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Quaid in talks to support Sheen in Vancouver -
27 April 2011
-Actor Randy Quaid is reportedly in talks to support fellow troubled star Charlie Sheen when the latter takes his one-man show to Vancouver, British Columbia next week (02May11).-The Brokeback Mountain star, who fled America for Canada with his wife amid a legal tuss
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Quaids make Star Whackers film -
29 March 2011
-Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are taking their 'star whackers' saga to the screen after making a new film about the evil forces who have driven the couple out of Hollywood and the U.S.-
-The Quaids are fighting for refugee status in Canada after fleeing the U.S. foll
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Quaid to sing about 'star whackers' -
20 March 2011
-Eccentric movie star Randy Quaid will debut a song he has written about the "star whackers" he famously claimed are out to get him and his wife Evi at a gig in Vancouver, Canada on Friday night (18Mar11).-
-The Brokeback Mountain star will hit the stage at the Commo
Randy Quaid - what members say
review by from West Sussex
Human thirst for dignity 14 June 2004
review by A customer from London, England
Summer With The Griswolds! 10 November 2003
review by from Surrey, UK
One of the funniest movies of the 90s 7 September 2004
Randy Quaid - filmography
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Balls Out - The Gary Houseman Story
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid, Leonor Varela
Director: Danny Leiner
Certificate: 
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Gary The Tennis Coach stars Seann William Scott as Gary - an overzealous high school janitor who, after failing to make it as a tennis pro, decides to coach a group of misfits in the arts of tennis! Will they make it to the state championships?
 
54%
from 2,197 members
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Brokeback Mountain - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal
Director: Ang Lee
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Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is the tragic and moving story of two cowboys who unexpectedly fall in love while working together one summer in 1963. When the film begins, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch-hand Ennis ..read more »
69%
from 2,226 members
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The Ice Harvest
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
Director: Harlod Ramis
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In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) have just successfully embezzled $..read more »
56%
from 7,325 members
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Elvis - The Early Years
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan
Director: James Sadwith
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A fact-based television mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley, the legendary king of rock 'n' roll. ELVIS – THE EARLY YEARS chronicles Presley's humble beginnings through to his meteoric rise to fame. Made with the full cooperation and participation of the Elvis Presley Estate, it is the ..read more »
63%
from 349 members
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Brokeback Mountain
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Heath Ledger
Director: Ang Lee
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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a ..read more »
66%
from 75,716 members
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Home On The Range
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: Will Finn, John Sanford
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The American West is brought to the screen in vivid purple and blue animation in Disney's barnyard adventure HOME ON THE RANGE. With geometric patches representing a vast expanse of farmland, and landscapes ranging from rocky desert to lush green pastures, this classic cartoon--no Pixar influence ..read more »
57%
from 10,848 members
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Category 6 - Day of Destruction
(2004)
Starring: Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Dianne Wiest
Director: Dick Lowry
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An extravagant miniseries that serves as a vehicle for some spectacular special effects, the DAY OF DESTRUCTION is fast approaching Chicago in the form of three separate weather systems set to collide there: a tornado cluster that has already laid waste to Las Vegas, an Arctic front from the north, ..read more »
61%
from 113 members
Not currently released
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Carolina
(2003)
Starring: Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Marleen Gorris
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In this romantic comedy, Carolina (Julia Stiles) loves her crazy family, but wants a more normal life. She sets off from the South to move to California, where she hopes for peace and calm, but things soon become chaotic again when two attractive suitors fight for her affections.
64%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson
Director: Ron Underwood
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Pluto Nash (Eddie Murphy) is the coolest guy on the moon in the year 2080. He is revered by street criminals for his former career as a smuggler of black market Earth goods, and he is admired by the upper crust for his success in running Club Pluto, the trendiest night spot in the city of Little ..read more »
52%
from 1,364 member
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Frank McKlusky
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Dave Sheridan, Andy Richter
Director: Arlene Sanford
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Frank McKlusky is an insurance claims investigator who has an aversion to any type of risk. He is forced to act when his work partner is killed and it is left to him and his new partner to crack the case...
48%
from 175 members
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Not Another Teen Movie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Randy Quaid
Director: Joel Gallen
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In his feature film directorial debut, Joel Gallen spoofs the ever-popular teen genre. The students of John Hughes High School live the plot lines of numerous teen flicks, including SHE'S ALL THAT, AMERICAN PIE, TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, VARSITY BLUES, and SIXTEEN CANDLES, to name just a few. ..read more »
56%
from 7,483 members
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The Day The World Ended
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Nastassja Kinski
Director: Terence Gross
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This horror film involves a traumatised young boy and a creature that may or may not be the product of his imagination. This made-for-TV movie stars Randy Quaid and Nastassja Kinski.
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from 191 members
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Mail To The Chief
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Holland Taylor, Kathleen Lasky
Director: Eric Champnella
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When school student, Kenny Witowski trawls through the internet for email pals, he is connected to a man who calls himself 'Average Joe'. Some time later Kenny realises that he been corresponding and giving advice to the President of the United States...
