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	Roger Donaldson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roger Donaldson was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and in 1965 he emigrated to New Zealand to establish a small still photography business.
		Donaldson's first films were made in close collaboration with his friend and leading man, actor and musician Bruno Lawrence, with whom Donaldson worked extensively in the 1970s, but the partnership and their long friendship effectively ended after Smash Palace.
		Donaldson's first American break was his remake of the film Mutiny of the Bounty, which was released as The Bounty and featured Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Donaldson (312 words)

	Roger Donaldson
		Born in Ballarat, Australia, Donaldson emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 19.
		Donaldson then became a co-founder of the country's Film Commission and would not direct again until 1992.
		Donaldson has avoided being pegged to a particular style of filmmaking by working with a variety of genres.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=5231 (306 words)

	Reel.com: Roger Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Donaldson began his career directing TV commercials in his native Australia.
		In the late 1970s, as Donaldson was transitioning his career, his first films, Sleeping Dogs and Smash Palace were critical favorites, not only in Australia, but internationally as well.
		Donaldson's most recent effort, Thirteen Days, deals with the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and depicts the entire event through the eyes of such important political figures as John and Robert Kennedy.
	www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/donaldson (1151 words)

	Roger Donaldson: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Roger Donaldson was born in Ballarat, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Donaldson's first films were made in close collaboration with his friend and leading man, EHandler: no quick summary.
		White sands is a 1992 movie directed by roger donaldson and written by daniel pyne for warner bros....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roger_donaldson.htm (1366 words)

	Roger Donaldson
		Donaldson might be said to have understood the task as impossible, and so filmed it as a direct contrast of natural beauties vs. Robert Bolt’s script.
		The car dealership has glass-block windows and razor-wire fences, the youthful element is shaggy and overdressed, the salesmen are somewhere between Smile and Glengarry Glen Ross, which is where Robin Williams incarnates the trim mustachioed archetype having a bad day that amounts to a visitation.
		Donaldson’s economy with this perfect setup is to treat it as a Mickey Finn: he lets it fizz over and subside to a canny drink.
	cmulrooney.tripod.com /donaldson.html (392 words)

	Roger Donaldson Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Roger Donaldson has proven a capable Hollywood film craftsman who has enjoyed success with in genres as diverse as the political thriller (e.g., "No Way Out" 1987; "Thirteen Days" 2000) and sci-fi ("Species" 1995).
		Donaldson's exploration of the effects of divorce, "Smash Palace" (1981), earned a berth at the New Directors/New Movies Festival held annually at NYC's Museum of Modern Art and brought him to the attention of American and British producers.
		Donaldson perhaps reached a nadir when he was tapped to steer Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger through a totally unnecessary remake of "The Getaway" (1994).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/195234 (861 words)

	Roger Donaldson
		Roger Donaldson ("Thirteen Days") has come aboard to develop "Abyssinia" with the intent of directing the epic love story framed by Mussolini's World War II invasion of Ethiopia.
		Roger Donaldson ("Thirteen Days") has inked to replace James Foley as director of "The Farm," a thriller starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell.
		Roger Donaldson ("Thirteen Days") has come aboard to direct Spyglass Entertainment and the Walt Disney Co.'s CIA suspense thriller "The Farm" starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /p/roger_donaldson/news.php (352 words)

	Sir Anthony Hopkins and Roger Donaldson Reunite for The World's Fastest Indian
		Roger and Anthony sat down to talk about their time on the set; neither of them had any problems owning up to the feud that took place on The Bounty.
		I was younger then and when you're younger you have bigger ideas for everything.' Roger realized that he âmay have been a little harsh and a little experienced' as well.
		Roger and the crew at Bonneville worked side by side; âWe had a track, and they had their track and they were setting their cars down at 400-500 miles an hour.
	www.movieweb.com /news/15/10615.php (1583 words)

	We almost lost it all (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was a very tense moment in the world’s history, and as such I feel it’s worthy of being documented.
		Thirteen Days (the title comes from Robert Kennedy’s memoir, although the filmmakers have drawn on a number of historical sources) looks at the U.S. government’s response to the discovery that Soviet nuclear missiles were being assembled in nearby Cuba.
		Donaldson has directed historical epics (The Bounty), political thrillers (No Way Out), large-scale disaster movies (Dante’s Peak) and small films about family conflicts (Smash Palace).
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=1168 (841 words)

