John Cusack

John Cusack

Born: June 28, 1966
in Evanston, Illinois, USA
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966 - Height: 6' 2½") is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, Con Air, High Fidelity, and 2012.

His father, Richard Cusack (1925–2003), was an actor, as are his siblings: Ann, Joan, Bill, and Susie. His father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company, and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan.

Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, saying that he had "too much fire in [his] belly".

Cusack is a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, for which, he says, he is "in trouble there". He has led the crowd in a performance of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field. He has also been spotted at multiple Chicago Bears games, and attended many of the Stanley Cup Finals games in support of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years, under former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez. He began training under Urquidez in preparation for his role in Say Anything... and currently holds the rank of a level 6 black belt in Urquidez's Ukidokan Kickboxing system.

Movies for John Cusack...

Pursuit
Title: Pursuit
Character: John Calloway
Released: February 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Detective Breslin crosses paths with Calloway, a ruthless hacker desperate to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by a drug cartel. When Calloway escapes police custody, Breslin joins forces with a no-nonsense female cop to reclaim his prisoner. But is Calloway’s crime-boss father somehow involved in this explosive situation?
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Title: Utopia
Character: Dr. Kevin Christie
Released: September 25, 2020
Type: TV
A group of young adults who met online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel.
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Never Grow Old
Title: Never Grow Old
Character: Christopher 'Dutch' Albert
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
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River Runs Red
Title: River Runs Red
Character: Horace
Released: November 9, 2018
Type: Movie
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into his own hands.
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Distorted
Title: Distorted
Character: Vernon Sarsfield
Released: June 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A married couple suspect that the 'smart apartments' in their high tech residence are being used by its owner for sinister reasons.
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Singularity
Title: Singularity
Character: Elias Van Dorne
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
When Elias van Dorne, CEO of the world's largest robotics company, introduces his most powerful invention, Kronos-a super-computer designed to end all wars-it determines that humans are the biggest threat and launches a worldwide attack on mankind. A small band of survivors must form an unlikely alliance to survive the greatest artificial intelligence threat man will ever know.
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Blood Money
Title: Blood Money
Character: Miller
Released: October 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
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Arsenal
Title: Arsenal
Character: Sal
Released: January 6, 2017
Type: Movie
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
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The Fog Bowl
Title: The Fog Bowl
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Exploring the Fog Bowl, the 1988 NFC Divisional Round Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, , including the rivalry between Bears head coach Mike Ditka, and Eagles head coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan.
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Cell
Title: Cell
Character: Clayton 'Clay' Riddell
Released: July 6, 2016
Type: Movie
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
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Boom Bust Boom
Title: Boom Bust Boom
Character: Self
Released: March 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global movement to change the economic system through education to protect the world from boom and bust. A unique look at why economic crashes happen, Boom Bust Boom is a multimedia documentary combining live action with animation and puppetry to explain economics to everyone.
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Chi-Raq
Title: Chi-Raq
Character: Fr. Mike Corridan
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Love & Mercy
Title: Love & Mercy
Character: Brian Wilson 1980s
Released: May 29, 2015
Type: Movie
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Title: Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Character: Adam (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 2015
Type: Movie
After their first adventure with the Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely on Lou to be a positive role model. When an unknown assailant breaks into Lou's mansion and shoots him, Nick and Jacob take him for another trip in the hot tub. They emerge in the year 2025, where they must figure out who shot Lou and prevent it from happening again.
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Dragon Blade
Title: Dragon Blade
Character: Lucius
Released: February 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.
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Drive Hard
Title: Drive Hard
Character: Simon Keller
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.
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Reclaim
Title: Reclaim
Character: Benjamin
Released: September 19, 2014
Type: Movie
After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just what being a parent means and how far they will go to get their child back.
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The Prince
Title: The Prince
Character: Sam
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
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Maps to the Stars
Title: Maps to the Stars
Character: Dr. Stafford Weiss
Released: May 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
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The Bag Man
Title: The Bag Man
Character: Jack
Released: February 28, 2014
Type: Movie
A criminal waits in a seedy motel for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.
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Title: Doll & Em
Character: John
Released: February 18, 2014
Type: TV
Doll & Em is a British comedy series starring real-life friends Emily Mortimer (Em) and Dolly Wells (Doll), filmed in the style of a reality TV show. After a breakup, Doll heads to Hollywood to be with her childhood best friend Em, who's now a successful actress.
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Grand Piano
Title: Grand Piano
Character: Clem
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: Movie
Moments before his comeback performance, a concert pianist who suffers from stage fright discovers a note written on his music sheet.
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We're No Animals
Title: We're No Animals
Character: Tony Lovecraft
Released: October 3, 2013
Type: Movie
A Hollywood actor grows tired of making the same corporate movies, so he moves to Argentina to find more experimental and meaningful work.
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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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The Butler
Title: The Butler
Character: Richard Nixon
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
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The Frozen Ground
Title: The Frozen Ground
Character: Robert Hansen
Released: July 11, 2013
Type: Movie
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
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Adult World
Title: Adult World
Character: Rat Billings
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
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The Numbers Station
Title: The Numbers Station
Character: Emerson
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: Movie
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
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The Factory
Title: The Factory
Character: Mike Fletcher
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
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The Paperboy
Title: The Paperboy
Character: Hillary Van Wetter
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: Movie
