All That Jazz 1979   R, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, Michael Tolan, John Lithgow, Max Wright, CCH Pounder, Wallace Shawn, David Margulies
This is Director Bob Fosse's autobiographical rendering of a choreographer's love and obsession with both women and work and provides an insightful glimpse into the world of dance. The film received four Oscars; five other nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Roy Scheider) 2 User Reviews
| User Reviews |
| | all the jazz | Anonymous 10/23/2007 | | |
| | all that jazz | jako 01/27/2007 | | i loved sandahl bergen when she did her dance number with thong up her booty panties no bra on she was looking hoooooot and sexxxxxxy mmmmp i would love to make love to her bump huuump and griiiindher mmm huuu well bye sandy were ever you are i wish i could kiss you all over |
|
|  | |
The Best Little Girl in the World 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam O'Steen
Cast: Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Mayron, Viveca Lindfors, Jason Miller, Jessica Lange, Ally Sheedy, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley
Anorexia nervosa is the theme of this made-for-TV movie starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as a model teenager who becomes a victim of the eating disorder.
| | |
 Big Fish 2003 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Missi Pyle, Loudon Wainwright III
Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) arrives home to his father Ed's deathbed and is determined to separate fact from fiction by reliving Ed's tall tales of adventure in the past. Young Ed is played by Ewan McGregor and senior Ed is played by Albert Finney.
| | |
Blue Sky 1994  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, Chris O'Donnell, Mitch Ryan, Dale Dye, Timothy Scott, Annie Ross
During the 1960s, Major Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) has more than he can deal with: he has a ditzy wife (Jessica Lange), and he is a scientist in the middle of the Army's testing of nuclear weapons. Jessica Lange won the Best Actress Oscar.
| | |
Bonneville 2006  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Christopher N. Rowley
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Tom Skerritt, Christine Baranski, Victor Rasuk, Tom Amandes, Tom Wopat, Arabella Field, Jodi Russell, Ivey Lloyd, Jayson Creek
After 20 years of marriage to Joe, he has died, and Arvilla (Jessica Lange) learns that because he never updated his will, Francine (Christine Baranski), who is Joe's daughter from his first marriage, will inherit their Pocatello, Idaho, home. Francine is willing to bargain. If Arvilla will deliver Joe's ashes to her, she will give the house to Arvilla. To settle the matter, Arvilla and her good friends Margene (Kathy Bates) and Carol (Joan Allen) join her on a car trip in Joe's 1966 red Pontiac Bonneville to deliver his ashes to Francine in Santa Barbara. And the adventure begins with many stops along the way–including a flat tire in Utah, hitchhiker Bo (Victor Rasuk) who is looking for the father he never knew, and truck driver Emmett (Tom Skerritt) who treats them to dinner in Las Vegas. The trip turns out to be much more than they expected, and, along the way, the women learn many new things about themselves.
| | |
 Broken Flowers 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Alexis Dziena, Chloe Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, Larry Fessenden, Pell James
Poor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has been dumped again by a girlfriend (Julie Delpy) and now has received a letter from a former lover who tells him that he has an 18-year-old son who is searching for him. With encouragement from his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don heads out on a cross-country trek bringing flowers to old girlfriends. The experience is filled with surprises as Don finally faces his past and, now, his future.
| | |
Cape Fear 1991 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, Illeana Douglas, Fred Dalton Thompson, Antoni Corone, Zully Montero, Joel Kolker, Tamara Jones, Will Knickerbocker
After serving a 14-year prison sentence for sexual assault, psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is released from prison and sets out to get revenge against the lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), who was responsible for him being found guilty. Cady arrives in town and terrorizes the Bowden family–Sam, his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange), and teenage daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis). Cady's acts of vengeance, including poisoning the family dog and sexually harassing Danielle, terrorize the family, and force the Bowden family into the inevitable final showdown. De Niro was nominated for Best Actor Oscar and Lewis received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
| | |
 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1985 TV, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Hofsiss
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, David Dukes, Penny Fuller, Kim Stanley, Neta Lee Noy
In this TV version of the Tennessee Williams play, Jessica Lange plays Maggie the Cat who is married to the alcoholic Brick (Tommy Lee Jones). Brick's family has gathered for Big Daddy's (Rip Torn) 65th birthday when Maggie jumps all over Brick because of his drinking. Hostilities also heat up between Brick and Big Daddy. Then Big Daddy learns that he is dying, and this news leads to more trouble as Big Daddy's children struggle over the legacy of his estate.
| | |
 Cousin Bette 1998 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Kelly Macdonald, Aden Young, Geraldine Chaplin
Set in 19th-century France, this is the story of a poor seamstress, Bette (Jessica Lange)–the black sheep of her family who is spurned by her relatives. She exacts her revenge with the help of a courtesan, Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue), and destroys those who earlier scorned her.
