Movies by Jon Avnet
As a director:
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Righteous Kill (2008)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Al Pacino drive this taut thriller as New York City detectives tasked with investigating a rash of vigilante killings that are linked to an old case,…
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88 Minutes (2007)
Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) -- a college professor and occasional forensic psychologist for the FBI -- finds himself in a race against time when he receives a mysterious phone call telling him he…
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Uprising (2001)
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
In 1939 Poland, teacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria) leads a group of collaborators to form the Jewish Fighting Organization with the hope of staging an uprising against Nazi tyranny in…
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Red Corner (1997)
Cast: Richard Gere, Ling Bai, Bradley Whitford …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
An American businessman finds himself charged with murder and thrown headlong into China's nightmarish legal system in this tense thriller that was filmed covertly in Beijing for a week…
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Up Close & Personal (1996)
Cast: Robert Redford, Stockard Channing, Glenn Plummer …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Michelle Pfeiffer stars as ambitious reporter Tally Atwater, who aspires to make it to the top in television news. Along the way, she meets veteran newsman Warren Justice (Robert Redford),…
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The War (1994)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Vietnam War vet Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) deals with an entirely different set of conflicts at home in 1970 Mississippi as he copes with post-traumatic stress disorder and employment…
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Jon Avnet
In this adaptation of Fanny Flagg's novel, flashbacks reveal the remarkable and mysterious story of soul mates Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), whose antics…