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Billy Bob Thornton
Born 4 Aug 1955, in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Wise words: "Life is a carnival. Its a circus and were all performers. Every day is interesting. Some days are better than others and we just try to get by, we try to make the performance that night."
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Billy Bob Thornton - news / articles
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Thornton back for another Bad Santa? -
20 March 2011
-Billy Bob Thornton is set to don the Santa suit again for a Bad Santa sequel.-
-The movie star is in negotiations with Miramax/Weinstein film executives to reprise his boozy, foul-mouthed character Willie from the hit 2003 comedy.-
- A spokesman for The Weinstein Company
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Thornton eyes Jolie collaboration -
1 February 2009
-Angelina Jolie could soon be reunited with her ex-husband onscreen, if Billy Bob Thornton gets his way.-
-The former couple married in 2000 after meeting on the set of 1999 movie, Pushing Tin. They adopted seven-year-old son Maddox together, before divorcing in 2003.-
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Billy Bob Thornton joins cast of Eagle Eye -
8 November 2007
Monster's Ball star Billy Bob Thornton is to appear opposite Shia LaBeouf and Rosario Dawson in a new thriller entitled Eagle Eye.-The Hollywood Reporter said today that Thornton, whose credits include Pushing Tin and The Man Who Wasn't There, will star in the movie and be
Billy Bob Thornton - what members say
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Prepare for floods of tears 22 February 2008
review by A customer from Inglewood
Very well shot 24 May 2005
review by from Wirral, Merseyside
Eagerly Awaited - Bitterly disappointed 20 December 2004
Billy Bob Thornton - filmography
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Faster
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Certificate: 
An ex-con sets out to avenge his brother's death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. During his campaign, however, he's tracked by a veteran cop and an egocentric hit man.
 
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from 7,915 members
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Faster - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino
Director: George Tillman Jr.
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An ex-convict seeks revenge for his brother's death in this action-packed revenge thriller starring Dwayne 'The Rock Johnson. Ten years ago, Driver (Johnson) was part of a bank heist gone horribly awry. In the chaos of the botched robbery, his brother wound up dead. Now Driver is a free man, and he'..read more »
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from 3,868 members
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The Smell of Success
(2009)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Téa Leoni, Mark Polish
Director: Michael Polish
Certificate: 
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into the toilet. Enter estranged daughter Rosemary, a high-class- cosmetics salesgirl, who steps in to take control. She is not sure ..read more »
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The Informers
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder
Director: Gregor Jordan
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Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these ..read more »
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from 3,187 members
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The Informers - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Chris Isaak, Mickey Rourke, Lou Taylor Pucci
Director: Gregor Jordan
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The first film based on a book by postmodern transgressor Bret Easton Ellis to also count the author's name among its screenwriting credits, THE INFORMERS is lit with a cold, cologne-commercial sheen not unlike the one that charged AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) with a sensation of sharp disconnect. But ..read more »
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from 482 members
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Eagle Eye - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Riding high on the success of DISTURBIA, director D.J. Caruso and star Shia LaBeouf reteam for the action thriller EAGLE EYE, in which a couple of innocent people get caught up in an elaborate murder plot. After receiving bad news about his brother, Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) rushes home from work, only ..read more »
69%
from 9,822 members
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Eagle Eye
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Shia Labeouf reteams with "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso playing a young slacker whose twin brother has died mysteriously. Rachel finds that her child is missing, and soon the two strangers realize that they have been framed as terrorists. Forced to become members of a cell that has plans to ..read more »
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from 27,758 members
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Mr. Woodcock - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Scott stars as John Farley, a self-help author who returns to his hometown only to discover that his mother (Sarandon) has fallen in love with his old high school nemesis, Mr. Woodcock (Thornton) - the gruff, no-nonsense gym teacher who had put him through years of mental and physical humiliation.
