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Matthew Broderick testifies at New York council hearing -
29 June 2012
-Actor Matthew Broderick has spoken out against the planned expansion of a top university in his native New York over fears it will damage and drastically alter the character of the local surroundings.-The Ferris Bueller's Day Off star has fond memories of his upbringing i
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Broderick set to return to Broadway for Gershwin musical -
16 June 2011
-Actor Matthew Broderick is set to return to Broadway for his first musical since he wowed critics with The Producers.-The song-and-dance man will reteam with The Producers director Kathleen Marshall for Nice Work if You Can Get It, which will open in New York next spring
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Grey never recovered from Broderick car crash -
23 September 2010
d after surviving a fatal car crash in Ireland in 1987, just as her career was taking off.-
-The actress and her then-boyfriend Matthew Broderick were involved in a head-on collision that left the occupants of the other car, a mother and daughter, dead.-
- The pair had al
Matthew Broderick - what members say
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Mostly, Glorious! 29 November 2004
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classic 4 September 2005
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8 July 2004
Matthew Broderick - filmography
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Tower Heist
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Téa Leoni, Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller
Director: Brett Ratner
Certificate: 
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When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
 
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from 7,667 members
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Tower Heist - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Téa Leoni, Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller
Director: Brett Ratner
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Brett Ratner directs this New York City-set crime caper starring Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick and Eddie Murphy. The staff at a luxury Central Park apartment complex discover that Wall Street billionaire Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who lives in the building's penthouse apartment, has ..read more »
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from 3,446 members
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Margaret
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Certificate: 
A 17-year-old New York City high-school student feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her ..read more »
53%
from 3,233 members
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Who Do You Think You Are? - USA
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Brooke Shields, Spike Lee, Lisa Kudrow
Director: Christopher Bruce
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The popular TV series is transposed to the US, as six well-known celebrities go back to their roots and research their, at times surprising, family histories. Featured celebrities in this series are Sarah Jessica Parker, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon and Spike Lee.
67%
from 171 members
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Then She Found Me
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth
Director: Helen Hunt
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Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, schoolteacher April Epner is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to ..read more »
54%
from 6,994 members
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Bee Movie
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Certificate: 
Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually ..read more »
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from 39,598 members
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Bee Movie - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: William H. Macy, Uma Thurman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner, Simon Smith
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Big-budget, Jerry Seinfeld voiced, children's animation about a honey-bee who decides to sue the humans when he discovers they're eating the fruits of his labour. Barry (Seinfeld), fresh out of bee college, wants more than the daily chore of working in the hive; he wants to get out there, exploring ..read more »
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from 3,261 members
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Strangers With Candy
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Paul Dinello, Philip Seymo, Gregory Hollimon
Director: Paul Dinello
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Big-screen prequel to the popular 70s television series. Middle-aged ex-prostitute, former drug addict and all-around lowlife Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) emerges from prison at the age of 46 ready to start her life over again. Jerri arrives at her parents' home to discover that her father Guy (Dan ..read more »
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from 1,027 member
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Deck The Halls
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick
Director: John Whitesell
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This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of ..read more »
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from 12,335 members
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The Producers
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ro, Uma Thurman, Robert Bartley
Director: Susan Stroman
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Remake of the classic Mel Brooks comedy, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a scheming theatrical producer and his mousy assistant. The producers hit upon the perfect plan to embezzle a fortune: raise far more money than you need to produce a sure-fire ..read more »
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from 24,471 members
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The Stepford Wives
(2004)
Starring: Glenn Close, Faith Hill, Nicole Kidman
Director: Frank Oz
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The second screen adaptation of Ira Levin's best-selling novel (the first, starring Katherine Ross, was made in 1974) is a darkly satirical comedy, in contrast to the paranoid social critique of the first version. Nicole Kidman stars as Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful New York career woman who,..read more »
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from 43,986 members
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The Last Shot
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Alec Baldwin
Director: Jeff Nathanson
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Comedy caper about an unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriter, Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick) who meets Joe Devine (Alex Baldwin), a producer who green-lights Steven's movie and makes him the director. But Devine isn't who he claims to be. He's really an FBI agent using the movie in a sting to take ..read more »
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from 1,053 member
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Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Nathan Lane, Shaun Flemming, Ernie Sabella
Director: Bradley Raymond
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The third instalment (which did not have a cinema release) in this popular children's animated story, but this time the story is told from Timon the Meerkat and Pumba the Warthog's perspective. When Timon decides to explore the world, it's not long before his path crosses with that of Pumba and ..read more »
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from 7,512 members
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Good Boy!
