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Jason Robards
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Jason Robards - filmography
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A Thousand Acres
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Anderson
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Certificate: 
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 »
 
61%
from 495 members
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Crimson Tide
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
Director: Tony Scott
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When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
70%
from 11,088 members
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Crimson Tide - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
Director: Tony Scott
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When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
73%
from 1,929 member
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The Enemy Within
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany
Director: Jonathan Darby
Certificate: 
A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to overthrow the U.S. government. Loyal to the president despite huge cuts in military budgets, the officer puts everything he has on the line to try and stop the coup.
50%
from 73 members
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The Paper
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei
Director: Ron Howard
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Ron Howard directed this lightning-paced, high-energy drama following one day in the life of Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), a frantic metro editor for a fictitious New York tabloid. While investigating the apparently race-related killing of two white businessmen found murdered in their car, ..read more »
62%
from 636 members
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Heidi
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jason Robards, Jane Seymour
Director: Michael Rhodes
Certificate: 
In the best tradition of Disney entertainment comes the classic story of HEIDI, the lovable orphan who enriches the lives of everyone she meets. Heidi gains her reclusive Grandfather's acceptance, only to be sent away to Frankfurt to live with the Sesemann family. There, she befriends Klara, a ..read more »
67%
from 186 members
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Philadelphia
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The ..read more »
73%
from 19,759 members
Not currently released
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The Trial
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Juliet Stevenson
Director: David Jones
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Franz Kafka's posthumously published novel, adapted by Harold Pinter for the screen, is the story of a future authoritarian state where an innocent bank clerk is arrested for no other reason but to assert the state's authority.
49%
from 316 members
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Parenthood - Blu-ray
(1989)
Starring: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
Director: Ron Howard
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The Buckman's are a modern day family facing the age old dilemma of trying to raise their children the correct way. At the centre of the storm is Gil, a loving husband and parent, trying desperately to maintain a sense of humour and his career.
62%
from 14 members
Not available for rental
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Black Rainbow
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce
Director: Mike Hodges
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Rosanna Arquette plays Martha Travis, a spiritual medium who travels America's Bible-Belt with her manipulative, alcoholic father (Jason Robards). She all-too accurately foretells the circumstances of a violent murder, even before it happens. In fact, Martha knows too much for her own good, she is ..read more »
52%
from 373 members
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Parenthood
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
Director: Ron Howard
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The Buckman's are a modern day family facing the age old dilemma of trying to raise their children the correct way. At the centre of the storm is Gil, a loving husband and parent, trying desperately to maintain a sense of humour and his career.
67%
from 5,120 members
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Bright Lights, Big City
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Phoebe Cates, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: James Bridges
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The film adaptation of Jay McInerney's best-selling novel stars Michael J. Fox as yuppie New Yorker Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer whose life has fallen apart: His mother (Dianne Wiest) has died, and his model wife (Phoebe Cates) has just left him. At night, Jamie seeks solace in cocaine, alcohol,..read more »
54%
from 606 members
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The Day After
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg
Director: Nicholas Meyer
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Steve Guttenberg and Jason Robards star in this Emmy Award winning made-for-TV movie about the aftermath of a total global thermonuclear war. Taking place in Lawrence, Kansas, THE DAY AFTER is a bleak look at the effects such a war would have on humanity by using the inhabitants of this small town ..read more »
59%
from 1,111 member
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Raise The Titanic
(1980)
Starring: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby
Director: Jerry Jameson
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An action-drama dealing with the recovery of the passenger liner Titanic which sank in icy waters in 1912. Based on Clive Cussler's novel, the film sees American and Russian teams racing to be the first to salvage the famous ship and the mysterious cargo she carries.
56%
from 486 members
Currently unavailable
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Melvin And Howard
(1980)
Starring: Jason Robards, Paul Le Mat, Elizabeth Cheshire
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Director Jonathan Demme (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) made a critical breakthrough with this film. It's based on the true story of Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat), an affable all-American loser whose miserable luck changes when he gives a ride to eccentric Howard Hughes (superbly played by Jason Robards) ..read more »
57%
from 266 members
Not currently released
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Comes A Horseman
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Lavishly photographed, COMES A HORSEMAN is a dramatic Western set in the post-World War II new West. Jane Fonda stars as Ella, a stubborn rancher who will not surrender her land to the local land baron (Jason Robards). Robards yearns for the good old days when land owners were kings and the past ..read more »
54%
from 117 members
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All The President's Men
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Conspiracy film specialist Alan J. Pakula turned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their Watergate investigation into one of the hit films of Bicentennial year 1976. While researching a story about a botched 1972 burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the ..read more »
73%
from 11,768 members
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A Moon For The Misbegotten
(1975)
Starring: Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst
Director: Jose Quintero, Gordon Rigsby
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Two actors - Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst - who dedicated much of their careers to interpreting the words of famed American playwright Eugene O'Neill star in this 1975 production of his great MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN. Based loosely on O'Neill's own life, the play tells the story of a ..read more »
35%
from 4 members
Not currently released
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A Boy and his Dog
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards
Director: L.Q. Jones
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Vic (Don Johnson), survivor of atomic holocaust, wanders hungrily across the bleak desert landscape in search of cans of food buried deep in radioactive ash. His telepathic dog, Blood (Tim McIntire) depends on Vic for food, but Vic needs Blood to find him something much more scarce: female ..read more »
60%
from 1,089 member
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Rita Coolidge, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Certificate: 
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t's 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a'changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid has become a sheriff, tasked by cattle interests with ridding the territory of Billy. After Billy escapes, Pat assembles a posse and chases him through the territory, ..read more »
70%
from 1,451 member
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Johnny Got His Gun
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt
Director: Dalton Trumbo
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Dalton Trumbo adapts and directs his own novel. A moving drama which realistically depicts the horrors and evil of war. A youthful combatant suffers horrific shell damage on the last day of the First World War. He is so horribly wounded and disfigured--his legs and arms amputated, his eyes, ears, ..read more »
63%
from 645 members
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a ..read more »
67%
from 382 members
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Once Upon A Time In The West
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode, Jack Elam
Director: Sergio Leone
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Sergio Leone's monumental epic Once Upon A Time In The West ranks among the five or six all-time Western masterpieces. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast. Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career and he's ..read more »
72%
from 14,919 members
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Hour Of The Gun
(1967)
Starring: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan
Director: John Sturges
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Marshall Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshall's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
64%
from 144 members
Currently unavailable
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Divorce American Style
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards
Director: Bud Yorkin
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In this dark Norman Lear comedy about the debilitating process of divorce, an average American ex-couple (Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds) realise that, after matchmaking hell, alimony-avoiding schemes, and commiserations with fellow divorcees, married life doesn't seem so bad.
51%
from 59 members
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Atlanta Murders
on DVD
Starring: Calvin Levels, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones
Director: John Erman
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A ex-cop turned reporter investigates the death of a doctor and uncovers medical evidence that links him to the murder of 29 young black men in the area. He realises that it is up to him to track down the murderer, and enlists the help of some old friends for back-up. Based on real events.
29%
from 93 members
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