The Accidental Tourist 1988  PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman, Robert Hy Gorman, David Ogden Stiers, Ed Begley Jr., London Nelson, Donald Neal, Bradley Mott, Seth Granger, Amanda Houck, Caroline Houck, Gregory Gouyer
Their 12-year-old son is murdered, and, finding it hard to cope with the tragedy, Macon (William Hurt) and his wife Sarah (Kathleen Turner) separate. The dead son's Welsh corgi has discipline problems, and Macon hires dog trainer Muriel (Geena Davis) to solve the problem. Now, Macon and Muriel start a relationship, but when Sara realizes what is happening, she wants to get back together with Macon, and problems lie ahead. Davis won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. The film also received three Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.
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Bottle Shock 2008  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, Dennis Farina, Miguel Sandoval, Joe Regalbuto, Hal B. Klein, Kirk Baily, Philippe Bergeron, Mark Famiglietti
In 1976, British expatriate Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), now living in Paris where he owns a wine shop, sets up a wine competition. Having heard about California wines, Spurrier researches the wineries there and finds Jim Barret's (Bill Pullman) winery, Chateau Montelana. Jim's hippie son Bo (Chris Pine) isn't very interested in the family business, but Jim agrees to enter the contest, despite being suspicious that the contest is rigged in favor of the French. He brings his wine to Paris–and the rest is history when Napa Valley gains its reputation worldwide as a superior wine region. Based on a true story.
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Brokedown Palace 1999  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Daniel Lapaine, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Tom Amandes, Aimee Graham, John Doe
When teenage tourists–Alice Morano (Claire Danes) and Darlene Davis (Kate Beckinsale)–visiting Thailand are arrested for drug smuggling and sentenced to 33 years in prison, they call on an American expatriate lawyer, "Yankee Hank" (Bill Pullman), for help.
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 Casper 1995 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson, Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett, Rodney Dangerfield, Dan Aykroyd
Casper The Friendly Ghost returns after years of reruns on Saturday cartoon shows. This time, the computer-generated ghosts are nearly as real as humans in the movie. A woman inherits a haunted mansion that supposedly has hidden treasure in the environs. Her attempts to rid the mansion of ghosts are unsuccessful, so Casper influences her to bring in a ghost psychiatrist. Overall, it's enough fun that part of the family will enjoy it.
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Cold Feet 1989  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Cast: Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits, Bill Pullman, Rip Torn, Kathleen York, Vincent Schiavelli, Jeff Bridges
Monte (Keith Carradine), Maureen (Sally Kirkland), and Kenny (Tom Waits) hatch a scheme to smuggle jewels into the United States –in the stomach of a horse.
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Dear Wendy 2005 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano, Danso Gordon, Novella Nelson, Chris Owen, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Trevor Cooper, William Hootkins, Thomas Bo Larsen
Young Dick (Jamie Bell) forms a secret club, The Dandies, whose members are misfits, but pacifists. Even though they own guns, they profess never to draw them. But, an armed group–whether or not they shoot–is asking for problems, and it isn't long before the shooting begins.
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The End of Violence 1997 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Traci Lind, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Udo Kier, Rosalind Chao, K. Todd Freeman, John Diehl, Chris Douridas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Nicole Ari Parker, Daniel Benzali, Samuel Fuller
Surveillance expert Ray Bering (Gabriel Byrne) looks out on Los Angeles via secret TV cameras and watches impotently as Hollywood producer Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is kidnapped, escapes, and hides out with a Mexican family. Numerous subplots evolve in this confusing story.
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The Favor 1994 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Brad Pitt, Larry Miller, Ken Wahl, Ginger Orsi, Leigh Ann Orsi, Felicia Robertson, Kenny Twomey
Kathy (Harley Jane Kozak) is a married mother but, as a reunion approaches, she starts wondering if her old high-school flame would have been a better choice. Hoping her current husband was the correct choice, she asks a favor of her best friend Emily (Elizabeth McGovern): find and sleep with the old boyfriend. The report comes back that he is fantastic, which starts a series of problems. Three years on the shelf didn't improve this so-so comedy.
