Mick Jackson
Director
Films to Rent
- Threads (1984)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale
- A disturbing vision of a nuclear attack on Sheffield, which comes across as an English THE DAY AFTER, with more focus on the grim details of such a…
- A Very British Coup (1988)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Ray McAnally, Alan MacNaughtan, Keith Allen…
- Old–school Labourite Ray McAnally is elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, an event displeasing to various high–placed civil servants…
- Chattahoochee (1990)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand
- Gary Oldman plays a Korean war veteran admitted to an asylum where he discovers gross malpractise and corruption.
- L.A. Story (1991)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Steve Martin, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker
- On form Steve Martin vehicle from his own script, a witty and romantic satire of life in L.A. He unashamedly pokes fun at the city's obsession with…
- Bodyguard, The (1992)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Whitney Houston, Kevin Costner
- A perfect exercise in Hollywood cliche that rises above the ordinary thanks to Whitney Houston in a commendable acting debut and Kevin Costner as the…
- Clean Slate (1994)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino
- WAYNE'S WORLD's Dana Carvey plays a detective whose memory is erased every time he wakes up. A keen script explores many of the idea's ridiculous…
- Indictment (1995)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl
- Courtroom drama of rare power locks James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl as duelling lawyers in a detailed examination of the McMartin child abuse trial…
- Volcano (1997)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche
- A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
- Tuesdays with Morrie (2002)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria
- Jack Lemmon's last major role was in this unassuming telemovie about the friendship between an indomitable, but dying college professor and one of…
- Live From Baghdad (2002)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard…
- Media drama set in war–time Iraq tracking a gutsy group of CNN journalists who are among the few to choose to remain in Baghdad to capture the…
- Temple Grandin (2010)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond…
- Claire Danes sensitively portrays the life of a revered animal doctor whose revolutionary practices for the humane handling of livestock on farms…
- Denial (2016)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson…
- Cracking courtroom drama with Rachel Weisz in fine form as fiercly determined writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who battles for the truth to…