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Hurt spent night in maximum security prison -
24 February 2010
-Oscar-winner William Hurt spent a night in a cell with a real-life convict at a maximum security prison to prepare him for his role opposite Kristen Stewart in The Yellow Handkerchief.-
-The actor plays an ex-convict who revisits his past troubles as he embarks on a
William Hurt - what members say
review by rnest2002 from Devon
Imaginative if flawed 28 February 2005
review by from London
A painfully contrived drama, with a better cast than it deserves 5 October 2004
review by A customer from Brighton England
Oh dear. 1 February 2006
William Hurt - filmography
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Robin Hood - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe reunite for their fifth big-screen outing, a retelling of the Robin Hood legend featuring the Gladiator star in the titular role. A bowman in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion, virtuous rogue Robin Hood rises from an unlikely background to become a hero ..read more »
 
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from 272 members
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Endgame
(2010)
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, William Hurt
Director: Pete Travis
Certificate: 
The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of bloody insurrection. In a gripping thriller based on real-life events, Endgame drops us into this brutal conflict's control centers:..read more »
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Robin Hood
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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"Robin Hood" chronicles the origins of the honourable thief of stories, and begins long before he takes up arms against the crown. Robin Longstride (Russel Crowe), previously interested only in self-preservation, is in service to King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin ..read more »
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from 1,673 member
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Vantage Point
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker
Director: Pete Travis
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An attempt on the life of the president reveals a much larger conspiracy in this thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, and Forest Whitaker. VANTAGE POINT takes the point of view of five witnesses and shows them all to reveal the truth.
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from 61,907 members
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The Incredible Hulk - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Tim Roth, Liv Tyler, William Hurt
Director: Louis Leterrier
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Hailing more from the pulp-melancholic spirit of the 1978-1982 Hulk television series than its 2003 predecessor did, THE INCREDIBLE HULK wordlessly tells the entire gamma ray-afflicted origin story of scientist Bruce Banner's alter-ego within its first two-and-a-half minutes. This credit sequence ..read more »
68%
from 8,255 members
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The Incredible Hulk
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth
Director: Louis Leterrier
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Oscar nominee Edward Norton bulks up to play the green-skinned comic book hero in THE INCREDIBLE HULK. In this instalment, Bruce Banner (Norton) searches for a cure for his transformation, but he must face a frightening foe: the Abomination (Tim Roth). Liv Tyler stars as Banner's love interest, ..read more »
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from 43,759 members
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Yellow Handkerchief
(2008)
Starring: William Hurt, Eddie Redmayne, Veronica Russell
Director: Udayan Prasad
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A love story at its core, :"The Yellow Hankerchief" is about three strangers of two generations who embark on a road trip through post Katrina, Louisiana. Along the way, relationships forge and change in a myriad of ways, leading to the possibility of second chances at life and love. Brett Hanson ..read more »
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from 18 members
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Vantage Point - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker
Director: Pete Travis
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A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis' directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain, to announce plans for a major global summit on terrorism. But as he stands behind the podium in front of an ..read more »
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from 9,225 members
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Noise
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt
Director: Henry Bean
Certificate:
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David is a successful lawyer who can't stand the fact that Manhattan is a place where it's too noisy to get a good night's sleep, listen to classical music, or even make love to his wife without disturbance. Every time David hears a car alarm going off, he swings into action. Adopting the guise of "..read more »
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from 497 members
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Into The Wild - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, William Hurt
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.
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from 2,137 members
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Into The Wild - HD
(2007)
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, William Hurt
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.
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from 743 members
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Mr. Brooks
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook
Director: Bruce A. Evans
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Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret - he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him -- until now.
Kevin Costner stars as Earl ..read more »
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from 40,061 members
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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.
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from 57,332 members
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The Legend of Sasquatch
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: William Hurt, John Rhys-Davies, Jewel Restaneo
Director: Thomas Callicoat
Certificate: 
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The Davis Family - John, Khristy and Maggie - move in to a secluded log cabin in the mountains above Seattle. They soon discover a family of Bigfoot hiding nearby. When the Bigfoot and Ranger Steve ask the Davis family for help the adventure of a lifetime begins.
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from 126 members
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The Good Shepherd
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro
Director: Robert De Niro, Robert de Vico
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Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it, but as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets... but will Edward's destroy him?
