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Ben Affleck
Benjamin Geza Affleck was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California, USA but raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was born to parents Tim Affleck, a social worker, who is now divorced from Ben's mother Chris Affleck, a school teacher. Ben also has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975. Ben wanted to be an actor ever since he could remember and his first acting experience was for a Burger King commercial, when he was on the PBS mini-series "The Voyage of the Mimi" (1984). It was also at that age when Ben met his lifelong friend and fellow actor, Matt Damon. They played little league together and took drama classes together. Ben's teen years consisted of mainly TV movies and small television appearances including Hands of a Stranger (1987) (TV) and "The Second Voyage of the Mimi" (1988). He made his big introduction into feature films in 1993 when he was cast in Dazed and Confused (1993). After that, he did mostly independent films like Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997) which were great for Ben's career, receiving renowned appreciation for his works at the Sundance film festival. But the success he was having in independent films didn't last much longer and things got a little shaky for Ben. He was living in an apartment with his brother Casey and friend Matt, getting tired of being turned down for the big roles in films and being given the forgettable supporting ones. Since Matt was having the same trouble, they decided to write their own script, where they could call all the shots. So, after finishing the script for Good Will Hunting (1997), they gave it to their agent Patrick Whitesell, who showed it to a few Hollywood studios, finally being accepted by Castlerock. It was great news for the two but Castlerock wasn't willing to give Ben and Matt the control over the project they were hoping for. It was friend Kevin Smith who took it to the head of Miramax who bought the script giving Ben and Matt the control they wanted and, in December of 1997, Good Will Hunting (1997) was released, making the two unknown actors famous. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won two, including Best Original Screenplay for Ben and Matt. The film marked Ben's breakthrough role, in which he was given for the first time the chance to choose roles instead of having to go through grueling auditions constantly. He chose such roles in the blockbusters Armageddon (1998/I), Shakespeare In Love (1998) and Pearl Harbor (2001). With these hits to his credit, Hollywood can't seem to get enough of Ben, with directors wanting him in their movies and companies wanting his screenplays. His inspirational story of hard work and amazing climb to the top has brought him what he deserves and Ben Affleck has shown no sign of slowing down.
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Affleck and Damon are related -
12 October 2009
-Genealogy experts have discovered movie pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are 10th cousins.-
-The actors are childhood friends from the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts and found fame together starring alongside each other in a number of movies, and winning an Oscar e
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Affleck and Garner plan another movie collaboration -
1 October 2009
-Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are making plans for their first movie collaboration in six years.-
-The couple first met on the set of 2001 movie Pearl Harbor but didn't start dating until they were reunited for 2003 film Daredevil.-
- Since they wed in 2005, thei
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Affleck: 'Lopez was bad for my career' -
11 July 2009
-Ben Affleck has spoken out about his high-profile relationship with former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez - insisting it was bad for his movie career.-
-The actor began dating the singer in 2002 after starring in Gigli with her, and the pair later became engaged before s
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Ben Affleck - filmography
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State of Play
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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Oscar winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in an case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder ..read more »
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He's Just Not That Into You
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck
Director: Ken Kwapis
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A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex--and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions" ..read more »
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Man About Town
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese
Director: Mike Binder
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With a marriage in shambles and a shaky client roster, slick Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has lost his killer instinct. To make matters worse, his personal journal has been stolen by a reporter threatening to write a career-ending expose. Now with everything on the line, Jack is ..read more »
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Smokin' Aces
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Nestor Carbonell, Jason Bateman, Sharon Bruneau
Director: Joe Carnahan
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When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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Smokin' Aces - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Nestor Carbonell, Jason Bateman, Sharon Bruneau
Director: Joe Carnahan
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When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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Hollywoodland
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Molly Parker, Ben Affleck, Kathleen Robertson
Director: Allen Coulter
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HOLLYWOODLAND explores Reeves's life and tragic end from the perspective of Louis Simo (Adrien Brody), a private investigator hired by Reeves's mother shortly after his death. Cutting back and forth between scenes of Reeves's life and Simo's detective work, the film draws parallels between two men ..read more »
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Clerks 2
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Ethan Suplee, Jason Mewes
Director: Kevin Smith
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In 1994, writer-director Kevin Smith scored a surprise indie hit with the low-budget, black and white CLERKS, which won awards at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals and has attracted a growing cult audience over the years. Following such movies as MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, and DOGMA, Smith returns ..read more »
