Adventures of Huck Finn 1993  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman, Dana Ivey, Anne Heche, Curtis Armstrong, Frances Conroy, James Gammon, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Eldredge, Laura Bell Bundy, Mary Louise Wilson, Danny Tamberelli
This production stays close to the first half of Mark Twain's novel. The con-men, "the King" (Jason Robards) and "the Duke" (Robbie Coltrane), are played well with hints of humor as they impersonate royalty and try to swindle two sisters (Anne Heche and Laura Bell Bundy) out of their fortune. Meanwhile, the innocent boy, Huck (Elijah Wood), has escaped from his brutal father, Pap (Ron Perlman), and has joined escaped slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) on a rafting trip down the Mississippi River. Huck and Jim develop an understanding of each other and then run into "the King" and "the Duke" along the way. It doesn't take long for Huck and Jim to be drawn reluctantly into the schemes of "the King" and "the Duke."
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All the President's Men 1976  PG, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Collins, Penny Fuller, John McMartin, Robert Walden, Frank Wills
Based on the bestseller by Washington journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, this award-winning film tells the story of the Watergate break-in and the investigation that led to President Nixon's resignation. The screenplay adaptation by William Goldman won an Academy Award, as did Jason Robards for Best Supporting Actor. Nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Jane Alexander).
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Any Wednesday 1966   N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Bachelor Girl Apartment
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones, Rosemary Murphy, Ann Prentiss, Jack Fletcher, Kelly Jean Peters, King Moody, Monty Margetts
Wall Street broker John Cleves (Jason Robards) is having an affair with Ellen Gordon (Jane Fonda). In the end, the extra-marital affair fizzles, and Cleves loses both his wife (Rosemary Murphy) AND his mistress. A lively flick. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/08/2009 | | This is a great comedy......must see if your a true Jane Fonda fan......... |
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The Atlanta Child Murders 1985  TV, 245 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Martin Sheen, Rip Torn, Morgan Freeman, Lynne Moody, Ruby Dee, Paul Benjamin, Bill Paxton, Gloria Foster
This excellent docudrama relates events leading to the 1982 trial and conviction of Wayne Williams for the killing of black children in Atlanta. 1 User Review
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| | 03/10/2007 | | I would like to buy the 1985 movie |
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970 R, 121 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong, Gene Evans, Kathleen Freeman, William Mims, Susan O'Connell, Vaughn Taylor, Max Evans, James Anderson
Loner Cable Hogue (Jason Robards) builds a home and a new life for himself in the old West–until his stagecoach stop loses out to a new invention: the automobile.
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Berwick, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Allen Collins, Jim Boles, Virginia Gregg, Chester Conklin
This film tells the story of what happens when a married couple, Mary and Meredith (Joanne Woodward and Henry Fonda), are involved in a high-stakes poker game that hinges on winning or losing a fortune.
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Black Rainbow 1989 R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, John Bennes, Linda Pierce, Olek Krupa, Marty Terry, Ed Grady
Fake medium Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette) travels from town to town with her alcoholic father (Jason Robards) bilking audiences who want to hear from dead loved ones. But at one show she receives a mental image of a man who was murdered, and his wife is in the audience. The wife insists he is not dead, but his murder soon occurs. This new-found talent results in the killer marking Martha as his next victim. Not bad.
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Breaking Home Ties 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties
Director: John Wilder
Cast: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Doug McKeon, Erin Gray, Claire Trevor, J. Eddie Peck, Parley Baer, Kristen Lux, David Denney, Norman Bennett
College students in the 1950s make for good nostalgia, and this film does a fine job of it. It is well written and directed by John Wilder, as well as having great photography.
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Bright Lights, Big City 1988 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz, Dianne Wiest, Frances Sternhagen, John Houseman, Jason Robards, Tracy Pollan, William Hickey, Charlie Schlatter, David Warrilow, Alec Mapa, Sam Robards, Gina Belafonte
Based on Jay McInerney's insightful novel, this is the story of Midwesterner Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) who heads for New York City to become an author. James has suffered tragedies when his mother (Dianne Wiest) died, and his wife Amanda (Phoebe Cates) left him. He starts working for a major magazine and becomes deeply involved in drugs and alcohol with his friend Tad (Kiefer Sutherland). Jamie is fired from his job, and now has only Tad's cousin Vicky (Tracy Pollan) to come to his much-needed aid.
