 12 Angry Men 1997  TV, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Courtney B. Vance, George C. Scott, Mykelti Williamson, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, Hume Cronyn
This TV remake of the 1957 original Sidney Lumet film features convincing performances by a strong cast portraying jurors deciding on whether or not to convict a Latino youth of murder.
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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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The Affair 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Seed
Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Kerry Fox, Leland Gantt, Ned Beatty, Bill Nunn, Ciaran Hinds, Beatie Edney, Fraser James, Adrian Lester, Rory Jennings, Nicholas Selby, Anna Cropper, Michael Shannon, Todd Boyce
Travis Holloway (Courtney B. Vance) is a Black soldier stationed in England during World War II. Travis begins an affair with a White married woman, Maggie Leyland (Kerry Fox). When her husband Edward (Ciaran Hinds) returns from the warfront, the affair is discovered. Edward accuses Travis of rape–a crime punishable by hanging–and Travis finds himself on trial for his life because of racial bigotry.
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Ambushed 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Jeremy Lelliott, Virginia Madsen, William Forsythe, David Keith, Bill Nunn, Charles Hallahan, Robert Patrick, William Sadler, Carl Espy
Racial problems loom when a black cop, Jerry Robinson (Courtney B. Vance), tries to protect a boy who happens to be the only witness to his Ku Klux Klan father's murder.
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Beyond the Law 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Ferguson
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney B. Vance, Leon Rippy, Rip Torn, Dennis Burkley
Based on a true story, ex-cop Charlie Sheen is recruited to work undercover after his (corrupt) boss fires him. As part of his new role, he joins a gang of bikers who deal in drugs and, overall, live a wild existence.
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Blind Faith 1998 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison, Lonette McKee, Garland Whitt, Karen Glave, Jeff Clarke, Nancy Herard, Jim Jones, Alex Karzis
Set in 1957, a young Black, Charles Williams (Charles S. Dutton), is accused of murdering a young White. Charles' uncle, John Williams (Courtney B. Vance), steps in to defend him and to uncover the truth behind the killing.
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Cookie's Fortune 1999  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, Courtney B. Vance, Donald Moffat, Lyle Lovett
This gothic mystery, set in a small town in Mississippi, is a Robert Altman production. This time he hits his mark in a plot that revolves around the efforts of Camille Orcutt (Glenn Close) to make her aunt's suicide look like murder in order to save her family from the "social disgrace" of suicide.
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D-Tox 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Eye See You
Director: Jim Gillespie
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Tom Berenger, Charles S. Dutton, Kris Kristofferson, Dina Meyer, Mif, Christopher Fulford, Jeffrey Wright, Stephen Lang, Sean Patrick Flanery, Courtney B. Vance, Polly Walker, Alan C. Peterson, Hrothgar Mathews, Angela Alvarado
Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) loses it after his wife and his partner are murdered by a serial killer. He ends up at a rehabilitation center for law enforcement officers, and the killer begins picking off the patients at the center. Can Jake save the day? Will he be a victim?
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Dangerous Minds 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John N. Smith
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Renoly Santiago, Wade Dominguez, Bruklin Harris, Robin Bartlett, John Neville
Based on a true story of a woman Marine (Michelle Pfeiffer), the story is about her discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps and ensuing job as a teacher at a tough California high school. The Marine Corps was a tea party compared to what she gets at this school. However, after using karate to gain respect, she uses bribery (candy bars and amusement park outings) to get the kids to start learning.
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Hamburger Hill 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Michael Dolan, Daniel O'Shea, Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance, Dylan McDermott, Tim Quill, Steven Weber, Don James, Michael A. Nickles, Harry O'Reilly, Tommy Swerdlow, Tegan West, Kieu Chinh
In 1969, between May 11th and May 20th, the 101st Airborne Division fought the Vietcong in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. The battle was later dubbed Hamburger Hill because of the heavy artillery fire that turned the troops into hamburger meat. This film documents the 11 assaults it took to gain the hill amidst the stark reality of the horrors of war.
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Holy Matrimony 1994 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tate Donovan, John Schuck, Lois Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Nordling, Richard Riehle, Mary Pat Gleason, Alaine Byrne, Frank Novak
On the lam after stealing the receipts from her boss, Havana (Patricia Arquette) and boyfriend Peter (Tate Donovan) head to Canada and Peter's boyhood home with a religious sect. Though the commune leaders don't care much for Havana, she and Peter marry to satisfy the leaders. Peter is soon killed in an auto accident, and, according to the commune's laws, Havana must marry her husband's brother, 12-year-old Ezekiel (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Matters continue to go downhill as Havana searches for the loot while Ezekiel knows its location, and the FBI agent on her trail also looks for it.
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 The Hunt for Red October 1990  PG, 137 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Richard Jordan, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Firth, Timothy Carhart, Larry Ferguson, Fred Dalton Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard
Something strange is happening in the U.S.S.R. submarine force: the CIA suspects that one of its submarine captains, Commander Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), is leading his submarine, Red October, on a mission that will start World War III. The U.S. Navy knows the submarine is headed their way, but they can only surmise why. Only one person, CIA operative Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), comes up with another reason for the mission of Red October. He believes that Ramius is planning to defect and is assigned the job of going out there to find out what is really going on.
