 101 Dalmatians 1996  G, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, John Shrapnel, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Fraser, Zohren Weiss, Mark Haddigan, Michael Percival, John Evans, Frank Welker, Bill Stewart
In this live-action remake of the classic Disney animated film, Dalmatians Pongo and Perdy meet at the park, and their owners Roger (Jeff Daniels) and Anita (Joely Richardson) fall in love and marry. Pongo and Perdy are also attracted to each other and soon become parents of 15 Dalmatian puppies. Meanwhile, Anita's boss Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close), who already has 84 Dalmatians, wants to purchase Anita's dogs to make a coat of Dalmatian fur. When Anita refuses the offer, Cruella sends her henchmen Jasper (Hugh Laurie) and Horace (Mark Williams) to kidnap the Dalmatians. Will Pongo and Perdy be able to save the day and prevent Cruella's plans for coat making with the 101 Dalmatians?
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2 Days in the Valley 1996  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Paul Mazursky, Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz, Peter Horton, Cheryl Ladd, Glenne Headly, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Austin Pendleton
After the murder of Becky's (Teri Hatcher) philandering ex-husband (Peter Horton, 10 residents of the San Fernando Valley find their lives linked. Danny Aiello plays the diabolical hit man Desmo whose partner Lee is played by James Spader.
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The Answer Man 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Arlen Faber
Director: John Hindman
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Max Antisell, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings, Tony Hale, Nora Dunn, Annie Corley, Thomas Roy, Peter Patrikios
Author Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) wrote the inspirational book "Me and God" 20 years ago, which is still popular, and Arlen is still considered to have all the answers. The reclusive Arlen begins to have back spasms which eventually causes him to seek help from Chiropractor Elizabeth (Lauren Graham). But she, as well as her son Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci), thought that Arlen could help them find out that Arlen doesn't have a clue.
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Arachnophobia 1990  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Stuart Pankin, Brian McNamara, Henry Jones, Peter Jason, Mark L. Taylor
A small town in California is being invaded by deadly Venezuelan spiders. The last this town needs is a doctor (Jeff Daniels) who is an arachnophobiac (afraid of spiders). Nevertheless, it is the doctor who must become involved if the problem is to be remedied.
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Away We Go 2009 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Catherine O'Hara, Samantha Pryor, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan, Carmen Ejogo, Chris Messina, Josh Hamilton, Melanie Lynskey, Conor Carroll, Bailey Harkins
An unmarried couple, Burt and Verona (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph), are expecting their first baby, and they travel through the United States and Montreal looking for the perfect place to settle down. Along the way, they experience many misadventures when they visit friends and family hoping to find people like themselves with whom they can enjoy raising their child.
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Because of Winn-Dixie 2005  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Jines, Nick Price, Luke Benward, Elle Fanning, Marca Price, Lenore Banks, John McConnell
Ten-year-old Opal (AnnaSophia Robb) is lonely; her preacher father (Jeff Daniels) has just moved her to a dusty village in Florida where the citizens have been depressed since the candy factory closed. Opal needs friends and finds one at a grocery store when she encounters a homeless dog that she brings home and names Winn-Dixie. Opal and Winn-Dixie bond, and the pair befriends many of the town's lost souls. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/29/2009 | | I saw this movie for the first time over the weekend and it was excellent. There's not a star in it that wasn't just great!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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 Blood Work 2002 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay
Graciella (Wanda De Jesus) hires retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) to find her sister's killer. McCaleb is indebted to Graciella's family because, two years earlier, he received the transplanted heart of her sister. But does he have the physical strength to solve one more crime?
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The Butcher's Wife 1991 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Hughes
Cast: Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, Frances McDormand, Margaret Colin, Max Perlich, Miriam Margolyes, Diane Salinger, Christopher Durang
Marina (Demi Moore) is a psychic from North Carolina who marries a New York City butcher (George Dzundza) because she thinks he is the one she is destined to marry.
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher, Michael Murphy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel Jenkins, Danny Darst, Ken Michels, Matt Malloy, David Miller, Kenneth V. Jones, Matt Smith, L.W. Wyman, Brian Haley
Based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is a very well-produced, made-for-TV film about the compulsive Captain Queeg (Brad Davis) whose crew mutinies and takes over their minesweeper. Lt. Steve Maryk (Jeff Daniels) led the mutiny because a deadly storm was brewing, and Maryk felt that Capt. Queeg was losing his sanity. The act leads to a court martial. Defense attorney Lt. Barney Greenwald (Eric Bogosian) calls Queeg to testify for the defense–knowing that the only way to win the case is to prove that Capt. Queeg really was incompetent. A compelling story.