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By Love Possessed 1961  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards, George Hamilton, Susan Kohner, Thomas Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Carroll O'Connor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Yvonne Craig
A successful lawyer (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) has an affair with his partner's wife (Lana Turner) in this soapy melodrama that is very loosely based on James Gould Cozzens' novel.
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Caboblanco 1980  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Rey, Simon MacCorkindale, Camilla Sparv, Denny Miller, Gilbert Roland, James Booth, Jorge Russek, Clifton James, Martin LaSalle
Bar owner Giff Hoyt (Charles Bronson) watches as misfits flit in and out of his bar–including a former Nazi, Gunther Beckdorff (Jason Robards), and beautiful, but mysterious Marie Claire Allesandri (Dominique Sanda). "Casablanca" this isn't.
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The Christmas Wife 1988 TV, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Don Francks, James Eckhouse, Patricia Hamilton, Deborah Grover, David Gardner, Tom Harvey, Christopher Andrade, Steven Andrade, Bill Lynn, Helen Frost, Lawrence Dane, Gwynyth Walsh
Lonely widower John Tanner (Jason Robards) does not want to be alone for Christmas and hires a woman companion, Iris (Julie Harris), to spend the holiday with him. They drive to a secluded mountain cabin where John learns that there is mystery surrounding Iris and that she will not answer his questions. On Christmas day, Iris tells John that she wants to go home. The reason for Iris' mysterious presence is that she is, in fact, married to the social arranger (Don Francks) who sent Iris to John. Iris and her husband needed the $500 service fee to pay their bills, and Iris agreed to spend the holidays with John.
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Comes a Horseman 1978 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon, Macon McCalman, James Keach, Basil Hoffman
A Montana land baron wants the acreage of two ranchers because he suspects oil is to be found under the land. The ranchers join forces in resistance, and love enters the picture.
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The Day After 1983 TV, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Bibi Besch, Lori Lethin, Jeff East, Georgann Johnson, William Allen Young, Calvin Jung
A Soviet-launched nuclear bomb falls on a small Kansas town. This made-for-TV film follows the aftermath, highlighting the effects and actions of the residents. The graphic nature of the film resulted in a massive public reaction.
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Divorce American Style 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, Joe Flynn, Shelley Berman, Martin Gabel, Lee Grant, Tom Bosley
This is a good satire on the status of marriage and divorce. When a couple contemplates divorce after 15 years of marriage, they meet a divorced couple and are confronted with the reality of alimony.
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Dream a Little Dream 1989 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Corey Feldman, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Corey Haim, Harry Dean Stanton, William McNamara, Alex Rocco, Victoria Jackson, Susan Blakely, Ria Pavia, Lala Sloatman, Laura Lee Norton, John ward, Matt Adler
Misfit Bobby (Corey Feldman) has a crush on Lainie (Meredith Salenger). Meanwhile, high-school teacher Coleman (Jason Robards) is working on an experiment to enable his and his wife's, Gena (Piper Laurie), minds to be swapped with younger bodies. When Bobby has a bicycle accident while cutting across Coleman's yard, both his and Lainie's minds are swapped with Coleman's and Gena's. But Bobby won't allow Coleman to swap him back to normal until Coleman helps fix Bobby's screwed-up life.
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 Enemy of the State 1998 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, Jason Robards, Laura Cayouette, Ian Hart, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Jack Black
Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Dean (Will Smith) becomes caught up in an attempt by Congressman Phillip Hammersley (Jason Robards) to protect the privacy of citizens when a friend drops a tape–showing National Security Agency agent Reynolds (Jon Voight) faking the congressman's suicide–in Dean's briefcase. Then, Reynolds attacks ex-NSA agent Edward Lyle (Gene Hackman) who reluctantly joins forces with Dean.
