Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child (which was nominated for five Tony Awards) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described him as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. As an actor, his best known roles are as Calvin Meyer in Midnight Special, Robert Rayburn on Netflix's series Bloodline, Beverly Weston in August: Osage County, Harlan Whitford in Safe House, Hank Cahill in Brothers, Frank James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, George Cummings in Stealth, Frank Calhoun in The Notebook, Master General William F. Garrison in Black Hawk Down, J.C. Franklin in All the Pretty Horses, Thomas Callahan in The Pelican Brief, Frank Coutelle in Thunderheart, Spud Jones in Steel Magnolias, Dr. Jeff Cooper in Baby Boom, Doc Porter in Crimes of the Heart, and Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Over the years, he taught extensively on playwriting and other aspects of theater. He gave classes and seminars at various theater workshops, festivals, and universities. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986. From 1969 to 1984, he was married to actress O-Lan Jones, with whom he had one son, Jesse Mojo Shepard (born 1970). From 1970 to 1971, he was involved in an extramarital affair with musician Patti Smith. Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote two songs about her affairs with him during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975. In "Coyote", from her eighth studio album Hejira, she recounts his seduction of her at a period while he was both married and having an extramarital affair with tour manager Christine O'Dell with the lines: "He's got a woman at home, another woman down the hall, but he seems to want me anyway." He met actress Jessica Lange on the set of the 1982 film Frances, in which they both acted. He moved in with her in 1983, and they were together for 27 years; they separated in 2009. They had two children, Hannah Jane Shepard (born 1986) and Samuel Walker Shepard (born 1987). In 2014 and 2015, he dated actress Mia Kirshner. His 50-year friendship with Johnny Dark, stepfather to O-Lan Jones, was the subject of the 2013 documentary Shepard & Dark by Treva Wurmfeld. A collection of Shepard and Dark's correspondence, Two Prospectors, was also published that year. He died on July 27, 2017, at his home in Midway, KY, aged 73, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

  • Title: Sam Shepard
  • Popularity: 10.354
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-11-05
  • Place of Birth: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Samuel Shepard Rogers, Сем Шепард
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Sam Shepard Movies

  • 2001
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    Black Hawk Down

    Black Hawk Down

    7.4 2001 HD

    When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and...

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  • 1991
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    Voyager

    Voyager

    6.214 1991 HD

    Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and they have a...

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  • 2005
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    Stealth

    Stealth

    5.435 2005 HD

    Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it...

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  • 2006
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    The Return

    The Return

    6.1 2006 HD

    Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy...

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  • 1982
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    Frances

    Frances

    6.86 1982 HD

    The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

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  • 2005
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    Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking

    6.2 2005 HD

    Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and...

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  • 2006
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    Bandidas

    Bandidas

    6.018 2006 HD

    Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a...

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  • 2000
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    5.769 2000 HD

    Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

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  • 1989
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    Steel Magnolias

    Steel Magnolias

    7.2 1989 HD

    A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of...

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  • 2007
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    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    7 2007 HD

    Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous...

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  • 2004
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    The Notebook

    The Notebook

    7.9 2004 HD

    An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life...

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  • 1987
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    Baby Boom

    Baby Boom

    6.3 1987 HD

    J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a...

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  • 2001
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    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    6.5 2001 HD

    A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

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  • 2008
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    Patti Smith: Dream of Life

    Patti Smith: Dream of Life

    6 2008 HD

    An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.

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  • 2002
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    Leo

    Leo

    6.365 2002 HD

    A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year...

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  • 1999
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    Purgatory

    Purgatory

    7.213 1999 HD

    An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and...

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  • 2003
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    Blind Horizon

    Blind Horizon

    5.7 2003 HD

    Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash...

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  • 2001
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    Swordfish

    Swordfish

    6.238 2001 HD

    Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash...

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  • 1992
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    Thunderheart

    Thunderheart

    6.256 1992 HD

    An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.

