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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: John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Certificate: 
High flying animated comedy adventure from Pixar Studios. 70-something retired balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) decides to use his twilight years to fulfil his lifelong dream of travelling through the wilds of South America. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he ..read more »
 
82%
from 77,068 members
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Gigantic
on DVD
(2008)
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 2,732 members
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The Good Doctor
(2008)
Starring: Lee Grant, Richard Chamberlain, Marsha Mason
Certificate: 
Neil Simon's adaptation of this Chekhov classic, features both the comic and serious sides of the 19th Century Russian Bourgeoisie. Starring Richard Chamberlain, Ed Asner and Marsha Mason.
33%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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Christmas is Here Again
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Edward Asner, Kathy Bates, Jay Leno
Director: Robert Zappia
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Musical animated Christmas tale following the journey of orphan girl Sophianna (voiced by Madison Davenport) and her unlikely band of adventurers - a feisty elf, an ambitious young reindeer, a fox and a polar bear - as they try to recover Santa Claus's magical toy sack.
50%
from 71 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.
69%
from 45 members
Currently unavailable
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Elf - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan
Director: Jon Favreau
Certificate: 
Christmas family comedy directed by independent filmmaker Jon Favreau. Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human being who has spent his whole life believing himself to be an elf. Brought up by Santa (Edward Asner) and his elves at the North Pole, Buddy has spent the last 30 years happily working in ..read more »
73%
from 1,319 member
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Elf
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan
Director: Jon Favreau
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Christmas family comedy directed by independent filmmaker Jon Favreau. Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human being who has spent his whole life believing himself to be an elf. Brought up by Santa (Edward Asner) and his elves at the North Pole, Buddy has spent the last 30 years happily working in ..read more »
63%
from 30,828 members
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The Animal
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, Michael Caton
Director: Luke Greenfield
Certificate: 
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Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider) dreams of being a tough, heroic police officer but is too weak and wimpy to ever pass the entrance exam. However, when he is critically injured in a car accident, a mad scientist uses animal organs to rebuild his broken body, and, when he recovers, these organs give ..read more »
58%
from 5,260 members
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The Olive Other Reindeer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Castellanata
Director: Oscar Moore
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Olive is a little dog with a big heart. When she hears that Santa Claus's reindeer, Blitzen, is injured and will be unable to pull his sleigh this year, Olive sets off to help. She is joined by smooth-talking penguin Martini as she heads for Santa's base at the North Pole, but delivery of the ..read more »
61%
from 141 members
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The Bachelor
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Peter Ustinov, Marley Shelton
Director: Gary Sinyor
Certificate:
Jimmy Shannon (Chris O'Donnell) is a confirmed bachelor with a long line of ex-girlfriends until he meets photographer Anne (Renée Zellweger). Smitten, Jimmy finds himself considering marriage for the first time - but his bungled proposal falls unexpectedly flat when Anne announces that she is off ..read more »
52%
from 1,708 member
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Hard Rain - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Betty White, Morgan Freeman, Mark Rolston
Director: Mikael Salomon
Certificate:
A heavy rainstorm and severe flooding cause the sheriff and residents of a local town to evacuate and abandon it. However, an armoured vehicle carrying $3 million gets caught in the storm, making it a sitting duck for a gang of bandits, led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), who attempts to steal the cash. ..read more »
62%
from 120 members
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Hard Rain
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Betty White, Morgan Freeman, Mark Rolston
Director: Mikael Salomon
Certificate:
A heavy rainstorm and severe flooding cause the sheriff and residents of a local town to evacuate and abandon it. However, an armoured vehicle carrying $3 million gets caught in the storm, making it a sitting duck for a gang of bandits, led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), who attempts to steal the cash. ..read more »
61%
from 5,178 members
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Payback
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Arndt, Mary Tyler Moore, Adam Scott
Director: Ken Cameron
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When Kathryn Stillman (Mary Tyler Moore) alerts the police about someone who is stalking her, they arrive on the scene and give the suspect a brutal beating. Kathryn is subsequently persuaded to give evidence against the cop responsible, Brian Kaleen, and he is suspended from duty. But rather than ..read more »
49%
from 97 members
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JFK
(1991)
Starring: Jay O. Sanders, Sissy Spacek, Sally Kirkland
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's detailed examination of possible answers to unsolved mysteries surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Kevin Costner plays New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who remained unconvinced by the Warren Commission Report and launched his own investigation. This film was ..read more »
69%
from 15,120 members
Currently unavailable
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The Christmas Star
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Susan, Rene Auberjonois, Karen Landry
Director: Alan Shapiro
Certificate:
Festive comedy about an escaped convict who hides out in a suburban neighbourhood and is befriended by two neighborhood children who think he is the real Santa Claus. Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison ..read more »
61%
from 264 members
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Anatomy Of An Illness
(1984)
Starring: Millie Perkins, Eli Wallach, Edward Asner
Director: Richard T. Heffron
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TV movie biopic based on real events, about a man who discovers laughter as a cure for his illness. When successful New York editor Norman Cousins (Edward Asner) succumbs to a degenerative spinal illness, he refuses to accept medical opinion that he will spend his future life in a vegetative state. ..read more »
30%
from 23 members
Not currently released
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Fort Apache The Bronx
(1981)
Starring: Paul Newman, Pam Grier, Pam Grier
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 28 members
Currently unavailable
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Gus
(1976)
Starring: Tom Bosley, Harold Gould, Don Knotts
Director: Vincent McEveety
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An inept, bottom of the table football team, the California Atoms, see a turn around with the help of their new star player...a football-kicking mule! However villainous competition sees an attempt to kidnap "Gus" leading to hilarious results.
31%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Rich Man Poor Man
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Gloria Grahame, Dorothy McGuire, Bill Bixby
Director: Boris Sagal, David Greene
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Adapted from Irwin Shaw's best-selling novel, this Emmy-winning mini-series tells the story of brothers Rudy (Peter Strauss) and Tom (Nick Nolte) Jordache. Beginning in 1945 and moving through to the 1960s, we see how the two brothers follow very different paths in life, one becoming wealthy and ..read more »
69%
from 796 members
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Change Of Habit
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Barbara McNair, Doro Merande, Mary Tyler Moore
Director: William A. Graham
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The King of Rock and Roll's last acting role really does find him 'in the ghetto', where he plays the streetwise Dr John Carpenter, a musical MD with a mission to cure the inner city blues. Helping him out is Michelle Gallagher (Mary Tyler Moore), a caring hipster chick who is in fact, unbeknownst ..read more »
62%
from 531 members
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El Dorado
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Michele Carey
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 1,806 member
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O' Christmas Tree
on DVD
Starring: Marie Osmond, Debi Derryberry, Tim Conway
Director: Bert Ring
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Festive animated adventure for all the family, directed by Bert Ring ('Stuart Little', 'Family Guy') and narrated by Marie Osmond. In a snowy forest on Christmas Eve, a forlorn little pine tree is worried that she will never get to live out her dream of being a real Christmas tree. But with the ..read more »
52%
from 60 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...
