Movies by Mark Joffe
As a director:
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The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Cast: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
Steve is a lawyer turned fisherman whose life goes topsy-turvy when lightning destroys his boat. Declaring the event as "an act of God," Steve's insurance company denies his claim for…
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The Matchmaker (1997)
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Denis Leary, Jay O. Sanders …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
A Massachusetts senator sends an overworked aide (Janeane Garofalo) to Ireland to dig up relatives for his re-election campaign. Arriving in the fictional Ballinagra, the fiercely single…
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Cosi (1996)
Cast: Toni Collette, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
An unemployed director jumps at the chance to stage Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," except for one small detail -- his actors are the residents of a psychiatric hospital. But the show must go…
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The Efficiency Expert (1992)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Bruno Lawrence, Alwyn Kurts …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
Tasked with improving the bottom line of a small, old-fashioned moccasin factory, a cutthroat management consultant (Anthony Hopkins) plans to lay off more than half the workers. But as he…
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Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
Cast: John Waters (III), Colin Friels, Kim Gyngell …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
When he spots a former lover he believed to be dead, schoolteacher-turned-psychopath Morris Martin (John Waters) goes on a homicidal rampage to locate the woman and punish anyone he thinks…
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Nightmaster (1986)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tom Jennings, Vince Martin …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
By day, Robbie (Tom Jennings) and Amy (Nicole Kidman) are ordinary students. By night, they take part in a highly competitive simulated war game that tests athletic prowess and intellectual…