Movies by Beau Bridges
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Eden (2012)
Cast: Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Megan Griffiths
Hyun Jae is still a teenager when she's kidnapped and spirited to Las Vegas, where she's forced to work as a prostitute for the next two years. Renamed Eden by her captors, she…
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The Descendants (2011)
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller …
Directed by: Alexander Payne
When a tragic boating accident leaves his wife on life support, an affluent land baron attempts to mend his relationship with his estranged daughters. But he's also trying to decide…
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gorham, Michael Landes …
Directed by: Daryn Tufts
Jesse Young (Alyssa Milano) is a girl who has everything and maybe too much of it when she finds herself falling for two seemingly perfect guys: sexy but struggling writer Ethan (Christopher…
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Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Bindi Irwin, Mike Falkow …
Directed by: Will Geiger
Orphaned Kirra lives with her grandfather Gus (Beau Bridges) at his Australian water park, where a baby orca whale washes ashore. Enchanted by the whale, Kirra champions him when the…
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Columbus Circle (2010)
Cast: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee …
Directed by: George Gallo
When her next door neighbor is murdered, an agoraphobic Manhattan heiress who hasn't left her apartment in decades finds herself forced to deal with the detective investigating the case…
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Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
Cast: Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Claudia Black …
Directed by: Robert C. Cooper
This feature-length saga continues the story line of the epic cult favorite television series. As the Ori prepare to attack Earth, the SG-1 team searches for the Ark of Truth, a powerful…
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Max Payne (2008)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Ludacris …
Directed by: John Moore
Mark Wahlberg stars as title character Max Payne in this gritty noir crime thriller that centers on an undercover New York City DEA agent (Mila Kunis) who teams up with a female assassin to…
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Stargate Continuum (2008)
Cast: Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping …
Directed by: Martin Wood
When Teal'c (Christopher Judge) and Vala (Claudia Black), the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, vanish into thin air, Carter (Amanda Tapping), Daniel (Michael Shanks) and Mitchell…
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Americanizing Shelley (2007)
Cast: Namrata Singh Gujral, Brad Raider, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Lorraine Senna Ferrara, Lorraine Senna
Director Lorraine Senna's modern take on "Pygmalion" follows a sweet-natured Sikh girl named Shalini Singh (Namrata Singh Gujral), who's targeted by a wannabe Los Angeles talent…
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Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Robert Duvall, Aaron Eckhart …
Directed by: Richard E. Robbins
Veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan recount their war experiences in this Oscar-nominated documentary, which collects the writings of soldiers and their families to give a deeply…
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Spinning Into Butter (2007)
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Miranda Richardson, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Mark Brokaw
At the start of a new school year, Sarah Daniels (Sarah Jessica Parker) -- the dean of students at a prestigious Vermont college -- finds herself thrust into intense racial politics in the…
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10.5 Apocalypse (2006)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Kim Delaney, Frank Langella …
Directed by: John Lafia
A jolted West Coast deals with the deadly aftereffects of a massive tremor in this sequel to the disaster drama 10.5. Concerned that a widening fault line may set off two nuclear reactors,…
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The Good German (2006)
Cast: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
U.S. Army correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) rekindles relations with an old flame, Lena (Cate Blanchett), in this Steven Soderbergh drama set in post-World War II Berlin. When her…
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I-See-You.com (2006)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Mathew Botuchis …
Directed by: Eric Steven Stahl
Colby (Mathew Botuchis), a teen wannabe entrepreneur, creates an Internet sensation when he secretly places webcams around his family's home and broadcasts their real-life exploits…
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Smile (2005)
Cast: Mika Boorem, Luoyong Wang, Yi Ding …
Directed by: Jeffrey Kramer
Sheltered and privileged in sunny California, Katie's (Mika Boorem) perspective on life changes when she travels to China and meets Lin (Yi Ding), who hides her face because of a severe…
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
Writer-director Rebecca Miller elicits an astounding performance from husband Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays Jack, a father intent on raising his daughter (Camilla Belle) as an environmentally…
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Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America (2004)
Cast: Beau Bridges
Directed by: Martha Burr, Mei-Juin Chen
If you get a kick out of kung fu, you'll love this exhilarating film that traces the journey of five kung fu monks in search of the American dream. Hailing from China's legendary…
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10.5 (2004)
Cast: Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges, Dulé Hill …
Directed by: John J. Lafia
