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Baryshnikov wrecked Thompson's ballet dreams -
1 March 2012
-Back To The Future star Lea Thompson has ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov to thank for her acting career - because he told her she'd never make it professionally as a dancer.-The criticism destroyed her ballet dreams when she was 20 - but he was right and she imm
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Thompson interested in Back to the Future Broadway role -
16 February 2012
-Back To The Future star Lea Thompson is hoping for a role in the Broadway musical version of the hit film franchise, insisting she'd love to be a part of the stage show.-The actress played Marty McFly's mum - and smitten school pal - in the time travel movies, and sh
Lea Thompson - what members say
review by from Berkshire
Remembered this from when I was a kid! 19 July 2005
review by A customer from Bath, England
Classic Sci-Fi Comedy 29 July 2004
review by A customer from London, England
A childhood dream fulfilled 8 July 2004
Lea Thompson - filmography
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J. Edgar
(2012)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas
Director: Clint Eastwood
Certificate: 
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Under the direction of Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio stars in ..read more »
 
64%
from 340 members
Due for release on 10th July 2012
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J. Edgar - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas
Director: Clint Eastwood
Certificate:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Under the direction of Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio stars in ..read more »
66%
from 49 members
Due for release on 10th July 2012
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Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Amy Pietz, Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick
Director: Andrew Lauer
Certificate: 
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Branded as a 'nerd' and harassed by the school bully, 12-year-old Arthur is one day rescued by a magical troll who knows that the boy unwittingly holds the secret to defeat an evil dragon. Arthur's loving mum, struggling to keep her devious ex-husband from gaining custody of Arthur, dismisses her ..read more »
45%
from 1,636 member
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Splinterheads
(2009)
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald
Director: Brant Sersen
Certificate: 
Justin Frost, is a twenty-something slacker who has decided that his "thing" is that he has no "thing" at all. When a small-time carnival rolls into town, he meets Galaxy, a gorgeous con artist who has more "things" going for her than anyone he has ever met. Galaxy takes Justin on a geo-caching ..read more »
50%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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All I Want For Christmas
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Lea Thompson, Andrew Airlie
Director: George Erschbamer
Certificate: 
A stressed-out mother makes a Christmas wish for a different life, only to realize that the sweet life doesn't come without its fair share of cavities in this uplifting holiday fantasy starring Lea Thompson.
53%
from 106 members
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Exit Speed
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Desmond Harrington, Lea Thompson, Julie Mond
Director: Scott Ziehl
Certificate:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker. Forced off the road by other members of the gang, the passengers take refuge in the hell hole of an abandoned scrap yard. They use improvised weapons and sheer guts to ..read more »
54%
from 92 members
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Caroline In The City - Series 4
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets
Director: none
Certificate:
Features episodes from the fourth and final series of the American sitcom that served as a forerunner to the cosmopolitan television programmes aimed at today's women. In this series Caroline and Richard are at last a couple. However their love is tested by her vindictive father-in-law and her own ..read more »
55%
from 196 members
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The Unspoken Truth
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Lea Thompson, Patricia Kalember, Robert Englund
Director: Peter Werner
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Although her parents disapprove Brianne is determined to marry Clay. At first the marriage is a success but gradually Clay becomes more and more physically and emotionally abusive to his family. One night in a bar a man tries to chat up Brianne and Clay shoots him dead. To try and deceive the ..read more »
54%
from 68 members
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Article 99
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John Mahoney
Director: Howard Deutch
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A doctor at a veteran's hospital tries to provide better care for his patients. Due to governmental catch-22's, the patients most in need of care are denied treatment. Doctors become con artists subverting the government by making all of their patients' ailments appear to be war-related so they ..read more »
55%
from 212 members
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Back To The Future Part 3
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd star with Mary Steenburgen in this rousing conclusion to the popular series. Stranded in 1955 after a freak burst of lightning, Marty must travel back to 1885 to rescue Doc Brown from a premature end. Surviving an Indian attack and unfriendly townsfolk, Marty ..read more »
71%
from 25,963 members
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Advance To Ground Zero
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Martin Sheen, Lea Thompson
Director: Peter Markle
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ADVANCE TO GROUND ZERO is based on the recent revelation that the US government, in the interests of scientific research, deliberately exposed servicemen to radiation during the Nevada atomic bomb tests of the 1950s. Martin Sheen plays a former military doctor, inexplicably suffering from sterility ..read more »
64%
from 18 members
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Back To The Future Part 2
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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A visit by Marty and the Doc to the year 2015 seems to resolve a few problems with the future McFly family. When they return home, they discover someone has tampered with time and Hill Valley, 1985. They must once again get back to 1955 to save the future.....
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from 28,057 members
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Some Kind Of Wonderful
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Mary Stuart Masterson
Director: Howard Deutch
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Keith (Eric Stoltz) is finishing up with high school. A sensitive loner, he prefers to work on his art over going to sporting events and hanging with the cool crowd. Instead, he platonically whiles away the hours with Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), the pixieish drummer girl he's known since grade ..read more »
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from 3,090 members
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Space Camp
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Tom Skerritt
Director: Harry Winer
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While attending the United States Space Camp, five teenagers and their instructor are accidentally launched into space on board a shuttle and they must figure out how to bring themselves safely back to Earth.
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from 2,404 members
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Howard the Duck
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jone
Director: Willard Huyck
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Sassy, wise-cracking human sized duck Howard is going about his day to day life on his home planet, when an experiment involving a laser beam on far flung planet Earth drags him halfway across the cosmos to Cleveland, USA. Howard is understandably unsettled, but soon makes close friends with singer ..read more »
63%
from 1,603 member
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Back To The Future
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, James Tolkan
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, 'Back To The Future' presents the story of Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he ..read more »
77%
from 56,247 members
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Back To The Future - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Certificate:
A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, 'Back To The Future' presents the story of Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he ..read more »
89%
from 185 members
Not available for rental
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Red Dawn
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze
Director: John Milius
Certificate:
An American city awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky -- shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to ..read more »
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from 2,925 members
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All The Right Moves
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
Director: Michael Chapman
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Stefan (Tom Cruise) is determined to leave the sleepy Pennsylvania mining town of Ampipe where he is growing up. An exceptional athlete, Stef sees football as his ticket out. His pursuit of a scholarship, however, brings him at odds with his combative coach (Craig T. Nelson). While rebelling ..read more »
53%
from 1,370 member
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Jaws 3
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale
Director: Joe Alves
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The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with an appetite for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new complex offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on ..read more »
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from 3,838 members
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Caroline In The City - Series 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets
Director: James Burrows
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Caroline Duffy has her professional life just the way she wants it. The comic strip she lovingly created, "Carloine in the City", has turned into merchandising gold with an array of greeting cards, books and colourful calendars. However, Caroline's personal life is not quite as golden, but at least ..read more »
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from 285 members
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Caroline In The City - Series 3
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets
Director: none
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Features episodes from the third series of the American sitcom which served as a forerunner to the cosmopolitan television programmes aimed at today's women. In this series Caroline finds it difficult to deal with her feelings towards Richard.
65%
from 134 members
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Lea Thompson facts
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...Sheen and Patrick Swayze, some others are in there from the 80's Brat Pack like Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, Space Camp).
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