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The Crossing 2000 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Sebastian Roche, Roger Rees, Steven McCarthy, John Henry Canavan, Ned Vukovic, David Ferry, Nigel Bennett, Karl Pruner, Duncan McLeod
Things didn't look good for the Continental Army six months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The British forces, which included the well-trained German Hessians, had control of Trenton, NJ, and were poised to seize Philadelphia. The Continental forces, under George Washington (Jeff Daniels), were near collapse from decimated men, disease, and shortage of supplies. Against the recommendations of most of his Generals, Washington decided to make a sneak attack on Trenton on Christmas day. To do this, he and his troops had to cross the Delaware River while the river was freezing during a cold storm. The ensuing battle became a turning point of the war. Made for cable TV.
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Dumb and Dumber 1994 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Charles Rocket, Mike Starr, Karen Duffy, Teri Garr, Felton Perry, Victoria Rowell, Joe Baker, Hank Brandt, Cam Neely, Harland Williams, Brady Bluhm, Brad Lockerman
A kidnapping, bungled ransom drop, beautiful Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), frustrated kidnappers, and two really DUMB guys, Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne (Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels), contribute to one very funny slapstick movie as they travel cross-country to return a briefcase filled with cash to the rightful owners.
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Escanaba in da Moonlight 2001 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Daniels
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harve Presnell, Wayne David Parker, Joey Albright, Randall Godwin, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Sandy Birch, Jim Porterfield
Now here's a goofy film about a goofy family in a goofy locale. Folks in Escanaba, Michigan, are proud to be Yoopers (residents of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), and the Soady family represents the people who live for the deer-hunting season. But Rueben (Jeff Daniels), now in his forties, hasn't ever bagged one deer and is ridiculed by all. A new season dawns as the Soady men head to the cabin and their fun, with Rueben convinced he can change his luck. And the weird events unfold.
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Fifth of July 1982 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kirk Browning, Marshall W. Mason
Cast: Richard Thomas, Jeff Daniels, Swoosie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Hogan, Joyce Reehling, Helen Stenborg, Danton Stone
Lanford Wilson's play, directed by Marshall W. Mason, was brought to TV and now to video/DVD with satisfactory results. Kenneth (Richard Thomas), who lost both legs in the Vietnam War, shares a farm with his lover, Jed (Jeff Daniels). A death brings family and friends to their Missouri home on Independence Day where they reflect on their lives.
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven 2004 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Lloyd Kramer
Cast: Jon Voight, Steven Grayhm, Callahan Brebner, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Imperioli, Jeff Daniels, Ellen Burstyn, Callum Keith Rennie, Emy Aneke, Darcy Cadman
It is Eddy's (Jon Voight) 83rd birthday, and he still works as a maintenance man at an amusement park until he is killed while saving a girl from a fall. Upon arriving in Heaven, he encounters five people he knew during his life who tell their stories of the lessons learned. Made for TV. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent Film and Amazing Performance by Steven | jaybs 04/23/2007 | | |
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 Fly Away Home 1996 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Carroll Ballard
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham, Jeremy Ratchford, Deborah Verginella, Michael J. Reynolds, David Hemblen, Ken James, Nora Ballard, Sarena Paton, Judith Orban, Carmen Lishman, Christi Hill
Wild geese on the wing is the subject of this film about 14-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) and her host of abandoned goslings. When the goslings have grown and must migrate to survive, Amy and her dad (Jeff Daniels) guide the geese with two small planes.
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 Gettysburg 1993  PG, 258 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cast: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan, Jeff Daniels, Kieran Mulroney, Kevin Conway, Sam Elliott, Richard Anderson, William Morgan Sheppard, Timothy Scott, Andrew Prine, Cooper Huckabee, Patrick Gorman, Bo Brinkman
Attempts were made to make the famous battle as close to fact as was possible in this Ted Turner production based on the Pulitzer prizewinning novel "The Killer Angels." Confederate Generals Lee (Martin Sheen) and Longstreet (Tom Berenger) make preparations for battle while Union Col. Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels) moves his troops into position. Meanwhile, Union General Buford (Sam Elliott) attacks Confederate troops trying to get into position. The story uses both Union and Confederate perspectives to provide a good interpretation of the famous Battle of Gettysburg that claimed 53,000 lives. Both the acting and battle scenes are excellent.
