Oliver Platt Movies, Books and DVDs

Movies

Martian Child
Based on the novel of the same name by David Gerrold. John Cusack stars in the film as a sci-fi writer crushed by the recent death of his fiancee. To deal with his grief, he forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy  But their ...more
US Release: 2007-11-02
UK Release: TBA
Untitled Casanova Project
Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love. ...more
US Release: 2005TBA
UK Release: -
The Ten
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments. Comprised of ten vignettes, each one inspired by one of the Biblical commandments, THE TEN is an irreverent but hilarious illustration of how bad behavior makes for good comedy. With each story told in a different style, but containing overlapping ...more
US Release: 2007-08-03
UK Release: TBA
Frost/Nixon
Oscar®-winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan’s (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the untold story of the historic ...more
US Release: 2008-12-05
UK Release: 2009-01-23
Year One
Biblical-era comedy ...more
US Release: 2009-06-19
UK Release: 2009-06-19
2012
Released this fall, Roland Emmerich's '2012' chronicles the end of human civilization as predicted by the Mayan calendar. ...more
US Release: 2009-11-13
UK Release: 2009-11-13
X-Men: First Class
The origin story of the "X-Men" franchise focusing on Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr as young men before they became Professor X and Magneto respectively. ...more
US Release: 2011-06-03
UK Release: 2011-06-01
Love and Other Drugs
Hathaway portrays Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won’t let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie’s evolving ...more
US Release: 2010-11-24
UK Release: 2010-12-29
Please Give
Kate (Catherine Keener) has a lot on her mind. There’s the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much markup can she get away with?). There’s the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter ...more
US Release: 2010-04-30
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Gods Behaving Badly
A young couple living in modern-day New York finds that the brownstone they call home also houses such immortal Greek gods as Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite and Apollo. ...more
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DVD

Kinsey
Let's talk about sex.   Liam Neeson stars as Alfred Kinsey, a man driven by scientific passion and personal demons to investigate the elusive mystery of human sexuality. Laura Linney garnered a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her compelling performance as Kinsey's free-thinking wife. This provocative drama dares to lift the veil ...more
US Release: 2005-05-17
UK Release: 2005-07-11
Martian Child
Based on the novel of the same name by David Gerrold. John Cusack stars in the film as a sci-fi writer crushed by the recent death of his fiancee. To deal with his grief, he forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy  But their ...more
US Release: 2008-02-12
UK Release: 2008-04-14
Frost/Nixon
From Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard, comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history. When disgraced President Richard Nixon agreed to an interview with jet-setting television personality, David Frost, he thought he’d found the key to saving his tarnished legacy. But, with a name ...more
US Release: 2009-04-21
UK Release: 2009-05-18
Frost/Nixon [Blu-ray]
From Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard, comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history. When disgraced President Richard Nixon agreed to an interview with jet-setting television personality, David Frost, he thought he’d found the key to saving his tarnished legacy. But, with a name ...more
US Release: 2009-04-21
UK Release: -
Year One (Unrated) [Blu-ray]
History was made... by these guys? Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are cavemen who stumble out of the mountains into an epic journey of biblical proportions. One's a bumbling hunter, the other's a gentle gatherer; together, they become unlikely participants in history's most pivotal moments. Directed and co-written ...more
US Release: 2009-10-06
UK Release: -
Love & Other Drugs
Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anything, including a formidable personal challenge, tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie Randall, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving ...more
US Release: 2011-03-01
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X-Men: First Class [Blu-ray]
Before they were superheroes, the fate of humanity depended on an extraordinary group of youngsters who went on to become X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. ...more
US Release: 2011-09-09
UK Release: -
X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class is the thrilling, eye-opening chapter you've been waiting for...Witness the beginning of the X-Men Universe. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt ...more
US Release: 2011-09-09
UK Release: -

Theatre

Shining City
Shining City is set in Dublin, where a guilt-ridden man reaches out to a therapist after seeing the ghost of his recently deceased wife.  Wrestling with his own demons, the therapist can only do so much to help. Routine visits between the two men quickly become a gripping struggle to survive, changing both ...more
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Smallscreen

The Big C
A suburban mom (Linney), is diagnosed with cancer,  She tries to find the humor in the disease and re-examines her life, loves and approach to living. ...more
US Release: 2010-
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