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Kevin Spacey
Born 26 July 1959, in South Orange, New Jersey
Wise words: "If you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down."
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Spacey launches talent search -
15 September 2011
-Kevin Spacey is giving budding moviemakers from the U.S., South Africa, and Russia the chance to direct him in a short film.-The American Beauty star and staff at his Trigger Street Productions company have teamed up with whiskey giant Jameson to launch a talent sear
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Spacey hosting acting workshops for London children -
10 September 2011
-Kevin Spacey is hosting acting workshops for children in London to encourage their interest in the arts - because a one-on-one with late star Jack Lemmon pushed him into the profession.-The American Beauty star is artistic director of the Old Vic theatre and is curre
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Spacey launching theatre academy in Middle East -
8 February 2011
-Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is giving aspiring actors in the Middle East a big boost by launching a new theatre arts academy in the region.-
-The Oscar winner announced plans for The Middle East Theater Academy during a press conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Kevin Spacey - filmography
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Margin Call
(2011)
Starring: Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, Kevin Spacey
Director: J.C. Chandor
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Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) is handed an unfinished report into his company's current financials and as he completes it discovers that the place he works in is in huge financial meltdown. Delivering the news to his bosses they conduct a 24 hour meeting to discuss what can be done - to save ..read more »
 
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Father of Invention
(2010)
Starring: Heather Graham, Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle
Director: Trent Cooper
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Millionaire infomercial guru, Robert Axle loses everything when one of his inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers. After serving eight years in prison, a disgraced Axle is released, and ready to redeem his name and rebuild his empire with a ..read more »
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Casino Jack
(2010)
Starring: Kelly Preston, Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper
Director: George Hickenlooper
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Inspired by true events that are too over-the-top for even the wildest imaginations to conjure, "Casino Jack" lays bare the wild excesses and escapades of Jack Abramoff. Aided by his business partner Michael, Jack parlays his clout over some of the world's most powerful men with the goal of ..read more »
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Shrink
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Andrew Sibner, Kevin Spacey, Robert Loggia
Director: Jonas Pate
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What happens when the people we count on to hold us together are barely holding it together themselves? Jonas Pate's Shrink is a striking, fast-paced exposé of the "other" Hollywood, featuring folks living outside their comfort zone and the people who put them there. Henry Carter is a psychiatrist ..read more »
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges
Director: Grant Heslov
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Adapted from Jon Ronson's best selling book, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is the new film from the production team behind "Goodnight and Good Luck" and stars Hollywood heavyweights Ewan McGregor ("Trainspotting", "Star Wars"), George Clooney ("Michael Clayton", "Burn After Reading"), Kevin Spacey ("..read more »
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The Men Who Stare at Goats - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges
Director: Grant Heslov
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Adapted from Jon Ronson's best selling book, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is the new film from the production team behind "Goodnight and Good Luck" and stars Hollywood heavyweights Ewan McGregor ("Trainspotting", "Star Wars"), George Clooney ("Michael Clayton", "Burn After Reading"), Kevin Spacey ("..read more »
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from 15,128 members
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Telstar
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Con O'Neill, Pam Ferris
Director: Nick Moran
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Blackly comic, music-infused biopic about the life - and tragic death - of maverick British songwriter and record producer Joe Meek. Flamboyantly gay in a time when homosexuality remained outlawed, tone deaf, drug addicted, famously paranoid and obsessed with black magic, Meek (Con O'Neill) was ..read more »
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21 - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college-kid angst. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains gifted students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, ..read more »
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from 8,623 members
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21
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Robert Luketic
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21 is the fact based story about six M.I.T students who were trained in the art of card counting. They subsequently took the Vegas casinos for millions! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth (Superman Returns) star in this clever and ..read more »
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Fred Claus - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Michael Higgins, Kevin Spacey, Trevor Peacock
Director: David Dobkin
Certificate: 
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Sibling rivalry takes on a new dimension in director David Dobkin's (WEDDING CRASHERS, CLAY PIGEONS) third collaboration with actor Vince Vaughn, FRED CLAUS. Ever since his younger brother, Nicholas (Paul Giamatti), was born, it seems that nothing Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) does is good enough. ..read more »
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Superman Returns
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Bryan Singer
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It's been five long years since Superman (Brandon Routh) defeated General Zod and his cronies (in Superman II). Five years since the Man of Steel mysteriously disappeared. And now he's back. Metropolis is still there. So's the Daily Planet, with Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), editor Perry White (Frank ..read more »
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Superman Returns - HD
(2006)
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth
Director: Bryan Singer
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It's been five long years since Superman (Brandon Routh) defeated General Zod and his cronies (in Superman II). Five years since the Man of Steel mysteriously disappeared. And now he's back. Metropolis is still there. So's the Daily Planet, with Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), editor Perry White (Frank ..read more »
