 Addams Family Values 1993  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Christine Baranski, Peter Graves, Dana Ivey, Peter MacNicol
When Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Angelica Huston) hire a nanny for their "blessed event" the Addams household is in its usual state of confusion.
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Agnes Browne 1999  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Anjelica Huston
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea, Ciaran Owens, Roxanna Williams, Carl Power, Mark Power, Gareth O'Connor, James Lappin, Ray Winstone, Arno Chevrier, Gerard McSorley, Tom Jones
Set in Dublin during 1967, this is the story of a widow, Agnes Browne (Anjelica Huston), with seven children who is thrown into both emotional and financial crises following her husband's untimely death.
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Art School Confidential 2006  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore, Ethan Suplee, Steve Buscemi, Adam Scott, Jack Ong, Michael Lerner
Aspiring artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) leaves his Long Island high school and enters Strathmore Institution's prestigious art school where he encounters bullies but falls in love with Audrey (Sophia Myles). To impress Audrey, Jerome passes off as his own the work of alcoholic artist Jimmy (Jim Broadbent), but then reality hits in the form of a mysterious strangler who is a serial killer looking for victim #6.
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Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anjelica Huston
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett, Jena Malone, Dermot Mulroney, Christina Ricci, Michael Rooker, Diana Scarwid, Grace Zabriskie
Set during the 1950s, this is the story of child abuse involving a preteen (Jena Malone) who suffers at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard) while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. This sensitively told tale marks Anjelica Huston's directorial debut.
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 Blood Work 2002 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay
Graciella (Wanda De Jesus) hires retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) to find her sister's killer. McCaleb is indebted to Graciella's family because, two years earlier, he received the transplanted heart of her sister. But does he have the physical strength to solve one more crime?
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Buffalo Girls 1995 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Sam Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Tracey Walter, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber, Russell Means
Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) falls in love with Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Elliott), but he is gunned down, leaving Calamity pregnant. She is then befriended by whorehouse madam Dora DuFran (Melanie Griffith) and gives her infant up for adoption to an English couple. What is a girl to do? Calamity Jane joins Buffalo Bill Cody's (Peter Coyote) Wild West Show, which just happens to be traveling to England where she might meet her daughter.
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 Buffalo '66 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Corrigan, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Karras, Kevin Pollak
A dysfunctional family–mother (Anjelica Huston) and father (Ben Gazzara) are so obsessed by the Buffalo Bills football team that they think of nothing else–including their bachelor son Billy (Vincent Gallo) who has just been released from prison. Billy's parents think that he is married, so, Billy needs a wife before returning home. His solution: kidnap a dancer, Layla (Christina Ricci), and bring her to meet his parents. The results are unexpected.
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Choke 2008 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clark Gregg
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Brad William Henke, Paz de la Huerta, Gillian Jacobs, Mary B. McCann, Matt Gerald, Joel Grey, Viola Harris, Clark Gregg, Kathryn Alexander, Teodorina Bello, Kate Blumberg, Jonah Bobo
Sex addict and medical school dropout Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) spends his days working at a Colonial American theme park and his nights at upscale restaurants where he intentionally chokes hoping for attention and money. He also is helping support his mentally ill mother Ida (Angelica Huston) who is institutionalized with dementia. On one visit to his mother, Ida mistakes Victor for her lawyer and tells him she is disappointed in Victor. After that news, Victor and his fellow-addict friend Denny (Brad William Henke) attend a Sex Addicts Anonymous group. Then, in a rare moment of lucidity, Ida tells Victor that she has held back on the identity of his father. Now, with help from Denny and Ida's physician Dr. Paige Marshall (Kelly Macdonald), Victor tries to find out who his father really is.
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Claire Bloom, Jerry Orbach, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Dolores Sutton, Sam Waterston, Joanna Gleason, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Gregg Edelman, Daryl Hannah, Kenny Vance, Joel Fogel
A New York City doctor, Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau), tries to end an affair, but his mistress Dolores Paley (Anjelica Huston) has other ideas. When Dolores threatens to expose his infidelity to his wife (Claire Bloom), Judah confides in his brother Jack (Jerry Orbach) who has ties to organized crime. Jack suggests that Judah have Dolores murdered. Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern (Woody Allen) is commissioned to make a film about his brother-in-law Lester (Alan Alda) who is a successful TV producer, and both Clifford and Lester fall for TV producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow). All of the characters represent different sides of human frailities that result in everything from murder to comedy. Another of Woody's hits for which he received Oscar nominations for Director and Writing. Landau was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Crossing Guard 1995 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: David Morse, Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Anjelica Huston, Piper Laurie, Richard Bradford, Priscilla Barnes, David Baerwald, John Savage, Richard C. Sarafian
When a man's (Jack Nicholson) daughter is killed by a drunken driver (David Morse), both men's lives come close to being destroyed.
