Jo Harvey Allen

Jo Harvey Allen

Movies for Jo Harvey Allen...

Killers of the Flower Moon
Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
Character: Aunt Annie
Released: October 18, 2023
Type: Movie
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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Without Getting Killed or Caught
Title: Without Getting Killed or Caught
Character: Self
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Follow Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt as they rise from obscurity to reverence: Guy, the Pancho to Van Zandt’s Lefty, struggling to establish himself as the Dylan Thomas of American music, while Susanna pens hit songs and paints album covers for top artists, and Townes spirals in self-destruction after writing some of Americana music’s most enduring and influential ballads.
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Ode to Guy Clark: Steve Earle in Austin, TX
Title: Ode to Guy Clark: Steve Earle in Austin, TX
Released: July 2, 2019
Type: Movie
Joined by his long-running five-piece band The Dukes, Earle hit the stage kicking off his Guy Clark tribute with the classic “Dublin Blues,” receiving exuberant cheers at the opening line “Wish I was in Austin.” Earle immediately went into “Texas 1947,” featuring the expert pedal steel work of Ricky Ray Jackson. After sharing a short story about how he met Guy Clark while hitchhiking around Texas, the band performed the ode to the Hill Country honky-tonkin’ queen “Rita Ballou,” featuring Eleanor Whitmore on violin. Following a tale about Clark’s loyalty to Texas BBQ over Tennessee style BBQ, Joe Ely joined Earle on stage to perform “Desperadoes Waiting For a Train” – two Texas music legends trading verses on one of the state’s most influential songs.
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The Homesman
Title: The Homesman
Character: Mrs. Polhemus
Released: May 18, 2014
Type: Movie
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
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In the Valley of Elah
Title: In the Valley of Elah
Character: Jo Anne
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
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The Wendell Baker Story
Title: The Wendell Baker Story
Character: Wanda King
Released: August 3, 2005
Type: Movie
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
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Secondhand Lions
Title: Secondhand Lions
Character: Woman in Hospital
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
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Screen Door Jesus
Title: Screen Door Jesus
Character: Lorraine Herbert
Released: March 11, 2003
Type: Movie
A vision of Jesus sighted on the screen door of Mother Harper's front porch sparks misadventures as the media and crowds gather around the phenomenon and the townsfolk start to take sides. As more people flock to the door, some for guidance, some for healing and some for pure entertainment, the pressure on this sleepy town starts to build. From the wanton Mayor to the scheming town seductress; from the white banker to the desperate black rough neck who seeks his help; from the security guard with all the answers to the hoards gathering with nothing but questions, there's something boiling under this town and only one thing is certain: no one will escape the apocalyptic results unchanged.
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Waking Up in Reno
Title: Waking Up in Reno
Character: Waitress at Big Texan
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country and headed for some big surprises.
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Scattering Dad
Title: Scattering Dad
Character: Reva
Released: January 4, 1998
Type: Movie
An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she made to scatter his ashes at his favorite vacation spot. With her daughters unavailable, she sets off to fulfill the promise herself.
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Floundering
Title: Floundering
Character: Mom
Released: November 4, 1994
Type: Movie
A disaffected and increasingly disturbed young man journeys through post-riot Los Angeles.
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The Client
Title: The Client
Character: Claudette
Released: July 20, 1994
Type: Movie
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes
Character: Woman's Awareness Teacher
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
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Motorist
Title: Motorist
Released: December 20, 1989
Type: Movie
While driving to Los Angeles a motorist reminisces about the formative influence of the automobile.
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Cold Sassy Tree
Title: Cold Sassy Tree
Character: Effie Belle Tate
Released: October 16, 1989
Type: Movie
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed.
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Checking Out
Title: Checking Out
Character: Barbara
Released: April 21, 1989
Type: Movie
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
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Tapeheads
Title: Tapeheads
Character: Madame Olga
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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True Stories
Title: True Stories
Character: The Lying Woman
Released: October 10, 1986
Type: Movie
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.