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Filmography

Austin Pendleton - filmography


  • Finding Nemo on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Alison Janney,  Stephen Root,  Brad Garrett
    Director: Lee Unkrich,  Andrew Stanton
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of dangers when you are a tiny clown fish. And for Marlin, a single parent determined to protect his only son Nemo, there are constant fears and anxieties. When, on his first day of school, Nemo defies his father and swims off alone to investigate a boat, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 84,079 members
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  • Amistad on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Nigel Hawthorne,  Geno Silva,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the summer of 1839, on a stormy night off the coast of Cuba, 53 Africans held captive in the cramped cargo holds of the Spanish slave ship La Amistad break free of their shackles. Led by Cinque, they arm themselves, take control of the ship and reclaim their freedom. They have one goal: to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,805 members
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  • The Proprietor on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau,  Josh Hamilton,  Austin Pendleton
    Director: Ismail Merchant
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Franco-Jewish writer Adrienne Mark (Jeanne Moreau) decides to leave New York and return to her childhood home in Paris. Here she is appalled by French racism towards Africans and Arabs, and remembers how her Jewish mother was snatched by the SS during the war. Suffering feelings of guilt, she ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 43 members
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  • The Associate on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Dianne Wiest,  Timothy Daly,  Austin Pendleton
    Director: Donald Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Financial analyst Laurel Ayres (Whoopi Goldberg) leaves her company after her white, less-talented colleague Frank is promoted in her place. Attempting to set up her own partnership, she finds that clients are unwilling to sign with her, either because of her sex or her skin colour. When she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,156 member
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  • Sergeant Bilko on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Austin Pendleton,  Glenne Headly,  Phil Hartman
    Director: Jonathan Lynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There is an enclave of the US military base Fort Baxter that is forever Las Vegas, with Sgt. Ernie Bilko (Steve Martin) presiding over a ragbag troop of soldiers more adept at loading dice than guns. The hardline Major Thorn (Phil Hartman) has had run-ins with Bilko before, and when he takes charge ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,205 member
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  • Guarding Tess on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Austin Pendleton,  Edward Albert Jr.,  Nicolas Cage
    Director: Hugh Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Former First Lady Tess Carlisle (Shirley Maclaine) is less than happy to have her privacy invaded by a personal bodyguard. Plus the man appointed to the job, Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), would rather be in the thick of the action than looking after a cantankerous old lady in a dingy Ohio backwater. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,657 members
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  • My Cousin Vinny on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Austin Pendleton,  Fred Gwynne,  Lane Smith
    Director: Jonathan Lynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two boys on their way to college find themselves charged with murder in Hicksville, Alabama. One of the boys has a cousin, Vinny (Joe Pesci), who recently qualified as a lawyer, and he is persuaded to plead their case. Unfortunately, Vinny does not know anything about court procedure and gets the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,099 members
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  • Mr And Mrs Bridge (1990)
    Starring: Austin Pendleton,  Robert Sean Leonard,  Paul Newman
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mr and Mrs Bridge (played by real life husband and wife Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) seem to have a happy marriage, but over the years a sense of disappointment gradually sets in. Lawyer Mr Bridge manages to suppress his wife's individuality, and any comfort offered by their offspring - Ruth, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 168 members
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  • Short Circuit on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Austin Pendleton,  G.W. Bailey
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Struck by lightning, an endearing little robot known only as Number 5 escapes from an experimental electronics firm. Technician Steve Guttenberg and his indecipherable East Indian assistant Fisher Stevens set out to locate Number 5 before the military can go through with its plans to destroy the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 9,862 members
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  • Short Circuit - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Austin Pendleton,  G.W. Bailey
    Director: John Badham
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Family comedy following a robot who goes AWOL. A reclusive inventor, Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg), is responsible for the development of a range of robots that have the capacity to destroy entire cities. At a military demonstration, one of the robots is struck by lighting and is given a life of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 127 members
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  • What's Up Doc (1972)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Ryan O'Neal,  Madeline Kahn
    Director: Peter Bogdanovich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Four guests staying at the San Francisco Hilton appear to have nothing in common - or do they? Aside from the fact that they are all a little strange - they happen to own identical travelling cases.Naturally the cases get mixed up and the ensuing results are one hilarious situation after another, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 757 members
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  • Lovely By Surprise on DVD
    Starring: Austin Pendleton,  Michael Chernus,  Carrie Preston
    Director: Kirt Gunn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy drama following author Marian (Carrie Preston) as she tries to get over her writer's block. She is advised by her former lover and teacher, Jackson (Austin Pendleton), that she should simply kill off the story's main character, Humkin (Michael Chernus). This proves a difficult task, however, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 9 members
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Austin Pendleton facts

5 most recent films

Finding Nemo - 4.0 stars
Amistad - 3.5 stars
The Mirror Has Two Faces - 3.0 stars
The Proprietor - 2.5 stars
The Associate - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Short Circuit - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Finding Nemo - 4.0 stars
What's Up Doc - 3.5 stars
Amistad - 3.5 stars
My Cousin Vinny - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lovely By Surprise - 2.0 stars
The Proprietor - 2.5 stars
Mr. Nanny - 3.0 stars
Sergeant Bilko - 3.0 stars
Mr And Mrs Bridge - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Brad Garrett - 3 times - show films
Albert Brooks - 3 times - show films
Stephen Root - 3 times - show films
Alison Janney - 3 times - show films
Ellen DeGeneres - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andrew Stanton - 3 times - show films
Lee Unkrich - 3 times - show films
Hugh Wilson - 2 times - show films
Jonathan Lynn - 2 times - show films
John Badham - 2 times - show films