Movies by Nicolas Roeg
As a director:
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Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball (2007)
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Soon after moving into a dilapidated country cottage with her lover, an ambitious architect (Kelly Reilly) discovers she's pregnant. But even more unexpected is the interest her neighbor…
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The Bible Collection: Samson and Delilah (1996)
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, Michael Gambon, Dennis Hopper …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Gifted with enormous strengths that also leave him vulnerable to the selfishness of others, Samson soon learns what kind of person Delilah truly is. But he must prove himself a hero during…
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Two Deaths (1995)
Cast: Sonia Braga, Patrick Malahide, Ion Caramitru …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Amidst the political turmoil of 1989 Bucharest, Romania, Dr. Daniel Pavenic (Michael Gambon) hosts a reunion dinner for friends. Outside, fights between students and soldiers signal the…
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Cold Heaven (1991)
Cast: Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Before Maria (Theresa Russell) can break the news that she's leaving him for another guy (James Russo), her husband, Alex (Mark Harmon), dies in an accident. But her hopes for new love…
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The Witches (1990)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
A young boy named Luke (Jasen Fisher) and his grandmother (Mai Zetterling) go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch…
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Valerie Perrine …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Hoping to jump-start his acting career, an opportunist romances an aging movie star in this adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play. Chance Wayne (Mark Harmon) seduces fading actress…
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Track 29 (1988)
Cast: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
In this psychological drama, a bored wife's curiosity about the son she long ago gave up for adoption coincides with the man's sudden appearance. Their meeting triggers more bizarre…
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Castaway (1986)
Cast: Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Georgina Hale …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Lucy Irvine (Amanda Donohoe), an adventurous young Englishwoman, daringly agrees to spend an entire year with middle-aged stranger Gerald Kingsland (Oliver Reed) on an isolated tropical…
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Insignificance (1985)
Cast: Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Director Nicolas Roeg's portrait of 1950s America finds four people -- unnamed analogs of Joseph McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein -- gathered at a hotel,…
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Eureka (1983)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) is a former gold prospector who discovered a rich deposit in the Canadian wilderness. But McCann's wealth led to depression and paranoia, and he withdrew from…
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Bad Timing (1980)
Cast: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
In Cold War-era Vienna, Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes consumed by an erotic affair with the mercurial Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell). When the lovers' passion takes an…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
David Bowie stars as Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien from a dry, dying world who journeys to Earth to save his planet. But instead, Newton becomes enamored with the ways of human life on Earth…
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Don't Look Now (1973)
Cast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Massimo Serato …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
After losing their young daughter in a tragic drowning accident, John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura (Julie Christie) Baxter relocate to Venice, Italy, where they meet an elderly psychic woman…
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Walkabout (1971)
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Horrific circumstances strand an urban brother and sister (Lucien John and Jenny Agutter) in the Australian outback, where they're found by an aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) who helps…
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Walkabout (1971)
Cast: Lucien John, Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Horrific circumstances strand an urban brother and sister (Lucien John and Jenny Agutter) in the Australian outback, where they're found by an aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) who helps…
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Performance (1970)
Cast: Anita Pallenberg, Mick Jagger, James Fox …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell
On the lam from his gangland cohorts, mob muscleman Chas Devlin (James Fox) gets more than he bargained for after taking refuge at the home of reclusive, faded rock star Turner (Mick Jagger)…