Alan J. Pakula — Director (14)
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Comes a Horseman (1978)
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Alan J. Pakula actor: James Caan / Jane Fonda …
other title: Arriva un cavaliere libero e selvaggio / Uma Mulher Implacável …
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.
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The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
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Alan J. Pakula actor: Liza Minnelli / Wendell Burton …
other title: Pookie / El cuco estéril …
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
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The Parallax View (1974)
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Alan J. Pakula actor: Warren Beatty / Paula Prentiss …
other title: Perché un assassinio / Zeuge einer Verschwörung …
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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The Devil's Own (1997)
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Alan J. Pakula actor: Harrison Ford / Brad Pitt …
other title: L'ombra del diavolo / En Fjende iblandt Os …
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
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Sophie's Choice (1982)
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Alan J. Pakula actor: Meryl Streep / Kevin Kline …
other title: La scelta di Sophie / Sophies valg …
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.