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Gods and Generals 2003 PG-13, 220 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, C. Thomas Howell, Frankie Faison, Brian Mallon, Bruce Boxleitner, Royce D. Applegate, Cooper Huckabee, William Sanderson
In this prequel to "Gettysburg" (1993), the focus is on General "Stonewall" Jackson (Stephen Lang) and General Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall) and the battles–Manasses, Fredericksburg, and Chancelorville–that took place before Gettysburg.
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Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Clooney
Cast: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Thomas McCarthy, Matt Ross, Reed Diamond, Robert John Burke
This film recreates events surrounding the March, 1954, TV broadcast when journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) took on Senator Joseph McCarthy on his show, "See it Now." George Clooney's film inter-cuts between Murrow and the real Senator McCarthy bring a sense of reality to the film. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (David Strathairn), and Director.
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The Goodbye Girl 2004 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Patricia Heaton, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Lynda Boyd, Alan Cumming, Richard Benjamin, Sharon Wilkins, Zern Santiago, Marco Soriano, Woody Jeffreys, Emily Holmes, Marie Stillin
This made-for-TV version of the "Goodbye Girl" features Patricia Heaton in the role of divorced and aging Broadway dancer Paula McFadden who shares an apartment with her young daughter, Lucy (Hallie Kate Eisenberg). Paula agrees to let aspiring actor Elliot (Jeff Daniels) move into the apartment, and over a period of time love enters the relationship. But, their love is tested when Elliot fails in his acting role and considers moving on.
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Grand Tour: Disaster in Time 1992 TV, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Disaster in Time
Timescape
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards, Emilia Crow, Jim Haynie, Marilyn Lightstone, George Murdock, David Wells, Nicholas Guest, Time Winters, Robert Colbert
Ben (Jeff Daniels) has been despondent since his wife's tragic death some time before, and now he and his daughter, Hillary (Ariana Richards), are renovating a hotel that they bought in a small, quiet town. A group of travelers arrive and insist on staying at their hotel despite its condition. It turns out that the guests are time travellers who go to scenes of disaster. A good sci-fi flick.
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Heartburn 1986 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Maureen Stapleton, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Spacey, Richard Masur, Catherine O'Hara, Steven Hill, Milos Forman, Mamie Gummer, Anna Maria Horsford, Kenneth Welsh, Mercedes Ruehl, Joanna Gleason
This film is based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her marriage and divorce from Washington Post columnist Carl Bernstein. Rachel (Meryl Streep) is a New York food editor, and Mark (Jack Nicholson) is a Washington, D.C. political columnist who she meets at a wedding. They marry, and Rachel quits her job in New York to move to Washington. Soon, they have a baby, and then another is on the way. Life is good–until pregnant Rachel learns that Mark is having an affair, and the marriage ends in divorce.
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 The Hours 2002 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Stephen Dillane, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Miranda Richardson, John C. Reilly, Linda Bassett, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Christian Coulson, Michael Culkin
Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway" connects the stories of three different women–Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman), Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), and Clarissa (Meryl Streep)–in three different eras–1925, 1951, and 2001–who resort to suicide as the solution for their problems. Very well acted, but with this cast what else could one expect? Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress Oscar for her excellent performance. In addition, the film received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Actress in a Supporting Role (Julianne Moore), and Actor in a Supporting Role (Ed Harris).
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The House on Carroll Street 1988 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy, Jonathan Hogan, Remak Ramsay, Trey Wilson, Jamey Sheridan, Kenneth Welsh
Set in the 1950s, Kelly McGillis plays a political activist who is accused of being a Communist because she takes the fifth when testifying before congress. While reading to an old lady, she overhears the details of a Nazi smuggling ring and starts to investigate.
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I Witness 2003 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Portia de Rossi, Clifton Collins Jr., Wade Williams, Mark Carlton, Jordi Caballero, Adriano Gonzalez, Pablo Cunqueiro, Norman Grant
When American human rights activist James Rhodes (Jeff Daniels) comes to Tijuana, Mexico to oversee elections in a U.S. owned factory, he encounters unsolved murders and suspects that they are related to the upcoming election. With permission from State Department official Douglas Draper (James Spader), Rhodes joins forces with police detective Castillo (Clifton Collins Jr.), and the two men, representing opposite sides of the border, work together to solve the crimes.
