A dramatized version of what went on behind the scenes at the legendary Woodstock music festival in 1969, this film focuses on Elliot (Demetri Martin), a young man whose initiative gets things going. When the organizers are denied a permit for a concert in the area, Elliot steps in and offers the use of his parents' rundown motel. He also convinces Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy), a local dairy farmer, to allow the concert to take place on his property. Of course, Elliot never anticipated that the concert would attract hundreds of thousands of hippies. Directed by Ang Lee. With Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch and Liev Schreiber. Categories: Comedy, Music. Year: 2009.
Liev Schreiber in Taking Woodstock
Logan (Hugh Jackman), a US soldier, enters into a top secret military program that transforms him into a indestructible killing machine and erases his memory. Emerging as the powerful mutant Wolverine, Logan seeks revenge against Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber), the man responsible for his girlfriend's death. Directed by Gavin Hood. With Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan, Lynn Collins, Danny Huston and Taylor Kitsch. Categories: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Based on a Comic. Year: 2009.
Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Zus (Liev Schreiber), Asael (Jamie Bell) and Aron Bielski (George MacKay), four Jewish brothers, escape Nazi-occupied Poland and join a group of Russian resistance fighters. While building a village deep inside the forest to be a home for other Jewish refugees, the brothers help to save hundreds of lives and prepare to protect themselves from the Nazi's wrath. Directed by Edward Zwick. With Tomas Arana and Alexa Davalos. Categories: Drama, War, Independent Film, Based on a True Story. Year: 2008.
Liev Schreiber in Defiance
Using archival footage, animation, and music, this politically-charged documentary examines the eight anti-war protesters put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Directed by Brett Morgen. With the voices of Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Jeffrey Wright. Categories: Documentary, Animation. Year: 2007.
Liev Schreiber in Chicago 10
After marriying hastily, Walter Fane (Edward Norton), an earnest, socially awkward bacteriologist, and his beautiful, but shallow wife, Kitty (Naomi Watts), leave London for China, where Walter works in a government lab. Discovering that Kitty has cheated on him, Walter gives her the choice of joining him on a relief effort to treat a cholera outbreak in a small inland village, or face divorce. The struggles of travel and rural life, help Walter and Kitty to see one another in a new light and reawaken their lost romance. Directed by John Curran. With Liev Schreiber and Toby Jones. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2006.
Liev Schreiber in The Painted Veil
Jonathan Safran Foer (Elijah Wood) travels to the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis during World War II. In Odessa, Jonathan meets up with his translator, Alex (Eugene Hutz), who learned English from old movies and a thesaurus, and Alex's grandfather (Boris Leskin), who acts as their driver and guide even though he claims to be blind. Together, they set out on an unexpectedly meaningful journey, learning the power of remembrance and the perilous nature of secrets. Directed by Liev Schreiber. With Oleksandr Choroshko. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2005.
Liev Schreiber in Everything Is Illuminated
CIA Agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) is brought in when Russia elects a new president and the director of Counter Intelligence (Morgan Freeman) suspects that this new leader cannot be trusted. It turns out that a third party plans to push Russia and America into war by detonating a mobile nuclear bomb at a football game in Baltimore. It's up to Jack Ryan to foil this plot. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. With Liev Schreiber and Alan Bates. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Liev Schreiber in The Sum of All Fears
Kate (Meg Ryan) is a 21rst century career woman. Leopold (Hugh Jackman) is a 19th century British aristocrat who needs to marry a wealthy woman to restore his family fortune. When Kate's ex-boyfriend finds a way to travel through time, he meets Leopold and brings him back to contemporary New York. Most of Kate's friends think he is just an actor staying in character, but Kate believes Leopold's story. To her surprise, she finds herself falling in love with this perfect gentleman. Directed by James Mangold. With Breckin Meyer. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2001.
Liev Schreiber in Kate & Leopold
Hoping her tragic past is behind her, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) works from her Northern California home as a women's crisis counselor. But, she soon discovers that a bloodthirsty killer is on the loose on the set of "Stab 3," the third movie based on the brutal events Sidney lived through. As the body count rises, Sidney is eventually lured out of hiding and back to Los Angeles to help the police track down the killer. Directed by Wes Craven. With David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Jenny McCarthy, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Kennedy. Categories: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2000.
Liev Schreiber in Scream 3
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington), a middleweight contender, is falsely accused and convicted of a triple murder. Sentenced to life in prison, he copes with his life behind bars by writing the story of his life. Twenty years into his incarceration, high school student Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon), inspired by Carter's autobiography, convinces a group of friends and mentors to take up Carter's cause to try and prove his innocence. To set his idol free, Martin and his team not only have to deal with a racist establishment intent on keeping Carter behind bars, but also with Carter's broken spirit and sense of hopelessness. Directed by Norman Jewison. With Dan Hedaya, Clancy Brown, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah and David Paymer. Categories: Biography, Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 1999.
Liev Schreiber in The Hurricane
Inspired by the original Woodsboro murderers, a new killer emerges, taking his first victims at the premiere of a movie based on a book about the killings by Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). Once news of the copycat spreads, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now in college, finds herself back in the public eye, and once again fearing for her life. Directed by Wes Craven. With David Arquette, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Portia de Rossi, Omar Epps, Heather Graham and Liev Schreiber. Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Liev Schreiber in Scream 2