JPFilmography

Okidoki......I couldn't go rambling on about Mr.Phoenix for ages and NOT properly mention his career. As I've prob already gushed *blushes* hes an incredible , talented actor (well,he is!) So here is his filmography, his newest film projects at the top of the page, and so on ..........ENJOY!!!!!!

SIGNS

( 2002 ) Disney Pictures

WRITER/DIRECTOR : M.Night Shyamalan ( The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable)

CAST : Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix , Patricia Kalember, Cherry Jones, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin

SYNOPSIS : Signs is a thriller, set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, focusing on the mysterious appearance of five-hundred-foot crop circles and lines carved into a family's crops. Mel Gibson stars as Graham Hess, a former minister, who is tested to find the truth behind the unfolding mystery. Joaquin stars as Merill Hess, brother to Graham and a former minor league baseball star.

RELEASE DATES : US ~ August 2nd UK ~ September 13th

BUFFALO SOLDIERS

Based on the book of the same name, written by Robert O' Connor

DIRECTOR : Gregor Jordan MIRAMAX FILMS /
FILM FOUR
CAST : Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin,
Gabriel Mann

SYNOPSIS : Set on an American Army Base in 1989, as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, Buffalo Soldiers takes a satirical look as these men steal, drink, fight, make, take, and sell drugs. Sgt.Ray Elwood (Joaquin),is the brains behind the operation,easily duping his superior (Ed Harris) and sleeping with his wife. But with the arrival of the new Sergeant (Scott Glenn), everything changes. The sergeant cracks down; Elwood retaliates by dating his daughter (Anna Paquin) and attempting a big "weapons for drugs" deal, with the sergeant in closer pursuit.

RELEASE DATES: Put back after Sept 11 because of its "military nature" it now looks like it will be released Spring 2003. Guess we'll all have to wait then *goes into corner and cries* lol!

IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE

WRITER/DIRECTOR : Thomas Vinterberg FILM FOUR

CAST : Joaquin Phoenix (John), Claire Danes (Elena), Douglas Henshall

SYNOPSIS : En route from Poland to a teaching job in Canada, John arrives in New York to obtain his wife, Elena's signature on their divorce documents. Married as childhood sweethearts, their lives have taken different directions : John's to an academic career, Elena's as an international skating megastar. As their paths unredeemably diverge, so the earth mirrors their personal chaos by tilting on it's axis, causing an atmospheric catastrophe,and playing havoc with populations around the world.In New York Elena is warned that her life is in danger but her attempts at seekinghelp from John are thwarted by her manager and his henchmen. Finally John and Elena break free. But their freedom is, after all, a short lived illusion.

RELEASE DATES : Pencilled in for a release this summer (2002 ) *yay!!*

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QUILLS

RELEASED FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

DIRECTOR : Philip Kaufman

CAST : Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine,
Michael Jenn

SYNOPSIS:Banished to a secluded Paris asylum, the Marquis de Sade (Rush), continues to threaten the moral conservatism of Napoleon's France by secretly smuggling out his spicy manuscripts with the help of the asylum's most innocent member: the young maid Madeleine (Winslet). The asylum's young priest (Joaquin) ,humanely tries to rehabilitate the Marquis' twisted soul, while keeping Madeleine at a safe distance, both from the Marquis and himself.Through the endless days and nights at the asylum the two opposing men form a tentative relationship of mutual tolerance. But, neither is willing to admit the one secret they have in common- their feeling's for Madeleine.

THE YARDS

RELEASED MIRAMAX /
FILM FOUR

DIRECTOR : James Gray

CAST: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Ellen Burstyn,
Faye Dunaway, James Caan

SYNOPSIS : The Yards is a tense thriller set in the vast New York City subway yards.After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of friends, Leo Handler (Wahlberg) wants his life back.So he goes to the one place where he thinks he will be safe...home. There he gets a job with his influential uncle, Frank (Caan)and is reunited with his best friend, Willie Gutierrez (Joaquin) and his own cousin, Erica (Theron). Unwittingly he's drawn into a world of sabotage,and murder.The secret he discovers will make him the target of the most ruthless family in the city... his own! Now he must do everything in his power to take them down.

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