Movies by Alexander Payne
As part of the cast:
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Wanderlust (2005)
Cast: Robert Benton, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich …
Featuring clips from some of the best films ever committed to celluloid, this 2005 documentary from Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman examines how road movies have affected and…
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Cast: Robert Altman, Quentin Tarantino, Jacqueline Bisset …
Directed by: Xan Cassavetes
Founded in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, the Z Channel was the nation's first pay-cable station, preceding HBO or Showtime. At its pinnacle in the early 1980s, it served only 100,000…
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Julie Christie …
Directed by: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
This documentary explores American cinema in the 1970s, a decade often described as the best years in film. What results is an ode to the art form, one that pays homage to the "auteurs" that…
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The Descendants (2011)
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
With his wife on life support in the wake of an accident, an affluent landowner tries to mend his broken relationships with his daughters. All the while, he's weighing his marriage --…
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Wholphin: Issue 3 (2008)
Directed by: Bob Odenkirk, Dennis Hopper, Alexander Payne …
Alexander Payne and Dennis Hopper present some of their earliest films in this issue of Wholphin, an eclectic mix of short films, documentaries and cartoons by both emerging artists and…
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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Gérard Depardieu, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Frederic Auburtin, Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Benbihy …
Paris comes to life in this whimsical patchwork of 18 five-minute shorts united by a common theme -- love in the City of Lights -- and helmed by an international cast of filmmakers, including…
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Sideways (2004)
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Two men go on an excursion to California wine country and end up inducing joint midlife crises in this critically acclaimed comedy-drama that won six Independent Spirit Awards, including Best…
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About Schmidt (2002)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
When insurance actuary Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) retires and his wife dies, he looks for life's meaning on a road trip to his daughter's (Hope Davis) upcoming wedding to a…
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Election (1999)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent:…
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Citizen Ruth (1996)
Cast: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Burt Reynolds …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
In this satirical look at a controversial issue, unfit mother of four Ruth Stoops (Laura Dern) discovers while in jail that she's pregnant again. The judge charges her with endangering…