Amazon 1997  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Keith Merrill
Cast: Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt narrates this adventure in which two cultures meet when an Indian shaman and an ethnobotanist come face to face while conducting searches for medicinal plants along the picturesque Amazon river.
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The Bostonians 1984 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Wallace Shawn, Linda Hunt, Barbara Bryne, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Jon Van Ness
Based on Henry James' novel, this is the story of young feminists in the late 1800s who find their quest for equality is not going to be an easy fight. Lesbian suffragette Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave) engages in a tug-of-war with Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve) when they both pursue young Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter). Basil is in love with Verena, but Olive wants to use Verena's connections to promote the suffragette ideology. Emotions flare when decisions must be made between love and fighting for the cause of equal rights. Redgrave received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
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 Dragonfly 2002  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates, Linda Hunt, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Jay Thomas, Matt Craven, Kathryn Erbe, Jacob Smith
A Chicago doctor, Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner), has kept busy through work following the untimely death of his pregnant wife (Susanna Thompson). But, now he begins to believe that his wife is trying to contact him from beyond the grave. A mediocre movie, at best.
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Dune 1984  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Jurgen Prochnow, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Linda Hunt, Paul L. Smith, Max von Sydow, Silvana Mangano
Based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, this is the story of struggle for control of a distant planet–all for a monopoly of the inter-galactic spice trade.
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Eleni 1985 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley, Glenne Headly, Dimitra Arliss, Steve Plytas, Peter Woodthorpe
Based on Nicholas Gage's book, this is the story of Nick's (John Malkovich) investigation into the Greek Communists' execution of his mother in the late 1940s.
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Island of the Sharks 1999  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Howard Hall
Cast: Linda Hunt
About 300 miles off the Costa Rica coast is volcanic Cocos Island, which provided the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." The seas around this island are filled with a wide variety of undersea creatures and the IMAX camera has caught this diversity in breathtaking scenes. Linda Hunt does a good job with the narration.
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Kindergarten Cop 1990  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker, Cathy Moriarty, Park Overall, Richard Portnow, Angela Bassett, Joseph & Christian Cousins, Jane Brook, Tom Kurlander, Alix Koromzay, Betty Lou Henson
L.A. cop John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is gathering evidence to convict psychopathic drug lord Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) and his cold-blooded mother Eleanor (Carroll Baker). After learning that Crisp is searching for his ex-wife (Penelope Ann Miller) and young son (Joseph and Christian Cousins), Kimble heads to Astoria, Oregon, with his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) where he believes the son is a kindergarten student. Although mother and son have assumed different identities, Kimble is banking on the fact that getting close to the situation will lead him to Crisp. Phoebe has teaching credentials and plans to teach in the Astoria kindergarten class, but she gets food poisoning, and Kimble ends up going undercover as the kindergarten teacher.
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 Pocahontas 1995 G, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Drama / Musical
Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Cast: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Judy Kuhn, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker, John Kassir, Danny Mann, Billy Connolly, Michelle St. John, Gordon Tootoosis
In this animated, fantasized version of the meeting between British adventurer John Smith (voice of Mel Gibson) and beautiful Indian Princess Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard), the couple prevents all-out war between the English settlers led by Gov. Ratcliffe (voice of David Ogden Stiers) and the Native Americans at Jamestown when it is feared that the settlers want gold they see the natives trading. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz won Oscars for Best Original Musical Score, and their song "Colors of the Wind" won for Best Original Song.
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 1998 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Cast: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Stapleton, Russell Means, Linda Hunt, Donal Gibson, John Kassir, Jim Cummings, Finola Hughes, Jeff Bennett, Rodger Bumpass, Frank Welker
In this animated, historical fantasy, after hearing rumors that Capt. John Smith (voice of Donal Gibson) has died, Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard) heads for England in an effort to keep peace in Jamestown. After many problems, Pocahontas does convince King James (voice of Jim Cummings) to call off the British armada.
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Popeye 1980 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Richard Libertini, Linda Hunt, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Donovan Scott, Allan F. Nicholls, Bill Irwin, Robert Fortier
This financially less-than-successful rendition of the cartoon character who is "strong to the finish because he eats his spinach" is still OK, but slow, fare as Robin Williams plays the "human" version of Popeye the sailorman, and Shelley Duvall plays the light of his life, Olive Oyl. Popeye and Olive Oyl get together, and Popeye adopts Swee'pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), but problems lie ahead with Bluto (Paul L. Smith).
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Pret-a-Porter 1994 R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ready to Wear
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kim Basinger, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Sally Kellerman, Linda Hunt, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Rea, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Danny Aiello
The week-long unveiling of Paris designs is an "event" captured by this film. If you like fashion excess and shallow (but good-looking) people hopping into bed, this is the film for you. Actually, when subplots are deleted, this film is, in itself, one big satire on the fashion industry.