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from 181 members
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Valentine's Day
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Randy Quaid, Rae Dawn Chong
Director: Duane Clark
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Tony Denisio, a member of the Massimo crime family has agreed to turn state's evidence but has refused official police protection. Luckless Detective Jack Valentine (Mario van Peebles) has been assigned to protect him and no sooner arrives at his assignment only to see the crime boss blown away in ..read more »
38%
from 57 members
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Hard Rain
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid
Director: Mikael Salomon
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Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated townspeople. Something they didn't count on is armed truck driver Christian Slater, called upon to ..read more »
61%
from 5,006 members
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Bug Busters
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Katherine Heigl, David Lipper
Director: Lorenzo Doumani
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The idyllic town of Mountview is infested and terrorized by a deadly mutant insect unknown to science. Their only hope lies in the wacky trio of General George (Quaid, gung-ho military man turned militant exterminator); the mild-mannered Sherrif (Doohan); and the brilliant Dr. Fujimoto (Takei).
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from 72 members
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Hard Rain - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid
Director: Mikael Salomon
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Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated townspeople. Something they didn't count on is armed truck driver Christian Slater, called upon to ..read more »
60%
from 74 members
Not available for rental
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Last Dance
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Director Bruce Beresford's LAST DANCE stars Sharon Stone as Cindy Liggett, a lower-class Southern woman who has spent the previous 12 years on death row for killing two of her teenaged classmates. Her legal appeals seem to have run their course, and the judge who is charged with reviewing her case ..read more »
54%
from 315 members
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Independence Day - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell
Director: Roland Emmerich
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With a 71 million dollar budget and mind-blowing special effects, INDEPENDENCE DAY is a grand, high-tech throwback to such films of the 1950s as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Here, aliens, in numerous gargantuan spaceships, arrive without warning and hover over the world's ..read more »
75%
from 4,978 members
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Independence Day
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell
Director: Roland Emmerich
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With a $71 million budget and mind-blowing special effects, INDEPENDENCE DAY is a grand, high-tech throwback to such films of the 1950s as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Here, aliens, in numerous gargantuan spaceships, arrive without warning and hover over the world's most ..read more »
69%
from 39,263 members
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The Paper
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei
Director: Ron Howard
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Ron Howard directed this lightning-paced, high-energy drama following one day in the life of Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), a frantic metro editor for a fictitious New York tabloid. While investigating the apparently race-related killing of two white businessmen found murdered in their car, ..read more »
62%
from 636 members
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Freaked
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Alex Winter, Alex Winter, Megan Ward
Director: Alex Winter, Tom Stern, Alex Winter
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While on a promotional tour for a corrupt international conglomerate, a mercenary TV actor Ricky Coogin travels to Santa Flan, a South American country. With his best friend, and his would-be girlfriend along for the trip, they are unwillingly transformed into circus freaks by sleazy road-show ..read more »
57%
from 487 members
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Days Of Thunder
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall
Director: Tony Scott
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Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky hotshot with little stock car driving experience and a lot of raw talent. Trickle's uncanny ability to make all the right moves on the racetrack wins him the backing of Tim Dolan (Randy Quaid), who wants to put him in a car. Eventually he wins the support ..read more »
60%
from 8,908 members
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Days Of Thunder - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall
Director: Tony Scott
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Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young, cocky hotshot with little stock car driving experience and a lot of raw talent. Trickle's uncanny ability to make all the right moves on the racetrack wins him the backing of Tim Dolan (Randy Quaid), who wants to put him in a car. Eventually he wins the support ..read more »
63%
from 743 members
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Parents
(1989)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
Director: Bob Balaban
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Michael Laemie (played by Brian Madorsky) is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Especially his father, Nick Laemie (played by Randy Quaid). Young Michael begins to suspect his parents ..read more »
61%
from 38 members
Currently unavailable
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Martians Go Home
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Barry Sobel
Director: David Odell
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When Mark Deveraux's theme for a sci-fi movie is accidentally broadcast over the air, the earth becomes inhabited by green aliens, who put into words thoughts that are better left unsaid.
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from 10 members
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Bloodhounds Of Broadway
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Madonna, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey
Director: Howard Brookner
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This film, which incorporates the plots of four Damon Runyon stories, takes place in and around a grand New Year's Eve party in 1928. The guests, many of whose lives intertwine during the evening, include Harriet (Julie Hagerty), the rich society doll throwing the bash; the aptly named Feet Samuels ..read more »
41%
from 147 members
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Cold Dog Soup
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christina Harnos
Director: Alan Metter
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When Michael agrees to a date with beautiful Sarah little does he realise just what's in store for him.... giving the kiss of life to a pooch and getting into all kinds of trouble in an effort to give the mutt a decent final resting place.
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from 36 members
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Moving
(1988)
Starring: Richard Pryor, Randy Quaid, Beverly Todd
Director: Alan Metter
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Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
65%
from 11 members
Currently unavailable
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Evil In Clear River
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Michael Flynn, Randy Quaid
Director: Karen Arthur
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A mother is disturbed to find that teacher and mayor, Peter Suvak, is filling the heads of his students with blatant racism. She campaigns against him until the Canadian government steps in and finds Suvak guilty under the country's 'Hate Laws' of wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group.
