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Filmography
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Charlie Wilson's War (2006)
A Texas
congressman's wild ways jeopardize everything he's worked for.
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The Risk Pool (2006)
Sam Hall, a thief
and gambler, reluctantly takes charge of his son when his
estranged wife experiences a nervous breakdown.
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A Cold Case (2006)
Before he retires,
investigator Andy Rosenzweig vows to solve a case that has haunted
him for his entire career - the 27-year-old murder of his friend.
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The Great Buck Howard (2006)
A
magician/illusionist in decline and his assistant seek to
re-invigorate his career.
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The
Da Vinci Code (2006)
Drama and
Thriller
The murder of a curator at the Louvre reveals a sinister plot to
uncover a secret that has been protected since the days of Christ.
Only the victim's granddaughter and Robert Langdon, a famed
symbologist, can untangle the clues he left behind. The two become
both suspects and detectives searching for not only the murderer but
also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect.
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The
Ladykillers (2004)
Comedy and
Crime/Gangster
1 hr. 44 min. The plot of an eccentric
professor-turned-criminal-mastermind (Tom Hanks) to commit the
massive heist of a New Orleans riverboat casino appears to be
thwarted by the actions of Mrs. Munson, the seemingly-innocent
little old landlady of the house that he and his three accomplices
are staying in, and which is integral to their scheme (they want to
dig a tunnel from it to where the casino's money is kept). So they
decide that they need to remove her from the equation, but doing so
might prove to be more difficult than they expect.
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The
Polar Express (2004)
Kids/Family
1 hr. 40 min. Believing in Santa Claus isn't easy when all of
your friends and family insist he's just make-believe. A boy's faith
is rewarded one Christmas Eve when he's awakened by a steam train
that pulls up in front of his house and takes him and other children
to the North Pole to meet Santa. It's all CGI (Computer Generated
Images), based upon live-action motion-capture actors.
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The
Terminal (2004)
Comedy and Drama
2 hrs. 08 min. An immigrant (Hanks) fleeing the war that ravages
his tiny Eastern European homeland finds himself stuck in the
terminal of one of New York City's airports when the time of his
landing coincides precisely with the point at which the war causes
his nation of origin to no longer exist, meaning that his passport
and paperwork are no longer valid. As a man without a home, he takes
up residence in the terminal itself, befriending the staff of the
airport, and falling in love with an airline flight attendant
(Zeta-Jones).
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Concert
for George (2003)
Documentary and
Musical/Performing Arts
1 hr. 48 min. This concert documentary captures the performances
of the "Concert for George" on November 29th, 2002 at
Royal Albert Hall in London, as a celebration of the life and career
of the Beatles' "quiet one," George Harrison. That day was
the 1st anniversary of Harrison's death. The concert featured
performances of Harrison's songs by the other two surviving Beatles,
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as other friends and
contemporaries of his like Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and fellow
Traveling Wilburys Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. These performances
include Jeff Lynne singing "I Want to Tell You,"
"Inner Light" and "Give Me Love"; Tom Petty
singing "Taxman," "I Need You" and "Handle
with Care"; Ringo Starr singing "Photograph" and Paul
McCartney singing "For You Blue" and "While My Guitar
Gently Weeps." There is also a performance of a special
composition by Ravi Shankar, performed by his daughter Anoushka
Shankar and a 16-piece Indian orchestra. The other Harrison songs
that were performed were: "All Things Must Pass,"
"Here Comes the Sun," "Honey Don't," "Isn't
it a Pity," "My Sweet Lord" and
"Something." Finally, the musical performances are
accompanied by some of George's favorite skits by his good friends,
the Monty Python troupe, accompanied by Tom Hanks, including
"The Lumberjack Song" and "Sit on My Face."
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Catch
Me If You Can (2002)
Action/Adventure,
Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
2 hrs. 20 min. Frank
Abagnale, Jr. (DiCaprio) worked as a
doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline - all before
his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant
forger whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame. At the age
of 17, Frank became the most successful bank robber in the history
of the United States. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) had made it
his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but
Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the
chase.
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Road
to Perdition (2002)
1 hr. 59 min. In
Depression-era Chicago, hit man Michael O'Sullivan (Tom Hanks) is
known to friends and enemies alike as the "Angel of
Death". Uncompromising in his work, O'Sullivan is just as
devoted to his private life as an upstanding husband and father of
two young boys. But when those worlds collide, taking the lives of
his wife and younger son, O'Sullivan and his surviving son leave
their sedate home life behind and embark on a startling journey of
revenge.
