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View Poll Results: Favorite Peter Weir film?
The Cars That Ate Paris
0
0%
Picnic At Hanging Rock
6
10.17%
The Last Wave
1
1.69%
Gallipoli
4
6.78%
The Year of Living Dangerously
2
3.39%
Witness
10
16.95%
The Mosquito Coast
8
13.56%
Dead Poet's Society
5
8.47%
Green Card
0
0%
Fearless
6
10.17%
The Truman Show
6
10.17%
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
11
18.64%
The Way Back (an option for those who want to wait)
0
0%
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Old 11-08-10 | 12:15 AM
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Peter Weir
On the eve of his new film "The Way Back" lets focus on this unique director and his body of work.

What is your favorite Peter Weir film?
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Old 11-08-10 | 12:17 AM
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The Plumber (1980)
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Old 11-08-10 | 12:26 AM
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Damn you Norm! I can't believe I missed that.
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Old 11-08-10 | 01:13 AM
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It's a grossly overlooked movie. Then again, I'm not a major fan of the director.
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Master and Commander was absolutely amazing and an overlooked masterpiece. It's a true travesty he'll likely never get to make a sequel, despite Crowe being on board.
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Old 11-08-10 | 06:37 AM
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Old 11-08-10 | 06:40 AM
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One of my three favorite directors. All of his films are excellent but my favorite is definitely Fearless.
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Old 11-08-10 | 06:48 AM
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Gallipoli. If you've never seen it before, you really should. -kd5-
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Old 11-08-10 | 06:54 AM
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Gallipoli. If you've never seen it before, you really should. -kd5-


Master and Commander would be 2nd for me.
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Old 11-08-10 | 09:08 AM
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Gallipoli. If you've never seen it before, you really should. -kd5-
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Master and Commander would be 2nd for me.
Those 2 and The Last Wave are his best.
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Old 11-08-10 | 09:42 AM
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Master and Commander was absolutely amazing and an overlooked masterpiece. It's a true travesty he'll likely never get to make a sequel, despite Crowe being on board.
I wholeheartedly agree!!!!!

It was tough choice for me though becaue as much as I'm not a fan of romantic movies, I love Green Card...especially the Hans Zimmer score which is solidly in my top ten scores of all time.
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Old 11-08-10 | 09:57 AM
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Went for Dead Poet's Society. Need this on Blu.
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Old 11-08-10 | 11:13 AM
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I think The Mosquito Coast is the most interesting film of his I've seen, but I'm not a big fan of his work.
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Old 11-08-10 | 11:18 AM
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Picnic At Hanging Rock, but with Dead Poets Society a VERY close 2nd.
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Old 11-08-10 | 11:39 AM
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Fearless is in my top ten movies of all time, by any director.
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Old 11-08-10 | 12:01 PM
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1. Witness - Very Underrated as I believe this is one of Harrison Fords best roles. Awesome score too.

2. Dead Poets Society - Still a very good drama that holds up today.
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Old 11-08-10 | 05:00 PM
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Surprised I was the first vote for Year of Living Dangerously.
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Old 11-08-10 | 05:42 PM
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It's a grossly overlooked movie. Then again, I'm not a major fan of the director.
I was going to add, it probably fell through the crack.
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Old 11-08-10 | 05:56 PM
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I thought for sure that Gallipoli or Picnic at Hanging Rock would be blowing the rest of the options out of the water.

I'm glad to see Master and Commander holding strong because it's my choice for Weir's best film.

I love Gallipoli, The Truman Show, Dead Poet's Society, The Mosquito Coast, and Fearless but I think Master and Commander edges them all out.
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Old 11-08-10 | 06:36 PM
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I haven't seen them all, but Fearless is stunning.
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Old 11-08-10 | 07:22 PM
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Gallipoli. He worked with 2 80s giants Ford and Gibson.
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Old 11-08-10 | 08:31 PM
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Dead Poets Society although Gallipoli comes a very close second.
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Old 11-09-10 | 12:19 AM
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Witness for me.

Very nice filmography.
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