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The Enemy Within 1994 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Darby
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany, Jason Robards, Josef Sommer, Lisa Summerour, Ray J, George Dzundza, Isabel Glasser, Dakin Matthews, William O'Leary, Rory J. Aylward, Lawrence Pressman
While serving with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colonel MacKenzie "Mac" Casey (Forest Whitaker) suspects that his senior officer, General R. Pendleton Lloyd (Jason Robards), is backed by millionaire businessmen in a plot to use the military to remove President William Foster (Sam Waterston) from office. There is not much time, but Casey uses all of his resources to stop the coup.
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Heartwood 1998 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lanny Cotler
Cast: Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, Jason Robards, Randall Batinkoff, John Terry, John Dennis Johnston, Stanley DeSantis, Tantoo Cardinal, Tomas Arana, Muse Watson, Kai Lennox, Kevin Breznahan, Erin Beaux, Jenna Byrne
Sawmill owner Logan Reeser (Jason Robards) comes close to being forced into shutting down his mill when he refuses to strip the nearby forest of its redwood trees. Coming to the rescue is town outcast Frank Burris (Eddie Mills) who falls in love with the mill manager's (John Terry) daughter Sylvia (Hilary Swank). Then, while wandering in the forest, Frank finds gold along the riverbed and comes up with a plan to save the mill and the town as well.
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Heidi 1993 G, 190 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes
Cast: Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Patricia Neal, Noley Thornton, Sian Phillips, Lexi Randall, Jane Hazlegrove, Andrew Bicknell, Benjamin Brazier, Basil Hoskins
The Disney folks bring the classic tale to TV and video with Noley Thornton in the title role, Jane Seymour as the nasty governess, and Jason Robards as Heidi's grandfather. Satisfactory performances throughout.
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Hour of the Gun 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, Larry Gates, William Windom, Frank Converse, Lonny Chapman, William Schallert
After Wyatt Earp (James Garner) kills members of the Clampton gang, remaining members retaliate by killing his brother, and Wyatt gets help from Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) to track down the killers.
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Hurricane 1979  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: Forbidden Paradise
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach, Dayton Ka'ne, Roo, Nancy Hall Rutgers, Manu Tupou, John Taea, Bernadette Sarcione, Richard Sarcione, Nick Rutgers
This story relates the tale of young Charlotte Bruckner (Mia Farrow) who visits her Navy sea captain father Capt. Bruckner (Jason Robards) on the island of Bora Bora. While visiting, Charlotte falls for Samoan chief Matangi (Dayton Ka'ne), and they enter into an affair in the midst of a coming hurricane. Disaster strikes, and these lovers are not destined to live happily ever after.
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The Iceman Cometh 1960 TV, 210 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Jason Robards, Myron McCormick, Tom Pedi, James Broderick, Farrell Pelly, Robert Redford, Ronald Radd, Roland Winters, Michael Strong, Sorrell Booke, Harrison Dowd, Maxwell Glanville, Charles White, Walter Klavun, Hilda Brawner
Eugene O'Neill's classic story was brought to TV with Jason Robards as the perfect Theodore "Hickey" Hickman, the hero of the Last Chance Saloon. Well done. Young Robert Redford takes on the role of the traitor Don Parritt. Originally shown in two segments.
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Isadora 1968 PG, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Loves of Isadora
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, Ivan Tchenko, John Fraser, Bessie Love, Cynthia Harris, Libby Glenn, Tony Vogel, John Warner
This film biography of dancer Isadora Duncan (Vanessa Redgrave) is told, in part, through flashbacks as she suffers personal tragedies along with fame and fortune. The film was cut and rereleased as "The Loves of Isadora."
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The Journey 1959 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Robert Morley, E.G. Marshall, Jason Robards, Kurt Kasznar, Anne Jackson, Anouk Aimee, Ron Howard, David Kossoff
Ron Howard and Jason Robards made their film debuts in this story about a busload of neutrals who are stopped at the border during Hungary's 1956 uprising.
