Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Born: July 23, 1967
Died: February 2, 2014
in Fairport, New York, USA
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles–typically lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits—Hoffman acted in many films, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014.

Drawn to theater as a teenager, Hoffman studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his screen career in a 1991 episode of Law & Order and started to appear in films in 1992. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Along Came Polly (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in Capote (2005), won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile continued to grow and he received three more Oscar nominations for his supporting work as a brutally frank CIA officer in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), a priest accused of pedophilia in Doubt (2008), and the charismatic leader of a Scientology-type movement in The Master (2012).

While he mainly worked in independent films, including The Savages (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008), Hoffman also appeared in Flawless (1999), and Hollywood blockbusters such as Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), and in one of his final roles, as Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games series (2013–15). The feature Jack Goes Boating (2010) marked his debut as a filmmaker. Hoffman was also an accomplished theater actor and director. He joined the off-Broadway LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995, where he directed, produced, and appeared in numerous stage productions. His performances in three Broadway plays—True West in 2000, Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003, and Death of a Salesman in 2012—all led to Tony Award nominations.

Movies for Philip Seymour Hoffman...

Starring Austin Pendleton
Title: Starring Austin Pendleton
Released: April 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Character: Plutarch Heavensbee
Released: November 18, 2015
Type: Movie
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
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Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman
Title: Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
An homage to the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Title: The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Character: Self
Released: February 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes look at making the film adaptation of John le Carré's A Most Wanted Man.
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Character: Plutarch Heavensbee
Released: November 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
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A Most Wanted Man
Title: A Most Wanted Man
Character: Günther Bachmann
Released: July 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
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God's Pocket
Title: God's Pocket
Character: Mickey Scarpato
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Character: Plutarch Heavensbee
Released: November 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
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Salinger
Title: Salinger
Character: Self - Actor
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
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Title: The Frame
Character: Plutarch Heavensbee
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: TV
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
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Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Title: Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012).
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A Late Quartet
Title: A Late Quartet
Character: Robert Gelbart
Released: November 2, 2012
Type: Movie
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
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The Master
Title: The Master
Character: Lancaster Dodd
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
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Title: Too Young to Die
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 14, 2012
Type: TV
Those who knew them best describe the sensational lives and premature deaths of iconic actors and musicians whose passing left a void in pop culture.
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Moneyball: Playing the Game
Title: Moneyball: Playing the Game
Character: Self (Archival Footage)
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Cast and crew discuss the film's authentic recreation of baseball scenes and the landscape of the 2002 baseball season, sets and filming locales, costuming, and more.
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The Ides of March
Title: The Ides of March
Character: Paul Zara
Released: September 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
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Moneyball
Title: Moneyball
Character: Art Howe
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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A Child's Garden of Poetry
Title: A Child's Garden of Poetry
Character: Self (voice)
Released: April 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.
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Jack Goes Boating
Title: Jack Goes Boating
Character: Jack
Released: September 17, 2010
Type: Movie
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
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Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Title: Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects, theater personnel, historians, community leaders, and citizens provide in depth insight from start to finish in one of the most extensive renovations the city has ever seen.
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The Invention of Lying
Title: The Invention of Lying
Character: Jim the Bartender
Released: October 2, 2009
Type: Movie
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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Doubt: Stage to Screen
Title: Doubt: Stage to Screen
Character: Self
Released: April 7, 2009
Type: Movie
A look at how the cast and crew brought "Doubt" from the stage to the screen.
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The Boat That Rocked
Title: The Boat That Rocked
Character: The Count
Released: April 1, 2009
Type: Movie
An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".
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Mary and Max
Title: Mary and Max
Character: Max Jerry Horovitz (voice)
Released: February 9, 2009
Type: Movie
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Title: I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
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Synecdoche, New York
Title: Synecdoche, New York
Character: Caden Cotard
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Title: Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Released: April 15, 2008
Type: Movie
An involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for the movie as well as intimate interviews with the cast and crew. It is a short featurette, but never fails to be interesting.
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Doubt
Title: Doubt
Character: Father Brendan Flynn
Released: February 27, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse.
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Charlie Wilson's War
Title: Charlie Wilson's War
Character: Gust Avrakotos
Released: December 19, 2007
Type: Movie
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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The Savages
Title: The Savages
Character: Jon Savage
Released: November 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Title: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Character: Andy Hanson
Released: September 26, 2007
Type: Movie
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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Strangers with Candy
Title: Strangers with Candy
Character: Henry
Released: June 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
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Mission: Impossible III
Title: Mission: Impossible III
Character: Owen Davian
Released: April 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.
