Airport '77 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh
Another sequel to "Airport"–if you can watch yet another disaster film, then this one is for you as a private plane crashes into the ocean after being sabotaged. Will there be a rescue?
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Albino Alligator 1996  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Spacey
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, M. Emmet Walsh, John Spencer, Skeet Ulrich, Frankie Faison, Joe Mantegna
Three criminals (Gary Sinise, Matt Dillon, and William Fichtner) hold hostages in a local New Orleans bar, Dino's Last Chance, where they are trapped–criminals as well as hostages–unless someone comes up with a solution to their predicament.
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Back Roads 1981 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston
Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other.
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Back to School 1986  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, M. Emmet Walsh, Adrienne Barbeau, Ned Beatty, Severn Darden, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, Robert Picado, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The inhibited son of an offensive millionaire is humiliated when his father enrolls in his university in order to help him achieve popularity. Eventually, they gain understanding of each other as their celebrity grows. Rodney Dangerfield, as the father, actually gets respect.
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The Best of Times 1986 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kurt Russell, Robin Williams, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R.G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor
This movie has a good cast; however, the premise is weak. Two men try to overcome their past failings by reliving a missed pass at a high-school football game in which their team lost.
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 Blade Runner 1982  R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy
This dark, well-made hi-tech thriller is set in early-21st-century Los Angeles. A sardonic cop (Harrison Ford) is hot on the trail of a group of murdering renegade "replicates" (artificially made human slaves) who are terrorizing the city. In the course of his work, he falls in love with one of them.
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Blood Simple 1984 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams, Deborah Neumann, Raquel Gavia, Van Brooks, Senor Marco, William Creamer, Loren Bivens, Bob McAdams, Shannon Sedwick, Nancy Finger, William Preston Robertson
Wealthy Texas bar owner Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) hires private detective Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to stalk and then kill his wife Abby (Frances McDormand) and her lover Ray (John Getz) who is one of Julian's bartenders. However, the job does not prove as easy as was initially thought, and Visser runs into more than a few problems accomplishing his assignment.
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Bound for Glory 1976 PG, 147 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Randy Quaid, M. Emmet Walsh, Allan Miller
During the Depression, Woody Guthrie (David Carradine), like many others, rode the trains throughout America. Broke and disillusioned, these people hoped for more out of life. One man, Woody Guthrie, survived and lived to write music for the whole world to enjoy. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Writing and won for Cinematography and Musical Score.
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Broken Vows 1987 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, M. Emmet Walsh, Milo O'Shea, David Groh, Madeleine Sherwood, Jean De Baer, David Strathairn, Frances Fisher, Peter Crombie
Impacted by the murder of an artist to whom he gave last rites, Catholic Priest Joseph McMahon (Tommy Lee Jones), along with the murdered man's latest of several girlfriends (Annette O'Toole), investigates the murder. In the process, he realizes that he knows little about what is going on in the neighborhood outside the church and begins to question his faith and celibacy. Made for TV.
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Brotherhood of the Rose 1989  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss, Connie Sellecca, David Morse, James Sikking, M. Emmet Walsh, Ken Blackburn, James Hong, Bill Johnson, Rhys McConnochie, Ian Harrop, Peadar Lamb, Robert(3) Taylor
Two good friends were raised as brothers Saul and Amos since they were young boys and adopted by CIA official John Eliot (Robert Mitchum). Eliot trained them to be CIA agents, and now they enter the agency and are given the code names Romulus (Peter Strauss) and Remus (David Morse). What they do not know is that Eliot is building his own private army within the CIA. After Romulus takes a job that results in the death of civilians, he finds himself on the run from the CIA. He learns that Eliot betrayed him and Remus from the time they were taken into his home as children and that he "adopted" 18 other boys as well to form his new army. Now, Romulus and Remus team up in seeking revenge against Eliot for all the years he had deceived them and for all the others he had hurt over the years. 1 User Review
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Brubaker 1980 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Morgan Freeman, Matt Clark, Tim McIntire, Val Avery, M. Emmet Walsh
Henry Brubaker is a prison reformer who is the new warden at a prison. When he looks into problems at his prison, he finds that the entire system is corrupt. During his relentless search for truth, he threatens the jobs of his supervisors and is fired.
