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Hal Holbrook
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Hal Holbrook - what members say
review by BigDukeSix from Balfron
A 70's Classic 13 March 2008
review by mikehammond8 from Colliers Wood
A must for any true adventurous spirit 15 March 2008
Hal Holbrook - filmography
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That Evening Sun
(2009)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins
Director: Scott Teems
Certificate: 
Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to an old enemy and his family. Not one to ..read more »
 
65%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Into the Wild
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt
Director: Sean Penn
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After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
73%
from 58,189 members
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Into The Wild - HD
(2007)
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Zach Galifianakis
Director: Sean Penn
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INTO THE WILD combines the directorial talent of Sean Penn with Jon Krakauer's bestselling book about a young man (Emile Hirsch) who gives up all he has to live in Alaska. This adventure also stars Academy Award winners William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden, as well as Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn.
75%
from 754 members
Not currently released
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Into The Wild - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Zach Galifianakis
Director: Sean Penn
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INTO THE WILD combines the directorial talent of Sean Penn with Jon Krakauer's bestselling book about a young man (Emile Hirsch) who gives up all he has to live in Alaska. This adventure also stars Academy Award winners William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden, as well as Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn.
76%
from 2,286 members
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Shade
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Damian Nieman
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Set in the underground world of Los Angeles card sharks and gamblers, this slick neo-noir is a gripping ensemble drama that pays homage to hard-boiled heist directors like Mamet and Scorsese. SHADE, a gambling term for deception and trickery, revolves around a ring of small-time hustlers with ..read more »
52%
from 2,637 members
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Purpose
(2002)
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, John Light, Megan Dodds
Director: Alan Ari Lazar
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PURPOSE follows the life of John Elias (John Light), the key player in a booming late-1990s dot.com business. As Elias becomes more and more successful, he's blinded by his newfound wealth. Can he stay in the business without selling his soul?
30%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Haven
(2001)
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Gray
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This poignant made-for-television drama star Natasha Richardson as Ruth Gruber, a brave woman from Brooklyn, New York, who travels to Europe during World War II to help thousands of Jews escape to America. The all-star supporting cast includes Colm Feore, Martin Landau, Anne Bancroft, Hal Holbrook, ..read more »
55%
from 148 members
Not currently released
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The Majestic
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Director: Frank Darabont
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Jim Carrey plays an amnesia victim who, mistaken as a missing, favourite-son war hero by a tiny California town, restores and reopens the local abandoned movie palace discovering love and rebuilding his own life along the way.
The film is an homage to old-fashioned values and proud-to-be-an-..read more »
64%
from 3,122 members
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Men Of Honour
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron
Director: George Tillman Jr.
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A heroic life gets a suitably dramatic retelling in George Tillman Jr.'s docudrama MEN OF HONOR. Based on the true story of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a United States Navy master diver, the film follows the conventional yet pleasurable against-all-odds narrative. Carl ..read more »
72%
from 6,861 members
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The Bachelor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Stacy Edwards
Director: Gary Sinyor
Certificate:
Jimmie Shannon values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco, begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find "the one." When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne ..read more »
51%
from 1,644 member
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Waking The Dead
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker
Director: Keith Gordon
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Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) is a promising young congressional candidate who becomes obsessed with the idea that his dead lover, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), is still alive. Because of her involvement with a group called Sanctuary that harbours Chilean dissidents, Sarah is presumably killed in a ..read more »
50%
from 1,155 member
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Rusty: The Great Rescue
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, Laraine Newman
Director: Shuki Levy
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Loyal and lovable Rusty the beagle is not about to let anyone mess with his recently orphaned "humans," Jory and Tess. So when some greedy cousins try to get their paws on the kids' trust fund, Rusty enlists the help of a mad menagerie of animals to show the troublemakers that they're barking up ..read more »
59%
from 230 members
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Hush
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Jonathan Darby
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Helen believes she has the perfect life when she goes to live with her husband on the beautiful country estate of Kilronan. There she meets his mother who is passionately devoted to her only son but life soon changes when she realises that her mother-in-law is not only disturbed but dangerous...
53%
from 487 members
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Eye Of God
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Mary Kay Place, Maggie Moore, Kevin Anderson
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
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Martha Plimpton gives a strong performance as an Oklahoma diner waitress who weds the born-again prison inmate (Kevin Anderson) with whom she's been corresponding, but she soon finds that his ostensible piety masks a cruel, domineering nature that leads inevitably to horrific violence. This deeply ..read more »
55%
from 93 members
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Acts Of Love
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, Amy Locane
Director: Bruno Barreto
Certificate: 
A teacher in a small town who has almost given up on life, discovers a new passion when he meets the teenage daughter of a retired major. Based on the novel 'Farmer' by Jim Harrison.
