200 Cigarettes 1999  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Risa Bamon Garcia
Cast: Ben Affleck, Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Janeane Garofalo, Martha Plimpton, Gaby Hoffmann, Kate Hudson, Paul Rudd, Casey Affleck, Catherine Kellner
A collection of New York City's East Village revelers gather on New Year's Eve, 1981, in this romantic comedy that never quite hits the mark. Don't bother with this one.
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Beat 2000  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Walkow
Cast: Courtney Love, Norman Reedus, Ron Livingston, Kiefer Sutherland, Daniel Martinez, Kyle Secor, Sam Trammell, Lisa Sheridan, Rene Rubio, Georgiana Sirbu
This film is based on the true story of the final weeks leading up to the death of Joan Vollmer (Courtney Love), who was killed during a William Tell-like trick by her husband, famous writer William S. Burroughs (Kiefer Sutherland). It also chronicles the beat generation, including some of the top writers that typified the generation. Was the killing really an accident?
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Julie Johnson 2001 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Gosse
Cast: Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, Noah Emmerich, Spalding Gray, Mischa Barton, Gideon Jacobs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chuck Montgomery, Ali Marsh, Kelly Hill
Good friends Julie (Lili Taylor) and Claire (Courtney Love) enroll in a community college where Julie excels, and their lives change. First, Julie gets rid of husband Rick (Noah Emmerich), then Claire leaves her husband Mike (Patrick Fitzgerald), and the two women move in together.
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Man on the Moon 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, George Shapiro, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter Bonerz, Jerry Lawler, Gerry Becker, Leslie Lyles, George Shapiro, Budd Friedman, Pamela Abdy, Cash Oshman, Matt Price
Jim Carrey plays the late comedian Andy Kaufman in this biography, which follows Kaufman from his days on the standup circuit, through his popular stint on "Taxi," and into the wrestling world where his feud with Jerry Lawler culminated in a fight on the Letterman show.
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 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996  R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Crispin Glover, James Carville, Brett Harrelson, Donna Hanover, Vincent Schiavelli, Miles Chapin
This biography of the publisher of "Hustler" magazine, Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson), focuses on Flynt's many legal battles over public decency. Courtney Love stands out in her role of Flynt's long-time lover, Althea Leasure, who enjoys drugs, group sex, and bisexuality.
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Sid and Nancy 1986 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Andrew Schofield, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Tony London, Courtney Love, Xander Berkeley, Sy Richardson, Sandy Baron, Perry Benson, Edward Tudor-Pole, Biff Yeager, Rusty Blitz, John Spaceley
This is the story of punk rocker Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). After his rock group breaks up, heroin addict Vicious decides on a solo career and sets out on a U.S. tour. One morning, Nancy is found dead, and Vicious is arrested. Was her demise intentional, or was it really an accident? It is not a pretty story, but it should give punk rock fans an inside look at their drugged-out heroes.
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Straight to Hell 1987  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Xander Berkeley, Jim Jarmusch, Miguel Sandoval, Gloria Miralles Ruiz
This film comes close to being the most inane movie ever made. In this satire on Westerns, three outlaws and Velma (Courtney Love) rob a bank and then hide out in a dusty, old town.
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 Trapped 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanning, Gregory Bennett, Steve Rankin, Gary Chalk, Colleen Camp
When Joe and Cheryl Hickey (Kevin Bacon and Courtney Love) kidnap nine-year-old Abby Jennings (Dakota Fanning) from her wealthy family's home, the Jennings (Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend) pose problems that are certain to threaten the Hickeys' plan for the "perfect crime."
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| 1. 200 Cigarettes (1999)
2. Beat (2000)
3. Julie Johnson (2001)
4. Kurt & Courtney (1998)
5. Man on the Moon (1999)
6. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
7. Sid and Nancy (1986)
8. Straight to Hell (1987)
9. Trapped (2002)
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