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Surviving Christmas
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate
Director: Mike Mitchell
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Drew Latham is a wealthy marketing executive who is fed up with spending Christmas alone every year. But the Valco family - parents Tom and Christine, and their two kids Brian and Alicia - who live in Drew's old family home, have each other. When Drew's idea of spending Christmas in Fiji is turned ..read more »
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Jersey Girl
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin
Director: Kevin Smith
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Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith's pert one-liners and wryly ironic sense of humour are clearly present in the script, his casting choices (Jennifer Lopez and Ben ..read more »
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Paycheck - BLU-RAY Version
(2003)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman
Director: John Woo
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Adapted from a mind-bending sci-fi thriller by Philip K. Dick, the slick and riveting PAYCHECK is directed by John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II)--the king of artful gunfighting flicks--who shows off his agility here with flat-out, white-knuckle cinematic entertainment. Michael Jennings (..read more »
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The Third Wheel
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Luke Wilson
Director: Jordan Brady
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Stanley (Luke Wilson) has worked with Diana (Denise Richards) and harbored a crush for a quite a while. When he finally gets the courage to ask for and secure a date with her, he wants everything to go perfectly--but he couldn't have expected the unexpected. On the way to the date, Stanley ..read more »
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Daredevil
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
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The latest Marvel Comics superhero to hit the big screen is Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a man blinded by a radioactive chemical accident as a young boy but left with superhuman senses and agile acrobatic ability. Like his Marvel compatriot Spider-Man, Daredevil attempts to lead a normal life by day as ..read more »
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Gigli
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Al Pacino
Director: Martin Brest
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Real-life couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez star in this quirky romantic comedy with a twist. Small-time gangster Larry Gigli (Affleck) is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor, as a favour to his mob boss Louis (Lenny Venito)...read more »
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Paycheck
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman
Director: John Woo
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Adapted from a mind-bending sci-fi thriller by Philip K. Dick, the slick and riveting PAYCHECK is directed by John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II)--the king of artful gunfighting flicks--who shows off his agility here with flat-out, white-knuckle cinematic entertainment. Michael Jennings (..read more »
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The Sum Of All Fears
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Liev Schreiber
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. Here, Ryan is dealing with a terrifying new problem: a nuclear weapon has fallen into the hands of ..read more »
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Changing Lanes
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Sydney Pollack
Director: Roger Michell
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Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ..read more »
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Pearl Harbor - BLU-RAY Version
(2001)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Jon Voight
Director: Michael Bay
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Director Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROCK) uses a tragic romantic triangle to set the stage for the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this epic tale of love, loss, and patriotism. When Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful Navy nurse, meets dashing ace Army fighter pilot Rafe (Ben ..read more »
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Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck
Director: Kevin Smith
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Writer-director Kevin Smith's fifth and final installment of his New Jersey Chronicles (which began in 1994 with the breakout, low-budget comedy CLERKS) is a chance for scene-stealing, foulmouthed stoner Jay (Jason Mewes) and his taciturn sidekick/"hetero life mate" Silent Bob (Smith) to carry ..read more »
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Pearl Harbor
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Jon Voight
Director: Michael Bay
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Director Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROCK) uses a tragic romantic triangle to set the stage for the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this epic tale of love, loss, and patriotism. When Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful Navy nurse, meets dashing ace Army fighter pilot Rafe (Ben ..read more »
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Boiler Room
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck, Vin Diesel
Director: Ben Younger
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A supercharged ride through the cutthroat world of illegal stock selling, BOILER ROOM is fueled by an electric hip-hop soundtrack. Ribisi portrays Seth Davis, a college dropout who thinks he's going straight when he takes a job at J.T. Marlin, a stock firm located in Long Island. Seth wants nothing ..read more »
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Joseph - King Of Dreams
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Mark Hamill, Steven Weber
Director: Robert C. Ramirez
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This animated charmer is the biblical story of Joseph, retold in fascinating bright colors and the magic of song. Joseph's amazing talent of foretelling the future, as revealed to him in dreams, lands him a job with the pharaoh of Egypt, whom he protects from disaster. Soon, however, he is cast ..read more »
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Deception