	Roger Donaldson
		Director Roger Donaldson is an important figure in the development of modern New Zealand cinema.
		In 1984 his version of the famous mutiny Bounty was released to critical acclaim; unfortunately, the powerful all-star drama sank at the box office as did his next few attempts at filmmaking.
		It was not until 1987 that Donaldson hit his mark with the Kevin Costner vehicle No Way Out, which became an instant hit.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+88014 (223 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Thirteen Days -- Roger Donaldson - DVD - Wide Screen
		Director Roger Donaldson, who helmed Costner's 1987 breakout film, No Way Out, is punctilious in his re-creation of time and place, although he takes occasional liberties with the historical record -- combining characters and altering the sequence of events -- in trying to capture the essence of those extraordinarily perilous 13 days.
		Costner, Donaldson, and screenwriter David Self participate in a feature-length commentary for the DVD, which also includes deleted scenes, cast and crew bios, DVD-ROM content (including script-to-screen presentation), and historical notes on the real-life people who figured in the crisis.
		After President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) is shown photographs from a spy plane detailing the presence of missiles in Cuba capable of obliterating massive areas of the U.S., he must immediately decide the most effective course of action for the country.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?WRK=4940047&... (938 words)

	New York's Premier Alternative Newspaper. Arts, Music, Food, Movies and Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DONALDSON: I used incidents I’d seen outside the documentary context—like when Burt fills cracks in his tires with fl boot polish to fool the judges so they’ll let him race.
		DONALDSON: Coincidentally, when my wife was working in Tokyo and a Japanese film distributor asked her if I had any personal project they might finance, out came this script.
		DONALDSON: After we worked together on The Bounty, we were ready to kill each other.
	www.nypress.com /19/7/film/jennifermerin.cfm (784 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - Thirteen Days (2000)
		Donaldson and writer David Self don't do quite as thorough a job of setting the table.
		The implications and consequences of the Bay of Pigs—Kennedy's failure in 1961 to provide promised military support for CIA-trained Cuban expatriates when their invasion of Cuba went awry—are not fully explored.
		The fact that O'Donnell's son is listed as one of the producers of Thirteen Days may also have encouraged the development of O'Donnell's central role in the script.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/t/thirteendays.htm (986 words)

	Amazon.com: The Roger Donaldson Collection (Smash Palace/Sleeping Dogs): DVD: Sam Neill,Nevan Rowe,Ian Mune,Warren ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When he is falsely accused of being a saboteur, Smith becomes an unwitting pawn in a desperate battle between guerilla resistance fighters and the ruthless armies of the right wing government.
		Roger Donaldson produced, directed and co-wrote this startling New Zealand drama that became and acclaimed international hit and launched his award-winning American career.
		It is unfortunate that Roger Donaldson never really evolved much after the promise of "Smash Palace", he's gone on to give us such middling, by-the-numbers fare as "Cocktail", "No Way Out" and most recently, "The Recruit".
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001BKBH0?v=glance (1575 words)

	Roger Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Donaldson fares best helming political thrillers with mainstream attitudes such as his feature debut, "Sleeping Dogs" (1977).
		New Zealand's first homegrown feature in 15 years, the film helped the country to form a film commission to promote other feature work.
		Donaldson's second film, "Smash Palace" (1981), about a middle-aged New Zealander racecar driver who gets in trouble with the law, garnered enough international attention to get the director a shot at a big-budget US-British co-production, "The Bounty" (1984)....
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/195234 (363 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The Recruit" review (2003) Roger Donaldson, Al Pacino, Colin Farrell
		Farrell is conflicted about bringing her down, and you can't blame the guy since there's some pretty sexy heat between them.
		But director Roger Donaldson ("Thirteen Days") does a poor job of selling the picture's spy-versus-spy stuff.
		Farrell actually seems to think that Moynahan (who did graduate spy school) won't be aware of him accessing her computer while she's sleeping.
	www.splicedonline.com /03reviews/recruit.html (822 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Roger Donaldson - 2000 - Thirteen Days Movies Review
		He doesn’t have as much interaction or contesting from his wife in Thirteen Days as he did in JFK, but these scenes are beyond dull and accentuated by duly nauseous, corny “family” lines that pop up in every Hollywood picture.
		The whole point of Thirteen Days is to show how close we did come to war, as even stated in the poster for it, not what our sky would have looked like (again and again) if we had gone to war.
		Donaldson was creating a pseudo-documentary, a better project than his two latest pieces of shit (Dante’s Peak, Species), an effort normally admirable.
	www.culturedose.net /review.php?rid=10001541 (1611 words)

