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William Atherton


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  • Day Of The Locust
  • Day Of The Locust review by A customer from Whitley Bay
    Rated - 2 stars A bit Weird 6 February 2006
    ... a mess, unfocussed and uninvolving, and the climax is weird. The two leads are William Atherton and Karen Black; he fancies her, but she isn't really interested in him. All sh...  
  • Sugarland Express
  • Sugarland Express review by from Newcastle upon Tyne
    Rated - 4 stars A taste of things to come 16 March 2006
    ...d sound work (see the scene where Ben Johnson’s sheriff is driving side-by-side William Atherton’s stolen police car whilst negotiating with him over the police radio), and it’...  

William Atherton - filmography


  • The Girl Next Door (2007)
    Starring: William Atherton,  Blanche Baker,  Grant Show
    Director: Gregory Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name, The Girl Next Door follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt...and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • Headspace on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christopher Denham,  Olivia Hussey,  William Atherton
    Director: Andrew van den Houten
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Alex Borden becomes alarmed when his intellect mysteriously begins to grow, and so do the horrors that invade his nightmares, and soon his waking hours. Long-suppressed memories surface and Alex must face the terrors of his violent past, a vanished older brother, a father who abandoned both his ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 1,158 member
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  • Mad City on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  John Travolta,  Alan Alda
    Director: Costa Gavras
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In one of his strongest performances, John Travolta plays Sam Baily, a museum security guard who holds visitors hostage in an attempt to win back his job when he falls foul of museum cutbacks. Dustin Hoffman co-stars as Max Brackett, a local news reporter who seizes the hostage situation as a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 792 members
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  • Bio-Dome on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Stephen Baldwin,  Pauly Shore,  Kylie Minogue
    Director: Jason Bloom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the producers of DUMB & DUMBER comes this 'no-brainer' eco-trip. Slackers Bud and Doyle (Stephen Baldwin and Pauly Shore) happen upon the opening ceremonies for the BIO-DOME, an environmental facility which is controlled by five scientists, who will be hermetically sealed in it for a year. But ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,992 member
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  • Frank And Jesse on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Bill Paxton,  Randy Travis
    Director: Robert Boris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After the civil war, Frank and Jesse James become anti-union guerillas, robbing banks and trains with the Younger brothers to fight the "enemy." Allen Pinkerton vows to bring them to justice.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 150 members
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  • Die Hard on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Bonnie Bedelia,  Paul Gleason
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 50,104 members
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  • No Mercy on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Kim Basinger,  Jeroen Krabbe
    Director: Richard Pearce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A single-minded cop in search of his partner's killer undertakes a grueling investigation, which leads him into the murky Louisiana criminal underworld and brings him close to a mysterious blonde woman who may hold the answer to the mystery.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 382 members
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  • Real Genius on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Gabe Jarret,  Jonathan Gries
    Director: Martha Coolidge
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When 15-year-old science genius Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarrett) is recruited by the pompous Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) to be part of a special research team, he has no idea he will be working on a top secret military weapon. Enrolling at Pacific Tech College, he meets his fellow whiz kid ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 578 members
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  • Die Hard 2 on DVD
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Bonnie Bedelia,  William Atherton
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Renny Harlin, Die Hard 2 is a blockbuster sequel and a powerful action film in its own right. A band of commandos led by a murderous officer seize an international airport. Their aim is to rescue a drug baron (Franco Nero) from justice. Detective McClane (Bruce Willis) finds himself ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 27,267 members
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  • Headspace to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: Christopher Denham,  Olivia Hussey,  William Atherton
    Director: Andrew van den Houten
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 91 minutes
    Human beings use just 10% of their brains, an organ that has evolved over thousands of years. But what happens in the darkest recesses of the other 90%? Alex, is a troubled young man. After witnessing an act of shocking violence that tore his life apart as a child, he has been living a haphazard ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 10 members
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William Atherton facts

5 most recent films

Life - Season 2 - 4.5 stars
The Girl Next Door - 3.0 stars
Headspace - 2.0 stars
The Stranger - 2.0 stars
Mad City - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Die Hard - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Die Hard 2 - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Die Hard - 4.0 stars
Die Hard 2 - 3.5 stars
Pelican Brief, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Stranger - 2.0 stars
The Girl Next Door - 3.0 stars
Centennial: The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
Life - Season 2 - 4.5 stars
Headspace - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bonnie Bedelia - 4 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 4 times - show films
Christopher Denham - 2 times - show films
Hume Cronyn - 2 times - show films
John Amos - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Renny Harlin - 2 times - show films
Andrew van den Houten - 2 times - show films
John McTiernan - 2 times - show films
Alan J. Pakula - 2 times - show films
Gregory Wilson - 1 times - show films