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastates Seattle, Wash. -- and as a follow-up, the 8.4 aftershock wreaks even more havoc, even swallowing a moving train, with potentially more devastating…
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Evel Knievel (2004)
Cast: George Eads, Connor Price, Thomas Price …
Directed by: John Badham
Legendary daredevil Robbie "Evel" Knievel (George Eads, oozing bravado) is profiled in this action-packed biopic helmed by John Badham. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the…
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Debating Robert Lee (2004)
Cast: Billy Kay, Brad Bufanda, Daniel Letterle …
Directed by: Dan Polier
A passionate and caring debate teacher challenges a group of high school students to tackle difficult topics. Palos Verdes, Calif., teacher Robert Lee (Dale Midkiff) creates controversy when…
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Out of the Ashes (2003)
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Based on a true story, this heart-wrenching film follows the journey of Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who survives Auschwitz. Decades later, she applies for U.S.…
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Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002)
Cast: Randy Birch, Beau Bridges, Richard Halliday …
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith
After a Kansas family claims that their new home is haunted, a television crew arrives to document their experiences for a paranormal reality show called "Sightings" in this spine-chiller.…
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We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard …
Directed by: Peter Werner
In 1976, in the small town of St. Ephraim, N.Y., the Mulvaney clan lived what most people would consider the American Dream. But mum's the word when one year, a tragic incident occurs…
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Sordid Lives (2001)
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Beth Grant …
Directed by: Del Shores
Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges and Delta Burke star in Del Shores's uproarious satire of Texan white-trash culture. When she trips over her lover's wooden legs, Grandma Peggy meets…
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Boys Klub (2001)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Tim Cavanaugh, Rachel Hunter …
Directed by: Lebrado Baracio
When Mario's father (Beau Bridges) cancels their camping trip at the last minute and sends him to San Francisco to spend the summer with his aunt and annoying cousin, Mario (Chauncey…
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Meeting Daddy (2000)
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Josh Charles, Alexandra Wentworth …
This offbeat comedy stars Josh Charles as Peter Silverblatt, a liberal writer transplanted to Los Angeles, where he meets his dream girl: Southern belle Melanie Branson (Alexandra Wentworth).…
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Songs in Ordinary Time (2000)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Beau Bridges, Keir Dullea …
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
When single mom Mary Fermoyle (Sissy Spacek) rents a room to a mysterious new man in town, Omar Duvall (Beau Bridges), to help support her family, she soon begins to have romantic feelings…
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The White River Kid (1999)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barkin, Wes Bentley …
Directed by: Arnold Glimcher, Arne Glimcher
While hawking "socks for God" in a podunk Arkansas town, a pair of small-time swindlers posing as holy men (Bob Hoskins and Antonio Banderas) become embroiled in a local drama involving a…
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Surfing for Life (1999)
Cast: Beau Bridges, John 'Doc' Ball, Leroy Grannis …
Directed by: David L. Brown
David L. Brown's inspiring documentary focuses on 10 lifelong surfing enthusiasts, including some legends in the surfing world: former Disney animator Eve Fletcher, "hotdog" pioneer…
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P.T. Barnum (1999)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Jordan Bridges, Cynthia Dale …
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Beau Bridges stars as Phineas Taylor "P.T." Barnum, father of America's "Greatest Show on Earth," in this colorful Hallmark miniseries (with Bridges's son, Jordan, appearing as the…
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Inherit the Wind (1999)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, David Wells …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Jack Lemmon won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of lawyer Henry Drummond, the fictional counterpart of Clarence Darrow, in this erudite drama about the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial," in which a…
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The Second Civil War (1997)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman …
Directed by: Joe Dante
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes…
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Rocketman (1997)
Cast: Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler …
Directed by: Stuart Gillard
When an astronaut tapped to man the first flight to Mars is injured, NASA replaces him with hapless spacecraft designer Fred Z. Randall (Harland Williams). Teamed with a brash commander…
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Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Cast: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks …
Stargate Command roars into action when Col. Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and his crew track down scientist Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) on planet Abydos, then uncover a map…
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Victim of the Haunt (1996)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Emily Bridges, Steven Griffith …
Directed by: Larry Shaw
Buying a new home should be a joyful, momentous occasion in any family's life, and that's just what the Johnsons expected when they bought their outwardly fantastic new house.…
