Movies by Bruce Beresford
As a director:
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Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Distraught over her impending divorce, conservative lawyer Diane seeks refuge with her mother, Grace, even though the two haven't spoken in years. Diane's children are thrilled with…
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Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
A delegation from Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy selects 11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become…
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The Contract (2006)
Cast: John Cusack, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Anderson …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
While vacationing with his teenage son (Jamie Anderson) in the wilderness, Ray Keene (John Cusack) discovers that a hired killer (Morgan Freeman) and his team of assassins are tracking the…
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Antonio Banderas stars as the legendary Mexican revolutionary in this epic HBO production about the man and his myth. To raise money for his cause, Pancho teamed up with filmmaker D.W.…
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Evelyn (2002)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Based on real-life events, this Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) drama follows the story of Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan), whose wife has left him and whose three children -- Evelyn,…
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Bride of the Wind (2001)
Cast: Sarah Wynter, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
In early 20th century Vienna, composer Gustav Mahler (Jonathan Pryce) meets his muse and mate, Alma Schindler (Sarah Wynter), a fellow musician. When the pair marries, Alma gives up her…
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) awakens to find herself adrift at sea, with her husband missing and her hands covered with his blood. She's arrested for murder and loses everything,…
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Sydney: A Story of a City (1999)
Cast: Lucy Bell, Paul Mercurio, Phil Gerlach …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford, Geoff Burton
Traveling to Sydney, Australia, in search of her lost roots, a woman named Robertson (Lucy Bell) gets a historical tour of the city while asking around about her family tree. When Robertson…
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Paradise Road (1997)
Cast: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When the Japanese overrun Singapore during World War II, many women and children end up in a prison camp. Although they are of different ages, nationalities and backgrounds, the women form a…
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Last Dance (1996)
Cast: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
This drama directed by Bruce Beresford stars Sharon Stone as Cindy Liggett, a Southern woman on death row (for the murder of her two classmates) who gets one more chance at justice. Her…
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Silent Fall (1994)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, Liv Tyler …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Police arrive at a crime scene to find two dead parents, a sleeping teenager (Liv Tyler) and an autistic boy gripping the murder weapon. To help the cops crack the case, a child psychologist…
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A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Cast: Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When British officials discover that there are massive oil reserves within the borders of Ninjana -- a West African country that up until very recently was under colonial rule -- they search…
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Rich in Love (1992)
Cast: Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh, Kathryn Erbe …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When Helen (Jill Clayburgh) leaves her retired husband (Albert Finney), their teenage daughter, Lucille (Kathryn Erbe), drops out of high school to take care of her depressed father and their…
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Black Robe (1991)
Cast: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Tantoo Cardinal …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
In 1634, Jesuit missionary Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) arrives in the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron and Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Although the Algonquin chief…
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
This four-time Academy Award-winning story based on Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play chronicles the unlikely bond between a genteel but strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica…
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Her Alibi (1989)
Cast: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
When author Phil Blackwood (Tom Selleck) learns that beautiful Eastern European immigrant Nina (Paulina Porizkova) has been accused of murder on shaky evidence, he decides to intervene.…
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Aria (1987)
Cast: Theresa Russell, Beverly D'Angelo, Bridget Fonda …
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford …
Ten groundbreaking directors were given a free hand in this omnibus film. Their only requirement: Each short film had to be based on an operatic aria. By turns dreamlike, funny, moving and…
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Crimes of the Heart (1986)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Quirky sisters Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek) come together at the family's Southern home for a birthday celebration. With each woman facing her share…
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King David (1985)
Cast: Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
In this adaptation of the epic Bible story, Samuel (Dennis Quilley) -- who's disgusted by what he perceives as weakness in heir Saul (Edward Woodward) -- chooses David (Richard Gere) to…
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Tender Mercies (1983)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Alcoholic drifter Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) comes into the life of a lonely widow (Tess Harper) and her young son (Allan Hubbard) in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed…
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Breaker Morant: Masterworks Edition (1980)
Cast: Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Three Australian soldiers (Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown and Lewis Fitz-Gerald) find themselves court-martialed for murder in 1901, at the end of South Africa's bloody Boer War. With just…
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Don's Party (1976)
Cast: Ray Barrett, Clare Binney, Pat Bishop …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) directed this 1976 black comedy that takes place at a party hosted by Don Henderson (John Hargreaves) to watch the televised returns of Australia's…
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Cast: Barry Humphries, Dennis Price, Peter Cook …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Barry Crocker stars as Barry McKenzie, a footloose Australian yokel who journeys to England to be cultured, only to find himself tutored in the delightfully seedy and sexually perverse.…