A stop-motion puppet animation film based on the stories of Etgar Keret, this film is a surreal look at a group of misfits who are drawn together in an apartment complex in Sydney. Dave, an unemployed young man, is drawn into this community when he finds an ad for a pamphlet that costs $9.99 and will explain the meaning of life. Together with a disgruntled old man and his guardian angel, a man who has befriended a group of two-inch tall students, and a boy who frees his piggy bank, he sets forth on his quest. Directed by Tatia Rosenthal. With Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Joel Edgerton, Claudia Karvan, Leeanna Walsman and Josef Ber. Categories: Animation. Year: 2008.
Geoffrey Rush in $9.99
With the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) finds her rule challenged by King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Mollà). With Spain's powerful army and armada intent on returning England to Catholicism, Queen Elizabeth must prepare to defend her empire, while struggling with her forbidden love with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Directed by Shekhar Kapur. With Geoffrey Rush, Samantha Morton and Abbie Cornish. Categories: Drama, History, Biography. Year: 2007.
Geoffrey Rush in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
After teaming up to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from a deadly sea monster, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Will (Orlando Bloom) and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) head off with their old friend to face off against Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) and Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Calling the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng (Yun-Fat Chow), the buccaneers gather to preserve their way of life and retain control over the seven seas. Directed by Gore Verbinski. With Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2007.
Geoffrey Rush in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
After a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September kidnaps and murders eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a secret squad of Israeli assassins is assigned to track down and kill those responsible one by one. Putting their own lives in danger to complete a mission of ulitmate revenge takes an emotional toll on the team and its leader, Avner (Eric Bana), who leaves his pregnant wife (Ayelet Zurer) to hunt down the killers. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz and Hanns Zischler. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Geoffrey Rush in Munich
Prominent LA divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) is bored with his own success and finds himself at a crossroads. Seeking a new challenge, he finds it in the form of Marylin Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Devastatingly beautiful, Marylin is the future ex-wife of Miles' client Rex Rexroth (Edward Herrmann). After Miles works his magic and leaves her without the settlement she had hoped for, Marylin concocts a scheme to get even, which includes marrying oil tycoon Howard Doyle (Billy Bob Thornton). Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With Geoffrey Rush, Cedric the Entertainer and Paul Adelstein. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Crime. Year:2003.
Geoffrey Rush in Intolerable Cruelty
Heath Ledger stars as Ned Kelly, the most celebrated outlaw in Australian history. Back in the 19th century, along with his sidekick, Joe (Orlando Bloom) and their gang, Kelly terrorized banks and towns all over rural Oz. In one caper, he even held an entire town hostage. Naomi Watts is an upper-class woman who falls for Ned against her better judgment. Directed by Gregor Jordan. With Joel Edgerton, Geoffrey Rush and Laurence Kinlan. Categories: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, History. Year: 2003.
Geoffrey Rush in Ned Kelly
Captain Jack Sparrow's (Johnny Depp) ship, the Black Pearl, is stolen by his nemesis, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and then used to kidnap Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the Governor's beautiful daughter. After a chance meeting, Jack joins forces with Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and the pair hijack the HMS Interceptor in an attempt to rescue Elizabeth and recapture the Black Pearl. Directed by Gore Verbinski. With Jack Davenport and Jonathan Pryce. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2003.
Geoffrey Rush in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Tony Fingleton (Jesse Spencer) is a young man who could never live up to his abusive father's expectations. That is, until he starts swimming, a sport he naturally excels at. Soon he is winning championships and pushing himself beyond endurance in a quest to win his father's love. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Tim Draxl and David Hoflin. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2003.
Geoffrey Rush in Swimming Upstream
In this biographical portrait of the Mexian artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), her famous works of art are woven into the story, demonstrating how her life of physical and emotional pain gave rise to her paintings. Against the backdrop of the political upheaval of the communist era, her passionate yet tumultuous relationship with her husband and fellow painter, Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), becomes a source of angst and inspiration. Directed by Julie Taymor. With Mía Maestro, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Ashley Judd, Roger Rees, Geoffrey Rush, Valeria Golino and Patricia Reyes Spíndola. Categories: Drama, Biography. Year: 2002.
Geoffrey Rush in Frida
Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson), a good man jailed for 20 years for stealing a loaf of bread, begins to make a new life for himself upon his release from prison. When he promises a dying pauper, Fantine (Uma Thurman), that he will care for her young daughter, Cosette (Claire Danes), the pair are thrown into a life of seclusion as Javert (Geoffrey Rush), an unrelenting police officer, is consumed by the quest to return Valjean to jail. With France heading toward the July 1832 revolution, their lives become consumed with the conflict, and Cosette falls in love with the student ring-leader, Marius (Hans Matheson). Directed by Bille August. With Mimi Newman and Peter Vaughan. Categories: Drama, Romance, War, Based on a Novel. Year: 1998.
Geoffrey Rush in Les Miserables
The young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), destined to become the greatest playwright in history, finds himself out of money and searching for ideas for his next story. Will begins to lose hope until he meets the beautiful Lady Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow). As their feelings for one another grow deeper, Will and Viola struggle to keep their romance alive, as her pending marriage to the insufferable Lord Wessex (Colin Firth) approaches. The story of their forbidden love becomes Will's inspiration for "Romeo and Juliet," the timeless tale of love and loss. Directed by John Madden. With Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck. Categories: Drama, Romance, Comedy. Year: 1998.
Geoffrey Rush in Shakespeare in Love