Bruce Beresford Great Film Moments
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - How Did My Daddy Die? - Young Sonny (Allan Hubbard) asks his mother Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) how his father died in Vietnam.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - Baby, You're the Only Dream I Ever Had - When Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) returns home after nearly getting drunk again, Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) tells him she liked his song.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - It's No Good - Mac Sledge’s (Robert Duvall) old manager Harry (Wilford Brimley) rejects his new song.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - Marrying Again - Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) asks Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) to marry her.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - Were You Really Mac Sledge? - Robert (Lenny von Dohlen) and his band ask Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) to sing for their band.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - On the Wings of a Snow White Dove - Sue Anne (Ellen Barkin) reunites with her father Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall).
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983) - I Don't Trust Happiness - After his daughter’s death, Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) asks Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) about the meaning of suffering.
Evelyn
Evelyn (2002) - Trailer #1 - Directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Pierce Brosnan, Frank Kelly, Alvaro Lucchesi. Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Trailer #1 - Directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, August Schellenberg, Billy Two Rivers, Lawrence Bayne. In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief’s beautiful daughter underneath the imposing and magnificent mountains. Dread and death follows them upriver.
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - Daddy - Libby (Ashley Judd) finally talks to her son on the phone but the conversation runs short when supposed-to-be-dead “Daddy” (Bruce Greenwood) comes home.
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - I Don't Know Where My Husband Is - Libby (Ashley Judd) wakes up to find herself alone on a bloody boat.
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - Reunited - Libby (Ashley Judd) and Matty (Spencer Treat Clark) reunite.
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - Library Pick-Up - Libby (Ashley Judd) gets some internet help from a fellow looking to “get some” from her… until he finds out she’s a convicted felon.
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - Shot In The Nick of Time - Libby (Ashley Judd) kills Nick (Bruce Greenwood).
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - Double Jeopardy - Margaret (Roma Maffia) shares a little advice about the criminal justice system with Libby (Ashley Judd).
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy (1999) - The Prosecution Rests - Libby (Ashley Judd) finally holds Nick (Bruce Greenwood) at gunpoint after six years of being falsely imprisoned.
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class (1994) - Trailer #1 - Directed by J. Michael McClary and starring James Woods , Kathy Bates , Randy Quaid , Henry Thomas , and Kristin Fiorella. Directed by J. Michael McClary. With James Woods, Kathy Bates, Randy Quaid, Henry Thomas. Sam Shepard’s coming of age drama about a dirt-poor 1950’s-era farm family. Dad’s a foul
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa (1994) - Trailer #1 - Directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Diana Rigg, and Louis Gossett Jr.. Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what’s going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor’s opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Tricking the Troopers - Davis (Corey Johnson) fakes an injury so he and his partner (Anthony Warren) can “eliminate” the state troopers.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Cabin Invasion - Frank’s (Morgan Freeman) men invade the cabin; Ray (John Cusack) tries to fight them off.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Tough for an Old Guy - The Keenes get to know Frank (Morgan Freeman), and learn what he does for a living.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Fatal Road Block - Frank’s (Morgan Freeman) men block the road in order to apprehend him, but lose him when his car careens into the river.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Frank is Targeted - Frank (Morgan Freeman) is shot at just as Ray (John Cusack) is interrogating him about his missing son.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Risky Rock Climbing - Frank (Morgan Freeman), Ray (John Cusack), and Chris (Jamie Anderson) climb down a cliff in a storm; Chris nearly falls.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - My Prisoner - Ray (John Cusack) and Chris (Jamie Anderson) save two men floating down the river, but soon realize they’ve stumbled upon a tense situation.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Wow, the FBI - The police force gets acquainted with the FBI agents, who belittle and intimidate them.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Heroes Are Out of Fashion - Ray (John Cusack) probes Frank (Morgan Freeman) about his profession.
The Contract
The Contract (2006) - Don't Miss - Ray (John Cusack) and Lochlan (Ryan McCluskey) topple the bridge in order to slow down their pursuers; little do they know that they are no longer on foot, but in the “rescue” helicopter.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Li Says Goodbye - Li’s (Wen Bin Huang) mother (Joan Chen) and fellow villagers prepare him for his trip with a few special items.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - The Audition - Ben (Bruce Greenwood) runs the dancers through a routine for the audition.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Li Shines Onstage - Li (Chi Cao) performs an impressive ballet number.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Li's First Ballet Lesson - Li (Wen Bin Huang) receives his first ballet lesson at the Beijing Dance Academy.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Li Meets Mary - Li (Chi Cao) meets Mary (Camilla Vergotis), his new Australian dance partner.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - We Know What's Best - Angry that Li (Chi Cao) has requested to stay in America with his new American wife (Amanda Schull), Consul Zhang (Ferdinand Hoang) forcefully detains him.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Reuniting With Teacher Chan - Li (Chi Cao) and Mary (Camilla Vergotis) return to Li’s village and perform a dance for Teacher Chan (Su Zhang).
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Performing for the Government - Li (Chi Cao) and the ballet company perform for the Chinese government.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Iroquois Torture - The Algonquins, Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) and Daniel (Aden Young) are humiliated and tortured before the Iroquois murder their youngest.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Mission of Salvation - Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) confronts a lone surviving Priest in a Huron village who instructs Laforgue to baptize as many Hurons as he can. This provokes Father Laforgue to question if salvation without an understanding of their faith is enough.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Dreams & Paradise - As Chomina (August Schellenberg) succumbs to his mortal wounds, Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) pleads to let him offer the last rites so Chomina will ascend to Christian paradise.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Do You Love Us? - Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) baptizes the Huron people when asked to save them.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Chastity and Flagellation - When Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) stumbles upon Daniel (Aden Young) and Annuka (Sandrine Holt) making love, he flagellates himself in prayer.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Little Shaman - The Montagnais’ suspicious shaman, Mestogoit (Yvan Labelle), threatens and berates the “black robe” (Lthaire Bluteau) when he enters their camp.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Iroquois Ambush - An Iroquois tribe attacks the Algonquins, leading Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) to offer the last rites to a dying woman.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Spiritual Turmoil - Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) and Daniel (Aden Young) conflict when comparing the faith of the natives with their own Christianity.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - European Paradise - Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) explains God’s paradise to the Algonquin Indians, while Chomina (August Schellenberg) warns Annuka (Sandrine Holt) of the Frenchman’s ugliness.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - The Written Word - Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) demonstrates the written word to the Algonquin Indians, which they consider to be the work of a demon.
Black Robe
Black Robe (1991) - Soldiers of Heaven - Champlain (Jean Brousseau) announces that Father Laforgue (Lothaire Bluteau) will accompany the Algonquin Indians on a mission to Huron.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Trailer #1 - At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman.
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