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Superman Returns - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Eva Marie Saint, Kevin Spacey, Brandon Routh
Director: Bryan Singer
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For five years, Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth, coaxed into space by a belief that Krypton may still exist. Finding nothing, he comes back to a changed world--not only has terrorism become rampant, but Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has married, started a family, and won the Pulitzer ..read more »
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from 4,310 members
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Edison
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Dylan McDermott, LL Cool J, John Heard
Director: David J. Burke
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Former N-Sync star Justin Timberlake makes his acting debut in this gritty crime thriller, playing a young journalist who uncovers massive police corruption in the town of Edison. He joins forces with his cynical mentor (Morgan Freeman, MILLION DOLLAR BABY), as well as an investigator for the ..read more »
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from 10,421 members
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Edison - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman
Director: David J. Burke
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Former N-Sync star Justin Timberlake makes his acting debut in this gritty crime thriller, playing a young journalist who uncovers massive police corruption in the town of Edison. He joins forces with his cynical mentor (Morgan Freeman, MILLION DOLLAR BABY), as well as an investigator for the ..read more »
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The Life Of David Gale
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Kate Winslet
Director: Alan Parker
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David Gale (Kevin Spacey) is a Texas professor and anti-death penalty activist who, ironically enough, winds up on death row for the rape and murder of a colleague. Kate Winslet plays Bitsey Bloom, the brave journalist who sets out to tell to his story. In the days leading up to his execution, Gale ..read more »
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from 23,012 members
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K-Pax
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Alfre Woodard
Director: Iain Softley
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A mysterious man (Kevin Spacey) shows up in Grand Central Station claiming to be an alien, and is promptly taken to a mental institution. When he doesn't respond to medication, he begins seeing a psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) who is fascinated by him. The man calls himself Prot (rhymes with "boat"), ..read more »
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from 9,831 members
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The Shipping News
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, MY LIFE AS A DOG) presents this strong, quiet, chillingly deep adaptation of the popular novel by E. Annie Proulx. In a fishing port set in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, newspaper journalist Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), his young daughter Bunny (Alyssa Gainer), and his ..read more »
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from 11,140 members
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Ordinary Decent Criminal
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
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ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL stars Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey as Michael Lynch, an normal Irish bloke who just happens to rob from the rich. Charming and clever, Michael becomes a hero to the public, challenging and outwitting the authorities at every turn. However, the police soon become ..read more »
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from 2,286 members
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Pay It Forward
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment
Director: Mimi Leder
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Based on a best-selling novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde and boasting the star power of three prior Oscar winners-Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment-PAY IT FORWARD spins a heart-warming yarn about an 11-year-old boy who comes up with an utopian idea as a project for school. History teacher ..read more »
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from 9,681 members
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The Big Kahuna
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli
Director: John Swanbeck
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First-time feature director John Swanbeck teams up with producer-actor Kevin Spacey for this big screen adaptation of Roger Rueff's play HOSPITALITY SUITE. The story concerns three lubricant salesmen who have gathered in a Witchita, Kansas hotel room in order to throw a cocktail party for ..read more »
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American Beauty - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
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AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
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from 744 members
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American Beauty
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening
Director: Sam Mendes
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AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
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The Negotiator - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson, David Morse
Director: F. Gary Gray
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Jackson plays Danny Roman, a cop who, anxious to clear himself of false accusations, takes a group of people hostage and requests the presence of a fellow officer from another precinct. Spacey plays Chris Sabian, a hostage specialist, the Negotiator, who comes in to try and defuse the situation and ..read more »
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from 1,261 member
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The Negotiator
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Samuel L. Jackson, David Morse
Director: F. Gary Gray
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Jackson plays Danny Roman, a cop who, anxious to clear himself of false accusations, takes a group of people hostage and requests the presence of a fellow officer from another precinct. Spacey plays Chris Sabian, a hostage specialist, the Negotiator, who comes in to try and defuse the situation and ..read more »
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Hurlyburly
(1998)
Starring: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Anna Paquin
Director: Anthony Drazan
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A relentless black comedy with an amazing ensemble of actors. Based on a play by David Rabe which chronicles the non-events in the lives of a group of fast talking, narcissistic, L.A. based professionals, who can't seem to slow down long enough to breathe, let alone make sense of their lives.