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  • 1983
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    The Right Stuff

    The Right Stuff

    7.4 1983 HD

    As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history...

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  • 2010
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    Inhale

    Inhale

    6 2010 HD

    A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.

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  • 1993
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    The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

    6.6 1993 HD

    A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

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  • 2008
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    Felon

    Felon

    7.158 2008 HD

    A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

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  • 2006
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    Charlotte's Web

    Charlotte's Web

    6.205 2006 HD

    Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with...

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  • 2008
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    The Accidental Husband

    The Accidental Husband

    5.5 2008 HD

    Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick,...

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  • 1984
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    Country

    Country

    6.4 1984 HD

    Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous,...

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  • 1991
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    Defenseless

    Defenseless

    5 1991 HD

    A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.

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  • 1978
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    Days of Heaven

    Days of Heaven

    7.5 1978 HD

    In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work...

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  • 2012
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    Killing Them Softly

    Killing Them Softly

    6 2012 HD

    Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to...

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  • 1986
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    Crimes of the Heart

    Crimes of the Heart

    6.1 1986 HD

    Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

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  • 1998
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    Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

    5 1998 HD

    A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts...

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  • 1994
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    Safe Passage

    Safe Passage

    6 1994 HD

    Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to pursue a whole new way of life. But when one of her...

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  • 2011
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    Blackthorn

    Blackthorn

    6.6 2011 HD

    In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber...

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  • 1985
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    Fool for Love

    Fool for Love

    5.8 1985 HD

    A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

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  • 2000
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    All the Pretty Horses

    All the Pretty Horses

    5.7 2000 HD

    The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life....

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  • 2000
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    Kurosawa

    Kurosawa

    6.7 2000 HD

    Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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  • 2012
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    Safe House

    Safe House

    6.5 2012 HD

    A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative...

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  • 1981
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    Raggedy Man

    Raggedy Man

    5.2 1981 HD

    Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on...

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  • 1990
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    Bright Angel

    Bright Angel

    4.6 1990 HD

    In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets...

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  • 2012
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    Darling Companion

    Darling Companion

    5 2012 HD

    The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.

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  • 1980
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    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    6.5 1980 HD

    The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an...

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  • 2013
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    Mud

    Mud

    7.06 2013 HD

    Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family...

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  • 2001
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    Shot in the Heart

    Shot in the Heart

    5.9 2001 HD

    The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his...

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  • 2001
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    After the Harvest

    After the Harvest

    1 2001 HD

    Caleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling his entire family. This becomes more complicated...

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  • 2013
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    August: Osage County

    August: Osage County

    6.848 2013 HD

    An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to...

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  • 2013
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    Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    6.6 2013 HD

    An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his...

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  • 2007
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    Ruffian

    Ruffian

    8.7 2007 HD

    Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went...

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  • 2013
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    Out of the Furnace

    Out of the Furnace

    6.6 2013 HD

    Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the...

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  • 1999
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    Dash and Lilly

    Dash and Lilly

    8 1999 HD

    Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to...

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  • 2013
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    Savannah

    Savannah

    6.2 2013 HD

    Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river....

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  • 1996
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    Lily Dale

    Lily Dale

    2 1996 HD

    In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister,...

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  • 2002
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    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    6.7 2002 HD

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement...

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  • 2014
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    Cold in July

    Cold in July

    6.6 2014 HD

    While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although...

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  • 1997
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    The Only Thrill

    The Only Thrill

    4.4 1997 HD

    A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.

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  • 2009
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    Brothers

    Brothers

    7.319 2009 HD

    When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to...

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  • 2012
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    Shepard & Dark

    Shepard & Dark

    5.9 2012 HD

    An indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright and actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as they prepare forty...

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  • 1978
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    Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo and Clara

    8.1 1978 HD

    Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee...

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  • 1995
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    The Good Old Boys

    The Good Old Boys

    6.7 1995 HD

    An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.

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  • 2017
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    Never Here

    Never Here

    5.4 2017 HD

    An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.