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In the Line of Duty: Street War 1992 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Urban Crossfire
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Ray Sharkey, Peter Boyle, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Boatman, Morris Chestnut, Laurie Morrison, Kenny Leon, Damon Pooser, Trazana Beverley
When a black policeman is killed in a tough part of NYC, "conventional" police tactics may not be effective in this area where the murderous drug boss reigns supreme.
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The Last Supper 1996 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stacy Title
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Annabeth Gish, Courtney B. Vance, Ron Eldard, Jonathan Penner, Bill Paxton, Charles Durning, Jason Alexander, Ron Perlman, Nora Dunn
This black comedy is about a group of five graduate students who plot to take the law into their own hands and poison dinner guests who expound on evils such as homosexuality and promote right-to-life issues.
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Love and Action in Chicago 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Regina King, Jason Alexander, Kathleen Turner, Edward Asner, Robert Breuler, Michael Gilio, Lou Meza, Andrew White, David Basulto, Marcus Johnson, JoBe Cerny
Eddie Jones (Courtney B. Vance) is a government hit man hired to kill those deemed "undesirable" in society. Eddie has also made a vow of celibacy before marriage. When his boss, Middleman (Kathleen Turner), sets him up with a blind date, Lois Newton (Regina King), his romantic life improves, but his professional success declines.
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Nothing But the Truth 2008 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Noah Wyle, Floyd Abrams, Preston Bailey, Kristen Bough, Julie Ann Emery, Robert Harvey, Michael O'Neill, Kristen Shaw
With support from her editor Bonnie Benjamin (Angela Bassett), Washington, D.C., political journalist Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) reveals the name of covert CIA agent Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga) in her story about a government scandal. When she refuses to reveal her source, U.S. District Court Judge Hall (Floyd Abrams) throws Rachel into jail for contempt of court, and her legal struggles begin as U.S. attorney Patton Dubois (Matt Dillon) pressures her to reveal her source. Rachel's attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda), cites her First Amendment rights as he pleads her case. Meanwhile, Rachel spends one year in jail where she is beaten up by the inmates and is alienated from her husband Ray (David Schwimmer) but, through it all, maintains her integrity.
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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The Piano Lesson 1995 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Richards
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Courtney B. Vance, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, Zelda Harris, Rosalyn Coleman, Tommy Lafitte, Lynne Innerst
This made-for-TV adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for several Emmys. Set in the 1930s, Boy Willie (Charles S. Dutton) returns home to Pittsburgh with plans. He wants to sell a family heirloom–a hand-crafted piano–dating to slavery days. He wants to buy farmland in order to be able to work for himself rather than for someone else. But his sister, Berniece (Alfre Woodard), is against the thought of selling the treasure. The family's history of struggle and survival while holding onto their heritage is told through the carvings on the piano.
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 Preacher's Wife 1996 PG, 124 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine, Justin Pierre Edmund, William James Stiggers Jr., Paul Bates, Lionel Richie
A Yonkers church has fallen on financially difficult times when an angel, Dudley (Denzel Washington), enters the picture as the answer to the Reverend Henry Biggs' (Courtney B. Vance) prayers. Dudley, however, becomes enmeshed in a romantic tangle, and the problems he has been sent to solve do not always occupy his thoughts.
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad 1994 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Underground to Canada
Director: Don McBrearty
Cast: Janet Bailey, Courtney B. Vance, Glynn Turman, Dawnn Lewis, Michael Riley, Ron White, James Blendick, Tim Reid, Alfre Woodard, Ron Small
The Underground Railroad was a network of caring people who helped slaves escape their bondage and flee to Canada. This film follows one group of slaves as they head north, facing dangers along the way.
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 Space Cowboys 2000  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Barbara Babcock, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly
Back in the 1950s, four young flying aces–Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Tank Sullivan (James Garner), and Jerry O'Neil (Donald Sutherland)–lost their chance to explore outer space due to politics associated with the creation of NASA. Now, 42 years later, they get a second chance: an emergency mission to steer a falling satellite back into orbit and, in the process, save the world. 1 User Review
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The Tuskegee Airmen 1995 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, John Lithgow, Andre Braugher, Christopher McDonald, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mekhi Phifer
This made-for-cable TV film tells the story of an air fighter squadron made up entirely of African Americans during World War II. Members had to overcome prejudice and hatred to become a solid fighting team and contribute to victory.
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| 1. 12 Angry Men (1997)
2. Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
3. The Affair (1995)
4. Ambushed (1998)
5. Beyond the Law (1992)
6. Blind Faith (1998)
7. Cookie's Fortune (1999)
8. D-Tox (2002)
aka: Eye See You
9. Dangerous Minds (1995)
10. Hamburger Hill (1987)
11. Holy Matrimony (1994)
12. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
13. In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
aka: Urban Crossfire
14. The Last Supper (1996)
15. Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
16. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
17. Panther (1995)
18. Percy and Thunder (1993)
19. The Piano Lesson (1995)
20. Preacher's Wife (1996)
21. Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)
aka: Underground to Canada
22. Space Cowboys (2000)
23. The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
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