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Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976), better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. In 1998 she appeared in three major movies: Overnight Delivery, Plea Santville... The following year, Witherspoon appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. 2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as "Elle Woods" in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date. 2003 saw her return as lead actress and executive producer of Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. In 2005, Witherspoon received worldwide attention and praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk The Line, which earned her an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Witherspoon married actor and Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe in 1999; they have two children, Ava and Deacon. The couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007. Witherspoon owns a production company, Type A Films, and she is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.
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Reese Witherspoon honoured with special acting prize -
24 June 2012
-Reese Witherspoon was honoured with a special acting award in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday (23Jun12).-The Walk The Line Oscar winner attended an event at the city's Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where she was presented with The Gene Siskel Film Center's Renaissance Award by The De
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Reese Witherspoon appears in court over parents' bigamy case -
12 May 2012
-Reese Witherspoon appeared in a Tennessee court on Friday in a reported emergency conservatorship case as her parents are embroiled in a bigamy lawsuit.-Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon, known as Betty, filed a lawsuit in Davidson County, Tennessee on Tuesday alleging the Legal
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Witherspoon displays pregnant belly on vacation -
6 April 2012
-Actress Reese Witherspoon appears to have addressed reports suggesting she's pregnant with her third child by letting her body do the talking - as she showed off her growing baby belly during a beach vacation.-Bloggers went into overdrive last month (Mar12) when it was fi
Reese Witherspoon - what members say
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superb 2 April 2007
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intriguing 4 April 2006
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21 February 2004
Reese Witherspoon - filmography
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This Means War
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Abigail Spencer, Laura Vandervoort, Chris Pine
Director: McG, Mcg
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STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
 
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This Means War - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Abigail Spencer, Laura Vandervoort, Chris Pine
Director: McG, Mcg
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STAR TREK'S Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (BRONSON) portray two spies whose close friendship is torn when an alluring female (Reese Witherspoon) comes between them in this 20th Century Fox comedy. McG directs from a script by Timothy Dowling.
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from 4,015 members
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Water For Elephants - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ashley Palmer, Hal Holbrook, Emerson Brooks
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this drama based on the historical novel by Sara Gruen, following the adventures of a young vet working in a travelling circus during America's Great Depression in the 1930s. After his parents are killed in a car accident, promising Ivy League student ..read more »
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from 194 members
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Water for Elephants
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Ashley Palmer, Hal Holbrook, Emerson Brooks
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this drama based on the historical novel by Sara Gruen, following the adventures of a young vet working in a travelling circus during America's Great Depression in the 1930s. After his parents are killed in a car accident, promising Ivy League student ..read more »
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from 22,608 members
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How Do You Know - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd
Director: James L. Brooks
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Romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd. Former athlete Lisa (Witherspoon) meets troubled business executive George (Rudd) at a bad time. While Lisa is facing a difficult transition in her life, feeling past her athletic prime and questioning her current relationship ..read more »
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from 3,102 members
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Four Christmases - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall
Director: Seth Gordon
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Romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as Kate and Brad, a San Francisco couple whose exotic Christmas holiday plans are scuppered by fog. The pair then face the very scenario they had tried to avoid: the obligatory family Christmas. Owing to the divorces of both their sets of ..read more »
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from 1,212 member
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Four Christmases
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall
Director: Seth Gordon
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Romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as Kate and Brad, a San Francisco couple whose exotic Christmas holiday plans are scuppered by fog. The pair then face the very scenario they had tried to avoid: the obligatory family Christmas. Owing to the divorces of both their sets of ..read more »
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from 23,426 members
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Rendition - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Rosie Malek-Yonan, Aramis Knight
Director: Gavin Hood
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Tense political thriller spanning two continents. Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal), a CIA analyst working in North Africa, starts to question his assignment when he witnesses the brutal interrogation of an Egyptian-American by secret North African police. When Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwalley), ..read more »
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from 2,914 members
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Penelope
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Nick Fros, Peter Dinklage
Director: Mark Palansky
