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Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme

American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (1944-2017)
February 22, 1944 (April 26, 2017)
U.S. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer. Having given up everything to focus on her career, a rock singer is forced to reconnect with her family when they undergo various trials.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 2013. Drama by Jonathan Demme with Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty.
Runtime: 127 min.
It. 2012. Documentary by Jonathan Demme.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 2011. Documentary by Jonathan Demme. A sixty-year-old New Orleans mother struggles to rebuild her home and church in her low-income neighbourhood, heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 2011. Music performance by Jonathan Demme. Capture of a solo concert of the folk singer Neil Young in Toronto in May 2011, interspersed with brief sequences in the car during which the artist evokes childhood memories.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 2009. Music documentary by Jonathan Demme.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 2008. Psychological drama by Jonathan Demme with Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin. Consumed by the memory of a tragedy that happened to her as a teenager, an ex-junkie wreaks havoc on her family as they gather for her older sister's wedding.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 2006. Music documentary by Jonathan Demme. Concert given in August 2005 by the Canadian Neil Young at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 2004. Thriller by Jonathan Demme with Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep. A military man discovers that a candidate for vice-president of the United States is under the hypnotic influence of a mysterious organization.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 2003. Documentary by Jonathan Demme. Documentary about the Haitian journalist Jean Dominique, who was a great defender of human rights in his country before being assassinated in April 2000.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 2002. Thriller by Jonathan Demme with Thandiwe Newton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Robbins. When her husband dies, a young American woman living in Paris learns that the deceased hid a large sum of money that various individuals are after.
U.S. 1998. Psychological drama by Jonathan Demme with Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandiwe Newton. In 1873, a former slave who lives in Ohio with her daughter and her lover is haunted by the tragic events from her past.
Runtime: 172 min.

Subway Stories

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U.S. 1993. Court drama by Jonathan Demme with Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Mary Steenburgen. A lawyer is suing his former bosses who fired him after learning he was gay and had AIDS.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1992. Documentary by Jonathan Demme. The life of an Episcopal pastor in Harlem who is actively involved in his community to improve the quality of life of his parishioners.
Runtime: 70 min.
U.S. 1991. Crime drama by Jonathan Demme with Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn. A young FBI trainee is assigned to interview a dangerous murderer in order to get information from him about another killer wanted by the police.
Runtime: 118 min.
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U.S. 1988. Police comedy by Jonathan Demme with Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell. An FBI agent is assigned to watch a young woman whose husband has just been killed by a mafioso.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1987. Essay film by Jonathan Demme with Spalding Gray. One man explains his experience after he was cast in a supporting role in the film ""The Killing Fields.""
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1986. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta. A New York executive is led by a whimsical young woman on an impromptu hike that turns out to be fraught with danger.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1984. Music documentary by Jonathan Demme with David Byrne, Tina Wymouth, Jerry Harrison.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti. In 1941, a young woman whose husband has joined the Navy goes to work in a factory.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1982. Mores comedy by Jonathan Demme with Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely. A romance develops between a shy hardware dealer and a young telephone operator who perform together in an amateur theater show.
Runtime: 53 min.
U.S. 1980. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1979. Crime drama by Jonathan Demme with Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, Sam Levene.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1978. Crime drama by Jonathan Demme with Peter Falk, Louis Jourdan, Shera Danese. A clever detective suspects a famous gastronomist of murder.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Charles Napier. A young farmer, equipped with an amateur radio, saves two men who are victims of accidents.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1976. Mores drama by Jonathan Demme with Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, Philip Carey. An Arkansas farmer's son battles the henchmen of a crooked contractor.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1975. Police comedy by Jonathan Demme with Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern. Chased out of their hairdressing salon, a mother and her daughter take the lead in a gang of criminals.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1974. Drama by Jonathan Demme with Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin. After escaping from a prison where inmates are frequently tortured, three criminals decide to go back to rescue a friend.
Runtime: 83 min.

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