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Camp Nowhere 1994 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jonathan Prince
Cast: Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, Andrew Keegan, Marne Patterson, Melody Kay, M. Emmet Walsh, Ray Baker, Kate Mulgrew, John Putch, Peter Scolari, Romy Windsor, Burgess Meredith
Nerdish "Mud" Himmel (Jonathan Jackson) does not look forward to another summer of computer camp, and his friends aren't looking forward to their respective summer camps either. So Mud comes up with a scheme: get weird teacher Dennis Van Welker (Christopher Lloyd) to pose as a camp director and talk the parents into sending their children to the fake camp. Oh, yes, parents aren't allowed at the camp. The plan works, and more young ones find out about the camp and want to attend. Chaos reigns supreme in this weak, but at-times funny, family comedy.
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Cannery Row 1982 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, Art LaFleur, John Malloy, James Keane, Sharon Ernster, Ellen Blake, Mary Margaret Amato
John Steinbeck's novel, set in Monterey, California, is brought to the screen with Nick Nolte as the marine biologist, Doc, who falls for local floozy Suzy (Debra Winger) after he meets her at the Bear Flag Restaurant. Romance blooms between the two but quickly turns sour. Meanwhile, Cannery Row inhabitants–including Mac (M. Emmet Walsh)–hope that Doc and Suzy will get back together because their love is the one thing in Doc and Suzy's lives that really counts.
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Chairman of the Board 1998  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex Zamm
Cast: Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jack Warden, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch, Mystro Clark, Jack Plotnick, Estelle Harris, M. Emmet Walsh, Bill Erwin
Surfer/inventor Edison (Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson) needs money for rent, so he looks for someone to buy his crazy inventions. He meets a billionaire who likes him so much that Edison inherits the man's company when he dies. Now Edison's inventions are a hit, and his competitors don't like it at all. Moronic, stupid comedy.
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Chattahoochee 1990 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand, Ned Beatty, William DeAcutis, Dennis Hopper, Pamela Reed, M. Emmet Walsh, Lee Wilkof, Gary Howard Klar, Matt Craven
Based on a true story, this film is about the inhumane treatment patients in mental hospitals endured in the 1950s.
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Christmas in the Clouds 2005 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Kate Montgomery
Cast: Timothy Vahle, Sam Vlahos, Mariana Tosca, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene, Sheila Tousey, Rosalind Ayres, Rita Coolidge, Lois Red Elk, Jonathan Joss, Shirley Cheechoo, Karina Moeller
Ray Clouds on Fire (Timothy Vahle) runs a ski resort owned by a Native American Nation, and he does a thorough job of preparing the establishment for a travel guide who is coming to inspect the premises. But twists and turns rise to the fore when Ray mistakenly identifies Tina Littlehawk (Mariana Tosca) and treats her royally. Meanwhile, the real travel agent, Stu O'Malley (M. Emmet Walsh), must endure mismanagement from the eccentric staff.
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 Christmas with the Kranks 2004  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, Felicity Huffman
When daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves for the Peace Corps before Christmas, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to skip Christmas and embark on a cruise instead. But, the Krank's cranky neighbors are not pleased with the idea of foregoing Christmas, and disharmony threatens to ruin Christmas for all.
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 Clean and Sober 1988 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, Brian Benben, Luca Bercovici, Tate Donovan, Dakin Matthews, Claudia Christian, Ben Piazza
A real estate agent, Daryl (Michael Keaton), keeps his "edge" by use of drugs and alcohol. He takes money from his company and then, upon awakening one morning, finds his date of the night before has ODed on drugs. He checks into a rehab center–not because of his need, but to hide from the police. His life is changed by the new circumstances.
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Equinox 1993 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Marisa Tomei, Tyra Ferrell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tate Donovan, Lori Singer, M. Emmet Walsh, Gailard Sartain
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace (both played by Modine) are twin brothers who were separated at birth. They meet and the results make for a good story as they have led extremely diverse lives.
