Movies by Sam Pillsbury
As a director:
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National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer (2008)
Cast: Khan Chittenden, Matthew Lillard, Colton James …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Surfing is taken seriously in Ventura, Calif., and for JD (Khan Chittenden) and his shorts-wearing, job-hating, water-loving crew, nothing is more righteous than tracking down the heinous San…
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The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003)
Cast: Tim Matheson, Sean Young, Kristen Bell …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Al Dodge (Tim Matheson) lives an emotionally withdrawn existence in the Arizona desert, but he must confront his past when the 6-year-old daughter he abandoned -- now a teenager (played by…
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Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Cast: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Dabney Coleman …
Directed by: Lyman D. Dayton, Sam Pillsbury
Based on the children's book by Wilson Rawls, this family drama set in the Ozark Mountains centers on 12-year-old Billy Coleman (Joseph Ashton), who sets his sights on a goal and…
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Audrey's Rain (2003)
Cast: Carol Kane, Jean Smart, Kristina Malota …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
In this moving made-for-cable drama, Jean Smart plays Audrey Walker, a middle-aged single woman who's grown bitter. After her sister kills herself, Audrey is forced to raise her orphaned…
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Taking Back Our Town (2001)
Cast: Laura Innes, Ruby Dee, Chris Bauer …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
When an international conglomerate decides it wants to build yet another industrial plant in a small town, two women band together to fight the proposal. Pat (Laura Innes) and Emelda (Ruby…
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The Wedding Dress (2001)
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Margaret Colin, Tyne Daly …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
A beautiful wedding dress moves throughout the six degrees of separation when it ends up in the hands of six different brides-to-be and changes each of the women's lives forever in ways…
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Fifteen & Pregnant (1998)
Cast: Park Overall, Kirsten Dunst, David Andrews …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend, 15-year-old Tina faces a hard choice. Tina's mother, Evie, offers her daughter support, but ultimately, it's up to Tina herself to find the…
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
Cast: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Keiko, the Orca star of the Free Willy franchise, is back in this third adventure, which finds Willy happily acclimated to the ocean and having a child in the waters off the Pacific Northwest…
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Thrill (1996)
Cast: George Castillo, Bill Cobbs, Antonio Sabato Jr. …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
As if its money woes weren't enough, the Wild Dunes amusement park is also the target of a madman who's sabotaging thrill rides. Now, engineer Jack Colson's (Antonio Sabato…
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Between Love & Honor (1995)
Cast: Harry Atkin, Grant Show, Geza Kovacs …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Hunky shutterbug Steve Collura (Grant Show) works as an undercover cop to infiltrate the infamous Gambino crime family (headed by Robert Loggia) in director Sam Pillsbury's tale about…
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The Devil's Bed (1994)
Cast: Nicollette Sheridan, Joe Lando, Adrian Pasdar …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
After her mother's death, Rowena Ecklund (Nicolette Sheridan) returns home and soon falls in love with sensitive Jude Snow (Adrian Pasdar). But Jude is in the dark about Rowena's…
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Shadows Of Desire (1994)
Cast: Nicollette Sheridan, Joe Lando, Adrian Pasdar …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Before she was making trouble as one of Wisteria Lane's "Desperate Housewives," Nicollette Sheridan was torn between her love for a humble man (Joe Lando) and his more exciting younger…
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Zandalee (1991)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, Erika Anderson …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Bored by her life and her marriage to poet turned businessman Thierry (Judge Reinhold), Zandalee (Erika Anderson) turns to Thierry's old buddy, Johhny (Nicolas Cage), when he comes for a…