(2003)
Starring: Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon
Director: John Hoffman
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Owen Baker is a 12-year-old loner who has been working as the neighborhood dog-walker so he can earn the privilege of getting a dog of his own. His hard work pays off when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, let Owen adopt a scruffy mutt he names Hubble. Both boy and dog get more than they bargained ..read more »
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from 1,743 member
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You Can Count On Me
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Laura Linney, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
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Sammy Prescott (Laura Linney), a divorced single mother who lives with her eight-year-old son Rudy (Rory Culkin) in upstate New York, is overjoyed when her wandering brother Terry (Mark Ruffalo) turns up for a visit. Terry is well-known for his irregular, untrustworthy nature and his habitual ..read more »
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from 3,979 members
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Election - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Phil Reeves, Mark Harelik, Jessica Campbell
Director: Alexander Payne
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Merciless social satire starring Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, a Straight A pupil who is determined to become student president of Carver High School. Her teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) feels that democracy would best be served if she faced some opposition, and convinces popular but ..read more »
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from 660 members
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Election
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Phil Reeves, Mark Harelik, Jessica Campbell
Director: Alexander Payne
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In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in ..read more »
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from 9,920 members
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Inspector Gadget
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Rupert Everett, Michelle Trachtenberg, Joely Fisher
Director: David Kellogg
Certificate:
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John Brown (Matthew Broderick) is an inept security guard employed by scientist Artemus Bradford and his daughter Brenda (Joely Fisher) to safeguard their work on the synthesis of robotics and human tissue. When the Bradfords' arch-rival Sanford Scolex steals their work, John gives chase, and both ..read more »
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from 1,941 member
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Godzilla - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Doug Savant, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
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Nuclear testing once again awakens a green behemoth. However, this large iguana-like creature seems to be unrelated to its Japanese counterpart. The lizard proceeds to demolish large portions of New York as the US military attempts to destroy it.
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from 2,001 members
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Godzilla
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Maria Pittillo, Jean Reno, Harry Shearer
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
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The makers of 'Independence Day' return with a big-budget makeover of the Japanese monster movies. Godzilla is a huge reptilian monster, a terrible genetic mutation caused by the French nuclear tests in the Pacific. Making her way to New York, the amphibian terror threatens the city with complete ..read more »
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from 12,637 members
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Addicted to Love
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Remak Ramsay, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Tchéky Karyo
Director: Griffin Dunne
Certificate:
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When his childhood sweetheart leaves him for another man, astronomer Sam (Matthew Broderick) rents the flat opposite her apartment, in order to spy on her. The man his lost love Linda (Kelly Preston) has taken up with is Aton (Tcheky Karyo), who has in turn dumped his own fiancée - photographer ..read more »
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from 6,596 members
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The Cable Guy
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: George Baker, Jim Carrey, George Segal
Director: Ben Stiller
Certificate:
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Originally planned as a silly vehicle for Chris Farley, in the hands of director Ben Stiller and star Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy became an opportunity for Carrey to flex some of his darker comedic muscles as stalker Chip Douglas. Matthew Broderick plays Steven, an average Joe who is forlorn over his ..read more »
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from 11,365 members
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The West
(4 discs)
(1996)
Starring: Pamela Reed, Michael Potts, Tony Plana
Director: Ken Burns
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The entire series by Ken Burns which charts the conquest of the American frontier from 1500-1914. Using photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the Western adventure. In 'Empire Upon the Trails', since time ..read more »
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from 945 members
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The Road To Wellville
(1994)
Starring: Michael, Dana Carvey, John Neville
Director: Alan Parker
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Alan Parker directs Anthony Hopkins in this comedy. Hopkins stars as Dr John Harvey Kellog, inventor of amongst other things cornflakes. Kellog was a militant vegetarian and promoter of clean bowels and ran a health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan, where patients were submitted to up to five ..read more »
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from 1,077 member
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The Night We Never Met
(1992)
Starring: Annabella Sciorra, Kevin Anderson, Jason Bateman
Director: Warren Leight
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Sam Lester finds the apartment of his dreams, the only problem is he has to share with two other tenants, each using the apartment on alternate days. The resulting chaos reaches hilarious proportions as confusion, lust and love combine. Mathew Broderick and Annbella Sciorra star.