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The Relic 1997 R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, Clayton Rohner, Chi Muoi Lo, Audra Lindley, Thomas Ryan, Robert Lesser, Diane Robin, Lewis Van Bergen, Constance Towers, Francis X. McCarthy, John Kapelos, Tico Wells
Two large crates arrive at the Field Museum in Chicago where Dr. Margo Green (Penelope Ann Miller) works. It is not long before a monster is on the loose at the museum's opening-night gala, and corpses are discovered all over the museum. Margo and Chicago police officer Lt. Vincent D'Agosta (Tom Sizemore) work together to investigate the gruesome murders and trace them to a monster of South American origin that has found its way, along with the crates, into the museum.
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The Room Upstairs 1987 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Margolin
Cast: Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Linda Hunt, Joan Allen, Clancy Brown, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Handy, Jerry O'Connell, De'voreaux White, Renee Estevez
Lonely Leah (Stockard Channing) teaches special needs children and rents rooms in her family house to make ends meet. A simple story of Leah and her boarders, including Cellist Travis (Sam Waterston) who may end her loneliness. Made for TV.
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She-Devil 1989 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt, Sylvia Miles, A Martinez, Bryan Larkin, Mary Louise Wilson, Maria Pitillo, Jack Gilpin
Taken from Fay Weldon's novel, "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil," this movie is about a frumpy housewife (Roseanne) who plots to upset her husband's (Ed Begley Jr.) affair with a self-centered romance novelist (Meryl Streep).
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 Silverado 1985  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Kline, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Scott Glenn, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Joe Seneca, Marvin J. McIntyre, Sheb Wooley, Jon Kasdan, Todd Allen, Bill Thurman
This Western has it all: adventure, comedy, and drama. The story is about "good guys" Paden (Kevin Kline), Emmett (Scott Glenn), and Mal (Danny Glover) who rescue Emmett's brother Jake (Kevin Costner) from jail where he is being held by Sheriff Langston (John Cleese). They pull off the escape, Jake joins the group, and they arrive in Silverado. Now, they meet frontier widow Hannah (Rosanna Arquette), card shark Slick (Jeff Goldblum), and saloon operator Stella (Linda Hunt)–all of whom have their own stories to tell. The "good guys" confront corrupt Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy) and attempt to rid Silverado of vice. But, when dealing with the nasty sheriff and murdering ranchers, a showdown is a certainty.
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 Stranger Than Fiction 2006 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt, William Dick, Guy Massey, Martha Espinoza, T.J. Jagodowsky
IRS agent Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) leads a hum-drum, regimented life–until he starts hearing a voice describing his day-to-day activities in great detail. The voice is that of Kaye (Emma Thompson) who is writing a novel about Harold Crick and is being pressured by her publisher to complete the novel. When Harold realizes that Kaye is about to kill him off, he is determined to find her and change the ending.
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Twenty Bucks 1993 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
Cast: Linda Hunt, David Rasche, George Morfogen, Sam Jenkins, Elisabeth Shue, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Diane Baker, Brendan Fraser, William H. Macy
A 20-dollar bill begins its journey at an ATM and changes hands numerous times in this story that follows its variety of transactions and the lives it touches. Some of the "short stories" are quite interesting.
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The Year of Living Dangerously 1982 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bembol Roco, Bill Kerr, Domingo Landicho, Hermano De Guzman, Noel Ferrier, Paul Sonkkila
Personal lives and politics combine when journalist Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) goes to Indonesia in 1965 to cover the last days of President Sukarno's reign. Linda Hunt received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Yours, Mine and Ours 2005 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Dean Collins, Tyler Patrick Jones, Haley Ramm, Brecken Palmer, Bridger Palmer, Ty Panitz, Danielle Panabaker, Drake Bell, Slade Pearce
Widowed, Coast Guard Admiral Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) has eight children when he meets his high-school sweetheart, Helen (Rene Russo), at their New London, Connecticut, school reunion. Helen has 10 children of her own, but in the blink of an eye Frank and Helen fall in love and marry. Now, kids clash as their families unite in this family comedy.
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| Oscar: Best Supporting Actress for The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) |
1. Amazon (1997)
2. The Bostonians (1984)
3. Dragonfly (2002)
4. Dune (1984)
5. Eleni (1985)
6. Island of the Sharks (1999)
7. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
8. Pocahontas (1995)
9. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
10. Popeye (1980)
11. Pret-a-Porter (1994)
aka: Ready to Wear
12. The Relic (1997)
13. The Room Upstairs (1987)
14. She-Devil (1989)
15. Silverado (1985)
16. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
17. Twenty Bucks (1993)
18. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
19. Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)
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