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Imaginary Heroes 2004 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Dan Harris
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams, Kip Pardue, Deirdre O'Connell, Ryan Donowho, Suzanne Santo, Jay Paulson, Luke Robertson, Sara Tanaka, Terry Beaver, Lee Wilkof, Ned Benson, Larry Fessenden
After their son Matt (Kip Pardue) commits suicide, the Travis family traits of drug use, secrets, homosexuality, and alcoholism rise to the fore. The father, Ben (Jeff Daniels), turns away from the family, and their college student daughter Penny (Michelle Williams) rarely comes home from school. Meanwhile, the mother, Sandy (Sigourney Weaver), becomes sarcastic and smokes marijuana, while youngest son Tim (Emile Hirsch) uses drugs and sex to find meaning in his life. Will these family members finally learn to accept each other for what they really are?
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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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The Lookout 2007 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Frank
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham
Kansas City high-school jock Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) had it all until a tragic accident changed his life, and he was left with neurological damage. Now, a few years later, Chris works as a bank janitor and shares an apartment with blind, wise-cracking telemarketer Lewis (Jeff Daniels) who he met in rehab. One day, Gary Spargo (Matthew Goode) and his girlfriend Luvlee (Isla Fisher) enter Chris' life with plans to rob his bank and use the easily manipulated Chris as their lookout. Lewis is suspicious, but will he be able to intervene?
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Love Hurts 1991 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Cynthia Sikes, Judith Ivey, John Mahoney, Cloris Leachman, Amy Wright, Mary Griffin, Thomas Allen, Jo Livingston, Annabelle Weenick, Matt Carlton, Peter Van Norden
Divorced and unhappy, Paul (Jeff Daniels) attends his sister Karen's (Amy Wright) wedding and discovers his ex-wife Nancy (Cynthia Sykes) and children Sarah and David (Mary Griffin and Thomas Allen) living with his parents Boomer and Ruth (John Mahoney and Cloris Leachman). Will this be the chance Paul needs to mend the relationship and get his marriage back together?
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Marie 1985 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman, Lisa Banes, Fred Dalton Thompson, Trey Wilson, Leon Rippy, Don Hood, Graham Beckel
Based on Marie Ragghianti's true story, Sissy Spacek stars in the title role of this solid drama about a mother who blows the whistle on her corrupt Tennessee government.
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My Favorite Martian 1999  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah, Wallace Shawn, Christine Ebersole, Michael Lerner, Ray Walston, T.K. Carter, Dawn Maxey
Our favorite Martian (Christopher Lloyd) is resplendent in his silver space suit. This slapstick comedy begins when a space ship crashes and the pilot takes on human form. Next, he persuades Tim O'Hara (Jeff Daniels) to take him home and introduce him to Earthlings as "Uncle Martin." This is a great movie–for kids.
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 Pleasantville 1998 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon, Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton, Jane Kaczmarek
Two 1990s' teens (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) are sucked into their family's TV set and find themselves in the 1950s' black and white sitcom, "Pleasantville." As their 1990s' lifestyle makes an impact on the characters in Pleasantville, the town slowly switches from black and white to color as the story questions the wisdom behind the "good old days." 1 User Review
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| | great | Anonymous 02/04/2007 | | We watched it at school to do an essay on and i think its a really good film the way that Ross uses symbols to put across peoples emotions is very well done and it is a very mooving film. 5 stars! |
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The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson, Zoe Caldwell, John Wood, Milo O'Shea, Michael Tucker, Edward Herrmann
A movie hero (Jeff Daniels) stops action and steps out of a film and into the life of a bored housewife (Mia Farrow).
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 Radio Days 1987 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Wallace Shawn
This entertaining movie revolves around the pre-World War II era when home entertainment was found sitting around the radio. The film is about memories and how they shape the present.
