Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Peter Weir"

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World **** (2003, Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany) – Classic Movie Review 1698

Russell Crowe battles the wicked French enemy as Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey in co-writer/director Peter Weir’s beautifully crafted, eye-catching, thinking person’s 2003 Napoleonic War epic, based on novels by Patrick O’Brian. The film’s plot […]

Sep, 21

Gallipoli **** (1981, Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 420

Director Peter Weir’s brilliantly realised, frighteningly realistic 1981 anti-war movie, which packs a gut-wrenching punch to the heart and brain, is powerful and moving in the best traditions of great Aussie film-making. Mel Gibson and […]

Nov, 18

The Truman Show ***** (1998, Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone) – Classic Movie Review 235

Jim Carrey excels himself as Truman Burbank, a pleasant young insurance salesman and adjuster living in an ideal seaside town, in director Peter Weir’s brilliant, impeccably made 1998 fantasy comedy drama film The Truman Show. […]

Sep, 09

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