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from 647 members
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Mr. Woodcock
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Scott stars as John Farley, a self-help author who returns to his hometown only to discover that his mother (Sarandon) has fallen in love with his old high school nemesis, Mr. Woodcock (Thornton) - the gruff, no-nonsense gym teacher who had put him through years of mental and physical humiliation.
54%
from 25,106 members
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The Astronaut Farmer
(2006)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot
Director: Michael Polish
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A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never give up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.
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from 690 members
Not currently released
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King Of The Hill - Season 3
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon
Director: Mike Judge
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The further adventures of Texas propane salesman Hank Hill and his family and friends. This hilarious animated comedy series from Mike Judge, the creator of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, stars Judge himself as the voice of Hank Hill, the well-intentioned but misguided patriarch of the Hill family. A propane ..read more »
79%
from 426 members
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Bad News Bears
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Richard Linklater
Certificate: 
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Billy Bob Thornton delivers a wickedly funny performance in this hilarious hit from the director of School of Rock. Morris Buttermaker (Thorton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a srtuggling Little League team called the Bears. What he gets is a ..read more »
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from 3,257 members
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The Ice Harvest
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
Director: Harlod Ramis
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In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) have just successfully embezzled $..read more »
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from 7,295 members
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The Alamo
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric
Director: John Lee Hancock
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An epic that evokes films such as HOW THE WEST WAS WON and DANCES WITH WOLVES, THE ALAMO details the key 1863 battle fought to win Texas from the Mexican government. Originally constructed as a Spanish mission, the Alamo provided a secure post between Texas settlements and the troops of General ..read more »
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from 8,333 members
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Intolerable Cruelty
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Joel Coen
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George Clooney establishes himself as a true Hollywood movie star and heir to the Cary Grant throne in this hysterical dark romantic comedy from the Coen brothers. Clooney plays Miles Massey, an unhappy and lonely divorce lawyer who specialises in protecting the wealth of men who have been caught ..read more »
53%
from 30,270 members
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Love Actually
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
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from 82,389 members
Not currently released
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Levity
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Holly Hunter
Director: Ed Solomon
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Billy Bob Thornton stars in LEVITY as Manual Jordan, an ex-con recently released from a 21-year jail sentence, who is seeking redemption from Adele Easley (Holly Hunter), the sister of the guy he murdered. His mild manner and passivity make him immune to the new freedoms he'll experience outside of ..read more »
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from 3,740 members
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Bad Santa - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham
Director: Terry Zwigoff
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Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as Willie T. Stokes; a lowlife department store Santa in Terry Zwigoff's outrageous comedic follow-up to his offbeat hit 'Ghost World'. Every year, Stokes takes a job as Santa in a different place in order to rob the store he's working in. The diminutive Tony Cox ..read more »
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from 1,977 member
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Intolerable Cruelty - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Joel Coen
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George Clooney establishes himself as a true Hollywood movie star and heir to the Cary Grant throne in this hysterical dark romantic comedy from the Coen brothers. Clooney plays Miles Massey, an unhappy and lonely divorce lawyer who specialises in protecting the wealth of men who have been caught ..read more »
59%
from 101 members
Not available for rental
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Love Actually - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
72%
from 738 members
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The Badge
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette, William Devane
Director: Robby Henson
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The Badge features Billy Bob Thronton as a local sheriff who begins an investigation into the death of a transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from ..read more »
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from 201 members
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Waking Up In Reno
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze
Director: Jordan Brady
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Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, Charlize Theron, and Patrick Swayze star in this redneck road trip comedy that is a twisted mixture of the 1969 wife-swapping classic BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and 1997's VEGAS VACATION. Lonnie Earl (Thornton) is a self-centered Little Rock, Arkansas car ..read more »
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from 628 members
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Bandits
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Director: Barry Levinson
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Following a spur-of-the-moment escape from an Oregon prison, macho ladies man Joe Blake (Bruce Willis) and sensitive, hypochondriac Terry Collins (Billy Bob Thornton) become the best-known thieves in the country. Deemed "The Sleepover Bandits," Joe and Terry add a twist to conventional bank ..read more »
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from 3,831 members
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Monster's Ball
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry
Director: Marc Forster
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Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer ..read more »
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from 13,104 members
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All The Pretty Horses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
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from 1,636 member
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Daddy And Them
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jeff Bailey, Laura Dern
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Boy Thornton writes, directs and stars in this offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional white trash family from Arkansas. When an uncle is charged with murder, the whole motley crew comes together to offer their support, with hilarious consequences.