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A Bug's Life - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary
Director: John Lasseter
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The computer animation crew at Pixar--the creators of TOY STORY--return with another feature rife with stunningly rendered worlds populated by cute critters you can't help but care about. The story is simple--an ant colony led by Flik (Dave Foley) seeks help from a flea circus and other insects in ..read more »
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from 713 members
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A Bug's Life
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary
Director: John Lasseter
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Life is no picnic for the ants on Ant Island! Each summer, a gang of greedy grasshoppers - led by the menacing and manipulative Hopper - descends upon the colony to demand a hefty portion of the ants' hard-earned harvest and generally make life miserable for this peaceful community. Our hero Flik,..read more »
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L.A. Confidential - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Director Curtis Hanson captures the duality of 1950s Los Angeles in this striking film noir adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. The City of Angels might be sunny, inviting, and glamorous to the rest of the world, but it's also filled with corrupt cops, elegant hookers, murder cover-ups, and ..read more »
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L.A. Confidential
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger
Director: Curtis Hanson
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Director Curtis Hanson captures the duality of 1950s Los Angeles in this striking film noir adaptation of James Ellroy's novel. The City of Angels might be sunny, inviting, and glamorous to the rest of the world, but it's also filled with corrupt cops, elegant hookers, murder cover-ups, and ..read more »
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Albino Alligator
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway
Director: Kevin Spacey
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Three desperadoes are trapped by the police in a hole-in-the-wall bar after a robbery which has gone wrong. The situation escalates to boiling point with unexpected twists and violent consequences.
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Looking For Richard
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey
Director: Al Pacino
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A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and Alec ..read more »
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Seven - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: David Fincher
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Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust--these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic killer in David Fincher's bleak thriller SEVEN. Set in a perpetually gloomy unnamed city, the film follows Somerset (Morgan Freeman)..read more »
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The Usual Suspects
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Bryan Singer
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Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
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Seven
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: David Fincher
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Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
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The Usual Suspects - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Bryan Singer
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Watch now: £2.49
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
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Outbreak
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in ..read more »
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Iron Will
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Charles Haid
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Disney's IRON WILL is based on the true story of a 17-year-old boy (Mackenzie Astin) who enters a 522-mile dog-sled race--from Winnepeg, Canada to St. Paul, Minnesota-- to help his financially stricken family survive the death of his father.
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Consenting Adults
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Richard and Priscilla Parker (Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their fast-living, secret-bearing, new neighbours, Eddy and Kay Otis (played by Kevin Spacey and Rebecca Miller) in this psychological thriller with ..read more »
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Glengarry Glen Ross
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
Director: James Foley
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David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales ..read more »
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Darrow
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Bob Tracey, Paul Klementowicz
Director: John David Coles
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Some people call him "Lawyer for the Damned"... but Clarence Darrow was simply a man who, in time of justice, had the courage to stand alone. The name Clarence Darrow is permanently linked to the tremendous strides in the American legal system from the late 19th century through the early decades of ..read more »
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...nded up loving it. The script, set, and most especially the acting were superb. Kevin Spacey combines humour and touches of sadness to his role. He knows what his success h...
