Airplane II: The Sequel 1982  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Ken Finkleman
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, John Dehner, Sonny Bono, John Vernon, Stephen Stucker, Kent McCord, James A. Watson Jr.
In this sequel (starring most of the original cast), the first passenger shuttle takes off for the moon, but there's a computer on board that kills the crew. Now, it is up to Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and stewardess Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) to turn off the computer and save the passengers. Not as hilarious as the first movie, but it does have some amusing gags. Cameo appearances by Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, and Sonny Bono, among others.
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 Airplane! 1980   PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Barbara Billingsley, Kenneth Tobey, Ethel Merman, James Hong, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, Jim Abrahams, Craig Berenson
Leslie Nielsen found his niche as a character actor in this parody of the "Airport" disaster movies. When the passengers and its crew get sick from the food, the fate of the plane depends on a combat fatigued pilot (Robert Hays) and his long-lost love (Julie Hagerty) who also happens to be a stewardess on the flight. Great cliches, gags, and sly humor. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/23/2007 | | Funny, funny, funny from beginning to end! You have to watch it several times to catch all the great gags and one-liners!!! |
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Aria 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Nicola Swain, Jack Kayle, Buck Henry, Anita Morris, Beverly D'Angelo, Julie Hagerty, Genevieve Page, Bridget Fonda, Albie Selznick, Elizabeth Hurley, Peter Birch, Tilda Swinton, Sophie Ward
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy"), Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H"), Ken Russell ("Altered States") and seven other well-known directors each interpreted a different aria in this film about opera. Each of the 10 segments is unique.
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Bad Medicine 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harvey Miller
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Julie Kavner, Bill Macy, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Grifasi, Gilbert Gottfried, Taylor Negron
Two medical students at a south-of-the-border medical school become moved by the impoverished conditions at a nearby village. As a result, they begin stealing supplies from their school to treat the villagers.
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The Badge 2002 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, Sela Ward, William Devane, Jena Malone, Tom Bower, Ray McKinnon, Julie Hagerty, Deana Carter, Hill Harper, John McConnell
Darl (Billy Bob Thorton) is sheriff in a small Louisiana town in this made-for-TV film. When a transsexual is murdered and the local judge attempts to keep the murder quiet, Darl, whose prejudices against transsexuals is apparent, decides to dig deeper to find out what's going on.
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Beyond Therapy 1987  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest, Genevieve Page, Cris Campion, Sandrine Dumas, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Nicole Evans, Louis-Marie Taillefer, Matthew leonard-Lesniak, Laure Killing, Sylvie Lenor, Joan Tyrrell
Lives of New York City singles, who are dating each other, are examined as Prudence (Julie Hagerty) and Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) visit their respective psychiatrists in this film, which never seems to come together.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Howard Brookner
Cast: Madonna, Randy Quaid, Julie Hagerty, Esai Morales, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Josef Sommer, Rutger Hauer, Tony Longo, Stephen McHattie, Alan Ruck, Dinah Manoff, Anita Morris, Tony Azito
Madonna stars in this musical devoted to Damon Runyon, which is based on four of his short stories. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid) sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense (Madonna) loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's (Julie Hagerty) parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Right" (Matt Dillon), who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" (Rutger Hauer) is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Boys Will Be Boys 1997 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Dom DeLuise
Cast: James Williams, Drew Winget, Julie Hagerty, Randy Travis, Mickey Rooney, Michael DeLuise, Catherine Oxenberg, Jon Voight, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ruth Buzzi, Carol DeLuise, Dom DeLuise
This boring "Home Alone" wannabe involves two brothers who convince their father to let them stay home alone when their parents attend a party hosted by their father's boss. The fun starts when the brothers claim that burglars invaded their home while the main suspect has his own story. In the end, the boys uncover a plot to hurt their father's career.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fred Armisen, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave, Julie Hagerty, Wendie Malick, Robert(2) Stanton, Nick Cornish, Clea Lewis
Despite growing up as the daughter of conservative spending parents (Joan Cusack and John Goodman), Rebecca (Isla Fisher) loves shopping for clothes and has incurred over 10,000 dollars in credit card debt. She dreams of working for the elite fashion magazine, "Alette," but lands a job as an advice columnist for a finance company. Rebecca keeps her own financial problems a secret while her column becomes a great success. As her career soars, Rebecca finds it more and more difficult to hide her money troubles from her readers–and even more so from her boss Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) when romance blooms between them.
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 Freddy Got Fingered 2001  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Green
Cast: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall, Julie Hagerty, Jackson Davies, Connor Widdows, Stephen Tobolowsky
Gord Brody (Tom Green) dreams of a career as a film animator in Hollywood, but he is 28 years old and back living in his parents' home where he couldn't be more unwelcome. His father (Rip Torn) is so disappointed in his son that he stops at nothing, including beatings, to force Gord out of the house and into the employment field.