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RV 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Brian Howe, Richard Cox
Advertising executive Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is scheduled for a meeting in Colorado at the same time he has scheduled a family vacation in Hawaii with his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and kids–teenager Cassie (JoJo) and pre-teen Carl (Josh Hutcherson). Bob finds a solution: a cross-country trip in an oversized RV. The family embarks on the camping trip, but problems arise; in fact, they erupt in the form of the septic tank's contents. That's when they meet the Gornecke family (Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, and Alex Ferris). As homeless campers, the Gornickes home-school their kids at the campground. The snooty Munros try to avoid the Gornickes, but they keep crossing paths, and, by story's end, the Gornickes have taught the Munros a valuable lesson in family relationships.
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Something Wild 1986 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Jack Gilpin, Robert Ridgely, Tracey Walter, Adelle Lutz, Charles Napier, John Sayles
Charlie (Jeff Daniels) is a conservative businessman who hooks up with wild Lulu (Melanie Griffith). Soon, the couple is on the run, and when they meet up with Lulu's ex-con husband (Ray Liotta), the plot shifts to the relationship between Charlie and the husband.
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Space Chimps 2008 G, 81 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Kirk De Micco
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson, Carlos Alazraqui, Zack Shada, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, Stanley Tucci, Wally Wingert, Jessica Gee
Ham III (voice of Andy Samberg) is the grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, and now Ham III is recruited by a plotting Senator (voice of Stanley Tucci) to retrieve a $5 billion dollar infinity space probe. The probe had been sucked through a wormhole and landed on the distant planet Malgor where the evil Zartog (voice of Jeff Daniels) is using it for his own power. Now, Ham III and his crew–Luna (voice of Cheryl Hines) and Titan (voice of Patrick Warburton)–take off through the black hole and onto Malgor where they must battle Zartog and rescue the space probe.
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 Speed 1994 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Glenn Plummer, Richard Lineback, Beth Grant, Beau Starr, Hawthorne James, Carlos Carrasco, David Kriegel, Natsuko Ohama, Daniel Villareal
Mad bomber Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) attempts and fails to extort money from the city by holding elevator passengers hostage, but L.A. cop Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) and his partner Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels) come to the rescue. Now, Howard seeks vengeance by planting a bomb on a city bus that will explode when the bus goes less than 50 mph if Howard does not receive $3.7 million. In an effort to save the passengers, Jack boards the bus and tries to save all–especially the beautiful driver (Sandra Bullock). Oscars were won for Best Sound and Sound Effects.
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 The Squid and the Whale 2005 R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Halley Feiffer, David Benger, Adam Rose, Eli Gelb
Jealousy over their successes in writing splits up the Birkman family, and the parents'–Bernard and Joan (Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney)–squabbles over everything including joint-custody, new relationships, and money make divorce not only hard on themselves but needlessly difficult for their young sons Walt and Frank (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline).
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State of Play 2009 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Michael Berresse, Harry Lennix, Josh Mostel, Michael Weston, Barry Shabaka Henley, Viola Davis, David Harbour, Sarah Lord
U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is a rising star in his political party, but, when his research assistant/mistress is murdered, buried secrets are uncovered. Washington, D.C., reporter Cal McAlfrey (Russell Crowe) was Collins' college roommate, and his editor Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren) assigns Collins the task of investigating the murder. When Collins and fellow reporter Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) attempt to find the facts behind the murder, they discover a political-corporate conspiracy involving a security company taking in billions of dollars from the War on Terror.
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Super Sucker 2002 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Daniels
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harve Presnell, Matt Letscher, Dawn Wells, Suzi Regan, Michelle Mountain, Sandra Birch, Guy Sanville, John Seibert, Will Young
Vacuum cleaner salesmen Fred (Jeff Daniels) and Winslow (Harve Presnell) compete in a contest to see who can sell the most vacuum cleaners in 30 days.
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Sweet Hearts Dance 1988 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins, Kate Reid, Justin Henry, Holly Marie Combs, Heather Coleman, Matthew Wohl, Steven Stabler
Wiley and Sandra Boon (Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon) are high-school sweethearts whose marriage has become stagnated. At the same time Wiley's good friend, Sam Manners (Jeff Daniels), is entering into an exciting new relationship.
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, Maria Conchita Alonse, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky, Donald Moffat, Al Waxman, Tony Lo Bianco, Kate Reid, Brad Sullivan, Val Avery, Jude Ciccolella, Victor Slezak, Frank Pellegrino, Henderson Forsythe
This true story involves the activities of Jackie Presser (Brian Dennehy) who became president of the Teamsters Union following the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Presser had problems with the FBI and the Mafia, and his rise to power proved to be short-lived.
