Blast from the Past 1999  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave Foley, Joey Slotnick, Scott Thomson, Hugh Wilson, Don Yesso, Rex Lynn
Calvin (Christopher Walken) and Helen Webber (Sissy Spacek) mistakenly believe a nuclear bomb has exploded, and they head to their bomb shelter where they remain for 35 years raising their son, Adam (Brendan Fraser). One day Adam leaves the shelter to buy supplies; he meets the worldly Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone) who helps him buy needed shelter supplies, and love blooms.
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 A Bug's Life 1998  G, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Lasseter
Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Harris, Bonnie Hunt, David Hyde Pierce, Madeline Kahn, Richard Kind, Edie McClurg
When a group of ants is harassed by grasshoppers, one ant, Flik, recruits his fellow ants to fight off the bully, Hopper, and his grasshopper cohorts.
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CyberWorld 2000  N/R, 48 min.
Genre: Animation / Documentary
Director: Colin Davies, Elaine Despins
Cast: Jenna Elfman, Dave Foley, Robert Smith, Matt Frewer, Woody Allen, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Sylvester Stallone
Phig (Jenna Elfman) takes viewers on a tour of CyberWorld, a museum of 3-D exhibits in this 48-minute offering on the giant I-Max screen. Amazing animation.
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Dick 1999 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Harry Shearer, Bruce McCulloch, Teri Garr, Saul Rubinek, Dave Foley
This spoof on the Nixon administration involves two girls, Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams), who wander away from the White House tour and meet Henry Kissinger (Saul Rubinek) and then Richard Nixon (Dan Hedaya) who offers them a job walking Checkers. This provides their "in," and they go on to teach Nixon how to make the peace sign, stop the Vietnam War, and even play roles as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate investigation.
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Employee of the Month 2004   R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitch Rouse
Cast: Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate, Steve Zahn, Peter Jason, Andrea Bendewald, Fiona Gubelmann, Cherilyn Hayres, Paul Dooley, Christopher Allen Nelson, Mary-Joan Negro, Jay Leggett, Dave Foley
David's (Matt Dillon) day goes sour when he is fired from his bank job, AND his fiancee, Sarah (Christina Applegate), dumps him. Best friend Jack (Steve Zahn) tries to cheer him up–by robbing banks. And the day continues downhill, as does this film. A dark, violent comedy.
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Fancy Dancing 2002 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Brock Simpson
Cast: Jason Priestley, Tanya Allen, Connor Price, Ewen Bremner, Dave Thomas, Dave Foley, Deborah Odell, Jake Simons, Christian Lloyd, Dan Chameroy
Deadbeat Asa (Jason Priestley) lives off a trust fund, writing music by day and partying at night. He does have one responsibility: his son (Connor Price) who lives with Asa's ex-wife Charity (Deborah Odell). When Charity finds out that Asa takes her son to his night spots, Asa must clean up his act or lose his son.
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Hacks 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sink or Swim
Director: Gary Rosen
Cast: Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter, Dave Foley, Richard Kind, Dusty Kay, Tom Arnold, Robert Patrick, Ryan O'Neal, Ricky Jay
TV script-writer Brian (Stephen Rea) is given the task of coming up with a new TV series–but he's out of ideas. Then, while at his routine poker game with his buds, Brian sees a couple on a balcony and gets an idea for the series. He meets the balcony-girl, offers to buy her life story, and then disappears with her. Well-known cast, but the film didn't hit it big.
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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy 1996 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kelly Makin
Cast: Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Kathryn Greenwood, Amy Smith Lachlan, Brendan Fraser, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Bellini
This is the first movie from the Canadian cult television comedy troupe. The plot revolves around a drug company that rushes "Gleemonex" onto the market before sufficiently testing the new drug's side effects–the result is drugged euphoria.
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Monkeybone 2001 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, Dave Foley, Megan Mullally, Lisa Zane, Whoopi Goldberg
Cartoonist Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser), hospitalized in a coma, finds himself in his cartoon world: Downtown. He is trapped but determined to fight his way back to real life and his true love, Julie (Bridget Fonda).
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Postal 2007  R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Thriller
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J.K. Simmons, Ralf Moeller, Verne Troyer, Chris Spencer, Larry Thomas, Michael Pare, Erick Avari, Lindsay Hollister, Brent Mendenhall, Rick Hoffman, Uwe Boll
After getting caught in a shoot-out at the unemployment office in Paradise, Arizona, Dude (Zack Ward) goes to his Uncle Dave (Dave Foley) asking for help and learns that the IRS is threatening to take everything that Dave owns and throw him in jail. Dave's solution for their problems is to hijack a shipment of penis-shaped Krotchy Dolls from the amusement park owned by Uwe Boll (himself) and sell them on eBay. But, Osama Bin Laden (Larry Thomas) also wants the dolls as part of a Taliban plot, and chaos ensues.
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 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999  R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Anthony Cross-Thomas, Franchesca Clifford, George Clooney, Minnie Driver, Eric Idle, Brent Spiner, Dave Foley, Deb Adair
Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny (all voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone) are ecstatic when an R-rated, Canadian film comes to South Park. But, almost immediately, a vigilante group forms–Mothers Against Canada–with plans for an all-out war. The war rages, and, oh yes, Kenny is killed.
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The Wrong Guy 1997 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Steinberg
Cast: Dave Foley, David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Flaherty, Dan Redican, Alan Scarfe, Kenneth Welsh, Enrico Colantoni, Colm Feore, Arnie Achtman
In this comedy of errors/mystery spoof, Nelson (David Foley) is angry at being passed over for a promotion and storms into the boss' office only to find that the boss has been stabbed. Expecting that he will be charged with the murder, he takes off for Mexico. But, unknown to Nelson, the cameras were on in the office, and the real killer was identified. To make matters worse, Nelson encounters the killer.
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| 1. Blast from the Past (1999)
2. A Bug's Life (1998)
3. CyberWorld (2000)
4. Dick (1999)
5. Employee of the Month (2004)
6. Fancy Dancing (2002)
7. Hacks (1997)
aka: Sink or Swim
8. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
9. Monkeybone (2001)
10. Postal (2007)
11. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
12. The Wrong Guy (1997)
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