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 The Grudge 2004 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie, Bill Pullman, Rosa Blasi, Ted Raimi, Ryo Ishibashi, Yoko Maki, Takashi Matsuyama
An American nurse working in Tokyo, Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), is plagued by a supernatural curse "the grudge," which has traveled from person to person and then has killed each victim. It will continue until someone achieves freedom from it while still alive. Will Karen be the one to free herself from its control and bring an end to the curse?
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Igby Goes Down 2002 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Jared Harris, Rory Culkin, Kathleen Gati, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Bill Irwin, Celia Weston, Elizabeth Jagger, Gannon Forrester
Raised by schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman) and self-absorbed mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), 17-year-old Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. (Kieran Culkin) has problems coping. He is foisted off on his godfather, D.H. Baines (Jeff Goldblum), who decides Igby will spend weekdays in NYC and weekends in the Hamptons. But events don't proceed as planned in this dark comedy about the problems Igby faces growing up as a member of a wealthy, East Coast family.
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 Independence Day 1996   PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Harry Connick Jr., Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Harvey Fierstein, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, Margaret Colin
Gigantic spacecrafts enter the Earth's atmosphere with the mission of destroying the planet. The American President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) rallies the countries of the world to participate in a joint venture against the threatening aliens. Now the Capitol and White House have been destroyed by the aliens, fighter pilot Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) and his squadron attack the aliens, and the adventures begin. 2 User Reviews
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| | Grandma 2003 03/15/2009 | | Even though it's Not believable, it's still a good movie! My favorite part was when Cpt. Hiller, played by Will Smith, punched the alien in the face and welcomed him to Earth! Then, there was the part when David finally figured out that the best way to get rid of them was to give them a "cold"! A virus, of all things!!!! Great stuff! |
| | Hee Hee | 1fatts 10/12/2007 | So there are levels of suspending disbelief.
Those aren't real people living through that stuff on the screen. They're actors. We know that. But we suspend disbelief and play along with Clark Gable dissing Vivian Leigh because otherwise we wouldn't enjoy the movie.
But, as I say, there are levels.
Road Runner can't really run into the picture of the train tracks that Wiley Coyote has painted on the rock, and Wiley Coyote can't get run over by the train. We know that too, but we are ready to go further in suspending disbelief to enjoy the cartoon.
Levels.
There ain't much that's even vaguely plausible in Independence Day. The scriptwriters couldn't have taken anything they wrote seriously. Certainly not the dialogue. Certainly not the plot. There really are critics out there who wanted to talk about the Jew and the Black Man saving the planet as some symbolic turn in the demographic history of the United States. Really. They really wrote that.
This is a silly movie. It has really nice special effects. Things blow up good! People say silly things and defeat bad aliens from somewhere bad. And Data has funny hair and glasses.
You go "Wow!" at the special effects and "Hee Hee" at the silly plot and the silly dialogue and eat popcorn and drink $6.00 cups of over-sweet coca cola.
That's what this movie is for, and it does that job just fine. If you want plot, dialogue, character development . . . stay home.
Wiley Coyote draws the train tracks on the rock and Road Runner runs into the picture, down the tracks and into the tunnel.
Hee hee. |
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Lake Placid 1999 R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Action / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Mariska Hargitay, David Lewis, Tim Dixon, Natassia Malthe, Jed Rees, Richard Leacock, Jake T. Roberts, Ty Olsson, Warren Takeuchi
A mysterious creature, with the jaws of a crocodile, lives beneath Lake Placid, Maine. Fish and game warden Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) is assigned to investigate. Paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda) is also assigned to help in the investigation, and they are joined by Professor Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt) who loves swimming with crocodiles. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bickerman (Betty White) tells them stories about her missing animals and husband. Now, the lake is the focus of an intense search for the mysterious creature that appears to have developed an appetite for animals and people.
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The Last Seduction 1994 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, J.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn, Bill Pullman, Jack Shearer, Donna Wilson
First aired on HBO, this film epitomizes all that a seductress should be. Physically abused by her husband Clay (Bill Pullman), Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) heads out of town with Clay's money in tow, and ends up in Beston, N.Y. where she immediately attracts and uses Mike Swale (Peter Berg). Sex oozes in this film as Bridget uses her unique methods for survival of the fittest.