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
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All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Title: All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
Character: Self
Released: May 15, 2012
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look at the making of Being John Malkovich, condensed from hours of footage during production.
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Title: Evening Urgant
Character: Self
Released: April 16, 2012
Type: TV
Evening show Ivan Urgant. Movies, sports, new gadgets, art. What is happening in the country and in the world? Actual characters discussing the day's events and new music.
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The Raven
Title: The Raven
Character: Edgar Allan Poe
Released: March 9, 2012
Type: Movie
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
Title: Woody Allen: A Documentary
Character: Self
Released: November 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. "Woody Allen: A Documentary" chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caesar's TV scribe, from stand-up comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Exploring Allen's writing habits, casting, directing, and relationship with his actors first-hand, new interviews with A-listers, writing partners, family and friends provide insight and backstory to the usually inscrutable filmmaker.
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Shanghai
Title: Shanghai
Character: Paul Soames
Released: June 10, 2010
Type: Movie
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
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Hot Tub Time Machine
Title: Hot Tub Time Machine
Character: Adam
Released: March 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Craig is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Title: The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Character: Self
Released: March 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Title: 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Character: Self
Released: March 2, 2010
Type: Movie
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmerich.)
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2012
Title: 2012
Character: Jackson Curtis
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
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Title: The Jay Leno Show
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."
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Igor
Title: Igor
Character: Igor (voice)
Released: September 19, 2008
Type: Movie
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
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War, Inc.
Title: War, Inc.
Character: Brand Hauser
Released: April 28, 2008
Type: Movie
In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over. Brand Hauser, a hitman who suppresses his emotions by gobbling down hot sauce, is hired by the corporation's head to kill the CEO of their competitors.
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Summerhood
Title: Summerhood
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 2008
Type: Movie
The coming of age summer-camp saga of four best friends who hate each other.
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Guyville Redux
Title: Guyville Redux
Released: January 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.
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Grace Is Gone
Title: Grace Is Gone
Character: Stanley Philipps
Released: December 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.
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Martian Child
Title: Martian Child
Character: David
Released: November 2, 2007
Type: Movie
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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1408
Title: 1408
Character: Mike Enslin
Released: June 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Title: Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Character: Self
Released: May 18, 2007
Type: Movie
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Himself
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Title: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" spirit of one of this century's most notorious figures - a man whose life and work regularly intersected with some of the biggest names in the world of film, politics, journalism and sports.
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The Contract
Title: The Contract
Character: Ray
Released: April 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
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The Ice Harvest
Title: The Ice Harvest
Character: Charlie
Released: November 23, 2005
Type: Movie
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
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Must Love Dogs
Title: Must Love Dogs
Character: Jake
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.
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Title: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
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The Road to The Sure Thing
Title: The Road to The Sure Thing
Released: August 5, 2003
Type: Movie
A 26-minute documentary which gives an in-depth overview into the films production. This segment includes soundbytes from most of the cast & crew, as they discuss the script, the casting, and the production.
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Breakfast with Hunter
Title: Breakfast with Hunter
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing - Gonzo journalism.
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Identity
Title: Identity
Character: Ed
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Runaway Jury
Title: Runaway Jury
Character: Nicholas Easter
Released: January 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
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Adaptation.
Title: Adaptation.
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Title: Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: Movie
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
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Max
Title: Max
Character: Max Rothman
Released: September 10, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
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The Concert for New York City
Title: The Concert for New York City
Character: Self
Released: October 20, 2001
Type: Movie
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-you to the heroic firefighters, police officers and rescue workers who saved tens of thousands of lives on September 11th. More than 6000 firefighters, police officers and rescue workers attended as guests.
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Serendipity
Title: Serendipity
Character: Jonathan Trager
Released: October 5, 2001
Type: Movie
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
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America: A Tribute to Heroes
Title: America: A Tribute to Heroes
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2001
Type: Movie
A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just 10 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon to raise money for the victims and their families,
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America's Sweethearts
Title: America's Sweethearts
Character: Eddie Thomas
Released: July 17, 2001
Type: Movie
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
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High Fidelity
Title: High Fidelity
Character: Rob Gordon
Released: March 17, 2000
Type: Movie
When record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon gets dumped by his long-time girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in order to figure out what went wrong. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.
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Cradle Will Rock
Title: Cradle Will Rock
Character: Nelson Rockefeller
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
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Being John Malkovich
Title: Being John Malkovich
Character: Craig Schwartz
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
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This Is My Father
Title: This Is My Father
Character: Eddie Sharp
Released: May 7, 1999
Type: Movie
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he looks to his mother for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland.
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Pushing Tin
Title: Pushing Tin
Character: Nick Falzone