	The World's Fastest Indian (2005): Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Cauffiel, Saginaw Grant, Roger Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"Donaldson's ham-fisted direction leads to multiple soppy, cringe-inducing moments (Burt talking about his brother Ernie takes the cake)."
		"Roger Donaldson crafts his little-movie-that-could with an eye towards maximum inspiration."
		"Writer/director Roger Donaldson returned to his adopted land to tell this true life 'cute codger' tale of a man on a mission and Hopkins clearly digs the material"
	ofcs.rottentomatoes.com /movie-1154562/reviews.php (700 words)

	AboutFilm.com - The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
		The goal is to travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats, in Utah, to set the motorcycle land speed record...in a forty-year old Indian Twin Scout with homemade pistons and an uncontrollable shake when it exceeds seventy miles an hour.
		That's what you need to know, but we spend a long time with Burt in Invercargill, with writer/director Roger Donaldson persistently pushing the notion that Burt is nearing the end of the line, even though the closing captions put the lie to that characterization.
		You'd expect something a little more sophisticated from Roger Donaldson, director of Thirteen Days and No Way Out, no matter how small his budget.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/w/worldsfastestindian/worldsfastestindian.htm (610 words)

	Roger Donaldson @ Filmbug
		Roger Donaldson most recently directed the drama about the Cuban missile crisis Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner, with whom he also made the political thriller No Way Out.
		Born in Australia, Donaldson currently lives in Los Angeles.
		Tell us what you think of Roger Donaldson in the Filmbug forum...
	www.filmbug.com /db/35154 (101 words)

	The Recruit (2003): Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Roger Donaldson
		"Donaldson keeps the film zipping along fast enough that the idiocies of the plot don’t sink in until the credits are rolling.
		"Roger Donaldson's The Recruit represents the cool, jaded spy flick our dissatisfied generation needs today.
		"[Donaldson] has done a remarkable job in keeping the suspense constant throughout the whole film."
	ofcs.rottentomatoes.com /movie-1119874/reviews.php (973 words)

	Epinions.com - Comments on 'Roger Donaldson's The Recruit: Not much Depth in this Flashy Colin-oscopy'
		Roger Donaldson's The Recruit: Not much Depth in this Flashy Colin-oscopy
		I wonder if Tears of the Sun and The Recruit had their trailers cut by the same company, because I don't recall seeing many trailers that gave away quite so many plot twists in under two minutes.
		So, is the difference between Robert and Roger Towne as great as between Charlie and Donald Kaufman?
	www.epinions.com /content_88705306244/show_~allcom (338 words)

	Roger Donaldson - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
		Roger Donaldson - movies, photos, video, biography, interviews, awards, news, filmography, credits.
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		Roger Donaldson - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/roger-donaldson/88014/main?uid=5756&_pgtyp=pdct (90 words)

	The Roger Donaldson Collection: Sleeping Dogs/Smash Palace DVD - MovieWeb
		DVD > The Roger Donaldson Collection: Sleeping Dogs/Smash Palace: DVD > Features
		Audio commentary with director Roger Donaldson, actor Sam Neill and actor/writer Ian Mune
		Audio commentary with director Roger Donaldson and special driver Steve Millen
	www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/01/44201/features.php (307 words)

	Kevin Costner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In recompense Kasdan gave him a prominent and flashy role in the action-packed Western SILVERADO (1985), as Jake, the wild kid gunfighter.
		Costner cemented his reputation as a popular romantic lead and a major Hollywood star with solid performances in Roger Donaldson's political thriller, NO WAY OUT (1987), Ron Shelton's steamy baseball romance, BULL DURHAM (1988) and Phil Alden Robinson's sentimental baseball fantasy, FIELD OF DREAMS (1989).
		Equally comfortable in a variety of genres, his aura of straightforward common virtue has made him a Gary Cooper of our times.
	www.theoscarsite.com /whoswho7/costner_k.htm (586 words)

	Roger Donaldson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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	ipedia.com: Cuban Missile Crisis Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the Essence of Decision, Graham T. Allison and Philip Zelikow use the crisis to illustrate multiple approaches to analyzing the actions of the state.
		The intensity and magnitude of the crisis also provides excellent material for drama, as illustrated by the movie Thirteen Days (2000), directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp.
		Declassified Documents, etc. - Provide by the National Security Archive.
	www.ipedia.com /cuban_missile_crisis.html (1415 words)

	The World's Fastest Indian \| movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Munro, who died in 1978 at the age of 79, is depicted in this admiring specialty-act pic as a Crazy Old Guy With a Dream (and, as played by Anthony Hopkins in a full-throttle thespian joyride, as quite the Old Ladies' Man).
		Donaldson, who first trailed the real Burt Munro to make the 1971 documentary Offerings to the God of Speed, makes his subject's every setback and advance an opportunity to applaud relentless Kiwi gumption.
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