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Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon was born in 1964 in New York. He began acting in the 1970s and was said to have become a 'teen idol' with ‘ Rebellious kid’ roles such as Richie in Over The Edge (1979) and Tex in Tex (1982) Dillon later turned his hand to writing with City Of Ghosts (2002) which he also directed and starred in. He shows great diversity as an actor with films ranging from thrillers such as Wild Things (1998) to intense dramas such as Crash (2004) for which he received an Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the role of Officer John Ryan. Dillon is probably best known for his role in the comedy There’s Something About Mary (1998) for which he received an MTV movie award for Best Villain.
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Dillon protests opening of new restaurant -
13 May 2011
-Actor Matt Dillon is attempting to shut down plans for a new Latino restaurant near his New York home, insisting the diner would ruin the vibe of the neighbourhood.-The There's Something About Mary star, who lives in the posh Upper West Side of the city, showed up t
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Dillon sues over Crash profits -
2 October 2010
-Hollywood actor Matt Dillon has filed suit against the producers of Oscar-winning movie Crash over allegations he was cheated out of £63,000 in profits.-
-Dillon appeared in the 2004 film alongside a star-studded cast including Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser,
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Dillon 'found himself' on City of Ghosts -
28 January 2010
-Matt Dillon credits his directorial debut on City Of Ghosts with turning his career around - because he was feeling "lost" in Hollywood.-
-The actor wrote, directed and starred in the 2002 drama, and he is convinced it helped him re-prioritise his life.-
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Matt Dillon - filmography
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Takers
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: John Luessenhop
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'Takers,' directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no ..read more »
 
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Takers - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: John Luessenhop
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'Takers,' directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no ..read more »
65%
from 8,317 members
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Old Dogs
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston
Director: Walter Becker
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Disney family comedy drama. Best friends, business partners and confirmed bachelors Dan (Robin Williams) and Charlie (John Travolta) find their lives turned upside down when they are unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins Emily and Zach (Ella Bleu Travolta and Conner Rayburn) ..read more »
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from 4,770 members
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Armored
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Amaury Nolasco, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Nimrod Antal
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Crime thriller in which a group of armoured transport security employees decide to stage a heist against their own company. Bored of their middle rate existence, Cochrane (Matt Dillon), Quinn (Jean Reno), Baines (Laurence Fishburne), Palmer (Amaury Nolasco) and Dobbs (Skeet Ulrich) seize the ..read more »
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from 7,867 members
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You, Me And Dupree
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Seth Rogen, Matt Dillon, Amanda Detmer
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
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Owen Wilson stars in this comedy as slacker Randy Dupree, best man to his friend Carl (Matt Dillon) at his recent wedding to the beautiful Molly (Kate Hudson). As Carl and Molly settle down to married life, their newlywed bliss is rudely interrupted when Dupree reveals that he's lost his job, his ..read more »
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from 43,244 members
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Once In A Lifetime
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Crowder, John Dower
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A documentary charting the rise and fall of the NY Cosmos. The soccer team that brought Pele to America, set against the backdrop of New York City in the 70's.
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from 1,857 member
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Crash
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle
Director: Paul Haggis
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A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband - a Persian store owner - two police detectives, who are also lovers - an African-American television director and his wife, a Mexican locksmith, two car-jackers, a rookie cop, a middle-aged Korean couple and they all live in Los Angeles. And, during the ..read more »
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from 114,309 members
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Herbie - Fully Loaded
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jill Ritchie, Lyndsay Lohan, Matt Dillon
Director: Angela Robinson
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The world's wackiest Volkswagen is back in action in this family comedy. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan), the first Peyton to graduate from college receives a graduation present from her dad (Michael Keaton). But instead of a 250Z, she instead receives a Volkswagon Bug (Herbie) who soon takes over ..read more »
61%
from 24,506 members
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Crash - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Haggis
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Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car ..read more »
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from 1,355 member
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Factotum
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Didier Flamand, Adrienne Shelly
Director: Brent Hamer
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Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski, this is the story of a man living on the edge, of a writer who is willing to risk everything to make sure that his life is his poetry. Henry Chinaski (Matt Dillon) works in factories and warehouses to support what he really wants to do: drink, bet on the ..read more »
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from 7,470 members
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Employee of the Month
(2004)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn, Christina Applegate
Director: Mitch Rouse
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Life for David Walsh (Dillon) is going exceptionally well, until things take an unexpected turn. In one day, his fiancee (Applegate) dumps him, and the bank boss fires him. To top it off, David tries to leave work but gets caught in a bank robbery. And the day from Hell is far from over!
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City Of Ghosts
(2002)
Starring: James Caan, Matt Dillon, Stellan Skarsgard
Director: Matt Dillon
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Matt Dillon's directorial debut in which he stars as con man Jimmy Cremmins, who sets off to Cambodia in search of his partner-in-crime, Marvin (James Caan) after their insurance scam is rumbled by the FBI. However, he ends up in more trouble than he could ever have dreamed of in modern-day Phnom Penh.