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Nightjohn (1996)
Cast: Allison Jones, Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly …
Directed by: Charles Burnett
John (Carl Lumbly) is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: He can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson…
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Hidden in America (1996)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Shelton Dane …
Directed by: Martin Bell
Bill Januson (Beau Bridges) is at the end of his rope. His wife has died, he's lost his job, and he has no education or marketable skills to fall back on. He must find a way to provide…
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Losing Chase (1996)
Cast: Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Kevin Bacon
Helen Mirren stars as Chase, a depressed wife and mother whose husband (Beau Bridges) takes her and the children to their summer home on Martha's Vineyard and hires an au pair, Elizabeth…
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Million Dollar Babies (1994)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier …
Directed by: Christian Duguay
When Oliva (Roy Dupuis) and Elzire (Céline Bonnier) Dionne have quintuplets in rural 1930s Canada, news of their uncommon family spreads like wildfire and steps up local tourism, thanks…
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gregg Henry …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
In this dark comedy, Wanda (Holly Hunter) and Verna (Elizabeth Ruscio) both want their daughters to join the high school cheerleading squad. Since Verna's child seems most likely to win,…
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Married to It (1993)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
In this ensemble comedy, three New York City couples experiencing marital problems become friends -- despite differences in their ages and economic statuses -- when they're thrown…
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Sidekicks (1992)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Chuck Norris, Jonathan Brandis …
Directed by: Aaron Norris
Forced to contend with asthma, the class bully and a psychotic gym teacher, Barry Gabrewski (Jonathan Brandis) is finding life in middle school stressful. To cope, he escapes with his…
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Wildflower (1991)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Arquette …
Directed by: Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton directs this touching drama about a brother and a sister who befriend Alice, an epileptic forced to live in a barn, and decide to help her discover a kinder, more forgiving world.
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Daddy's Dyin' ... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper …
Directed by: Jack Fisk
As their patriarch's health declines, a dysfunctional Southern family scrambles to predict how their father's estate will be split up. His greedy grown children -- Sara Lee (Tess…
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melanie Griffith, Elizabeth McGovern …
Directed by: Ken Russell, Tony Richardson
A trio of classic short stories springs to life in this made-for-cable anthology. Elizabeth McGovern and Beau Bridges star as traveling strangers who become intimate in "The Man in the Brooks…
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The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Steve Kloves
Sibling jazz musicians Frank (Beau Bridges) and Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) decide they need a chanteuse to spice up their piano act and take them beyond seedy nightclubs. They choose beautiful…
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The Wizard (1989)
Cast: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis …
Directed by: Todd Holland
After breaking his emotionally troubled brother out of an institution, Corey Woods realizes his sibling is a topnotch video gamer. But as they hit the road for a gaming competition, they find…
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Signs of Life (1989)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: John David Coles
When aging New England shipbuilder Owen Coughlin (Arthur Kennedy) decides to shut down his business and retire in the face of mounting competition, his actions affect his employees'…
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The Iron Triangle (1989)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley …
Directed by: Eric Weston
After capturing pugnacious American infantry captain Keene (Beau Bridges), quietly fierce Viet Cong soldier Ho (Liem Whatley) develops considerable respect for his captive and goes to great…
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Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Julianne Phillips …
Directed by: Beau Bridges
A husband (Beau Bridges, who also directs) embarks on a vengeful rampage when the three punks who attacked his wife are set free because of insufficient evidence. First, he abducts the spouse…
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The Killing Time (1987)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Wayne Rogers …
Directed by: Rick King
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff and his lover are…
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Cast: Sally Struthers, Beau Bridges, Jonathan Winters …
Taking a few liberties with Lewis Carroll's famed children's story, this animated tale stars a shorthaired Alice who favors T-shirts and jeans over dresses and white pinafores. Not…
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Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Cast: Steve Allen, Sheila Allen, Robert Axelrod …
Directed by: Harry Harris
A veritable time warp of famous faces -- including Sammy Davis Jr., Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Sally Struthers, Scott Baio and Ringo Starr -- takes over this updated musical version of…