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from 216 members
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The Freshman
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Bruno Kirby, B.D. Wong
Director: Andrew Bergman
Certificate:
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In this farcical comedy, Matthew Broderick plays Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director who arrives in New York City to attend film school. However, moments after he arrives in the city, he's robbed by Victor Ray (Bruno Kirby), leaving him no money for the $700 in books required by his instructor, ..read more »
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from 855 members
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Family Business
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rosana De Soto, Sean Connery
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Vito (Dustin Hoffmann) has left his father's (Sean Connery) life of crime behind him and started a successful meat-packing business. Vito's son (Matthew Brioderick), however, is very much interested in crime and wants to get in on Grandpa's next big score. And it isn't long before Vito finds ..read more »
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from 738 members
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Glory - Blu-ray
(1989)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Donovan Leitch
Director: Edward Zwick
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During the American Civil War, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), a white northern officer, is given the unpopular job of leading the first all-black unit: the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts. The company, which includes Emerson scholar Searles (Andre Braugher), gravedigger Rawlins (..read more »
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from 1,053 member
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Glory
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Donovan Leitch
Director: Edward Zwick
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Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, headed by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (..read more »
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from 5,353 members
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Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick
Director: Paul Bogart
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Harvey Fierstein recreates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play. Both funny and poignant. Torch Song Trilogy chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. Armed with a ..read more »
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from 1,439 member
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Biloxi Blues
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Christopher Walken
Director: Mike Nichols
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Matthew Broderick narrates and stars in this Neil Simon comedy (based on Neil Simon's own experiences) about army life for a group of new recruits. Drawn from a variety of backgrounds, they find it tough going. Christopher Walken plays Sergeant Toomey, the sadistic drill sergeant who controls their ..read more »
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from 709 members
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On Valentine's Day
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, William Converse-Roberts, Hallie Foote
Director: Ken Harrison
Certificate:
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Horton Foote's tale of the Robedaux family fortunes from 1914 to 1918. The family run the gamut of emotional upheaval through unwanted pregnancy, forced marriage, forbidden love and the devastation of World War One. Starring Matthew Broderick.
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from 15 members
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Project X
(1987)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Certificate:
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Project X is a top-secret government undertaking involving trained chimpanzees. Grounded pilot Matthew Broderick, assigned to teach the chimps how to operate a flight simulator, discovers that his charges are to be subjected to high levels of radiation to test potential human endurance. Risking a ..read more »
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from 96 members
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Ben Stein
Director: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller is a clever and tricky fast talker, a legend in his own time. He decides to call out sick from school, feigning illness, to embark on a wild adventure involving his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, his best friend Cameron Frye, and a Ferrari. From Wrigley Field to the Art Institute of ..read more »
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from 26,834 members
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Ben Stein
Director: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has had enough of school so, using his immense ingenuity, he makes it look as though he is ill. He then takes his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) off to spend a day out on the town. After a series of misadventures, he has to make ..read more »
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from 1,510 member
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Ladyhawke
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lauren Shuler, Rutger Hauer
Director: Richard Donner
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On the run from the dungeons of the medieval city of Aquila, thief Phillipe Gaston is helped by Etienne Navarre (Rutger Hauer), a mysterious knight who carries a precious hawk on his arm and is also pursued by the soldiers of Aquila. Two years ago, Navarre and his lover Lady Isabeau were banished ..read more »
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from 2,808 members
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1918
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: William Converse Roberts, Jerry Biggs, Belinda Jackson
Director: Ken Harrison
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Film drama set in a small Texas town in 1918 at the height of US involvement in WWI. Young men are patriotically heeding the call to arms, German immigrants are suspected of being traitors or saboteurs, and Liberty Bonds are being sold to pay for the war effort. Horace Robedaux (William Converse-..read more »
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from 14 members
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WarGames
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Barry Corbin
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
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Once more, a wise-guy teenager tries to prove he's smarter than any adult-and nearly destroys the whole world in the process-in WarGames. Computer-game aficionado Matthew Broderick inadverently taps into a hush-hush Pentagon computer, then proceeds to inaugurate his favorite game, Global ..read more »
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from 7,394 members
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WarGames - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Barry Corbin
Director: John Badham
Certificate:
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Matthew Broderick (Ferris Buellers Day Off) and Ally Sheedy (The Breakfast Club) star in this compelling drama filled with action, suspense and high-tech adventures. Featuring superb performances by Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin, WarGames is brilliant...funny...and provocative (New York)--a ..read more »
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from 34 members
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Wonderful World
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick, Sanaa Lathan
Director: Joshua Goldin
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Ben is a failed children's folk singer and less-than-extraordinary weekend dad. Deeply cynical, Ben's sole pleasure in life is derived from chess games with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill and an insensitive municipal employee exacerbates the emergency situation, Ben'..read more »
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Matthew Broderick facts
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...long by a fantastic cast and great historical reconstruction. It's great to see Matthew Broderick in one of his best roles, but the most memorable performance comes from Denzel ...