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 Daddy Day Care 2003  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Carr
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Khamani Griffin, Kevin Nealon, Jonathan Katz, Siobhan Fallon, Lisa Edelstein, Siobhan Fallon, Lacey Chabert, Leila Arcieri
After friends Charlie (Eddie Murphy) and Phil (Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs, they open their own day care center, and the fun begins.
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The Darjeeling Limited 2007 R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, Amara Karan, Bill Murray, Waris Ahluwalia, Camilla Rutherford, Barbet Schroeder, Wallace Wolodarsky, Irrfan Khan, Anjelica Huston, Kumar Pallana, Mr. A.P. Singh
American brothers Jack (Jason Schwartzman), Francis (Owen Wilson), and Peter (Adrien Brody) have not spoken to each other since their father died one year ago. Now, Francis urges his brothers to join him on a train, the Darjeeling Limited, that will take them across India on their "spiritual quest." As the train moves on, hopefully they will also forget differences of the past. But more discords arise on the journey to find spiritual enlightenment as they attempt self-medication on pain killers, pepper spray, and cough syrup. They get kicked off the train in the middle of the desert but continue on the trek for a surprise visit with their mother (Anjelica Huston) who has abandoned her family and now is a sister in a Himalayan convent.
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The Dead 1987  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Donal McCann, Anjelica Huston, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachael Dowling, Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Marie Kean
This is John Huston's final film effort–he died before it was released. One of Huston's best films, this is the adaptation of a James Joyce short story about the reminiscences of a group of friends attending a party.
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Enemies: A Love Story 1989 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein, Alan King, Judith Malina, Paul Mazursky, Rita Karin, Phil Leeds, Elya Baskin
Based on I.B. Singer's story, this is the tale of Herman (Ron Silver) who evaded Nazis during the war. It is now the postwar era, and Herman has moved from Europe to Coney Island where he becomes involved with three women. Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin played two of Herman's women, and both received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for their work on this film.
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 Ever After: A Cinderella Story 1998 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
aka: Ever After
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt, Jeroen Krabbe, Jeanne Moreau, Lee Ingleby, Kate Lansbury, Matyelok Gibbs, Walter Sparrow, Anna Maguire
This Cinderella story is set in 16th-century France where 18-year-old Danielle (Drew Barrymore) loses her father (Jeroen Krabbe) when he suffers a heart attack and finds herself serving her widowed stepmother Baroness Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and new siblings Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey) and Marguerite (Megan Dodds). Danielle's life is miserable–until she meets Prince Henry (Dougray Scott), the future King of France, who whisks her away.
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Family Pictures 1993 TV, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, Dermot Mulroney, Jamie Harrold, Torri Higginson, Simon Reynolds, David Fox, Corey Sevier, Michael Rhoades, Sean Ryan, Gordon Michael Woolvett
On a trip home to visit her now-divorced parents (Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill), Nina (Kyra Sedgwick) looks at family photographs and, through flashbacks, remembers events concerning her brother's autism and how his illness drove apart the family.
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Frances 1982 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Graeme Clifford
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Jeffrey DeMunn, Bart Burns, Jordan Charney, Kevin Costner, Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett
Actress Frances Farmer had everything going for her–except the ability to adapt to stardom. Finally, her mother had her committed to an insane asylum. Jessica Lange won an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of the rebellious actress who was silenced by the Hollywood establishment. Look for Kevin Costner who has one line in an alley. Produced by Mel Brooks.
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Gardens of Stone 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Laurence Fishburne
This movie tries to show the inner workings of the brotherhood of soldiers. "Gardens of Stone" refers to Arlington National Cemetery, and the story centers on the Old Guard of elite soldiers who perform the internment ceremonies at Arlington.
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The Golden Bowl 2000 R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace
Based on Henry James' novel about impossible marriages in the midst of upper-crust British society, this film is well acted, but its points are driven home one too many times.