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from 48,401 members
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A History of Violence - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt
Director: David Cronenberg
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action ..read more »
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from 875 members
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Syriana - HD
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Certificate:
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Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
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from 509 members
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Syriana
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
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Watch now: £2.49
Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a longtime CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)...read more »
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from 62,235 members
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Syriana - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: George Clooney, Amanda Peet, Matt Damon
Director: Stephen Gaghan
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Watch now: £2.49
Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for TRAFFIC, makes his directorial debut with SYRIANA, an espionage thriller set in the Middle East. George Clooney stars as Bob Barnes, a long-time CIA agent preparing to slow down his life and spend more time with his teenage son (Max Minghella)..read more »
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from 3,117 members
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A History of Violence
(2005)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt
Director: David Cronenberg
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Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action ..read more »
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from 79,756 members
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The Village
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Certificate:
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M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE finds the renowned writer-director crafting a suspenseful story of a small community whose inhabitants are plagued by fear of the unknown forest that surrounds them. For years, they have kept a truce with mysterious creatures in the woods by vowing never to breach a ..read more »
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from 61,344 members
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Tuck Everlasting
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Jonathan Jackson
Director: Jay Russell
Certificate: 
Fifteen-year-old Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is the beautiful, privileged daughter of the richest man in town. A disagreement with her domineering parents (Amy Irving, Victor Garber) sends Winnie outside the fence that surrounds her pristine house and protects her from the outside world, and into ..read more »
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from 1,167 member
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Changing Lanes
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Sydney Pollack
Director: Roger Michell
Certificate:
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Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ..read more »
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from 11,210 members
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Dune
(3 discs)
(2000)
Starring: William Hurt, Julie Cox, Alec Newman
Director: John Harrison
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A more thorough and straightforward adaptation of Frank Herbert's beloved sci-fi novel than the 1984 David Lynch version, this six-hour Sci Fi Channel miniseries, written and directed by John Harrison, follows the Atreides family's adventures on the desert planet Arrakis. Far into the future, ..read more »
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from 5,145 members
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Do Not Disturb
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly, Denis Leary
Director: Dick Maas
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Dutch director Dick Maas offers a tension filled thriller set in Amsterdam where William Hurt has taken his family as part of a business trip. When the family's ten year old mute daughter witnesses a brutal murder she finds herself on the run in a strange city. Trusting nobody is not an option, but ..read more »
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from 246 members
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The Big Brass Ring
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Miranda Richardson
Director: George Hickenlooper
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A labyrinthine story of political ambition and intrigue based upon an unfinished screenplay by Orson Welles. Blake Pellarin is running for Governor of Missouri, but his real goal is to become president. When a dark shadow from his past threatens to expose a guarded family secret, Blake plots to ..read more »
43%
from 114 members
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Sunshine
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Ehle, Rachel Weisz
Director: István Szabó
Certificate:
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Director Istvan Szabo's SUNSHINE is an epic tale that follows the Hungarian Jewish family the Sonnenscheins through five generations spanning more than 100 years, from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, exploring the history, politics, world wars, social diaspora, and economic shifts that influence ..read more »
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from 2,063 members
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One True Thing
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: William Hurt, Renee Zellweger, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Carl Franklin
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An investigative reporter whose sole aim in life is her career is called home to an emergency. Taking time out she leaves New York, her job and her boyfriend and moves in with her parents in Pennsylvania. Still intending to work on her recent story about a US Senator, she finds herself following a ..read more »
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from 1,313 member
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The Proposition
(1998)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
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Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin ..read more »
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Lost in Space
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Le Blanc
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate:
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The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright,..read more »
54%
from 8,966 members
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Lost in Space - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Le Blanc
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate:
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The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright,..read more »
58%
from 464 members
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Dark City
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Alex Proyas
Certificate:
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Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
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from 11,660 members
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Dark City - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Alex Proyas
Certificate:
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Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
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from 2,969 members
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Loved
(1997)
Starring: William Hurt, Robin Wright Penn, Amy Madigan
Director: Erin Dignam
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After a husband is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they have wronged her, is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behaviour during their marriage.
