Jon Amiel

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Jon Amiel

Born May 20, 1948 · London, England, UK (age 78)

Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films, including Sommersby (1993), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999), The Core (2003) and Creation (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Amiel, licensed…

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The CoreThe Core · 2003
The Core
5.82003
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.
EntrapmentEntrapment · 1999
Entrapment
6.21999
MovieRomanceDrama
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
CopycatCopycat · 1995
Copycat
6.51995
MovieThrillerCrime
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
The Man Who Knew Too LittleThe Man Who Knew Too Little · 1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
6.31997
MovieComedyCrime
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
Simply IrresistibleSimply Irresistible · 1999
Simply Irresistible
5.51999
MovieComedyRomance
After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.
SommersbySommersby · 1993
Sommersby
6.41993
MovieDramaThriller
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
CreationCreation · 2009
Creation
6.42009
MovieDramaHistory
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
PreviewPreview · 1982
Preview
1982
MovieDramaTV Movie
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.

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EyesEyes · 2005
Eyes
7.62005
SeriesDramaCrime
Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short. With the help of high-tech gadgets, Harlan Judd and his employees recover money for victims as well as investigate individuals for clients but still manage to keep plenty of secrets from one another. In May 2005, having rescheduled the sixth episode twice, ABC announced that they would not be airing the remaining episodes until June at the earliest. They later announced that it would not be picked up for a second season and that the remaining episodes would remain unaired. New Zealand television station TV2 picked up this show and aired the complete series, all twelve episodes, in the second half of 2005. These episodes appeared online via BitTorrent soon after. The show was also partially aired on Singapore television station Mediacorp Channel 5, with the pilot episode and episodes #106 to #112 being skipped. Episode #111 was an exception, and was aired as the fifth episode. The show was also aired in full on France cable television station Canal Jimmy in 2006. In the beginning of 2008 the show was aired in full on Polish television station TVN 7. The series was shown on the Nine Network in Australia in 2007.

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