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Cast
Away (2000)
Drama
2 hrs. 23 min. Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a FedEx
troubleshooter, whose charter flight crashes near the South Pacific,
and leaves him stranded alone on an island for four years. While his
finance and co-workers assume he's dead, he must give up everything
that he once took for granted and learn how to survive both
physically and emotionally. From director Robert Zemeckis, CAST AWAY
is a story of adventure and discovery surrounding one man's will to
stay alive.
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The
Green Mile (1999)
Drama
3 hrs. 00 min. Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935,
The Green Mile is the remarkable story of the cell block's head
guard, who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate
who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous.
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Toy
Story 2 (1999)
Comedy,
Kids/Family and Animation
1 hr. 32 min. "Toy Story 2" is the exciting, all-new
sequel to the landmark 1995 computer-animated blockbuster from Walt
Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. This time around, the
fun and adventure continue when Andy goes off to summer camp and the
toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when
an obsessive toy collector kidnaps Woody -- who hasn't the slightest
clue that he is a greatly valued collectible. It's now up to Buzz
Lightyear and the gang from Andy's room -- Mr. Potato Head, Slinky
Dog, Rex, and Hamm -- to spring into action and save their pal from
winding up a museum piece. There are plenty of thrills as the toys
get into one predicament after another in their daring race to get
home before Andy does.
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Saving
Private Ryan (1998)
Action/Adventure
and Drama
2 hrs. 50 min. Steven Spielberg's grisly realistic account of a
squad of D-Day survivors sent behind enemy lines on a PR mission to
rescue the last son of a devastated Iowa family. Tom Hanks gives a
staggering performance as the squad's tormented leader, but be
warned, the carnage is as explicit as it is persistent.
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From
the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Drama
Beginning with President Kennedy's speech before Congress on May
25, 1961 extolling the virtues of reaching the moon by the end of
the decade, the celebrated series created by Tom Hanks and HBO
details the project that first put man on the moon. All twelve
episodes appear here on six tapes and 3 DVD's. Received 17 Emmy
nominations.
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You've
Got Mail (1998)
Comedy and
Romance
Based on the classic film The Shop Around the Corner, this tale
of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Hanks
plays a book mega-store owner who falls in love over e-mail with the
owner of a struggling children's bookstore, played by Ryan.
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That
Thing You Do! (1996)
Kids/Family
A cautionary pop fable following the meteoritic rise of
"The Wonders," a fictitious foursome during the early days
of pop-rock fandom. When jazz drummer Guy Patterson fills in for a
session with a friend's band, a hit single is born and the smalltown
boys find themselves riding a rollercoaster of success, guided by
the opportunistic hand of a smooth-talking record label agent. Fun,
cheerful, and innocent. Hanks' directorial debut. Academy Award
Nominations: Best Original Song ("That Thing You Do").
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Apollo
13 (1995)
Drama
2 hrs. 20 min. Ron Howard has re-created the drama of the
aborted 1970 Apollo 13 moon mission -- the failure that showed NASA
at its best -- with nail-biting detail and spectacular visual
integrity.
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Toy
Story (1995)
Comedy and
Kids/Family
1 hr. 17 min. Woody, a traditional pull-string talking cowboy,
has long enjoyed a place of honor as the favorite among six-year-old
Andy's menagerie of toys. Quick to calm their anxieties about being
replaced by newer arrivals, Woody finds his own confidence shaken,
and his status as top toy in jeopardy, upon the arrival of Buzz
Lightyear, simply the coolest space action figure ever made. Woody
plots to get rid of Buzz, but things backfire and he finds himself
lost in the outside world with Buzz as his only companion. Joining
forces to find their way home, the two rivals set out on an
adventure that lands them in the clutches of Sid, a sadistic
neighborhood kid who is notorious for dismembering and reassembling
mutant toys in his bedroom. As guests of Sid and his dog, Scud, the
two fugitive toys forge a genuine friendship and learn that only
through mutual trust and respect do they have any chance of
survival.
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Forrest
Gump (1994)
Drama
The title character leads viewers through an accidental
travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through
the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation,
Watergate and more are presented from the perspective of Hanks'
lovably slow-witted character as he finds himself embroiled in
situations he can't quite comprehend. Academy Award Nominations: 13,
including Best Picture, Best Actor--Tom Hanks, and Best Director.
Academy Awards: 6, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and
Adapted Screenplay.
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Philadelphia
(1993)
Drama
Tom Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a hotshot Philadelphia lawyer
who has been keeping his homosexuality, and his AIDS, hidden from
his conservative bosses. When he's suddenly and inexplicably fired,
Andrew suspects AIDS is the reason, and is determined to fight in
court, even as he is losing his other battle, against the disease.