| | |
Crimes of the Heart 1986 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Tess Harper, David Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield, Beeson Carroll, Tom Mason
Upon release from prison after shooting her husband, Babe Magrath (Sissy Spacek) returns to the family home, where she joins her eccentric sisters (Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange). In spite of pressures and problems, the sisters use humor to continue on with their lives. Spacek and Tess Harper (who plays their cousin) were nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and Supporting Actress, respectively.
| | |
Don't Come Knocking 2005 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk, Eva Marie Saint, Mike Butters, Julia Sweeney, Marley Shelton, Raymond O'Connor, Kurt Fuller
His days are long passed as a Western movie star when 60-year-old Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) sees the folly of his drug and alcohol lifestyle and sets out on a journey to reconnect with his past. To his surprise, he discovers that he fathered both a son, Earl (Gabriel Mann), and a daughter, Sky (Sarah Polley), during his early days of filmmaking in Montana.
| | |
Far North 1988  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Shepard
Cast: Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper, Donald Moffat, Ann Wedgeworth, Patricia Arquette, Nina Draxten
A Minnesota farming family deals with adversity, showing how each member has different values, especially when Bertrum (Durning) is nearly killed by a runaway horse. Good cast, bad movie.
| | |
Frances 1982 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Graeme Clifford
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Jeffrey DeMunn, Bart Burns, Jordan Charney, Kevin Costner, Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett
Actress Frances Farmer had everything going for her–except the ability to adapt to stardom. Finally, her mother had her committed to an insane asylum. Jessica Lange won an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of the rebellious actress who was silenced by the Hollywood establishment. Look for Kevin Costner who has one line in an alley. Produced by Mel Brooks.
| | |
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living 1980  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Cathryn Damon, Fred Willard, Dabney Coleman, Eddie Albert, Art Metrano, Garrett Morris
Three housewives figure out how to beat the recession: they plan to rob the local shopping center.
| | |
Hush 1998 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Darby
Cast: Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Hal Holbrook, Nina Foch, Debi Mazar, Richard Lineback, Kaiulani Lee, David Thornton, Richard Kohn, Faith Potts, Joe Inscoe, Tom Story, Jolene Carroll, Jacob Press
A possessive mother, Martha Baring (Jessica Lange), is determined to control her son, Jackson (Johnathon Schaech), despite the well-intentioned plans of Jackson's wife, Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), who senses that her mother-in-law has secret plans for the future of Helen's unborn child.
| | |
 King Kong 1976 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, Jack O'Halloran, Ed Lauter, John Agar, Dennis Fimple, Jorge Moreno, Mario Gallo, John Lone, Garry Walberg, Keny Long
Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) is an oil magnate sailing to a Pacific island looking for petroleum. Also on board is stowaway paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) who warns that prehistoric monsters inhabit the island. While still heading for the island, they pick up Dwan (Jessica Lange, in her film debut) who has been shipwrecked. They arrive on the island, run into King Kong, and Dwan becomes the object of Kong's attention. Wilson locks Kong up in the cargo hold of the ship and brings him to New York City where Kong escapes and climbs the World Trade Center looking for safety.
| | |
Losing Isaiah 1995 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Daisy Eagan, Marc John Jefferies, Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Joie Lee, Regina Taylor, LaTanya Richardson
Social worker Margaret Lewin (Jessica Lange) adopts an abandoned baby. Two years later, recovered crack addict Khalia Richards (Halle Berry) returns to claim her son.
| | |
 Masked and Anonymous 2003 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Bruce Dern, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Cheech Marin
When producer Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) puts together a benefit concert, she doesn't have much luck getting an all-star cast. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is in charge of lining up the talent, and the best he can get is hard-drinking Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) as the headliner. Yes, the music is good.
| | |
Men Don't Leave 1990 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Brickman
Cast: Jessica Lange, Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Korsmo, Arliss Howard, Tom Mason, Joan Cusack, Kathy Bates, Jim Haynie, Belita Moreno, Kevin Corrigan
In this remake of "La Vie Continue," Jessica Lange plays the struggling widow, Beth Macauley, who fights to keep her family (Chris O'Donnell and Charlie Korsmo) together after the death of her husband and their father (Tom Mason).
| | |
Music Box 1989 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Lukas Haas, Michael Rooker, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Albert Hall, Mari Torocsik, J.S. Block, Sol Frieder, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Magda Szekely Marburg, Felix Shuman, Michael Shillo
Following her father Michael Laszlo's (Armin Mueller-Stahl) arrest for being a Nazi sympathizer, Ann Talbot (Jessica Lange) agrees to defend her father. Laszlo was a Hungarian immigrant who came to the United States during World War II, claiming to be a farmer. It is now 50 years later, and he faces deportation because he has lied about his occupation. A trial awaits him in Hungary for wartime atrocities. Ann is convinced that her father is innocent, but as the trial progresses, she struggles emotionally as her father's guilt becomes more and more evident. Lange received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
| | |
 Night and the City 1992 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cliff Gorman, Jessica Lange, Alan King, Jack Warden, Eli Wallach, Regis Philbin, Joy Philbin, Richard Price, Barry Primus
In this remake of Jules Dassin's 1950 film, Robert De Niro takes on the role of Harry Fabian, a New York lawyer always on the lookout for easy money. Fabian finally goes too far when he hustles in the wrestling world.