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Terms of Endearment 1983 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, Danny DeVito, Betty King, Huckleberry Fox, David Wohl, Lisa Hart Carroll, Troy Bishop, Norman Bennett, F. William Parker
This excellent comedy/drama covers three decades in the relationship of Aurora Greenaway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Aurora has overly protected Emma during her childhood until Emma finally escapes to marry college professor Flap (Jeff Daniels). But that marriage is doomed when Flap begins an affair with a college student, and Emma turns to a married man (John Lithgow) for solace. Meanwhile, Aurora deals with being a grandmother while finding her own consolation in her next-door neighbor, astronaut Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson). Academy Awards were received for Best Picture, Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Nicholson), Director, and Writing. There were also six nominations, including Best Actress (Winger) and Supporting Actor (Lithgow).
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Traitor 2008 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels, Said Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Aly Khan, Archie Panjabi, Raad Rawi, Hassam Ghancy, Mozhan Marno, Adeel Akhtar, Lorena Gale, Scali Delpeyrat, Mehdi Ortelsberg, Aizoun Abdelkader
At age 12, he saw his father killed in a car bombing in Sudan and then was raised by his mother in Chicago. Now, 30 years later, Samir Horn (Don Cheadle) is a Muslim jihad attempting to sell plastic explosives in Yemen. Samir is arrested and jailed where Omar (Said Taghmaoui) is also being held. Samir had served as a military advisor to Omar in the past. Now, Omar is part of an international terrorist ring recruiting young Muslims to fight a holy war against the West. FBI agents Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) and Max Archer (Neal McDonough) offer Samir his freedom if he will talk, but Samir refuses the deal. When Omar's cohorts break him out of jail, Samir joins them, but now Clayton and Archer are on Samir's trail hoping to prevent an attack on American soil.
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 Trial and Error 1997 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Alexandra Wentworth, Rip Torn, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, Austin Pendleton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Casella, Dale Dye
Lawyer Charles Tuttle (Jeff Daniels) is sent by his soon-to-be father-in-law's law firm to defend con man Benny Gibbs (Rip Torn) in a Nevada court case. Tuttle's friend, Richard Rietti (Michael Richards), is an actor who hosts a bachelor party at which Tuttle gets drunk and fails to appear for Gibb's court case, but Rietti uses his skills, appears in court, and pretends to be Tuttle. Now he must play out the charade or risk being arrested for impersonating a lawyer.
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Frances Fisher, Graham Beckel, Dinah Manoff, Ava Fabian, Joan McMurtrey, Robby Kiger, Sachi Parker, Stephen Tobolowsky, Micole Mercurio, John Short, Robin Thomas
Roxy Carmichael (Ava Fabian) is famous and has lived a luxurious life in Hollywood for the past 15 years. Now Roxy is returning to her small town of Clyde, Ohio, and excitement is in the air. It impacts the lives of many–including Roxy's ex-husband Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels). But perhaps the most affected is high-school outcast Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder) who has been adopted and is convinced that Roxy is her birth mother.
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2. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
3. The Answer Man (2009)
aka: Arlen Faber
4. Arachnophobia (1990)
5. Away We Go (2009)
6. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
7. Blood Work (2002)
8. The Butcher's Wife (1991)
9. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
10. Checking Out (1989)
11. The Crossing (2000)
12. Dumb and Dumber (1994)
13. Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)
14. Fifth of July (1982)
15. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
16. Fly Away Home (1996)
17. Gettysburg (1993)
18. Gods and Generals (2003)
19. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
20. The Goodbye Girl (2004)
21. Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1992)
aka: Disaster in Time
aka: Timescape
22. Heartburn (1986)
23. The Hours (2002)
24. The House on Carroll Street (1988)
25. I Witness (2003)
26. Imaginary Heroes (2004)
27. Infamous (2006)
28. The Lookout (2007)
29. Love Hurts (1991)
30. Marie (1985)
31. My Favorite Martian (1999)
32. No Place Like Home (1989)
33. Pleasantville (1998)
34. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
35. Radio Days (1987)
36. RV (2006)
37. Something Wild (1986)
38. Space Chimps (2008)
39. Speed (1994)
40. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
41. State of Play (2009)
42. Super Sucker (2002)
43. Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
44. Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
45. Terms of Endearment (1983)
46. Traitor (2008)
47. Trial and Error (1997)
48. Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
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