After Hours 1985  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, John Heard, Dick Miller, Linda Fiorentino, Verna Bloom, Catherine O'Hara, Will Patton, Bronson Pinchot, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block
Martin Scorsese directed this dark comedy about an upwardly mobile man who meets an engaging girl in a coffee shop in Manhattan, and unusual adventures follow. Scorsese won a Best Director award at the Cannes film festival for this different film.
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 Armageddon 1998  PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Steve Buscemi, Owen Wilson, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan
At the beginning of this nonstop action film, it is learned that an asteroid is headed on a course that will hit Earth. Oil driller Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis) becomes involved on behalf of the U.S. government when he is hired to take a space shuttle and land on the asteroid where he will drill holes and deposit explosives so the asteroid can be blasted off course.
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Belizaire the Cajun 1986  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glen Pitre
Cast: Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton, Nancy Barrett, Robert Duvall
Set in the Louisiana bayous during the mid-1800s, this is the story of a medicine man (Armand Assante) who is accused of murdering the Anglo husband of the Cajun woman (Gail Youngs) he loves. Robert Duvall, who was a creative consultant for this low-budget film, appears briefly as a preacher.
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 The Client 1994 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, J.T. Walsh, Anthony Edwards, Will Patton, William H. Macy, Ossie Davis, Bradley Whitford, Anthony Heald, Kim Coates, Kimberly Scott, David Speck
Adapted from John Grisham's best-selling novel, this film has all the suspense that has come to be expected from a Grisham tale. Eleven-year old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) learns the secret of a Mafia killing. When he goes to the federal prosecutor for help, he is directed to a lawyer, Regina "Reggie" Love (Susan Sarandon). She helps Mark and his family get into the witness protection program and away from the clutches of the Mafia. Sarandon was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
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Code Name: The Cleaner 2007  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie, Niecy Nash, DeRay Davis, Will Patton, Kevin McNulty, BJ Davis, Bart Anderson, Tom Butler
After being hit in the head and having his wallet stolen, Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) wakes up in a hotel room with a dead FBI agent lying next to him. While Jake tries to regain his memory, he finds himself at the center of a government conspiracy–and to add to Jake's confusion, Diane (Nicollette Sheridan) claims to be his wife, while waitress Gina (Lucy Liu) tells him she is his girlfriend. Jake, himself, begins to suspect that he is a spy.
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Copycat 1995 R, 123 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Holly Hunter, Sigourney Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr., Will Patton, John Rothman, J.E. Freeman, Shannon O'Hurley, Bob Greene, Tony Haney, Danny Kovacs, Tahmus Rounds, David Michael Silverman, Scott DeVenney
Police inspector Ruben Goetz (Dermot Mulroney) and his partner, M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter), are working on a case involving a serial killer. They get help from forensic psychiatrist Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) who is an agoraphobic and never leaves her apartment. But, Helen does uncover the killer's modus operandi, which imitates the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer. Working together, they manage to solve the case.
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Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, John Turturro, Anna Levine, Will Patton, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Maloney, Anne Carlisle, Steven Wright, Jose Angel Santana, Richard Hell
Those three words of the title are from a classified ad that fascinates bored housewife Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) who is overwhelmed by curiosity about Susan (Madonna). She goes to the rendezvous, sees Susan, and becomes so involved with her that she actually takes on the identity of Susan, a punk drifter. A screwball comedy with great characters.
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 Dillinger 1991 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Cast: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Vince Edwards, Amy Yasbeck, John Philbin, Yvonne Suhor, Lawrence Tierney, David Neidorf, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Krawic
Mark Harmon takes on the role of bank robber John Dillinger in this version that takes liberties with the story while looking at Dillinger's personal relationships as he lives life on the edge. After his prison sentence is completed, Dillinger is determined to never again serve time while he continues his illegal activities. He does get arrested again but escapes and has plastic surgery to disguise himself. J. Edgar Hoover (Vince Edwards) is determined to capture him, and Dillinger is betrayed by his girlfriend Billie's (Sherilyn Fenn) landlady, which leads to the Feds ending his life outside Chicago's Biograph Theater. Look quickly for Lawrence Tierney–who played Dillinger 1945 film–as a sheriff gunned down by Dillinger's gang.