Beckett hires attorney Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to represent
him, but the lawyer must first overcome his own homophobia and
fears. Director Jonathan Demme filmed this after winning the Oscar
for SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The amazing cast includes Antonio Banderas,
Joanne Woodward, and Jason Robards. Roger Corman and Charles Napier,
both in LAMBS, make appearances. Bruce Springsteen's haunting song
"Streets of Philadelphia" plays over the memorable opening
credits. This sensitive, moody film touches on a vast array of
subjects surrounding gay and straight men, family, and death,
without ever being maudlin or preachy, which is to its immense
credit. An undoubted influence on society's growing acceptance of
homosexuality, PHILADELPHIA reminds us how far we've come in that
direction, and how far we still need to go.
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Sleepless
in Seattle (1993)
Comedy
Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful
architect. But he's also a lonely widower. One night his precocious
8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a
cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the
phone and discloses the story of his magic-filled marriage, he
proves to be a deeply feeling and gentle man. His plight profoundly
moves the program's sympathetic female listeners, and thousands of
women write in offering to help him `recover' from his mournful
insomnia. Recently betrothed Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is one of the
many listeners touched by Sam's story. To complicate matters, she's
afraid her upcoming marriage promises stability and security but no
excitement. Although Annie's supposed to be driving to her future
in-laws' house for the holidays, she knows that she's already fallen
in love with Sam and is on the road to destiny. Academy Award
Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Song ("A Wink and
a Smile").
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A
League of Their Own (1992)
Comedy
In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players
were leaving for the war, a group of ladies left their homes to
become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story.
Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) is the team's most gifted player,and the
camaraderie and jealousy with her sister (Lori Petty) is part of
this film's charm and complexity. Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) is the
drunken ex-player and slob manager who eventually brings the team to
success. Directed by Penny Marshall (BIG, AWAKENINGS) and also
starring Madonna, Jon Lovitz and Bill Pullman.
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Radio
Flyer (1992)
Drama
Two young brothers' lives are turned upside down when their new
alcoholic stepfather enters their world and begins to beat young
Bobby. Devoted to their mom, they come up with their own solution
and attempt to build a working airplane from their ordinary red
wagon. In the process, they transform their own lives into an
extraordinary adventure.
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The
Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Drama
Brian De Palma (SCARFACE) directed this lavish adaptation of Tom
Wolfe's best-selling satirical novel, featuring Tom Hanks, Melanie
Griffith, and Bruce Willis. Hanks stars as Sherman McCoy, a
distinctly 1980s brand of wealthy Wall Street wizard who takes a
mighty fall from his glitzy lifestyle after he and his mistress
(Griffith) put a Bronx youth into a coma via a hit-and-run accident.
Alcoholic reporter Peter Fallow (Willis) sees the crime as an
opportunity for big headlines, and soon Sherman is the target of
every political and media group in the city, including an Al
Sharpton-style black leader named Rev. Bacon (John Hancock) and a
sleazy D.A. (F. Murray Abraham). SEX IN THE CITY babe Kim Catrall
costars as Sherman's long-suffering wife, and Morgan Freeman is the
judge who tries to reign in this three-ring media circus of a case.
Like the decade it parodies, this film is proudly over the top in
its lavishness. It's also filled to overflowing with inspired
casting, wildly inventive comedy, and the sort of artistically
ambitious tracking shots for which its director is renowned.
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Joe
Versus the Volcano (1990)
Comedy
When an average man living a thoroughly unfulfilling life is
diagnosed with a terminal disease he quits his job and accepts a
millionaire's odd offer -- to travel to a south seas island and
sacrifice himself to a volcano. In this odd but touching film Meg
Ryan plays three roles.
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The
Burbs (1989)
Set in an average
neighborhood that is anything but average, Tom Hanks portrays
suburbanite Ray Peterson, who finally takes a much-needed week of
vacation. However, Ray doesn't use the time to jet off to some
exotic locale, there are no frolicsome adventures in his plans, all
he wants is a week of mindless relaxation in his own comfortable
suburban home. His wife Carol (Carrie Fisher) warns him that he's
liable to go crazy from the boredom, but he refuses to listen. The
nothingness finally does get to him, however, and he creates a
little excitement for himself by spying on his neighbors - the
Klopeks, a mysterious, oddball family that just moved in to a
dilapidated home down the street. When the neighborhood grouch
mysteriously disappears, Ray and a motley crew of other neighborhood
crackpots begin to concoct wild theories about the strange, and
perhaps murderous, goings on in the Klopek's creepy, old house. For
one brief, shining moment their lives seem to have some meaning and
purpose as Ray and his friends become consumed with the secrets of
the bizarre family. Tom Hanks is hysterical as Ray, bring his own
brand of boyish charm and zany slapstick comedy to the screen.
