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Michelle Pfeiffer
Born 29 April 1958, in Santa Ana, California
Wise Words: "I still think people will find out that I'm really not very talented. I'm really not very good. It's all just been a big sham."
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Michelle Pfeiffer - news / articles
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Pfeiffer regrets Catwoman costume mistake -
19 April 2012
-Michelle Pfeiffer regrets failing to get her claws on her iconic Catwoman costume after she finished filming 1992's Batman Returns.-The screen beauty played the fearsome feline in Tim Burton's dark blockbuster, but the black PVC catsuit proved to be so uncomfortable she c
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Efron's delight at New Year's Eve co-star Pfeiffer -
8 December 2011
-Zac Efron jumped at the chance to reteam with his Hairspray co-star Michelle Pfeiffer for New Year's Eve - because he was too "nervous" and "awkward" around the actress on their first film job together.-The 24 year old admits he was a bumbling teenager when he worked with
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Pfeiffer to play vampire mum opposite Depp? -
16 February 2011
-Michelle Pfeiffer is in talks to reteam with moviemaker Tim Burton for his movie adaptation of 1960s TV show Dark Shadows.-
-The actress played Catwoman in Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns and now she's considering playing Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the matriarch of a v
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Tricky Trio take on Old Nich! 18 March 2009
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One day when they were young 22 March 2004
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Batman Returns 9 February 2004
Michelle Pfeiffer - filmography
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People Like Us
(2012)
Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Certificate: 
Sam is a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman. His latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father'..read more »

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Dark Shadows
(2012)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote
Director: Tim Burton
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In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas, grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard, who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. In 1972,..read more »

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from 163 members
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Dark Shadows - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote
Director: Tim Burton
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Entombed for 200 years after betraying vengeful witch Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), 18th Century vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) returns to Collinwood Manor in 1972, only to find his estate in ruins and his family plagued by macabre secrets in Tim Burton's re-boot of the popular ..read more »

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from 22 members
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Cheri
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Frances Tomelty, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate: 
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A romantic drama set in 1920s Paris, where the son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

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from 2,904 members
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Personal Effects
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates
Director: David Hollander
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Ashton Kutcher stars as a broken man who sets off on a vengeance-filled search for his sister's murderer, only to fall into the arms of a gorgeous older woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) who may share the same torment in this romantic drama from Insight Studios. TV veteran David Hollander directs from his ..read more »

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from 1,332 member
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Stardust - HD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »

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from 1,608 member
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Hairspray - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes
Director: Adam Shankman
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After finding success on Broadway, the hilarious John Waters 1988 classic comes to the big screen once again with this Adam Shankman remake featuring an star-studded cast led by newcomer Nicole Bronsky in the part originally played by Ricki Lake.

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from 1,830 member
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan
Director: Amy Heckerling
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This movie follows a mother (Pfeiffer) who falls for a younger man (Rudd) while her daughter (Ronan) falls in love for the first time. Ullman plays Mother Nature, who messes with their fates.

55%
from 12,851 members
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Stardust - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Sienna Miller, Jason Flemyng, Ricky Gervais
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »

77%
from 2,973 members
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Stardust
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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Director Matthew Vaughn (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) takes his experience with credible crime capers and applies it to the fantasy genre in this charming but not too precious adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The many threads of the story intertwine seamlessly, unfolding at an unforced ..read more »

76%
from 97,239 members
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White Oleander
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Billy Connolly
Director: Peter Kosminsky
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WHITE OLEANDER, is the tale of an intense and toxic mother-daughter relationship, coupled with a look at the fundamentally skewed U.S. foster care system. When the beautiful photographer Ingrid Magnusson (Michelle Pfeiffer) is imprisoned for allegedly murdering a philandering boyfriend, her ..read more »

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from 3,730 members
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I Am Sam
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Scott Paulin, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff
Director: Jessie Nelson
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Actor Sean Penn displays another facet of his versatility as the title character of this inspirational tearjerker--a mentally handicapped father fighting for custody of his young daughter (Dakota Fanning). The child welfare board of his native Santa Monica has taken her from him, worried that at ..read more »

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from 8,154 members
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What Lies Beneath
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joe Morton
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Robert Zemeckis takes a page right out of Hitchcock and runs with it in the spooky supernatural thriller WHAT LIES BENEATH. Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) and his wife, Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer), seem to have the perfect life: a loving marriage, a daughter just entering college, and a ..read more »

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from 11,754 members
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The Story Of Us
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Colleen Rennison
Director: Rob Reiner
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Told in an engaging collage of direct camera confessionals, flashbacks, roundtable discussions, and montages, Rob Reiner's THE STORY OF US, a sweet romantic comedy featuring solid performances by Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer, examines the difficulty of preserving marriage in America and the ..read more »

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from 1,090 member
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The Prince Of Egypt
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
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"My son, I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live." With these words, Yocheved, a Hebrew mother, places her infant son in a basket and sets him adrift on the Nile River. His sister Miriam follows him along the riverbank to ensure its safety. After a perilous journey, the basket ..read more »

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from 2,834 members
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A Thousand Acres
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Anderson
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
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A THOUSAND ACRES, director Jocelyn Moorhouse's screen adaptation of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, finds skeins of KING LEAR-like conflict running through the bedrock of a midwestern family. Jason Robards stars as Larry Cook, a powerful, stoic Iowa farmer who decides to retire and ..read more »

