 Bowfinger 1999  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy, Barry Newman, Adam Alexi-Malle, Kohl Sudduth, Robert Downey Jr., Terence Stamp
Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) is an unsuccessful movie producer who, in desperation, bets everything on "Chubby Rain" as the film that will finally make it big time. There is, of course, one major problem: the movie needs Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) to star in it, but Ramsey is not interested. That does not stop Bowfinger. He uses a hidden camera to photograph the unsuspecting Ramsey talking to the film's actors. Even when Ramsey disappears, Bowfinger remains undaunted and searches for and finds a double to play Ramsey's "role."
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 Coyote Ugly 2000  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Musical
Director: David McNally
Cast: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Tyra Banks, Melanie Lynskey, John Goodman, Adam Alexi-Malle, Izabella Miko, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Weston, Del Pentecost, LeAnn Rimes, Jeremy Rowley, Ellen Cleghorne, Bud Cort
Violet (Piper Perabo) heads for New York, dreaming of becoming a successful songwriter, and enters a world unknown to her in South Amboy, NJ. She joins up with the Coyotes–Cammie (Izabella Miko) and Rachel (Bridget Moynahan)–and convinces Lil (Maria Bello) to hire her as a waitress at the Manhattan bar, Coyote Ugly. Soon, Violet is bumping and grinding on top of the bar, pouring drinks, and spritzing male customers with seltzer. Get the idea?
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Failure to Launch 2006  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Dey
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates, Tyrell Jackson Williams, Katheryn Winnick, Rob Corddry, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Adam Alexi-Malle
Trip (Matthew McConaughey) is in his 30s and still lives at home with his parents, Al (Terry Bradshaw) and Sue (Kathy Bates), who want him out of their house. The solution: hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker)–who has already lured a neighbor's son out of his house–to get Trip to fall for her and move out. The ploy worked before, but will it work this time?
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 Hidalgo 2004  PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle, Said Taghmaoui, Silas Carson, Harsh Nayyar, J.K. Simmons, Adoni Maropis, Victor Talmadge, Peter Mensah
Set in 1890, this story relates the exploits of ex-Pony Express rider Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) who heads to Saudi Arabia with his half-breed horse, Hidalgo, to compete against thoroughbreds in the dangerous "Oceans of Fire" race across the Saudi desert.
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| 1. Bowfinger (1999)
2. Coyote Ugly (2000)
3. Failure to Launch (2006)
4. Hidalgo (2004)
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