49%
from 255 members
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The Firm
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Terry Kinney, David Stra, Tom Cruise
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
67%
from 16,956 members
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The Firm - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ed Harris
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, an ambitious young lawyer who accepts an unmatchable offer from a Memphis law firm only to discover that the deal was too good to be true. As he becomes tangled in a web of ..read more »
69%
from 479 members
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Bonds Of Love
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Treat Williams, Hal Holbrook
Director: Larry Elikann
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The dramatic true story of Robby Smith who is slightly retarded and cared for by his over-possessive parents. One day whilst venturing out on his own, he meets Rose, a battered wife attempting to make a new life for herself. Their new friendship causes much heartache...
58%
from 23 members
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Hiroshima
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Michael Tucker, Hal Holbrook
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Chronicling America's top-secret Manhattan Project, this made-for-TV drama follows the two-year storm of scientific rivalry, intrigue, disappointment, and triumph in the quest to build the ultimate weapon of mass destruction--the atomic bomb. The all-star cast includes Brian Dennehy, David ..read more »
57%
from 65 members
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The Unholy
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, William Russ
Director: Camilo Vila
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Father Michael is appointed pastor of St Agnes church after surviving a fall. Closed for 3 years following the mysterious deaths of his predecessors, he attempts to find out why he has become the 'Chosen One'...
47%
from 174 members
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Wall Street
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
68%
from 8,136 members
Not currently released
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Wall Street - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
72%
from 2,649 members
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The Star Chamber
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Peter Hyams
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A judge frustrated by the lenient legal system joins a secret group of judges who have set up their own court which operates outside the scope of the law. When verdicts are reached on two men who are later discovered to be innocent, serious ethical questions arise in this taut and interesting thriller.
63%
from 275 members
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Creepshow
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver
Director: George A. Romero
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Two macabre masters - writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero - conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave for Father's Day cake. A meteor's ooze makes everything... grow. A ..read more »
65%
from 1,577 member
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The Fog - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: John Houseman, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Carpenter
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Director John Carpenter creates an old-fashioned campfire ghost story with THE FOG. Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumors of a secret as ..read more »
65%
from 799 members
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The Fog - HD
(1979)
Starring: John Houseman, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Carpenter
Certificate:
Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumours of a secret as old as the town begin to surface and the people of Antonio Bay realise they are ..read more »
64%
from 325 members
Not currently released
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The Fog
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: John Houseman, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Carpenter
Certificate:
Director John Carpenter creates an old-fashioned campfire ghost story with THE FOG. Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumors of a secret as ..read more »
63%
from 9,597 members
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Capricorn One - Blu-ray
(1976)
Starring: Karen Black, David Doyle, Hal Holbrook
Director: Peter Hyams
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The government attempts to fake a mission to Mars, but when the astronauts learn that part of the scenario includes a 'tragic accident' on the way home, they attempt an escape. A forerunner of the non-stop action suspense movie with terrific aerial stunts and an all-star cast.
68%
from 728 members
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All The President's Men
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Conspiracy film specialist Alan J. Pakula turned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their Watergate investigation into one of the hit films of Bicentennial year 1976. While researching a story about a botched 1972 burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the ..read more »
73%
from 11,768 members
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Magnum Force - Blu-ray
(1973)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul
Director: Ted Post
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A cop traces a series of mysterious slayings to the San Francisco Police Department. As usual, criminals can expect no sympathy from Harry Callahan. Sequel to DIRTY HARRY and followed by THE ENFORCER, SUDDEN IMPACT and THE DEAD POOL.
75%
from 884 members
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Magnum Force
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul
Director: Ted Post
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A cop traces a series of mysterious slayings to the San Francisco Police Department. As usual, criminals can expect no sympathy from Harry Callahan. Sequel to DIRTY HARRY and followed by THE ENFORCER, SUDDEN IMPACT and THE DEAD POOL.
70%
from 5,779 members
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Philip Ahn, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus
Director: Hall Bartlett
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Adapted from Richard Bach's best-selling novella, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL tells the inspirational story of one seagull's quest for a higher purpose. Bored of the usual squabbles over food, Jonathan breaks away from his flock to pursue his dream of being able to fly. An outcast, he's befriended ..read more »
52%
from 163 members
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Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilot...
on DVD
Starring: Hal Holbrook
Certificate: 
Narrated by Hal Holbrook, Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Thousands of lives were saved and battles won because of their efforts.
53%
from 8 members
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Hal Holbrook facts
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...y.The best of 70's acting talent are in the movie too,James Brolin,Elliot Gould,Hal Holbrook,Sam Waterson,Karen Black and even Kojak.Rent this and enjoy. ...