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from 184 members
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Pushing Tin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Director: Mike Newell
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Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a confident, accomplished air traffic controller whose life is turned upside down when drifter Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) joins his tight-knit work team and threatens to drive him insane. Stakes are high and pressure is constant in the world of air traffic ..read more »
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from 4,224 members
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A Simple Plan
(1998)
Starring: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda
Director: Sam Raimi
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Sam Raimi breaks out of genre films with this tight, effective thriller. When two brothers, Hank (Bill Paxton) and Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton), and their friend Lou (Brent Briscoe), find 4.4 million dollars inside a crashed plane, they believe they've found the financial answer to all their problems...read more »
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from 2,205 members
Not currently released
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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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from 31,527 members
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Primary Colors
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: Mike Nichols
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John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ..read more »
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from 2,136 members
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Armageddon - Blu-ray
(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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from 2,136 members
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U-Turn
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone shelved his social conscience while making this vicious nest-of-vipers noir. Sean Penn stars as Bobby Cooper, a gambler on the run who is forced to lay up in a desolate Arizona whistlestop with car trouble. Desperate and broke, he receives an offer from the middle-aged Jake McKenna (..read more »
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from 3,527 members
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The Winner
(1996)
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Vincent D'Onofrio, Delroy Lindo
Director: Alex Cox
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This darkly comic crime drama examines the plight of the naive title character, a gambler known only as Philip (Vincent D'Onofrio), whose uncanny penchant for winning bets has earned him the title the luckiest man in the history of North America. A rogues' gallery of parasites swarms around him in ..read more »
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from 44 members
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Dead Man
(1995)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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William Blake (Johnny Depp) set out on an exciting journey to start his life over in a new town with a new job. He never could have prepared himself for what was to come. Through a mysterious chain of events, he becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in a double murder--with him as the ..read more »
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from 5,823 members
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Indecent Proposal
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson
Director: Adrian Lyne
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Longtime sweethearts David (Woody Harrelson), an architect, and Diana (Demi Moore), a real estate agent, find themselves on hard times when financial troubles bring them to the verge of losing their house, which David designed. Taking their last $5,000, they go to Vegas in hopes of multiplying ..read more »
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from 7,475 members
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Trouble Bound
(1992)
Starring: Michael Madsen, Patricia Arquette, Seymour Cassel
Director: Jeff Reiner
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A hoodlum finds himself with $5000, a convertible Lincoln and a beautiful woman... That's before he's on the run from the Mafia following the discovery of a body in the boot and a runaway girl who happens to be the daughter of a Mafia boss.
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from 156 members
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One False Move
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach
Director: Carl Franklin
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African-American director Carl Franklin's ONE FALSE MOVE presents itself as a crime thriller, but upon deeper inspection reveals itself to be a thought-provoking drama concerning racism and racial identity. After stealing a large stash of cocaine and brutally murdering several people in the process,..read more »
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from 778 members
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Going Overboard
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Burt Young
Director: Valerie Breiman
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A waiter working on a cruise liner dreams of becoming the ship's comedian and thus receiving more attention from the fairer sex. When the ship's current comedian is lost presumed drowned he grasps the opportunity...
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from 1,361 member
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Billy Bob Thornton facts
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...it's the acting that wins it for me. Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Steve Buscemi and Billy Bob Thornton were all top-class in this film. Ben Affleck, who I'm not usually a fan of, eve...