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Penelope Wilhern, born to wealthy socialites, is afflicted by a secret family curse that can only be broken when she is loved by "one of her own kind." Hidden away in the family's majestic home, she is subjected to meeting a string of blue-bloods through her parent's futile attempt to marry her off ..read more »
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from 25,672 members
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Walk The Line
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Dan Beene, Shelby Lynn, Sandra Ellis-Lafferty
Director: James Mangold
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Drama following the life of the legendary 'Man in Black', Johnny Cash. The movie begins in 1955, when a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) walks into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on ..read more »
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from 82,824 members
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Just Like Heaven
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ben Shenkman, Dina Spybey, Ivana Milicevic
Director: Mark Waters
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Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo star in this fantasy romantic comedy. When lonely David Abbot (Ruffalo) moves into a new apartment, he meets the spirit of Elizabeth (Witherspoon), a young doctor who used to live in the apartment and who was killed in a car accident - only she doesn't know that ..read more »
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from 46,933 members
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Walk The Line - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Dan Beene, Shelby Lynn, San
Director: James Mangold
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Drama following the life of the legendary 'Man in Black', Johnny Cash. The movie begins in 1955, when a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) walks into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on ..read more »
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from 1,334 member
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King Of The Hill - Season 4
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Phil LaMarr, Stephen Root, Brittany Murphy
Director: Mike Judge
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The complete fourth season of the popular US animated comedy series from the creators of 'Beavis and Butthead'. Hank Hill (voice of Mike Judge) is a propane gas salesman in the fictional town Arlen, Texas. He is often besieged by the idiosyncrasies of society, but he finds serenity in his home-life ..read more »
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from 363 members
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Vanity Fair
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mira Nair
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Adaptation of Thackeray's satirical masterpiece about the constant battle for wealth and social success amongst the aristocracy of the early nineteenth century. In a society growing rich on the wealth generated by an expanding empire, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is the ambitious daughter of a ..read more »
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from 21,396 members
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The Importance Of Being Earnest - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Oliver Parker
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Third screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors (the first being the classic 1952 version with Michael Redgrave and the second being the US version made in 1992). Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) has discovered that he has a secret in common with his friend Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) -..read more »
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from 106 members
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Sweet Home Alabama
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Andrew Tennant
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New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious ..read more »
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from 18,621 members
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Legally Blonde
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Alanna Ubach, Victor Garber, Ali Larter
Director: Robert Luketic
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Beverly Hills sorority queen Elle (Reese Witherspoon) is shocked when her boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) takes her out for a meal and then dumps her, saying that because he is about to attend Harvard Law School, he should now start dating a more serious-minded woman. Elle refuses to take this ..read more »
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from 14,020 members
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Trumpet Of The Swan
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Seth Green, Jason Alexander, Carol Burnett
Director: Terry Noss, Richard Rich
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A tale about a trumpet swan named Louie who receives a voice only after his father risks all to steal a trumpet for him. Developing a valuable relationship with Sam, a young boy who becomes his friend and mentor, Louie becomes a famous musician in order to earn enough money to pay back the music ..read more »
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from 147 members
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American Psycho
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Guinevere Turner, Chloe Sevigny, Josh Lucas
Director: Mary Harron
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Bret Easton Ellis' disturbing novel is brought to the screen by Mary Harron. In 1987, twentysomething Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) seems to have it all: he is handsome, successful and engaged to the beautiful Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon). However, Patrick is also engaged in an ..read more »
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from 25,616 members
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Little Nicky
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Alan Covert, Dana Carvey, Rhys Ifans
Director: Steven Brill
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Nicky (Adam Sandler) is the son of the Devil. But he's also a lazy, metal-head slob, more interested in listening to music than helping in his family's demonic business. However, when his two older brothers branch out on their own and hatch a plan to transform Earth into the new Hell, it comes down ..read more »
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from 12,617 members
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Best Laid Plans
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin
Director: Mike Barker
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Ever feel like the world is conspiring against you... You don't have to tell me where you've been... Everyone sucks, but us... keeping a relationship alive can be murder.