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A League of Their Own 1992 PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Tea Leoni, Jon Lovitz, Bitty Schram, Don S. Davis, Ann Cusack
During World War II, the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was formed to make up for the dearth of men playing the sport. This is the story of one team in the league, the Rockford Peaches, and centers on Oregon sisters Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis and Lori Petty) who come to Chicago to play ball. Other players who also make the team include Mae Mordabito (Madonna), Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnell), and Marla Hooch (Megan Cavanagh). The team's owner (Garry Marshall) picks ex-baseball star Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), who ruined his career with alcoholism, as the manager. Training begins, Dugan stops drinking, and the underdog team works hard and gains success.
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Liebestraum 1991 R, 109 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Kim Novak, Graham Beckel, Zach Grenier, Thomas Kopache, Taina Elg, Max Perlich, Catherine Hicks
Nick (Kevin Anderson) is called back to his hometown by his dying mother (Kim Novak). Thus begins the story of an old scandal, his own affair with his boyhood friend's wife, and other brooding moments. While director Figgis does his usual great job of presenting his story beautifully, the story itself is not all that good in this instance.
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 Lost Highway 1997 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Richard Pryor, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Lucy Butler, Michael Massee, Jack Nance, Jack Kehler, Henry Rollins, Giovanni Ribisi
This David Lynch film puts the viewer into a dream where characters are replaced by others in a "never-never" existence. Jazz saxophonist Fred (Bill Pullman) is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. Then, one day he is no longer in jail but is converted into another person (Balthazar Getty). Very weird, as we follow Fred into his new adventures with a gangster's moll (Patricia Arquette).
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 Lucky Numbers 2000 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Daryl Mitchell, Bill Pullman, Richard Schiff, Michael Moore, Sam McMurray, Monet Cunningham
A lottery scam is carried out by Harrisburg, Pa. TV weather forecaster Russ Richards (John Travolta) and his friend, Gig (Tim Roth). The scam works, but before long a tangled web is woven into which more characters–including Lotto ball girl Crystal Latroy (Lisa Kudrow), greedy station manager Dick Simmons (Ed O'Neill), and two cops (Bill Pullman and Daryl Mitchell)–become part of the deception.
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 Malice 1993 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Peter Gallagher, Josef Sommer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobin Bell
This film is about a college town, rapes, and the arrival of a surgeon (Alec Baldwin). He moves into the dean's home and, as events unfold, the surgeon becomes suspect.
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Mistrial 1996 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood, Jon Seda, Josef Sommer, Casey Siemaszko, Leo Burmester, James Rebhorn, Roma Maffia, Kate Burton, Peter MacNeill, Roberta Maxwell
When it looks like accused cop-killer Eddie Rios (Jon Seda) is going to be set free, the arresting policeman, Steve Donahue (Bill Pullman), grabs control of the courtroom and proves Rios' guilt.
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Mr. Jones 1993 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Altman, Annie McEnroe, Lucinda Jenney, Bill Pullman, Anna Maria Horsford
What happens when a manic depressive (Richard Gere) and the psychologist (Lena Olin) find more in common than a doctor/patient relationship is the theme of this flick.
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Mr. Wrong 1996  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, John Livingston, Robert Goulet, Peter White, Hope Davis, Polly Holliday
Martha is a TV producer who, at 31 years of age, is under pressure from her family and friends to get married. The problem is finding the RIGHT man, not the WRONG one.
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 Newsies 1992 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Robert Duvall, Bill Pullman, Luke Edwards, Max Casella, Ann - Margret, Michael Lerner, Marc Lawrence, Jeffrey DeMunn
This Disney film is based on the 1899 strike by newspaper boys in New York City who found Joseph Pulitzer's business tactics less than fair to those delivering his papers.
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Nobel Son 2007 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman, Ted Danson, Danny DeVito, Ernie Hudson, Lindy Booth, Tracey Walter, Hal B. Klein, Kevin West, Matthew Kimbrough, Mark Famiglietti
Nobel prize-winner Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman) and his wife Sarah (Mary Steenburgen) are in Stockholm for his prize ceremony when they learn that their son Barkley (Bryan Greenberg) has been kidnapped–just before he was to receive his PhD. The kidnapper, Thaddeus James (Shawn Hatosy), demands $2 million, and Detective Max Mariner (Bill Pullman) along with neighbor George Gastner (Danny DeVito) come to their aid, but many twists and turns lie ahead.