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Good to Go 1986 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Short Fuse
Director: Blaine Novak
Cast: Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Reginald Daughtry, Richard Brooks II, Hattie Winston, Anjelica Huston, Paula Davis, Richard Bauer, Michael White
S.D. Blass (Art Garfunkel) becomes involved with a murder case when he writes a story linking drugs and rape to a Go-Go club. This film is interesting for its music from a by-gone era.
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The Grifters 1990 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Fears
Cast: John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, J.T. Walsh, Henry Jones, Gailard Sartain, Jeremy Piven, Charles Napier, Eddie Jones
Out-conning the cons is the theme of this movie with Jack Cusack playing a salesman who uses his job for a cover. Anjelica Huston plays his mother, a bag lady who fronts for the mob. His girlfriend (Annette Bening) rounds out this unscrupulous trio who may have swindled one too many times. Martin Scorsese was the producer of this film, which had four Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Huston), Supporting Actress (Bening) and Director.
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 Hamlet 1969 G, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Judy Parfitt, Mark Dignam, Marianne Faithfull, Roger Livesey, Anjelica Huston, Michael Elphick, Ben Aris, Michael Pennington, Gordon Jackson, Clive Graham, Peter Gale, John J. Carney
Filmed as a play, this is another version of Shakespeare's play about the Danish prince, Hamlet (Nicol Williamson), whose father was killed. Soon after the king's murder, his widow Gertrude (Judy Parfitt) marries Claudius (Anthony Hopkins) who was the king's brother. The ghost of the king talks to Hamlet and tells him to be kind to Gertrude but to murder Claudius. To accomplish the goal and avoid suspicion, Hamlet fakes madness. His "madness" sets off a string of deaths–including those of Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet's chief counsel Polonius (Mark Dignam), and Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Marianne Faithfull) who had loved Hamlet, and Hamlet as well.
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A Handful of Dust 1988 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Anjelica Huston, Alec Guinness, Richard Leech, Tristram Jellinek
This is a great film, with an unerring eye for detail, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel about the disintegration of the marriage of Tony (James Wilby) and Brenda (Kristin Scott-Thomas). Although money is far from being their problem, this couple cannot get their act together to form a mature relationship.
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004 TV, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Lois Smith, Patrick Dempsey, Laura Fraser, Vera Farmiga, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Bob Gunton, Julia Ormond, Carrie Snodgress
Women's suffrage is the theme of this story set in the early part of the 20th century when American feminist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and social reformer Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) left the mainstream effort and formed a more radical wing fighting for women's right to vote. The title comes from Alice's fight against being force fed while on a hunger strike after being jailed with her suffragettes when they picketed the White House. While she showed courage, the real courage was that of the suffragettes as a whole whose efforts resulted in the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment on July 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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Kaena: The Prophecy 2003 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David, Michael McShane, Greg Proops, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Dwight Schultz, Gary Martin, John Di Maggio, Ciara Janson
In this animated story from France, the inhabitants on AXIS (a giant, coiled plant that grows in the clouds) are in trouble. Although they have prayed to their gods, no help comes. So, rebel teenager Kaena (Kirsten Dunst) sets off to get answers and along the way meets humanoid space alien Opez (Richard Harris). Opez holds the solution to the problems, but the quest proves more difficult when the Queen of the Selenites (Anjelica Huston) wants Kaena and Opez dead.
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The Last Tycoon 1976 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Anjelica Huston, John Carradine
This F. Scott Fitzgerald story is about an aging Hollywood film executive, Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro), who finds that he is powerless to control his destiny.
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia
After a shark killed his best friend, ocean documentary-maker Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) gathers an oddball group–his long-lost son Ned (Owen Wilson), his estranged wife Eleanor (Anjelica Huston), and journalist Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett)–to crew his ship, the Belafonte. The group sets off on a mission to avenge Steve's friend's death and, in the process, become involved in a kidnapping, bankruptcy, and a band of pirates.
