Movies by Alan J. Pakula
As a director:
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The Devil's Own (1997)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Determined to avenge his father's death at the hands of British soldiers, Irish Republican Army terrorist Frankie McGuire sails to America to buy weapons from an underground arms dealer.…
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The Pelican Brief (1993)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
When law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on her theory about the motive behind the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices, she finds bullets flying in her direction and turns to…
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Consenting Adults (1992)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Richard and Priscilla Parker (Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors,…
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a co-worker. But when his fingerprints turn up at the scene, he's forced to admit he was having an affair with the…
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Sophie's Choice (1982)
Cast: Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Aspiring author Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a Brooklyn boarding house with winsome Polish émigré Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her mercurial lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline) -- a union…
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Rollover (1981)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Faded movie star Lee Winters (Jane Fonda) takes over the reins at her husband's multimillion-dollar petrochemical company after he's inexplicably murdered in this gripping…
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Starting Over (1979)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Reluctantly divorced Phil Potter meets romance-wary schoolteacher Marilyn Holmberg. Phil's charms ultimately win Marilyn over, but before he commits himself, his capricious ex-wife…
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Comes a Horseman (1978)
Cast: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
When widowed Ella Connors (Jane Fonda) gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her unscrupulous and powerful ex-lover, Jacob Ewing (Jason Robards), she enlists the aid of her…
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All the President's Men (1976)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
The film that launched a thousand journalism school students, All the President's Men chronicles how the work of reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin…
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The Parallax View (1974)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
After the assassination of a U.S. senator, a journalist notices that the reporters who witnessed the murder are inexplicably dying. He investigates and finds that the assassination was part…
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Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)
Cast: Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragon …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Legendary director Alan J. Pakula helms this hidden gem from the 1970s about Walter (Timothy Bottoms), an aimless young man bicycling through Spain. Along the way, he meets Lila (Maggie…
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Klute (1971)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Thoroughly inhabiting what is by far one of her greatest roles, Jane Fonda won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a manipulative big-city prostitute who helps a small-town detective named…