SEAN PENN

LICORICE PIZZA (2021)
Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Ben Stiller, Maya Rudolph, Skyler Gisondo and Mary Elizabeth Ellis. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN (2020)
Starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Irvine, Brendan Patricks, Adam Fergus, Jennifer Ehle, Brian Fortune and Aidan McArdle. Directed by Farhad Safinia.

The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 and was one of the most ambitious, and revolutionary projects ever undertaken. Professor James Murray took on the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever compiled, but knew that it would take him and his team over a century to compile all known definitions. However, by “crowd sourcing” the work, that is, by enlisting definitions from people all over the world, the dictionary could be compiled in mere decades.

As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W.C. Minor (Sean Penn), had submitted more than ten thousand words. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was a convicted murderer and being held at an asylum for the criminally insane.

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THE GUNMAN (2015)
Starring Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba. Directed by Pierre Morel.

Martin Terrier is an international spy agent running from the organisation he used to work for after being betrayed.