Chris Cooper Movies

Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.

The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take...

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to...

Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie - challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate...

Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

A movie about a valentine to big dreamers whose dreams won’t necessarily come true. Individuality vs. conformity, fantasy vs. reality; but...

A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how...

Nancy Savoca’s second student film follows two twelve-year olds, Bobby (Joey D’Arelli) and Denise (Kelly Cinnante) who run away to...

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later,...

Preparing for the revival of a hit Broadway show towards the end of a celebrated career, actress Melody Harper is, for the first time in her life,...

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in...

Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in...

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in...

A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.

John Sayles came to West Virginia to make his film MATEWAN, about the gun fight over labor in the coal fields. The film has had a lasting impact on...