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  • FRANCE-FILM-FESTIVAL-CANNES-CAMPIONNew Zealander film director Jane Campion (L) poses with actors (from L), Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter and Sam Neill, on May 17, 1993, during a photocall for the film "The piano" presented in Competition at the 46th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill: ‘He was radiating peace, beaming love’

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    Deep Water review – plane-crash survivors play existential roulette with bitey fish

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    The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure

  • The Variety Sundance Portrait Studio, Park City, Utah, America - 24 Jan 2016Sam Neill (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

    ‘He made wine and he shared it. What more do you want?’: Sam Neill remembered by his co-stars

  • Zoe Williams

    double quotation markI interviewed Sam Neill in 2024. He was even more charming than I’d expected

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  • Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day.

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  • RuPaul in blond wig and red blazer sitting at Resolute Desk, with man in black suit standing behind her holding official-looking folder.

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  • Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 78

    A look back at Sam Neill's versatile acting career – video obituary

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  • Tom Cruise (as Digger Rockwell) wearing a brown suit in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Digger.

    Tom Cruise unveils remarkable transformation in Digger trailer: ‘I’ve never had something that could challenge me in this way’

  • Sam Neill, pictured here during the Peaky Blinders Festival in Birmingham in 2019

    ‘A true gentleman’: actors, directors and leaders pay tribute to Sam Neill

  • Actor Sam Neill smiling with arms crossed in a red plaid jacket in front of a wooden fence

    Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, dies aged 78

  • Sam Neill Film: The Dish 15 September 2000 Director: Rob Sitch 15 September 2000 CTD9368 Allstar Picture Library/WARNER BROS **Warning** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of WARNER BROS and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company & can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To WARNER BROS is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company. Character(s): Cliff Buxton

    double quotation markSam Neill was a warm, wry and unselfish star who twinkled so others could shine

    Peter Bradshaw
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    double quotation markLadies First has been panned. It’s still an essential watch

    Anna Smith
  • Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in The Invite.

    double quotation markThe Invite welcomes heterosexual polyamory into cinemas. It’s about time

    Savina Petkova
  • Milly Alcock in a blue Supergirl suit with red cape flies through the air in a dusty action scene

    double quotation markSupergirl is a box office catastrophe. How can Marvel and DC save the superhero movie?

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  • FILE PHOTO: "The Portable Door" World Premiere - ArrivalsFILE PHOTO: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: Sam Neill attends the world premiere of "The Portable Door" at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on March 23, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

    Sam Neill’s final interview: ‘I’d like to think that, in life, I’m a goodie’

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    ‘Bored? You’re never good enough to get bored!’ Oscar-winner Helen Hunt on great roles, unruly audiences and her RSC debut

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