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Election - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Phil Reeves, Mark Harelik, Jessica Campbell
Director: Alexander Payne
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Merciless social satire starring Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, a Straight A pupil who is determined to become student president of Carver High School. Her teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) feels that democracy would best be served if she faced some opposition, and convinces popular but ..read more »
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from 659 members
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Cruel Intentions - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski, Eric Mabius
Director: Roger Kumble
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This contemporary version of 'Dangerous Liaisons' stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as the spoiled Kathryn Merteuil and Ryan Phillippe as her step-brother Sebastian Valmont. Bored of the girls who lust after him, Sebastian sets his sights on seducing Annette (Reese Witherspoon), the virginal daughter of ..read more »
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from 2,106 members
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Cruel Intentions
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas, Christine Baranski, Eric Mabius
Director: Roger Kumble
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Kathryn and Sabastian, two wealthy, manipulative teenage stepsiblings from Manhattan's uppercrust, conspire in Cruel Intentions, a wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without ..read more »
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from 11,241 members
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Election
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Phil Reeves, Mark Harelik, Jessica Campbell
Director: Alexander Payne
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In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in ..read more »
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from 9,919 members
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Pleasantville
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: William H. Macy, Marissa Ribisi, Paul Walker
Director: Gary Ross
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Two modern day teenagers, brother and sister David and Jennifer (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon), are transported by their TV repairman into the world of Pleasantville, a 1950s sitcom which David constantly watches. In Pleasantville the world is black and white, there is no sex or violence, ..read more »
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from 7,800 members
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Overnight Delivery
(1998)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Christine Taylor, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Jason Bloom
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College freshman Wyatt Trips, is in love, but his girlfriend Kim, is a thousand miles away at another college. Life on campus is teeing with temptation, but the couple swear to remain faithful.
Then Trips hears that Kim has spent the night with someone called 'The Ricker'. Stunned, Trips drowns ..read more »
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from 93 members
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Twilight
(1997)
Starring: James Garner, Paul Newman, Gene Hackman
Director: Robert Benton
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The Nobody's Fool (1994) team of Paul Newman, director Robert Benton, and scripter Richard Russo reassembled for this L.A. detective drama, beginning with a Puerto Vallarta prologue showing private eye Harry Ross (Newman) accidentally shot by 17-year-old Mel Ames (Reese Witherspoon) during his ..read more »
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Freeway
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Bokeem Woodbine, Michael T. Weiss, Brooke Shields
Director: Matthew Bright
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In this postmodern exploitation flick loosely based on Little Red Riding Hood, the uneducated daughter of a drug-addicted prostitute flees the foster-care system in search of her long-lost grandmother but meets up instead with a serial killer. Vanessa (Reese Witherspoon), a nearly illiterate ..read more »
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from 2,522 members
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Fear - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Director: James Foley
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Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon) has always wanted a boyfriend who is strong, sexy, and sensitive, and she seems to have found it all in David (Mark Wahlberg). However, not long into their relationship, she realises that his perfect exterior hides a dark and violent nature, and tries to break ..read more »
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from 38 members
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Fear
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: William Petersen, Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon
Director: James Foley
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Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon) has always wanted a boyfriend who is strong, sexy, and sensitive, and she seems to have found it all in David (Mark Wahlberg). However, not long into their relationship, she realises that his perfect exterior hides a dark and violent nature, and tries to break ..read more »
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from 3,062 members
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SFW
(1994)
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Jefery Levy
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When a gang of crazed, publicity seeking anarchists take a number of people hostage in a food store, they unwittingly grant celebrity status to one of the captured customers. Cliff Spab (Stephen Dorff) holds a TV nation in thrall with his wisecracking antics in the face of the terrorists, and his ..read more »
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A Far Off Place
(1993)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon
Director: Mikael Salomon
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A Far Off Place is based on a pair of books by novelist Laurens Van der Post. Reese Witherspoon stars as Nonnie Parker, a young girl living on an African game preserve with her parents. Ethan Embry is Harry Winslow, the snooty son of a visiting dignitary. When Nonnie and Harry witness the murder of ..read more »
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Return to Lonesome Dove
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Barbara Hershey, Jon Voight
Director: Mike Robe
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Jon Voight heads the cast in this US television sequel to 'Lonesome Dove', the historical mini-series from 1988. Ex-Ranger Captain Woodrow Call (Jon Voight) has just buried his friend Gus and decides to drive a herd of mustang from Texas to Montana and set up a new homestead with the help of Gideon ..read more »
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The Man In The Moon
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Jason London, Tess Harper, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Robert Mulligan
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A story about coming of age and sexual discovery set in rural, 1950s Louisiana this film follows the lives of two sisters (Reese Witherspoon and Emily Warfield). Their relationship is tested when Court Foster (Jason London) moves in next door and both girls fall in love with him.
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Wildflower
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Beau Bridges, William McNamara
Director: Diane Keaton
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A pair of teenagers befriend an epileptic girl called Alice (Patricia Arquette), who has been forced to live in the barn as her father believes that her seizures are the work of the devel. The pair work on helping Alice to be accepted within the community.
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Reese Witherspoon facts
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...de, whilst also managing to address the issue of prejudice.
Tobey Macguire and Reese Witherspoon, play the brother and sister roles in this film and are a perfect foil for each...