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  • 2015
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    Ithaca

    Ithaca

    5.3 2015 HD

    In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger...

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  • 2016
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    Midnight Special

    Midnight Special

    6.2 2016 HD

    A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

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  • 2000
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    One Kill

    One Kill

    6.3 2000 HD

    A divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.

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  • 1999
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    Snow Falling on Cedars

    Snow Falling on Cedars

    6.022 1999 HD

    In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep...

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  • 2007
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    The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

    The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

    1 2007 HD

    A look back on the weird and wasted career of the Holy Modal Rounders.

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  • 2005
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    Trudell

    Trudell

    5.8 2005 HD

    A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

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  • 1993
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    Made in the USA

    Made in the USA

    2 1993 HD

    A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

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  • 2016
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    In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle

    5.9 2016 HD

    In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its...

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  • 2006
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    Walker Payne

    Walker Payne

    4.3 2006 HD

    A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.

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  • 1970
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    Brand X

    Brand X

    4 1970 HD

    In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and...

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  • 2003
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    This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"

    This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"

    4.2 2003 HD

    Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."

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  • 2017
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    California Typewriter

    California Typewriter

    6.9 2017 HD

    A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam...

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  • 1988
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    MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart

    1 1988 HD

    With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard,...

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  • 1995
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    Dear Antonioni

    Dear Antonioni

    1 1995 HD

    A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.

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  • 2019
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    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

    7.1 2019 HD

    Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan...

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  • 2010
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    Fair Game

    Fair Game

    6.5 2010 HD

    A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones...

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  • 1984
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    Paris, Texas

    Paris, Texas

    8.1 1984 HD

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  • 1970
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    Zabriskie Point

    Zabriskie Point

    7.1 1970 HD

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  • 1999
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    Simpatico

    Simpatico

    4.859 1999 HD

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  • 1988
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    Far North

    Far North

    6.3 1988 HD

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  • 1993
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    Silent Tongue

    Silent Tongue

    4.8 1993 HD

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  • 1993
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    Silent Tongue

    Silent Tongue

    4.8 1993 HD

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  • 1978
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    Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo and Clara

    8.1 1978 HD

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  • 1972
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    Oh! Calcutta!

    Oh! Calcutta!

    2.7 1972 HD

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  • 1988
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    Far North

    Far North

    6.3 1988 HD

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  • 1994
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    Curse of the Starving Class

    Curse of the Starving Class

    4.1 1994 HD

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  • 2004
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    See You in My Dreams

    See You in My Dreams

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1985
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    Fool for Love

    Fool for Love

    5.8 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Fool for Love

    Fool for Love

    5.8 1985 HD

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  • 2004
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    See You in My Dreams

    See You in My Dreams

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1984
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    True West

    True West

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 2002
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    True West

    True West

    8 2002 HD

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  • 2005
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    Don't Come Knocking

    Don't Come Knocking

    6.2 2005 HD

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  • 1969
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    Me and My Brother

    Me and My Brother

    6.4 1969 HD

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  • 2016
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    Buried Child

    Buried Child

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1981
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    Savage/Love

    Savage/Love

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1982
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    Tongues

    Tongues

    5 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    Tongues

    Tongues

    5 1982 HD

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  • 2016
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    True West

    True West

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2013
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    The Assassination of President Kennedy

    The Assassination of President Kennedy

    7.2 2013 HD

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  • 2020
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    Tesla

    Tesla

    5.8 2020 HD

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  • 1995
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    Streets of Laredo

    Streets of Laredo

    6.2 1995 HD

    Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of...

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  • 2014
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    Klondike

    Klondike

    7.1 2014 HD

    The lives of two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, in the late 1890s as they flock to the gold rush capital in the untamed Yukon Territory....

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 2015
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    Bloodline

    Bloodline

    7.125 2015 HD

    A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of...

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  • 1967
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    6.4 1967 HD

    An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    4.9 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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