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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All About Steve 2009   PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Phil Traill
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Keith David, Howard Hesseman, Beth Grant, Katy Mixon, M.C. Gainey, Holmes Osborne, Delaney Hamilton, George Sharperson, Jason Jones, Carlos Gomez
Mary Magdalene Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) lives in Sacramento and makes a living as a crossword puzzle writer. She goes on a blind date with TV cameraman Steve (Bradley Cooper) during which he brushes her off. Unlike Steve, Mary believes that she and Steve are meant to be together and sets off on a cross-country trek stalking Steve who is covering a series of big stories. Steve's mean-spirited TV reporter, Hartman (Thomas Haden Church), leads Mary on as the means to anger Steve, and Mary becomes more and more the object of ridicule. 1 User Review
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The Amazing Howard Hughes 1977  TV, 215 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton, Tovah Feldshuh, Lee Purcell, Jim Antonio, Howard Hesseman, Sorrell Booke, Arthur Franz, Ed Harris
Ambitious but often dull, this is the story of the life of the famous millionaire recluse, both the great achievements and strange downhill spiral.
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Americathon 1979 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Israel
Cast: Harvey Korman, John Ritter, Nancy Morgan, Peter Riegert, Fred Willard, Zane Buzby, George Carlin, Chief Dan George, Howard Hesseman, Jay Leno
The premise for this 1979 film is that it is now 1998, and the U.S. government is broke and threatened from Native Americans AND Big Business.
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Doctor Detroit 1983  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Donna Dixon, Lydia Lei, T.K. Carter, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, Kate Murtagh, Andrew Duggan, George Furth
A college professor (Dan Aykroyd) is transformed into a crime lord defending a group of prostitutes.
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Flight of the Navigator 1986 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman, Robert Small, Albie Whitaker, Jonathan Sanger, Iris Acker, Richard Liberty
In 1978, 12-year-old David (Joey Cramer) disappeared in the woods and was presumed dead. Eight years later, David reappears and seems not to have aged one bit. The reason: David has been off on an adventure in space riding an alien spaceship. NASA investigates.
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Gridlock'd 1997 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cast: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Charles Fleischer, Howard Hesseman, Lucy Liu, James Pickens Jr., John Sayles, Tom Towles
After admitting Spoon's (Tupac Shakur) girlfriend, Cookie (Thandie Newton), to the hospital following her drug overdose, musicians Spoon and his friend Stretch (Tim Roth) search for a rehab center for themselves and encounter a myriad of absurd bureaucratic barriers standing in the way of help for their problem.
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Honky Tonk Freeway 1981 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: William Devane, Beverly D'Angelo, Beau Bridges, Geraldine Page, Teri Garr, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Howard Hesseman, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi
This enjoyable story is about residents of a small Florida town who are upset because there are no plans for an exit from the new super highway that will bypass their town.
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Hustling 1975 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Lee Remick, Jill Clayburgh, Monte Markham, Alex Rocco, Melanie Mayron, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Allan Miller, Dick O'Neill, Burt Young, Paul Benedict, John Sylvester White, Burke Byrnes, Howard Hesseman, James Andronica, Clifford A. Pellow
This made-for-TV drama is based on Gail Sheey's book that follows reporter Fran Morrison (Lee Remick) as she investigates the big business of prostitution in NYC. Morrison works for a New York City magazine, and she uncovers the fact that wealthy and powerful corporations and families benefit directly from prostitution. Morrison gets more than she bargained for when her report causes a storm of controversy.
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Jackson County Jail 1976 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Miller
Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Fredric Cook, Severn Darden, Nan Martin, Mary Woronov, Howard Hesseman, Betty Thomas, Edward Marshall
Dinah Hunter (Yvette Mimieux) heads for a better life in New York, but on the way east she is arrested, beaten, and raped by the police. This film has become sort of a cult movie and was remade for TV, also starring Mimieux.
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Kid Blue 1973 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson, Janice Rule, Lee Purcell, Ralph Waite, Clifton James, Howard Hesseman, M. Emmet Walsh
Kid Blue (Dennis Hopper) tries to adapt to living an honest life, but he cannot seem to make it. Set in the early 1900s in Texas.
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Loose Shoes 1980 R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Coming Attractions
Director: Ira Miller
Cast: Bill Murray, Howard Hesseman, David Landesberg, Ed Lauter, Susan Tyrrell, Avery Schreiber, Jaye P. Morgan, Buddy Hackett, Ira Miller, Garry Goodrow
Assorted selections presenting previews of coming attractions are the basis for this satire on B movies. This film marks the film debut of Bill Murray.