| | |
Normal 2003 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Anderson
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Hayden Panettiere, Clancy Brown, Joseph Sikora, Randall Arney, Richard Bull, Mary Seibel, Rick Touhy
The current state of affairs has become too difficult for Roy (Tom Wilkinson), so he tells his wife of 25 years, Irma (Jessica Lange), and his pastor that he feels he is a woman locked inside a man's body. Furthermore, he has decided he wants a sex-change operation. Thus begins the story of how he, his family, co-workers, and friends deal with the issue.
| | |
The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson, Jon Van Ness, Brian Farrell, Ken Magee, Don Calfa, Brion James
In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think.
| | |
Prozac Nation 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erik Skjoldbjaerg
Cast: Christina Ricci, Anne Heche, Jessica Lange, Jason Biggs, Michelle Williams, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Raahul Singh, Nicholas Campbell, Cindy Lentol, Frida Betrani
In this slow moving story, a Harvard freshman (Christina Ricci) looks for a solution to her depressions and settles on Prozac.
| | |
 Rob Roy 1995  R, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Andrew Keir, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox, Brian McCardie, Gilbert Martin, Vicki Masson
Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) is the mythical Scottish hero of the 18th century. He stands for honor, but due to a misunderstanding between him and the English Marquis of Montrose, Rob is hunted down by British soldiers. Tim Roth was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
| | |
 A Streetcar Named Desire 1995 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Patricia Herd, Rondi Reed, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gomez, Matt Keeslar, Jerry Hardin, Tina Lifford, Carmen Zapata
In this made-for-TV version of Tennessee Williams' classic story, Jessica Lange performs as the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanch DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Diane Lane) and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin) in their run-down French Quarter apartment in New Orleans. Although Blanche appears to be a refined woman, Stanley learns there is more to her than meets the eye and sabotages her romance with his friend Mitch (John Goodman). Alec Baldwin and Lange repeated their Broadway roles in this film.
| | |
Sweet Dreams 1985 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Bruce Kirby, Terry Gardner
Who else could this movie be about but country singer Patsy Cline? Jessica Lange does a remarkable job portraying the singer who lived life on the edge by hard drinking and fast living. Lange received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
| | |
A Thousand Acres 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, John Carroll Lynch, Anne Pitoniak
Problems accelerate for an American family–the Cooks–when the patriarch (Jason Robards) decides to step down and, in the process, divides his land between his three daughters (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, and Jennifer Jason Leigh). Each has her own plans. This leads to disagreements that, in turn, end up in the court system.
| | |
 Titus 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Laura Fraser, Angus Macfadyen, Alan Cumming, Harry Lennix, Matthew Rhys, Colm Feore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, James Frain
Shakespeare's first (and bloodiest) tragedy "Titus Andronicus" is brought to the screen in excellent fashion with a good cast and director–though some may disagree with the liberties taken by Director Taymor. Titus (Anthony Hopkins), though great in battle, cannot cope with forces that destroy his family.
| | |
 Tootsie 1982  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Lynne Thigpen, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Debra Mooney, Peter Gatto, Ronald L. Schwary
An out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey's (Dustin Hoffman) agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) cannot find work for his client. Then, Michael disguises himself as a woman named "Miss Dorothy Michaels," and he is able to land an acting job on a soap opera. The show that Michael works on becomes a hit, and he reaches celebrity status in the guise of a woman. But, complications ensue when Michael's relationship with his girlfriend Sandy (Teri Garr) fails, and Michael falls for his co-star Julie (Jessica Lange) who believes that Michael/Dorothy is a woman and, in turn, tries to fix Michael up with her widowed father, Les (Charles Durning). An Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Jessica Lange. The film also received nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Garr), and Director. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | sarko 08/19/2009 | | sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss |
|
| | |
| |
| Oscars: Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie (1982), Best Actress for Blue Sky (1994) |
1. All That Jazz (1979)
2. The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
3. Big Fish (2003)
4. Blue Sky (1994)
5. Bonneville (2006)
6. Broken Flowers (2005)
7. Cape Fear (1991)
8. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985)
9. Country (1984)
10. Cousin Bette (1998)
11. Crimes of the Heart (1986)
12. Don't Come Knocking (2005)
13. Everybody's All-American (1988)
14. Far North (1988)
15. Frances (1982)
16. How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
17. Hush (1998)
18. King Kong (1976)
19. Losing Isaiah (1995)
20. Masked and Anonymous (2003)
21. Men Don't Leave (1990)
22. Music Box (1989)
23. Night and the City (1992)
24. Normal (2003)
25. O Pioneers! (1992)
26. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
27. Prozac Nation (2001)
28. Rob Roy (1995)
29. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
30. Sweet Dreams (1985)
31. A Thousand Acres (1997)
32. Titus (1999)
33. Tootsie (1982)
In The News
|