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The Escape Artist 1982 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Eric Braeden, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, William Windom, Sal Mineo, Albert Salmi, Harry Lauter, M. Emmet Walsh
After a nuclear disaster, two apes (Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter) have escaped their lost planet and arrive on Earth. Unfortunately, humans greet them warily–afraid that apes will gain control of Earthlings.
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 1979 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gilbert Moses
Cast: Julius Erving, Stockard Channing, Jonathan Winters, Margaret Avery, Jack Kehoe, Meadowlark Lemon, Flip Wilson, M. Emmet Walsh, Nicholas Pryor, Michael V. Gazzo
Astrology is used to turn a hapless Pittsburgh basketball team into championship material. Only those born under the sign of Pisces will be allowed on the team.
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Fletch 1985 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Libertini, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, William Traylor, George Wyner, Tony Longo, Ralph Seymour, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) is a big city newspaperman who goes undercover and poses as a bum. He stumbles onto a story when Santa Monica aviation executive Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson), who has bone cancer, offers him $50,000 to murder him so that his family can collect on his life insurance. Fletch believes that there is more to the story and, before long, uncovers a drug dealing connection between Stanwyk and police Chief Karlin (Joe Don Baker).
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The Gambler 1974 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Stuart Margolin, M. Emmet Walsh, Vic Tayback, James Woods
A gambling addict (James Caan), who cannot be convinced that he has an illness, suffers when his family refuses to come to his aid, and he is forced to deal with the vindictive world of loan sharks.
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Get to Know Your Rabbit 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Smothers, John Astin, Susanne Zenor, Samantha Jones, Allen Garfield, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles, Hope Summers, Charles(2) Lane, M. Emmet Walsh
Donald Beeman (Tom Smothers) learns how to perform magic from Mr. Delasandro (Orson Welles) and sets out to enter the realm of show business.
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The Glass Shield 1995 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Richard Anderson, Ice Cube, Bernie Casey, Elliott Gould, Michael Ironside, M. Emmet Walsh, Don Harvey, Sy Richardson
This film is based on the real-life story of two cops (Michael Boatman and Lori Petty) who stumble onto a trail of both racism and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Harry and the Hendersons 1987 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Dear
Cast: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, David Suchet, Lainie Kazan, M. Emmet Walsh, Bill Ontiveros, Kevin Peter Hall
This film gives us a look at what happens to a family when they first encounter, take home, and care for a bigfoot-like creature. Sound silly? It is. However, the film is watchable, and kids will love it.
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High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane 1980 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Return of Will Kane
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Lee Majors, Frank Campanella, David Carradine, M. Emmet Walsh, Pernell Roberts, J.A. Preston, Tracey Walter, Katherine Cannon, Michael Pataki, Britt Leach
Will Kane (Lee Majors) returns to town to find out that the low-down marshal (Pernell Roberts) who replaced him needs to be dealt with.
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The Iron Giant 1999  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Bergman, Ollie Johnston, Jack Angel, Rodger Bumpass
In this animated feature film, set in 1957, a giant mechanical man (voice of Vin Diesel) drops from the sky and lands near a small town in Maine where he is befriended by young Hogarth Hughes (voice of Eli Marienthal). Although Hogarth's neighbors and the U.S. government worry that the robot is a Soviet weapon, by story's end, the message against weapons and war are very clear. The moral is that humans CAN make choices.
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Jack of Hearts 2000 R, 93 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Serge Rodnunsky
Cast: Louis Mandylor, Nick Mancuso, M. Emmet Walsh, Ben Gazzara, Roddy Piper, Tawnya Richardson, Gary Mosher, Robin Joi Brown, Richard Edson, Joe Penny
Roy Murcant (Nick Mancuso) has made it big on the Las Vegas Strip, but many suspect that he is raking off part of the profits for himself. Along comes policeman Jack Newland (Louis Mandylor), who is trying to salvage his career by starting over in Las Vegas. Jack, as well as several others, tries to get his hands on the second set of books that shows the illegal activities.