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Martian Child 2007 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff, Taya Calicetto, David Kaye, Braxton Bonneville, Samuel Charles, Howard Hesseman, Carmen Moore
Sci-fi writer David Gordon (John Cusack) is a widower who decides to continue plans he and his wife had made to adopt a child. Six-year-old Dennis (Bobby Coleman) moves in with David, and the adoption process begins. But, there is a problem: Dennis believes he is from Mars, and both David and his sister Liz (Cusack's real-life sister Joan Cusack) begin to suspect that Dennis may be telling the truth. Dennis speaks Martian and, among other things, can make "Martian Wishes" that make baseball players hit home runs, and can even make stoplights change color. David goes along with what Dennis says and does and, in the process, becomes a better man.
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The Mesmerist 2002 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Capshaw, Howard Hesseman, Jason Carter, Jo Champa, George Wyner, Galina Jovovich, Michael A. Goorjian, Richmond Arquette
This story, based on the Edgar Allen Poe short story, "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar," involves wealthy Mr. Valdemar (Howard Hesseman) and his deal with "mesmerist" Dr. Pretory (Jason Carter) to be put into a trance just before he dies so that he can cheat death. The experiment will allow him to make life miserable for his daughter, Daisy (Jessica Capshaw), and her boyfriend, Benjamin (Neil Patrick Harris).
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Mister Roberts 1984 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Melvin Bernhardt
Cast: Robert Hays, Charles Durning, Kevin Bacon, Marilu Henner, Howard Hesseman, Charley Lang, Raye Birk, Peter Jason, Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Murray, Tyler Tyhurst, John Walcutt, Bruce Wright
Kevin Bacon took on the role of Ens. Pulver in this live production on TV in 1984, while Robert Hays played Lt(jg). Doug Roberts. Both men serve under their calculating captain (Charles Durning), and each deals differently with their unique situations.
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Munchie Strikes Back 1994  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Dom DeLuise, Andrew Stevens, Trenton Knight, Howard Hesseman, Angus Scrimm, Corey Mendelsohn, Natanya Ross, John Byner, Jay Richardson, Ace Mask, Toni Naples
In this sequel to the 1992 film, our magical, mischievous Munchie is called before the celestial court and scolded for his previous escapades–which included responsiblity for many of the Earth's tragic events. His is given the task to help a woman and her son who could use his special assistance. He succeeds in his mission, and, as the film ends, he is back in front of the court who provides him another job to help another troubled person: Bill Clinton.
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My Chauffeur 1986 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Beaird
Cast: Deborah Foreman, Sam J. Jones, E.G. Marshall, Sean McClory, Howard Hesseman, Penn Jillette, Teller, John O'Leary, Julius Harris, Laurie Main, Elaine Wilkes, Stanley Brock, Jack Stryker, Ben Slack, Vance Colvig Jr.
When Casey Meadows (Deborah Foreman) begins work as a limousine driver, she is not greeted warmly by the all-male staff. As a matter of course, Casey is given the worst jobs, but romance blooms when she gets to know one of her fares, Battle (Sam J. Jones).
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One Shoe Makes It Murder 1982 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Hale
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Mel Ferrer, Jose Perez, John Harkins, Howard Hesseman, Grainger Hines, Bill Henderson, Peter Renaday, Sandy Martin
A detective (Robert Mitchum) is hired by an underworld boss (Mel Ferrer) to track down his missing wife (Angie Dickinson).
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The Other Side of Midnight 1977   R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Gulager, Christian Marguand, Michael Lerner, Howard Hesseman
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel, this is the story of prostitute Noelle Page's (Marie-France Pisier) rise to fame as a movie star. But, she can never forget her hatred for the man who, during World War II, left her pregnant and alone to face the world.
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Out of Synch 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Debbie Allen
Cast: LL Cool J, Victoria Dillard, Ramy Zada, Howard Hesseman, Yaphet Kotto, Isaac Hayes, Aries Spears, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Tim Reid
DJ Jason (LL Cool J) has spent jail time for drugs and now is in debt to drug dealer Danny (Ramy Zada). Jason is approached by LA detective Caldwell (Howard Hesseman) to work undercover at one of Danny's clubs to get the goods on Danny. But along comes Danny's girlfriend (Victoria Dillard) who talks Jason into stealing money from Danny. She then takes off with the money, and Danny takes off after Jason. Get the picture? Yes, Caldwell is on the take from Danny.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes
Episode two is just as inane as episode one, but this time the group of inept rookies is set loose on the public.
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Private Lessons 1981  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Pamela Jean Bryant, Ed Begley Jr., Crispin Glover, Peter Elbling, Patrick Piccininni, Ron Foster, Dan Barrows
Phillip (Eric Brown) is a shy 15 year old whose housekeeper (Sylvia Kristel) seduces him when his vacationing father leaves him alone with her.
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The Rocker 2008 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Emma Stone, Jeff Garlin, Jane Lynch, Jason Sudeikis, Will Arnett, Howard Hesseman, Fred Armisen, Bradley Cooper, Lonny Ross, Jon Glaser, Jane Krakowski
Robert "Fish" Fishman (Rainn Wilson) was once the drummer for the band "Vesuvius" until the band members dumped him, signed a new contract, and became stars. Twenty years later, 41-year-old Fish has moved in with his sister Lisa (Jane Lynch) and her husband Stan (Jeff Garlin) and lives in the attic. Their son Matt (Josh Gad) and guitarist Curtis (Teddy Geiger) have formed a band, A.D.D., and when they lose their drummer, Fish fills in. This is the beginning of his new adventure that will result in a real future in the recording industry.