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from 2,396 members
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One Night At McCool's
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Paul Reiser, Matt Dillon, Reba McEntire
Director: Harald Zwart
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An ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, and a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel (Liv Tyler) and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy (Matt Dillon). The pair leave together, but he ends up getting in a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots ..read more »
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from 1,960 member
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There's Something About Mary - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Matt Dillon
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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No-holds-barred comedy tour de force in which 30-something Stiller locates and courts his high school dreamgirl (Diaz), unwittingly enlisting the help of some of her more hilariously psychotic suitors. In-your-face sight gags and unapologetic raunchiness disguise a riotously funny love story that ..read more »
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from 1,718 member
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There's Something About Mary
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Matt Dillon
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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Farrelly brothers comedy featuring romantic obsession and unusual hair styling products! In 1985, high school senior Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) gets a date with gorgeous classmate Mary Jenson (Cameron Diaz) after rescuing her mentally handicapped brother, Warren, from a bully. The date is ruined ..read more »
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from 38,665 members
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Wild Things
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Denise Richards
Director: John McNaughton
Certificate: 
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In the paradise of Blue Bay, Florida, highschool teacher Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is accused of rape by two of his students (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards). The case goes to court, with Sam being defended by shyster lawyer Ken Bowden (Bill Murray). Unexpected events in the witness box, ..read more »
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from 8,584 members
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In And Out
(1997)
Starring: Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Joan Cusack
Director: Frank Oz
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Indiana backwater teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is shocked when a former student, now a superstar actor, 'outs' Howard in his big Oscar night speech - Howard wasn't even aware that he was gay! He now attempts to assert his masculinity as he goes ahead with his wedding to Emily (Joan Cusack),..read more »
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from 2,869 members
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Pitch
(1997)
Starring: Al Pacino, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz
Director: Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice, Kenn
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Kenny Holtz and Spencer Rice in their wacky award-winning documentary. It documents the childhood friends in their quest to sell their comedy script, 'The Dawn'. It's crass, farcical and down right outrageous yet they'll stop at nothing to get the attention of the Hollywood big boys.
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Beautiful Girls
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Max Perlich, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman
Director: Ted Demme
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Piano player Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) is considering settling down with his lawyer girlfriend Tracy (Annabeth Gish). He returns to his Massachusetts hometown to make up his mind, and meets up with old friends Tommy (Matt Dillon) and Paul (Michael Rapaport). They, too, have relationships to ..read more »
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from 3,730 members
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Beautiful Girls - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Max Perlich, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman
Director: Ted Demme
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Piano player Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) is considering settling down with his lawyer girlfriend Tracy (Annabeth Gish). He returns to his Massachusetts hometown to make up his mind, and meets up with old friends Tommy (Matt Dillon) and Paul (Michael Rapaport). They, too, have relationships to ..read more »
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from 78 members
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Albino Alligator
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway
Director: Kevin Spacey
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After botching a robbery in New Orleans, Milo (Gary Sinise), Dova (Matt Dillon) and Law (William Fichtner) are caught in a shoot-out with the Feds. Milo is wounded, and the trio take refuge in a basement bar, murdering the owner when he tries to pull a gun on them. They hold the customers and ..read more »
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from 426 members
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Frankie Starlight
(1995)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
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A small man with a big story examines the facts of his life in this drama. As Frank Bois enjoys the success of his first novel, he finds himself looking back on his highly unusual life. Frank's mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) was a French woman who, after the death of her parents and several ..read more »
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To Die For
(1995)
Starring: Wayne Knight, Kurtwood Smith, Alison Folland
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A small town girl (Nicole Kidman) has an ambition to become a national TV personality, but her dream becomes an obsession after she talks her way into working as a weather girl at the local TV station. She wants to make a documentary about the local kids, but her meeting with a rebellious teenager ..read more »
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from 5,743 members
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To Die For
(1994)
Starring: Tony Slattery, Casey Affleck, Caroline Munro
Director: Peter Litten, Gus Van Sant
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A small town girl (Nicole Kidman) has an ambition to become a national TV personality, but her dream becomes an obsession after she talks her way into working as a weather girl at the local TV station. She wants to make a documentary about the local kids, but her meeting with a rebellious teenager ..read more »
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from 56 members
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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 71 members
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The Saint of Fort Washington
(1993)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Danny Glover, Rick Aviles
Director: Tim Hunter
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Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slum-lord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out ..read more »
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from 10 members
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Fishing With John
(1992)
Starring: John Lurie, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper
Director: John Lurie
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All six episodes of the offbeat American TV series following musician and (totally) amateur angler John Lurie as he takes various celebrity friends - including Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits - out on fishing trips in various locations around the world. Deadpan ..read more »
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from 143 members
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Singles
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: James Le Gros, Bill Pullman, Matt Dillon
Director: Cameron Crowe
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'Singles' follows the love lives of a group of Twentysomethings who all live in the same apartment block in Seattle. Traffic planner Steve embarks on a turbulent relationship with Linda, a commited environmentalist who he meets at a club, while Janet, a coffee shop waitress, attempts to pin down ..read more »
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from 2,993 members
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A Kiss Before Dying
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sean Young, James Russo, Max Von Sydow
Director: James Dearden
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Ellen Carlson (Sean Young), deeply troubled by the mysterious death of her sister Dorothy, hopes to rebuild her life with charismatic new lover Jonathan (Matt Dillon). However, Jonathan's past seems to be connected with her dead sister, and as her investigations continue, Ellen begins to suspect ..read more »
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from 61 members
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Drugstore Cowboy
(1989)
Starring: Grace Zabriskie, James Remar, James Le Gros
Director: Gus Van Sant
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The operative word in Drugstore Cowboy is drug. Matt Dillon plays the leader of a group of dopeheads who wander around the country robbing pharmacies to feed their habits. Dillon's chums include doltish James Le Gros and teen-age junkie Heather Graham; also along for the ride is Dillon's wife Kelly ..read more »
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from 4,479 members
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Bloodhounds Of Broadway
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Madonna, Anita Morris, Matt Dillon
Director: Howard Brookner
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Madonna plays a nightclub singer in this star-studded adaptation of Damon Runyon's short story (which was first adapted for the screen in 1952). On New Year's Eve 1928, an assortment of gangsters, society folk and hangers-on assemble for a party.