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 The Jerk 1979 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Dick Anthony Williams, Carl Reiner, Bill Macy, M. Emmet Walsh, Dick O'Neill
A young White man (Steve Martin), raised by a poor Black family, sets out to find himself. In the process, he becomes a millionaire and then loses his fortune. There are plenty of laughs as long as you're open to silly humor.
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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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Killer Image 1992 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Winning
Cast: M. Emmet Walsh, John Pyper-Ferguson, Michael Ironside, Krista Errickson, Paul Austin, Chantelle Jenkins, Kristie Baker, Barbara Gajewskia, Jack Ackroyd, Daryl Shuttleworth
Ric is murdered after snapping a picture of Luther (Michael Ironside) murdering his Senator brother's (M. Emmet Walsh) girlfriend. Luther is after the photo while Ric's brother, Max (John Pyper-Ferguson), is after Luther. Get the picture? Confusing, with many plot twists.
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The Mighty Quinn 1989 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Carl Schenkel
Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, M. Emmet Walsh, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Keye Luke, Tyra Ferrell, Art Evans, Esther Rolle, Norman Beaton, Alex Colon, Carl Bradshaw, Fitz Weir, Baldwin Howe
Quinn (Denzel Washington) is the chief of police on a Caribbean island where he is trying to find a murderer. Although the clues point to his boyhood friend Maubee (Robert Townsend) who has become a local folk hero, Quinn believes that Maubee is innocent. Quinn is being pressured to solve the case and continues to investigate–even if it turns out that Maubee really is the murderer.
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Mikey and Nicky 1976 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elaine May
Cast: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Carol Grace, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh, Rose Arrick, Sanford Meisner, William Hickey, Sy Travers
Mikey (Peter Falk) and Nicky (John Cassavetes) have been friends since childhood. Now, as adults, they are involved in small-time crimes and are evading the eye of a hit man who has Nicky lined up as his next target.
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The Milagro Beanfield War 1988 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Chick Vennera, Christopher Walken, Sonia Braga, Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, M. Emmet Walsh
When big money interests want to build a resort near a small town, a group of its citizens fight for the right to cultivate the land. Great scenery.
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Missing in Action 1984 R, 101 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Zito
Cast: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, James Hong, Lenore Kasdorf, David Tress, Ernie Ortega, Pierrino Mascarino, Erich Anderson, Joseph Carberry, Avi Kleinberger
Col. Braddock (Chuck Norris) has escaped from a prisoner of war camp where he was held for many years. Now, he re-enters Vietnam in search of other MIAs who he is sure are there. There is a sequel, which goes back in time to when Braddock was a P.O.W.
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The Music of Chance 1993 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis, Chris Penn, Pearl Jones, Jordan Spainhour, Paul Auster
After losing in a poker game, Jack Pozzi (James Spader) and James Nash (Mandy Patinkin) must satisfy their debt by building a stone wall for on the estate of Willie Stone (Joel Grey) and Bill Flower (Charles Durning). Meanwhile, Calvin Murks (M. Emmet Walsh) diabolically directs their work efforts.
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 My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco, M. Emmet Walsh, Rachel Griffiths, Carrie Preston, Susan Sullivan, Christopher Masterson, Cassie Creasy, Paul Giamatti, Harry Shearer, Mike Bacarella, Bree Turner
College lovers Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) and Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) parted but made a pact to marry each other if both are still single when they reach the ripe old age of 28. Now, Michael calls Julianne to announce his upcoming marriage Kimmy (Cameron Diaz), and Julianne appears on the scene determined to sabotage the "blessed event." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Musical Score.
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The Naked Truth 1992 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Robert Caso, Kevin Schon, Courtney Gibbs, M. Emmet Walsh, Herb Edelman, Erik Estrada, Shannon Tweed, Billy Barty, Little Richard, Yvonne De Carlo, Norman Fell, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Many old-time (and newer-time) Hollywood stars show up in this comedy in which Frank and Frank (Robert Caso and Kevin Schon) head to Hollywood to try getting into show biz. The Mob sends hit men on their trail after they inadvertently witness a hit and come upon a suitcase with more evidence. Meanwhile, the FBI needs their help as witnesses, so Frank and Frank disguise themselves as women working on an upcoming beauty pageant. Unfortunately, the pageant is also run by the Mob. And so it goes.
