About Schmidt 2002   R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman, Len Cariou, Harry Goener, Connie Ray, Mark Venhuizen
Told through letters to a young Tanzanian orphan, recently retired and widowed Warren Schmidt's (Jack Nicholson) inner thoughts are revealed as he leaves in his Winnebago to perform one meaningful act in his now empty life. His mission: stop the impending marriage of his daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis) to Randall Hertzel (Dermot Mulroney), a man Warren can't stand. Once he arrives at the Hertzel home, Warren meets a family–including Roberta and Larry (Kathy Bates and Howard Hesseman)–unlike any he has ever known. Jack Nicholson received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and Kathy Bates was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. 1 User Review
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 American Splendor 2003  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, Earl Billings, Madylin Sweeten, Toby Radloff, Danielle Batone, Danny Hoch, Shari Springer Berman
By day, Harvey (Paul Giamatti) works as a file clerk at a V.A. hospital in Cleveland. By night, he drudges up stories about his experiences and turns them into the comic book, "American Splendor." The mix of reality and fiction works very well in this film–so well, in fact, that "American Splendor" won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
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 Arlington Road 1999  R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mark Pellington
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble, Spencer Treat Clark, Stanley Anderson, Viviane Vives, Lee Stringer
The Langs–Oliver (Tim Robbins), Cheryl (Joan Cusack), and their three children–recently moved to the Washington, D.C. suburbs and now live across the street from Professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) and his young son. The families enjoy each other's company until Faraday, who specializes in domestic terrorism, grows suspicious of Oliver and checks into his background. This leads to questions of why the Lang family is now in the nation's capital.
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Charlie Bartlett 2008  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jon Poll
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton, Mark Rendall, Dylan Taylor, Megan Park, Jake Epstein, Jonathan Malen, Derek McGrath, Stephen Young, Eric Fink
Charlie (Anton Yelchin) has been kicked out of private schools and enters his first public school where he finds a unique way to win over his new classmates and become popular. He takes over a stall in the men's room and serves as a psychiatrist giving troubled students advice–and selling them Ritalin from his prescription. The ploy works, Charlie is popular and even dating Susan (Kat Dennings) who just happens to be Principal Gardner's (Robert Downey Jr.) daughter. But, in dating Susan, has Charlie gone too far in getting attention from Principal Gardner, and will his activities be exposed?
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The Daytrippers 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Stephanie Venditto, Marc Grapey
Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a love note that she thinks shows her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) has been unfaithful. A chain of events results in Eliza's family cramming into the family station wagon and heading off to show Louis the incriminating note. The trip with its participants interacting in close proximity is the focus of this comedy.
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Duma 2005  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Carroll Ballard
Cast: Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Eamonn Walker, Mary Makhatho, Nthabiseng Kenoshi, Jennifer Steyn, Nicky Rebello, Garth Renecle, Andre Stolz, Nadia Kretschmer, John Whiteley
Xan (Alex Michaeletos) has adopted a baby cheetah and raised it in rural South Africa. But his father (Campbell Scott) dies, and his mother (Hope Davis) is forced to move with Xan and the cheetah, Duma, to an apartment in the city. It is time to set Duma free, and the responsibility lies on Xan's shoulders. On the journey back to the wilds of South Africa, Xan learns valuable lessons about life. 1 User Review
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| | I LOVE DUMA AND TWO BROTHERS AND MOUSE HUNT!! | DUMA FAN 01/20/2007 | | This movie is one of the greatest movies of all time! You and your family MUST SEE THIS MOVIE! You will love it and love it every time you watch it! It is one of those movies that you can watch over and over again, and never get tired of! DUMA is a great movie that everyone will enjoy! |
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Final 2001 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Campbell Scott
Cast: Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J.C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Hornyak, Maureen Anderman, Marin Hinkle, Madison Arnold, Caroline Kava, Mary Diverny
When Bill (Denis Leary) awakens from a coma and tries to piece together what has happened, Dr. Anne Johnson (Hope Davis) comes to his aid, and they almost succeed through therapy sessions to put the puzzle pieces together.
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 Flatliners 1990 R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Kimberly Scott, Joshua Rudoy, Benjamin Mouton, Hope Davis, Aeryk Egan, Sanna Vraa, Marilyn Dodds Frank
Five young medical doctors take turns "flatlining" (showing no action on the EKG). After undergoing the experiences, they all show changes in personality that is directly related to flatlining.