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The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Cast: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Based on John Irving's sprawling novel, this 1984 film follows the eccentric Berry clan from New England to New York City to Vienna, Austria, where they run a hotel housing prostitutes…
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Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Battling rampant sexism and coping with heartache along the way, drag racer Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney breaks speed records and the gender barrier in this affecting biopic directed by…
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Night Crossing (1982)
Cast: John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon …
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Night Crossing tells the incredible true-life story of two intrepid East German families who hatch a plan (during the Cold War, of course) to escape and head west by using hot-air balloons.…
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Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Alan Gibson
When Emily French (Patricia Leslie) turns up dead, all circumstantial evidence points to Leonard Stephen Vole (Beau Bridges), with whom Emily was enamored. In comes the cantankerous Sir…
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Cast: David Rasche, Paul Jabara, Jenn Thompson …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Led by the eccentric Mayor Kirby T. Calo (William Devane), the residents of Ticlaw, Fla., band together to thwart their governor's plan to construct a new freeway that will funnel…
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Norma Rae (1979)
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
In an Oscar-winning performance, Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae Webster, the real-life Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power within herself that…
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The 5th Musketeer (1979)
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Ken Annakin
Based on Alexandre Dumas's classic novel The Man in the Iron Mask, this swashbuckling adventure focuses on Dumas's famous Musketeers (D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis),…
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Four Feathers (1977)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward …
Directed by: Don Sharp
Beau Bridges stars in this action-packed adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's Sun Never Sets as Harry Faversham, a 19th-century officer assigned to battle-torn Sudan. When he refuses to go,…
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Moving / Greased Lightning (1977)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Randy Quaid, John Wesley …
Directed by: Michael Schultz, Alan Metter
Comic titan Richard Pryor shines in this eclectic double feature, playing a family man facing a daunting upheaval in the 1988 comedy Moving and a pioneering stock-car racer in the 1977 biopic…
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Greased Lightning (1977)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier …
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Richard Pryor gives a critically acclaimed performance as real-life driver Wendell Scott in this action comedy about the first black competitor to break the color barrier in the stock-car…
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Swashbuckler (1976)
Cast: Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle …
Directed by: James Goldstone
A high-seas adventure unfolds as buccaneer Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw) saves his pirate buddy, Nick Debrett (James Earl Jones), from execution and rescues distressed noblewoman Jane Barnet…
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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Cast: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Larry Peerce
An assassin lies in wait for the president at a football playoff game, and when he goes on a killing spree, it's up to two cops (played by John Cassavetes and Charlton Heston) to calm…
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Cast: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery …
Directed by: Larry Peerce
The life of national slalom skiing champion Jill Kinmont (Marilyn Hassett) takes a tragic turn when, during a competition in 1955, the Olympic team prospect suffers a near-fatal accident that…
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The Landlord (1970)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby makes his directorial debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges as the wealthy but naïve Elgar Enders, who buys a Brooklyn tenement, plans to evict the African…
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Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Blowing into the Windy City by train with a noble but naïve plan to "seek his destiny," small-town youth Ben Harvey (Beau Bridges) finds himself apprenticing under a curmudgeonly reporter…
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For Love of Ivy (1968)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Daniel Mann
Ivy Moore (Abbey Lincoln), housekeeper to a white family, is growing tired of domestic service and plans to leave the Long Island residence of her employers for big-city living. This sends…
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Village of the Giants (1965)
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Bert I. Gordon
A larger-than-life plot propels this 1960s camp classic that aims to please. After eight teenage hooligans (including Beau Bridges) eat a chemical compound that transforms them into 30-foot…
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The Red Pony (1949)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
The heartbreaking Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred…
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Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Julianne Phillips …
Directed by: Beau Bridges
A husband (Beau Bridges, who also directs) embarks on a vengeful rampage when the three punks who attacked his wife are set free because of insufficient evidence. First, he abducts the spouse…