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Entrapment 1999 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally, Terry O'Neill, Madhav Sharma, David Yip, Tim Potter
Insurance investigator Gin Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tracks down "the world's greatest art thief," Robert MacDougal (Sean Connery), along a trail leading through New York, Scotland, and Malaysia in this cat-burglary thriller.
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Everybody Wins 1990  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey, Jack Warden, Kathleen Wilhoite, Frank Converse, Frank Military, Mary Louise Wilson, Peter Appel
This screenplay by Arthur Miller is about a prostitute (Debra Winger) who talks a private detective (Nick Nolte) into investigating the murder of a prominent doctor in a small Connecticut town.
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 Fled 1996 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Robert Hooks, Victor Rivers, David Dukes, Ken Jenkins, Salma Hayek
Two chained-together convicts, Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin), escape and set off to get their hands on the money they left behind before serving time. Both the Cuban-American Mafia and the police are in fast pursuit along the trail of Piper and Dodge.
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The Fourth Kind 2009 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Elias Koteas, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander, Tyne Rafaeli, Mia McKenna-Bruce
Dr. Abbey Tyler (Milla Jovovich) videotapes sessions with traumatized patients in Nome, Alaska, and discovers evidence of alien abductions. The skeptical Sheriff August (Will Patton) believes that her insane patients do not know what they are talking about and threatens to arrest Abbey. But, her patients' identical details keep Abbey convinced that there is validity to their stories.
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A Gathering of Old Men 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder on the Bayou
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca, Woody Strode, Julius Harris, Will Patton, Adam Storke, Dave Petitjean, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Papa John Creach, Walter Breaux, Joe "Flash" Riley, Danny Barker
This is an excellent drama depicting social mores of rural Louisiana. When a White racist is shot, plantation manager Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter) gathers together a group of 18 elderly Black men to keep vigilantes away from the chief suspect, Black sharecropper Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.). Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) does confront them, and the men courageously step forward as a unit and claim responsibility for the act.
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 Gone in 60 Seconds 2000 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Dominic Sena
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Duvall, Delroy Lindo, Will Patton, Chi McBride, Scott Caan, James Duval, Timothy Olyphant, T.J. Cross, William Lee Scott, Christopher Eccleston, Vinnie Jones, Grace Zabriskie
A 40-minute car chase highlights this story about a once-great car thief, Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), who comes to the aid of his little brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi). "Memphis" manages to recruit his old cohorts–including Otto Halliwell (Robert Duvall)–to steal 50 hard-to-find cars needed to bail Kip out of trouble.
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 1998  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Aris Iliopulos
Cast: Billy Zane, Abraham Benrubi, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Mark Boone Junior, Tippi Hedren, Eartha Kitt, Ann Magnuson, Andrew McCarthy, Will Patton
This homage to Ed Wood Jr. is based on one of his scripts. While originally written for a silent movie, the music and sound effects take over to replace Wood's usual bad dialogue. The result is the same!
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In the Soup 1992 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya, Will Patton, Jim Jarmusch, Carol Kane, Sully Boyar, Steven Randazzo, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Bracco, Rockets Redglare
Five-hundred pages of script, no money to get it produced, nor enough money to pay the rent on his sleazy NYC tenement is the plight of Aldolpho (Steve Buscemi). He's also interested in his standoffish neighbor Angelica (Jennifer Beals). Aldolpho advertises in the hopes of finding a backer, and his ad is answered by Joe (Seymour Cassel), a con artist. Together they search for money–often using illegal means–in this dark comedy.
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 Inventing the Abbotts 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sutton, Liv Tyler, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Alessandro Nivola
The three wealthy Abbott sisters–Alice (Joanna Going), Pam (Liv Tyler), and Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly)–are pursued by the less-influential Holt brothers (Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Crudup) in this story set in 1950s Illinois.
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 Jesus' Son 1999 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alison Maclean
Cast: Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary, Jack Black, Will Patton, Greg Germann, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Torben Brooks, Antoinette LaVecchia, Ben Shenkman, Mark Webber, John Ventimiglia, Michael Shannon, Alan Davidson
Based on Denis Johnson's short stories, dark humor and a strong cast contribute to this story about FH (Billy Crudup), a 1970s' junkie who shoots up to attain his dreams. FH's heroin addiction leads to many problems that intensify when he falls in love with Michelle (Samantha Morton) who is also addicted. Michelle becomes pregnant, has an abortion, and leaves for Mexico. Determined to track her down, FH sets off on a trek to Mexico. Along the way, FH meets Mira (Holly Hunter) and becomes involved in an auto accident. This tragedy leads him into rehab where he finds redemption. Presented as a series of episodes in an addict's life, the film tends to romanticize the drug culture.