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Hearts in Atlantis 2001 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, Anton Yelchin, Mika Boreem, Will Rothhaar, Deirdre O'Connell, Eric Eggen, Bourke Floyd, Kathie France
Culled from two Stephen King stories–"Low Men in Yellow Coats" and "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling"–and set in the late 1950s, this film revolves around 11-year-old Bobby (Anton Yelchin) and the mysterious boarder, Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins), who has moved into the family home that Bobby shares with his embittered, single mother (Hope Davis). Ted offers Bobby money to read from the daily paper, and as their friendship grows Ted asks Bobby to keep an eye out for Low Men who want to steal Ted's psychic powers.
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The Hoax 2007 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Eli Wallach, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci, Zeljko Ivanek, John Carter, Christopher Evan Welch, Peter McRobbie, David Aaron Baker, Michael J. Burg, Raul Julia
This film is based on the true story of writer Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) who almost pulled off a great media scam when he conned the publishing house of McGraw-Hill into believing that his 1971 "autobiography" of Howard Hughes was based on real interviews with Hughes. Irving used the fact that Hughes had made it a point to not be seen in public for the last 10 years, and he used tape-recorded "interviews" in which he played Hughes to back up his claims. 1 User Review
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| | the good, the bad and the silly | bill b. 05/15/2007 | Richard Gere as Clifford Irving almost steals the movie with the best acting job he's ever done, despite the disclaimer from Irving that his need for money in spawning the hoax was a hoax in itself apparently. Nevertheless, it is Oscar nom caliber, and the near theft of the film is prevented only by Alfred Molina as his all-too-willing grifting partner. The parts unstolen by Gere become Molina's propterty, and, incidentally, he comes off an off-Broadway role as a washed-up show-biz agent in "Howard Katz" as the titled character. It's quite a switch, but then Molina, show also did a turn as Tevye a few years ago, makes such transititions easy.
The bad, the women, not one of the three in the important roles comes across as a real person. Hope Davis as the McGraw-Hill exec comes closest. Eli Wallach is wasted. The rest of the cast is more than adequate.
The silly, making the claim that the hoax changed the course of history with the Nixon theory that Watergate was triggered by the Irving-Hughes connection is absolutely ludicrous.
Nevertheless, aa fun film. |
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The Impostors 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Lili Taylor, Alfred Molina, Campbell Scott, Steve Buscemi, Isabella Rossellini, E. Katherine Kerr, Tony Shalhoub, Hope Davis
Starving actors Maurice (Oliver Platt) and Arthur (Stanley Tucci) stow away on a luxury liner. They are spotted, and the chase is on as they encounter numerous nut cases among the elite passengers.
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Infamous 2006 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lee Pace, John Benjamin Hickey, Michael Panes, Juliet Stevenson
In 1959, after reading a newspaper article about the murders of a Kansas family of four, young writer Truman Capote (Toby Jones) and friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock) head for Kansas to investigate the case. After interviewing the killers–Dick Hickock (Lee Pace) and Perry Smith (Daniel Craig)–Capote forms a bond with Smith. Later, following the executions of Smith and Hickock, Capote is inspired to write "In Cold Blood."
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Joe Gould's Secret 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Hope Davis, Steve Martin, Susan Sarandon, Hallee Hirsh, Celia Weston, Patrick Tovatt, Allan Corduner
Joe Gould (Ian Holm) graduated from Harvard and then spent 30 years as a homeless, Greenwich Village eccentric, writing "The 20th Century." This film looks at the relationship between Gould and New York Columnist Joe Mitchell (Stanley Tucci), who waited for seven years after Gould's death to reveal his secret.
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The Lodger 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: David Ondaatje
Cast: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Simon Baker, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Agostini, Michael Albala, J.P. Foster Jr., Donal Logue, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael O'Hagan, Francois Chau, Roy Werner, Stephen Steelman
In this animated documentary, Ari Folman listens as his friend tells him that he suffers from a nightmare in which 26 ferocious dogs chase him. The two men reason that the nightmares must be related to a mission they participated in during the first Lebanon War. Ari realizes that his memory of that time is very poor, and he travels to find old comrades from those days to refresh his memory. As he interviews old friends and acquaintances, Ari's memory emerges, and his recollections of his participation in the war leads, finally, to his denunciation of all wars.
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 The Matador 2005 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Richard Shepard
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Adam Scott, Dylan Baker, Roberto Sosa, Jonah Meyerson, Portia Dawson, Antonia Zavala
Denver salesman Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is grieving over his son's death when he meets hit-man Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan) at a bar in Mexico City. The two attend a bullfight together, and a bond is formed. Six months later the friendship is rekindled when Julian appears at Danny's Denver home and tells Danny that he needs a place to hide because he has messed up one too many deals and is now the target of his superiors.
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Mr. Wrong 1996 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, John Livingston, Robert Goulet, Peter White, Hope Davis, Polly Holliday
Martha is a TV producer who, at 31 years of age, is under pressure from her family and friends to get married. The problem is finding the RIGHT man, not the WRONG one.
