Albino Alligator 1996  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, M. Emmet Walsh, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, Frankie Faison, Joe Mantegna
Three criminals (Gary Sinise, Matt Dillon, and William Fichtner) hold hostages in a local New Orleans bar, Dino's Last Chance, where they are trapped–criminals as well as hostages–unless someone comes up with a solution to their predicament.
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Apollo 13 1995  PG, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, Chris Ellis
Often, real life is better than fiction. This true story of the ill-fated, 1970's Apollo 13 space mission that suffered an explosion in the command module, is gripping from beginning to end. "Houston, we have a problem" is the message sent from the astronauts–mission leader Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton)–while on their lunar landing mission. At Mission Control, leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and the original mission commander Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) work together with technicians and scientists to bring the crew home alive. The film won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Sound and had several nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Ed Harris).
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 The Big Bounce 2004 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Owen Wilson, Sara Foster, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, Bebe Neuwirth, Vinnie Jones, Gregory Sporleder, Anahit Minasyan, Willie Nelson, Harry Dean Stanton, Andrew Wilson, Tony Dorsett, Brian L. Keaulana, Brian Costa
After getting in trouble with the law, drifter/con man Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is saved when Judge Karen H. Wyatt (Morgan Freeman) offers him a job as a handyman. All should go well, and it does–until Jack meets Nancy (Sara Foster) who wants his help in stealing $2,000,000. The plot thickens.
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 The Forgotten 2004 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache, Anthony Edwards, Ken Abraham, Kathryn Faughnan, Christopher Kovaleski, Matthew Pleszewicz, Tim Kang, Jessica Hecht
While Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) is in the grieving process following her young son's death during a plane crash, her psychoanalyst (Gary Sinise) informs her that her son never lived. But, Telly won't settle for that explanation and begins an investigation on her own in an attempt to prove her sanity.
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 Forrest Gump 1994   PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Harold G. Herthum, George Kelly, Sam Anderson, Rebecca Williams, Michael Conner Humphreys, Bob Penny, John Randall
This film tells the story of the contemporary world as seen through the eyes of Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a man with an IQ of only 75. He reveals simple truths about the social mores of the middle 20th century in a witty and profound manner. For his stirring portrayal of Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks became only the second actor to win back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy won in 1937 and 1938); five other awards were also won, including Best Picture and Best Director. Seven additional nominations were received. 1 User Review
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 The Human Stain 2003  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller, Jacinda Barrett, Harry Lennix, Clark Gregg, Anna Deavere Smith, Lizan Mitchell, Kerry Washington, Phyllis Newman
After making a racist statement about two students, esteemed Professor Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins) is forced to retire. But that's just the beginning of this story, which deals with the issue of those who "pass" for white.
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Impostor 2002 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tony Shalhoub, Mekhi Phifer, Tim Guinee, Shane Brolly, Lindsay Crouse, Gary Dourdan, Tracey Walter, Elizabeth Pena
The year is 2079, and respected scientist Spencer John Olham (Gary Sinise) has invented the ultimate weapon to fight aliens–just in time for agent Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) to accuse him of being an alien himself. Now, it is up to Olham to clear his name.
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Jack the Bear 1993 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Stefan Gierasch, Bert Remsen, Reese Witherspoon, Andrea Marcovicci, Erica Yohn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Lee Garlington, Lorinne Vozoff, Justin Mosley Spink
Two young boys, Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller) and Dylan (Miko Hughes), have moved to Oakland, California, where their widowed father, John (Danny DeVito), has been hired to host Saturday night horror films. John becomes obsessed with his job and finds little time for Jack and Dylan. Matters reach the crisis point after John attacks their neo-Nazi neighbor Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) on his TV show, and Norman kidnaps Dylan.
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Made-Up 2003 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Shalhoub
Cast: Brooke Adams, Eva Amurri, Lynne Adams, Gary Sinise, Tony Shalhoub, Light Eternity, Jim Issa, Lance Krall, Kalen Conover
Sara (Eva Amurri) needs money to attend cosmetology school, so she decides to give her divorced mother, Elizabeth (Brooke Adams), a make-over, which, Sara hopes, will impress her father to the point that he will pay for her cosmetology training. All this occurs while Elizabeth's sister (Lynne Adams) makes a documentary of the proceedings.
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A Midnight Clear 1991  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keith Gordon
Cast: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C. McGinley, Larry Joshua, Curt Lowens, Rachel Griffin, David Jensen
An American intelligence group is on reconnaissance in the Ardennes Forest during World War II. They come upon a group of German soldiers who would rather have snowball fights and exchange Christmas gifts than wage war. But tragedy strikes in this good film that demonstrates the futility of war.
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Miles from Home 1988  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson, John Malkovich, Brian Dennehy, Penelope Ann Miller, Helen Hunt, Judith Ivey, Laurie Metcalf, Terry Kinney, Randall Arney
When two brothers (Richard Gere and Kevin Anderson) lose their farm because it is not productive, they take the unusual tack of burning the farm and setting off on a series of questionable adventures. Some may like, mainly because of cast.