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Making Capote: Concept to Script
Title: Making Capote: Concept to Script
Character: Self
Released: March 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).
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Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Title: Truman Capote: Answered Prayers
Character: Self
Released: March 21, 2006
Type: Movie
A short documentary looking at how the film Capote was developed, the motivations of those involved, and insights from Gerald Clarke, Capote's friend and biographer.
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Capote
Title: Capote
Character: Truman Capote
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
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Title: Empire Falls
Character: Charlie Mayne
Released: May 28, 2005
Type: TV
The humorous, poignant story of a declining New England town and its inhabitants, whose lives are deeply rooted in and influenced by the Knox River and its vacant mills, their class differences, and ghosts of the past.
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Along Came Polly
Title: Along Came Polly
Character: Sandy Lyle
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.
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Cold Mountain
Title: Cold Mountain
Character: Reverend Veasey
Released: December 24, 2003
Type: Movie
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
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Mattress Man Commercial
Title: Mattress Man Commercial
Character: Dean Trumbull
Released: July 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Paul Thomas Anderson spoofs the famous 1980s Mattress Man commercial outtake using Dean Trumbell, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Anderson's 'Punch-Drunk Love', and he promotes his mattress company by performing a stunt that doesn't go all that well.
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12 Scopitones
Title: 12 Scopitones
Character: Dean Trumbell
Released: June 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Twelve artwork transitions by Jeremy Blake for the film Punch-Drunk Love (2002).
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Title: The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his past successes give us an idea what kind of dedicated person he truly is.
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Owning Mahowny
Title: Owning Mahowny
Character: Dan Mahowny
Released: May 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Title: A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Character: Himself
Released: April 3, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary follows director Brett Ratner through nearly every stage of production for the film Red Dragon (2002).
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Love Liza
Title: Love Liza
Character: Wilson Joel
Released: December 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
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25th Hour
Title: 25th Hour
Character: Jacob Elinsky
Released: December 19, 2002
Type: Movie
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
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Punch-Drunk Love
Title: Punch-Drunk Love
Character: Dean Trumbell
Released: October 11, 2002
Type: Movie
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
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Red Dragon
Title: Red Dragon
Character: Freddy Lounds
Released: October 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
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Title: HypaSpace
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.
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Title: Icons
Released: May 1, 2002
Type: TV
Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards. On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise. The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.
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Last Party 2000
Title: Last Party 2000
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, but spends more time outside, in the street protests and police actions than in the orchestrated conventions. Hoffman shows an obvious distaste for money politics and the conservative right. He looks seedier and more disillusioned the campaign progresses. Eventually Hoffman seems most energized by the Ralph Nader campaign as an alternative to the nearly indistinguishable major parties. The high point of the film are the comments by Barney Frank who says that marches and demonstrations are largely a waste of time, and that the really effective political players such as the NRA and the AARP never bother with walk ins, sit-ins, shoot-ins or shuffles. In the interview with Jesse Jackson, Hoffman is too flustered to ask all of his questions.
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Almost Famous
Title: Almost Famous
Character: Lester Bangs
Released: September 15, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
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State and Main
Title: State and Main
Character: Joseph Turner White
Released: August 26, 2000
Type: Movie
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Title: Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character: Self
Released: June 27, 2000
Type: Movie
A look inside the making of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Title: That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999), containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
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Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Title: Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
The stars of director of the film reflect upon their experiences.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Character: Freddie Miles
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
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Magnolia
Title: Magnolia
Character: Phil Parma
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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Flawless
Title: Flawless
Character: Rusty
Released: November 26, 1999
Type: Movie
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
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Title: The Early Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 1, 1999
Type: TV
The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday in the Eastern time zone; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones aired the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. The Saturday edition aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time as well, but a number of affiliates did not carry it or aired it later on tape-delay. It premiered on November 1, 1999, and was the newest of the major networks' morning shows, although CBS has made several attempts to program in the morning slot since 1954. The show aired as a division of CBS News. The Early Show, like many of its predecessors, traditionally ran last in the ratings to its rivals, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show was analogous to that of CBS's late-night talk show, The Late Show. On November 15, 2011, CBS announced that a new morning show would replace The Early Show on January 9, 2012. CBS News chairman Jeff Fager and CBS News president David Rhodes stated that the new show would "redefine the morning television landscape." On December 1, it was announced that the new show would be titled CBS This Morning. The Early Show ended its twelve-year run on January 6, 2012, to make way for the program. Charlie Rose, Gayle King, and Erica Hill were named anchors of the new program.