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Goodbye, New York 1985 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Julie Hagerty, Amos Kollek, Shmuel Shiloh, Aviva Ger, David Topaz, Jennifer Prichard, Christopher Goutman, Hanan Goldblatt, Mosko Alkalai, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira, Chaim Banai, Irit Ben Zur, Chaim Girafi
Nancy (Julie Hagerty) discovers her husband Jack (Christopher Goutman) with another woman and decides to walk away and see the world. She boards a plane, takes sedatives, and sleeps through the plane's landing in Paris. Now, the plane is in Israel, and Nancy has no luggage. She meets a cab driver, David (Amos Kollek), who comes to her aid and takes her to a kibbutz where Nancy adopts a new lifestyle. When Jack tracks her down, Nancy must decide whether or not she should give up her life in the kibbutz–and the affections of David–or return home with Jack.
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 A Guy Thing 2003 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Koch
Cast: Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy, Lochlyn Munro, Julie Hagerty, Diana Scarwid, David Koechner, Thomas Lennon
Paul (Jason Lee) wakes up after his bachelor party to find a stranger–Becky (Julia Stiles)–in bed with him. Afraid of losing his fiancee, Karen (Selma Blair), as a result of the incident, Paul begins telling one lie after another in an attempt to cover-up what might have happened.
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Held Up 1999 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Barry Corbin, John Cullum, Jake Busey, Michael Shamus Wiles, Eduardo Yanez, Sarah Paulson, Diego Fuentes, Julie Hagerty, Roselyn Sanchez, Sam Gifaldi, Dalton James, Sam Vlahos, Andrew Jackson
A Chicago businessman, Michael Dawson (Jamie Foxx), finds his vacation plans going awry when his girlfriend Rae (Nia Long) dumps him. As if that isn't bad enough, he then is taken hostage by migrant thugs, and his problems continue.
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Jackie's Back 1999 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Jenifer Lewis, Tim Curry, T.V. Blake, Tangie Ambrose, Whoopi Goldberg, David Hyde Pierce, Tom Arnold, Julie Hagerty, JoBeth Williams, Robert Bailey Jr.
Told in documentary style, this is the story of Jackie (Jenifer Lewis), a former blues singer who hits the comeback trail and gets TV and media coverage of her comeback concert. Lots of cameos.
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London Suite 1996 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Neil Simon's London Suite
Director: Jay Sandrich
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonathan Silverman, Madeline Kahn, Richard Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Julie Hagerty, Kristen Johnston, Jane Carr, Paxton Whitehead, Margot Steinberg
In this made-for-TV sequel to "California Suite" (1978), Neil Simon has placed his characters in a London hotel where four different stories are told.
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Lost in America 1985  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall, Art Frankel, Tom Tarpey, Maggie Roswell, Ernie Brown, Michael Greene
When an advertisement executive doesn't get the promotion he has been waiting for all his life, he and his wife decide to take their life savings, buy a motor home, and roam the country. Some very funny scenes in this movie evolve as their dream of escaping reality becomes a nightmare.
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 1982 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts, Michael Higgins, Timothy Jenkins, Adam Redfield, Moishe Rosenfeld, Sol Frieder, Boris Zoubok, Thomas Barbour, Kate McGregor-Stewart
Andrew (Woody Allen) and his wife Adrian (Mary Steenburgen) invite Leopold (Jose Ferrer) and his fiancee Ariel (Mia Farrow) to spend the weekend at their country home in upstate New York. During the weekend, another couple–Maxwell (Tony Roberts) and his date Dulcy (Julie Hagerty)–arrives on the scene, and the "couples" manage to dissolve as they become interested in each others' mates.
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Noises Off 1992  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Mark Linn-Baker, Nicollette Sheridan
Based on Michael Frayn's play, this is the story of how eccentric theatrical actors and stagehands manage to get off the ground and onto Broadway. 1 User Review
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| | Imperfect for sure, but a classroom in comic timing | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | The third act is unnecessary and unbelievable. The finale is so artificial that it passeth all justification.
But Bogdanovich is a master of comic timing. (Watch the opening scenes of "What's Up Doc?" sometime.) And this movie is worth the price of admission just to watch the timing in the first two acts. The actors are one-dimensional, but it is a farce, and they are meant to be one-dimensional. We expected this level of work from Carol Burnett -- frankly, we saw it every week on TV for years -- bit John Ritter is a revelation as a physical comic and Christopher Reeve is really quite good as an understated comic foil.