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Julia 1977 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Hal Holbrook, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Glover, Rosemary Murphy, Dora Doll, Lisa Pelikan, John Glover
This story is based on Lillian Hellman's memoirs and stars Jane Fonda as the friend of Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) who is asked to smuggle funds to Germany. The mission is to smuggle Jews out of the area on the eve of World War II. Jason Robards and Vanessa Redgrave won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Writing. Eight other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Actress (Fonda). Meryl Steep's film debut.
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Julius Caesar 1970 G, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Jill Bennett, Christopher Lee, Peter Eyre
This version of Shakespeare's tragedy is good viewing but not as well done as the earlier 1953 rendition.
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger 1981 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William A. Fraker
Cast: Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Jason Robards, John Hart, Richard Farnsworth, Juanin Clay, John Bennett Perry, David Hayward, Lincoln Tate, Ted Flicker, Marc Gilpin, Patrick Montoya, David Bennett
John Ried (Klinton Spilsbury) is the sole survivor of an ambush by Butch Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) and his gang. John is rescued by his childhood friend Tonto (Michael Horse) and nursed back to health. John assumes the name of the Lone Ranger–after his Ranger brother who was killed in the ambush–and is determined to bring the Cavendish gang to justice. He dons his mask and riding his horse Silver sets out with Tonto to save President Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards) who the Cavendish gang has abducted.
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Little Big League 1994 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Andrew Scheinman
Cast: Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton, Jason Robards, Ashley Crow, Kevin Dunn, Dennis Farina, Jonathan Silverman, Wolfgang Bodison, Duane Davis
Baseball fans will love this story about a young boy, Billy Heywood (Luke Edwards), who inherits the Minnesota Twins baseball team. Billy appoints himself manager, and the pennant race is on.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night 1962  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell, Jeanne Barr
A dysfunctional family faces a crisis in this story about a New England family during the early 1900s. Katharine Hepburn takes on the role of the drug-addicted mother, and Ralph Richardson plays the self-centered actor father of two sons–one (Jason Robards) is dying of tuberculosis, while the other (Dean Stockwell) is an alcoholic. Hepburn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in this excellent adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play. There is also a shorter version (about 40 minutes shorter) available.
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The Long Hot Summer 1985 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Cooper
Cast: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd, Ava Gardner, William Russ, Wings Hauser, Albert Hall, William Forsythe, Stephen Davies
This made-for-TV remake of the 1958 classic is pretty good. Taken from Faulkner's story "The Hamlet," it tells the story of sex and sin in a small Southern town.
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Magnolia 1999 R, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, Melora Walters, Melinda Dillon, Michael Bowen
This film represents a finely tuned ensemble of quality acting. Set in the San Fernando Valley, the story draws parallels between its characters whose lives intertwine for brief periods. Tom Cruise's performance is a highlight, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Max Dugan Returns 1983 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Dody Goodman, Kiefer Sutherland, David Morse, Mari Gorman, Sal Viscuso, Billie Bird
This Neil Simon comedy does have its good moments, but it is not one of Simon's best. The plot revolves around a financially struggling and widowed schoolteacher Nora McPhee (Marsha Mason) whose ex-cop father, Max Dugan (Jason Robards), arrives at her home with a suitcase full of money with which he begins buying gifts.
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Melvin and Howard 1980 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Jack Kehoe, Pamela Reed, Dabney Coleman, Michael J. Pollard, Gloria Grahame, Charles Napier, John Glover, Denise Galik, Elizabeth Cheshire
Did he or didn't he? Melvin (Paul Le Mat) says he met Howard Hughes (Jason Robards), but he is the only witness to his bizarre tale. Melvin's wife (Mary Steenburgen) wins $10,000 in a talent contest and leaves him to his life as beneficiary of a disputed $156 million in Howard Hughes' will. Mary Steenburgen won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress and Robards was nominated for Supporting Actor.
