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review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor
superb.................................. 2 June 2009
Edward Asner - filmography
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Up
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Certificate: 
In this "coming of old age" story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.
 
82%
from 71,736 members
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Christmas is Here Again
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Edward Asner, Kathy Bates, Jay Leno
Director: Robert Zappia
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A young orphan and her loyal group of friends band together in order to prevent Christmas from being destroyed by a nefarious grinch named Krad in this holiday-themed animated adventure narrated by Jay Leno. Santa's toy bag has been stolen, and if it isn't recovered soon the world's children will ..read more »
49%
from 64 members
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The Christmas Card
(2006)
Starring: Edward Asner, Peter Jason, John Newton
Director: Stephen Bridgewater
Certificate: 
While on duty in Afghanistan, Captain Cullen (John Newton) receives a Christmas card from his hometown in California that lifts his low spirits. Months later, he is propelled on an inspirational journey to find the card's sender, Faith (Alice Evans), in this touching made-for-TV movie.
68%
from 33 members
Currently unavailable
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Brad Wilk, Edward Asner, Maynard James Keenan
Director: Stuart Lessner
Certificate: 
Jeff Hannon stumbles upon what he believes to be a 30-year-old murder in a small Texas town. Haunted by ceaseless nightmares, Jeff drives to Bueford, Texas to enlist the local authorities to help solve the murder mystery and hopefully put an end to the visions that horrify him. Hannon's own fate ..read more »
36%
from 156 members
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Elf - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Director: Jon Favreau
Certificate: 
Will Ferrell makes yet another memorable splash on the big screen in Jon Favreau's sweet and hilarious Christmas fable. Ferrell is Buddy, an innocent figure who was raised as an elf in the North Pole by his adoptive father, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart). When Buddy discovers that he's actually a human ..read more »
73%
from 1,157 member
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Elf
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Director: Jon Favreau
Certificate:
Will Ferrell makes yet another memorable splash on the big screen in Jon Favreau's sweet and hilarious Christmas fable. Ferrell is Buddy, an innocent figure who was raised as an elf in the North Pole by his adoptive father, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart). When Buddy discovers that he's actually a human ..read more »
63%
from 30,115 members
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The Animal
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rob Schneider, Edward Asner, Cloris Leachman
Director: Luke Greenfield
Certificate:
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Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider) has only one dream in life--to become a police officer, like his father. Unfortunately, Marvin's natural clumsiness and lack of self-esteem have made him the laughing stock of his police coworkers. All of that changes after a freak car accident, and a mad scientist's ..read more »
58%
from 5,052 members
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Gigantic
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman
Director: Matt Aselton, Sebastian Schipper
Certificate: 
Gigantic is a funny, oddly romantic love story about the unanticipated anxiety that comes when two crazy people unexpectedly collide.
Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (Ed Asner, Jane Alexander), ..read more »
53%
from 2,536 members
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The Olive Other Reindeer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Dan Castellanata, Peter MacNicol, Drew Barrymore
Director: Oscar Moore
Certificate:
Due to an injured reindeer, Santa has decided that he will be unable to deliver all his presents so Christmas has been cancelled. Never fear, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole to volunteer to become a replacement. The realisation of her dream is not, however, so simple...
61%
from 137 members
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The Bachelor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Stacy Edwards
Director: Gary Sinyor
Certificate:
Jimmie Shannon values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco, begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find "the one." When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne ..read more »
51%
from 1,644 member
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Hard Rain - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid
Director: Mikael Salomon
Certificate:
Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated townspeople. Something they didn't count on is armed truck driver Christian Slater, called upon to ..read more »
60%
from 74 members
Not available for rental
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Hard Rain
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid
Director: Mikael Salomon
Certificate:
Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated townspeople. Something they didn't count on is armed truck driver Christian Slater, called upon to ..read more »
61%
from 5,006 members
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Payback
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Dennis Arndt
Director: Ken Cameron
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Only Kathryn Stillman has the courage to testify against Brian Kaleen, a cop who breaks every law and uses violence and cruelty to get his own way. With the FBI and Internal Affairs unable to help Kathryn knows that only she can bring this nightmare to an end. Based on a true story.
50%
from 98 members
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JFK
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed 'countermyth', JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its stead. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison ..read more »
69%
from 14,944 members
Not currently released
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The Christmas Star
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Metzler
Director: Alan Shapiro
Certificate:
In this heartwarming Christmas release, Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a counterfeiter who escapes from prison and decides the perfect way to hide out from the cops is to pose as Santa Claus. What he didn't count on, however, was becoming endeared to two young children who believe that he is the ..read more »
61%
from 247 members
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The Fort Apache Bronx
(1981)
Starring: Paul Newman, Pam Grier, Danny Aiello
Director: Daniel Petrie
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Murphy (Paul Newman) is a street cop in the tough borough of the Bronx -- known to its denizens as "Fort Apache." While Murphy tries to treat the people on his beat with dignity, he can't seem to convince his superiors that brutality isn't a cure for society's ills. After witnessing a fellow cop (..read more »
71%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversa...
(3 discs)
(1977)
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Edward Asner, Chuck Connors
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, Marvin J. Choms
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In 1977, the miniseries ROOTS aired, changing the face of television-and American culture-forever. This highly acclaimed series, based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel, follows the lineage of Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), an African man abducted from his village and sold into slavery in the United ..read more »
75%
from 2,919 members
Not currently released
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Gus
(1976)
Starring: Don Knotts, Edward Asner, Tim Conway
Director: Vincent McEveety
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Wholesome family fun is found in this Disney comedy about an inept, last-place football team, the California Atoms, which is turned around with the help of their new star player...a football-kicking mule! The villainous competition then attempts kidnapping of "Gus" leading to slapstick results.
31%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Change Of Habit
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Jane Elliot
Director: William A. Graham
Certificate:
Elvis Presley plays a young doctor who helps the poor by working in an inner-city clinic. When a Catholic group sends in a trio of nurses--who are really nuns in disguise--to help the doctor with his work, he forms an affectionate bond with one of the sisters (Mary Tyler Moore), leading to a series ..read more »
62%
from 521 members
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El Dorado
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan
Director: Howard Hawks
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Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. The first of these rehashes was El Dorado, with Rio Bravo star John Wayne back for more. Wayne plays a gunfighter who rides into El Dorado to link up with his old pal, sheriff ..read more »
71%
from 1,733 member
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O' Christmas Tree
on DVD
Starring: Marie Osmond, Debi Derryberry, Jess Harnell
Director: Bert Ring
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
This heart warming animated tale begins in a snowy forest on Christmas Eve, where a forlorn little pine tree feels she is too homely to ever realize her dream of being a real Christmas tree. With the help of a comical Baby Bear, a happy-go-lucky Squirrel, a cynical Nutcracker, and a host of other ..read more »
51%
from 58 members
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Edward Asner facts
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...showcased at the Cannes film festival and is superb.
Up features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson and Jordan Nagai.
Up is a computer-animated...
