty HorsesAll the Pretty Horses (2000)
Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Matt Damon, Henry Thomas
Serious–minded adaptation of Cormac McCarthey’s neo–western novel, the epic journey of 1950s cowboy Matt Damon across the Texan border…
SwordfishSwordfish (2001)
Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman
Slick and stupid action–thriller in the post–Bruckheimer mould, teaming Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and John Travolta for a bank job (with…
Black Hawk DownBlack Hawk Down (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Sam Shepard, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett
Intense, eardrum–battering re–enactment of a street–battle during the US campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, painting the…
LeoLeo (2002)
Dir. Mehdi Norowzian
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Hopper
A murderer freshly released from prison attempts to get his life back to an orderly state while assisting a friend to deal with an alcohol dependent…
Notebook, TheNotebook, The (2004) Recommended
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner
An old–fashioned weepie set in a coastal town in 1940's North Carolina, this nostalgic "woman's picture" finds a sure–footed romantic…
Don't Come KnockingDon't Come Knocking (2005)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth
Desultry tale of a washed–out actor who goes missing from a film production and, with the insurance company on his tail, ends up uncovering…
BandidasBandidas (2006)
Dir. Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
Feat. Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn
A spicy and saddled western vehicle for bosom buddies Hayek and Cruz, with the spunky duo turning to bank robbery in an effort to combat a marauding…
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, TheAssassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007) Aro Favourite
Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell
A haunting, psychoanalytical western, revisionist in its interpretation of the relationship between outlaw Jesse James, and his eventual killer,…
Felon Felon (2008)
Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Anne Archer
Hard–nosed prison drama follows the fate of a caring father (Dorff) who finds himself incarcerated inside a maximum security prison after…
Accidental Husband, TheAccidental Husband, The (2008)
Dir. Griffin Dunne
Feat. Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth
Romantic comedy stars Uma Thurman as a talk–show host who discovers she is somehow married to a man she has never met, and goes on a mission to…
BrothersBrothers (2009)
Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire star in this remake of Susanne Bier's wrenching Danish drama, about two sibling's lives torn apart by war.
Fair GameFair Game (2010)
Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Tom McCarthy
A smart, ground level conspiracy thriller based on the true story of an undercover CIA operative (Watts) whose identity was suspiciously leaked after…
BlackthornBlackthorn (2011)
Dir. Mateo Gil
Feat. Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea
Rugged western with Sam Shepard as a decidedly grizzled Butch Cassidy living out his days in Bolivia and venturing out for one more adventure.…
Safe HouseSafe House (2012)
Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga
Efficient thriller with CIA rookie Reynolds in charge of keeping rogue agent Washington alive after their safe house is attacked by mercenaries.…
Darling CompanionDarling Companion (2012)
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest
Cracks in the marriage of a long–time couple begin to show when their beloved dog goes missing on a weekend retreat. Dir. Kasdan's ongoing…
MudMud (2012) Recommended
Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland
Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER) directs this thrilling backwoods adventure, about two boys who befriend a charismatic criminal in hiding on the…
Out of the FurnaceOut of the Furnace (2013)
Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson
Christian Bale plays a destitute ex–con whose resolve to cut ties with his past is tested when his brother falls in with a notorious group of…
August: Osage CountyAugust: Osage County (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Wells
Feat. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper
Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and other heavy hitters come out swinging in this fierce, sometimes hysterical, screen adaptation of Tracy Letts'…
SavannahSavannah (2013)
Dir. Annette Haywood-Carter
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander
In this good ol' southern drama, Jim Caviezel plays a drifter who rejects his plantation heritage for a life on the river with his friend, a freed…
Klondike (TV Mini-Series)Klondike (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Richard Madden, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas
The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s is richly evoked in this frontier western, which is largely faithful to the history, conditions, and…
Cold in JulyCold in July (2014) Recommended
Dir. Jim Mickle
Feat. Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shepard
A small town Texan incurs the wrath of an ex–con after killing his son in a home invasion attempt in this juicy, well–directed rural…
Bloodline (TV Series)Bloodline (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini
Knotty thriller about a family of adult siblings who find that their past secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep of a brother returns…
Midnight SpecialMidnight Special (2016)
Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst
Soulful sci–fi thriller from director Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER, MUD) follows a father and son as they go on the run, pursued by the…

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