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Lilli Palmer, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Michael Dunn, Peter Arne, Rosalind Elliot, Marshall Jones
Members of a theater playgroup are systematically done away with by a mysterious demon in a major re-write of the Edgar Allen Poe story.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Bert Lahr, Richard Libertini, Gloria LeRoy, Eddie Lawrence
Set in the 1920s, this is a tale about a young Amish woman, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) heads for New York with her father Jacob (Harry Andrews) on her trail. She seeks employment as a dancer on Broadway but ends up working as a stripper at Minsky's burlesque house where she stars as "Mme. Fifi" along with comedians Raymond and Chick (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). All goes well–until the burlesque house is raided.
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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Operation Snafu 1970 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
Director: Nanni Loy
Cast: Peter Falk, Martin Landau, Nino Manfredi, Jason Robards, Scott Hylands, Slim Pickens, Frank Latimore, Antonio Margheriti, Milena Vukotic, Corrado Sonni
Peter Falk leads an inept group of men on a special World War II mission.
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The Paper 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Jason Alexander, Spalding Gray, Catherine O'Hara, Clint Howard
An inside look at life in production of news is seen when Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) attempts to confront managing editor, Alicia Clark (Glenn Close), as she tries to interfere in his investigation. Big city newspaper stories and how they get published provide the focus for this drama, co-written by "New York Times" senior editor Stephen Koep.
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Parenthood 1989 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Mary Steenburgen, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Harley Jane Kozak, Joaquin Phoenix, Dennis Dugan, Paul Linke, Eileen Ryan, Jasen Fisher, Helen Shaw
This funny, in-depth movie tells the story of parents' Gil and Karen (Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen) joys and triumphs as they experience the fate of parenthood. From lost soul, to rebellious teenagers, to emotionally warped–the film covers all aspects of the relationships between parent and child in a warm, humorous way. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Dianne Wiest as Gil's sister, Helen).
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 R, 121 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards, Elisha Cook Jr., Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam
Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) is trailing Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) who was once his friend. This is the much-edited story of that tension-filled time and is worth viewing for the chance to see great character actors in action.
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Philadelphia 1993 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Vawter, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, Robert Ridgely, Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, Daniel Chapman, Obba Babatunde, Paul Lazar
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) has AIDS and has been fired from his law firm because of his disease. Instead of sitting back and accepting his fate, Beckett hires Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to sue his former law firm. This insightful film shows the ignorance, prejudice, and unfairness experienced by AIDS sufferers. Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his performance, and the song "Streets of Philadelphia" (Bruce Springsteen) also was an Academy Award winner. Three other nominations were received.
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Quick Change 1990 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
Cast: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Jack Gilpin, Phil Hartman, Stanley Tucci, Bob Elliott, Bill Raymond, Victor Argo, Tony Shalhoub, Garry Goodrow
Grimm, Phyllis, and Loomis (Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid) find that robbing a bank is relatively easy compared to the getaway. This movie, adapted from the 1981 novel by Jay Cronley, is a fast-paced, humorous film that has one wondering what will go wrong next.
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 Raise the Titanic! 1980 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer, Alec Guinness, J.D. Cannon, M. Emmet Walsh, Bo Brundin, Norman Bartold, Elya Baskin
Salvage efforts are underway to raise the ill-fated luxury liner and retrieve its sunken treasures.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Royal Dano, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson, Pam Grier, Angelo Rossitto, Arthur Hill, Richard Davalos
Based on Ray Bradbury's classic, this story is about a carnival coming to town featuring Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) who causes havoc by fulfilling dreams–for a price! Disney film that doesn't do justice to the book.
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Square Dance 1987 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Deborah Richter, Guich Koock, Elbert Lewis, Charlotte Stanton, J. David Moeller, Irma P. Hall, Dixie Taylor
This coming-of-age film is the story of 13-year-old Gemma (Winona Ryder) who lives with her crotchety grandfather (Jason Robards) in rural Texas. Her estranged mother (Jane Alexander) arrives and takes Gemma to Fort Worth for the summer. While there, Gemma meets mentally-challenged Rory (Rob Lowe), with whom she spends much time. Meanwhile, the deeply religious Gemma and her promiscuous mother head for a confrontation.