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Phoebe in Wonderland 2008 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Ian Colletti, Caitlin Sanchez, Max Baker, Maddie Corman, Peter Gerety, Madhur Jaffrey, Bailee Madison, Austin Williams, Teala Dunn, Connor Douglas
Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning) is a little girl whose parents, Hilary and Peter (Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman), worry about her because she does not follow the rules. Her mother tries to deal with the problem but is frustrated while trying to write a book about the tales of Lewis Carroll. When the drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson), offers Phoebe a role in the school production of "Alice in Wonderland," Phoebe is thrilled and accepts the role of "Alice." Rehearsals begin, but problems ensue when Phoebe slips away from reality and sees the play's characters leading her through a magical maze of life, which could lead to her downfall.
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Rick 2003 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtiss Clayton
Cast: Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner, Sandra Oh, Dylan Baker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Marianne Hagan, Jerome Preston Bates, Jamie Harris, Paz de la Huerta, William Ryall, P.J. Brown
After being humiliated by middle-management boss Rick O'Lette (Bill Pullman) when she interviewed for a job, Michelle (Sandra Oh) places a curse on him. From that point on, Rick's life takes a turn as one problem after another looms in his path.
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Rocket Gibraltar 1988 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey, Frances Conroy, Sinead Cusack, Macaulay Culkin, Angela Goethals
A family reunion is planned for grandfather (Burt Lancaster) in this touching film that includes equal amounts of humor and pathos.
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Ruthless People 1986 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman
Kidnappers seemingly take care of a husband's (Danny DeVito) problem–his wife (Bette Midler)! The plot twists and turns as Bette Midler changes from a first-class shrew into a sharp, in-control woman in this hilarious film.
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Scary Movie 4 2006 PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Cloris Leachman, Conchita Campbell, Leslie Nielsen, Simon Rex, Anthony Anderson, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Bill Pullman, Charlie Sheen, Dr. Phil, Shaquille O'Neal
Cindy (Anna Faris) and Brenda (Regina Hall) are back, and this time around Tom (Craig Bierko) joins them as they embark on a quest to learn more about a mysterious young ghost haunting the home of Mrs. Norris (Cloris Leachman). In the process, they save the world from an invasion by aliens.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings, Conrad Roberts, Badja Djola, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gough, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Dey Young, Aleta Mitchell, Jaime Pina Gautier, William Newman, Evencio Mosquera Slaco
It appears that zombies really do exist, and scientist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti by a drug company to find the drug that may used in creating zombies. Teaming up with a local "good" voodoo priest (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), Alan finds that, as he gets closer to the answers, the resistance from the "bad" voodoo priest becomes greater, and he is in jeopardy of becoming a zombie himself. Based on a book by Wade Davis who actually looked for the drug. Good special effects.
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Sibling Rivalry 1990 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Jami Gertz, Scott Bakula, Sam Elliott, Ed O'Neill, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Bill Macy
A young wife (Kirstie Alley) longs for more out of life than her busy doctor husband (Scott Bakula) is willing to give. Her solution is a quick jump into bed with a lover; he has a heart attack during his performance and dies. The rest of the movie deals with one twist after another involving sisters, brothers, and in-laws in hilarious episodes as they interact with one another.
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Singles 1992 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Sheila Kelley, Jim True-Frost, Matt Dillon, Bill Pullman, James LeGros, Eric Stoltz, Tom Skerritt, Devon Raymond, Camilo Gallardo, Ally Walker, Jeremy Piven, Peter Horton
Friends who live in the same apartment building meet at the coffee shop and discuss their lifestyles and hopes for the future. Among them are Linda and Scott (Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott) who find complications in their romance when Linda learns that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Janet (Bridget Fonda) tries to win over Cliff (Matt Dillon), but he is more interested in his band, and Janet breaks off the unhappy relationship. And then there is Debbie (Sheila Kelley) who has opted for video dating. Their stories are told in vignettes set amidst the rock music scene of Seattle in this good drama/comedy.
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 Sleepless in Seattle 1993  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Gaby Hoffmann, Carey Lowell, Frances Conroy, Victor Garber, Barbara Garrick, David Hyde Pierce, Dana Ivey, Tom Riis Farrell
Talk-show listener Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes emotionally involved in the plight of recent widower Sam (Tom Hanks) when she hears his story over the radio. Sam's eight-year-old son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), had called the show hoping to find a new mother. Annie is engaged to marry Walter (Bill Pullman), but she believes it is Sam who she wants to marry. She travels to Seattle to meet Sam but then changes her mind. Meanwhile, Jonah has booked a flight to New York to meet Annie. Sam follows his son, and finally meets Annie in the observation area of the Empire State Building where love blooms. A nice, sweet, romantic comedy.
