 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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Chain of Fools 2000  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Traktor
Cast: Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tom Wilkinson, David Cross, David Hyde Pierce, Orlando Jones, Kevin Corrigan, John Cassini, Michael Rapaport
Hapless barber Kresk (Steve Zahn) gains possession of a valuable treasure of ancient coins after killing the person who stole them. Now an assortment of oddballs who want the loot are on his trail, as is police Sergeant Kolko (Salma Hayek) who Kresk falls for. A wacky, off-kilter film with several well-known stars.
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Down with Love 2003   PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson, Tony Randall, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, John Aylward, Warren Munson, Matt Ross, Michael Ensign, Timothy Omundson, Melissa George, Jeri Ryan, Ivana Milicevic
Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) has written a book "Down With Love" that reveals her feelings that women should rely on what will make them truly happy and regard career and sex as more important than love. The book is a hit, and Barbara appears in control of her destiny until she meets and falls for playboy journalist Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) who plans to write an expose on Barbara and take her down. Catcher's plan works–until he starts to fall in love with Barbara.
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The Fisher King 1991  R, 135 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi, David Hyde Pierce, Ted Ross, Kathy Najimy, Harry Shearer, Lara Harris, Warren Olney, Frazier Smith, Melinda Culea, James Remini
Radio talk-show host Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) has inadvertently encouraged a mass murder spree. Parry (Robin Williams), whose wife was one victim of the murderer, begs Lucas to help him find the Holy Grail that he believes is in a Fifth Avenue townhouse and help him win the love of his life (Amanda Plummer). Jack has been depressed since the mass murders and has been living off his girlfriend Anne Napolitano (Mercedes Ruehl). He believes that helping Parry will pull him out of his depression, comes to Parry's aid, and the search is on. Ruehl won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. Several nominations were also received, including Williams for Best Actor.
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 Full Frontal 2002 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Blair Underwood, Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Mary McCormack, Erika Alexander, Enrico Colantoni, Rainn Wilson, Brad Pitt, Terence Stamp
For the unofficial sequel to "Sex, Lies, and Video Tape," Steven Soderbergh has assembled a good cast for his ensemble piece. The story involves a movie within a movie and multiple characters who meet, change, and go on with life during a 24-hour period.
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 Hellboy 2004 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Corey Johnson, Doug Jones, Biddy Hodson, David Hyde Pierce, Angus MacInnes, Brian Caspe, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Kevin Trainor
During World War II, the Nazis conjured up a red-skinned devil baby. U.S. soldiers rescued him, named him Hellboy, and Professor Bruttenholm (John Hurt) took him under his wing. Flash ahead in time; seven-feet-tall Hellboy (Ron Perlman) is now a muscular, cigar-chomping spewer of one-liners who sports a red tail. Although he doesn't fit the typical description of an agent, the FBI uses him as their special weapon to protect the U.S. against supernatural powers.
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Isn't She Great 2000  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese, John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Dina Waters, Paul Benedict
Bette Midler plays romance-novelist Jacqueline Susann, and Nathan Lane takes on the role of Susann's husband, Irving Mansfield, in this shallow rendering of the triumphs and tragedies of the ambitious Jacqueline Susann's life–cut short by cancer.
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Jackie's Back 1999 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Jenifer Lewis, Tim Curry, T.V. Blake, Tangie Ambrose, Whoopi Goldberg, David Hyde Pierce, Tom Arnold, Julie Hagerty, JoBeth Williams, Robert Bailey Jr.
Told in documentary style, this is the story of Jackie (Jenifer Lewis), a former blues singer who hits the comeback trail and gets TV and media coverage of her comeback concert. Lots of cameos.
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Little Man Tate 1991 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Jodie Foster
Cast: Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Adam Hann-Byrd, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Shulman, Nathan Lee, Debi Mazar, George Plimpton, Josh Mostel, Bob Balaban, David Hyde Pierce, P.J. Ochlan, Alex Lee, Danitra Vance, Richard Fredette
Fred (Adam Hann-Byrd) is a gifted child whose mother Dede (Jodie Foster) differs from his wealthy mentor Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest) as to what is best for Fred's happiness. Fred is a fourth grader who has problems dealing with children his own age but excels with school work. Jane admires Fred's genius and invites him to attend her summer camp for child prodigies. While at camp, Fred misses Dede's love and support, and, by summer's end, Dede and Jane learn that Fred needs what both of them can offer him.
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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Abugov
Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra, Lucy Liu, Markus Redmond, Leo Rossi, Lisa Rotondi, Sharon Wyatt, Jack Kehler, Antonette Saftler
David Hyde Pierce plays an alien narrator in this farce about the courtship of Jenny (Carmen Electra) and Billy Waterston (Mackenzie Astin) and shows that through the eyes of one from another galaxy, mating rituals on Earth appear very odd indeed.