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from 2 members
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Michael
(1996)
Starring: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt
Director: Nora Ephron
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After the box-office success of Phenomenon, John Travolta continued to charm audiences with this 1996 comedy-fantasy in which he plays a grubby angel who's got one last good deed to do before heading back to heaven. Living peacefully in the rural Iowa home of an old, friendly motel owner (Jean ..read more »
63%
from 498 members
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Jane Eyre
(1996)
Starring: William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Director Franco Zeffirelli stresses emotional realism over gothic chills in this restrained adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic. The screenplay, by Zeffirelli and Hugh Whitmore, remains relatively faithful to the original story, beginning with a condensed look at the troubled childhood of ..read more »
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from 2,019 members
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Smoke - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing
Director: Wayne Wang
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A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past...
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from 20 members
Due for release on 19th March 2012
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Smoke
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing
Director: Wayne Wang
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A Brooklyn cigar shop is the setting for this drama from director Wayne Wang that interweaves the stories of several characters that have fractured family relationships in common. Harvey Keitel is Auggie Wren, poetic owner of the Brooklyn Cigar Company, a store that he considers the center of the ..read more »
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from 2,070 members
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Second Best
(1994)
Starring: Chris Menges, William Hurt, Chris Cleary Miles
Director: Chris Menges
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Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his ..read more »
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Mr. Wonderful
(1993)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Gus (Matt Dillon) wants to invest in an old, dilapidated bowling alley with his Con Edison co-workers, but alimony payments to his ex-wife, Lee (Annabella Sciorra), make his dream unattainable. The only way that Gus can regain his financial stability is to stop paying alimony, which he can only do ..read more »
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from 59 members
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I Love You To Death
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Based on an incredible true story, Lawrence Kasdan's film tells the tale of a woman out to murder her cheating husband... who proves to be invincible. Married chauvinist Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) can't stop sleeping with other women. When his humdrum wife Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) finally realizes what'..read more »
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from 1,041 member
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Alice
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin
Director: Woody Allen
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Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) is a rich Manhattan wife who spends her days shopping, getting pedicures, going to the salon, working out with her personal trainer, and seeing her chiropractor. But when she can't get rid of her back pain, she goes to an Asian herbalist (the wonderful Keye Luke, in his ..read more »
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from 1,587 member
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The Accidental Tourist
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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An author of travel tip books, with a dislike for travelling, is both confused and depressed when his son is killed and his wife leaves him. However, when he meets a lovely but slightly offbeat dog trainer, his outlook on life begins to brighten. Based on the novel by Anne Tyler.
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from 1,106 member
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Broadcast News
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks
Director: James L. Brooks
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Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types who work in it. Brooks' intelligent script introduces us to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter), an ambitious producer at the network news division's Washington ..read more »
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from 1,409 member
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Contagion
(1987)
Starring: William Hurt, Peter Weller, Natascha McElhone
Director: Anthony Hickox
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An expert on hazardous materials is called in to investigate an explosion in a chemical laboratory. What he discovers is his worst nightmare. A substance so deadly to man that once exposed the future of mankind is threatened...
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from 190 members
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Children Of A Lesser God
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
Director: Randa Haines
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James Leeds (William Hurt), a handsome and dedicated teacher, just started his new assignment at an elite school for the deaf. Immediately, James begins using unconventional teaching methods to reach his students. Sure enough, he manages to inspire the most introverted pupils to participate in ..read more »
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from 1,218 member
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Kiss Of The Spider Woman
(1985)
Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga
Director: Hector Babenco
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Set in the kind of Latin American gaol where even the clean linen is bloodstained, this explosive, sad yet stirring story tells of two prisoners with nothing in common except an extraordinary friendship that grows as they step into each other's worlds.
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from 175 members
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The Big Chill
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members ..read more »
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from 2,170 members
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Gorky Park
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula
Director: Michael Apted
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When three faceless corpses are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Park, the Moscow militia's top investigator, Arkady Renko (William Hurt), is assigned to the case. An honest Soviet official, Renko uncovers a murky and dangerous plot involving sinister KGB agents, the corrupt Soviet government, and a ..read more »
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from 956 members
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Body Heat
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Academy Award winner William Hurt stars with Kathleen Turner in a taut story of lust, greed and murder set in a steamy South Florida town. When libidinous but not-very-smart attorney Ned Racine (Hurt) begins an affair with Matty Walker (Turner), the beautiful, young wife of an unscrupulous tycoon, ..read more »
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from 2,434 members
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Altered States
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown
Director: Ken Russell
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In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind's true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic ..read more »
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William Hurt facts
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... William Burroughs' Nova Express. The main actors are interesting if underused. William Hurt is always good.
Flawed, but a little gem in its way....