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) is a small-time car thief about to be released from jail in time for Christmas. When his cellmate, Nick, is suddenly killed, Rudy decides to take on his identity in order to meet Nick's beautiful pen-pal girlfriend, Ashley (Charlize Theron). The couple has fun until her ..read more »
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Bounce
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Goldwyn
Director: Don Roos
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When Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) decides to have a casual fling with a woman he meets in an airport, he gives up his ticket to Greg Janello (Tony Goldwyn), an earnest man on standby for the flight who is desperate to get home to his wife and child. But when the plane crashes because of snowy ..read more »
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Dogma
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Kevin Smith
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Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
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Forces Of Nature
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney
Director: Bronwen Hughes
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Ben Holmes, a soon-to-be-hitched batchelor, is unable to fly to Savannah for his wedding (due to a careless seagull and an approaching hurricane). He must share a rented care with Sara, a kooky character who clashes with him in every way. What's that saying: opposites attract
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Phantoms
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber
Director: Joe Chappelle
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Unspeakable horrors have mysteriously befallen the whole town of Snowfield, Colorado, leaving behind only a few mangled body parts and unanswered questions. Enter two vacationing sisters and a sheriff and deputy from a nearby town, who try to piece things together with the help of a scientist-..read more »
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Armageddon
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler
Director: Michael Bay
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NASA's executive director discovers that the Earth has only eighteen days before it is obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas. He has only one option - to drop a handful of rougheck oil drillers onto the asteroid and get them to drop a nuclear warhead into its core...
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Armageddon - BLU-RAY Version
(1998)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler
Director: Michael Bay
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A low earth orbit space station is in the middle of a repair mission with the space shuttle when an unforeseen meteor shower obliterates them both. This sudden event sends fireballs hurtling to Earth and scientists scurrying to telescopes. An amateur astronomer is the first to spy a gigantic ..read more »
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Good Will Hunting
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save ..read more »
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Chasing Amy
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Director: Kevin Smith
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When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ..read more »
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Going All The Way
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Davies, Amy Locane
Director: Mark Pellington
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MTV director emeritus Pellington (ARLINGTON ROAD, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES) tackles Dan Wakefield's eponymous novel about disenchanted young Army grunts returning to the stultifying blue-collar environs of circa-1954 Indianapolis after a Korean tour of duty. Disillusioned vet Sonny (Davies), while ..read more »
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Mallrats
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee
Director: Kevin Smith
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The "sophmore jinx" hit hard for this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become memorably funny and a cult classic. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, only to be cursed again with the appalling Dogma. Clearly he's ..read more »
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The Town
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall
Director: Ben Affleck
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A bank robber becomes romantically involved with one of his victims, a bank manager who doesn't know who he is. Their relationship jeopardizes the robber's gang, who are being pursued by an FBI agent, who's also interested in the bank manager.
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Man About Town
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(2006)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese
Director: Mike Binder
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Run time: 95 minutes
With a marriage in shambles and a shaky client roster, slick Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has lost his killer instinct. To make matters worse, his personal journal has been stolen by a reporter threatening to write a career-ending exposé. Now with everything on the line, Jack is ..read more »
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Changing Lanes
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(2002)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette
Director: Roger Michell
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Run time: 99 minutes
Late for court, an attorney weaves in and out of traffic. In a different lane, a father whose right to see his children rests on getting to court on time. A minor accident will turn these two strangers into beasts.
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Sum of All Fears The
to Watch Now
(2002)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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Run time: 124 minutes
Ben Affleck is ready for action, commanding the role of CIA agent Jack Ryan in this thrilling adventure based on the Tom Clancy bestseller. America's Cold War fears are rekindled after the President of Russia dies and is succeeded by a man with a cryptic past. But East-West tensions erupt when the ..read more »
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Prepare for floods of tears 22 February 2008
...iv Tyler, Steve Buscemi and Billy Bob Thornton were all top-class in this film. Ben Affleck, who I'm not usually a fan of, even delivers perfectly during the most intense ...
A feel good movie !! 5 August 2004
what they show on tv at 3am on a Monday night 26 October 2004