32%
from 16 members
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No Man's Land
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, D.B. Sweeney
Director: Peter Werner
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A bored rich boy steals Porsches for ready cash, but mostly for the thrill. A rookie cop goes undercover to prove the boy is guilty of murder and gets involved in a life of easy money, glamorous nightlife, and fascinating danger.
64%
from 517 members
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The Wraith
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavetes
Director: Mike Marvin
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A marauding gang of car-racing delinquents terrorize the residents of a small town, until a mysterious, otherworldly stranger arrives to challenge the ruthless roadsters.
59%
from 791 members
Not currently released
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Fool For Love
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Randy Quaid
Director: Robert Altman
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Dramatic story of the complex, passionate relationship between a cowboy drifter and his long-time love. Set in barren New Mexico, in the neon-lit confines of the seedy El Royale motel.
50%
from 110 members
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National Lampoon's Vacation
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Dana Barron, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
Director: Harold Ramis
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Join the Griswolds, a typical suburban family, on their summer vacation, a cross-county trip to their favorite amusement park, Walley World. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong in this outrageous farce, featuring the comic genius of Chevy Chase as the desperate dad looking for fun and ..read more »
67%
from 7,776 members
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The Long Riders
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine
Director: Walter Hill
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The hook in Walter Hill's mythic retelling of the James-Younger outlaw legend is in the casting; the James, Younger, Miller, and Ford Brothers are played by a string of acting brothers, the Keachs, the Carradines, the Quaids and the Guests. The film begins as outlaws are robbing a bank. After the ..read more »
63%
from 1,492 member
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Foxes
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan
Director: Adrian Lyne
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FOXES, director Adrian Lyne's first feature, is set in Los Angeles. It centres on Jeanie (Jodie Foster) and her teenage friends Annie (Cherie Currie), Madge (Marilyn Kagan), and Dierdre (Kandice Stroh), who spend more time with each other--often sleeping in Jeanie's bedroom--than they do with their ..read more »
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from 518 members
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The Long Riders - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine
Director: Walter Hill
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This violent Western follows four sets of brothers--the Youngers, the Jameses, the Millers, and the Fords--who band together for a crime spree across Missouri. Law enforcers, meanwhile, prove inept in their attempts to apprehend the renegade cowboys, who are busy arguing among themselves. Director ..read more »
52%
from 7 members
Due for release on 4th June 2012
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Midnight Express
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate:
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
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from 5,819 members
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Midnight Express - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid
Director: Alan Parker
Certificate:
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Based on William Hayes's autobiography, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS tells the harrowing story of a young American tourist arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison by Turkish authorities for trying to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the country. Billy (Brad Davis), suffering through the harsh realities ..read more »
74%
from 654 members
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Bound For Glory
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon
Director: Hal Ashby
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Hal Ashby's film of Woody Guthrie's autobiography, BOUND FOR GLORY, recounts the protest singer's life starting when he's a young man with a wife and two children, trying to find work as a sign painter in the Dust Bowl-ravaged Texas of the 1930s. He leaves his wife, Mary (Melinda Dillon), with her ..read more »
61%
from 441 members
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The Missouri Breaks
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
Director: Arthur Penn
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It's the wild frontier and anything goes, especially in the untamed territory of Montana. Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson) leads a gang of cattle thieves out for revenge when one of its members is hanged by wealthy rancher David Braxton. Braxton, however, has hired expert manhunter Lee Clayton (Marlon ..read more »
61%
from 811 members
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
(1974)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid
Director: Ted Kotcheff
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The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-..read more »
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The Last Detail
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
Director: Hal Ashby
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Two Navy lifers and one military innocent briefly attempt to thumb their nose at Authority in Hal Ashby's The Last Detail (1973). Badass Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are assigned to escort young sailor Meadows (Randy Quaid, who beat out John Travolta for the part) from ..read more »
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from 2,039 members
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What's Up Doc
(1972)
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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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 »
74%
from 739 members
Not currently released
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The Last Picture Show
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Produced by Hollywood iconoclast BBS Productions, film critic-turned-director Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film pays homage to Hollywood's classical age as it chronicles generational rites of passage in Anarene, a fictional one-horse Texas town. In 1951, high school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and ..read more »
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from 4,566 members
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Grind
Starring: Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern
Director: Casey La Scala
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Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
61%
from 345 members
Not currently released
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Some Things Never Die
on DVD
Starring: Randy Quaid, George Takei, James Doohan
Director: Lorenzo Doumani
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Shannon Griffin and her family move into the country to get away from the pressures of city life. Their peace is shattered when several townspeople die mysteriously and their bodies are found to be infested with a form of insect lava...
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from 111 members
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Randy Quaid facts
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...darkest recesses of physical and emotional cruelty.
Supporting cast members Randy Quaid, John Hurt, and Bo Hopkins give stellar performances, and Giorgio Moroder suppl...