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A Mighty Heart 2007 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Irrfan Khan, Will Patton, Denis O'Hare, Adnan Siddiqui, Gary Wilmes, Jeffry Kaplow, Perrine Moran, Amy Rosenthal, Amy Shindler, Sajid Hasan, Mohammed Afzal
This story centers on the courage of the pregnant wife, Mariane (Angelina Jolie), of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman). In 2002, Daniel was kidnapped in Pakistan where he planned to interview an Islamic cleric with ties to the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. Daniel was kidnapped, accused of being a spy for the CIA, and later killed. The focus is on the hunt for the kidnappers as a team of FBI agents, Pakistani investigators, and journalists assemble at Mariane's compound where they ask questions and wait for answers for five agonizing weeks.
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 The Mothman Prophecies 2002 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Mark Pellington
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Clay Bunting, Eric Cazencave, Dan Callahan
Washington Post reporter John Klein (Richard Gere) is drawn to Point Pleasant, a town on the West Virginia/Ohio border, where he learns of the residents' experiences with mysterious, threatening events–including the appearance of a man-sized moth with fiery red eyes. Local cop Connie Parker (Laura Linney) confides in and shares the information she has with Klein who then joins the investigation.
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No Way Out 1987 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dennis Burkley, Leon Russom, Marshall Bell, Chris D., Michael Shillo, David Paymer
An American Naval officer, LCdr. Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), is ordered to the staff of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C., where he meets and has an affair with a local woman, Susan Atwel (Sean Young), who is then found murdered. Farrell is assigned the task of solving the crime and learns about a government cover-up. Susan had been having an affair with Secretary of Defense Brice (Gene Hackman), and he killed her. Brice's aide Scott Prichard (Will Patton) has covered up the evidence and even plants the story that a KGB mole killed Susan.
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O.K. Garage 1998 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: All Revved Up
Director: Brandon Cole
Cast: John Turturro, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Gemma Jones, Joseph Maher, Paul Calderon, Bruce MacVittie, Richard Bright, Olek Krupa, John Spencer
Rachel (Lili Taylor) has continuing car problems but keeps taking her car to the same shady mechanic. She finally turns to friend Sean (Will Patton) for help, and he brings Johnny (John Turturro) along, starting a love triangle in this weak effort, despite the good cast.
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The Postman 1997  R, 177 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kevin Costner
Cast: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Daniel von Bargen, Tom Petty, Scott Bairstow, Giovanni Ribisi, Roberta Maxwell
In 2013–after the U.S. has been taken over by General Bethlehem (Will Patton) and his military group (the Helonists)–one man (Kevin Costner) saves the day when he dons a uniform and disguises himself as a postman traveling the countryside and spreading hope to the populace for a successful revolt against the Helonists. 1 User Review
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 The Punisher 2004 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Cast: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, James Carpinello, Laura Harring, Will Patton, Ben Foster, John Pinette, Rebecca Romijn, Eddie Jemison, Samantha Mathis, Roy Scheider, Mark Collie
Former FBI agent Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) seeks revenge against wealthy criminal Howard Saint (James Carpinello) and his troop of assassins after they mercilessly massacred Castle's whole family–including his wife, child, father, and cousins.
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The Puppet Masters 1994 R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
aka: Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters
Director: Stuart Orme
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Richard Belzer, Keith David, Will Patton, Tom Mason, Yaphet Kotto, Dale Dye, Benjamin Mouton
Special effects and Donald Sutherland are the redeeming qualities in this film about scientists protecting Earth from an alien parasite. Based on top sci-fi novelist Robert A. Heinlein's book.