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Narrow Margin 1990 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J.A. Preston, Harris Yulin, B.A. "Smitty Smith, Codie Lucas Wilbee, Barbara Russell, Kevin McNulty, Andrew Rhodes, Lon Katzman
Los Angeles District Attorney Caulfield (Gene Hackman) is responsible for protecting Carol (Anne Archer) so that she can testify as a witness to a mob killing. Caulfield and fellow policeman Dominick Benti (M. Emmet Walsh) arrive at the cabin where Carol has been hiding. Unfortunately, hit men have tracked them to the cabin, and they kill Benti. Caulfield and Carol escape by boarding a train in the run for their lives with hit man Nelson (James Sikking) in pursuit.
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Nickelodeon 1976 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, Harry Carey Jr., James Best, George Gaynes, M. Emmet Walsh, Jane Hitchcock, Jack Perkins, Brion James, Sidney Armus, Joe Warfield
The story begins in 1910 when Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is invited to be a Hollywood screen writer. His career spirals, he becomes a director, and he falls for leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock). But, Kathleen decides to marry Harrigan's leading man, cowboy actor Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds). Harrigan and Greenway go their separate ways but are reunited by story's end.
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No Man's Land 1987 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Charlie Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, Arlen Dean Snyder, M. Emmet Walsh, R.D. Call, Al Shannon, Bernie Pock, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly
Cars are being stolen in L.A., and a young cop (D.B. Sweeney) is hot on the thieves' trail in spite of personal problems with a senior policeman (Randy Quaid). Charlie Sheen does a good job portraying the leader of the bad guys.
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Ordinary People 1980 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, James Sikking, Fredric Lehne, Basil Hoffman, Elizabeth Hubbard, Scott Doebler, Quinn K. Redeker, Mariclare Costello, Meg Mundy
This is the story of the Jarrett family trying to come to grips with the accidental death of one of their sons. The younger son, Conrad (Timothy Hutton), makes an unsuccessful suicide attempt, the father, Calvin (Donald Sutherland), offers little emotional support, and the mother, Beth (Mary Tyler Moore), seems stuck in the moment and cannot rise beyond the crisis. The film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hutton), and Screenplay. Mary Tyler Moore was nominated for Best Actress and Judd Hirsch as Dr. Berger was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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 The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, M. Emmet Walsh, Burt Young, Val Avery, Joe Grifasi, Philip Bosco, Jack Kehoe, Tony DiBenedetto, Ronald Maccone, Betty Miller
After Italian, distant cousins Charlie and Paulie (Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts) are fired from their jobs, their solution is to get help from safecracker Barney (Kenneth McMillan) and steal $150,000. They succeed in getting the cash, but problems lie ahead because the money belongs to mobster Bedbug Eddie (Burt Young), and he seeks revenge. Geraldine Page was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) for her role as Mrs. Ritter, the mother of a dead crooked policeman.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley, Sylvester Stallone, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Ivor Francis, Maxine Stuart
This Neil Simon film is about an executive, Mel (Jack Lemmon), facing a nervous breakdown following the loss of his job. This is a very entertaining movie and has the added bonus of future stars playing minor roles. Among them are Sylvester Stallone as an alleged pickpocket and F. Murray Abraham as a taxi driver.
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 Racing Stripes 2005 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, Joe Pantoliano, David Spade, Steve Harvey, Snoop Dogg, Gary Bullock, Michael Clarke Duncan
A baby zebra has been left behind accidentally by a traveling circus during a thunderstorm and is rescued by Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood). Nolan's daughter, Channing (Hayden Panettiere), loves the zebra and names him Stripes (voice of Frankie Muniz). Stripes dreams of being a racehorse, and, with help from his barnyard friends (voices of Dustin Hoffman, Snoop Dogg, Joe Pantoliano, and Whoopi Goldberg), the dream could become a reality–if Nolan will agree to train him.