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Turner
& Hooch (1989)
Comedy
The world of a compulsively neat investigator is turned upside
down when he's forced to team up with the only witness to a crime -
a drooling junkyard dog who wrecks his home, career, and budding
romance.
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Big
(1988)
A boy asks a
mechanical swami at a fair to grant his wish to be grown up -- oops!
Luckily his best friend recognizes him and helps him get a job at a
toy factory where his fresh, uncomplicated innocence wins the
president's respect, his colleagues' envy -- and a beautiful woman's
love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Tom Hanks, Best
(Original) Screenplay.
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Punchline
(1988)
Comedy
Lilah Krytsick (Sally Field) is a New Jersey housewife and
mother of three who has been told all her life that she is funny.
Steven Gold (Tom Hanks) is a failed medical student whose natural
comedic talent has allowed him to steal the spotlight at New York
comedy club the Gas Station, thus keeping him from focusing on the
other failures in his life. Lilah decides to follow her dreams and
try her luck on the Gas Station stage, but her act falls flat. When
she strikes up a friendship with bitter Steven, he helps her sharpen
her comedy while she attempts to help him pull his chaotic life
together. This unique comedy/drama features a strong supporting cast
including John Goodman, Damon Wayans, and Paul Mazursky.
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Dragnet
(1987)
Comedy
A seemingly squeaky clean television reverend and a porno
magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. It's
up to Joe Friday's nephew and his "hip" partner to prove
these allegations, with just the facts.
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Every
Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Drama
A romantic drama set in Jerusalem during World War II. While
recuperating from a battle injury, American pilot David meets and
falls in love with Sarah, a pretty Sephardic Jew. Although she
shares his romantic feelings, the couple must overcome the
objections of Sarah's very religious family, who refuse to sanction
their union...
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The
Money Pit (1986)
Comedy
An updating of "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse"
in which an up-and-coming entertainment lawyer takes the big step
with his girlfriend and purchases a fixer-upper for a
"steal." As it turns out, the "steal" is really
a "rip-off" and everything that can go wrong, does.
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Nothing
in Common (1986)
Comedy
David Basner (Tom Hanks) is on a winning streak. He's a young,
successful Chicago ad executive with two lovely women (Bess
Armstrong and Sela Ward) vying for his attention. But things go awry
for him when his parents (Jackie Gleason and Eva Marie Saint) decide
to call it quits after 35 years of marriage. David then finds
himself caught between his role of nursemaid to his father, and
confidant to his mother. Long gone from the nest, David discovers
that his parents are more complex than he had believed, and he gains
a new appreciation of them in the process. This touching
comedy/drama from director Garry Marshall (PRETTY WOMAN) contains
Gleason's final film performance.
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The
Man With One Red Shoe (1985)
Comedy
The life of an eccentric violinist is turned upside down when he
is mistaken for a C.I.A. agent. He hasn't the slightest idea why he
is being shot at, mugged, chased, and even seduced. Based on the
French film THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE.
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Volunteers
(1985)
Comedy
In a desperate attempt to escape the bookies to whom he owes a
lot of money, a playboy enlists in the Peace Corps and is sent on a
mission to Thailand. Far from being an altruist, however, this
capitalist is soon turning a profit and starts improving the
desperate conditions around him, much to the chagrin of the
idealists who volunteered. An underrated farce.
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Bachelor
Party (1984)
Comedy
Rick (Hanks) is a charming but goofy young guy who is about to
marry his upper-class girlfriend, whose parents disapprove of him.
When his friends decide to throw a wild and crazy bachelor party,
all hell breaks loose. Featuring a cocaine-snorting mule, Japanese
businessmen, and a lot of hearty partying.
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Splash
(1984)
Comedy
A charming, sexy and funny mermaid tale with Tom Hanks as a
successful, young businessman who has everything but love, that is
until he meets up with the girl of his dreams, played by Daryl
Hannah; however, unbeknownst to him, she is a mermaid targeted for
capture by an obsessed oceanographer. Perfect performances and
clever laughs make this a must see for fans of romantic comedy.
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Mazes
and Monsters (1982)
Science
Fiction/Fantasy
For a group of college friends playing a popular fantasy game,
the fine line between fantasy and reality has become hopelessly
distorted. The game has become a nightmare. Made for television. AKA
"Rona Jaffe's Mazes & Monsters" and "Dungeons and
Dragons."
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He
Knows You're Alone (1980)
Drama
There's a killer on the loose in Staten Island, whose specialty
is brides-to-be. His next victim is a pretty girl who can't decide
whether to marry her male-chauvinist fiance or return to her former
admirer who works in the morgue and likes to play practical jokes.
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