Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' and more directors' change-ups

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'Hugo''Alexander' -- Oliver Stone'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' -- David Fincher'The Color Purple' -- Steven Spielberg'Dreamcatcher' -- Lawrence Kasdan'For the Love of the Game' -- Sam Raimi'Wolf' -- Mike Nichols'Music of the Heart' -- Wes Craven'The Golden Compass' -- Chris Weitz'Anonymous' -- Roland Emmerich'The Straight Story' -- David Lynch

David Lynch earned a reputation for dark, twisted and highly sexual films such as "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart" and "Lost Highway," so it was a little shocking to see him direct a simple, heartwarming film distributed by the Walt Disney Co. The film retains some trademark Lynch-ian oddity -- it's about a man on a cross-country tip on his riding lawnmower -- but it's without the head-scratching moments generated in his other films. The small movie and change of pace paid off for Lynch with glowing reviews, if modest box office.

'The Straight Story' -- David Lynch

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David Lynch earned a reputation for dark, twisted and highly sexual films such as "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart" and "Lost Highway," so it was a little shocking to see him direct a simple, heartwarming film distributed by the Walt Disney Co. The film retains some trademark Lynch-ian oddity -- it's about a man on a cross-country tip on his riding lawnmower -- but it's without the head-scratching moments generated in his other films. The small movie and change of pace paid off for Lynch with glowing reviews, if modest box office.

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