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Shampoo 1975 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, Carrie Fisher, Howard Hesseman, Jay Robinson, George Furth, Ann Weldon, Luana Anders, Randy Scheer, Susanna Moore, Brad Dexter
Beverly Hills hair stylist George Roundy (Warren Beatty) ends up in bed with almost all of his clients. A few days before Election Day, 1968, George is fooling around with his mistress Felicia (Lee Grant) when he gets a phone call from ex-girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn) and then spends the night with her. He meets Felicia's husband Lester (Jack Warden) in an attempt to get money to buy his own salon, and Lester asks George to escort another ex-girlfriend Jackie (Julie Christie), who is now Lester's mistress, to a banquet for Nixon supporters. George agrees, but the party proves to be his downfall. Lee Grant received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Jack Warden was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Silence of the Heart 1984 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Michaels
Cast: Mariette Hartley, Dana Hill, Howard Hesseman, Chad Lowe, Charlie Sheen, Silvana Gallardo, Lynette Mettey, Elizabeth Berridge, Alexandra Powers, Sherilyn Fenn
In this excellent made-for-TV film, a teenager (Chad Lowe) is killed in an auto accident, which appears to be a suicide. How the family and his closest friend cope with this tragedy is revealed.
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Six Against the Rock 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: David Carradine, Richard Dysart, Dennis Farina, Charles Haid, Howard Hesseman, David Morse, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Mahon, Tom Reese, J.P. Bumstead
Based on a failed escape in 1946, this made-for-TV movie relates the efforts of inmates at Alcatraz Prison who hatch a plot to take guards hostage and, traveling by boat, escape from the island.
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Skyward 1980 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager, Ben Marley, Lisa Whelchel, Suzy Gilstrap, Jana Hall, Mark Wheeler, Rance Howard
Billie (Bette Davis), a retired barnstormer, is a flight instructor at a small Texas airport. When wheelchair-bound Julie (Suzy Gilstrap), shows up with a desire to fulfill her dreams of flying, Billie, over the objections of Julie's family and friends, agrees to take on the training of the girl. Made for TV.
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Steelyard Blues 1973 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Final Crash
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle, Garry Goodrow, Howard Hesseman, John Savage, Richard Schaal, Mel Stewart, Nancy Fish, Larry Hankin
Iris (Jane Fonda), Veldini (Donald Sutherland), and Eagle (Peter Boyle) are determined to restore an antiquated Navy plane in order to escape to a place of freedom. But, the plane is about to be scrapped, so they must raid the Navy's spare parts locker to find necessary parts.
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The Sunshine Boys 1975  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Howard Hesseman, F. Murray Abraham, James Cranna, Ron Rifkin, Jennifer Lee, Fritz Feld
In this is a fine film adaptation of the Neil Simon Broadway hit, the story revolves around two feuding ex-vaudeville stars who try for a comeback through a television special. George Burns was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Walter Matthau was nominated for Best Actor.
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Tunnelvision 1976 R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brad Swirnoff
Cast: Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Ernie Anderson, Edwina Anderson, Chevy Chase, Gerrit Graham, Betty Thomas, Al Franken, Laraine Newman, Ron Silver
This funny story is a satire on television and what messages its shows are really giving.
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Whiffs 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Godfrey Cambridge, Jennifer O'Neill, Alan Manson, Don "Red" Barry, Richard Masur, Howard Hesseman, Matt Greene
Following in the footsteps of "M*A*S*H," this is the story of more lunacy in the Army–this time the effect of chemical warfare is the subject examined through comedy.
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| 1. About Schmidt (2002)
2. All About Steve (2009)
3. The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
4. Americathon (1979)
5. Doctor Detroit (1983)
6. Flight of the Navigator (1986)
7. Gridlock'd (1997)
8. Heat (1987)
9. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
10. Hustling (1975)
11. Inside Out (1987)
12. Jackson County Jail (1976)
13. Jory (1972)
14. Kid Blue (1973)
15. Loose Shoes (1980)
aka: Coming Attractions
16. Martian Child (2007)
17. The Mesmerist (2002)
18. Mister Roberts (1984)
19. Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
20. My Chauffeur (1986)
21. One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982)
22. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
23. Out of Synch (1995)
24. Outside Chance (1978)
25. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
26. Private Lessons (1981)
27. The Rocker (2008)
28. Shampoo (1975)
29. Silence of the Heart (1984)
30. Six Against the Rock (1987)
31. Skyward (1980)
32. Steelyard Blues (1973)
aka: The Final Crash
33. The Sunshine Boys (1975)
34. Tunnelvision (1976)
35. Whiffs (1975)
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