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Lonesome Dove 1989  TV, 360 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, D.B. Sweeney, Rick Schroder, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper, Timothy Scott, Glenne Headly, Barry Corbin, William Sanderson, Barry Tubb
Now here we have a true epic of the Old West. Originally a TV miniseries, this film tells the story of retired Texas Rangers Gus and Woodrow (Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones) who seek one more adventure as they decide to drive a (re-stolen from Mexico) herd of cattle to Montana. And adventure they get as they proceed with their diverse crew. 1 User Review
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| | pretty_gypsyrose 02/04/2007 | | In my opinion, this movie will go down in history as one of the best movies of the century. Robert Duvall done an exellent portrayal of Gus. |
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The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, James Coburn, Olivia Williams, Anjelica Huston, Michael Des Barres, Maureen McCormack, Joe Santos, Richard Bradford, Xander Berkeley
Elysian Fields is a male escort service that unsuccessful novelist Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) turns to for work when his novels don't pay the rent. The owner, Luther (Mick Jagger), assures the happily married Byron that the clients are old, rich women who probably don't want sex. To Byron's surprise, his first client is the beautiful young wife (Olivia Williams) of a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (James Coburn) who encourages his wife's extramarital sex.
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Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen, Ron Rifkin, Ira Wheeler, Joy Behar, William Addy
Woody Allen fans will not be disappointed in the humor of this film. Diane Keaton is back and plays the catalyst among a group of friends who decide to investigate the possibility of murder.
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Martian Child 2007 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff, Taya Calicetto, David Kaye, Braxton Bonneville, Samuel Charles, Howard Hesseman, Carmen Moore
Sci-fi writer David Gordon (John Cusack) is a widower who decides to continue plans he and his wife had made to adopt a child. Six-year-old Dennis (Bobby Coleman) moves in with David, and the adoption process begins. But, there is a problem: Dennis believes he is from Mars, and both David and his sister Liz (Cusack's real-life sister Joan Cusack) begin to suspect that Dennis may be telling the truth. Dennis speaks Martian and, among other things, can make "Martian Wishes" that make baseball players hit home runs, and can even make stoplights change color. David goes along with what Dennis says and does and, in the process, becomes a better man.
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 Material Girls 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, Maria Conchita Alonso, Brent Spiner, Ty Hodges, Marcus Coloma, Obba Babatunde, Reagan Dale Neis, Henry Cho, Misti Traya
Teenage heiresses Tanzie and Ava Marchetta (Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff) must face the realities of life when the cosmetics company inherited from their father begins to fail. After a rough start (they accidentally burn down their home), the sisters begin to realize that they can, and must, use their own unique abilities to regain success.
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The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton, Michael Vartan, Michael Byrne, Hans Matheson, Mark Lewis Jones
So you thought you knew something about the legend of King Arthur. Well, the story was recast by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her bestseller and is now brought to the screen (TV screen, originally). Yes, it was really the women in Arthur's life that brought about his success, and this is their story. Whatever.
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Mr. North 1988 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Huston
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Stuart Masterson, Virginia Madsen, David Warner, Tammy Grimes, Hunter Carson
Recent Yale graduate Theophilus North accepts a job as tutor in Newport, Rhode Island. While there, he upsets the local doctor by his seemingly magical powers of healing.
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Phoenix 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Anjelica Huston, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Tamara Clatterbuck, Vanessa Munday, Glenn Morshower
Harry (Ray Liotta) is a Phoenix police detective who owes $32,000 to his bookie. To pay off his gambling debt, Harry concocts a scheme with his co-worker Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) to rip-off a loan shark.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson, Jon Van Ness, Brian Farrell, Ken Magee, Don Calfa, Brion James
In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think.
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Prizzi's Honor 1985 R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Huston
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey, John Randolph, Lee Richardson, Robert Loggia, Lawrence Tierney, CCH Pounder, Dick O'Neill, Michael Lombard, Vic Polizos, Raymond Serra, Sully Boyar, Tom Signorelli
Mafia hit man Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) falls in love with beautiful Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner). Charley thinks Irene is a tax consultant, but it turns out that she is hit man for a mob, which makes Charley question his loyalty between Irene and the Mafia. As luck would have it, there is a third member, Maerose Prizzi (Angelica Huston), making up this triangle, and she has devious plans for the other two. Angelica Huston won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. There were seven other nominations including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), Director, and Supporting Actor (William Hickey).
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 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover, Bill Murray, Seymour Cassel, Alec Baldwin
Years ago deadbeat dad Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) left his wife (Anjelica Huston) and their extremely talented children (Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Luke Wilson). Now, when Royal fakes a fatal illness that allows him back into the family fold (which also includes free rent) the real fun begins.
