Movies from Michael Shannon

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s.
Michael Shannon
Actor
this makes up for all Christmases where I didn't get much of anything.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Five Easy Pieces

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Michael Shannon
Actor
Just so rich and complex and easy.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Being There

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Michael Shannon
Actor
I love this movie so much, Peter Sellers.
Movies from Michael Shannon

The Elephant Man

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Michael Shannon
Actor
it takes some of your soul. This is the proof.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Seconds

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity – one that comes with its own price.
Michael Shannon
Actor
I've always wanted to see this movie.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Being John Malkovich

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Michael Shannon
Actor
It's such a fun movie. It's such a bizzare movie. It's so imaginative.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Down by Law

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Michael Shannon
Actor
I just really love. This is one of my favorite trios.
Movies from Michael Shannon

Amour

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Michael Shannon
Actor
My favorite movie last year was "Amour."
TV Shows from Michael Shannon

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999—with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002—starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The show was created by a Burbank, California production company Popular Arts Entertainment, with Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, developed and first made by Popular Arts for HBO Downtown Productions. Boston-based Tom Snyder Productions became the hands-on production company, and the episodes were usually produced by Katz and Loren Bouchard. The show was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style produced with the software Squigglevision in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while most other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. The original challenge Popular Arts faced was how to repurpose recorded stand-up comedy material. To do so they based Dr. Katz's patients on stand-up comics for the first several episodes, simply having them recite their stand-up acts. The secondary challenge was how to affordably animate on cable TV at the time. Snyder had Squigglevision, an inexpensive means of getting animation on cable, which could not afford traditional animation processes. A partnership between Popular Arts, Tom Snyder Productions and Jonathan Katz was formed and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist was born.
Michael Shannon
Actor
One of his favorite shows is Doctor Katz (1995) .
Music from Michael Shannon

Medeski Martin & Wood

Michael Shannon
Actor
I love Medeski Martin and Wood a lot—but I also love the old stuff a lot.
Music from Michael Shannon

Thelonious Monk

Michael Shannon
Actor
My favorite is Thelonious Monk.
Music from Michael Shannon

Wild Wild Life — Talking Heads

Michael Shannon
Actor
“My taste in music is eclectic – I like The Replacements and Steely Dan but my go-to song for karaoke is ‘Wild Wild Life’ by Talking Heads.”
Music from Michael Shannon

Promised Land — Elvis Presley

Michael Shannon
Actor
The song I listen to before I go on set Elvis Presley – ‘Promised Land’
Music from Michael Shannon

No Jacket Required

Michael Shannon
Actor
The first album I bought Phil Collins – ‘No Jacket Required’ “It was ‘No Jacket Required’. On cassette! Growing up in the ’80s, I had a stretch where I was really into Genesis.
People from Michael Shannon

Zack Snyder

Zachary Edward Snyder is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name.
Michael Shannon
Actor
Zack Snyder, the director, he’s a real powerhouse and I feel like this is his finest work yet—a culmination of everything he’s been working on. It’s a stunning picture.
People from Michael Shannon

Sidney Arthur Lumet

Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority.
Michael Shannon
Actor
I was really fortunate to get to work with Sidney Lumet before he died. He is one of my favorite directors and a very, very kind man.