Around the Fire 1999  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Jacobsen
Cast: Devon Sawa, Bill Smitrovich, Tara Reid, Eric Mabius, Colman Domingo, Charlayne Woodard, Lisa Burgett, Henri Lubatti, John Pirruccello, Stephen Tobolowsky
Well-bred Simon (Devon Sawa) is still haunted by the mysterious death of his mother and feels that his father (Bill Smitrovich) married again much too quickly after the death. While at prep school he is introduced to drugs, and he quickly immerses himself into a new fantasy world of hippies and following of rock bands. He ends up in rehab where he must make tough decisions.
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A Cool, Dry Place 1998  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John N. Smith
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Monica Potter, Bobby Moat, Devon Sawa, Nicholas Campbell, Chris Bauer, Aleksa Palladino, Siobhan Fallon, Todd Louiso
Single dad Russell Durrell (Vince Vaughn) balances his time–between work, estranged wife Kate (Monica Potter), and beautiful divorcee Beth (Joey Lauren Adams)–and still keeps his role of father to five-year-old Calvin (Bobby Moat) as the #1 priority.
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Final Destination 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Wong
Cast: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Amanda Detmer, Chad Donella, Brendan Fehr, Daniel Roebuck, Tony Todd, Barbara Tyson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Seann William Scott, Forbes Angus, Lisa Marie Caruk, Christine Chatelain
Alex (Devon Sawa) has a premonition about his high-school group's flight to Paris and, along with some of his friends, is able to get off the plane before it leaves. True to his premonition, the plane explodes shortly after takeoff. But Death does not like to be cheated, and the students saved by Alex start dying, one-by-one. A slightly different take on the teen slasher genre.
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Idle Hands 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rodman Flender
Cast: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Christopher Hart, Vivica A. Fox, Jack Noseworthy, Katie Wright, Sean Whalen, Nicholas Sadler, Fred Willard, Connie Ray, Steve Van Wormer, Timothy Stack, Kelly Monaco
When Anton (Devon Sawa) becomes possessed by an evil spirit, he cannot control the spirit's desire to kill not only Anton's classmates and friends but also his parents (Fred Willard and Connie Ray) as well in this comedy/horror film.
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The Little Giants 1994 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, John Madden, Shawna Waldron, Emmett Smith, Harry Shearer, Mary Ellen Trainor, Devon Sawa, Brian Haley, Dabbs Greer
When Becky O'Shea (Shawna Waldron) is not chosen as a team member on an Urbana, Illinois, Pop Warner football team, she joins with others who were rejected, and they form their own team. One of the highlights of this film is the pep talk Becky's team gets from John Madden and a group of L.A. Raiders.
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 Slackers 2002  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dewey Nicks
Cast: Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, Jaime King, Jason Segel, Michael C. Maronna, Laura Prepon, Sam Anderson, J.P. Coe, Travis Davis, Charles Dougherty
When nerdy Ethan finds that three college students have cheated their ways through the last four years, Ethan blackmails one of them into helping him win the most popular girl on campus.
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SLC Punk! 1999 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Merendino
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Summer Phoenix, James Duval, Til Schweiger
In an effort to rebel against what their families and society expect of them, two Salt Lake City teens–Steve (Matthew Lillard) and Bob (Michael Goorjian)–turn to the world of punk. Steve serves as narrator and introduces the audience to the dark closets of Salt Lake City in this pointless revelation of one man's memories.
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Wild America 1997  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Comedy
Director: William Dear
Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, Frances Fisher, Jamey Sheridan, Tracey Walter, Don Stroud, Zack Ward, Claudia Stedelin, Anastasia Spivey, Leighanne Littrell, Amy Lee Douglas, Jennifer Crumbley
This true-life adventure is set in 1967 when Stouffer brothers–Marshall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), Mark (Devon Sawa), and Marty (Scott Bairstow)–set off on a cross-country trek during which they use a 16-mm camera to record their odyssey.
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| 1. Around the Fire (1999)
2. A Cool, Dry Place (1998)
3. Final Destination (2000)
4. Idle Hands (1999)
5. The Little Giants (1994)
6. Slackers (2002)
7. SLC Punk! (1999)
8. Wild America (1997)
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