War Party (1989) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Kevin Howard

The town of Binger, Montana decides to re-enact the 1889 battle in which the whites massacred most of the Blackfoot Indians in this depressing and violent drama. The white mayor initiates the plan for the benefit of Labor Day tourists to the area predominantly populated by Native Americans. Things get out of control when a drunken white boy fires ...

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Moby Dick (1998) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas, Ted Levine, Gregory Peck, Piripi Waretini

Director Franc Roddam and co-scripter Anton Diether adapted Herman Melville's 1851 classic for this four-hour TV miniseries sea adventure. Ishmael (Henry Thomas) ignores the warnings of dockside prophet Elijah (Bruce Spence) and joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. Ismael befriends Polynesian harpooner Queequeg (Maori actor Piripi Waretini), ...

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Aria (1988) more movies like this

directed by Bill Bryden, Bruce Beresford, Charles Sturridge, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg, Robert Altman
featuring Theresa Russell, Nicola Swain, Buck Henry, Jackson Kyle, Julie Hagerty, Marianne McLoughlin, Marion Peterson, Tilda Swinton

An international collection of well-known directors contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment, which illustrates Armide with exercising body-builders, to the more literal approach of Franc Roddam, ...

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Quadrophenia (1979) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Sting, Garry Cooper, Leslie Ash

This film version of the Who's rock opera Quadrophenia makes a few tentative stabs at "explaining" the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R&B musical score, including the hit single "Love Reign O'er Me." Phil Daniels (replacing the original opera's Roger Daltrey) plays Jimmy, a ...

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The Lords of Discipline (1983) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn

Adapted from a long novel by Pat Conroy, the story is shortened to focus on a harrowing account of institutional racism in the 1960s American South. David Keith stars as Will McLean, a senior student at the fictional Carolina Military Institute. When the school admits its first black student, McLean is confidentially charged with making sure that ...

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Cleopatra (1999) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, John Bowe

The epic saga of the Queen of Egypt gets yet another retelling in Cleopatra, a four-hour, two-part spectacular produced for television. Leonor Varela plays Cleopatra, the Egyptian monarch who uses her wisdom, charm, ruthlessness, and seductive powers to work her way into the heart (and bed) of Roman leader Julius Caesar (Timothy Dalton). But ...

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The Bride (1985) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page

In this update of James Whale's classic The Bride of Frankenstein, pop star Sting furthers his burgeoning film career by portraying cinema's signature mad scientist. Disgusted by his dim-witted and ugly original creation (Clancy Brown), Dr. Frankenstein sets out to animate an improved version. Though lovely on the outside, Eva (Jennifer Beals) ...

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K2 (1992) more movies like this

directed by Franc Roddam
featuring Michael Biehn, Matt Craven, Raymond J. Barry, Hiroshi Fujioka, Luca Bercovici

A pair of climbers attempts to scale the world's second-largest and most dangerous mountain in this visually impressive but dramatically weak adventure. Skirt-chasing lawyer Taylor Brooks (Michael Biehn) and sedate family man Harold Jamison (Matt Craven) share a love of risky mountain climbing and embark on numerous collaborative expeditions. ...

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