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The Rapture 1991  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tolkin
Cast: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau, Will Patton, Dick Anthony Williams, James LeGros, Kimberly Cullum, Terri Hanauer
Sin and redemption are the themes of this religious film. Following her conversion to a fundamentalist faith, Sharon (Mimi Rogers) marries, has a child, and is widowed. She then finds herself looking up to the skies waiting for the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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 Remember the Titans 2000 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boaz Yakin
Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Donald Faison, Craig Kirkwood, Ethan Suplee, Kip Pardue, Hayden Panettiere, Nicole Ari Parker
Set in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil Rights era–1971 to be exact–this is the inspirational true story of Black football coachHarold Boone (Denzel Washington) who replaces White Coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) as part of the integration process at T.C. Williams High School. Coach Boone, with Coach Yoast as his assistant, turns the T.C. Williams Titans into champions, and in the process overcomes racial bigotry at the school.
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Road House 2: Last Call 2006 R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
aka: Road House 2
Director: Scott Ziehl
Cast: Johnathon Schaech, Jake Busey, Crystal Mantecon, Will Patton, Ellen Hollman, William Ragsdale, Cory Hart, Richard Norton, Grover Coulson, Louis Herthum, Cymia Telleria, Bryon Weiss
In this sequel to "Road House," Dalton's son, DEA agent Shane Tanner (Johnathon Schaech), heads to Louisiana to rescue his Uncle Nate (Will Patton) and Nate's "Black Pelican" road house. Nate has been beaten up by a drug runner, and Shane is determined to rid the Black Pelican of drug dealers Victor Crost (Richard Norton) and Wild Bill (Jake Busey) once and for all. Shane teams up with Black Pelican patron Beau Hampton (Ellen Hollman), and, together, they set out to get the job done.
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Romeo Is Bleeding 1993 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Michael Wincott, Roy Scheider, Ron Perlman, Dennis Farina, Will Patton, David Proval
Jack (Gary Oldman), a New York cop who is on the take, has a good life–nice home, wife, and a dumb mistress. His job for the mob is to supply information on mob-related witnesses. When Jack is hired to guard a tough, sexy, Russian hit woman (Lena Olin), his life starts to unravel. Lots of brutality in this modern film noir.
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A Shock to the System 1990 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jan Egleson
Cast: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, Jenny Wright, John McMartin, Barbara Baxley, Samuel L. Jackson, Haviland Morris
When business executive Graham Marshall (Michael Caine) is passed over for the promotion of a younger man (Peter Riegert), he takes matters into his own hands and employs MURDER for job security in this black comedy.
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The Spitfire Grill 1996 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee David Zlotoff
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton, Kieran Mulroney, Gailard Sartain, John M. Jackson, Louise De Cormier, Ida Griesemer, Lincoln Grow
The Spitfire Grill is a restaurant in Gilead, Maine into which a number of characters gather and gossip is exchanged. Percy Talbot (Alison Elliott), a girl with a past, gets a job as waitress, and the gossip and innuendoes accelerate.
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Stars and Bars 1988 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Joan Cusack, Martha Plimpton, Maury Chaykin, Deirdre O'Connell, Will Patton, Laurie Metcalf, Keith David
When a very proper British connoisseur of the arts goes to Georgia in search of an expensive painting, he runs into all kinds of people from the seedier side of life. Very weak.
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Trixie 2000 R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy, Lesley Ann Warren, Will Patton, Stephen Lang, Mark Acheson, Vincent Gale
Gum-chewing Trixie Zurbo (Emily Watson) is a security guard who longs to be a full-fledged private eye. Her big break comes when she is hired by a casino to watch for pickpockets; a tangled mess results–not only for Trixie but the film as well.
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| 1. After Hours (1985)
2. Armageddon (1998)
3. Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
4. The Client (1994)
5. Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
6. Copycat (1995)
7. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
8. Dillinger (1991)
9. Entrapment (1999)
10. Everybody Wins (1990)
11. Fled (1996)
12. The Fourth Kind (2009)
13. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
aka: Murder on the Bayou
14. Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
15. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
16. In the Soup (1992)
17. Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
18. Jesus' Son (1999)
19. A Mighty Heart (2007)
20. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
21. Natural Causes (1994)
22. No Way Out (1987)
23. O.K. Garage (1998)
aka: All Revved Up
24. The Postman (1997)
25. The Punisher (2004)
26. The Puppet Masters (1994)
aka: Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters
27. The Rapture (1991)
28. Remember the Titans (2000)
29. Road House 2: Last Call (2006)
aka: Road House 2
30. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
31. A Shock to the System (1990)
32. The Spitfire Grill (1996)
33. Stars and Bars (1988)
34. Trixie (2000)
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