Bad News Bears 2005  PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kraft, Ridge Canipe, Brandon Craggs, Jeff Davies, Timmy Deters, Carlos Estrada, Emmanuel Estrada, Troy Gentle, Kenneth "K.C." Harris, Jeffrey Tedmori, Tyler Patrick Jones, Aman Johal
In this remake of the 1976 film, Billy Bob Thornton takes on the role of the grizzled, Little League coach Morris Buttermaker who works with a conglomeration of misfit kids and turns them into a championship team. No longer a Major League baseball player, Buttermaker has been spending most of his time with booze and women–until Liz Whitewood (Marcia Gay Harden) arranges for him to take over the team. While working with his bickering players, Buttermaker could, but doesn't, give them inspirational lessons, but they do achieve a great comeback.
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 Before Sunrise 1995  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Erni Mangold, Dominik Castell, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Harold Waiglein
After meeting on a train, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and a French university student, Celene (Julie Delpy), spend a night walking around Vienna.
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Before Sunset 2004  R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane Plasteig, Diabolo, Albert Delpy, Marie Pillet, Denis Evrard
In this sequel to Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (1995), nine years have passed since Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) separated at a Vienna train station after spending one memorable evening together. Now, Jesse is in Paris promoting his new novel that happens to be written about that special evening with Celine. They experience a chance meeting at the bookstore, slip off for one hour, and the feelings come rushing back. A Best Writing Academy Award nomination was received.
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 Dazed and Confused 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Shawn Andrews, Rory Cochrane, Anthony Rapp, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Wiley Wiggins, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck
In a small Texas town during 1976, it is the last day of school at Robert E. Lee High School. This film follows a group of teens on that special day and does a good job of reflecting the mood of that era. A new freshman class coming in is being hazed, and the seniors are raising hell. In the midst of the humiliations, football star Pink (Jason London) saves entering freshman Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) from a thrashing by seniors. The day passes, and the students end up at a wild keg party in the woods.
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Fast Food Nation 2006 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama, Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ashley Johnson, Bobby Cannavale, Ana Claudia Talancon, Bruce Willis, Kris Kristofferson, Ethan Hawke, Lou Taylor Pucci, Paul Dano, Avril Lavigne
Inspired by Eric Schlosser's best seller that exposed problems with America's fast food industry, this is a fictionalized account that involves characters and situations depicting the concerns expressed in Schlosser's muckraking book. The story begins with fast food ("Mickey's") executive Don Anderson (Greg Kinnear) journeying into Colorado to examine where his burgers really come from. On his trip, he touches the lives of those who have jobs in the meat packing plants–Raul (Wilmer Valderrama), Sylvia (Catalina Sandino Moreno), and Coco (Ana Claudia Talancon)–as well as restaurant workers–Amber (Ashley Johnson) and Mike (Bobby Cannavale)–and gains insights concerning health risks involved in the fast food industry.
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The Newton Boys 1998 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Gail Cronauer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Julianna Margulies, Jena Karam, Dwight Yoakam, Casey McAuliffe, Charles Gunning
The Newton brothers–Willis, Joe, Jess, and Dock (Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, and Vincent D'Onofrio)–were bank robbers in the 1920s. This is the story of their "achievement" in executing the greatest train robbery in American history.
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A Scanner Darkly 2006  R, 100 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane, Steven Chester Prince, Mitch Baker, Sean Allen, Cliff Haby, Natasha Valdez, Mark Turner, Angela Rawna
In this animated film, undercover cop Fred (Keanu Reeves) poses as drug dealer Bob Arctor in his effort to bust the real dealer, and those efforts involve spying on his friends–James Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson), and Donna Hawthorne (Winona Ryder)–in order to crack down on a highly addictive drug, Substance D.
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 The School of Rock 2003 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Joey Gaydos Jr., Kevin Alexander Clark, Maryam Hassan, Miranda Cosgrove, Rebecca Brown, Caitlin Hale, Robert Tsai, Aleisha Allen, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias, Chris Stack
Failed rocker Dewey Finn (Jack Black) is kicked out of his band. Needing employment, Dewey pretends to be his roommate, Ned Schneebly (Mike White), and takes a job as a substitute teacher at an elite elementary school. Lacking a lesson plan, Dewey discovers that he has students with musical talents, and, to the consternation of the school's uptight Principal Rosalie Mullins (Joan Cusack), Dewey grooms his students as members of a rock band. Dewey's goal is to beat his former band in competition at the "Battle of the Bands" and make a name for themselves in the show business world.
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Slacker 1991 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey, Stephan Hockey, Mark James, Samuel Dietert, Bob Boyd, Terrence Kirk, Keith McCormack, Jennifer Schaudies, Maris Strautmanis, Brecht Andersch, Dan Kratochvil, Tommy Pallotta
Producer, director, writer, and star Richard Linklater examines the attitudes of nearly 100 young people in Austin, Texas, as they waffle between school and careers–mostly avoiding responsibilities. Over a 24-hour period, street people, musicians, students, and others spout their theories on politics, entertainment, science, and anything else that pops into their heads as the film shifts from one character to another.
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SuBurbia 1996 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jayce Bartok, Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Steve Zahn, Ajay Naidu, Samia Shoaib, Amie Carey, Dina Waters, Parker Posey, Kitt Brophy
This story is about a bunch of slackers who hang out at a strip mall where they are not welcomed by concerned storeowners. One night they wait in the parking lot for the appearance of Pony (Jayce Bartok) who has left their group and has risen to fame as a rock star.
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 Tape 2001 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Vince (Ethan Hawke) and Johnny (Robert Sean Leonard) reunite in Michigan and philosophize about John's alleged date rape of Amy (Uma Thurman) during their high-school days 10 years before. Later that evening they are joined by Amy who has her own selective memories of what happened.
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Waking Life 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Wiley Wiggins, Trevor Jack Brooks, Robert C. Solomon, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Charles Gunning, David Sosa, Alex Jones, Nicky Katt, Carol Dawson, Bill Wise, Caveh Zahedi
Superb computer-animation (filmed as live action then digitally transferred to computers) is used to project philosophical musings of the film's young hero (Wiley Wiggins) who can't seem to figure out if he is awake, dreaming, or even dead. Fascinating.
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| 1. Bad News Bears (2005)
2. Before Sunrise (1995)
3. Before Sunset (2004)
4. Dazed and Confused (1993)
5. Fast Food Nation (2006)
6. The Newton Boys (1998)
7. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
8. The School of Rock (2003)
9. Slacker (1991)
10. SuBurbia (1996)
11. Tape (2001)
12. Waking Life (2001)
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