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Mission to Mars 2000 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney, Elise Neal, Jill Teed, Peter Outerbridge, Kavan Smith, Robert Bailey Jr., Marilyn Norry, Freda Perry, Lynda Boyd, Patricia Harras
Commander Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) leads a manned mission to Mars in the year 2020. They encounter a suspicious structure, and then a catastrophe occurs that kills three of the four crewmembers, leaving Graham as the sole survivor. Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise) leads his crew–(Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen, and Jerry O'Connell)–on a rescue mission, and they find Graham still alive. Now they must figure out what to do.
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 Of Mice and Men 1992 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Sinise
Cast: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, Sherilyn Fenn, John Terry, Richard Riehle, Joe Morton, Noble Willingham, Alexis Arquette, Joe D'Angerio, Tuck Milligan, Mark Boone Junior, David Steen, Moira Harris
This remake of John Steinbeck's novel about California migrant workers during the Great Depression is well worth watching. John Malkovich plays feeble-minded Lennie who is in need of support and protection by his friend George (Gary Sinise). They find work at a ranch in the San Joaquin Valley, but the foreman, Curley (Casey Siemaszko), torments Lennie, and Curley's wife (Sherilyn Fenn) flirts with Lennie–all of which leads to a tragic end.
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 Open Season 2006 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly, Georgia Engel, Jon Favreau, Jane Krakowski, Gordon Tootoosis, Patrick Warburton, Cody Cameron, Danny Mann, Jack McGee
In this animated film, a domesticated grizzly bear, Boog (voice of Martin Lawrence), had been living in park ranger Beth's (Debra Messing) garage until Beth believed he should be set free. Now out on his own, Boog lacks survival skills and welcomes deer friend Elliot's (voice of Ashton Kutcher) aid in escaping from redneck hunter Shaw (Gary Sinise). The two form a bond and try to rid the forest of hunters.
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 The Quick and the Dead 1995 R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Gary Sinise, Kevin Conway, Lennie Loftin, Pat Hingle, Tobin Bell, Roberts Blossom, Mark Boone Junior, Fay Masterson, Woody Strode
When Ellen (Sharon Stone) drifts into the town of Redemption, she sets out to avenge John Herod (Gene Hackman) and ends up saving the town.
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 Ransom 1996 R, 121 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Liev Schreiber, Lili Taylor, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Jose Zuniga
This loose remake of the 1956 Glenn Ford vehicle is about Tom Mullen's (Mel Gibson) dilemma when his son, Sean (Brawley Nolte), is kidnapped. Going against the wishes of his wife, Kate (Rene Russo), and the FBI, Mullen hatches his own plot to get the boy out of the clutches of kidnapper Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise).
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 Reindeer Games 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Clarence Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, James Frain, Danny Trejo, Isaac Hayes, Tom Heaton
Rudy (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are about to get out of prison when Nick is killed in a brawl. As Rudy leaves prison, he sees a woman (Charlize Theron) waiting for Nick–they had been corresponding and were ready to rumble. So, of course, Rudy takes on Nick's identity. The sex is great, but Rudy is now expected to help her brother (Gary Sinise) and his gang pull off a casino heist. Weak plot.
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Snake Eyes 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, Joel Fabiani, Luis Guzman, David Anthony Higgins, Michael Rispoli
Detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) joins his old friend, Navy Commander Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), in front-row seats at an Atlantic City heavyweight boxing match. The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani), is seated right behind them for the big event. In the middle of the fight, Kirkland is assassinated, and Santoro uses casino cameras in a clever series of flashbacks to identify the killer.
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The Stand 1994 TV, 366 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Walston, Matt Frewer, Rob Lowe
A deadly virus from a government lab decimates most of the world's population, but this end of the world is just the beginning. The few human survivors dream of either the mystical Mother Abigail (Ruby Dee) or of the amiable Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan) whose smile seems a bit diabolical. These two characters represent either good or evil; followers on both sides prepare to take a stand.
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That Championship Season 1999 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Sorvino
Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Terry Kinney, Tony Shalhoub, Gary Sinise, Paul Sorvino, Gailard Sartain, Jerri Manthey, Carol Lawrence, Joe Bays, Susan M. Carr
A reunion of four high-school basketball champs–Phil (Vincent D'Onofrio), James (Terry Kinney), George (Tony Shalhoub), and Tom (Gary Sinise)–and their coach (Paul Sorvino) turns into a "tell-all" fest that will change their lives forever.
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Truman 1995 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore, James Gammon, Tony Goldwyn, Pat Hingle, Harris Yulin, Leo Burmester, Virginia Capers
Gary Sinise excels in his portrayal of Harry S. Truman in this made-for-TV biography. The film follows Truman from his humble beginnings in Missouri through his career changes leading to the presidency.
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| 1. Albino Alligator (1996)
2. Apollo 13 (1995)
3. The Big Bounce (2004)
4. The Forgotten (2004)
5. Forrest Gump (1994)
6. The Human Stain (2003)
7. Impostor (2002)
8. Jack the Bear (1993)
9. Made-Up (2003)
10. A Midnight Clear (1991)
11. Miles from Home (1988)
12. Mission to Mars (2000)
13. Of Mice and Men (1992)
14. Open Season (2006)
15. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
16. Ransom (1996)
17. Reindeer Games (2000)
18. Snake Eyes (1998)
19. The Stand (1994)
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
20. That Championship Season (1999)
21. Truman (1995)
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