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Title: The Directors
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: TV
Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.
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Patch Adams
Title: Patch Adams
Character: Mitch Roman
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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Happiness
Title: Happiness
Character: Allen
Released: October 11, 1998
Type: Movie
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
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Next Stop Wonderland
Title: Next Stop Wonderland
Character: Sean
Released: August 21, 1998
Type: Movie
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together... and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep them apart!
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The Big Lebowski
Title: The Big Lebowski
Character: Brandt
Released: March 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
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Montana
Title: Montana
Character: Duncan
Released: January 16, 1998
Type: Movie
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
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Title: Liberty!
Character: Joseph Plumb Martin
Released: November 23, 1997
Type: TV
Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
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Boogie Nights
Title: Boogie Nights
Character: Scotty J.
Released: October 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
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Culture
Title: Culture
Character: Bill
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Culture is a 1997 short film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, with Greg Germann, Florence Stanley, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Hard Eight
Title: Hard Eight
Character: Young Craps Player
Released: February 28, 1997
Type: Movie
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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Anita Liberty
Title: Anita Liberty
Character: Man at Party #3
Released: January 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is humiliating him, mostly in poems that are bitter, banal, and hilarious.
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Title: Arthur
Character: William Fillmore Toffman (voice)
Released: October 7, 1996
Type: TV
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Twister
Title: Twister
Character: Dustin Davis
Released: May 10, 1996
Type: Movie
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Title: The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Character: Bernardo, Horatio & Laertes
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Title: It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Character: Launcelot Gobbo
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago.
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Nobody's Fool
Title: Nobody's Fool
Character: Officer Raymer
Released: December 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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When a Man Loves a Woman
Title: When a Man Loves a Woman
Character: Gary
Released: April 29, 1994
Type: Movie
An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety. While the woman enters detox, her husband must face the truth of his enabling behavior.
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The Yearling
Title: The Yearling
Character: Buck
Released: April 24, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1870s Florida, a rural family struggles to survive. A lonely twelve-year-old son, Jody (Wil Horneff), the lone surviving child, against his mother's better judgment eventually persuades his parents to allow him a pet fawn, which Jody grows to love deeply. Tragic conflict arises when the fawn begins eating the family's food crops.
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Szuler
Title: Szuler
Character: Martin
Released: March 10, 1994
Type: Movie
The year is 1750. Europe is in a ravaged state following a plague. Victor Moritz and Rufolf de Sevre are gamblers, frequenters of elegant casinos and fashionable brothels. Rudolf is a young aristocrat, charming and charismatic. His degenerate behavior has an animal intensity. Victor, though leading the life of libertine, remains to one side. He is a man of a refined taste despite his low birth and buys his noble title thanks to his gambling skills. Victor and Rudolf have been inseparable friends for years. Then two young, beautiful and innocent people - a brother and sister - enter their life...
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The Getaway
Title: The Getaway
Character: Frank Hansen
Released: February 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Money for Nothing
Title: Money for Nothing
Character: Cochran
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: Movie
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
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My Boyfriend's Back
Title: My Boyfriend's Back
Character: Chuck Bronski
Released: August 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win her over, and soon he comes back from the dead, and wins Missy's heart.
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Joey Breaker
Title: Joey Breaker
Character: Wiley McCall
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first in line. And when it comes to luring Hollywood in a bidding war for a script nobody's read, Joey is your man. Joey's definitely cruising in the fast lane. Bu there's one thing Joey has never taken the time to do... live. Joey's programmed life is turned topsy-turvy by a series of unexpected events which culminates in a serendipitous romance with a throughly remarkable young Jamaican woman.
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Scent of a Woman
Title: Scent of a Woman
Character: George Willis, Jr.
Released: December 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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Leap of Faith
Title: Leap of Faith
Character: Matt
Released: December 18, 1992
Type: Movie
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage.
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My New Gun
Title: My New Gun
Character: Chris
Released: October 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Title: Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Character: Klutch
Released: March 21, 1992
Type: Movie
The Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Steven Hanauer
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.