Released: April 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
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The Jack Bull
Title: The Jack Bull
Character: Myrl Redding
Released: April 17, 1999
Type: Movie
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl's horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy. When Judge Wilkins throws out Myrl's complaint, the war he wages to force Ballard to nurse the emaciated animals back to health escalates into a vigilante manhunt, murder and the possible defeat of Wyoming's bid for statehood.
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The Thin Red Line
Title: The Thin Red Line
Character: Capt. John Gaff
Released: December 23, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
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Chicago Cab
Title: Chicago Cab
Character: Scary Man
Released: September 18, 1998
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Title: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Character: John Kelso
Released: November 21, 1997
Type: Movie
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
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Anastasia
Title: Anastasia
Character: Dimitri (voice)
Released: November 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men, who intend to pass her off as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward.
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Eastwood on Eastwood
Title: Eastwood on Eastwood
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Con Air
Title: Con Air
Character: Agent Vince Larkin
Released: June 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
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Grosse Pointe Blank
Title: Grosse Pointe Blank
Character: Martin Q. Blank
Released: April 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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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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City Hall
Title: City Hall
Character: Kevin Calhoun
Released: February 16, 1996
Type: Movie
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
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Floundering
Title: Floundering
Character: JC
Released: November 4, 1994
Type: Movie
A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.
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The Road to Wellville
Title: The Road to Wellville
Character: Charles Ossining
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.
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Bullets Over Broadway
Title: Bullets Over Broadway
Character: David Shayne
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Title: Baseball
Character: Various (voice)
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.
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Title: Baseball
Character: Voice
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.
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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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Title: Frasier
Character: Greg (voice)
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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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: Joey Coyle
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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Map of the Human Heart
Title: Map of the Human Heart
Character: The Mapmaker
Released: April 22, 1993
Type: Movie
In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.
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Bob Roberts
Title: Bob Roberts
Character: Cutting Edge Host
Released: September 4, 1992
Type: Movie
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
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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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The Player
Title: The Player
Character: John Cusack
Released: April 3, 1992
Type: Movie
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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Roadside Prophets
Title: Roadside Prophets
Character: Caspar
Released: March 27, 1992
Type: Movie
On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson. Joined by wannabe biker Sam, Joe journeys from Los Angeles to Nevada, meeting all sorts of characters along the way.
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Shadows and Fog
Title: Shadows and Fog
Character: Student Jack
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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True Colors
Title: True Colors
Character: Peter Burton
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
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The Grifters
Title: The Grifters
Character: Roy Dillon
Released: August 8, 1990
Type: Movie
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
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Fat Man and Little Boy
Title: Fat Man and Little Boy
Character: Michael Merriman
Released: October 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
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Say Anything...
Title: Say Anything...
Character: Lloyd Dobler
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.
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Elvis Stories
Title: Elvis Stories
Character: Corky
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Elvis Stories is a short movie directed by Ben Stiller and starring John Cusack and Ben Stiller
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Tapeheads
Title: Tapeheads
Character: Ivan Alexeev
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
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Eight Men Out
Title: Eight Men Out
Character: Buck Weaver
Released: September 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
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Broadcast News
Title: Broadcast News
Character: Angry Messenger
Released: December 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
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Hot Pursuit
Title: Hot Pursuit
Character: Dan Bartlett
Released: May 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.
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One Crazy Summer
Title: One Crazy Summer
Character: Hoops McCann
Released: August 8, 1986
Type: Movie
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
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Stand by Me
Title: Stand by Me
Character: Denny Lachance
Released: August 8, 1986
Type: Movie
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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The Journey of Natty Gann
Title: The Journey of Natty Gann
Character: Harry
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: Movie
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
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Better Off Dead...
Title: Better Off Dead...
Character: Lane Meyer
Released: August 23, 1985
Type: Movie
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
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The Sure Thing
Title: The Sure Thing
Character: Walter (Gib) Gibson
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
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Grandview, U.S.A.
Title: Grandview, U.S.A.
Character: Johnny Maine
Released: August 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is one of the drivers in the derby whose wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be with Mike. Tim falls for Mike and a big love triangle is about to happen.
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Sixteen Candles
Title: Sixteen Candles
Character: Bryce
Released: May 4, 1984
Type: Movie
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
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Class
Title: Class
Character: Roscoe
Released: July 22, 1983
Type: Movie
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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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.
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Fog of War
Title: Fog of War
Character: Robert
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An injured American pilot Gene, and his Oss agent fiancee Penny, who retreat to a remote estate in Massachusetts to visit her extended family. The Oss has recruited Gene to spy on the family and the surrounding community.
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My Only Sunshine
Title: My Only Sunshine
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A couple of bank-robbers plan a job to fund their divorce.