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Nixon 1995 R, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Paul Sorvino, James Woods, J.T. Walsh, Bob Hoskins, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, David Paymer, Tony Goldwyn, Mary Steenburgen, E.G. Marshall, David Hyde Pierce, Brian Bedford, Kevin Dunn
This Oliver Stone film journeys from Richard Nixon's (Anthony Hopkins) law-school days, through his marriage to Pat (Joan Allen), to his Presidency, and then through his fateful fall from the highest office in the land. Academy Award nominations were received by Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor) and Joan Allen (Best Supporting Actress).
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Osmosis Jones 2001 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner, Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott, Joel Silver, Elena Franklin
When an out-of-shape construction worker, Frank Pepperidge (Bill Murray), contracts a lethal virus, forces within his body–led by Osmosis Jones (Chris Rock) and Drix (David Hyde Pierce)–rush to fight off the virus, Thrax (Laurence Fishburne), that threatens Frank's life.
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 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Gaby Hoffmann, Carey Lowell, Frances Conroy, Victor Garber, Barbara Garrick, David Hyde Pierce, Dana Ivey, Tom Riis Farrell
Talk-show listener Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes emotionally involved in the plight of recent widower Sam (Tom Hanks) when she hears his story over the radio. Sam's eight-year-old son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), had called the show hoping to find a new mother. Annie is engaged to marry Walter (Bill Pullman), but she believes it is Sam who she wants to marry. She travels to Seattle to meet Sam but then changes her mind. Meanwhile, Jonah has booked a flight to New York to meet Annie. Sam follows his son, and finally meets Annie in the observation area of the Empire State Building where love blooms. A nice, sweet, romantic comedy.
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 Treasure Planet 2002 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Cast: Brian Murray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Patrick McGoohan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Wincott, Dane A. Davis, Corey Burton, Tony Jay, Michael McShane, Jack Angel
Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" has been reset to Treasure Planet in this Disney animated sci-fi film that takes place in outer space. Young Jim Hawkins (voice of Joseph Gordon-Levitt) travels across the universe as part of the crew of the spaceship R.L.S. Legacy, which is captained by Amelia (voice of Emma Thompson). A pirate, Billy Bones (voice of Patrick McGoohan), has given Jim a treasure map showing how to reach Treasure Planet, and Jim's purpose in signing on to the ship is to search for the treasures hidden there. Jim becomes friends with crew member John Silver (voice of Brian Murray) and learns that he is part cyborg and plans a mutiny. When Jim opts out of the mutiny, he finds an ally in marooned robot B.E.N. (voice of Martin Short) and tries to defend law and order. The film received a Best Animated Feature Academy Award nomination.
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 Vampire's Kiss 1989 R, 96 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Comedy
Director: Robert Bierman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Maria Conchita Alonso, Elizabeth Ashley, Kasi Lemmons, Jessica Lundy, Bob Lujan, Michael Knowles, John Michael Higgins, Jodie Markell, Johnny Walker, Boris Leskin, David Hyde Pierce, Marc Coppola
A Manhattan literary agent Peter Lowe (Nicolas Cage) behaves in a neurotic manner and takes out his frustration on his secretary Alva (Jennifer Beals). Then, one night, he is sure he has been bitten by a vampire and that he will become one, also. Are the events imagined, or is Peter really becoming a vampire? Cage's performance helped make this film a cult classic.
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 Wet Hot American Summer 2001 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Wain
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Zak Orth, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Molly Shannon, Gideon Jacobs, Michael Ian Black, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper
The last day of summer camp should mean the talent show that polishes off 1981's summer of gags and sex for nerd and hippie campers alike. But, when Professor Neumann (David Hyde Pierce) takes a group of campers on an excursion, they learn that a portion of NASA's Skylab is projected to fall on Camp Firewood's mess hall. Now the race is on to warn the other campers.
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 Wolf 1994 R, 126 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Plummer, Richard Jenkins, Eileen Atkins, Ron Rifkin, Prunella Scales, David Hyde Pierce, Om Puri, Brian Markinson, Peter Gerety, Bradford English, Stewart J. Zully
Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is a New York publishing editor who is unceremoniously fired by his new boss, Raymond Alden (Christopher Plummer). Then, one night while on a lonely road in Vermont under a full moon, Will hits a wolf, and the wolf bites him. After being bitten, Will gets new energy and falls in love with Alden's daughter, Laura (Michelle Pfeiffer). But, grisly events ensue as Will turns into the dangerous fox that bit him.
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| 1. A Bug's Life (1998)
2. Chain of Fools (2000)
3. Down with Love (2003)
4. The Fisher King (1991)
5. Full Frontal (2002)
6. Hellboy (2004)
7. Isn't She Great (2000)
8. Jackie's Back (1999)
9. Little Man Tate (1991)
10. The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1998)
11. Nixon (1995)
12. Osmosis Jones (2001)
13. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
14. Treasure Planet (2002)
15. Vampire's Kiss (1989)
16. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
17. Wolf (1994)
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