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Mumford 1999  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Zooey Deschanel, Martin Short, David Paymer, Jane Adams
A man (Loren Dean) gives up his job at the IRS, moves to the town of Mumford, takes the town name as his own, and begins a practice in psychology. His ensuing advice is sage, but it changes lives and lifestyles forever. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/25/2007 | | Absolutley a movie that makes you think about life. Wonderful. |
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The Myth of Fingerprints 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle, Hope Davis, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Brian Kerwin, Laurel Holloman, Michael Vartan, Christopher Duva
At a Thanksgiving family reunion, four siblings–Leigh (Laurel Holloman), Mia (Julianne Moore), Jake (Michael Vartan), and Warren (Noah Wyle)–gather at their parents' (Blythe Danner and Roy Scheider) home where they face up to their problems and reevaluate their conflicts.
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Next Stop, Wonderland 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Hope Davis, Alan Gelfant, Victor Argo, H. Jon Benjamin, Cara Buono, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Roger Rees, Larry Gilliard Jr., Robert(2) Stanton, Holland Taylor
When Erin's (Hope Davis) boyfriend dumps her, her own mother (Holland Taylor) places an ad in the personals for her. Then there is Alan (Alan Gelfant), the aspiring marine biologist. Erin and Alan often come close but don't quite meet. Will their paths finally cross?
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 Proof 2005 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis, Gary Houston, Anne Wittman, Danny McCarthy, Leigh Zimmerman, Colin Stinton, Leland Burnett
Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is concerned that she has inherited the insanity suffered by her father, Robert (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant University of Chicago mathematics professor who has recently died. Catherine's sister Claire (Hope Davis) arrives to help with their father's affairs while one of Robert's favorite students, Hal (Jake Gyllenhaal), searches through Robert's notebooks. Hal comes up with a mathematics proof that should change thinking in the math world. Genius or madness? That is the question this film explores.
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The Secret Lives of Dentists 2003 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Denis Leary, Robin Tunney, Peter Samuel, Jon Patrick Walker, Gianna Beleno, Lydia Jordan, Cassidy Hinkle, Adele D'Man, Kevin Carroll, Kate Clinton
The idyllic lives of married dentists–Dr. David Hurst (Campbell Scott) and Dr. Dana Hurst (Hope Davis)–take a tailspin when David suspects Dana of being unfaithful and enters a world of hallucinations in which he thinks of his patient, Slater (Dennis Leary), as his secret confidant.
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Synecdoche, New York 2008 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Josh Pais, Peter Friedman, Tom Noonan, Sadie Goldstein, Daniel London, Rosemary Murphy, Amy Wright
Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Adele's (Catherine Keener) marriage is falling apart, and Adele takes their daughter Olive (Sadie Goldstein) on a trip to visit her friend Maria (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Caden suffers from a series of ailments that are shutting down his autonomic function. He sees therapist Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis), but that gets him nowhere. Caden gathers an ensemble cast in a New York City warehouse and directs them to live out their lives in a small mockup of the outside city. Time passes, Caden and Adele are divorced, and Olive is growing up in Europe. Caden has divorced his second wife Claire (Michelle Williams) and buries himself deeper into his masterpiece that increasingly blurs the line between the play and reality. Just when he appears to pushing everything to the limit, an actress (Dianne Wiest) enters Caden's world and just may be the answer to what he needs.
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 The Weather Man 2005 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Rispoli, Gil Bellows, Judith McConnell, Chris Marrs, Dina Facklis, Sia A. Moody, DeAnna N.J. Brooks, Guy Van Swearingen, Jackson Bubala, Alejandro Pina
Chicago TV weather man David Spritz's (Nicolas Cage) marriage to Noreen (Hope Davis) has broken up, and his father, Robert (Michael Caine), is dying of Lymphoma. David auditions for a New York City national morning show. Will the change to New York be the answer to pulling his family together and David gaining self-esteem in the future?
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| 1. About Schmidt (2002)
2. American Splendor (2003)
3. Arlington Road (1999)
4. Charlie Bartlett (2008)
5. The Daytrippers (1996)
6. Duma (2005)
7. Final (2001)
8. Flatliners (1990)
9. Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
10. The Hoax (2007)
11. The Impostors (1998)
12. Infamous (2006)
13. Joe Gould's Secret (1999)
14. The Lodger (2009)
15. The Matador (2005)
16. Mr. Wrong (1996)
17. Mumford (1999)
18. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
19. Next Stop, Wonderland (1998)
20. Proof (2005)
21. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
22. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
23. The Weather Man (2005)
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