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Joseph Campanella, Frank Silvera, Bruce Dern, John Agar, Harold J. Stone, Jack Nicholson
This film is loaded with all the violence of the 1929 slaying of the Bugs Moran (Ralph Meeker) gang by the forces of Al Capone (Jason Robards). Star-loaded, but run-of-the-mill Roger Corman effort.
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 Storyville 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Frost
Cast: James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren, Michael Parks, Chuck McCann, Charles Haid, Piper Laurie, Chino "Fats" Williams, Woody Strode, Jeff Perry
Congressional aspirant Cray Fowler (James Spader), a lawyer and member of a powerful political family, meets waitress Lee Tran (Charlotte Lewis) at a fundraiser, and they spend the night together–as the surveillance camera rolls. When he awakens, Lee is gone and her father lies dead in Cray's room. After Lee is charged with the crime, Cray defends her while also investigating who is trying to frame him.
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A Thousand Acres 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, John Carroll Lynch, Anne Pitoniak
Problems accelerate for an American family–the Cooks–when the patriarch (Jason Robards) decides to step down and, in the process, divides his land between his three daughters (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, and Jennifer Jason Leigh). Each has her own plans. This leads to disagreements that, in turn, end up in the court system.
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 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 G, 142 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono, Takahio Tamura, Shogo Shimada, Frank Aletter, Koreya Senda, Junya Usami
The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects.
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The Trial 1993 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards, Juliet Stevenson, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, David Thewlis, Jean Stapleton, Tony Haygarth, Michael Kitchen
This version of Frank Kafka's novel features Josef K. (Kyle MacLachlan) as a bank clerk who awakens one morning to find himself arrested, but he has no idea of what the charges are. A trial follows in which the tentacles of government bureaucracy envelop Josef.
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The War Between Men and Women 1972 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman, Lisa Gerritsen, Severn Darden, Lisa Eilbacher, Moosie Drier, Ruth McDevitt, Joey Faye
Based on James Thurber's stories, this is the story of Peter Wilson (Jack Lemmon) and his new wife, Terry (Barbara Harris), who find rough going along the marital road.
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| Oscars: Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1976), Best Supporting Actor for Julia (1977) |
1. Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
2. All the President's Men (1976)
3. Any Wednesday (1966)
aka: Bachelor Girl Apartment
4. The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
5. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
6. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
7. Black Rainbow (1989)
8. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
9. Breaking Home Ties (1987)
aka: Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties
10. Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
11. Burden of Dreams (1982)
12. By Love Possessed (1961)
13. Caboblanco (1980)
14. The Christmas Wife (1988)
15. Comes a Horseman (1978)
16. The Day After (1983)
17. Divorce American Style (1967)
18. Dream a Little Dream (1989)
19. Enemy of the State (1998)
20. The Enemy Within (1994)
21. The Good Mother (1988)
22. Heartwood (1998)
23. Heidi (1993)
24. Hour of the Gun (1967)
25. Hurricane (1979)
aka: Forbidden Paradise
26. The Iceman Cometh (1960)
27. Isadora (1968)
aka: The Loves of Isadora
28. Johnny Bull (1986)
29. The Journey (1959)
30. Julia (1977)
31. Julius Caesar (1970)
32. Laguna Heat (1987)
33. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
34. Little Big League (1994)
35. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
36. The Long Hot Summer (1985)
37. Magnolia (1999)
38. Max Dugan Returns (1983)
39. Melvin and Howard (1980)
40. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
41. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
42. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
43. Operation Snafu (1970)
aka: Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
44. The Paper (1994)
45. Parenthood (1989)
46. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
47. Philadelphia (1993)
48. Quick Change (1990)
49. Raise the Titanic! (1980)
50. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
51. Square Dance (1987)
aka: Home Is Where the Heart Is
52. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
53. Storyville (1992)
54. A Thousand Acres (1997)
55. A Thousand Clowns (1965)
56. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
57. The Trial (1993)
58. The War Between Men and Women (1972)
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