Watch the first half anyway. If fact, watch it twice. |
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Reversal of Fortune 1990 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Fisher Stevens, Uta Hagen, Christine Baranski, Julie Hagerty, Jack Gilpin, Felicity Huffman, Stephen Mailer, Christine Dunford
This black comedy is about Claus von Bulow's (Jeremy Irons) legal battles over the attempted murder of his wealthy wife, Sunny (Glenn Close). The hook is that the story is told from Sunny's viewpoint, which makes this a very funny flick. Jeremy Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow, and the film was nominated for two others, including Best Director.
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Rude Awakening 1989  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Greenwalt, Aaron Russo
Cast: Eric Roberts, Cheech Marin, Julie Hagerty, Robert Carradine, Louise Lasser, Cliff De Young, Dion Anderson, Peter Boyden, Michael Luciano, Ed Fry, Cindy Williams, Buck Henry, Tom Sizemore, Andrea Martin, Rae Dawn Chong
In the 1960s, draft-dodging hippies Jesus Monteya (Cheech Marin) and Fred (Eric Roberts) flee the country and hide out in the Central American jungles. They return to New York City in the late 1990s and find their old friends Sammy (Robert Carradine) and Petra (Julie Hagerty). But, Sammy and Petra have now become rich yuppies, and life in America is not what Jesus and Fred expected after their idealistic youthful years.
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 She's the Man 2006 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, David Cross, Julie Hagerty, Alex Breckenridge, Jonathan Sadowski, Robert Hoffman, Amanda Crew, Jessica Lucas, Emily Perkins, James Kirk
In this modern version of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," Viola's (Amanda Bynes) soccer team loses its funding so she pretends to be her twin brother, Sebastian, and joins the soccer team at his new boarding school. She rooms with Duke (Channing Tatum) and falls for him, but Duke is infatuated with Olivia (Laura Ramsey) who, in turn, falls in love with "Sebastian," and the fun begins.
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 The Story of Us 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rita Wilson, Paul Reiser, Julie Hagerty, Tim Matheson, Jayne Meadows, Tom Poston, Betty White, Red Buttons, Colleen Rennison, Jake Sandvig, Rob Reiner, Casey Boersma, Dylan Boersma
When, after 15 years of marriage, Ben (Bruce Willis) and Katie Jordan (Michelle Pfeiffer) appear to be heading for the divorce court, both confide to friends Stan, Rachel, and Dave (Rob Reiner, Rita Wilson, and Paul Reiser) and reminisce (through flashbacks) about events that took place throughout their marriage years.
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Storytelling 2001 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Solondz
Cast: Selma Blair, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Mike Schank, Mark Webber, Noah Fleiss, Lupe Ontiveros, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom
Divided into two sections, Todd Solondz first presents "Fiction," the story about white college student (Selma Blair) who finds that when she writes about an actual sexual encounter with her black professor, her work must be called fiction. The second story, "Nonfiction," involves an aspiring filmmaker (Mike Schank) who follows a high-school senior (Mark Webber) around with a video camera, capturing moments within his dysfunctional family.
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U-Turn 1997 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Abraham Benrubi, Julie Hagerty
Bobby Cooper (Sean Penn) becomes involved in murder plots when his car breaks down in front of a house whose residents want each other killed.
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 What About Bob? 1991 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Bill Murray, Julie Hagerty, Richard Dreyfuss, Charlie Korsmo, Tom Aldredge, Kathryn Erbe, Roger Bowen, Doris Belack, Susan Willis, Fran Brill
Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is off his rocker–but lovable. He becomes compulsively attracted to Dr. Leo Martin (Richard Dreyfuss) who has no desire to befriend Bob. When Martin leaves for vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee, the neurotic Bob follows and drives Martin crazy with his constant attention.
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The Wife 1996 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Noonan
Cast: Julie Hagerty, Tom Noonan, Wallace Shawn, Karen Young
One winter night, married New Age therapists Rita (Julie Hagerty) and Jack (Tom Noonan) "entertain" a client, Cosmo (Wallace Shawn) and his wife Arlie (Karen Young) in their cabin home. During the long evening the two couples interact with Jack pulling all the strings.
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| 1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
2. Airplane! (1980)
3. Aria (1987)
4. Bad Medicine (1985)
5. The Badge (2002)
aka: Behind the Badge
6. Beyond Therapy (1987)
7. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
8. Boys Will Be Boys (1997)
9. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
10. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
11. Goodbye, New York (1985)
12. A Guy Thing (2003)
13. Held Up (1999)
14. Jackie's Back (1999)
15. London Suite (1996)
aka: Neil Simon's London Suite
16. Lost in America (1985)
17. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
18. Noises Off (1992)
19. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
20. Rude Awakening (1989)
21. She's the Man (2006)
22. The Story of Us (1999)
23. Storytelling (2001)
24. U-Turn (1997)
25. What About Bob? (1991)
26. The Wife (1996)
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