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Seraphim Falls 2007 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: David Von Ancken
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Angie Harmon, Anjelica Huston, Michael Wincott, Ed Lauter, John Robinson, Robert Baker, Jimmi Simpson, Nate Mooney, James Jordan, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tom Noonan, Xander Berkeley
This story is set in 1868, the post-Civil War era, and begins with Pacific Northwest trapper Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) getting wounded by rifle fire. The bullet came from the gun of a posse member led by former Confederate Army Colonel Carver (Liam Neeson) who is out for revenge by punishing Union Army Captain Gideon for crimes committed during the Civil War. This time, Gideon escapes by tumbling down a mountain, falling into a stream, and leaping over a waterfall into freezing water. He climbs out, sets a camp fire, and digs out the bullet. But that's just the beginning of this story–most of which involves Gideon running for his life with Carver and the posse in hot pursuit.
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Sinful Davey 1969 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Ronald Fraser, Robert Morley, Maxine Audley, Donal McCann, Allan Cuthbertson, Anjelica Huston, Niall MacGinnis
This offbeat comedy/drama is set in 19th-century Scotland and is a love story about a highwayman (John Hurt) who is reformed by a young, innocent girl (Pamela Franklin). Look fast for Angelica Huston in her screen debut.
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Swashbuckler 1976  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Scarlet Buccaneer
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Genevieve Bujold, Beau Bridges, Geoffrey Holder, Avery Schreiber, Anjelica Huston, Tom Clancy, Bernard Behrens, Dorothy Tristan
Two 18th-century pirates, Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw) and Nick Debrett (James Earl Jones) try to do in Jamaica's corrupt governor (Peter Boyle) so they can continue in the life to which they have become accustomed. Really bad.
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This Is Spinal Tap 1984 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Anjelica Huston, Bruno Kirby, Ed Begley Jr., Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Billy Crystal, Tony Hendra, David Kaff, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Danny Kortchmar
This film is a satire on the rock scene, and "Spinal Tap" is a British rock group that has definitely seen better days. Members of the band include David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) is intent on making a documentary about the band when they visit America. All sorts of things go wrong, and comedy reigns in behind-the-scenes footage. A Reiner riot filled with guest stars.
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A Walk with Love and Death 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Anthony Higgins, Assi Dayan, John Hallam, John Huston, Robert Lang, Michael Gough, Guy Deghy, George Murcell, Eileen Murphy, Anthony Nicholls, Joseph O'Conor
During the Hundred Years War in the 14th-century, Lady Claudia (Anjelica Huston) meets and falls in love with Heron of Foix (Assi Dayan). As lovers, they flee the country together and arrive at a monastery where they hope to be married. But more problems lie ahead for the doomed couple. This film marks Anjelica Huston's screen debut.
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The Witches 1990 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson, Jane Horrocks, Jenny Runacre, Brenda Blethyn
In this story, Jim Henson's final feature film, nine-year-old Luke (Jasen Fisher) stumbles into a witches' convention and hears their plans to turn children into mice. With his grandmother's (Mai Zetterling) help, Luke sets out to foil the witches' evil plot.
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1. The Addams Family (1991)
2. Addams Family Values (1993)
3. Agnes Browne (1999)
4. Art School Confidential (2006)
5. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
6. Blood Work (2002)
7. Buffalo Girls (1995)
8. Buffalo '66 (1998)
9. Choke (2008)
10. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
11. The Crossing Guard (1995)
12. Daddy Day Care (2003)
13. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
14. The Dead (1987)
15. Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
16. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
aka: Ever After
17. Family Pictures (1993)
18. Frances (1982)
19. Gardens of Stone (1987)
20. The Golden Bowl (2000)
21. Good to Go (1986)
aka: Short Fuse
22. The Grifters (1990)
23. Hamlet (1969)
24. A Handful of Dust (1988)
25. Ice Pirates (1984)
26. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
27. Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
28. The Last Tycoon (1976)
29. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
30. Lonesome Dove (1989)
31. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
32. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
33. Martian Child (2007)
34. Material Girls (2006)
35. The Mists of Avalon (2001)
36. Mr. North (1988)
37. The Perez Family (1995)
38. Phoenix (1998)
39. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
40. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
41. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
42. Seraphim Falls (2007)
43. Sinful Davey (1969)
44. Swashbuckler (1976)
aka: The Scarlet Buccaneer
45. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
46. A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
47. The Witches (1990)
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