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from 495 members
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One Fine Day
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Charles Durning
Director: Michael Hoffman
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Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor (Clooney) is a commitment-shy newspaper columnist who only has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack agree to take shifts babysitting for the day,..read more »

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from 10,350 members
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Up Close And Personal
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing
Director: Jon Avnet
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In this network news romance, a beautiful neophyte reporter rises through the ranks to become a national star with the help of a veteran newscaster. "Suggested" by Alanna Nash's 1988 biography of newswoman Jessica Savitch, "Golden Girl." Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Song ("Because You ..read more »

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from 2,717 members
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Dangerous Minds
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Courtney B. Vance, Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza
Director: John N. Smith
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A Marine officer leaves her military career behind to become an inner-city English teacher. With a style all her own she gets her class of tough-as-nails kids to trust her and to believe in themselves. This true-life drama is based on "My Posse Don't Do Homework," a novel by educator LouAnne Johnson.

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from 6,769 members
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Wolf
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Director: Mike Nichols
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One dark and snowy night Will Randall collides with a wolf on a mountain road. The injured animal runs off into the night, but not before giving Bill a deep bite on the wrist. From then on his life begins to change as he is drawn into the mystical spirit of the wolf. The werewolf is re-born...

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from 2,302 members
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Wolf - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader
Director: Mike Nichols
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When a mild-mannered, middle-aged book editor gets bitten by a wolf, it gives him a shot of confidence over younger colleagues, highly tuned senses and a few new lycanthropic appetites. Like a clever New Yorker cartoon, this urbane horror film satirizes middle age in New York's cutthroat social and ..read more »

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from 158 members
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Batman Returns - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate: 
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In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »

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from 2,233 members
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Love Field
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Brian Kerwin
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
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Michelle Pfieffer plays a hairdresser who is obsessed with Jackie Kennedy. She goes to see the President's motorcade when it comes to Dallas on that fateful day in November 1963. She relates so deeply to the first lady that she decides to take a pilgrimage to Washington, DC to attend JFK's funeral. ..read more »

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from 208 members
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Batman Returns
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Danny De Vito, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate: 
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In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »

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from 20,171 members
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Frankie And Johnny
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo
Director: Garry Marshall
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In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan diner, the story revolves around Johnny's eager, won't-stop-at-anything attempt to draw the embittered, ..read more »

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from 3,536 members
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The Russia House
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Sean Connery and Michelle Pfieffer ignite the screen in this enchanting adaptation of John Le Carre's suspenseful espionage drama. Connery portrays Barley Blair -- a lonely, middle aged, hard-drinking, London publisher -- who has a love for all things Russian. While in Russia, Barley captures the ..read more »

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from 997 members
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The Fabulous Baker Boys
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Steve Kloves
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Real-life siblings Beau and Jeff Bridges star as the eponymous Fabulous Baker Boys. Musical prodigies both, the Bakers have long been teamed as a twin-piano act, with the less talented Frank (Beau Bridges) coasting on the skills of his brilliant younger brother Jack (Jeff Bridges). Their career ..read more »

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from 2,865 members
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Married To The Mob
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Michelle Pfeiffer established herself as an adept actress with this colorful comedy from director Jonathan Demme (SOMETHING WILD, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS). The wife of Mafia hitman Frank "Cucumber" De Marco (Alec Baldwin), the irrepressibly brassy Angela (Pfeiffer) finds herself unhappy with their ..read more »

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from 742 members
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Tequila Sunrise
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell
Director: Robert Towne
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A former drug dealer trying to leave the business once and for all comes up against his best friend, a narcotics cop. Also caught in the net of suspicion is the beautiful restaurant owner with whom they're both in love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography.

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from 3,156 members
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Dangerous Liaisons
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate: 
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Adapted for stage and screen several times over the past century, French author Francois Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liasons Dangeureuses was the basis for this Academy Award-winning Stephen Frears film. The plot is motivated by a cruel wager between the beautiful but debauched Marquise de ..read more »

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from 8,502 members
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Sweet Liberty
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Alan Alda, Bob Hoskins, Saul Rubinek
Director: Alan Alda
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A history professor's life and peaceful college town are turned upside down when a film crew turns up to make a movie out of his best-selling novel about the American Revolution.

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from 150 members
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Ladyhawke
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick
Director: Richard Donner
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In medieval France, knight Rutger Hauer and lady fair Michelle Pfeiffer both run afoul of evil-bishop John Wood. Through the auspices of bishop's confessor Leo McKern, Hauer and Pfeiffer are placed under a curse. During the night, Hauer takes the form of a wolf, while Pfeiffer assumes the form of a ..read more »

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from 2,664 members
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Scarface
(1983)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Loggia, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Brian De Palma
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A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »

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from 38,763 members
Not currently released
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Scarface - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Loggia, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Brian De Palma
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A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »

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from 131 members
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Grease 2
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Patricia Birch
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It's the early 1960s, and new Brit in town Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield) has just arrived at Rydell High School. Michael, a bookish, sappy milquetoast, immediately becomes smitten with Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer), the gorgeous leader of the Pink Ladies, the hippest clique of ..read more »

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from 4,221 members
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Falling In Love Again
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Susannah York, Elliott Gould, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Steven Paul
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Mid-life crisis sufferer Harry Lewis (Elliot Gould) is on a cross-country trip to New York, where his high school reunion will take place. During the trek, Harry reminisces about the "good old days" of his 1940's youth, the time when he first fell in love with childhood sweetheart Sue, now his wife ..read more »

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