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 Raise the Titanic! 1980 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer, Alec Guinness, J.D. Cannon, M. Emmet Walsh, Bo Brundin, Norman Bartold, Elya Baskin
Salvage efforts are underway to raise the ill-fated luxury liner and retrieve its sunken treasures.
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 Raising Arizona 1987 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, M. Emmet Walsh
A childless couple, ex-con (Nicolas Cage) and his cop wife (Holly Hunter), decide they want a child. Not being the conventional couple, they find an alternative to adoption–they steal a child. The story goes on from there as the dizzy duo tries child rearing.
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Reds 1981 PG, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Edward Herrmann, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Nicolas Coster, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, George Plimpton
This movie tells the story of the Russian Revolution and mixes in the love story of John and Louise (Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton) who are swept up in the momentum of change. Academy Awards were received by Warren Beatty for his directing and Maureen Stapleton for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Actress (Keaton), and Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson).
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Resting Place 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: John Lithgow, M. Emmet Walsh, Brian Tarantina, Morgan Freeman, G.D. Spradlin, Richard(2) Brooks, Richard Bradford, CCH Pounder, Frances Sternhagen, John Philbin, Bob Hannah, Marc Clement, Mert Hatfield, Elliott Street, Tegan West
Major Kendall Laird (John Lithgow) accompanies the body of a Black lieutenant, who was killed in action, to his hometown in Georgia. When Laird arrives in town, he meets the deceased soldier's parents, Luther and Ada Johnson (Morgan Freeman and CCH Pounder) and learns that he must deal with racial tension when it is recognized that the Black lieutenant is slated to be buried in a White cemetery.
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 Romeo + Juliet 1996 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Kennedy, Vincent Laresca, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Harold Perrineau, Miriam Margolyes, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Dash Mihok
The story of Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) is updated to the 20th century where they encounter sex, drugs, and pop music as members of opposing gangs (the Montagues and the Capulets). Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall in love. Although they try to hide their love from their warring families, obstacles lie ahead in the form of Tybalt (John Leguizamo) and Mercutio (Harold Perrineau) contributing to the problems of the "star-crossed lovers."
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Scandalous 1984 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Robert Hays, John Gielgud, Pamela Stephenson, Jim Dale, M. Emmet Walsh, Nancy Wood, Ron Travis, Ed Dolan, Paul Reeve, Anita Kennedy
TV journalist Frank Swedlin (Robert Hays) is accused of killing his wife, and while trying to clear his name, he becomes entangled with a team of London con artists. Pretty weak.
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 Serpico 1973 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Tony Roberts, M. Emmet Walsh, F. Murray Abraham, Cornelia Sharpe, John Medici, Allan Rich, Barbara Eda-Young, Norman Ornellas, Edward Grover, Albert Henderson, Damien Leake
Based on Peter Maas' biography, this film tells the story of Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), a New York undercover cop, who tries to get to the bottom of corruption in his police force. Accepting payoffs from gambling operations and drug rings is an accepted practice for his fellow officers, but Serpico refuses to be part of the "game," and his fellow officers ostracize him. Now, Serpico is frustrated and goes to the editors of the "New York Times." A scandal results, and Serpico testifies in court–all of which results in Serpico becoming the enemy of his fellow officers and the criminal world, as well. Pacino was nominated for the Oscar as Best Actor.
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Silkwood 1983  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Hallahan, Sudie Bond, Bruce McGill, J.C. Quinn, Henderson Forsythe
Based on true events, this film is the story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a 28-year-old worker in a plutonium plant, who is accidentally exposed to radiation. Karen has lived a ribald life as a hard-drinking woman living with her lover Drew (Kurt Russell) and lesbian friend Polly (Cher). As Karen investigates the illness caused by her exposure to the radiation, she gathers information about plant violations and sets out to divulge supposed nuclear violations. But, on her way to the meeting with a reporter, she dies in a mysterious car crash, which prevents her from revealing plant violations. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), and Director.
