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Fred Schepisi

Director, Actor

Films to Rent

 
LibidoLibido (1973)
Dir. Tim Burstall, Fred Schepisi, David Baker
Feat. Jack Thompson, Robyn Nevin, Judy Morris
A straight–faced portmanteau film, with each of four tales centring around themes of eroticism and emotional betrayal. Scripted by four…
Devil's Playground, The Devil's Playground, The (1976)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Simon Burke, Nick Tate, Arthur Dignam
The film that put Australian director Fred Schepisi on the silver screen radar, tells the semi–autobiographical story of a young teenager…
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, TheChant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Jack Charles
Powerful adaptation of Thomas Keneally's fact–based novel about an exploited half–caste Aborigine who eventually erupts in tragic…
BarbarosaBarbarosa (1982) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Willie Nelson, Gary Busey
A dignified, under–rated Western from Australian director Fred Schepisi that pairs Gary Busey with Willie Nelson in a tale of a young cowboy…
IcemanIceman (1984)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer
Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
PlentyPlenty (1985)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill
Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
RoxanneRoxanne (1987)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah
Steve Martin's splendid update of Cyrano de Bergerac casts him as a fire chief burdened with an enormous nose. Daryl Hannah is the object of his…
Evil AngelsEvil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, Sam Neill
Jack–of–all–accents, Meryl Streep, does wonders as Lindy Chamberlain, the woman accused of murdering her child in the Australian…
Russia House, TheRussia House, The (1990)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer
Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this cat–and–mouse drama involving Western intelligence's use of a publisher to liaise with an…
Six Degrees of SeparationSix Degrees of Separation (1993) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland, Will Smith
An invigorating adaptation of John Guare's acclaimed play about an art–dealing couple whose discreet deceptions are ironically rebounded when a…
I.Q.I.Q. (1995)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Walter Matthau, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins
Walter Matthau, playing Einstein, (yes Albert!), matchmakes niece Meg Ryan and mechanic Tim Robbins together in 1950s Princeton University. Teases…
Fierce CreaturesFierce Creatures (1997)
Dir. Robert Young, Fred Schepisi
Feat. John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis
John Cleese reunites the cast of A FISH CALLED WANDA for his self–penned farce set in a British zoo. His pointed satire of corporate ethics…
Last OrdersLast Orders (2001) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings
A gentle, affecting road trip into mutual nostalgia among a group of Cockney mates, gathered to scatter the ashes of recently deceased friend Michael…
Empire Falls (TV Mini-series)Empire Falls (TV Mini-series) (2005)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Ed Harris, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Conventional and well–handled drama series set in the once–booming factory town of Empire Falls, Maine, and mostly getting down in among…
Eye of the Storm, TheEye of the Storm, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
A prodigal son and daughter attend to their dying mother in order to ensure their inheritances in this powerfully performed adaptation of Patrick…
Words and PicturesWords and Pictures (2013)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison
Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche play passionate arts teachers with opposing worldviews in this romantic comedy of the mind.

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