Blaze 1989  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Robert Wuhl, Eloy Casados
In the 1950s, Gov. Earl Long (Paul Newman) ruled the roost in Louisiana. This is the story of his involvement in back-room politics and his love affair with strip-teaser Blaze Starr (Lolita Davidovich).
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 Bull Durham 1988  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O'Leary, Jenny Robertson, Max Patkin, David Neidorf, Danny Gans, Tom Silardi, Lloyd T. Williams, Rick Marzan, George Buck, Garland Bunting
When a minor league baseball team, North Carolina's Durham Bulls, hires veteran catcher Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) to coach a dumb, however talented, young pitcher Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), he clashes with free-spirited groupie Annie (Susan Sarandon) who has chosen Nuke as her lover of the season. Super performances by all (especially Sarandon and Costner) in a well-written and fun movie.
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Cobb 1994  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Lou Myers, Ned Bellamy, Scott Burkholder, Allan Malamud, Stacy Keach Sr., Bill Caplan, Jeff Fellenzer, Doug Krikorian, Gavin Smith, Lou Myers, Rhoda Griffis, J. Kenneth Campbell
This biography of one of baseball's greatest players uses his dark side as its focus. Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones), the Georgia Peach, played baseball like few other players; he also lived life like few others. Bigoted psychopath is an apt description of this film that shows, through flashbacks, Cobb as he relates stories of his life to sportswriter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl). This is not a pretty story. Instead it shows how unbridled energy defined Cobb.
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Dark Blue 2003 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Kurupt, Lolita Davidovich, Dash Mihok, Jonathan Banks, Khandi Alexander, Dana Lee, Chapman Russell Way, Jim Cody Williams, Marin Hinkle, Eloy Casados
During April, 1992–just five days before four White LAPD officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King–Special Investigations Squad veteran Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) and rookie Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman) are sent to investigate a quadruple homicide. It doesn't take long for young Bobby to become disillusioned. He witnesses Perry's unethical tactics and the department's corruption when orders go out to kill two sex criminals and pin the homicide on them.
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 Hollywood Homicide 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich, Keith David, Master P, Dwight Yoakam, Martin Landau, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gladys Knight
Not-so-bright, LAPD cops–Joe Gavilan and K.C. Calden (Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett)–moonlight as a realtor and yoga instructor/inspiring actor. They happen to be on the spot when a rap group is brutally slain, look for clues, go on with their other interests, and finally participate in an indescribable chase scene.
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Play It to the Bone 1999 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu, Robert Wagner, Richard Masur, Willie Garson, Cylk Cozart, Kevin Costner
Boxing promoters Hank Goody (Robert Wagner) and Joe Domino (Tom Sizemore) offer boxers Caesar (Antonio Banderas) and Vince (Woody Harrelson) the chance of a lifetime. If they can get from L.A. to Las Vegas, they will not only fight the undercard match for Mike Tyson's "Fight of the Century," they will be paid $100,000 and a title shot for the winner as well. They have no funds for the trip, but Caesar's girlfriend, Grace (Lolita Davidovich), comes to their rescue and offers to drive them in her well-worn 1972 Olds.
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 Tin Cup 1996  R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Linda Hart, Dennis Burkley, Rex Linn, Richard Lineback, Lou Myers, Mickey Jones, George Perez, Michael Milhoan, Peter Jacobson
Kevin Costner and Ron Shelton re-team ("Bull Durham") in this film about the sport of golf. The story revolves around "Tin Cup" McAvoy (Kevin Costner) whose gambling ruined his chances on the pro circuit. Now he lives in a Winnebago overlooking the driving range he runs. One day, psychologist Molly Griswold (Rene Russo) stops by, and "Tin Cup" is smitten. One major problem exists: Molly's boyfriend David Simms (Don Johnson).
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White Men Can't Jump 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Cylk Cozart, Kadeem Hardison, Ernest Harden Jr., John Marshall Jones, Marques Johnson, David Roberson
Sidney and Billy (Snipes and Harrelson) are good playground basketball players (and hustlers) who team up in a contest for $5,000. They win, of course, that that's not the end of the story. Too long.
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| 1. Blaze (1989)
2. Bull Durham (1988)
3. Cobb (1994)
4. Dark Blue (2003)
5. Hollywood Homicide (2003)
6. Play It to the Bone (1999)
7. Tin Cup (1996)
8. White Men Can't Jump (1992)
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