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 Slap Shot 1977 R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, Strother Martin, Melinda Dillon, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz
The Charleston Chiefs are a losing hockey team. Then coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) shows his team how violence reaps rewards. Funny stuff.
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Snow Dogs 2002 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols, M. Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joanna Bacalso, Jean Michel Pare, Michael Bolton, Jason Pouliotte, David Boyce, Frank C. Turner, Ron Small, Alison Matthews
When Miami dentist Ted Brooks (Cuba Gooding Jr.) learns not only that he was adopted but that he has inherited a team of Alaskan sled dogs from his birth mother, he heads north to Alaska where he finds, first his father (James Coburn) and then, himself.
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Straight Time 1978 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Fran Ryan, Rita Taggart, Jake Busey
Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) is an ex-con whose probation officer (M. Emmet Walsh) creates so many problems for him that he returns to the criminal world.
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 1991 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Western
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell, David Carradine, John Ireland, Bert Remsen, M. Emmet Walsh, Maxwell Caulfield, Deborah Foreman, Jim Metzler, Dabbs Greer, Dana Sshbrook, John Hancock, Marion Eaton, Sunshine Parker, Helena Carroll
It's been a hassle, all those years with vampires vs. humans. So, it seemed the right time for the vampires to live in peace in an old ghost town with their sun block 30, etc., and artificial blood made from plants. When the blood plant does not produce enough blood, its designer David Harrison (Jim Metzler) and his wife Sarah (Morgan Brittany) arrive in the ghost town and find themselves in the middle of trouble. There are those fundamentalists, led by Jefferson (John Ireland), who want the real thing and are ready to rise up against the peaceful vampire leader, Count Mardulak (David Carradine), who ordered the blood plant as a method of integrating the vampires into the human world. War it shall be.
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Sunset 1988  R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Dallesandro, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Bradford
During the making of a Hollywood movie, cowboy star Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) teams up with the subject of his film, Wyatt Earp (James Garner), to solve a real murder. This is a real dog.
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They Might Be Giants 1971 G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Kitty Winn, Sudie Bond
Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) is a retired judge who becomes convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes, and his brother (Lester Rawlins)–hoping to have him committed–hires a psychiatrist (Joanne Woodward) to look into the matter. Her name just happens to be "Dr. Watson," and she becomes intrigued with Justin leading to further complications. This film was remade for TV as "The Return of the World's Greatest Detective."
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 A Time to Kill 1996 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Patrick McGoohan, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Oliver Platt, M. Emmet Walsh, Brenda Fricker, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Nicky Katt, Joe Seneca, Beth Grant
Based on John Grisham's novel, this story involves a Black father, Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson), whose 10-year-old daughter is raped by two White rednecks in the town of Canton, Mississippi. When the rednecks are brought to court, Carl appears with a rifle and kills the defendants. Carl's friend, lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughy), agrees to defend him and receives help from young law clerk Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock). Meanwhile, the situation gets out of control, and, as the KKK, led by Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland) rises to the fore, Jake finds himself in grave danger.
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 Twilight 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon, Giancarlo Esposito, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, M. Emmet Walsh, Margo Martindale, John Spencer, Peter Gregory, Patrick Malone, Jason Clarke, Rene Mujica
Retired detective Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is living with movie star friends Jack and Catherine Ames (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon) in Santa Monica. When Harry delivers a package for Jack, he finds Lestar Ivar (M. Emmet Walsh) dying after being shot. Harry looks around Ivar's apartment and finds 20-year-old newspaper articles about Catherine's first husband who disappeared 20 years ago. Now, Harry's curiosity is peaked, and he asks LAPD detective Verna Hollander (Stockard Channing) for help in finding answers to the unsolved case. The trail leads to other unsolved cases–including one involving Harry's old colleague Raymond Hope (James Garner) who also runs errands for Jack and just might have the answers that Harry seeks.