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Sommersby 1993 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, R. Lee Ermey, Lanny Flaherty, William Windom, Wendell Wellman, Frankie Faison, Richard Hamilton
Is he or isn't he? That is what his wife (Jodie Foster) wonders when Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) returns home after seven years. There are doubts that this man is really her long-lost husband. Although this story takes place around the Civil War, the original story comes from actual court records in the 1400s and is also the subject of another, and better, movie "The Return of Martin Guerre."
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 Spaceballs 1987 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Michael Winslow, John Hurt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Rivers, Lorene Yarnell, Sal Viscuso, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis
This is a tongue-in-cheek parody of "Star Wars" in which President Scroob (Mel Brooks) plots the kidnapping of spoiled Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) is the villain opposed by Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) who is half dog and is his own best friend. This one is "Mel Brooks" all the way.
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Titan A.E. 2000 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Art Vitello
Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings, Alex D. Linz, Charles Rocket, Ken Hudson Campbell, Tsai Chin
In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.
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The Virginian 2000 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Bill Pullman
Cast: Bill Pullman, Diane Lane, John Savage, Dennis Weaver, James Drury, Harris Yulin, Colm Feore, Gary Farmer, Brent Stait, Mark Anderako
In this remake of the classic Owen Wister novel, Bill Pullman steps into the title role, played first by Gary Cooper in 1929. Pullman is well cast as the Wyoming ranch hand–striving for frontier justice while doing what is right for all.
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 While You Were Sleeping 1995 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Jack Warden, Peter Boyle, Glynis Johns, Micole Mercurio, Jason Bernard, Monica Keena, Ally Walker
Lucy (Sandra Bullock) is a shy Chicago Transit Authority token booth clerk who saves her idol Peter (Peter Gallagher) after he is mugged at her station. At the hospital, she is mistaken for his fiancee and decides to go along with the ruse. Problems develop when she becomes involved with the comatose Peter's brother, Jack.
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 Wyatt Earp 1994  PG-13, 190 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen
This complex rendering of the life of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) explains how Earp's childhood affected his later life (His father taught him to distrust all men–except for family). For those interested in comparisons, "My Darling Clementine," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," and "Tombstone" provide glaring discrepancies in the Wyatt Earp persona. Also of interest in this film is the evidence of women and families on the settling of the West.
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Zero Effect 1998 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sarah DeVincentis, Matt O'Toole, Michele Mariana, Robert Katims, Tyrone Henry, Aleta Barthell
Jake Kasdan wrote and directed this excellent film about a private investigator extraordinaire, Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) who is assigned to find the person responsible for the extortion of the Portland, Oregon, tycoon Gregory Stark (Ryan O'Neal). Zero and his assistant Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller) set up a sting operation, and soon Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens) becomes involved in the case. This is one very funny movie.
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| 1. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
2. Bottle Shock (2008)
3. Brokedown Palace (1999)
4. Casper (1995)
5. Cold Feet (1989)
6. Crazy in Love (1992)
7. Dear Wendy (2005)
8. The End of Violence (1997)
9. The Favor (1994)
10. The Grudge (2004)
11. Igby Goes Down (2002)
12. Independence Day (1996)
13. Lake Placid (1999)
14. The Last Seduction (1994)
15. A League of Their Own (1992)
16. Liebestraum (1991)
17. Lost Highway (1997)
18. Lucky Numbers (2000)
19. Malice (1993)
20. Mistrial (1996)
21. Mr. Jones (1993)
22. Mr. Wrong (1996)
23. Newsies (1992)
24. Nobel Son (2007)
25. Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
26. Rick (2003)
27. Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
28. Ruthless People (1986)
29. Scary Movie 4 (2006)
30. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
31. Sibling Rivalry (1990)
32. Singles (1992)
33. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
34. Sommersby (1993)
35. Spaceballs (1987)
36. Titan A.E. (2000)
37. The Virginian (2000)
38. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
39. Wyatt Earp (1994)
40. Zero Effect (1998)
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