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from 156 members
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Kansas
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Arlen Dean Snyder, Andrew McCarthy, Matt Dillon
Director: David Stevens
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On the way to a friend's wedding, Wade's (Andrew McCarthy) car breaks down. He meets an unscrupulous drifter named Doyle (Matt Dillon), who goads him into participating in a robbery. Afterwards they get separated, and while in hiding Wade rescues a girl from a car wreck and gets his photo in the ..read more »
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from 113 members
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The Big Town
(1987)
Starring: Diane Lane, Lee Grant, Matt Dillon
Director: Ben Bolt
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Matt Dillon stars as a gambler J.C. Cullen, a small-town country boy who goes to Chicago to try his luck. Once there he starts shooting dice for a husband and wife team but is itching to try his luck in the big backroom games hosted by bad guy Cole. Eventually he gets in on the game but by that ..read more »
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Target
(1985)
Starring: Guy Boyd, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt
Director: Arthur Penn
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Walter Llloyd (Gene Hackman) is an unassuming owner of a Texan lumberyard. When Walter's wife Donna (Gayle Hunnicutt) is kidnapped whilst on a trip to Paris. he immediately travels there with his son, Chris (Matt Dillon). But Chris knows nothing of his father's past and is shocked to discover that ..read more »
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from 346 members
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Rebel
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bryan Brown, Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne
Director: Michael Jenkins
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World War Two drama set in Australia. With the war already three years old and no end in sight, Rebel (Matt Dillon) is becoming sickened by the horrors of jungle warfare and believes that desertion is the only way out. While on the run, he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Kathy (Debra ..read more »
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from 73 members
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The Flamingo Kid
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Janet Jones, Matt Dillon, Jessica Walter
Director: Garry Marshall
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Long Island, 1963. Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) is a young man from Brooklyn who becomes immersed in the lifestyle of the rich and flamboyant when he visits the 'El Flamingo' beach club. Discovering that he is attractive to women, and well-liked generally, this is sure to be one of the most ..read more »
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from 241 members
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Rumble Fish - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Mickey Rourke
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A local biker-gang leader (Mickey Rourke), despite reforming his ways, is still the hero of local adolescents. His younger brother (Matt Dillon) idolises him, even though his mentor strives to persuade him that he has done nothing to be proud of. Shot in black and white (with occasional touches of ..read more »
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The Outsiders - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Diane Lane, Glenn Withrow, Matt Dillon
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola directs this tale of gang rivalries in 1960s Oklahoma. The story is based around the ongoing feud between the rich middle class 'Socs' and the working class 'Greasers'. The feud soon escalates into murder, revenge and betrayal. Based on the popular novel by teenage authoress S...read more »
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Rumble Fish
(1983)
Starring: Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Mickey Rourke
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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One of two S.E. Hinton novels Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983, Rumble Fish is a stylized black-and-white film about the death of gang culture in a rough-and-tumble town full of stunted youths. The central character is the strutting Rusty James (Matt Dillon), a foul-mouthed lunkhead clad in ..read more »
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from 4,152 members
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Liar's Moon
(1982)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Hoyt Axton
Director: David Fisher
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Against the wishes of both families, a poor boy (Matt Dillon) and a wealthy banker's daughter (Cindy Fisher) elope, only to discover that their immaturity and incompatibility may be the downfall of their relationship.
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My Bodyguard
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Chris Makepeace
Director: Tony Bill
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Comedy starring Chris Makepeace as Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager who is finding it less than easy to fit in at his new high school where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) terrorises his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlists the aid of an overgrown ..read more »
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from 156 members
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Over The Edge
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Michael Kramer, Debbie James
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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A cast of non-professionals (including a young Matt Dillon) play a group of alienated teenagers, living in the 'white trash' wastelands of seventies suburban America. When the local youth club is threatened with demolition, the kids rise up in protest and the situation gradually turns into a mass ..read more »
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