Neil Finn Movies
- 2002
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Former Crowded House member Neil Finn compiles an all-star band and then performs over two-dozen songs before an adoring New Zealand crowd on this concert film. Among the songs performed during the show are "Don't Dream It's Over," "She Will Have Her Way," "Four Seasons In One Day," "Paper Doll," and "Down on the Corner." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Neil Finn
Television commercial director Christine Jeffs makes her feature debut with this intense family drama about the collapse of a marriage and the dissolution of a mother-daughter relationship. Thirteen-year-old Janey (Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) and her younger brother Jim (Aaron Murphy) are largely left alone in their seaside bungalow as their parents try to piece their marriage back together. While Janey's mom Kate (Sarah Peirse) gets blind drunk, flirts with other men, and nurses hangovers, her father Ed recoils in disgust at his wife's dissolute behavior. The family's simmering tensions explode with the appearance of Cady, a rakish freelance photographer. While Kate immediately starts to flirt with the younger man, Janey herself is attracted to him, believing that he is her only ticket out of her dysfunctional family. Soon Kate and Janey find themselves locked in a desperate and despairing battle for Cady. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, (more)
- 2000
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Sessions at West 54th is a television series based on a simple but exciting premise -- bring in some of the world's best contemporary musicians, put them in a first-class sound studio with a small audience, and let them play what they want, without musical or visual interference. This DVD collects highlights from the Sessions at West 54th archives, including performances by The Afro-Cuban All Stars, Lucinda Williams, Neil Finn, Lyle Lovett, Lou Reed, The Kronos Quartet, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach, and eight others. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 2000
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This episode of Sessions at West 57th features former Crowded House member Neil Finn performing over a dozen songs with his teenage son accompanying him on drums and guitar. He performs such favorites as "Don't Dream It's Over," "Last One Standing," "Faster Than Light," and a dozen more. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Neil Finn
For his first directorial project in six years, Robert Towne selected a timeworn romantic-triangle yarn, injecting the material with subtlety and conviction. Tequila Sunrise stars Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell as two lifelong friends who, in true James Cagney-Pat O'Brien fashion, grow up on the opposite sides of the law. One is a retired drug dealer (at least he says he is), the other a "celebrity" cop. Both fall in love with gorgeous restaurateur Michelle Pfeiffer. Veteran movie buffs will enjoy spotting director Budd Boetticher as a judge, and will welcome the presence in the production credits of cinematographer Conrad Hall, who earned an Oscar nomination for his richly textured color camerawork. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, (more)