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What's Up, Doc? 1972 G, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Sorrell Booke, Michael Murphy, Mabel Albertson, John Hillerman, M. Emmet Walsh, Madeline Kahn
Four suitcases get mixed up, and their owners' lives are changed forever. During the process of retrieving the correct luggage, Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), a somber musicologist, meets Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand), a dizzy student, who keeps popping back into his life.
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White Sands 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, Mimi Rogers, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Miguel Sandoval
A small-town sheriff in the Southwest finds a body in a remote desert area–with half a million dollars among his possessions. It turns out the man was an FBI agent, and the sheriff assumes the identity of the dead man to find out what is going on. The answer is drugs, and our sheriff is now in hot water.
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Wild Wild West 1999 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Fred'que Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng
Eccentric inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) wants to change the course of history by killing President Grant (Kevin Kline) and giving most of the country back to England and Spain. Enter special agents James T. West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (also played by Kevin Kline) who, as they are investigating the strange disappearances of many scientists, walk right into the dastardly plot.
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Wildcats 1986 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Woody Harrelson, Bruce McGill, Robyn Lively, M. Emmet Walsh, Ann Doran, Wesley Snipes, Gloria Stuart, Brandy Gold
A high-school football coach (Goldie Hawn) tries to shape her team from the rowdy ghetto into a formidable opponent for the top area team and their coach (Bruce McGill).
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Wilder Napalm 1993 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Debra Winger, Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard, M. Emmet Walsh, Jim Varney, Marvin J. McIntyre, Mimi Lieber, Justin LaBlanc, Lance Lee Baxley, Peter Willie
The Foudroyant brothers (Dennis Quaid and Arliss Howard) share unique talents–they can telekinetically set fires! Add to this Vida Foudroyant (Debra Winger), who is Wilder Foudroyant's arsonist wife, and you have a pretty zany, but often weak, story.
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| 1. Airport '77 (1977)
2. Albino Alligator (1996)
3. Alice's Restaurant (1969)
4. At Long Last Love (1975)
5. Back Roads (1981)
6. Back to School (1986)
7. The Best of Times (1986)
8. Blade Runner (1982)
9. Blood Simple (1984)
10. Bound for Glory (1976)
11. Broken Vows (1987)
12. Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
13. Brubaker (1980)
14. Camp Nowhere (1994)
15. Cannery Row (1982)
16. Chairman of the Board (1998)
17. Chattahoochee (1990)
18. Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
19. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
20. Clean and Sober (1988)
21. Courage (1984)
aka: Raw Courage
22. Critters (1986)
23. End of the Road (1970)
24. Equinox (1993)
25. The Escape Artist (1982)
26. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
27. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
28. Fletch (1985)
29. The Gambler (1974)
30. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
31. The Gift (1979)
32. The Glass Shield (1995)
33. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
34. High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
aka: The Return of Will Kane
35. The Iron Giant (1999)
36. Jack of Hearts (2000)
37. The Jerk (1979)
38. Kid Blue (1973)
39. Killer Image (1992)
40. The Mighty Quinn (1989)
41. Mikey and Nicky (1976)
42. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
43. Missing in Action (1984)
44. The Music of Chance (1993)
45. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
46. The Naked Truth (1992)
47. Narrow Margin (1990)
48. Nickelodeon (1976)
49. No Man's Land (1987)
50. Ordinary People (1980)
51. Panther (1995)
52. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
53. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
54. Racing Stripes (2005)
55. Raise the Titanic! (1980)
56. Raising Arizona (1987)
57. Red Scorpion (1989)
58. Reds (1981)
59. Resting Place (1986)
60. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
aka: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
aka: Romeo and Juliet
61. Scandalous (1984)
62. Serpico (1973)
63. Silkwood (1983)
64. Slap Shot (1977)
65. Snow Dogs (2002)
66. Straight Time (1978)
67. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
68. Sunset (1988)
69. They Might Be Giants (1971)
70. A Time to Kill (1996)
71. Twilight (1998)
72. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
73. White Sands (1992)
74. Wild Wild West (1999)
75. Wildcats (1986)
76. Wilder Napalm (1993)
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